Are they for real??

U DECIDE

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An Afrikaner right-wing group based in South Africa, Volksnennote, has openly called for a concerted effort to stop the spread of Islam in the country. The leadership of the group includes Eugene Terre Blanche. The man commonly associated with the Afrikaner Weerstand Beweging addressed a group of about 300 Afrikaners.

They converged at the Vegkop monument near Heilbron in the Free State on Heritage Day. Terre Blanche reportedly called on God to restore the land to the boers. This he says will allow Christians to build churches where Muslims "with their strange cults" had erected their "foreign" places of worship.Various other speakers also made serious racially motivated remarks that are being described as insults to black people worldwide.

The SA Human rights commission will now be looking into the matter. One speaker, Frikkie Strausss reportedly said that the African person is genetically programmed for destruction. Everything he touches, he destroys.

Do people still live in the stone ages??

To Vote or Not To Vote

I have heard many arguments whether to vote or not.

Islamically the jurists say its wrong but morally?

Readers, what are your views an opinions?? Please don't use this platform to tell me which party I should support...

Update: It's beyond barbaric

Domestic held over gruesome Laudium killing

Police have made a breakthrough in the horrific murder of a Laudium mother who was bludgeoned and strangled to death in her home last week.

The murder of Rashida Ahmed, 49, had sparked outrage in the community and led to several high-level provincial government and police delegations visiting the area to restore calm.

The Pretoria News on Monday learnt that Ahmed's domestic worker, Sara Malatji, who was injured during the attack, was arrested at her home at the Itireleng informal settlement last week.

Malatji, who appeared in the Atteridgeville magistrate's court on charges of murder and house robbery, had confessed before a Pretoria Magistrate on Friday before she was charged. She will appear again on December 1.

While police remained tight-lipped about the arrests, detectives confirmed that Malatji had been arrested and had appeared in court.

"She appeared in court today (Monday) on charges of murder and house robbery after confessing to a magistrate at the Pretoria Regional Court and has been remanded in custody until next week," said an investigator, who asked not to be named.

Asked about more arrests, police said they were hoping to make more very soon.

"The arrests are imminent. We will catch them," said the officer.

Ahmed and Malatji were attacked in the former's home last Monday. Three men are being sought. It is believed they gained access to the house with the help of an employee.

The three killers were claimed to have overpowered Malatji before they turned on Ahmed, who was in her bedroom.

They beat her repeatedly in the face and around the neck and chest with various weapons for nearly an hour while dragging her around the house in search of money and other valuables.

The house, even the loft, was ransacked.

It is also apparently clear that at least one of the attackers was armed with a sharp blade.

While police have refused to say whether Ahmed was tortured, neighbours' descriptions of how she tried to claw her way through a security gate while screaming and begging for help paint a different picture and bear testimony to the rage and ferociousness of the killers.

The murder of Ahmed came three years after her brother, Hussain Abdulrahman, was killed in the driveway of his home in a hijacking just a street away from his sister's house.

Yesterday, Ahmed's brother-in-law, Shamshoo Ahmed, said they were pleased that at least one arrest had been made.

"Finally justice is being done. We now need to see all of those who were involved in Rashida's murder being arrested.

"We want justice to take its course so that the family can get closure," he said.

It's beyond barbaric

As I got news of this last night on the Radio, I thought what has come of us, can people be so cruel - so heartless?

Is this the way we treat human's? Where is our sense of compassion, are these killers not afraid of the law...Oh what Law I ask for there is no law except one that protects these criminals...

I am saddened by these events and more so this could be my mother, sister, granmum or aunt...

'It's beyond barbaric'

A Pretoria woman was hacked to death and her domestic worker seriously injured in what has been described by police as one of the Pretoria's most brutal murders yet.

Rashida Ahmed, 49, was at her home in Laudium on Monday when two men forced their way inside.

Locking themselves inside the house, the men, who are believed to have been armed with a spade and a panga, overpowered Ahmed's domestic worker, Sara Malatji, before they attacked Ahmed, who was in her bedroom.

Police sources say the men, over the period of about an hour, repeatedly hit Ahmed over the head, shoulders neck and chest as they dragged her around the house demanding money. The house was ransacked by the killers, including the ceiling, of which the hatch was discovered open.

'It can't be true'

Neighbours' description of chilling screams for help from Ahmed as she tried to claw her way through a security gate, and blood smears and pools, bear testimony to the brutality of the killers.

Police refused to be drawn into whether the robbers tortured their victims before they fled in a grey car parked near the house, but several said it was one of the worst murders they had come across.

"It is beyond barbaric. It is inhuman. It is awful," said an officer.

The grey car had earlier been spotted by a neighbour's gardener as it travelled up and down Himalaya Street several times before it stopped near Ahmed's house.

Two men were seen getting out of the car moments before the attack took place and later running back to the car, which raced off to an unknown destination.

'I saw her against the gate trying to get out'

Hundreds of friends, family and neighbours rushed to the house as word of the attack quickly spread.

It was the second such tragedy to strike the Ahmed family in the past three years.

Three years ago, Ahmed's brother, Hussain Abdulrahman, was killed in his driveway in a hijacking just a street away.

Ahmed's husband, Ali, and children Riaaz, 22, and Shariefa, 25, were inconsolable when they received the tiding.

Riaaz had to be carried away forcefully from the house by friends as he tried to break open a locked security door which separated him from his mother.

Shariefa, collapsed on the family's front lawn as Malatji, who had to be resuscitated, was rushed by paramedics to an ambulance.

"It can't be true. It's not true. My mother is not dead. Please, God, don't let my mother be dead," she cried.

Her father, who was overcome by grief, was unable to say anything. Sitting on the patio shaking his head over and over again, he rocked himself as sobs wracked his body.

Neighbours Surie Chetty and Sajhida Omar said they were inside their homes when they heard screams for help.

"I heard Rashida calling me, pleading for me to help. It was horrible. She was screaming and pleading for help. As I ran outside I saw her against the gate trying to get out.

"The gate was locked. I couldn't get inside. I tried calling her, but it suddenly went quiet. I tried to see what happened, but I couldn't see," said Omar.

Chetty said she went cold when she heard the screams.

"They sounded like a wounded animal. When I ran outside I saw a woman with blood all over her.

"I did not know what was happening. Her maid screamed for me begging for help and then she collapsed."

The End of an Era

The End of an Era
While South African expatriates in Australia, the UK and various other parts of the world sit on the sidelines observing the peculiar developments in South Africa, saying, We made the right move while the Afro-pessimists take delight in their dj vu feel While some radio station hosts sarcastically mimic the comments of political actors in apparent disbelief While analysts mock the reasoning behind various decisions While cartoonists are having real field day

all the while, the South African public sit in utter disbelief at what has hit them. They struggle to come to terms with what has transpired and what the consequences of this most recent episode in the current muddle of events that have played themselves out on the South African political stage. They attempt to pinpoint where things went awry. They apprehensively watch if things have not fallen apart. They endeavour to delve into the hearts and minds of those that have chosen to take the path they cause the South African people to tread on, plodding and labouring along to a destination that no one is certain of.

Commentators insist that it is no surprise that ex-President Thabo Mbeki finds himself where he is, unceremoniously axed by his own party, a party that he loyally served for over fifty-two years. They suggest that he was the architect of his own destruction and should have seen the writing on the wall. Many intimate that justice has been served upon a man that had become used to quietly serving injustice - a man whose leadership style exuded nothing but intimations of autocracy; a man that had assumed a condescending attitude towards all others; a man that had circled himself with those that were true to only him; a man that eliminated, in a calculated manner and without conscience, any that could even be considered to be a threat to his authority; a man that stood and acted with no emotion and feelings; a man that believed he could do no wrong; a man that thought that he would never wane in the eyes of the people; a man who often thought that he could pull wool over the eyes of all the people, supporting his allies when their wrongdoings were displayed for all to see a wooden character that had established himself as a giant that could not be toppled.

Other commentators suggest that the current events create the fear of a scenario of unprincipled rule based upon law of the jungle of survival and vengeance. A scenario of the existence of an administration that is hell-bent on achieving its own aims regardless of the consequences.

Admittedly, it was clear that Mbeki would be removed from a position of influence. Very few, however, suspected that he would actually be removed from the position of President, especially since he had a few months left to serve as President. In any event, many say that the ANC were already calling most shots, with Mothlante being privy to all information and part and parcel of every decision. The timing, speed and cruel, cold and callous manner of removing Mbeki in one swift and decisive swipe is frightening to most.

Whatever the case, the consequences of the ANC decision are many. Political analysts have advised that the decision has created an environment of uncertainty. Even though the markets have not yet reacted negatively, the possibility of foreign investment must be adversely effected since the basis of any investment is stability and an environment of certainty which generates confidence. In the absence of this a situation of financial turmoil can easily evolve over a period of time.

The ANC decision also creates an environment where there exists the probability of no closure on matters such as the arms deal and the accusations against Zuma. It also raises concern as to how the ANC will govern in the future. Questions about whether Zuma is making decisions and who is really in charge have also been raised. It has also been asked as to why it was not possible to employ institutions that have been created for resolving differences to get to the bottom of issues.

In a situation where Zimbabwes future is uncertain, the world economy is failing, there is a high volatility of currencies, the undercurrents of private political battles being fought out in the economic field are clearly existent, and now Mbekis firing, it is important that things are sorted out as soon as possible.

All we can do is hope and pray that sanity prevails in the interest of the nation.