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...

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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...

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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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