Ten spyte van 'n berig in Burger dat Tutu beweer dat nie net
christengelowiges hemel toe gaan nie, was Tutu primêr daarvoor
verantwoordelik dat Gary Palyer, 'n baie gelowige gholfikoon, as gasheer van
die Sheraton Gholfdag bedank het. Tutu het dus Gary Player 'n stukkie hemel
ontsê.
Wat is julle gevoel daaroor?
Al my voorspellings van die afgelope naweek het waar gekom.
Ek het hierdie voorspellings al gemaak net na die heel eerste wedstryd
gespeel is.
Nou moet SA teen die Argentyne verloor - en dan speel die twee spanne in die
laaste wedstryd teen mekaar, wat die toernooi geopen het.
Poetic justice:))
Ag ja, by promisses sal dit maar ok net vir ewig bly.
Pieces met jou ook , jou arme verwarde kind.
Annette
"love4all_hatred4none" skryf in boodskap news:1191778860.810387.31160@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> Peace be upon you....
> =(1)= O ye who believe! Respond to Allah, and the Messenger when he
> calls you that he may give you life, and know that Allah comes in
> between a man and his heart, and that He it is unto Whom you shall be
> gathered. Surah Al Anfal (8:25)........
> By accepting the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) / the Mahdi ,
> one 'responds to Allah' as mentioned in the verse cited above... By
> doing so, he/she declares to have belief in the commandments and
> prophecies of the Qur'an as well as all the prophecies of the Holy
> Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) ...Through this
> declaration and a promise to put it in practice one hopes to find a
> new spiritual life.
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------
> (2) The blessed Promised Messiah simply asks for adherence to Allah
> and His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah upon him), as he states
> in the 3rd condition of his pledge of allegiance/declaration of
> initiation (Bai'at):-- *That he/she shall regularly offer the five
> daily prayers in accordance with the commandments of God and the Holy
> Prophet Muhammad and shall try his/her best to be regular in offering
> the tahajjud and invoking durud on the Holy Prophet Muhammad...* [durud=
> invoking of blessings of Allah on the holy Prophet]......
> --- Again in the 5th condition it is stated: *That he/she shall
> remain faithful to God in all circumstances of life, in sorrow and in
> happiness, in adversity and in prosperity, in felicity and in trail;...*
> ---And in the 6th condition: *...shall completely submit himself/
> herself to the authority of the Holy Qur'an; and that he/she shall
> make the Word of God and the sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad his/
> her guiding principle in every walk of his/her life.*
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------
> =(3)= In short acceptance of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace)
> is to put the commandments of Allah and the Prophet in practice and to
> achieve a new spiritual life.... Fortunate is one who joins in this
> cause and adheres to it...... It is indeed an utterly False accusation
> that in accepting the Promised Messiah as the Messiah, the Mahdi and a
> prophet one lowers [God forbid] the station of the Holy Prophet
> (peace and blessings of Allah be on him).
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------
> =(4)= The true love and ardent devotion of the Promised Messiah (on
> whom be peace) for the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
> on him) is evident from the following extract from his writings:----
> "The Holy Prophet came into the world so that he might bestow hearing
> on the deaf, who had continued in that condition for hundreds of
> years. Who is blind and who is deaf? The same one who does not accept
> the Unity of God and who does not accept this Prophet who revived the
> Unity of God on the earth; the same Prophet who converted the wild
> ones into men and then converted them into men possessing true moral
> qualities, then dyed them in the Divine colour of those who establish
> their relationship with God; the same Prophet, the sun of
> righteousness, at whose feet thousands of those who had died of
> paganism and atheism and evil living were revived and came to life and
> a sample of the Judgment Day was exhibited." ....elsewhere the blessed
> promised Messiah likened the earth as dead before the advent of the
> Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) which was
> brought to life/transformed by his revolutionary teaching and
> spirituality..... Regarding his profound belief in God and the Prophet
> he maintained that if all the combined faith of this world was put in
> one side of scales and his faith on the other side, with the grace if
> God, his side would be heavier.
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
> =(5)= There is none who could match such eloquence and depth of
> expression about the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on
> him)....Indeed Allah has made the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of
> Allah be on him) as the source to attain spirituality and the Promised
> Messiah (on whom be peace) is his humble servant and true and ardent
> devotee, whose advent came to pass in complete subservience to the
> Prophet so that a community may come together on the hand of this Imam
> to 'respond to' Allah and His Prophet.
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------
> =(6)= For spiritual development and for completion of faith it is
> compulsory to accept the Imam of the age about whom the Holy Qur'an
> prophesizes and about whom the Holy Prophet said to give his salaam
> (greetings) on meeting.... Turn to Allah and the Prophet, after
> 'believing' (4:137) indicates that it is not enough to make a verbal
> declaration of one's faith, rather faith should be ingrained in one's
> heart.
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------
> =(7)= It should be reflected over the words of one who is calling in
> this age, what he maintains about himself and what are his views about
> the lofty station of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
> on him).....It should also be observed the hundred year of further
> spiritual decline of his rejecters even though his advent was foretold
> 1400 years ago and he was being anxiously waited.... The reason for this
> is evidently their rejection of one to whom the Prophet sent his
> salaam....Negative collaborations of any magnitude cannot extinguish the
> illumination that has been lighted by Allah..
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------
> =(8)= The blessed Caliph further said : Allah is between human and his
> heart.... Sincere prayers are answered...Prayers are needed for those who
> were supposed to be reformers but their own condition is worsening.....
> One is required to abide by all the commandments of God and the
> Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him)... may the Imam of the
> age be recognized rather than be opposed.... Many pure souls do
> recognize... Courageous accept the truth despite the adversity.
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------
> =(9)= A report from the Arab world gives most promising and
> encouraging news of pure souls who are recognizing.......These people have
> had dreams in which they have seen the Promised Messiah (on whom be
> peace) prior to witnessing his photograph.... These people have deep
> conviction of faith and maintain they do not need any proofs or
> arguments to convince them..... It is reported that previously most
> people used to argue but recently most tend to agree and many have
> already 'seen' the Promised Messiah' in dreams.....
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
> =(10)= The blessed Caliph asked to pray profusely for their guidance
> and to spread the truth-to get divine blessings... A believer's task is
> not accomplished without sincere prayers... In the last ten blessed days
> of Ramadan the most significant prayer - which will gain acceptance
> for all other prayers - is to make heart-felt entreaties for the
> creation, heart-felt entreaties for the all believers and heart-felt
> entreaties for the Light spreading..... If we pray for this with angst
> and true feelings most certainly Allah will accept our all other
> needs..... Sincere and fervent prayers would certainly bring about
> revolutionary changes, just as Allah is exhibiting to people in the
> Arab world through dreams and visions. All this is the result of the
> prayers of one who was totally and utterly absorbed in Allah, prayers
> made by him 1400 years ago. These prayers revived hundreds of
> thousands of spiritually dead, today, the age of his true and ardent
> devotee is also partaking of the acceptance of his prayers; prayers
> that he made for this age, for his age commenced from his own advent
> and will last till the Day of Judgment.
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------
> =(11)= Efforts and successes in these matters should never be
> attributed to one's greatness or hard work... Rather it would be due to
> the fulfillment of Divine promise to our master and his ardent
> devotee, which in turn grants us beneficence as well.... Prayers for
> message of blessed Holy Prophet to reach into hearts, spiritual
> revival of its adherents and for attainment of the lofty objective of
> life are to be done. May Allah enable all to do so.
> Promised divine peace of latter days @ www.alislam.org www.mta.tv
> with
> LOVE FOR ALL HATRED FOR NONE.
>
Where is 'The Jade Giant'?
28 September 2007, 12:00
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By Natasha Joseph and Sapa
The story of "the world's biggest diamond" gets, in the words of Lewis
Carroll's Alice, "curiouser and curiouser".
It's been a month since the country went crazy over claims that a 7
000-carat stone, believed to be a diamond, had been found by an
unidentified miner on an unnamed North West mine.
As yet, the only proof of the gem's existence is a grainy photograph,
purportedly snapped with a cellphone in a car on the way from the mine
to the vault it occupies in Johannesburg.
And in a bizarre twist to the multi-faceted tale, mine spokesperson
and property developer Brett Jolly, who reported the discovery, has
invited the Cape Times to see it somewhere in Johannesburg, "at some
point next week".
No location, time or date is available. This was for security reasons,
Jolly said on Thursday.
The invitation comes at a price: the Cape Times would be allowed to
photograph the gem, and bring along its own diamond tester, but it
stands to be sued for R10 million in "pre-agreed damages" if it prints
the photographs or any information about the stone before South
Africa's Diamond Council chairperson Ernest Blom and Jolly give the
go-ahead.
This would mean publishing days, even years, later, depending on their
terms.
The Cape Times declined the invitation.
Thursday Blom, the only person permitted to authenticate the stone,
confirmed he had not seen it.
"It is my hope that we will see the stone next week," he said. "I've
been imploring the owners to move forward so that we can put this
matter to bed.
"I believe the reason no one has seen the stone is the miners' concern
about security."
Blom acknowledged the stone had received a great deal of publicity and
the delay in verification had led to enormous speculation.
"But at the end of the day I can only do so much," he said.
Since August 27, when a colleague of Jolly phoned the Cape Times to
announce the discovery, the stone has grown from an improbable 5 000
carats to 8120.
The mysterious man who found the stone - described by Jolly as "a
78-year-old typical Afrikaner" - claimed to be "terrified" that the
find might put his life in danger.
The light-green stone, which Jolly nicknamed The Jade Giant, is said
to be in a security vault in Johannesburg.
Experts who have examined the photograph have conceded that its form
resembles that of a diamond and could, if genuine, rank as "the eighth
wonder of the world".
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:41:41 +0800, "Daniel le Roux" wrote:
> Dankie Dave vir jou advies! En dankie vir jou aanbod om meer te verduidelik
> indien ek nie verstaan waarvan jy praat nie, maar ek is oppie dieselfde
> golflengte! Ek maak ook gebruik van Ghost as 'n backup.
>
> Die laaste paar dae het ek iets heeltemaal anders gedoen ten opsigte van
> sp*m emails, met 'n merkwaardige reaksie! Soos reeds genoem gebruik ek
> Sp*mBully, en het tot twee dae gelede maar bloot die sp*m emails gecheck en
> dan ignoreer. Maar sedert Dinsdag maak ek gebruik van die 'Fight Back"
> funksie onder Sp*mBully. In my vorige pos het ek genoem dat ek sowat 80 tot
> 100 sp*m emails per dag ontvang - sedert Dinsdag kry ek sowat 15 tot 20 per
> dag. Ek het dit nie vantevore gedoen nie aangesien ek glo dat bloot die
> 'terugfight' teen sp*m emails bloot dien as bevestiging van 'n werkende
> emailadres. Maar ek was so gatvol vir al die emails dat ek toe besluit het
> om van die 'Fight Back' opsie gebruik te maak om te kyk wat gebeur.
>
> Ek sal laat weet of hierdie positiewe aksie aanhou!
>
> Goebaai vanaf Perth.
>
> Jan van Perth
Met verstaanbare rede het ek die titel verander:-)
Dankie Jan, vir jou advies oor Spam.
Ek het, toe ek van dial-up gebruik gemaak het gebruik gemaak van
Telkom se abusemail fasiliteit, en ek belowe jou dit het gewerk.
Op stadiums het ek moerig geword en vir Telkom gesê dat hulle niks
doen nie, en later opgemerk dat die spamming nie weer van dieselfde
adresse af kom nie. En dat dit minder geword het.
En toe kry ek lokale spamming - iemand met 'n computershop in
Pretoria. Baie handig, daar was tot 'n selfoonnommer by:-)
Behalwe dat ek hulle by Telkom se abusemail gerapporteer het,
het ek so paar keer teen een uur in die oggende SMSse gestuur
dat hulle moet ophou om my te spam.
Die ou storie van kliek hier om te unsubscribe was natuurlik daar,
maar ek unsubscribe nie van iets waarvoor ek nie gesubscribe het nie.
En dit het ek hulle ook sommer so na 1uur in die oggend vertel.
Hulle het onmiddelik my adres van hul spamlys afgehaal.
Toe kry ek breëband en nou,
hou ek my e-posadres in 'n kluis. 6 of 7 mense ken dit, en ek het 'n
ander een wat ek gebruik wanneer ek pos moet terugkry vir bevestiging
van iets of in dier voege.
Maar laat weet wat jy regkry met die 'Fight Back' opsie.
Omdat ek spammers gereeld gerapporteer het, het ek eenkeer
'n briefbom gekry. Dit was 'n paar jaar gelede. En dit was weer
waar ek Ghost waardeer het:-)
All men are not created equal. There is but one single explanation for the
6,000 years of strife, the spilling of an ocean of blood, the sacrifice of
light years of progress, and the basis for the current global power
struggle. All of this is the result of at least two unalterably opposing
types of souls, one vicious and animal like, the other enlightened and
human, fighting. Both are wrapped in an immortal struggle to dominate one
planet.
The goal of any confidence game is to create a sense of doubt about the
obvious.
Sociopaths, the leaders of more than three billion of the earth's people,
operate through the veins of nations, its political structure. But the
swindling of retirees out of their savings, or the smooth tongue needed to
motivate others to commit immoral or illegal acts is child's play compared
to the international drama currently being acted out on the world stage. Let
there be no doubt, the draw stings that open and close the intermission
curtain, the lighting to control perception (the media), the actors whose
lies boggle the mind, all hang from a ventriloquist's string. They want to
fool us all.
Even when the plot is hidden, the international players reveal enough for us
to figure out the motive, as well as who is pulling their strings. This
said, let us focus on Nelson Mandela, who recently emerged from retirement,
at 85-years-old, to play a pivotal role in yet another scrimmage between the
two great sides. Today the stage is set in the Middle East. The names are
only coincidental. In every age there was an American viewpoint and an Iraqi
viewpoint, with every man and woman in the world on one side or the other.
Mandela's job is to use his reputation as a persecuted black man, freed from
a dungeon in the dessert, in 1990. His very presence impugns a conviction.
White people, all white people, locked him away for 26 years of his life. He
was branded a hero for all the dark people of the world for opposing white
domination.
International brokers, his soul brothers in "high places," took control of
Africa's wealthiest nation, placed a living martyr on its throne to reign
over an idea far beyond the borders of South Africa.
People of color, in this case, the Iraqis, are said to be the perpetual
victims, Mandela implies, of nation-thieves, white, western Christians out
to rule the world, a desire of their own hearts.
Mandela was strategic. South Africa was merely the staging ground for the
false guilt used all around the world, for various scrimmages. Mandela's
impact on the rest of the world is psychological and works like a silent
weapon. When Mandela speaks, as he did recently, when he accused, "America
of introducing chaos in international affairs," it is a strategic chess
move. With little to no experience in politics, except the killing of whites
and rival Zulu tribesmen, Mandela has no legitimate claim to greatness.
There are no intelligent papers penned by Mandela. Others wrote all the
speeches he delivered. His thoughts belong to others. He solved none of
South Africa's internal problems. He is of average intelligence and has no
money other then what was given to him for his role in South Africa's fall.
So,how did he become a hero?
Mandela is called one of the world's "tallest" statesmen even before he
emerged from his prison cell. Fellow Marxists around the world who created
Mandela now want him to use his racial capital to influence President Bush,
who is smart enough to refuse to take Mandela's telephone call. It did not
take a lot of nerve for Mandela to show his face after reigning over the
destruction of South Africa's prosperity. To accuse America is his true
nature.
Like billions of his soul brothers, Mandela is incapable of creating and
building anything. His type waits for others to create and build. Then they
infiltrate and take over.
I believe apartheid, set aside in 1992, was a feeble, unjust and unworkable
attempt, on the part of white South Africans, to separate from the
dissimilar personalities obvious in the two rivaling types of humans.
South Africa is now the AIDS capitol of the world, with 55 percent of its
black population testing HIV positive, according to the U.N. South Africa
also leads the world in violent crime. There are more murders and rapes (per
capita) in South Africa than anywhere on the globe. To cover up, Mandela and
his successors have created new forms of censorship in order to hide the
mess. South Africa's Jesse Jackson, Desmond Tutu, recently asked for
American aid, following the mass exodus, since 1994, of more than half of
South Africa's commercial farmers. This has cut food production down by 60
percent. The reason for the mass fleeing is the near 1,500 murders of small
and large white farmers by black thugs carrying military weapons, possibly
distributed by the ANC.
The U.S. media is silent about South Africa's killings and rapes,
where white women and even small white children are intentionally infected
( RAPED !!! ) with the AIDS virus. To suppress the truth about their (
MARXIST ) brethren, world wide, is their job.
There are deep and vital reasons why the news is twisted by the elitists.
Western liberals claim that the leopard-like carnage we see in South Africa
is due to pent up rage, for years of apartheid. But I disagree.
I propose that humans are not created equal and that what we are seeing in
South Africa is the evidence that at least some men are endowed with the
souls of vicious animals. Like Saddam Hussein, billions of people are dark
in nature, murderous without flinching and seem gratified by horror. I
further propose that this is not based on race or national origin. In fact
more than half the world may belong to this race. Most are not black.
The real reason for the so-called third world is the mentality of the third
world. The left says that education; the removal of poverty and the
elimination of racism will make men equal in prosperity. But if that were
so, America and England would be a heavenly paradise. This is where the most
educated people in the world live, work and play. No, education is not the
key. Wealth is not it, nor is racial equity. It is spirit gifted with some
degree of illumination, without which one cannot see which way to go.
No, it is not IQ. It is Spirit. Entire continents like Africa, with 2,000
varieties of vegetables, roots, fruits, legumes and grains, to say nothing
of the immense wealth in minerals, diamonds and gold would not have a third
of population starving, continuously. Africa could be among the wealthiest
continents in the world. But it is not. The spirit is not there. It is here,
in America. And everyone knows it. Does that mean that we do not make
terrible political misstates? Certainly we do. Nevertheless, that has not
stopped heaven's gift basket from falling on us.
Mandela presided over great wealth earned by others and still he left South
Africa in chaos. He helped to reduce a wealthy nation to near poverty
status.
He stands next to Saddam and defends Iraq not because he believes so much in
Iraq's cause but because they are brothers in the truer sense that FOX, CNN
or ABC can comprehend. Saddam and Mandela are of the same heart and they
know it. All of the evil of this world know each other.
North Korea, China, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, most of Europe, Asia, Syria,
and the majority of the UN Security Council, are all on Saddam's side, no
matter their rhetoric. This treatise is not entirely about Mandela. It is
about redefining the real nature of our current global conflict, with Iraq
in the middle at this time. All the political deviants know each other. It
is the people of good-will who are strangers. This is also about every other
conflict we have ever had, since a man with one world view bludgeoned his
brother, who had a different world view, to death. The friction is eternal.
The stakes are higher than ever. No more wooden clubs. Now comes the threat
of atomic weapons. Prophets predicted their use.
This is the time to know for sure, what side you are on.
Going over the cliff with eyes wide open
Xolela Mangcu
IT's a mess. A big mess. Look around you .
We have the highest levels of inequality in the world; we have the
highest incidence of HIV/AIDS in the world; we have half of our
population living in poverty and unemployment; our youths roam the
streets with no hope in hell; our public hospitals have been turned
into morgues; our public schools are falling apart; we go to sleep
with our eyes half open; the Senegalese president calls President
Thabo Mbeki's project  the New Partnership for Africa's Development Â
nothing but Âintellectual swindleÂ; and our national commissioner of
police is suspected of being a mafia don. We cannot say we are
governed by the best and the brightest.
And then there is the nauseating arrogance of the very people
responsible for the mess. Essop Pahad tells journalists they are out
of order, and that they can go and write that the minister in the
Presidency said so. The bantustan leader Lennox Sebe used to speak
like that. But whether Pahad likes it or not, the question of the
president's knowledge of the existence of the warrant of arrest for
Jackie Selebi will lead to questions of whether the president himself
is guilty of defeating the ends of justice. This is what Richard Nixon
faced during Watergate, and it took his successor Gerald Ford to
pardon him. Mbeki is probably acutely aware that one possible future
president, Jacob Zuma, would not be that forgiving. The arrogance
extends beyond Pahad. Selebi boldly pronounces: ÂI will never be
arrested'; and Mbeki suspends the nation's attorney-general, Vusi
Pikoli, and catches the next plane out of town.
Are we in cowboy territory, or what? In fact, I am surprised that no
one has been killed yet. Zuma's supporters have been sounding off that
they might just do that to those who do not support Msholozi. The
unfortunate Terror Lekota got a taste of that when he was booed by
Zuma's supporters. But surely he was not expecting red carpet
treatment after calling them izibhanxa (fools) recently. Even if they
don't kill anyone, they will kick butt once they get into power, going
after all those who persecuted their man.
AND that may well be Mbeki's biggest fear. It looks like Zuma's intent
is simply to take care of business  which is to kick out Mbeki in
December  and deal with his own legal problems later. Mbeki is also
probably aware that he is running out of time, which may explain his
impatience with Pikoli. We often forget that Mbeki has only 18 months
before he steps down as president after the April 2009 elections. In
fact, his demise may even be sooner.
Six months before those elections, the African National Congress (ANC)
has to compile a list of its MPs, and, by law, Mbeki would not be on
top of it. Even though I have my doubts about it, some people say that
after December, the ANC could call a special congress in which it
recalls Mbeki from the presidency of the country. After all, he is
deployed to the presidency of the country by dint of his position as
president of the ANC. Remove him from the latter and he has no right
to the former. By this logic a great deal more than the party's
presidency hangs on December.
Business Day could not have explained Mbeki's behaviour better in
yesterday's editorial: ÂWhat is happening in our body politic is
unprecedented. All but the most die-hard Mbeki supporters now believe
that the race to win election as party leader in Polokwane in December
is Jacob Zuma's to lose. The more widespread that impression grows,
the more erratic Mbeki seems to become. There is, indeed, no one
quite as dangerous as a man in a corner. I often wonder what someone
like Nelson Mandela must feel, seeing the dream for which he and his
departed comrades sacrificed so much, falling into tatters. How could
Mandela possibly feel, having committed himself to obtaining freedom
in his lifetime only to see it being whittled away by his successor in
that same lifetime? It is truly sad that no one in the ANC has the
guts to stand up against the depredations of Mbeki and the problems of
a Zuma presidency.
It is like a group of people going over a cliff with their eyes wide
open. It is just absolutely amazing. Surreal is more like it.
Vir almal wat geinteresseerd is: nie alleen gaan ons
weg vir die Kanadese Thanksgiving na ons dogter
in Brantford nie, maar een van ons seuns is op die
oomblik hier by ons, en ek kan eenvoudig net nie
die tyd afneem om die Afrikaanse nuusgroep te
lees en vrae te antwoord nie.
Die seun waarvan ek praat, is die ou wat
in die VSA gewerk het, maar besluit het dat hy
nie meer daar wil bly nie, en nou in Engeland
gaan werk. Hy is hier om n werkvisa op te tel.
Ek weet Dave gaan uitwys dat ek net
probeer om moeilike vrae te ontduik. Hopelik
weet hy dis nie waar nie. Ons gaan altyd teen
hierdie tyd weg vir Thanksgiving.
Gloudina
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