I WAS AN ATHEIST UNTIL I READ LORD OF THE RINGS - FREDRIC HEIDEMANN

I was an atheist until I read LORD OF THE RINGS [photo credit: WEBSITE] Fredric lives with his wife and their daughter in the Lansing, Michigan area, where he also works as an attorney. Born and raised in an atheist family, Fredric dismissed religion until his late teenage years when he abandoned atheism. He entered the Catholic Church in 2006 during his freshman year of college and loves sharing his story. Fredric writes: "I grew up in...

Read More

QUEEN ELIZABETH CONFESSES HER FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Queen Elizabeth confesses her faith in Jesus Christ The Queen confesses her faith in Jesus Christ during her 2016 Christmas message. It is such a wonderful experience to listen to her confessing - unflinchingly, while she looks the world into the eye. Tannie, that is too wonderful for words. I remind you that even our own Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng confesses his faith in Christ. On 21 November 2016 I posted a blog-post when I wrote:...

Read More

DR DAVID GOODALL - 102 YEAR OLD - RE-INSTATED AT THE UNIVERSITY

DR DAVID GOODALL - HE IS RE-INSTATED AT THE UNIVERSITY Do you remember my post on 21 August 2016 about David Goodall that was forced by the Edith Cowan University Perth Australia to retire? David's children were worried that this drastic step could kill their father! He was so happy to go four day per week to the University and to meet people. Well, I have very good news for you!! The University re-instated him for the next three years....

Read More

MAY YOU EXPERIENCE CHRIST'S BLESSINGS THIS CHRISMAS AND IN 2017

May you experience Christ's blessings this Christmas and in 20...

Read More

WILLIAM KAMKWAMBA THE 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO BUILT A WINDMILL

William Kamkwamba's windmill - a crazy idea that generates electricity! When you look around you, you will notice [If you really want to notice] a lot a most remarkable things happening all of the time. People are truly amazing. People are reaching out to others. People are striving to make this world a better place to live in. Such a person is William Kamkwamba who is a school dropout and was starving together with his people in Malawi...

Read More

THE WOODEN SHAVING MUG AND CHEAP RAZORS

My cheap razor, shaving cream and trusted dented shaving brush Every morning I take my shaving brush and a fingertip of shaving cream from my 180g plastic bowl. Then I use the cheapest razors on the market to have the cleanest shave in the world. When I started shaving many, many years ago I used a Shick injector razor. I used it up to 2000 when I went down to Durban, South Africa to attend to a savage murder matter. Unpacking my bags...

Read More

THE SUPER RICH GETS ROBBED ONLY IN SOUTH AFRICA? NO!!!

Bentley 2016 Do you think that crime is located only in South Africa? Oh no! Even in Paris, France people get robbed in their motorcars. Super rich people get waylaid on their way from a Paris France, airport to their hotel and they got robbed - click here to read that story. If you travel to Paris, France, here is a travel tip only if you are really uber-rich:  Think about keeping your valuables at home. That is how this article...

Read More

CHIEF JUSTICE MOGOENG MOGOENG: PUTS CHRIST JESUS BACK IN HIGH OFFICE

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng - he puts Christ Jesus back in High Office It is very refreshing to follow our Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng's speeches and to see how consistently he refers to his faith in Christ Jesus. He longs for a more moral society and with leaders with integrity. I personally don't know any other Chief Justice of South Africa who were so openly in his testimony about a living faith in Christ. On Thursday 17 November...

Read More

HUMAN TRACKING IN SOUTH AFRICA: A SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTING THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A SEMINAR AT WEBBER WENTZEL, SANDTON Please take notice of this important topic and the seminar that is scheduled for 1 December 2016 at Webber Wentzel, Sandton. Modern day slavery, human trafficking and drugs are bed fellows - they are inseparable. Yes, I am aware that slavery was outlawed many years ago and Brink wrote about the effects it had on the people during those times. Yet, you should remember that it was only...

Read More

TOWER OF HOPE, TROYEVILLE, JOHANNESBURG

Tower of Hope, Troyeville, Johannesburg Deep inside Troyeville, Johannesburg there is was a disused and redundant cell phone tower on the property of Andrew Lindsay where he runs his Spaza Art shop and workplace. He with the help of an unknown artist with the pseudonym of R1 and a trash collector Isaac, they re-created this redundant piece of steel into a symbol of hope for the people of South Africa. When you click on the link you...

Read More

PRESIDENT ZUMA: ALL SIGNALS TO THE BRAIN BLOCKED?

THE HONOURABLE PRESIDENT ZUMA DREAMING IN PARLIAMENT Our beloved and Honorable President Jacob Zuma had a wonderful dream in Parliament while his beleaguered Minister of Finance was making his budget speech. He dreamed that Minister Pravin Gordhan would be locked up and that he [Zuma that is] would get away with everything. It is clear that the Honorable President was taking a catnap and afterwards he was shaking hands with the Minister of Finance....

Read More

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE BRIEFING REFUGEES AMENDMENT BILL

Parliament, Cape Town 11 October 2016 I attended a Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs Meeting in respect of the Refugees Amendment Bill [12-2016] in Parliament on Tuesday 11 October 2016 in the Committee Room M315, Marks Building.  I recorded the entire briefing session by the Department of Home Affairs under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Ms Fatima Chohan assisted by the Chief Director of Legal Services Adv....

Read More

Bharat Morar - cobbler, Illovo, Johannesburg

Bharat Morar - cobbler, Illovo, Johannesburg Bharat Morar is an exceptional man! He is plying his trade as a cobbler in Illovo Post Office Centre, Johannesburg for many, many years. He told me that his is a dying trade - and yet in spite of the saying, he is still going strong after many years. I can only salute this man: Mr Bharat Morar. Thank you for your permission to take a photograph of you and your shop. Bharat Morar's shop in...

Read More

SPREAD JOY AROUND THE WORLD - MIKE STRICKLAND

You too can experience this I have to post this today: Spread joy around the world. Look at this cartoon by Mike and his wife Kirsti Strickland and Dustin Haynes. I salute you for this wonderful cartoon - It is your idea that I am spreading with my blog around the world [read my post on the statistics to see it is going worldwide]. Thank you for encouraging me to do that. And I am thinking of the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi.  Lord,...

Read More

STATISTICS OF MY BLOG & GOOGLE

NEW BLOG DIRECTION: BLOG STATISTICS & GOOGLE STATISTICS I thank each and every person who looked at my blog and who googled my name and read what I wrote about; I do appreciate it immensely. I pray to God that you will be blessed and that you will pass this blessing onto other people as well. Let's strive to make this world a better place; consider your legacy! When you think about your legacy it extends to the future and it doesn't stop...

Read More

DECOLONISE SCIENCE!! A UNIVERSITY STUDENT FROM UCT CALLS FOR THIS!!

We have another brilliant mind that is calling for something extraordinary: Decolonise science. Is suspect she must be related to our Honorable President - Science must fall and it is a Westernised concept. Can you believe this? Of course you can - her compatriots were cheering her on. All of this happened in sacred space - where you may say anything preferably if it is stupid. There is something seriously missing - maybe it has...

Read More

THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A PROTEST ACTION AT PARLIAMENT CAPE TOWN

The Protestor 11 October 2016 The world is an upside down place to live in.  People are protesting against everything and anything. There are always people who are unsatisfied with something; actually anything. Any place that represents authority is a good place to go to with your protest march. But you have to dress up smartly, because there are photographers lurking around every corner and who knows may you get noticed.  When...

Read More

God still remembers even those suffering Alzheimer’s

Tree Mrs Jenny Beck, a practising lawyer in New Zealand remembers her mother and she came to the conclusion that, in the face of her mom's Alzheimer's [if you are living in SA please get into touch with this organisation], God still remembers even those suffering from Alzheimer's - Jenny's net was cast very wide and inclusive of all the others, beside her beloved mother who suffer from this dread illness. Thank you Jenny for your expansive...

Read More

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND AFRICA: ONE DECADE ON

Ms Evelyn A Ankumah, Ms Angela Mudukuti, Judge Richard Goldstone & Ms Fatou Bensouda I attended a book launch at Webber Wentzel Attorneys on 5 October 2016. The editor of the book THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND AFRICA is Ms Ankumah. The keynote was by H.E. Ms Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the ICC [about the ICC: https://www.icc-cpi.int/about]. It was hosted by Webber Wentzel Attorney and the Dutch Embassy. African countries...

Read More

UNCERTAINTY IN COLOMBIA AFTER VOTE AGAINST PEACE.

A Colombian busy voting - for or against peace? I do give credit to National Geographic photographer Sebastián Liste for this image. According to news bulletins the Colombians voted against peace on 2 October 2016 and you can have a look at the National Geograpic photo essay against peace. Just on the face of it, I ask myself a question: "Why would you vote against peace? or is it too simplistic to approach it this way?" I however want...

Read More

THE PINK LADY INTERNATIONAL FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

I took this photograph at the Jewish Ghetto in Rome at a restaurant during April 2016 My ideas about food photography changed drastically after I looked at the Pink Lady's International Food Photography competition. That is the reason why I can publish this photo as part and parcel of food photography. My chickens' eggs Those images are definitely not what we have to look at on Facebook - you've seen those half eaten pies with gravy all...

Read More

PRESIDENT OBAMA THE MENSCH

President Barack Obama shares his handkerchief with the son of the Late Israeli President Shimon Perez. President Barack Obama is a mensch! He shared his handkerchief with the Late Israeli President Shimon Perez's son at the funeral of his father. The official photographer of the White House Pete Souza captured this unique moment - or is it unique? I don't think so. It shows us that the high office of the White House did not dehumanise Mr Obama. Thank...

Read More

COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS: THE LAW RELATING TO A POWER OF ATTORNEY

Mrs Sonja Smith, Mr Rian Jansen Van Rensburg, Dr Hannetjie Van Zyl-Edeling, Neels Coertse, Mrs Aderyn Exley and Prof. Ricky Snyders at the 22nd South African Psychology Congress held at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg on Friday 23 September 2016 We presented lectures at the 22nd South African Psychology Congress held at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg on Friday 23 September 2016 on the topic: THE COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION SYMPOSIUM: BE MINDFUL OF...

Read More