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Who to vote for
14/08/2008 08:35
Here's an idea: vote for the DA. They're not perfect, but they will at least TRY to make things better. I think Cape Town speaks for itself when it comes to how well things can run, given the circumstances. It's no use voting for the ANC because the handful of honourable people left among their ranks will be ousted as soon as the Zuma-gestapo come to power. - JP Strauss |
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Crime.......
14/08/2008 08:36
This government has lot the plot completely, and their reason for being has ceased to be. They insist on playing the race card, apartheid and arms deal. THe ferry corruption and fuel problems instead of creating solutions.
It is by no means an easy job, but putting yourself up for election means you are entering into a world where things are expected of you.... I sincerely hope the masses open their eyes and see what is going on through honest eyes...... - Turquisesumo |
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Violent Crime Rate
14/08/2008 08:38
Poverty is NOT an excuse for rape, torture and murder (even apartheid cant be blamed for the high violent crime in this country). This is a moral issue and unfortunately these criminals, which are mostly blacks, dont respect LIFE. How can the South African people respect the law of this country when our leaders do not respect the Law and constitution. - debbie |
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Brilliantly written
14/08/2008 08:50
What more can I say? - Dave Robbins |
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You're dead right!
14/08/2008 08:59
Blacks are the vast majority affected and afflicted by crime and it is unacceptable. Now all those millions of black people who are affected get the opportunity to vote their displeasure. What do they say with their vote? "More of the same please - thank you". (Horse and water springs to mind" - AJ |
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Brilliant
14/08/2008 09:02
Kgomotso, well done. Crime is the number one common link every South African has, no matter where you live. The ruling party has proved that they are too soft on crime and not willing to put in place effective measures to combat same, notwithstanding the fact that a number of them have been victims. People should not vote with their hearts, but their heads. Whichever party can turn this wonderful country around, should be in charge. Bring back harsh punishment to meet harsh crime. - Mark T |
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Pack your bags
14/08/2008 09:03
Ill be more than happy to pick you up on my way to the airport, then we can emigrate together. Al least that is what all those who want to complain about the crime should do if I recall correctly. I really don?t know what we should do to solve the problem since those in power doesn?t see it as a problem. - HJH |
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Kgomotso Matsunyane
14/08/2008 09:04
I'm a 20-year-old South African travelling the world. I read Kgomotso Matsunyane's blog as often as possible, and thoroughly enjoy her personal insight into South African society and politics. It's refreshing and inspiring to read the thoughts of a woman who is blessed with instinctive wisdom. Start a party Kgomotso, you've got my vote! - Kyle Cullen |
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Difficult decisions
14/08/2008 09:05
I am also facing next years elections with "I know I have to vote, but who for?"
I feel our government has failed us completely on all areas;
Convicted felons (Travelgate MPs) still in parliment.
People dying of Aids to scared to tell their families they are ill and therefore not getting the medical help they need.
Others are being killed in their homes.
I can't let my kids out of my sight.
Education system is substandard.
No justice system.
Maybe we should all pack our bags?! - LRob |
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I hear you but we still have a big problem in that ...
14/08/2008 09:07
The ANC is only a shadow of it's former self. The hard fought struggle against racism and poverty seems to be reversing and all the founders of the party must be crying inside to see it all. We still have too many small parties that water down our collective voting power. Time to regroup and do this right ... - White_African |
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Well articulated ..
14/08/2008 09:12
..and thought provoking. You hint at the solution to our crime problem when you refer to the call for help by neighbours.We must develop a culture where criminals are shunned and not glorified. The 'neighbour'must be the eyes of the police. First step though, is to report the criminals within the police department. The ANC, in its present form cannot and will not, eradicate crime. Those who hope to be in power are also rotten to the core. Simple solution; give the DA more power. - Lloyd Macklin |
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nice article
14/08/2008 09:13
I have never voted before because I didn't think change was needed at the time, this time round I will be voting for the sake of change. - turbo_superboss |
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"and let it be reiterated that the vast majority of victims of crime in this country are black and living in townships"?
14/08/2008 09:14
It's truly amazing how one can ruin a perfectly good piece of writing with one silly line like that.I assume that you have the facts to back this up,and even if you do,what is it supposed to prove? That white people have got less reason to "whinge" when a violent and barbaric crime is committed against them,such as not only being robbed in their homes,but tortured and/or murdered in the process (because their supposedly poorer black countrymen have it far worse)? - The Truth |
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Crime....SA's biggest terrorist
14/08/2008 09:14
RSA has two biggest terrorists...Crime and Corruption. There is no better way to wake up the ruling party than to give other parties a chance. That is by voting for the opposition. Last year I told myself I won't be voting but this year I decided that I'll be voting for the opposition next year. I can't allow things to happen as they currently are before it becomes too late i.e. Zim situation. - Fikile |
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Kgomotso a breath of fresh air
14/08/2008 09:17
Kgomotso for president and if your'e available I would like your hand in marriage foxyyy lady - patriot |
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CRIME
14/08/2008 09:17
Crime includes fraudulent police offecers. A handful(8) vigilantes were caught this morning for blowing up ATM's. The police that caught them made of with 75% of the money and only anded in the 25%. The PM gets a bribe of R30 million and does not pay taxes on that. Fraud should be tackled head on YES. BUT start with jobless people, SARS last year have exceede their target by far, why was this extra not used to creat work for the jobless people? - Dennis |
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Not so difficult , just decide
14/08/2008 09:18
I'm an ANC member and agree that we must deny the ANC 2/3 majority this time and guess they can see that they wont get it that is why they are changing all this legislations and bills in parliament. It is wrong to make them too powerful cos they are relaxing and taking advantage.Vote for a black party to have their voice heard, like AZAPO, UDM, PAC and so forth. Lets strengthen them cos people will still vote for the ANC fearing the racial DA.I'm an ANC member but they wont get my vote this time. - Percentage |
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We're all in the same boat
14/08/2008 09:18
Kgomotso, my sympathy is with you & the majority that shares your sentiment & concerns. I think like so many you are becoming more aware that your vote is one of few weapons that we have to make ourselves heard, to express our objections or support of how the government carries out its mandate. For too long our votes have expressed our support for "the revolution" or dislike of apartheid. With NP joining & dying in ANC's embrace, we must mature & express how we want to be served. - Philip |
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SA Crime
14/08/2008 09:18
Solid article,Kgomotso, and you are right,CRIME should be the top priority for our Gov. A handful of whiteys & forward thinking blacks cannot change our Gov, only the voting masses can. So, high profile people like yourself, whose opinion may get some respect, can lead the way and encourage the ignorant masses to do the same. However disillusioned our citizens are, black or white, we MUST all vote in 2009. Abstaining from voting will change nothing in SA. Spread the message. - SeanO |
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I don't know who to vote for either
14/08/2008 09:18
Initially it was a no-brainer...I voted ANC. These days I'm disenchanted with the path they chose to follow. I find the DA more palatable under the leadership of Helen Zille, though I will always view any political party through sceptical eyes. I would love to see crime, and its underlying causes, seriously addressed but so far it doesn't seem like any politician has the nerve to tackle this issue. - Odette |
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Well said
14/08/2008 09:19
I think your sentiments run deep within all of us Kgomotso. I only hope that all of South Africa will vote for party on merit and not mistakes made past. Our country has grown substantially and we now need a party that will represent all South Africans rather than a select few. - Anon |
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Packed Bags
14/08/2008 09:22
I agree ?Shoot To Kill? is not a strategy. Violence breeds violence! Having said that I wouldn?t even begin to understand the complexity of how to curb the crime etc?. but then I wasn?t the one that the people of SA put there trust in and voted for, that is based on some well written speech by an individual employed to do and recited without understanding the consequences of the content. Enough of ?If you vote for me we will stop poverty, we will provide jobs to the nation etc?? and start telling us how if you want the peoples vote. I?m a true South African and thought I?d be the last to leave. I can protect myself against the mental turmoil and lies, but I can protect my children. On a short note my bags are packed and I?ll return when I?ve heard and seen action that doesn?t involve corruption or the lining of pockets.
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Fikile...
14/08/2008 09:26
Bru its not even about only voting for the opposition, just don't vote ANC. The less power they have the better because they have proven themselves incapable, irresponsible and utterly incompetent. Whatever party you chose, the fact remains, ANC will win the election next year. The only thing we can do is take away a portion of their power. This will make this imbeciles stop, start and THINK!!! - Greg |
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Great article Kgomotso
14/08/2008 09:28
The time has come for all South Africans to dig deep and do a little soul searching. Surely this is not how paradise is meant to be? - John Camp |
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Great Article!!!!
14/08/2008 09:31
Fantastic article Kgomotso. The 2010 World Cup may just be the wake up call everyone needs. As much as I would like it to be a roaring success, a small part of me thinks that maybe if the 2010 WC exposed our crime problem to the world, our leaders might take more notice. Nobody likes their dirty laundry being flashed all over town, and FIFA town is pretty big. - Dean |
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Brilliant!
14/08/2008 09:32
Love you Miss Thang. It's very depressing to be South African and an ANC member nowadays. I dread the thought of leaving the country because, i'm scared of being a hypocrite and singing praises that are not due. If only we had leaders of substance, MEN and WOMEN, of intergrity in power. I AM EMBARRASED! The principle of Eye for an Eye should be implemented on these fiends. - Zola |
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Vote against Crime
14/08/2008 09:33
It appears that criminals have nothing to fear anymore. Jails maybe overcrowded but many are able to bribe their way into receiving all types of luxuries and priviledges. I do not agree with putting petty criminals in with hardened ones. If you have comitted a serious crime then you should be given many years of HARD LABOUR! Think along the lines of the Italian prisoners of war who had to labour at building road passes through our mountains. The problem with most criminals is they won't work. - Trish |
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Real Issues
14/08/2008 09:36
Spot on Kgomotso! I live 1km away from Diepkloof, unfortunately in our area it has reached a point where the community has resorted to basic "look-after-each-other" methods obviously because the police have not been able to provide any help at. As a result-a number of suspects and "would-be-criminals" have been beaten up by the community!! While we cannot condone vigilant acts and kangaroo courts, can we blame the communities for protecting what belongs to them and their lives for that matter!? - Bahle |
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Percentage please tell me ...
14/08/2008 09:42
What exactly is "racial" about the DA? I would really like to hear what prompts someone to make a remark like that without backing it up with facts. Please enlighten me. - cj |
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The solution
14/08/2008 09:45
The solution to crime is CONSEQUENCE! Laws don't help, criminals disobey the law. We need to start making an example of people who disregard the law and the rights of our people. By sending a strong message through consequence, ie death penalty, Desperate times call for desperate measures. Shoot to kill! - jim |
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Crime
14/08/2008 09:46
My solution; although too harsh; we need a "dictator". Somebody with balls to say "for next five years - no strikes, do crime then do time, children belong in classroom and teachers in school, let's get the country working!!" But then the population has to buy into the idea. The constitution (OUR RIGHTS) means nothing if you can piss on it. - Tebogo |
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Start with the cops...
14/08/2008 09:51
I think curbing crime has to start with a good long look at the police force. Create a South African version of Internal Affairs to police the police and make sure they do what they are paid to do. Then, when we have a police force we can trust, funds need to be reallocated from MP's bonuses and car allowances (and wherever else they are not being used appropriately) to raise the salaries of our policemen and women. This may be a good start. - Frustrated |
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Run away.....and leave your loved ones behind, cowards!
14/08/2008 09:51
Ya, I almost lost interest in this read when I got to, "vast majority of victims of crime in this country are black and living in townships". Still, I offer my sincere condolences because I felt the same when my not black family members were......violated. But financially we can't afford to pack our bags like those who run away from their troubles to "other shores". We just face another day in a country we love and make the change HERE for our kids. - gummibear |
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The Truth, I'd strongly suggest acquiring a life
14/08/2008 09:52
Why can't you just enjoy a piece of brilliant writing and just let it be? Why must you ruin it by picking out the one sentence in the whole 800-word column that you disagree with and try to spoil the broth? I never understand people who go out of their way to get themselves upset. This column is Kgomotso's and she has a right to call it like she sees it. Is it so difficult to just agree to disagree? Is that so hard? - Mak Flava |
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Time to Think
14/08/2008 09:53
As a black South African, I thought the day will never come for me for not voting ANC, but I think I was wrong. It's all a mess but the problem is the opposition party (DA) is more a white against blacks party than the oppositon, They(DA) need to convince me that I as a black man can trust them. My vote is up for grabs, but one thing is for sure Zuma and Malema ain't getting my vote.
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Dear Kgomotso
14/08/2008 09:54
You speak from the heart, you speak from the soul, you speak the horrible truth...and all with such compassion. I rejoice that you have not been harmed. I have, and so many friends too..one tends to expect it these days. And the worries about children. Spread the word, do not believe any more empty promises. Vote DA. Helen Zille is a woman of her word. Read her letters on the web please. God Bless You. - Alicia |
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@cj
14/08/2008 09:55
I'm a DA supporter. It doesn't matter if the DA is is racist or not, I don't believe it is (for the record). What matters is that that is the perception that many black South Africans have of the DA. We need to change that! - jim |
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Crime, what crime?
14/08/2008 09:56
I think every proud South African should just build a R90 million wall to sufficiently prove to themselves that there's absolutely no crime problem in this country.
Maybe you all should vote for the DA, they at least will stop talking and DO something...
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Good article
14/08/2008 09:56
About time someone exploded the myth of poverty causing crime. I spent a significant amount of time in Africa - Ghana, Kenya etc. And have seen poverty that far outstrips what we have here. And in Ghana they have a colonial past too, and mass exportation of slaves too. Yet even with their poverty they don't have anywhere near the crime rate we do. - Alan |
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Who to vote for
14/08/2008 09:58
Well for me I will vote DA. You might not agree with all they have to say but at least they hold themselves accountable and challenge all the criminal dealings of the ANC and want to tackle crime in general. Mama Zille can do a lot more to make us safer but only if we as a people vote for her to make those changes. Not voting = a vote for the ANC so please vote. Vote DA for a real hope of eradicating crime. - Andrew |
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All affected
14/08/2008 10:00
Crime is affecting all of us so lets try to curb the situation by voting for the best party - Mpo |
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SAFA
14/08/2008 10:12
What Benedict Mcarthy is saying is true theres too much favouritism in sport.The likes of Surprise Moriri,McBerth Sibiya& many others are good for club level only.SAFA bosses must all resign, they have over stayed their wellcome.We need new blood and fresh ideas.They must stop being greedy for money. - David Khunou |
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new SA a huge disappointment
14/08/2008 10:17
Great article as usual Kgomotso. I voted for the ANC in 1994 and 1999; I really thought they were the good guys. What happened? Why is South African society so sickeningly violent? Would someone please come up with a political alternative; I really don't want to emigrate but I wake up in terror every time something goes bump in the night. This is no way to live. - angie |
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Kgomotso
14/08/2008 10:20
What you are displaying are the traits of coconuts, why must crime levels dictate which format to use in the elections, get together with your DA friends and strengthen your party and fight, we the ANC will continue to fight proverty and transformation, the minute majority of us in this country can afford that, then crime will be a priority, to me you can't talk about crime and exclude proverty and education then you are fighting a loosing battle. - Paul Montele |
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Love for another
14/08/2008 10:20
We all need to start respecting life, respect the laws and respect each other, irrespective of our race.
The problem in South Africa is that we have taken our eyes of God. if all of us focus on the Lord then we will love each other like Jesus loves us. There's no room for hatred and racism if Jesus is in our hart. - Piet |
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Wow
14/08/2008 10:20
Excellent summary of a week in SA. We need to change the legal system to be more effective, Police to be proud and honest, AA and BEE that creates racial tension and a "we can change it" attitude from our people. 1 of our freedom fighters said:"I did not fight for freedom to be poor", but surely not to condemn the poor either. The majority of SA does not have the skills or financial ability to emigrate. We need leaders that will look after the whole nation. Not their own pockets. - Xeno |
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Love for another
14/08/2008 10:20
We all need to start respecting life, respect the laws and respect each other, irrespective of our race.
The problem in South Africa is that we have taken our eyes of God. if all of us focus on the Lord then we will love each other like Jesus loves us. There's no room for hatred and racism if Jesus is in our hart. - Piet |
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Comment
14/08/2008 10:31
Remember, a country gets the government it deserves, I do not understand how any voter can even contemplate voting for the current government. A vote for them means the voter agrees with incompetence, corruption, high crime, no electricity ............. - Allen |
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brilliant
14/08/2008 10:31
you could not have said it any better - well written indeed - laverne |
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Priority
14/08/2008 10:34
Kgomotso, at this stage the problem IS that crime is top priority. The solution is that the COMBATTING of crime should be top priority. Just a thought.... - Makapani |
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Kgomotso - I think you speak the thhoughts of many!
14/08/2008 10:41
Wonderful piece. It so perfectly encapsulates what many feel and worry about. My deep sadness is that we actually have to wonder when "our" turn will come. As to who to vote for, I have no idea. We need to address respect for the law, and enforcement of the law from a grassroots level. This is a mix of civic and personal duty, and of a duty of care and execution by Government. - Cynicus |
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DA
14/08/2008 10:43
I agree, the DA should try to project a non-elitist profile and they will garner a lots of swing votes. After so long into our democracy, it time for us to vote for what is good for us and what is good for the country. The ANC has proven themselves as the party who has distanced themselves from our needs. We want a party who will do what the people want- and not what they tellus we want. - Mark T |
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Crime
14/08/2008 10:44
Vote for any party, as long is it's not ANC coalition!!! We need a strong opposition. We need a new group of liberators to free us from the current ?liberators?!!! - Mornay |
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Vote DA
14/08/2008 10:44
As a coloured in Cape town I will FOR SURE vote DA and i hope my community will follow me,Go ZILLE - JENO |
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Rule with fear
14/08/2008 10:45
The ANC has a new strategy. Its to rule with disruption and fear.Just look at the Zuma supporters.Its all they good at and they cant do anything else.They are also not interested in bettering themselves(education),because then they would actually need to do something pro active.There are alot of good parties out there pick one besides the ANC.With COSATU and Communist party having more of a voice in the ANC only means one thing. - Shaun |
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Voting
14/08/2008 10:47
Sorry Kgomotso it looks like me and you and all the voters who once loved the ANC are stranded as we dont have any worthy political party to vote for.Maybe we should form our own party and call it : DEMOTIVATED POLITICIANS:iT HAS A NICE RING TO IT HEY? - David Khunou |
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Vote anyone BUT ANC
14/08/2008 10:48
The ANC have failed us. One of our constitutional rights is the right to safety. Vote for any party but the ANC. They are too comfortable with their posotion of power. Give them the fright of their lives! - envirokid |
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I tell you what will sicken you even more...
14/08/2008 10:50
After you get that earth-shattering phone call from the police telling you they found your murdered loved one's body... Months later when they're winding up his estate you have to pay a portion of the inheritance over to the government as tax! The government doesn't uphold its duty to protect its citizens but it still gets paid... For what??? That really stinks! - May |
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Vote for who you think will be the better
14/08/2008 10:51
I'm not going to tell you who to vote for. I'm going to tell you not to vote ANC, I want them to realise that it is the power of the people to determine who our leaders are and not a conference at polokwane... because since then we have wasted time on the ANC watching them fight, stab each other, act like hooligans, stop working to spend the taxpayers money sitting outside a court room, etc.... - Point Blank |
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@CJ - The DA mistake
14/08/2008 10:53
CJ - I am also a DA supporter. But the party messed up by electing a white leader, even though she is the best leader. South Africa needs an alternative to the ANC, and a white-led DA does not fit the bill. South Africa needs change for the better, and if that means sacrificing meritocracy initially, that is fine. Maybe Zille should resign and become an advisor to the DA, lead by someone like Kgomotso. - RadCFA |
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Diepkloof
14/08/2008 10:59
My father was shot dead last year in November in the presence of my mother on their way to church for an old battered cellphone which needed a cellotape to keep it together. No clues, no leads, no investigation, nothing nothing nothing. Crime? What crime? - Sphiwe |
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lame Human rights commision
14/08/2008 10:59
agreed our judicial system is a mess and government is to be blamed for them. But for me the biggest contributors to this whole mess is the so called HAPPY PEOPLE, with they flowers in the field crap". The Human Wrights commission ,yes they a watch dog for human wrights.but they also the once that fights tooth and nails for prisoners rights. that?s why places like JHB prison is called SUN CITY .what about our rights.They have no backbone recall the malema issue - cas |
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Its okay to vote for a white!
14/08/2008 11:03
Black SA's need to realise that its okay to vote for a party led by a white person, especially if their the best person for the job. Not to do so based on skin colour is racist! Not so? - jim |
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Whatever you do - don't 'not vote'
14/08/2008 11:06
Great article. I am voting DA next year but I think there will be a major consolidation of opposition parties. The ANC has got to go for all the reasons above and in you article. But whatever you do, you must vote - abstaining would be voting for the ANC. As it stands, you also get my vote - nice one. - Alex |
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RadCFA
14/08/2008 11:07
Although I agree the DA should've elected a black leader I have to say that it would have been percieved to be windows dressing. Helen Zille IS the best person for the job, she HAS the struggle credentials the new ANC leadership do NOT. I believe the DA have what it takes to at least shake up the ANC, to shake those cobwebs off the ANC office chairs that they have long since sat on to do any work. - Point Blank |
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Great article!
14/08/2008 11:14
Well I must say it's a pleasure to read an article which is worth more than the bits (pc terminology) it's stored on. Other than the whole country, except for the criminals, leaving the country, co's that's what we are told government wants, I would dearly like to know...What can we/I do to educate the masses to the reality of SA? Not the ANC's 'reality' they fool the masses into believing but the actual truth. Drop pamphlets from an airplane onto the townships? Seminars? Meetings? - Keifie |
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David Khunou
14/08/2008 11:17
Great idea David- you have my vote.As for,Paul Montele, just because black people change their mind about voting for the ANC, it does not mean they are coconuts. That is not democratic thinking. We are ALL South Africans and need to look towards our and our kid's future. Stop thinking along racial lines and vote for the best party, be it the DA, UDM or ID. Our tax money HAS to be better spent-and on us. - Mark T |
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@Mak Flava
14/08/2008 11:21
Maybe you should read.I said it was a good piece of writing,spoilt a by a filthy line of generalisation with a pinch of veiled racism.Why did I have to find fault? I ask the question,why must race always be brought into the equation when quite clearly crime affects us all? - The Truth |
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Crime?
14/08/2008 11:22
Its not crime anymore - its all out civil war actually. When a gang of twenty people run riot in a shopping mall with machine guns ..thats not crime thats ******* war. Crime is when my bicycle gets nicked or someone pinches my hi-fi without torturing,raping then killing me. War is when people run around with machine guns blowing up things - sound familiar? Our government is in total denial that we are in fact at war! The worst part is that the people have no one to defend them! - Mikey |
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An urgent invite to anc members
14/08/2008 11:25
I'm the member of the anc,most of what have been said is true. some of our leaders are destroying what the anc stands for. other branches are sweating blood fighting this individuals within the party parameters,important documents are circulating internally to make more members aware of this behaviour. hopefully more anc members will be more involved so that this issue is tackled before we nominate members who will lead next year's elections - Brian |
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Who will vote right?
14/08/2008 11:25
We have a big problem. A lot of blacks got rich as a result of the ANC and will support their source of income. The poor blacks in rural areas will only change the leader, not the party. The whities are fleeing, so they won't vote either. It is only a handful of middleclass SA (all races) that will vote for the interest off all. That will not make a dent in the masses. - Xeno |
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@ Sphiwe
14/08/2008 11:27
Man, I feel for you and even more for your mother... that is so terribly sad and the way the crime has been dealt with is, to be fank, a load of sh*t. Come on people, we have to ring in the changes - forget about colour, creed or where you live. So many have the same story as Sphiwe. The ANC has dragged a wonderful country into the ground. I even have my maid saying she wishes apartheid was back - she says it was safer, cleaner, better - go figure, to have to say that! Man, its sad. - Alex |
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Men and Women..
14/08/2008 11:29
Time for some introspection here. It appears to me (as a personal opinion, mind you) that the only people in Parliament with any balls and/or integrity are two ladies - Patricia de Lille and Helen Zille. Which is a very poor reflection on us men. I can't quite live with Patricia's policies though; so it will have to be Helen. Viva the ladies, shame on the men. - Steve |
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Win fairly or not at all
14/08/2008 11:29
I also believe Helen Zille is the best person to lead thhe DA, and she certainly has my vote, but the onus is on her to earn the rust of black voters. I can fully understand why they are hesitant to vote for a white person... but if anyone can earn trust fairly, she can. The worst thing to do is kick her out because she's the wrong colour. Thw "Window dressing" solution smacks of dishonesty, and I think most South Africans are sick of that. - Shaheer |
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Vote for ANYONE rather than the ANC
14/08/2008 11:33
I say this because we need to send a very strong message to the ANC that we are disgusted with the mismanagement of this country. They will win of course but let them have less seats and decision making powers. They are doing as they like with no regard for what the people want or need. Reminds me of the old regime somehow??!! - Cottonball |
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Solution....???
14/08/2008 11:42
And what do you think is a revolutionary way to solve crime? Arrest more, convict more, police more? Forget it. The only way is to give people hope and be practical about it. I don't see any party dealing effectively with crime while we still have such huge disparities in income and privileges. As long as there are still people who feel left behind we will get shot. Check out white collar crime as well. We are 2nd only to Nigeria! - Chris-T |
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Strong leader
14/08/2008 11:47
We need a leader who will be able to keep his promises (I.E. Mandela), at least when he ran the country, not all of the ANC was corrupt and he kept most of his promises for both black and white. I say we need someone with a clear conscience and record, only then will we see a positive change in our country. - Christo |
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Voting for change,
14/08/2008 11:49
I am looking at your posting Shaheer....maybe the very simple answer, conceding the matter of colour etc., is that this is a woman..give a woman a chance to save our dying country...now that's change for you. Helen will appoint people of all races, colours, beliefs etc. This I know. Thank you again for an eye opening article. It's wonderful to know that there are people like you out there. - Alicia |
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@Shaheer
14/08/2008 11:50
Shaheer - I take your point, but it is not dishonesty. It is strategy. If the black DA leader believes the same as the white DA leader, then it is not window dressing. Then it is teamwork. If we don't work together, the win WILL be 'not at all'... - RadCFA |
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14/08/2008 11:51
I will NOT vote ANC(Julius,Vavi,Blade,Zuma etc..) this time. Hit them where it hurts most - the ballot! I will not vote for DA either. - JM |
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SA mind set
14/08/2008 11:55
Give the ANC credit, one thing they well, is to keep they followers confused biggups to they spin doctors.If you ask a diehard ANC supporter what he thinks about the current situation he will tell you there is conspiracy but doesn?t know who the conspirator.this works well with the masses the poor , but no longer with the educated black middle class.regarding voting base on race I will not vote for anybody who consider me African when he wants somthing and call my colourd when i want a job. - cas |
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Waar was julle
14/08/2008 11:58
Desmond Dube initiated the million march campaign, waar was jy? The politicians can't do anything with the crime. I think we need traditional leaders. They can deal with the crime issues head on. Back to the roots, we need courts that can be supported by the community and the community that can support the courts without any fear. Note that the community does not fear the criminals the problem is the law. The people don?t want to take the law into their hands. - Tumza |
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DA not for me - not today
14/08/2008 12:00
Well, I'm sure about whom I'll vote for and will not spoil my vote. I'll rather vote for someone who'll continue to address the legacy of the past. I'll vote for whoever does not pretend that things have now changed in SA. I?ll put my mark on anyone who keeps talking Affirmative Action, BEE, and transformation. As a person, there is no way I'll vote for the DA. I?ll be na? to think that the DA attitude is different from the then NP. Better the devil I know.
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coailition party
14/08/2008 12:00
Zille and De lille should combine and even get Bantu Holimisa on board and form A strong party, then i think the anc will have to start peforming and then show the people of this country who put them into power more respect and start doing the jobs they get fatcat salaries for - sean bateman |
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spoiled for choice as long as it's not ANC
14/08/2008 12:10
DA, ACDP, IFP, UDM, ID whatever.Just don't vote for a party that has had their chance, messed up (but looked very well after themselves), and still arrogantly claim they are going to rule until the second coming. - kwk |
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@Shaheer
14/08/2008 12:11
Shaheer - I take your point, but it is not dishonesty. It is a strategy. If the black DA leader believes the same as the white DA leader, then it is not window dressing. Then it is teamwork. If we don't work together, the win WILL be 'not at all'... - RadCFA |
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@ The Truth
14/08/2008 12:16
I think what Kgomotso was saying is that black people suffer crime most, but are also the people who vote for the ANC. - taurus |
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What other parties??????????
14/08/2008 12:22
As a coloured male I cant vote or understand why any coloured would vote for any party (ANC)who publicly tells you that you are not African and cant get a job because you kissed you white masters behind even though our blood was spilled in the struggle. The only problem is who else to vote for, I would have liked to have seen the others PAC,ID etc. to take this opportunity to canvas votes. all I know of parties sch as the ID is the arms deal. the DA at the |
