Politics, what else.......

What else can get my attention so profoundly..... Well, reading news24 now, i came across this article

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_1973745,00.html

It speaks about apartheid being reversed. Now the thing is, the coloured man will always be the one out, it doesnt matter if the government is skipping them, when they get into the workplace, the same gets done, whether or not apartheid has been reversed or not. Its always been a white world, and a white world it will ALWAYS stay. That is actually something nobody can change, but maybe our attitudes towards ourselves and others will make it all a piece of cake.

I am sick of hearing about apartheid, it sickens me, the concept of a man that was so educated, sickens me. Now hearing it again sickens me, even though i havent been directly affected in the past, it was inevitable that i would be now...even though im a "new age" kid. Some things just dont change, and how can it, these thoughts or idiotic thoughts and ways have been passed from parents to child, and it just continues and continues, and the reason for that is that people tend to forget that they can actually use the brain they have received and think for themselves.....

Apartheid, what is that!!! Pathetic way of trying to divide the world.......think about it, maybe South Africa would be a first world country now if it was not divided and the MAJORITY was not left to be stupid!

Like i was told earlier, our lives on earth is temporary, we are geared for greater things.......remember that you do not work for no man on earth, whether he be white, pink, blue, green, purple, black, brown....you work for God and work like your rewards come from him and not from your bosses.

SHAME....

Your thoughts..

Sonja
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My letter to The Independent Democrats

Chatting to my buddy earlier brought me to write this letter. He seems to think i need to go into politics too. I tend to wonder how the people that are in politics actually got there, because they are actually doing nothing for us. So he says to me to research and see what i can find out, so i find the ID link and decide to write them this letter, ill keep you all posted on what the developments are, if any.......

Good Afternoon,

My name is Sonja Lietch, I’m 26 years old and I searched for your website online just to see how I can start helping out in our failing country. You might ask why I say “failing”, but the reality of it all is that our country seems to have forgotten that it has people it needs to protect, guide, support and actually care for. It infuriates me that people die on the roads everyday, but to no reaction from traffic officials or departments. Yesterday it was the final straw for me. My husband’s colleague was killed in an accident on the west coast road, a GOLDEN ARROW bus ran the RED robot and smashed into her STATIONARY car, killing her, leaving behind her husband and 9 MONTH old baby. Now isn’t this enough to get your blood in a knot, because it definitely gets mine into a knot!

A buddy of mine’s mother was killed on sir Lowry’s pass a month ago by a speeding polo loosing control and also killing her on impact. These are just examples of things that happen everyday. A man died after a stone was thrown to his windscreen. He shielded his fiancé and had suffered the greatest penalty, death. Now all these things I’m sure you are aware of, there was actually no need for me to mention this, but it was just to refresh your memory to things happening daily around our country. Why is it that we cant enter our homes safely, why is it that cops get to drive over the speed limit, throw their cigarette butts out the window while they driving?? Why is it that our officials or the people that are supposed to look after us are just taking advantage of every policy, road sign or any other law enforced? What then makes them think that we, the PUBLIC need to be any different, isn’t it said that we need to follow by example? What a pathetic example is being set. How about the traffic car that doesn’t wait its turn on an off ramp and barges in like every other person does to avoid the queue? Why it that our officials think nothing of any policies that is put in place and yet thinks that we need to obey them?

Now I know you are not the party in power, but the difference needs to be made by somebody. It shocks me that people still vote for words, I don’t vote for words, I vote for actions, and then the parties want to tell us to have our say and vote, what is there to vote for?? Nobody is proving adequate to run our country, we need actions, and we need better statistics. We need people to care, to actually care for our people. Things have become so bad in this country that hospitals are run like companies now, the more money you have, the better treatment you get. What happened to helping the poor, the underprivileged? So just because they can’t drive a fancy car, live in a fancy house, they wont get fancy medical treatment. Tygerberg hospital is a real shocker to enter, the people have no means of speaking amongst themselves, how is it then possible they can be friendly or caring to their patients. A friend of mine’s mother is a nurse, and at the private hospitals, as soon as somebody wets their bed, they get cleaned up, clean bedding, clean clothes, and clean everything. The same thing happened at Tygerberg hospital and the rest of the nursing staff on duty that night told her she is crazy to be cleaning a person that was reeking of stale urine and faeces. This leaves the question, what are we paying taxes for, what are people getting paid to do in public office?

SARS wants to fine you R300 when your tax is late, but the government still lets you drive on broken roads, with inadequate lighting or painted lines. If our government don’t start pulling up their socks then nobody will vote, the numbers will get less, because we are all starting to ask the question “Why care about a government that doesn’t care about you”. And that is actually the honest truth, they don’t care, if they did, we wouldn’t be scared to enter our homes, or be scared to drive the CORRECT speed limit without being flashed or almost forced of the road. We wouldn’t be scared to drive the N2 safely with no stones on our windscreens. I wouldn’t be scared to visit my father that lives five minutes away from me or enter my house alone when my husband is on shift. I just wouldn’t be scared.

Like I said before, how is this county possibly thinking of protecting all the foreigners in 2010 when they cant even protect us! I would not promote SA to anybody, because their safety is less than NOT guaranteed, less! I won’t advise anybody to come here in 2010; we have no proof of the security being adequate.

I’m done talking, all I do is talk, and I’m actually starting to sound like a politician! All I do is blog, and blog, and blog about everything that is happening in SA but I hope for your sake, mine and our country that you would take heed to my call and do something, just do something!

Your thoughts...

Sonja
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World Cup 2010 - South Africa

All Ive been reading on the past three days is the Zinedine Zidane story, mainly because they are the team i rooted for in the final and also because I personally feel that Zizou is hotter than anything describable, he is just so yummy. But before I get carried away about him, which im certainly sure i would be able to do, lets chat a bit about the world cup we are to host in 2010.

Why i want to speak about this you might ask, well, i guess its a mixture of soccer hype we have all been on the past month and a bit about the article i just read on news24. Below is the link, go have a read and then comment freely as im about to do now anyway.....

http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-1786_1966502

Quite an eye opener, a sad one actually. SA is the number one country british are warned against touring. Sad really, but this is actually a true reality. SA has a whole group of people living in it that just doesnt care about anybody, certainly not about themselves and while this article states that they are not trying to discourage british from touring SA, I AM! I am discouraging any british or any other tourist from coming here. Call me a pathetic SA born female, but my thoughts is, if this country cant keep its people safe, HOW the hell is it going to keep others safe. I wouldnt go to a country that statistically has the highest crime rate, that wouldnt be a holiday for me at all.

Last night Deborah had safety and security persons on Third Degree, asking them what they are doing about our safety in this country. The answer is that they are actually doing absolutely F-ALL (no swearing now Sonja, kids could be reading this too). It just infuriates me that our government is doing nothing to secure our safety, its a shock and as much as we moan and groan and as much as we can think of many ways to help secure our country, it doesnt matter if the people with the money and "power" just dont care. And im quite sick of being told that the people need to put heads together and the people need to find ways of keeping themselves safe, and the people need to promote safety and security. If that be the case, then i dont want a government, i dont want somebody running the country, if i am to do everything for myself. Then i dont want to be paying taxes and i dont want to be earning a shitty salary, because surely their salaries all combined can open a whole new blady company, probably be able to employ thousands of people. This is shocking, and its bad, not the first time SA is put in the limelight about their crime, but clearly not even that bothers those who are supposed to use whatever measures to PROTECT us.

Like my buddy said, people dont care because the government doesnt care about them. And that is so true, people dont care because the government dont care about them, you find radio stations (Heart 104.9, Cape Town's soul) trying to raise funds to feed hungry children for a year. You will find shops (Pick n Pay) having drives to collect blankets. You will find youth groups (Youth on Fire) raising funds to buy blankets for the homeless. You will find all these people doing things, where does the government come into play, where are their donations and contributions, we want to see it, not just hear about it. Flora margerine had a drive for the comrades.

Pathetic that we have to pay taxes and we have to drive on broken roads, be afraid of driving with a door unlocked, be careful when entering our homes, be cautious about people walking behind us, be afraid of going visiting at night, might just get abducted, be afraid of using our cellphones in public, might just be ripped right out of our hands, be afraid to wear a tight jeans of fear that there will be some sicko seeing it as an invitation, be afraid of prisoners being freed out of prison and raping, killing, stealing again.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH SA!!

How are we to host the world cup in 2010 if we cant even be safe ourselves? Its like a person being an alcoholic having a child, he/she cant even look after him/herself, but has a child. Now SA is the alcoholic and we are the children. Shocking.......

Absolutely Pathetic!! I cant be proud of a country that lets me down all thet time, i just cant.......

Your thoughts

Sonja
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