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Minister has foot-in mouth disease
25/06/2008 11:39
Ja,just when we thought xenophobia is only practiced by poor squattercamp residents, our Minister opens his mouth!Maybe he should pay for kung-fu lessons for all of us so we can protect ourselves against dom/dof politicians! - davem |
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Another
25/06/2008 11:40
great article. Just when you think our government ministers can get no stupider, they pull a classic out the hat. - Sharon |
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Comedy hour
25/06/2008 11:46
I wonder when this circus will come to an end. Can some people not rather further their education (ie get matric) than follow careers in politics. Surley they should introduce an entrance exam when you enter parliament that you are at the very least literate and are more understandable than a mango.. - Mike |
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Another candidate
25/06/2008 12:03
should surely be the secratary general of the ANCYL,did any one watch 3rd degree last night?First she basically admits that she will kill for Zuma,then when pressed to repeat it she denies it and says she never said that,her whole interview smacked of arrogance,everytime she was asked for a answer,she went way off the subject and tried to avoid the question,why can't politicians just give us a straight answer? - proud to be white |
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I am amazed...
25/06/2008 12:06
that the ANC (or is it "true" BEE candidates who have no need for a Concourt decision on their eligibility for BEE status?) continuously churn out incompetent, big-mouthed ministers. This is a chap who supposedly sets the example for a labour force, the guy who should be serious about reconciliation amongst races, serious about constructive engagement to integrate all races and to ensure the enlightenment and education of a work force with regards to labour and human rights matters! - Tuffy |
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Idiot
25/06/2008 12:06
Come on Chris! Expect a denial as he either was quoted out of context and been either taken too literally (or figuratively). Anyway if he is not happy with the treatment of the workforce he obviously isnt doing his job. Why did he not act against the "Yellow Peril"? How much do these clowns get paid? (ministers) and does he really think a reclassification of status changes colour and culture? If it wasn't so pathetic it would be really funny! - Birdman |
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thank you
25/06/2008 12:07
for an absolutely entertaining and fabulous read - intelligent and witty. Would you be available for a position in cabinet? I think you may be able to do a better job... - Shay |
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More for the collection
25/06/2008 12:07
Brilliant as always Chris. I'm going to get around to writing about Australian insults next year, but I worry that they won't be as good as generating material as the South Africans have been. - Sarah Britten |
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Brilliant!
25/06/2008 12:09
Great article, it made my day!! - Jaco |
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Nice one Chris...
25/06/2008 12:13
What a lovely Labour Minister we have. Xenophobia on an inter-continental level. These politicians, tut-tut, always trying to over impress the hard work done at grass roots level. - Ryan Matthews |
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LOL - Chris
25/06/2008 12:16
Crazy times call for crazy people.But be careful that he didn't mean it literally and that the forces of darkness have taken it out of context.After all we speak a different english to them.As for the poor old chinese they have grow dreadlocks to fit in now. - psycobabble |
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This is discrimination!
25/06/2008 12:16
What about the poor Japanese citizens? The last thing we want is xenophobic attacks between Chinas & Japs! - TB |
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Panic in the ANC !
25/06/2008 12:21
Yep i am still chuckling over this moron Chris, the panic has set in because white people will soon be applying for coloured status in order to for us to legitimately Klap a dutchman...again Daltons right up there - sean |
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Ja, no well fine, my china!
25/06/2008 12:23
For all the food it does, you may as well have written this article - brilliant though it is - in Chinese. The only qualification to become a politician is to be thick skinned. To rise to the level of Cabinet, you have to add "brain-dead" to the list of qualifications. Why don't Trevor and Geraldine start a political party for people with half a brain? - BEE in my bonnet |
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Sad state...
25/06/2008 12:23
Chris, once again a great article. The sad thing is is that these idiots are running our country. I know we all whine about it, but at least we can laugh about it...if we didnt laught, what would we do? As for James Dalton, I wouldnt f**k with 'the bullet' either! - Jimbo |
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Greediness makes you nasty
25/06/2008 12:24
So the Chinese qualify for a share of the Employment Equity money pot, and Mr surly ANC MP can't handle the fact that other people are moving in on the lucrative affirmative turf. Strange that one race now believes that it is more entitled to benefits than the other races... - Nick |
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Are they black now?
25/06/2008 12:27
Well written article Chris my Man. Chines now are blacks? Oh boy you gonna love this country. But I think it should be clear that if they were also affected by the the old system like black people in this country. It is only fair that they also get help, like Blacks Coloured and Indians. But to say they are black, really makes me laugh not because i am a black racist but because I never heard or came across an South African of Chines dececy claiming to be black before. - Vic |
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Labour Minister
25/06/2008 12:29
What an unsufferable idiot. Really. Yet another little power drunk intellectually challenged individual who is under the impression that the new South Africa is for the benefit of him and his race/tribe only. May I suggest a clown costume for the honourable minister. At least then I can laugh at him without being immediately reminded of the fact that he's supposed to be performing some function in government other than carting around in an expensive car and spouting incoherent garbage. - Wernardt |
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Comedy is good
25/06/2008 12:31
They say laughing is good for your health, maybe we all should visit parliament once a week. We must be the laughing stock of the world. I just have no words. I think Chris said it all. - Amanda |
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That's the way
25/06/2008 12:32
THAT's the way our country is going,THAT is why this country is going the same way as Zim, THAT'S why no-one except retards vote ANC,THAT'S why all whites are leaving and in the proccess just letting the country rot. THAT is why the world looks upon this nation and laughs at us. Peace out. - Danny |
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Paving the road for Chinese Investor tsunamis
25/06/2008 12:32
It's all so dazzling and exciting, but note worthy... for this all paves the highway for the BIG investments that will be docking at our Durban and PE (Eastern) harbours in the near future. Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana is now, cleverly running the SA labour laws by the "easterners", so that they know that communist strategies for labour in SA is unacceptable. - ElectroMan |
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Yes and..
25/06/2008 12:32
I would even kill, yes kill for a Steers burger right now. - Point Blank |
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Surely you're not surprised.
25/06/2008 12:32
He is an ANC cabinet minister after all. "If it's not broken, break it." - JD |
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Yes ! I said it Chris..
25/06/2008 12:35
You've also quoted the minister out of context just like any other media Hound does this days.By the way ...did you watch Ms Patta getting knocked out in her own ring by the GS of the ANC Hot Heads League on Etv Last night..?Damn that must've hurt her collegues too,she just quoted Debra out of context!It must be a plague... - Les-Maada |
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...?
25/06/2008 12:40
Some of my best friends are chinese... ah...
and in the 'dark years' they were treated as badly and/or as non-descript as anyone else that was not a nice pale tone. Clearly our minister has a selective memory. As usual brilliant article Chris. - Buf |
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Klap him bullet!!!
25/06/2008 12:40
Poor old bullet cant even threaten a lawyer these days without getting bad publicity. Fight for your little dog's rights bullet. If the lawyer's dog growl at your lil doggy again klap the living daylights out of it...him I mean. - Morne |
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@ TB - xenophobic attacks between Chinese and Japanese...
25/06/2008 12:43
Hey that's EXACTLY what I want to see!! No need for stupid Jackie Chan movies anymore! Just imagine - real life Kung-Fu and Karate fights!!!! There might even be some Japanese ninjas living right here in SA - will make for one helluva show!! - J.O |
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Asian dilemma
25/06/2008 12:49
If I could be granted one question to Membathisi(previously Shepherd) Mdladlana.During the apartheid years Chinese were classified as white and Japanese as black (remember the jockey saga)!The ANC has now reversed the classification - or can Japanese also qualify for BEE scorecards ? It should be fascinating to hear the Shepherd explain himself and his party's policy. - Steve from Bushbuck Ridge |
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Scramble
25/06/2008 12:51
Just imagine the scramble at the top to get representation correct on the high levels. All employee agencies properly getting calls, do you have any Chinese; answer: No, and then no not take away but candidates. - KAC |
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Forked tongue
25/06/2008 12:59
Members of the ruling political party speak with forked tongue. First they are welcoming them in allowing them to invest in Africa (watch out South Africa - they are looking for more space in this world for their billions of people) then they back track with remarks like the Labour Minister makes. Make a decision and stick to it please! - patz |
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To Les-Maada
25/06/2008 13:03
Go and buy urself a sense of humour.Or maybe u r next in line for the minister's job?
Great article, Chris! - Werner |
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how can chinese people qualify for BEE status
25/06/2008 13:03
? - 2 B or not 2 B |
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Thanks Dude
25/06/2008 13:08
Coffee all over my keyboard, my screen, my table... - Hendrik |
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les maads please explain
25/06/2008 13:11
everytime the anc or the government makes a seriously stupid 3rd world remark it's followers and supporters turn in their defence and say it was taken out of context, enough is enough bloody hell. We all speak english here why play games and say something which is meant to mean something else. we all know julius and vavi meant exactly what they said and we all know the this minister meant what he said, why say it then if you dont mean it. - terence |
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The....
25/06/2008 13:27
Evil white supremacist media has distorded the meanings of what he say. Good minister was quoted out of context by evil racist media who is out to get us because we doing such a wonderful job of ruining the cuntry er I mean running the country.... - Mbablahblah Umblebumble |
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clever article indeed
25/06/2008 13:30
especially the way you disguise how you're actually having a go @ politicians and the government.Although i agree that the minister of labour's comments are deplorable, my issue with you is that be genuine and not use your fake a*s subtle sarcasm.What does James Dalton and Vlado Taneski have to do with all this? The person you clearly have an issue with is Membathisi Mdladlana! - the prophet |
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The colour thing
25/06/2008 13:33
Once again proves the point that the ANC is obsessed with colour. In the eyes of the ANC it is the blacks against the others and the others are always bad, wrong and evil. So next time I hear the sentence "non racial democratic South Africa" I think I will get physically sick. - Pangea |
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WHAHAHA Les-Maada
25/06/2008 13:34
You are one of the funniest commentators ever...you should think about stand up comedy for a career as grade 7 will get you nowhere - jannie |
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Chinese
25/06/2008 13:35
I dont know the details, so I could be wrong, but do these poor disadvantaged Chinese people need to prove any kind of ancestry? I mean, can a China arrive from China today and qualify for BEE freebies? Dumb government. - ramone |
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Les-Maada
25/06/2008 13:36
I too watched the show last night,and not once did Debbra get knocked out of her own ring,this woman from the ANCYL looked more and more just like the people in her organization,like a bunch of poephol's,I think whe should nominate her for the poephol of the year award,and like werner said go buy yourself a sense of humeur,and please a brain too - proud to be white |
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Is he right or wrong ?
25/06/2008 13:39
But, but Chris, is the Minister right or wrong about the way some Chinese conduct their businesses? Those who've worked in their factories could tell you a story or two about their business practices. They don?t call their businesses "sweat shops" for nothing. - Sgubu |
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Amazing
25/06/2008 13:40
Chris Roper wrote about three issues here but the first two were ignored bcos they've got nothing to do with bblackness. If it was Membathisi Mdladlana saying the things James Dalton was saying people would be commenting on it. I hate the ANC and will never vote for them. Most of them are corrupt and criminals but I am only stating the obvious here. Black people don't care anymore about racist ideologies bcos we know that's the only way it will make you feel good about yourself. - otto |
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Labour laws
25/06/2008 13:43
Firstly according to the labour laws which are in a toilet,employers needs to register employees but none of the Chinese employees are registered,also their resources are fakes e'g there was a Chinese cargo carrying fake cigarretes in Kzn. - Silo's |
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Thank you soooooo much Chris
25/06/2008 13:44
I'm still mopping up. Hope I'm not too late (remember that song...."Am I too late". Yes unfortunately so many of our V.I.P. have missed the boat, and are stranded on shore....an empty one. What wonderful insight you have. Keep it up please. Laughter is the best medicine, and the buffoons here make such fools of themselves..it's a bloomin comedy. - Alicia |
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thanks
25/06/2008 13:45
Well written, thanks for the laughter chris, made my day! ps. had my little german friend over last night for a good bashing! - Justin |
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Chris, what a wonderful read...
25/06/2008 13:48
... I loved it. What I also find fascinating, is all the different meanings of "Black". Sometimes, it's only Africans (including those from neighbouring countries), sometimes it's only local Africans, sometimes it's previously disadvantaged, sometimes it's all non-whites, etc. bla bla. To Les-Maada: what the politicians said, is what they said. Don't try to duck and dive the issue, saying that they were quoted "out of context". "Kill" is "kill" - SO IF YOU DON'T MEAN IT, THEN DON'T SAY IT!!! - Mark R. |
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"Black" Chinese - South African?
25/06/2008 13:48
I remember not in the too distant past that this forum hosted several discussions on who is and who is not South African. Most of the comments from pro ANC commenters were that you had to be of Africa since the stone age otherwise you do not qualify. Now most of the chinese I know have been here less than 50 years as opposed to the hwites of 350. P-L-E-A-S-E can someone explain this to me, as I am not well educated in the current thinking despite 2 academic masters degrees. - SM |
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His Nickname Used to be Shepherd?
25/06/2008 13:57
If I'm not mistaken then our illustrious Labour Minister used to have a nickname of Shepherd. But with his mentality I guess his flock must have fired him. - Cynical |
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Foreign policy!
25/06/2008 14:03
South Africa are now favourites to win the 2010 World Cup! We are excellent at beating foreigners on home soil! - Sputla |
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@otto
25/06/2008 14:25
You really think James 'Over-the-hill' Dalton swearing at his neighbour is as comment-worthy as Chinese people miraculously becoming Black? With these miracles happening all around, JZ and Mad Bob should prepare to leave office, cause He must be just over the next rise. - ramone |
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All sing along now
25/06/2008 14:35
For they're are jolly good idiots! For they're are jolly good idiots! For they're are jolly good idiots! And nobody can deny!!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Welcome to LA LA LAND!!!Pass the prozac please!
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Comedians
25/06/2008 14:41
No need to get foreign, oops, I mean comedians from other countries, oops, every year for the comedy festival when we have a whole parlaiment full of practising comedians! And the best thing is that we do not have to pay extra for them as we already pay their salaries through out taxes. - Nick |
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Warning to all you Journalists out there!!!
25/06/2008 14:42
You may try & dig out any dirt "if there's any at all" about the Labour minister but i have to warn you though ,do it with caution cuz you might end up taking the Vlado Tadeski route, only difference will be killing your own reputation & expanding your already heavily populated Idiot fanbase thereof! - Les-Maada |
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Who could be surprised?
25/06/2008 14:45
I would think that the common link in the Dalton and Mdladlana cases is unadulterated stupidity. Simple as that. Our govt needs to maintain its status quo of incompetence, too, of course. Saying all Chinese employers treat the workers badly is like saying all black South Africans have criminal tendencies...a bit idiotic, if you will. - Schmied |
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