Suid-Afrikaners in die buiteland wat geregistreer is mag hul kruisie
in vanjaar se algemene verkiesing trek.
Die konstitusionele hof het Donderdagoggend bevind Suid-Afrikaanse
burgers wat hulle in die buiteland bevind by die land se sendings in
die buiteland mag stem.
Die kiesers sal slegs aan die nasionale en nie die provinsiale
verkiesings nie deelneem.
Diegene wat kwalifiseer en wat wil stem, moet die
hoofverkiesingsbeampte teen 27 Maart van hul voorneme in kennis stel.
Die hof het uitspraak gelewer nadat hy vroeër die saak van mnr. Willem
Richter (27), 'n Pretorianer wat tans in Brittanje skoolhou, aangehoor
het.
'n Aansoek dat Suid-Afrikaners in die buiteland wat nog nie
geregistreer het nie, toegelaat moet word om dit voor die verkiesing
te doen, is afgekeur.
Regter Piet Ebersohn het verlede maand in die Pretoriase hooggeregshof
beslis dele van die kieswet is ongrondwetlik en Richter moet toegelaat
word om in die buiteland stem.
Die aansoek is deur die konstitusionele hof bekragtig.
Me. Pansy Tlakula, hoofverkiesingsbeampte, het buite die hof gesê die
Onafhanklike Verkiesingskomissie is gereed vir die kiesers wat in die
buiteland wil stem.
"Ons sal meer stembriewe moet druk en sal eers na die einde van Maart
weet hoeveel mense in die buiteland wil stem," het sy gesê.
" In hierdie stadium het sowat 5 000 kiesers gesê hulle wil in die
buiteland stem , maar ons verwag dit sal meer as verdubbel." Mev.
Martie Richter, Willem se ma, sê sy is trots op haar seun wat
geskiedenis gemaak het en het hom reeds 'n sms gestuur.
Taxi driver slapped and spat at me - granny
7 March 2009, 07:19
A Johannesburg woman has laid a charge of common assault against a
taxi driver who spat and slapped her in the face when she confronted
him about driving into oncoming traffic.
Kempton Park motorist Diana Davis has had a first-hand experience of
the lawlessness of taxi drivers and is enraged at her assault.
"It is absolutely disgusting. I am gob-smacked," Davis told the
Saturday Star this week. "If he is going to do that to me and I am a
perfect stranger, what is he doing at home?"
Edenvale Police are still investigating her case.
Davis's case comes as a Pretoria taxi driver Percyval Mlungisi Matji,
31, was released on R1 000 bail from the Pretoria Magistrate's Court
this week after knocking down and killing 17-year-old Garsfontein
schoolgirl Bernadine Kruger.
In a separate incident, another taxi driver killed motorcyclist
Alastair McLarty, 45, when the taxi driver drove on the wrong side of
the road on Witkoppen Road in Sunninghill. The taxi driver also died
in the accident when his van went up in flames.
In Davis's incident, she was driving with her two grandchildren in
Edenvale last week when she got caught up in peak-hour traffic on
Laurie Road.
"The traffic was travelling in a northern direction and was at a
gridlock. A taxi overtook the stationary traffic on a solid white line
and came into my oncoming traffic lane, blocking it. I remained
stationary facing the taxi.
"Once the traffic travelling in a northerly direction began to move,
he moved slightly - allowing me to mount the pavement - (and pulled)
alongside me. I asked him what he thought he was doing as he was
endangering all our lives. He then spat in my face. I shouted at him
and he leaned out of his window and slapped me in the face."
Within seconds a patrol car had arrived at the scene and apprehended
the taxi driver just before Modderfontein Road. He was then taken to
the Sebenza police station.
But nearly a week after the incident, nothing has happened. All she
has received is a call from the Edenvale police station, confirming
receipt of the case.
"They called me and told me that the case had been transferred and
that they would contact me if there is a court case. But there has
been no movement yet."
And now Davis is even angrier.
"They haven't been co-operative at all. I think this whole case is
just going to go up in smoke. The police are taking a totally
too-relaxed stance. They've said it is a domestic violence case. But
as far as I'm concerned I don't know him from a bar of soap and this
is common assault."
She said that the police have refused to give her any information
about the man and the only information she has is his vehicle
registration number, which she took down herself.
"I think he must face some kind of action. First of all, he broke the
rule of the road, crossing a solid lane and coming into oncoming
traffic. Then he spits in my face and slaps me through the window. And
now it is just going to be ignored and pushed away. I am very angry. I
would like to sue the state. I wish I had the money. They need to take
more responsibility."
Edenvale police have confirmed that the case has been opened, but were
unable to make any further comment.
Has something similar happened to you? Tell the Saturday Star about
it. SMS 34110 or email us on satstar...@inl.co.za
Ek weet nie veel van foto edit goed af nie, maar as jy my kan help met iets
kleins sal ek dit waardeer. In die Beeld byvoorbeeld sien jy baie keer 'n
rugbyspeler op 'n "wit" agtergrond. Hulle het met ander woorde die ou net so
uit ge-edit en hom geprint.
Ek wil min of meer dieselfde doen. Is daar software wat die taak kan
makliker maak.
'n Ander voorbeeld is as ek 'n logo vir 'n besigheid kaartjie gemaak het op
'n wit agtergrond, en ek wil die logo gebruik op swart papier lyk dit baie
sleg - ek wil net die logo skrif en die prentjie kan oordra, sodat dit lyk of
die background van die begin af dieselfde kleur was as wat die kaartjie ook
mag wees
Hier het ons dit weer - 'n Wit meisie word sonder seremonie deur 'n swart
taxi bestuurder dood gery, en word nie summier gearresteer nie. Maar behoed
jou siel as jy nou 'n wit ou was wat 'n swart kind dood gery het.
Ek wens die Metro Polisie wil net ophou bestaan, want hulle beteken absoluut
fokol. Jy sien hulle op die highway so drie ouens op 'n slag by 'n afrit
staan. Hoekom is dit nodig dat daar drie ouens staan.
Weet julle watter skrikbewind die taxi bestuurders in Midrand saai. Daar is
dit nie die bekende Toyota en VW bussies nie. Om een of ander rede is dit
die Toyota Venture wat voorkeur geniet. Is daar 'n metro doos in sig - NEE.
Hierdie land mense is in sy moer in - En die tyd is vinnig besig om aan te
breek dat mense die wet in eie hande gaan begin neem. Ek bid elke dag dat so
iets nooit met my kinders sal gebeur nie, want ek sal in dieselfde week ook
die Rapport se voorblad haal as die rassistiese wit pa wat die bestuurder
net daar waar hy hom gekry het dood gemoer het.
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