Was the law expedient to Bobby Motaung's fraudlent?

BUILD UNDER FRAUD: Mbombela Stadium, in
Mpulanga was built under inequity. Source: www.mahala.co.za

Bobby Motaung and his co-director at Lefika Emerging Equity (Pty) Ltd, Herbert Theledi, looked relaxed as they approached the dock to appear on fraud and theft charges. The released Kaizer Chiefs manager Bobby Motaung and his co-accused director of Lefika Emerging Equity, Herbert Theledi are out of prison on bail of R50 000 each. They have been charged with forgery and fraud relating to the construction of the Mbombela 2010 FIFA World Cup stadium. Lefika allegedly committed fraud in securing the tender to build the stadium.

This is very astounding to see that highly respected aristocrats commits fraud to fulfil their luxury lifestyle. The South African Criminal Law and Procedure: Common-law crimes, a book by John Milton states that "the law must consider fraud and theft cases as a false pretence. The accused's conduct would be justified as a fraud conviction which must then result for a repulsive verdict to his or her conviction, a sentence must be declared to any citizen who is the source of illegal implications." In my professional opinion, I believe that  the law must take its course to anyone who has not adhered to legal practises of a particular country. Despite the fact that the rich or poor person has broke the law, the verdict must favour equally.  This has caused so much controversy, and makes the news because the Mbombela protesters, were dressed in an African National Congress (ANC) T-shirts, chanting a loud rhythm 'Dubula u Bobby' (Shoot Bobby) outside the Nelspruit Regional Court, where Motaung was appearing on charges of fraud. Now that Motaung is a prominent person, it is going to take time to rebuild his reputation and to convince the public that he is worth of their support and approval. This requires a role of a well trained publicist who will positive disseminated information at all costs to the media to reform his image and that people will believe him again, because such things must not be neglected.



FACE THE MUSIC: Accused Kaizer Chiefs Manager, Bobby
Motaung. Source: www.sabc.co.za

Its a good thing that Kaizer Chiefs fans turned out in support of Motaung, after such scandalous and disillusionment behaviour from the person they looked up to. Fraud is an intentional deception resulting in injury to another person or an organisation. What Motaung and his director is unforgivable; he must be prosecuted like any other person who would have committed such a crime. The law is South Africa is not fair, because it favours those who are rich resulting to them not serving their jail time while the other poor citizens, rot in jail certainly for things that they were never guilty of. Do you thing the law is expedient to the riches? Whats your take on this, do you think Motaung and Theledi should be prosecuted?

All eyes are on you, Caster Semenya

LEGENDARY ATHLETE: Caster
Semenya, does what she does
best at the 2012 London Olympics.
Source: www.ibtimes.com

The media-shy 21-year-old, athlete Caster Semenya had little to say about her run on Wednesday . She was third best qualifier behind the current world record holder, Barbara Spotakova, from the Czech Republic, and German Christina Obergfoll, but the 30cm difference between first and third could have been the result of a puff of wind so little can be read into that other than the fact that the leading three qualifiers are likely to fill the podium.The 2009 World Champion did just enough to qualify comfortably for the next round in the women’s 800m.
She did nothing more than what she had to, but to run and make her country proud, which is what millions of South Africans cannot wait to see her on their screens to see what she will do with her speed of the rocket she has. Semenya makes her Olympic debut after gender testing following her victory after 2009 Olympics. For her to come all this way, it shows that she has really got what it takes to be the number one athlete of women's champion. She has come across devasting adversities, ever since her gender controversy. Yesterday she qualified to go run Women's 800m  semi-finals, round 1. Tonight she made it again by coming first on the second round of the semi-finals.
These are there results of Caster Semenya at the Women's 800 m Semifinals

• 08 August - She came second on round 1 at 2:00.71 sec
• 09 August - She came first on round 2 at 1:57.67 sec

STUNNING WIN: Caster Semenya comes first
at Women's 800 m semi-finals at 2012's London
Olympics. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk


 

The Chairperson of African Union (AU), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma commended Caster to go for gold on a statement where she said she was very proud of Semenya's extraordinary success. Long before she made world headlines, Semenya dealt with the gender questions and controversy few years ago, as a small girl growing up in Limpopo. In fact, there are many other women in her shoes. Many women have been brutally attacked for looking like men and raped to see if they will get pregnant. Others have suffered “corrective rape” in an effort to correct their womanliness, especially lesbians, who have also been killed for looking and acting like men. Where is that media coverage?

As an agenda-setter, the media has a duty to portray not just what is, but what could be; to be exemplary in its own practises; and to open debate on the complex issues surrounding gender equality.I am proud to know women of all shapes, sizes, six-packed or not. Caster Semenya, will always be our favourite athlete and we will always appreciate what she does. Now we are looking forward to see her on finals, bringing the 'GOLD' home from the 2012 London Olympics. Caster has pushed herself a lot more to secure her spot to the finals, which will take place on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 9:00 PM, all will be live on SABC 2.

Beyonce costs South Africa R17 million

News of Beyoncé coming to South Africa later this year for the second Annual South African Sports Awards has become a hot topic on the social network platforms.  Minister of Sports and Recreation, Fikile Mbalula revealed his plan of wanting to bring Beyoncé South Africa on Kaya FM a few weeks ago. Mr Mbalula brought a jarring mix of American film and music stars that included Brandy Norwood, Vivica A Fox and Regina King to perform and present at last year’s awards. The event was held at the Sun City Resort in North West on August 21 and reportedly cost R46 Million.

Fulfiling a lavish lifestyle with

INTERNATIONA MUSIC SENSATION: Talented world star, Beyonce knowles. Source: www.videomedia.com



INTERNATIONA MUSIC SENSATION: Talented world star,

Beyonce knowles. Source: www.videomedia.com

Mbalula is indulging his need for a lavish lifestyle with the tax payer’s money and what has Beyoncé got to do with the South African Sport Awards? South African government is supposed to develop local artists not give money to the established musicians like Beyoncé Knowles. In South Africa we have a vast of talented musicians who still need to grow and becoming popular like Beyoncé. This feels like a slap in the face of South African musicians, for not being appreciated by the government or for such concerts such as SA Sport Awards. What does this have to say for our country, what image is the government portraying to the young upcoming musicians; does this mean that in South Africa we don't have enough talent to showcase on the South African Awards. So why bring international stars to present themselves to what belongs to us who are already rich?

PREFERRING INTERNATIONALS: Vivica A Fox,
 Fikile Mbalula, Nozuko Mbalula, & Regina King
during the SA Sports Awards from Sun City Superbowl
on August 21, 2011. Source: www.bantumedia.com

What happened to building sports courts and fields on our school for youth development what happened to building sports facilities in communities that need those most to get these kids off the streets? The media plays a major role in promoting local and international musicians. This clearly shows that the government Public Relations is poor, how can you appoint or hire people who does nothing for your country at such an exorbitant amount, while you can invest on more important things.

Instead of wasting so much money, that money can be donated to the Roads Agency for the e-tolling system, buy school books for Limpopo's children, build schools. I mean, the list of positive sustainable things you could with that money is endless, but thanks to Mbalula who wants to throw that away. What is your take on Mr Mbalula paying Beyoncé R17 million for an hour's work when we have so many artists in SA?

Violating your organizational social networking policy can get you in trouble- but How?

DO IT RIGHT: People need to follow social media guidelines
and never do anthing that is out of line.
Image Source: http://www.beth.typepad.com/

By now, most companies or organisations have launched blogs, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages, mindful that actively engaging online audiences is essential to the survival of any business. But social media
offers a major benefit that is too often ignored, which is the ability to monitor the online space to glean information about your customers, your competition, and even your own company. Facebook continues to be an issue and an employee time drain, despite all the warnings about carefully using the privacy settings. Even updating your status from work can violate company policy if you're not supposed to be using Facebook in the office. Twitter is an issue too. Every tweet shows up in Google, so it's easy to see what you're posting. Blog posts show up on the search engines, too, so be cautious what you say when you blog. LinkedIn can be problematic, as well, even though it's a professional networking site. I read a story about the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)' spokesperson, Reagoikanya Molopyane, who was suspended because of a post on the union’s Facebook page and tweets to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) boss Zwelinzima Vavi. The news about SATAWU's spokesperson got relayed to her bosses and she was out of a job sooner rather than later. This issue is so controversial because when you work for a company, it is important that you follow your organisation's social media guidelines, properly in order to avoid expulsion from work.

 Here are some do's and don'ts on social media:

• Do not post something that is against your company's social media policy
• Don't get fired because posting inappropriate information on Facebook are just a couple of examples of what can get you in trouble, or even cost you your job, especially when you do it from work
• Becareful about what you tweet because you don't know who might read it. Search Twitter for "I hate my boss or my jobs sucks", is an example of what I mean.

Be consistent and practice social media carefully, because if you have a presence in the social media space, incorporate monitoring into your overall strategy. The information you gain may be just what you need to take your business to the next level. do whats right and keep you job, I am sure that you don't want to end up like the SATAWU spokesperson, who lost a job because of  a tweet that apparently angered her bosses and costed her fortune of losing her job.

South African Freedom Day- Are we really free?

BEAUTIFUL COLOURS OF OUR FLAG: Freedom day is portrayed
to our flag. Source: www.southafricareview.blogspot.com

Freedom Day, is a South African Holiday, celebrated on April 27. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections that took place on that day in 1994. What does it really mean to be free? Being free should mean having choice over your life as well as your rights that need to be respected and protected by others. In the South African context, it also means the political freedom to vote. But the bigger question here is, are we really protected or are our rights respected? It has been 18 years since apartheid, but freedom is far from absolute. The legacy of apartheid is still evident to this country's poverty, racial inequalities as well as socio-economic disparities. There are people saying "everybody is free", but people can still not walk everywhere they want because of fear of crime such as getting robbed, raped or killed.

There is so much crime in this country compared to other countries. and we are not even at war. My question is; are we abusing freedom or valuing it? The former President of the African National Congress Youth League, Julius Malema, sang traditional struggle song, 'DUBUL' IBHUNU'  meaning that 'Shoot the Boer',  which contains explicit violent lyrics that implies the killing of white farmers.  Even the government is introducing legislation's  that could suppress our freedom, such the Secrecy Bill, aimed at violating our rights and freedom of expression and as well as access to classified information about the state.

What Freedom Day needs to be about?

• Its supposed to be the time to heal the old wounds for those who died fighting for freedom
• Honouring and respect the rights of others
• Focus on building a new South Africa and safer one
• looking outside ourselves and finding balance where we can coexist in peace instead of being selfish.

Freedom Day, is valuable. It is the time by which we pledge to achieve a better life for all. We need campaigns and the support from our government, so that we make everyone aware that they need to stand up for their rights and and fight for what they believe in. If we are selfish with our freedom and violates rights of others, we are not better than the apartheid government. Is this kind of freedom we have in South Africa leading to chaos?

Gender based violence facing women can be stopped

The recent story on the news currently about the 17-years old girl from Braamfischer, in Soweto, Johannesburg, who was allegedly gang-raped by seven boys aged between 14-20 years old, has touched me a lot because its a cruelest torture anyone could imagine. Well in South Africa, sexual abuse are serious problems that transcend racial, economic, social and regional lines. Sexual abuse is frequently directed towards female and the youth, but it can happen to anyone. Adolescents and young women in particular may experience abuses in the form of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, sexual exploitation and female genitals mutilation.

(Image: www.imow.org)

The article I read recently by "Sowetan Live" clearly states that the most disgusting and humiliating part is the video that was later posted to youtube, where anyone can see it. The video clearly shows faces, genitals and several acts of penetration which are clearly visible and her attackers can be heard offering her R2 in exchange for her silence. I mean what is this? Surely they do not have respect and I blame their parents for their behaviour.We need anti-rape and non-violence campaigns in our society that can contextualise a difference regarding this issue and help rape crisis on our knowledge base that could provide an effective service to survivors who go through no secondary trauma also know as Post-Traumatic Disorder (PTD) and their trial to completion.  What perception does this issue creates to the society and to children still growing?

Gender based violence is a significant public health problem which impacts women, men and children. Little is known about the correlation based on this issue in South Africa. There is a body called "Sonke Gender Justice" which is a non-profit organisation based in South Africa, working throughout Africa to promote gender equality and prevent the spread of HIV also fighting for human rights as well as ensuring healthy and happy relationships to men, women and children.

If you think that rape can never happen to you, think again, you have a choice to support anti-rape and violence campaigns because you might not know what might happen to you. The power lies in you hands to stop this. Are you ready to fight this horror?

SANRAL to mends its terms and conditions for Gauteng e-tolls

Source: http://www.timeslive.co.za

South African National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL), is mending its terms and conditions for the Gauteng province e-tolls. SANRAL calls for re-registration for Gauteng tolls to those road users who have registered for the e-tolling system and bought e-tags.The new set of regulations will be consumer friendly, hence it is highly essential for every road user to get registered   under the new terms and conditions. I think that this is a better economic sense for SANRAL to restart a registration process under revised terms and conditions. This shows that SANRAL has managed to negotiate on the current terms and have got an indication of revised terms and conditions that has been implemented. There has been a huge controversy and public pressure about the newly established e-tolling system in the Gauteng province, especially by those opposing the e-tolling system.
Recently the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) led a march in protest over the e-tolling system, saying that the costs will cripple the poor and small businesses, already struggling with the accumulative price increase on fuel prices. I think that the new terms and conditions will allay fears thats consumers and road users may have. This shows that the communications team of SANRAL managed to paly a big part, because it is clear that the new terms were based on public concerns, opinions and recommendations. Ideally, SANRAL has put people's interests first by making sure that registered Gauteng roaf users would not be disadvantaged. The changing of terms, is a demonstration that has been take the concerns and inputs of the public seriously. SANRAL make a clear objection that, visitors to Gauteng need to register in advance fo day passes. Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan announed on his Budget speech, in February that toll fess would be capped at R550 a month. Sanral gives thorough instructions, on how road users can may be registered, here is a short summary on how this can be done.Registering for an e-toll Account may be done through any of the following methods:

•  At an e-toll Customer Servvice Outlet, located at a mall or along Gauteng e-road. (click here for locations)
• Online at www.sanral.co.za (click here)
•  By printing the Registration Form on the e-toll website and faxing it to 0800 SANRAL (726 725); or
•  By phoning the e-toll Call Centre at 0800 SANRAL (726 725)

SANRAL declares that the have a highly trained customer service staff that will work will all road users to ensure smooth regulations and e-toll readiness when the e-road becomes fully effective. So, why wait, if you know that you haven't restered and you live in Gauteng provine. Do not be reluctant to go and get registered to show that you are true cizen of this country.