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jamin_za wrote:I don't get it

rustypup wrote:or R18+ games...

NUM accuses rival union of witchcraft
2012-06-15 14:25

Johannesburg - South Africa's top mineworkers union has accused a rival of using witchcraft to boost recruiting, an allegation taken seriously among the rank and file in a country where traditional spiritual beliefs are widely held.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has been locked in a violent battle for membership with the upstart Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) at the world's largest platinum mine, run by Impala Platinum.

"One of the tools which is used strongly is 'muti'," NUM General Secretary Frans Baleni told journalists on Thursday night, referring to traditional medicines that can be made from a range of ingredients including animal or human body parts.

'Very strong sangoma'

Baleni said NUM's members believed that AMCU had a "very strong 'sangoma'," or witchdoctor.

"One of the myths is that if you don't toe the line, especially if you are a man, if you defy them you might have bedroom problems at home," he said.

Sangomas are widely respected by South Africans of all walks of life, including business leaders and politicians.

Baleni later told Reuters it was an issue that was not being taken lightly because many workers believed in such things.

"We are taking it seriously as part of the tactics of this union as our members are telling us about the use of sangomas and muti," Baleni said.

AMCU officials said they were not using witchcraft.

"There is no one among us who is using muti or sangomas. It is rubbish that he is saying. We uphold Christian principles, we don't use sangomas," said AMCU general secretary Jeff Mphahlehle.

NUM has also accused AMCU of using violence to recruit, which it has denied.

Anakha56 wrote:South Africa's top mineworkers union has accused a rival of using witchcraft to boost recruiting

jamin_za wrote:

Anakha56 wrote:South Africa's top mineworkers union has accused a rival of using witchcraft to boost recruiting

Sounds like a perfectly legitimate strategy.

Safety talks after train vandalism

"The initiates, who admit to sitting on the railway lines and throwing stones, said: "We were unaware of the dangers, we are glad that Metrorail came to speak to us today."

Hman wrote: "hurr durr derp derp durr hurr huur durr doh"

Hman wrote:You know, it makes me wonder what their thoughts sound like to them. When I think it's in my natural language, and I assume it's like this for any other intelligent being.

I can only imagine it goes something like "hurr durr derp derp durr hurr huur durr doh" for people like these.

StarPhoenix wrote:Extract from this morning's Daily Dispatch

Safety talks after train vandalism

"who admit to sitting on the railway lines and throwing stones,"

Is there a cure for Stupid?

• :- your personal IQ falls within the upper 14% of the population...
  
  :- despite this, you're proposing to eradicate 86% of the population while failing to account for the logistical complexity of this "solution".
  
  :- the proposed population segment you're proposing to dispose of is, by your standard, none too bright and far more likely to engage in acts of mindless violence therefore indicating a better state of preparedness than the measly 1bn "intellectuals" you're relying on to conduct the cleansing...
  
  :- all of which calls into question the very first point
  
  :- which requires that you off yourself?

CapNemo wrote:Hey never said I'm in the top 14%

CapNemo wrote:kill 6 billion considering the number of dumbasses out there it is bound to improve the overall intelligence of the population