The Dewani attacks begin

I'm truly sad to see South Africans dismissing judicial process so easily, and having their opinions swayed by emotion and rhetoric, not facts.

http://mg.co.za/article/2014-02-22-dewani-continues-fight-against-extradition

G-man:

It's disgusting. This poor man having to beg for his life twice. Once at the hands of your common-or-garden variety SA thugs, and now against the SAn judicial thugs who are no doubt under political and media pressure to hang him, and hang him high. He's paying for the sins of all the criminals who have sullied the name of SA, by being accused by a convicted lying, murdering piece of scum.

South Africans should be ashamed of themselves for believing the murderer. But you're so desperate to convince the world that it's outsiders' fault why you're so violent. You'd all apparently be peaceful if your criminals weren't tempted! Pull the other one. We who once lived there know better.

The following is a reply after receiving a mouthful from various quarters and no counter argument worth spitting at.

G-man:

I read through all these replies and attempted to scrape any semblance of a case against the man from between all the ad hominem attacks and I couldn't find any.

The British decision to agree to have him return to SA was a political one, not a judicial one. And if you were in Dewani's place, after going through what he went through, losing his wife, being accused by EVERYONE in the country for a crime you didn't commit, and that includes judges (Shlippery Hlophe), politicians, the general public and the SA media who are all baying for his blood in a country where connected politicians get certain legal favours and avoid facing any repercussions for their doings, would you be any hurry to get there?

The entire case against Dewani rests on the the words of a convicted and admitted killer, and a few text messages. The text messages are turning up nothing. And the killer got a reduced sentence for 'spilling the beans'. In my world, where a man is presumed innocent before facing trial, he is someone who shouldn't even be brought before a court, much less go through this sham of a trial.

SAns never fail to shock the world. But this time you may pay very dearly if this comes out wrong for you. You're image as a tourist destination will be forever tarnished, and your rocky economy may never fully recover. SO think carefully before you begin to cast stones (or burning tyres, as is your wont).

Paper thin these people

You can't make this up. Look at the comments. These people are delusional. Manufacturing racism out of thin air is quite an art.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/grethekoen/2014/02/18/welcome-to-club-racist/

G:

Calm down here folks. This ladies bravery in the face of despicable racism needs to be placed into some sort of perspective in the NuSA. A quick glance at her experiences:

1. An uneducated old timer on his last legs with bad taste in TV shows states that people need educated (the horrors!) He also used a funny accent.This happened on Valentine's Day at a resort where people of colour seem comfortable enough to visit.
2. A FEW YEARS AGO a friend of a friend relayed another racial incident that no doubt plagues the deep and leafy confines of white business districts. It went along the lines of 'Nice to see a white face for a change'. I'm stunned at the viciousness.
3. A NUMBER of Christmases ago you received a text from an idiot. It was a distasteful joke. He should have been horsewhipped more for the lack of humour than the fact that it harmed no one. But be assured, my bruise easy lilly white paper thin skin was torn at the mention.

So that's it. Three alleged incidents. No one harmed. I'm more astonished how desperate people are to convince others they're not racist, and that they too are part of the victim class. The hunt for REAL evidence of white racism that supposedly permeates South African society continues.

You know what I'm looking for. Evidence of real white racism, not this tuppence worth. All this does is stroke the egos of the like-minded victim wannabees, and hammer the wedge between racial divide a little deeper.

Starry eyed do-nothing

A response to someone on news24 who can't seem to find the connection between putting a plan together, and implementing the damn thing.

http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Road-to-2030-Take-the-lead-youth-20140207

G-man:

You see, these plans are all introduced by the usual mielie-mouthed ANC, eagerly lapped up by your starry-eyed masses, of whom Maswabi is a card-carrying member. They spend too much time admiring these useless papers, and less time putting in the spade work. Exhibit A is the writer here who didn't even mention 'hard work' or 'performance'. They cannot make the simple connection between planning and implementing.

You hear too much of some or other problem being recognised by the ANC who immediately spring (or lumber, more like) into action and kick off with a general meeting to form a workshop, to lead to a lekhotla, to outline the framework of a jamboree, which in turn appoints a committee all fully served with the customary Blue Label Bells and Buffet.

It's why the country is being turned into cinders with the protests; it's all talk and absolutely no action. In their defense, the ANC are completely incapable of positive action and due diligence.

Malenema a Leader?

Don't think the ANC are making plans for his votes. It might come AFTER the elections, but it will arrive.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/apathy-will-prove-most-explosive-1.1643852#.UvVr0vldWT8

G-man:

This isn't about Malenema becoming a leader, but getting back into the ANC fold. He's a rabble-rouser by character. He has no actual talents or decision making skills, which are incidentally virtues crucial to becoming a leader of any caliber. Instead, Julius is doing only what he knows what to do best: gin up the lower IQ crowd, which he does admirably. But his ultimate goal is to use people to irritate the ANC cabal so much that they'll have no choice but to form a political union with him to save face, and to remove the voice of dissent.

With this, Apartheid's New Custodian will kill two birds with that one particular stone. They'll remove Malenema's voice from being an anti-ANC one, to a more palatable direction which will no doubt include whites as the scapegoat. The other is to pick up those votes he'll garner from the disillusioned crowd which may just hand the ANC that crucial 67% vote they need to remove even more white property and dignity. 

He's not a leader, he's an opportunist Murray.

That dirty dirty word: Profit

I've written two responses to this article on Thoughtleader.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/martinyoung/2014/01/29/how-money-is-more-important-than-lives-in-healthcare-technology/

G-man 1:

Why is profit such a dirty word to you? And what on earth do you think these people do with their profits? Stuff in under a mattress and count it every evening before going to bed?

As Adam Smith pointed out (maybe the basic understanding of how profit works in the world has escaped you), It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

Profits are divided up into taxable stated profit, business expansion, continued research, investment in stocks and firms, and cash in bank. All of which benefits man as it either employs people, funds more products and discoveries, or lent to people to purchase homes or businesses etc.

It is sad that there are actual grown-ups in this world who cannot see any benefit to profit. Even those who spend their lives helping others do so for personal reasons other than the pure unselfishness of it. It is where they find fulfillment, but it rarely does anything near as good as what ‘the profit’ does.

G-man 2 after some feedback:

From time of discovering a new drug, to submitting it to the FDA for approval, to having it tested, tried, checked, double checked and then finally having it peer reviewed and then placed into the mouth of the first patient, the cost is approximately $1 billion. GOVERNMENTS have made this so expensive, NOT private industry. Who the hell can go through all that for free? It makes perfect sense that if your initial outlay is so risky, and the expected returns so precarious that it would take financiers an awful lot of comfort before they would consider risking this sort of money. It is NOT the profit factor that makes these industries shy away from certain drugs, but the high cost of doing business, even before you CAN actually do any business, that makes it the high risk and costly industry it is.

But while we're at it, what is the percentage of taxable profit on any given drug? Or do you honestly believe everyone should be working for free in this industry? And why should people have to suffer in order to meet your general approval by working for mahala? As if this noble act is payment enough.

The average profit margin is around 12.2%. Most of that gets re-invested, taxed and used to fund the next project. What remains is in the low single figures. By removing this (even as the mild incentive it is) what difference to the overall cost will you be saving?

Personally, I'd rather take drugs from PROFITABLE businesses than those claiming virtuous poverty.

The SA rag

William Saunders is alright. But he gets all giddy every now and again and leaves the trail becoming another yes-man to the NuSA ways.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/williamsaundersonmeyer/2014/02/02/magical-thinking-is-behind-the-gloom-over-sas-constitution/

There are a number of problems with your Constitution. If you cast your mind back you will remember that Nelson Mandela and Cyril Ramaphosa's sole contribution to the design of the paper came about in the fourth workshop after a number of days of dead silence. 'All' they wanted was the ability to alter the Constitution with a 2/3rds majority. Why? What was so important about this? Could it perhaps have been a wiggle out and guarantee incase the policies of the ANC failed and they needed a ways and means to circumvent the Constitution and move on with their political agenda?

It certainly appears so.

The SA Constitution has been altered and amended 17 times in less than 20 years. The US Constitution has had 27 in over 200 years and each took an enormous amount of political will to alter. Each and every SA Amendment took place over a cup of tea.

Watch this space into Zuma's 2nd term.

There are other flaws; the fact that parties and not representatives are elected. Zuma didn't gain any votes, his party did and duly appointed him, which is typical for all your ministers. It is difficult to hold anyone accountable if they're never elected by the people. You have NO ministerial representatives.

There are also no restrictions to the size of the SA government. Hence the reason we see Zuma manufacturing departments and ministerial positions for his pals. This Constitution was a paper for the party (in charge) not a paper for the people.

More Affirmative Actionite gobbledygook

Another white hating writer-wannabee. They can't string two sentences together, never mind a single thought. But here they are whining and moaning about whites and how ungrateful we are and racist. They really all are a one-trick pony. I'm hearty done with their hatred.

http://mg.co.za/article/2014-01-31-affirmative-action-is-here-deal-with-it

G-man response which will no doubt be canned:

You'll have to forgive me but judging from your logic, your use of facts and statistics (as unreliable as they are) and your general use of grammar and sentence structure it seems safe to assume that you are a beneficiary of an Affirmative Action appointment? This entire piece is atrociously written, and isn't even anywhere near 'blog' status in my view.

Whites have traditionally had a low unemployment rate and no amount of firing them to make way for new AA blood seems to have slowed them down, as they are the LARGEST - in absolute numbers, not in percentage - of new business owners in SA. Further, when reading these figures it should be understood that it isn't as simple as black-or-white ('scuse the metaphor) but also a point of under and over employment. It stands to reason if preference is given to people based on how much light they absorb over any other criteria (being 'qualified' simply isn't enough, you must be suited), then it stands to reason that black people will be by-and-large OVER employed as they will be given positions they have not yet fully deserved or earned, and in many cases through desperation to conform to law, qualified for.

Whites, who may very well be qualified, will now for reasons of politics will thus be UNDER employed and be doing jobs below their qualifications. This is well borne out in the marketplace in South Africa where you now have a shortage of skills. Anecdotal evidence aside, it is very obvious from the overall state of your economy, it's downward slide in the world rankings (and Africa's) that AA, BBEEE and other useless acronymic policies are having a very negative effect.

And don't forget that many whites who saw the large misspelt Affirmative Action writing on the wall left the country before they became a negative statistic. You need to ratchet these policies backwards and then abandon them. It creates divide in the workplace, and it speaks volumes of how dimly you view white South Africans in that you don't put any trust in them to do the right thing in the new SA environment. It's frankly quite insulting. Maybe have a re-look at your attitude to whites Khaya.