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[Canadian Couple Stabbed In South Africa]

Canadian Couple Stabbed In South Africa

A Toronto couple hiking in South Africa were recovering in hospital Wednesday after being stabbed several times at a nature reserve. Martin Stern, 59, and Janet Stern, 57, were found Tuesday bound, beaten and bleeding from stab wounds in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, which is about 150 kilometres from Cape Town. They are in stable condition, investigating officer David Payne confirmed to CBC News on Wednesday.

The Cape Times reported that the couple had been out hiking around 7 a.m. Tuesday when the attack occurred. Several items were taken from the Sterns, including cellphones, rings and a digital camera. Fellow hikers found the pair about 2½ hours later, tied up with shoelaces and bleeding badly from their arms, legs and necks. The attackers had also hit them with stones, the Times said.

Police diverted a nearby helicopter, which was attempting to airlift a body found just east of the reserve, to pick up the Sterns and take them for emergency care. The Sterns have lived in Canada for two decades but are originally from South Africa. Police are looking for two suspects in connection with the attack. Local officials immediately condemned the attack, which happened as South Africa prepares to host soccer's World Cup in June.

"We must not allow these kinds of attacks or crimes against anybody in our country, specifically because the eyes of the world are on us at the moment, as we are gearing to host one of the biggest events in the world," Alan Winde, a Western Cape Tourism official, told South Africa's Eyewitness News. [ ... only now "we must not allow these kinds of attacks or crimes against anybody in our country" ... because the elite must make money]  

Police have not yet identified the body they found near the reserve, according to the Times.

Source : http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/12/23/hikers-stabbed.html

[Zuma Needs To Clamp Down Hard On AbaThembu Before Afrikaner Separatism Ignites]

Zuma Needs To Clamp Down Hard On AbaThembu Before Afrikaner Separatism Ignites

Afrikaner separatism is as enduring a concept as it is one which blows hot and cold. A Volkstaat (people's state), the proposal for the establishment of self determination for the Boer minority in South Africa, according to federal principles, but alluding to full independence, is never far away from the lips of those who see it as their solution to South Africa's problems.

The Freedom Front Plus, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging and even the Boeremag - before they all got arrested in 2003 - are all proponents of the Volkstaat principle and any concession or even lip-service paid to those who would break away from South Africa, for whatever reason, will result in a backlash from those who seek independence in earnest.

After the elections this year President Jacob Zuma reached out to the Afrikaner community in terms of visiting them and making appointments in Cabinet from outside the ANC. This however will not satisfy those who seek to form their own country. They are simply biding their time and waiting for an example or opportunity, just like the one presented by the AbaThembu clan in the Eastern Cape province.

AbaThembu King, Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, has officially notified Zuma's office that the tribe is withdrawing from the South African government and will be breaking away to form its own state during 2010. This is the clan from which President Nelson Mandela emanates. The lawyers for Dalindyebo simultaneously with their notification to Zuma, of withdrawing from South Africa, served notice on the National Prosecuting Authority calling for them to drop charges which include inter alia culpable homicide, assault GBH and kidnapping, against their client.

Dalindyebo was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the Mthatha High Court in October. In addition the attorneys gave the NPA a deadline to withdraw the charges by Monday, submit an apology by January 5th and pay damages in the sum of R900 million. They noted for good measure that according to their information AbaThembu constitutes the largest tribe in the country with estimated figures in excess of ten million and that about 60% of the land in South Africa legitimately belongs to them. [ ... legitimately ?]

They then concluded by saying that the clan will choose a certain day to be declared a 'National Day of Siege' during which they will burn the national flag and their membership cards of the ANC. An ANC spokesman allegedly dismissed the notice as a joke. If he did, best he stop laughing quickly and formulate a response to the king which confirms that regardless of whether his people elect to begin a process of breaking away from South Africa, the King will be serving the 15 year jail term. Even foreigners who commit crimes in South Africa still go to jail here.

In addition that the President and the country does not take kindly to extortion from anyone.
Perhaps concluding with a note to the attorneys to the effect that unless they can demonstrate why their actions are not an attempt at extortion, they too will be spending time with the NPA and it won't just be for the king. South Africa cannot allow anyone who even suggests separatism as an answer to be taken lightly. There are those who are deadly serious about it and any sign of weakness will be all the signal that they will ever need. [ ... with or without "the signal" ... we`ll do what we have to ... timing is of the essence]

Source : http://www.richmarksentinel.com/rs_headlines.asp?recid=3562

[80% Of Matrics To Fail Maths]

80% Of Matrics To Fail Maths

Pretoria - Over 80% of matriculants will fail maths exam paper 1 (algebra) if their grades aren't adjusted [... in order for the muds to pass]. This is the opinion of Jurg Basson, a mathematics consultant and part-time maths lecturer at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Basson, who's seen the controversial exam paper, confirmed on Sunday the complaints of hundreds of grade 12s, subject teachers and moderators.

Once the moderating process was completed, several moderators indicated an impending "crisis" with regard to maths results [ ... the muds being the "crisis"]. A moderator in Mpumalanga, who prefered to remain anonymous, said candidates who aren't very strong fared extremely poorly, and that there are some who achieved only 2 out of a possible 150 points for the paper [... no wonder its a "crisis" ... a "no-brain crisis"].

Basson says he was very disappointed by the exam paper. It was too difficult and not compiled according to the prescribed guidelines. According to the guidelines, there must be sufficient questions on levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. "That means the compilation of questions must be done in a way that there are enough questions for weaker and very strong pupils". According to Basson, there were very few questions on level 1, while it should amount to about 30%.

"The implication is that all the weaker pupils which one hoped would pass, are not going to make it" [ ... they never do, that why the Whites have been carrying them]. He said there will be no other alternative than to adjust the grades. Basson said the candidates' achievement in maths won't improve unless the core of the problem - the teaching of the subject and the quality of the exam papers - is remedied [ ... rephrase - "the mud candidates' achievement in maths won't improve unless the papers are made easier].

Basson said while teachers in top schools might be satisfied with the paper, there are those in rural and township schools who wouldn't be able to complete the paper themselves [ ... be careful Basson, that sounds "racist" to me !]. When matriculants wrote the paper on November 6, Beeld[newspaper] reported about complaints which came streaming in, including that it had been "utterly unreasonable" and "incredibly difficult".

Granville Whittle, spokesperson for the department of basic education, said on Sunday that the department has received reports that the paper had been too difficult. The department will submit all the exam grades to Umalusi, the council for quality assurance in general and further education and training on Monday. Umalusi will have to decide whether the degree of difficulty of this particular maths exam paper was fair, as well as whether the grades should be adjusted.

Prof Kobus Maree, an educational psychologist at the University of Pretoria (UP) who also has a doctorate in subject didactics in mathematics, said adjusting the grades would be pointless. "Adjusting the grades artificially would be an injustice to the pupils, but also to lecturers who must work with them at university next year, while they don't even have the basic skills". He said the exam paper should be independently analysed. According to Maree it seems as if the majority of pupils should rather take mathematics literacy, because the current teaching of maths clearly does not make provision for them. [ ... the truth at last !]

Source : http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/cf4eb09dd4334af68a4579d2e599bc7b/21-12-2009-07-36/80_of_matrics_to_fail_maths

[Shaik : Why Is Zuma Free ?]

Shaik : Why Is Zuma Free ?

President Jacob Zuma was considering convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik's application for a pardon, a spokesman said on Monday. Presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said Shaik had applied for pardon and it was being considered by the president. "The president is considering a number of applications and Shaik's is among them," said Magwenya. "His application is not enjoying any special consideration." Magwenya said there was no deadline for Zuma to make a decision.

"The president is not obligated to keep to any specific timeline. The Constitution allows him to grant a pardon when he has considered all the facts before him". Shaik was convicted for having a "generally corrupt" relationship with Zuma while Zuma was deputy president. The matter related to South Africa's arms deal with the French weapons company Thint. Shaik was sentenced to 15 years in prison and started his prison sentence in November 2006.

He was released on parole on medical grounds for being in the "last stages of a terminal illness" in March, but a Sunday newspaper photographed him driving around and shopping in Durban during the week [... it was a miracle ... suddenly he is in top health !] He reportedly chased after the newspaper's photographer, swearing at him in Afrikaans. Speaking to the newspaper, Shaik demanded a "f**king pardon". [... heard of a pardon, but never a "f**king pardon"!]

The newspaper Rapport quoted him saying that as long as he remained a prisoner, "other people are equally guilty. Why should I ask for pardon at all ? If three people were part of a so-called plot to elicit money out of the French, why are the French free, why is the president free and why is Shaik still a prisoner ? [clearly Shaik has never heard of a scapegoat !] Come on !" he said.

Magwenya said Shaik's pardon application was among "hundreds" of others, including those of former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock and hundreds of IFP supporters who were still serving sentences for political violence [... as if the terrorist wing of the anc(mk) and pac(apla) were never guilty of political violence]. He declined to comment on Shaik's statement on why he was in prison, while the president was still free.

Source : http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20091221130306995C210030