Awesome Tips

http://wildammo.com/2012/08/27/18-awesome-hacks-to-make-your-everyday-life-easier/everyday-life-hacks-wildammo-17/

My South Africa

“My South Africa is the working-class man who called from the airport to return my wallet without a cent missing. It is the white woman who put all three of her domestic worker’s children through the same school that her own child attended. It is the politician in one of our rural provinces, Mpumalanga, who returned his salary to the government as a statement that standing with the poor had to bemore than just a few words. It is the teacher who worked after school hours every day during the public sector strike to ensure her children did not miss out on learning.
My South Africa is the first-year university student in Bloemfontein who took all the gifts she received for her birthday and donated them – with the permission of the givers – to a home for children in an Aids village. It is the people hurt by racist acts who find it in their hearts to publicly forgive the perpetrators. It is the group of farmers in Paarl who started a top school for the children of farm workers to ensure they got the best education possible while their parents toiled in the vineyards. It is the farmer’s wife in Viljoenskroon who created an education and training centre for the wives of farm labourers so that they could gain the advanced skills required to operate accredited early-learning centers for their own and other children.
My South Africa is that little white boy at a decent school in the Eastern Cape who decided to teach the black boys in the community to play cricket, and to fit them all out with the togs required to play the gentelman’s game. It is the two black street children in Durban, caught on camera, who put their spare change in the condensed milk tin of a white beggar. It is the Johannesburg pastor who opened up his church as a place of shelter for illegal immigrants. It is the Afrikaner woman from Boksburg who nailed the white guy who shot and killed one of South Africa’s greatest freedom fighters outside hishome.
My South Africa is the man who went to prison for 27 years and came out embracing his captors, thereby releasing them from their impending misery. It is the activist priest who dived into a crowd of angry people to rescue a woman from a sure necklacing. It is the former police chief who fell to his knees to wash the feet of Mamelodi women whose sons disappeared on his watch; it is the women who forgave him in his act of contrition. It is the Cape Town university psychologist who interviewed the ‘Prime Evil’ in Pretoria Centre and came away with emotional attachment, even empathy, for the human being who did such terrible things under apartheid.
My South Africa is the quiet, dignified, determined township mother from Langa who straightened her back during the years of oppression and decided that her struggle was to raise decent children, insist that they learn, and ensure that they not succumb to bitterness or defeat in the face of overwhelming odds. It is the two young girls who walked 20kms to school everyday, even through their matric years, and passed well enough to be accepted into university studies. It is the student who takes on three jobs, during the evenings and on weekends, to find ways of paying for his university studies.
My South Africa is the teenager in a wheelchair who works in townships serving the poor. It is the pastor of a Kenilworth church whose parishioners were slaughtered, who visits the killers and asks them for forgiveness because he was a beneficiary of apartheid. It is the politician who resigns on conscientious grounds, giving up status and salary because of an objection in principle to a social policy of her political party. It is the young lawman who decides to dedicate his life to representing those who cannot afford to pay for legal services.
My South Africa is not the angry, corrupt, violent country whose deeds fill the front pages of newspapers and the lead-in items on the seven-o’-clock news. It is the South Africa often unseen, yet powered by the remarkable lives of ordinary people. It is the citizens who keep the country together through millions of acts of daily kindness.” -Jonathan Jansen

As I cannot Upload or Edit my Blogs anymore I will close them down soon

Minions - Banana 14:20 mins

Cableway Maintenance

Police Women around the world

Snow in Cape Town

 CBD Cape Town

 

Sutherland Weatherstation and a Braai

 

Some of the best scenic drives in South Africa

Chapmans Peak, Franschoek - Villiers - Grabouw, Swartbergpas, Vrystaat, Maluti's

 

Meanders and Routes

http://www.malotidrakensbergroute.com/
http://www.route62.co.za/
http://www.south-north.co.za/
http://www.midlandsmeander.co.za/
http://www.magaliesmeander.co.za/

http://blog.getaway.co.za/food/wine/franschhoek-wine-tram/

Taste Groot Constantia History

http://blog.getaway.co.za/food/wine/taste-history-groot-constantia/

Make your own light

This was done in Philippines. Water and bleach in bottle of coke was fitted on the roof. It absorbs and reflects sunlight and is equal to 55 watt ... Cheers to Engineers.

Africa this is why I live here

Mousie in Gym

Africa is not for sissies

Natura Coins

http://www.facebook.com/sagoldcoin

Baby and Puppy

http://www.dogheirs.com/misst/posts/3252-golden-retriever-puppy-delighted-to-see-toddler-video

Look to South Africa

Look to South Africa


By Erik Rush (Bio and Archives)  Saturday, March 2, 2013 Comments | Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us 41

In my view, the most frustrating phenomenon relative to the reign of President Barack Obama is the unreserved sycophantic dedication held for him by the media. Indeed, a plethora of actions taken by his administration should have been enough to have him voted out of office, impeached, or indicted by now, but he has been shielded by the press and lionized by the entertainment media.

The intellectual dishonesty and outright duplicity of the press is not restricted to on-air deceptions regarding Obama, or even domestic issues. The aggregate compromise of America’s representation globally is being misrepresented, as are international events.

One of the most tragic and dramatic examples of this is the transformation that has taken place in the Republic of South Africa since the end of minority white governance in 1994. “Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America From Post-Apartheid South Africa” by author and columnist Ilana Mercer reveals not only how the conceit of Western liberal elites served to bring down one of the most prosperous nations in the West, but how the same motivations and methods are at work in America’s decline.

Mercer was born in South Africa, and her father was a staunch and active opponent of the policy of apartheid; it is for this reason that her family was forced to leave in the 1960s. She returned in the 1980s, and now bears witness to how Marxists and liberal elites worldwide conspired to destroy this nation under the pretext of Social Justice.

Uitveers

Jennifer Rush is in Cape Town

Jennifer Rush, one of music's most enduring names, is heading for South Africa! She will perform two concerts in Cape Town on the 26th and 27th April at The Cape Town Convention Centre. Fans will remember this dynamic performer with her potent voice for such memorable hits as 'Power of Love', 'Ring of Ice', 'Madonna’s Eyes' and 'Flames of Paradise', 'Never say Never', 'Ave Maria', 'Tears in the Rain' and many more. She’s an evergreen who has been going strong for more than three decades and shows no signs of slowing down. Asked about what fans can expect from her concerts, she replied: “I will be performing many of my hits. I will be bringing my own band and two back up vocalists with me. They too are very excited to be coming to South Africa. I actually asked my South African friends and their acquaintances which songs they think South Africa would like – aside, of course, from hit songs - and I think we have come up with a great song list, which will even include a few songs from the last CD, ‘Now Is The Hour.'" Both nights start at 8pm

Don't mess with Elephants

Bellville Chicken Boot Sale

Inbrekers

Balloon Trip from Robben Island

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2305676/Daredevil-office-manager-200-helium-balloons-floats-5-miles-shark-infested-South-African-waters.html

Pucketty Farm Stall Underberg

http://blog.getaway.co.za/food/pucketty-farm-stall-underberg-kwazulu-natal/

South African Service Cross

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151585577419245&set=o.103819570796&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

SA in trouble

Western Cape Police Blitz

Blitz on sleepy drivers in Western Cape

Today's People's Post cartoon on how provincial transport MEC Robin Carlisle might implement the new fatigue management plan.

Officers will look out for symptoms including red eyes and drowsiness in drivers.

Perhaps they should have Father Christmas at the Road Blocks, as he knows when you are sleepy and knows when you're awake. Although he might get pulled over for travelling long distances without resting....

Road closures for the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour

 

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/Pages/RoadclforCapeArgusPickPayCycleTour.aspx

Binnelanders pasop vir die Kaapse Waters

Cheetah vs Fox

Only in Afica

Cape Town Cruise departs

http://www.cruisecompete.com/vacations/departs/cape_town/1

Facebook Stats

Most liked pages on facebook(January 2013):

1. Facebook for Every Phone-190,921,383.
2. Facebook -83,971,033.

3. YouTube -67,622,044.

4. Texas HoldEm Poker- 67,613,845.

5. Rihanna- 64,705,327 .

6. Eminem -64,409,277 .

7. The Simpsons -58,725,967 .

8. Shakira -58,469,206 .

9. Coca-Cola -56,837,442 .

10. Lady Gaga -54,640,788.

11. Harry Potter -54,618,525.

South African Shipwrecks

Kakapo Shipwreck -

Kakapo, Noordhoek Beach, Cape Town. 26 May 1900.
The skeleton of the boat is now an important landmark. The Kakapo left Cape Town for Sydney on a misty night. Captain Nicolaysen saw Chapman's Peak and thought it was Cape Point. He turned sharp east but instead of cruising into False Bay he 'parked' his boat on Noordhoek Beach. The Slangkop Lighthouse has prevented such mishaps from recurring since 1918. Captain Nicolaysen ploughed so deep into the dune that his crew could step out of the boat without getting their feet wet! Today horse riders and visitors to Noordhoek Beach explore the skeleton of his boat.
The Kakapo shipwreck is one, of what must be very few, completely visible shipwrecks in the world.

Shipwrecks

Some of the better-known wrecks dotted along the Western Cape coast include:
• The Arniston – a British East Indiaman, wrecked near Waenhuiskrans in 1815
• The HMS Birkenhead – an iron-hulled troopship that struck the rocks near Gansbaai in 1852
• The HMS Guardian – a 44-gun Roebuck class ship damaged by an iceberg in 1789
• The Joanna – a gold-laden first East Indiaman wrecked near Cape Town in 1682
• The SS Maor

 

The Wreck of the Jahleel

The September 2003 wreck of Port Elizabeth harbour's former pilot boat, the Jahleel – converted to a diamond gravel boat, is battered by icy Atlantic breakers off Hondeklipbaai.

i – a steamship wrecked near Llandudno in 1909
• The HMS Sceptre – a 64-gun Royal Navy vessel wrecked near the Cape of Good Hope in 1799
• The HMS Thames – a former cruiser that later became a training ship that was scuttled in 1947
• The SS Thomas T Tucker – a munitions carrier that ran ashore at Olifantsbos point in 1942

http://www.flickr.com/groups/southafrican_shipwrecks/pool/