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....

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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....

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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