Critiquing the UN Over Rape Cases (news)
Wednesday 08-Sep-2010: By Sofia TilloWhile recent events in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sparked international debate, at the UN, official declarations have lacked transparency.In a press videoconference, UN Specia (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Backers of Media Bill Had 'Hands in the Till'
Wednesday 08-Sep-2010: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - SOME of the greatest proponents of the controversial Protection of Information Bill had been caught with their "hands in the till", Govin Reddy, a Stellenbosch Univ (By News Poster)... |
S.Africa: Black kids among Afrikaans kids - Black man tells me he will educate his children outside SA
Tuesday 07-Sep-2010: One black man I know was a teacher earlier in his life. He was even educated in Swaziland and later Zimbabwe. He decided that he wanted to give his kids a great education.
So guess what he did. He (By Jan)... | S.Africa: [Afrikaans] Things are going to get Interesting - Dit gaan nog vrolik raak
Tuesday 07-Sep-2010: [Flip Buys runs the powerful Afrikaner "free market" Trade Union Solidarity. I once met him briefly some years ago when a friend of mine introduced me to some people in Solidarity.
If someone can (By Jan)... |
South Africa: Car Thieves Who Preyed On Churchgoers Caught After Wild Car Chase
Monday 06-Sep-2010: By Graeme HoskenTWO SUSPECTED car thieves got more than they bargained for when they tried to steal a car outside a Rayton church. They were pursued by members of the congregation in a wild car chase, (By News Poster)... | S.Africa:[Afrikaans] My Theory about political strategy & the death of Eugene Terreblanche
Monday 06-Sep-2010: [This is a submission by one of our regular readers Riaan. If anyone out there can translate this into english and post it in the comments portion of this article for non-Afrikaans readers to read, th (By Jan)... |
S.Africa: People are TAKING STRAIN... An Afrikaans friend's son tried to commit suicide twice last month...
Sunday 05-Sep-2010: [I recently posted an article entitled: S.Africa: People are TAKING STRAIN... Whites friends are suicidal... Black man hangs himself... You can read it here:
(By Jan)... | Strike Set to Drag on as Labour Federation Digs in its Heels (news)
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Wilson Johwa and Alistair AndersonJohannesburg - THE state's revised wage offer to public servants hit new obstacles yesterday, with unions at odds over whether to end their strike and the Congress (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Fascinating discussions with Blacks: Ian Smith Versus Mugabe - If Whites had a country in Africa...
Saturday 28-Aug-2010: The other day I wrote an article about a discussion I had with a black Zimbabwean who said that if white people had their own country, EVEN IN THE DESERT, you would, after a period of time see things (By Jan)... | Namibia: The Heroic Battles of Matias Mbulunganga
Wednesday 25-Aug-2010: Windhoek - Tomorrow is Heroes Day to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Namibia. Here is the story of former PLAN fighter, Matias Mbulunganga, as he told it to the Mini (By News Poster)... |
S.Africa: Lessons from my Work: The Afrikaans Girl in pain... Part II
Wednesday 25-Aug-2010: You will recall I told the story of various events at my work... as one reader remarked: Its like Egoli (a top soap opera) here in South Africa.
I mentioned how the Afrikaans guys were doing well, (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Villagers Foil Anti-Outreach Militants
Monday 23-Aug-2010: By Wongai ZhangazhaVigilant villagers this week stopped a group of axe-wielding militants from disrupting a constitution-making outreach preparatory meeting in Nyanga North constituency, according to (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: More Teachers to Join National Public Service Strike
Sunday 22-Aug-2010: Cape Town - Two more teachers' unions will join the public services strike this week, writing off at least three more days of teaching at some schools as experts predict serious problems for this year (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Land Registration Brochure, Film Out
Friday 20-Aug-2010: By Catherine SasmanWindhoek - A brochure and 30-minute film were launched yesterday as information tools on the recently embarked upon registration of communal land.The film is available in English, G (By News Poster)... |
S.Africa: Lessons from my Work: Frugal Innovation - They failed 6 times - The Problem I solved would have cost several millions...
Friday 20-Aug-2010: I have had my moments of annoyance at my work. Sometimes one wonders if people are keeping you out of the loop, etc.
In many ways I'm quite used to being screwed in life. Expecting fair play in lif (By Jan)... | Old AfricanCrisis is back up again: Reader's Threats to boycott ReadyHosting... boycott YouTube...
Thursday 19-Aug-2010: I was so exceptionally annoyed with Readyhosting.com the other day and I was beside myself with rage. I wrote this article, and posted the results: AfricanCrisis: Hackers - shutting down of the other (By Jan)... |
Zimbabwe: Outreach Suspended Over War Vets' Terror in Masvingo
Wednesday 18-Aug-2010: By Jennifer DubeWar veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda allegedly brewed violence in Bikita South on Friday, stalling the constitution outreach process.MDC-T officials said 10 meetings to gather villager (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Reader warns me: Govt may consider you a threat
Wednesday 18-Aug-2010: [Hi Hans,
I see you have an interesting "legal" email address. Well, I am actually an Afrikaner by lineage. I may have been born in Rhodesia, but both my parents were Afrikaners. Half our family move (By Jan)... |
South Africa: Free Press Lobby Opposes Secrecy Law
Tuesday 17-Aug-2010: The following letter addressed to South African President Jacob Zuma concerning legislative proposals that many fear would adversely affect press freedom.H.E. Jacob Zuma,President of the Republic of (By News Poster)... | DA and ID Unite Against ANC
Sunday 15-Aug-2010: The South African political parties Democratic Alliance and Independence Party have announced they will merge in an effort to better take on the ruling-ANC in the 2014 national elections.
"We've re (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))... |
S.Africa: Great interest in the Future Afrikaner leaders... the terrible V-word...
Sunday 15-Aug-2010: I see that people were extremely interested in the subject of future Afrikaner leaders and I see that a lot of questions arose on the subject. I am referring to this article: S.Africa: About future Af (By Jan)... | S.Africa: [Afrikaans] ESKOM VERMORSING
Saturday 14-Aug-2010: [Thanks for this Toetsie. Jan]
Hi Jan, nog 'n artikel in vandag se Rapport wat aansluit by 'n vorige artikel van jou oor Eskom se vermorsing van verbruikers se swaarverdiende geld. Groete
Kragb (By Jan)... |
S.Africa: President Jacob Zuma ignores Afrikaner leaders - ANC infighting - Dark days lie ahead for Whites....
Wednesday 11-Aug-2010: [I am censoring this because of the source and the high level nature of what took place. This is a summary of some high level contact. But I want to convey to you a sense of what took place. All I wil (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Lessons from my Work - My Egoli (soapie) type work life... Hacking... will post news later...
Wednesday 11-Aug-2010: One of our readers commented that my work life is about as interesting as Egoli which is one of the most popular TV soapies ever created in South Africa.
I'm not posting any news now because I had (By Jan)... |
South Africa: Poor People's World Cup Highlights Plight of Average Citizens
Tuesday 10-Aug-2010: By Davison MudzingwaWeak floodlights barely held back gathering darkness as Somalia met Serbia in the finals of the Poor People's World Cup. A small band of supporters were on hand to see an African s (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Stanley Mcchrystal And Irony of the Country's Armed Forces
Monday 09-Aug-2010: By Raheem OluwafunminiyiEnglish poet and playwright, William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) wrote in his widely read play Julius Caesar, that the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred (By News Poster)... |
S.Africa: Art: Mel Botes David's Confession
Sunday 08-Aug-2010:  [I received this by email. It seems to be a new show by an Afrikaner. Jan]
The website for Mel Botes is: (By Jan)... | Saint Mandela & The Gaza Amity Armada
Saturday 07-Aug-2010: ¡°One of the worst human rights violations in the world today¡± ©¤ this is how Nelson Mandela has characterized Israel¡¯s naval blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza, and the defensive actions the Jewish (By Jan)... |
Kenya: Raila Committed to 'Amending Contentious Issues' in New Constitution
Saturday 07-Aug-2010: By Macharia GaithoRelaxed and jovial, Mr Odinga used the period before the formal interview to talk candidly about the period leading up to the head operation that sidelined him from the campaign trai (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Bizarre Stunt Fuels Further Acrimony on New Constitution Outreach
Saturday 07-Aug-2010: By Wongai ZhangazhaA BIZARRE incident, in which an MDC-M rapporteur was arrested for allegedly exposing his private parts to a Zanu PF official, has ground the constitutional outreach process to a hal (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: MDC Sustain Broken Limbs After Zanu PF Attacks in Chipinge
Friday 06-Aug-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaAssaults on MDC officials and supporters intensified in the Chipinge area of Manicaland on Wednesday and Thursday, as ZANU PF continued its campaign of violence linked to the Co (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Sexism That Makes Good Market Sense
Thursday 05-Aug-2010: By Katy ChanceJohannesburg - MY OWN feelings on Women's Day are well known, but I took the plunge and asked Robyn Farrell, MD and founding director, in 2002, of 1st for Women insurance, what she felt (By News Poster)... |
S.Africa: Coming... blacks at my work argue furiously over the ANC....
Wednesday 04-Aug-2010: Here's a quick note. Yesterday I was at lunch in our canteen and at the other end, on the verandah, I watched as about 6 or so black co-workers of mine were arguing extremely animatedly over the ANC a (By Jan)... | Orania: Uitnodiging na 22ste Jaarlikse Burgervergadering in Orania
Tuesday 03-Aug-2010: Dit is ‘n voorreg om vir twee en twintig jaar lank by ‘n projek betrokke te kan wees. Dit is nog ‘n groter voorreg as die projek van krag tot krag gaan en al hoe meer sukses begin behaal. Daarom is (By JanOlifant)... |
My Trip to America: US Govt asks: Have the SA & Zim Governments harrassed you? When Dan Akroyd was interested in me...
Monday 02-Aug-2010: Let me tell you the full story of what transpired a week ago when I first went to the US Consulate in Johannesburg to apply for my visa for my trip in October.
They hit you with a lot of questions, (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: 'Impunity-Riddled,' in Spite of Govt - Report
Saturday 31-Jul-2010: By Alex BellA number of international legal organizations have warned that the current dire state of the legal and justice system in 'impunity riddled Zimbabwe' has continued to decline, despite the f (By News Poster)... |
Africa: Addressing the Role of Religion in HIV Response
Friday 30-Jul-2010: Nairobi - At a church compound in Nairobi's Mathare slum, women and their children line up for food rations. Among them is Zipporah Mueni, an HIV-positive mother of five."I have come here to receive f (By News Poster)... | My Trip to America: US Consulate approves my VISA
Thursday 29-Jul-2010: I went to the American Consulate again today. They do not allow any electronic equipment into the consulate - not even cell phones. You must switch them off and leave them at the entrance.
I decide (By Jan)... |
S.Africa: The Black woman who speaks and writes in Afrikaans...
Wednesday 28-Jul-2010: At my work I saw something quite cute.
Traditionally, because of Apartheid, blacks don't like speaking Afrikaans. Blacks prefer speaking English. This is true through most of Africa except where t (By Jan)... | S.Africa: I'm back... and been working on the websites... My INCREDIBLE learning curve of 2010... The ANC Scum... We're all nerds...
Saturday 24-Jul-2010: Just a note to everyone that after this intense week at work that by friday things had chilled and was under control. I can now start handing over things to people and focus more on my own work and ta (By Jan)... |