Dear Mr. Mbeki,

A warning from Germany: You may have been bugged or framed during President Sarkozys visit to South Africa. I am writing from Frankfurt in Germany where there have been strange East German and French goings-on relating to Fifa 2010 preparations. If you ever have the feeling that you might have been bugged or feel High Frequency influence on you, don’t hesitate to ask me at the eMail above for further information or find out about microwave terror from former MfS, who may enter South Africa under false names, since East Germans are currently stealing identities in Germany in order to be allowed into the CIA, from where they cause nothing but trouble, Kind regards and all the Best to You, Irmgard Kronsbein-Bellchambers Matisseweg 4 60438 Frankfurt Germany.

Hi, can you please mail me President Jacob Zuma’s e-mail address. I admire his strength and wisdom against all odds in his political life.

Are you out of your mind? Does this look like an ANC information center?

Wow the intelligence you show astounds me. This is not TM’s website so I don’t think he will read your message

Dear Thabo Mbeki Sir,

Could you kindly and with all your heart give me advice.As you are our President i thought it would be better off to go to the best who knows what is right.

Any way my mom has been living with a man for 20 odd years and never married.He is a divorced man with 2 adult children.I wanted to know of what rights does my mother have which she is like his wife even though it is not put on paper.what rights does she have as this man has left home and got another girlfriend as we hear.I am very concerned as her daughter as she has no property the house is in his name if tomorrow he decides my mom must leave she is left in the street.

could you kindly give me advice i really would appreciate and hope you have the time to read my mail imagine yourself in this situation.

thanking you with all respects

It’s you who is out of your mind. Close this blog if you have no idea of courtesy and then go to hell.

You are visiting my house, spouting crap and you want me to be courteous??? I would suggest that you need a lesson on logic.

Hi there guys

Hayi niyageza maaaan (nisile),

No manners, what more can we expect, Speak English on an English blog

Please Mr President, Give the rocket scientist a job, but only if you read my words

Hello and good day Mr President. I want to congratulate you on your victory. I loved the speech that was givin at your ceremony to become South Africa’s president, it was marvelous.

The reason i am writing to you is to tell you that i have faith that you will bring about change for the better of all South Africans.

And also i am trying to get a job in the government, mainly the RTI in Pietermaritzburg. I am tired of working for the private sector as they are big rip-offs. I am 34 years old, completed matric and have a diploma in Computers.

If you could find it in your heart to help me with a better more stable job, i will really appreciate it, Mr President.

I lacked any benefits from the time i started working and am really battling at the moment to run my household. I am only earning R3 960.00 per month and my wife recently got retrenched.

Please help me.

Thanking you.

Allen pillay
allenpillay@gmail.com
078 066 1829

Hi

This is for Zuma

You are in big triuble with the whole of SA banging on your head. Everyone is fighting for everything, and my question is; why can’t they do things themselves – it is because they are not allowed to. The government has too many rules.

I know the country is in a recession we all know that, so why do we keep on talking about this over and over again. It is no use talking about something you can’t do nothing about when you sitting at home whatch tv and listen to radio. All these things you hear they just bombard us with lies – telling us how bad everything is, nothing is bad unless you complain about it, then it becomes bad.
Zuma you must listen to us as well the once who has drawn up sollutions to this recession and unemployment. The only reason we will not be able to reach the goal of Zuma – 500 000 jobs is because everyone who works in the government are selfish, even the HR officers. Sies government officals you are selfish. I have drawn up a plan to help our country to get out of this negative mind state. You all South Africans, you know it is possible to reach 500 000 jobs, you just have to think smarter and not harder. I came up with a plan of how to reach this goal of 500 000 jobs.
You check me out on facebook and also my websites.
thanks

Brian Wellss last blog post..what’s your pupose Home

Haha this was a fun read

Good Day,

I have read all the comments on this blog, scary stuff. I am a 40 year old white, South African female currently living overseas. I came back to SA for a 5 month holiday, I was expecting SA to be a lot worse than when I left 2 years ago. Comfortingly it has not changed all that much. I now wish to return home to SA. In the five month period I have been unable to gain any employment, I have heard that the Goverment Departments require staff, yet not one Department can or will employ me, why is that?

I have now returned to the country I live in currently, I have promoted my country to my foreign friends, showed them various websites and told them honestly what life is like in SA. Taken a lot of pictures of all of SA life, not just the ones tourist and political parties display. All my friends were hugely amazed at what SA has to offer. The diversity in culture and how modern SA is.

I now would like to make a sincere plea to ANY one to assist me in gaining employment in SA, as I truly wish to return at the end of February 2010. I know I can make a difference in our country, but will I get the opportunity to do this?

Please advise me were to start looking as I found the Employment Agencies not helpfull at all. In a foreign country I have worked for State Departments, surely my Home country can do with a positive person with a positive and helpfull outlook on life.

A Key to Crime Reduction in SA – World Cup 2010

The following article was written by Tony Nortje, a qualified locksmith, with 30 years experience in the Industry. Tony was motivated to express his views as a concerned citizen and family man, regarding the shocking crime rate in South Africa.

A “Key” for the average home or car represents security, or so most people think. Most security conscious husbands think that once they have locked their doors at night, they can retire to sleep believing that their family is protected and safely tucked away in their beds. In reality, you may as well leave your front door open, or not even lock your car, says Tony. Criminals are far more sophisticated these days, and simply use a key to gain entry. “How is that possible” you may ask? This is the “key issue” of Toney’s story, and a behind the scenes expose’ of the locksmith industry.

Crime Statistics in SA:

Per day Per 1000 citizens
Murders 146 1.2
Burglaries 1,079 8.9
Robberies 626 4.4
Car Theft 255 2.3
Rapes 144 1.2
Total 2,250 18.0

Robberies at Residential Premises in RSA (2003 -2009):

Per Year Increase per Year
April 2003 – March 2004 9,351 0,0%
April 2004 – March 2005 9,391 0,4%
April 2005 – March 2006 10,173 7,7%
April 2006 – March 2007 12,761 20,3%
April 2007 – March 2008 14,481 13,5%
April 2008 – March 2009 18,438 27,3%

Total increase in residential robberies over the last 6 years is 97%

Source of information: “SA Crime Statistics” – internet

A few Sobering Thoughts:

 Murders – RSA is officially the 2nd highest in the world at 0.49 murders per 1000 people. Columbia is the highest at 0.61 murders per 1000 people. However, if you include the sub category of “murders involving firearms”, then RSA is by far the highest in the world at 1.2 murders per 1000 people, 93% higher than Columbia!!

 Murder, the most serious crime, is probably the most accurately reported of all crimes. However, there is widespread view that most other crimes in SA are seriously under reported. The reason for this is lack of confidence and trust in our so called Police Force. Many people only report burglaries for instance, in order to claim insurance. If murders are so high, then surely other crimes are also proportionately as high. Tony believes that RSA burglaries are far higher than the reported official world ranking of 5th in the world.

The Inside Storey:
In 1979, an organization called SIRA (Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority) was introduced by the Department of Safety and Security. Tony was approached by a SIRA official and informed that he had to register, at a cost of R380 per month (R4500 per year). Tony was told that all key & heel bars and Locksmiths had to be registered in order to trade. At the time, numerous key & heel businesses were starting up, and increasing security risks by virtue of the fact that anybody could have a key cut without questions being asked. Tony was told that SIRA would be introducing legislation and clamping down to improve security by including these small businesses. Tony was happy to comply at the time because he felt that is was beneficial to the Security Industry.

Basic key cutting represented about 90% of Toney’s business, the balance being locksmithing. The first indication of trouble was when Tony stared losing customers to heel & key bar competitors, who were not required to pay the SIRA fees. Tony discovered that SIRA had excluded the heel and Key bars and they were permitted to continue trading, without paying fees or any security restrictions. Tony notified SIRA that he would discontinue payment, until such time as SIRA had fulfilled their promises.

SIRA’s response was to take Tony to court and finally force him to close his business. To this day, SIRA has still not fulfilled its promises, and the Industry continues to be unregulated. Tony still refuses to comply with SIRA on principle because they have never fulfilled their obligations and do absolutely nothing for the Industry, except exploitation by extracting fees. SIRA has already collapsed in the Western Cape, but authorities have yet to change in the other provinces.

Tony believes that crime in RSA could be dramatically reduced if proper security measures were to be introduced to prevent indiscriminate key cutting. If for example, you wanted a key cut, you should have to provide the vendor with proof of identity and residential address. This could be captured into a central data base for the security Industry. This would assist police investigations in the event of robberies or house breakings. Tony believes that many crimes are “inside jobs” because it is so easy to get a key cut. Car guards or unlicensed people should not be permitted to gain entry into any premises or locked vehicles. Furthermore, vendors should have to submit fingerprints and get police clearance in order to operate. This is not the case now, and even a convicted housebreaker could open a heel & key bar. In addition, magazines openly publish articles on how to pick locks. FHM published an article entitled “HOW TO…pick a lock on August 2004. What has happened to RSA, where we publish “how to” tips for criminals.

Tony’s main argument is that the integrity of the Industry has been undermined, and RSA has become a crime haven in which any would be criminal can simply get a key cut, open your front door, walk into your house, and help themselves to your personal property. This, together with the total disregard for life in RSA, where you can be killed for cell phone, has frightening consequences if your wife or children are at home when a criminal decides its time to rob your house.

Tony is a family man who loves his country and is passionate about this Industry. He honestly believes that the complacency by SIRA has contributed significantly to the high crime rate in South Africa. He believes that enough is enough and something has to be done to expose this problem, especially with the World Cup on our doorstep. Heaven forbid when unsuspecting foreigners and tourists arrive, it will be like “Lambs to the slaughter” Tony says, and he intends sending this article to President Zuma, The DP, Cope and media organizations. (newspapers, Carte Blanche, Special Assignment, Daily News, international news media, internet blog site and anyone else who will listen).

Tony has been protesting this issue for years, but authorities refuse to listen. He has even been known to stand outside the SIRA head office in Stamfordhill Road, Durban with placards, chains with locks around his neck to try and get media attention. The industry does not seem to be united, so he has not managed to attract solidarity from other locksmiths. PERHAPS, eventually someone will listen, and assist in his quest to make RSA a safer country for our families and friends. PERHAPS, with the soccer World Cup on our doorstep and all the recent media focus on crime in RSA, our complacent government will be forced to take note and hopefully implement much needed regulation. Please help Tony; he is doing this for all of us. I for one, believe in him and his quest. He has my full support. Where do you stand? A wise person once said “There are three types of people in the world, those that watch it happen, those that wonder what happened, and those that make it happen” Which one of these are you? Common SA, its time to take a stand!!!!!!!!!!!!!