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Re: South African Army collapses under Third World rule

Ma., 30 Augustus 2004 15:00

gee dit vir die boy en die boy sal dit breek en vernietig en dan apartheid
die skuld gee

"Just-me" skryf in boodskap news:t7q0j0h4o4mtop1t60bsqflmcd8heib7ia@4ax.com...
> South African Army collapses under Third World rule
>
> The South African Defense Force, once the strongest army on the
> African continent, has dissolved into anarchy since the introduction
> of Black rule in 1994, with less than half of its "soldiers" being
> medically fit; an AIDS rate estimated to be in the region of 60
> percent; and its equipment readiness level dropping to the point
> where the country has only four tanks and eight armored cars left to
> defend itself.
>
> The decline in the fortunes of the SA Army began after the handover
> of power to the ANC in 1994, when members of the armed wings of both
> the ANC, and a smaller more radical black movement, the PAC, were
> incorporated into the renamed South African National Defense Force
> (SANDF). These two armed wings were known as MK and APLA
> respectively.
>
> BLACK RACISM KILLS WHITE SOLDIERS
>
> Signs of racial enmity within the ranks of the SANDF, driven by the
> presence of former MK and APLA cadres, boiled over into naked
> murderous anti-white sentiment in 1999, when on 16 September of that
> year, a former APLA guerilla who had been inducted into the SANDF,
> killed eight white soldiers at the Tempe military base in
> Bloemfontein. (1)
>
> A special police investigations team were "reluctantly forced to
> admit" that Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela, 28, had brushed aside
> black colleagues to kill six white officers and a white civilian
> woman and wound five white soldiers. (2)
>
> Since then, white soldiers in the SANDF have been slowly but surely
> squeezed out, leaving an overwhelming black staffed army in place -
> with sad but predictable consequences.
>
> RUINED STATE OF THE SANDF REVEALED IN PARLIAMENT
>
> According to a South African parliamentary subcommittee briefing on
> defense, held in July 2002, the SANDF suffers from the following
> problems:
>
> - More than half of South Africa's 76,000 soldiers are medically
> unfit and the SANDF is in a "serious crisis". (3)
>
> - Of its 76,000 troops, the SANDF could deploy only one operational
> brigade of 3,000 men. (4)
>
> - It was "impossible" to deploy 19 regular army companies and 23
> reserve platoons because of a lack of funds. (5)
>
> - Training had virtually come to a halt. (6)
>
> - Equipment was in a deplorable state, with only four out of 168
> Olifant tanks and eight of 242 Rooikat armored cars still
> operational. (7)
>
> - Lack of funds had caused a shortage of fuel. In the air force,
> funds were allocated for only 2,400 flying hours instead of the
> 7,200 requested, and pilots were resigning in droves. "The air force
> usually runs out of aviation fuel every September," said a member of
> the portfolio committee. (8)
>
> - Reduction of the armed forces from 104,000 in 1994 to the present
> 76,000 had involved massive cash payouts. This had turned the
> defense force into "an armed welfare department", said Hendrik
> Schmidt, a DA portfolio committee member. (9)
>
> - The defense force was seriously top-heavy, with a ratio of one
> general for every 293 men, compared with a general for every 2,000
> men in the United States army. (10)
>
> - More than 52 percent of the defense force budget was spent on
> personnel costs and only 0.5 percent on new equipment. (11)
>
> - AIDS is a major problem. The portfolio committee was told that
> seven out of every 10 deaths in the armed forces were AIDS -related.
> (12)
>
> - A medical specialist at one of the country's military hospitals
> said six out of every 10 soldiers tested HIV-positive after being
> admitted to hospital, and that an AIDS infection rate of 60 percent
> was "feasible". (13)
>
> BAD TEETH
>
> Other details of the decline in the effectiveness of the SANDF seem
> almost comical in nature: For example, "dental reasons" have reduced
> the number of troops that can be deployed internationally at 1 SA
> Infantry Battalion in Bloemfontein, from 612 to a mere 138, the
> unit's commander, Colonel TC Mokhosi, told another parliamentary
> subcommittee in August 2002. (14)
>
> This means that a total of 474 soldiers in 1 SA Infantry Battalion,
> or 77.5 percent, have bad teeth, which renders them unfit for
> service. Speculation is rife as to the cause of the bad teeth
> pandemic, with theories ranging from AIDS causes through to
> indiscipline. The SANDF has refused to comment. (15)
>
> Colonel Mokhosi also told MPs the general state of health was so
> poor that the unit received 175 sick notices a week in winter, which
> was preventing the battalion from participation in certain training
> program. (16)
>
> Many of the army's other 38,000 unfit soldiers also have dental
> problems. (17)
>
> GENERALS WITH FAKED QUALIFCATIONS
>
> It seems as if the SANDF suffers not only from bad teeth, AIDS, and
> no equipment, but also from general staff members who have faked
> their qualifications in order to land themselves plum jobs.
>
> At least two SANDF generals, Ernest Zwane and Petronella Mari, both
> former members of the ANC's armed wing, MK, were arrested in
> November 2002 for forging their tertiary qualifications. (18)
>
> In addition, police arrested two other ex-MK soldiers, a SANDF
> colonel and an ex-colonel, on charges of fraud of about R20 million
> of the SANDF demobilization fund in 2001. (19)
>
> NO PROBLEM, SAYS ANC DEFENSE MINISTER
>
> Even more comical was the reaction of the ANC's minister of defense
> to these revelations: Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota dismissed them
> with the comment "I remain satisfied that there is nothing we cannot
> deal with." (20)
>
> Sources:
> (1) Tempe Soldier Still Critical, Mail and Guardian, 22 Sep 1999,
> http://archive.mg.co.za/nxt/gateway.dll/DailyNews/MGO1999/3l v01541/4l
> v01699/5lv01726.htm
> (2) Countdown to slaughter, Sunday Times, 19 September 1999
> http://www.suntimes.co.za/1999/09/19/news/news18.htm
> (3 - 13) Nearly half of SA army not fit for combat, Independent
> Newspapers, 13 July 2002,
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=ct20020713233046795S6506 27
> (14 - 16) Army's image dented as troops lose their bite, Independent
> Newspapers, 01 August 2002,
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1028182501788B231
> (17) An army of tooth tiffies could save us, Independent Newspapers,
> 08 August 2002
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1028782080189S300
> (18 - 19) SANDF's image tarnished, News24, 11 November 2002
> http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-
> 1442_1283586,00.html
> (20) An army of tooth tiffies could save us, Independent Newspapers,
> 08 August 2002
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
> set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1028782080189S300
>

Koeitjies & kalfies | 0 kommentare

Paul Roos vat voor

Ma., 30 Augustus 2004 06:23

Hul rugbykaptein hierdie jaar is die hoofseun vir volgende jaar. Iemand met
'n Engelse naam en etniese van.
Paarl Gimnasium se rugbykaptein was ook hierdie jaar etnies.
Nou nie dat dit my veel pla nie, behalwe dat van dit 'n geleentheid in die
koerante gemaak word.

--
Groetnis
Annette
Life is uncertain - eat dessert first
ann...@ctnet.co.za

Koeitjies & kalfies | 9 kommentare

Spele Afsluiting.

Ma., 30 Augustus 2004 03:53

Toe ek daardie Sjinese klone sien in die minirompies wat snaakse kitare
slaan, toe sien ek in my geestesoog ons openingseremonie van die sokker in
2010 - waar 'n magdom Zoeloe-impi konsertina speel:))
--
Groetnis
Annette

Sport & ontspanning | 4 kommentare

Suidwes se Wille Perde

So., 29 Augustus 2004 22:07

Dit was vanaand op Carte Blanche. Is Suidwester die prater met die
laphoed?:))

--
Groetnis
Annette

Koeitjies & kalfies | 1 kommentaar

Lied

So., 29 Augustus 2004 18:27

Ek moes net hierdie insluit, van een van my gunsteling sangers, Randy
Newman. Ek het 'n idee hy spot met Alabama, maar tog is die lied heel gewild
hier, die mense weet seker nie van sarkasme nie :-)

Birmingham

Got a wife, got a family
Earn my livin' with my hand
I'm a roller in a steel mill
In downtown Birmingham

My daddy was a barber
And a most unsightly man
He was born in Tuscaloosa
But he died right here in Birmingham

CHORUS
Birmingham, Birmingham
The greatest city in Alabam'
You can travel 'cross this entire land
But there's no place like Birmingham

Wife's named Mary
But she's called Marie
We live in a three room house
With a pepper tree
I work all day in the factory
That's alright with me

Got a big black dog
Whose name is Dan
Lives in my backyard in Birmingham
He is the meanest dog in Alabam'
Get 'em Dan

Musiek & liriek | 0 kommentare

Baie mooi brief, maar oorgawe aan swakker waardes skemer deur

So., 29 Augustus 2004 05:55

Hier is 'n brief uit Rapport. As mens dit vinnig sou lees kan mens amper
saamstem met die man. Sy storie oor die NNP ensovoorts is tog waar, nie
waar nie? Maar dan val alles uitmekaar aan die einde...

Nog 'n drommel wat die pot mis sit...

__________________________________________

Koester nuutgevonde vryheid van denke
JOHAN KRUGER, PRETORIA

Die betreklik min reaksie wat die insluk van die NNP deur die ANC onder
Afrikaners ontlok het, sê heelwat oor die Afrikaner tien jaar ná die
koms van die nuwe bedeling.

Dit sê onder meer dat die Afrikaner verby die oorheersing van
groepsdruk, groepsdenke en ons so bekende kuddementaliteit gegroei het.

Op enkele uitsonderings na stort niemand eintlik 'n traan oor die
verlies van die party wat hul gang, denke en lot soveel jare gedomineer
het nie.

Die Afrikaner mag nie weer dieselfde fout begaan wat hy met die NP
gedoen het nie; die nuutgevonde vryheid van denke mag nooit weer op die
altaar geplaas word nie.

Terselfdertyd moet deeglik rekening gehou word met die veranderde
omgewing waarin ons ons bevind. Te lank was die maatstawwe wat ons vir
onsself aangewend het en waaraan ons ons laat meet het dié van die
koloniale meesters. "Westers" is onkrities aanvaar as korrek en
aanvaarbaar.

Afrika is egter besig om verantwoordelikheid vir homself te aanvaar. Des
te meer, die voorskriftelikheid wat die Weste so geneig is om neer te
lê, word nie meer sito-sito aanvaar nie.

Enersyds word bendes wat etniese moorde pleeg, verdoem as terroriste,
maar andersyds word die samestelling van die Veiligheidsraad gekritiseer
en vind vereenselwiging met die lot van die Palestyne in Israel plaas.

Dit is nou die tyd dat die Afrikaner sy naam gestand doen en hom krities
maar uitdruklik assosieer met Afrika-maatstawwe en finaal afstand doen
van sy koloniale verlede.

Dit vra nie lidmaatskap van 'n bepaalde politieke party nie. Dit vra ook
nie prysgewing van die eie in enige opsig nie. Sonder om in "bruikbare
idiote" sonder standpunt te ontaard, kan ons egter op deurdagte,
kritiese wyse openlike steun aan die leiers op ons vasteland gee wat
ernstig poog om aan Afrika, en ons as deel daarvan, 'n eie stem te gee
en die ganse kontinent se lot te verbeter.

Koeitjies & kalfies | 0 kommentare

Hoës se plase nie in grondeis

So., 29 Augustus 2004 05:43

Hoës se plase nie in grondeis
LOUIS OELOFSE

Die Makgoba-gemeenskap eis omtrent al die plase in die wêreldberoemde
Magoebaskloof-distrik in Limpopo, maar die plase van drie prominente
Suid-Afrikaners in die middel van die betwiste gebied is nie op die lys
vir herverdeling nie.

Die grond van mnr. Tito Mboweni, president van die Reserwebank, dié van
mnr. Ngoako Ramathlodi, voormalige premier van Limpopo, en dié van
biskop Egenas Lekganyane, hoof van die St. Egenas Zion Church, 'n
splintergroep van die ZCC, is nie deel van dié opspraakwekkende grondeis
nie.

Al die grond rondom hul eiendomme word wel opgeëis. Toe die lys van die
plase in die Magoebaskloof-gebied wat geëis word in die Staatskoerant
verskyn, was dié drie se plase nie daarop nie.

Mnr. Mashili Mokono, grondeise-kommissaris in Limpopo, het die afgelope
week gesê daar is niks "verdags" daaraan dat dié drie bekendes se plase
nie op die lys in die Staatskoerant is nie.

Hy sê die afwesigheid van hul name beteken bloot dat die
grondeise-kommissie nog nie die aktes op die grond kon verifieer nie of
dat dit onseker is of daar teenstrydige eise op die grond is.

Hy wou nie op spesifieke vrae van Rapport oor die grond reageer nie,
maar het gesê die beskrywing van die grond kon nog nie gekry word nie.
Uit Rapport se navrae het geblyk die drie se plase is nie op 'n lys van
teenstrydige grondeise nie.

Mnr. Theo de Jager, woordvoerder van Agri Letaba, sê wat hier gebeur, is
teenstrydig met die provinsie se gewone praktyk. "In Moketsi is 225
plase in die Staatskoerant gepubliseer. Al 225 plase het twee of meer
teenstrydige eise."

Mokono sê daar is wel die moontlikheid dat die grond van Mboweni,
Ramathlodi en Lekganyane en enkele ander wat nie in die Staatskoerant
verskyn het nie "later" in die koerant kan verskyn. Hy wou nie sê
wanneer nie.

Die grond vorm deel van ses oorspronklike plase wat die Makgoba-stam
opeis in een van die grootste en duurste grondeise in Suid-Afrika. Dr.
Mamphela Ramphele, gewese rektor van die Universiteit van Kaapstad wat
deesdae 'n senior pos by die Wêreldbank beklee, en prof. Malegapuru
Makgoba, rektor van die Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal, is luidens
berigte onder die eisers.

Magoebaskloof is internasionaal bekend as 'n toeriste-attraksie. Daar is
ook plantasies en tee- en vrugteplase ter waarde van R3,5 miljard in die
gebied.

Mboweni het sy plaas Troutwaters in Maart vanjaar vir R550 000 gekoop,
terwyl Ramathlodi byna R1,1 miljoen vir sy grond betaal het. Hy het
reeds 'n groot huis, Pumpkin Palace, op die grond gebou wat voorheen 'n
pampoenplaas was. Lekganyane het glo sy grond deur sy kerk gekoop.

Nuus | 4 kommentare

Re: Excuse

Sa., 28 Augustus 2004 20:39

blabk wrote:

> I am a with person
>
> I have never been in south Africa and live in the Netherlands. Still I want
> to appologize for all hate, abuse,
> and every other disbehaviour that we with people have done against every
> south-african.
>
> Please forgive us and that comes fom the depths of my hart.
>
> Also do I want to tell I know all trust for white people is gone and I do
> understand that. But believe me that not all white people wants to lie or
> abuse South Africa and there resources.
>
> My hope and wish for South Africa is that everyone will have a good live.
> That no one has to live in poverty or in sickness, where righthesness and
> peace may rule in each of you.
>
> Bless you all and again forgive us white people for the stupid sin we have
> done against the south african people.
>
> David Civile
>
>

Ek weet nie mooi wat om van die een te maak nie...

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Koeitjies & kalfies | 0 kommentare

Uitgeput

Sa., 28 Augustus 2004 15:00

En daar raak ek toe mos nou skierlik totentaal moeg en gatvol vir hierdie
ng.

Tjeers

Koeitjies & kalfies | 4 kommentare

Plan met Kortbroek?

Sa., 28 Augustus 2004 14:04

Kan iemand nie asseblief vir Radio Deutschewelle vra om 'n onderhoud met
kortbroek te voer nie ;)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200408270459.html

Groete
Daniel

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