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Well that's nice to know, more money for the corrupt government to spend on themselvesSouth African Tax Revenue has increased from R100 billion in 1994 to R640 billion in 2010.
Professional? When are our politicians every professional? The only thing they are good at is wiping their bums with the money they steal!StarBound wrote:
It's like a zoo in there. I thought when your in there you should be professional in your duties?
You don't know that for a factPrime wrote:Mr Zuma, your semen is not a substitute for Tipex...
Article relates to the Lockerbie bomber that is finally (now that Muammar Gaddafi is dead and it looked like Libya might actually send him back to the UK), 'living up' to the prediction that he had 3 months to live.
SourceA suspected shoplifter was beaten to death in Polokwane after he allegedly stole sweets from a shop, Limpopo police said on Thursday.
Lieutenant-Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said the man was caught by a mob as he tried to flee the shop.
“It is believed the mob used different objects to beat the man to death.”
Ngoepe said the man was declared dead on the scene by paramedics.
“We are very worried about the trend of people resorting to taking (the) law into their (own) hands.”
Ngoepe warned that those involved would be prosecuted.
Police were investigating a murder case. – Sapa
Hmmm.... Now how do I go about signing up for every religion & culture?SA's 'Westernised' calendar questioned
2012-06-14 22:51
Bloemfontein - South Africa’s "Westernised" calendar does not please everyone, the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) heard on Thursday.
"We cannot as Africans live [according to] a Westernised calendar. We must get our own, such as the Chinese, who have their own," a member of the public told a CRL hearing in Bloemfontein.
The meeting was to hear input on the revision of public holidays in South Africa.
The CRL commission would sit in Bethlehem on Friday.
Representatives of various religions and cultural communities attended the workshop at the Bram Fischer building in Bloemfontein.
Delegates said the Christmas and New Year public holidays only benefited Christians, and had been written into law through the Public Holidays Act.
"They [Christians] stay at home and relax. They do not lose money," said a delegate.
The commission heard that followers of other religions had to take leave for their own religious holidays.
Members of the Basotho, Khoi-Khoi and Khoi-San said they would also like to have national days on South Africa's calendar.
CRL chief executive officer Pheagane Moreroa said many delegates were not comfortable with a calendar being imposed on them. He said the idea was not to have 365 public holidays for the country.
"We cannot allow that everything becomes a public holiday, because we would never work, but this is about minority rights and their rights must be protected."
Moreroa said the commission was trying to help minority religious groups.
"Remember we are trying to build a nation, we are trying to create social coherence and we are trying to create peace."
Moreroa sought to assure the gathering that the commission was looking for results, so the rights of minority religious groups could be recognised.
- SAPA
I really want to know which group said this because I bet you right now this waste of air also enjoys the benefits... However I will support any group that can squeeze in a holiday period from September to November .Violent riots ensue.Monty wrote:Another solution: just take away all the religious/cultural holidays and tell the nation "seeing as you are acting like a bunch of spoilt princesses, we're taking them away permanently."
Yeah heard about this BS this morning, LOL welcome to the banana republic indeedAnakha56 wrote:http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Polit ... d-20120614
Hmmm.... Now how do I go about signing up for every religion & culture?SA's 'Westernised' calendar questioned
2012-06-14 22:51
Bloemfontein - South Africa’s "Westernised" calendar does not please everyone, the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) heard on Thursday.
"We cannot as Africans live [according to] a Westernised calendar. We must get our own, such as the Chinese, who have their own," a member of the public told a CRL hearing in Bloemfontein.
The meeting was to hear input on the revision of public holidays in South Africa.
The CRL commission would sit in Bethlehem on Friday.
Representatives of various religions and cultural communities attended the workshop at the Bram Fischer building in Bloemfontein.
Delegates said the Christmas and New Year public holidays only benefited Christians, and had been written into law through the Public Holidays Act.
"They [Christians] stay at home and relax. They do not lose money," said a delegate.
The commission heard that followers of other religions had to take leave for their own religious holidays.
Members of the Basotho, Khoi-Khoi and Khoi-San said they would also like to have national days on South Africa's calendar.
CRL chief executive officer Pheagane Moreroa said many delegates were not comfortable with a calendar being imposed on them. He said the idea was not to have 365 public holidays for the country.
"We cannot allow that everything becomes a public holiday, because we would never work, but this is about minority rights and their rights must be protected."
Moreroa said the commission was trying to help minority religious groups.
"Remember we are trying to build a nation, we are trying to create social coherence and we are trying to create peace."
Moreroa sought to assure the gathering that the commission was looking for results, so the rights of minority religious groups could be recognised.
- SAPA
Seriously though, the comment about ""They [Christians] stay at home and relax. They do not lose money," said a delegate." does this idiot not realize that everyone who is not a Christian also gets those days off?
Proudly not a Christian and enjoying the holiday benefits...
meh who cares about down underjamin_za wrote:Yes, yes - let the butthurt flow thru you.
Muslims tried this in Aus a few years back for Ramadan.
The general consensus was that employers cannot refuse you annual leave for your religious holidays, but Australia's holidays are part of their history and heritage. It's no longer about religion, it' about history and tradition.
Not the official line from the government, but the general sentiment at the time was if you want Ramadan off go back to the middle east - you came here knowing full well when our public holidays are.
I know that wont wash in SA, but there are less than 100000 Khoisan in SA.
I'd be telling them to get farked if they wanted their own holiday.
jamin_za wrote:Yeah, disregard what the last remaining truly first-world country does. No lessons to learn from them.
Over in SA you know how to do things properly. That's why SA is a shining beacon to the rest of the world, as evidenced by this thread