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Hot Traxxx / Becoming Phil

« on: July 08, 2010, 11:26:24 PM »

remember this dude?

check him singing on the hook here.

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Hot Traxxx / Skavenjaz - Izindaba (Love Triangle)

« on: July 08, 2010, 12:10:26 PM »

Yo Panic I found it.

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Politics / Afrophobia attacks

« on: July 07, 2010, 06:47:47 PM »

"Believe"  - Deac

That this shit will go down after the world cup. I travel by train and have overheard conversations, the government is talking like nothing is gonna happen.

Mail from Blackwash

Hi all,
 
As many of you may know already, there is a serious looming threat of afrophobic violence that may break through after the final game of the World Cup. Blackwash is very clear that this kind of violence against black 'foreigners' should be discouraged and our people conscientised about its sources so that our enemy is not unscathed. In this regard, we have endorsed a pamphlet issued by the September National Indaba which is a conference happening later in the year. Please check out the Facebook page of this conference.
 
Distribution of pamphlet
If you are outside Joburg and will be able to print the pamphlet between Friday July 9 and Monday June 12 then please do what you can. If you do manage to distribute in your area, then it would be good if you could let us know so that we know which areas we managed to cover.
 
If you are in the Joburg area and have no individual capacity to print, then please indicate by either responding to this mail or calling Zandi on 073 892 2636. We will be meeting on Friday afternoon in the JHB CBD to give out pamphlets so please get in touch for details. 
 
These kinds of threats are indication of the work we must all still do to raise people's consciousness but we can't do everything at once and pamphlets are only a small contribution. For now, we do what we can and continue to educate one another about white supremacy, negrophobia etc etc.
 
Aluta!
 
Ncesh

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Humour / Jokes / The what should RR or Uyanda do with their increase thread

« on: July 06, 2010, 12:54:57 PM »

RR: Didn't want an increase so now that he has it, what can he do with it?

Uyanda: So wanted more than what she got and she is close to telling her boss to shove it up his butt hole with a vuvuzela.

what would you do if you were in their shoes?

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General Discussion / Toni Braxton

« on: July 06, 2010, 08:20:41 AM »

twice! I would my nigga, I definitely would.

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Politics / We really are. We are an economically and racially divided country.

« on: July 02, 2010, 03:12:21 PM »

FYI

We really are. We are an economically and racially divided country.

About 5% of our population, who are white, own roughly 95% of the country's wealth while the majority of black people live in poverty. The black population is made up of about 13 different nationalities but have enough in common to be grouped as one -- "darkies". The whites, we are learning, are quite disparate.

Look at the flags, our limp attempt at nationhood, stuck on cars. Very revealing indeed. A lot of whites have two flags on their cars, a South African flag and a European one -- their head sensibly in Africa, where they enjoy a first-world lifestyle at cut-rate third-world prices, and their hearts in the land of their ancestors: Greece, Spain, England, Portugal, France, Germany and the like.

The poor Boers dress their cars with two South African flags. Shame. This relatively small minority is all united in the stupendous privilege of their skin colour and the benefits thereof.

The darkies … don't really have cars. The few that do choose to fly one South African flag, although secretly many of us do support another team -- for two reasons. The first is about logic. It's likely we won't reach the second-round knockout stage, so we need another horse to sustain our interest in the remainder of the spectacle. (That's like someone hosting a spectacular party in your backyard and then asking you, the host, to leave.) The second reason is this: before 1994 we didn't have a country to support and many of us supported other countries, usually Brazil (simply because they were the best), and still harbour tender feelings for our previous love.

It is safe to conclude that we South Africans are not really one united nation. The Americans are American; arrogant and obscene about it. The Brits can't quite believe that the sun did finally set. The French like the finer things in life, Tanzanians are warm and friendly, Nigerians are industrious, Jamaicans are irie and the Swedes have the highest standard of living in the world yet have the highest rate of suicide.

The Germans are the Germans; the Japs are fanatically disciplined and organised. (Isn't it odd? Both Germany and Japan were destroyed after World War II yet, 50 years later, they are the world's second- and third-strongest economies respectively. Maybe we should have taken the Armageddon scenario.)

While all other nations have clear defining national characteristics, we dear South Africans remain two distinct groups, divided by race, wealth and cla**, but all united by a brutal history, fear of violence and this breathtakingly beautiful land we all call home.

Where are we going? Nowhere -- literally and metaphorically. I believe our leaders have taken a leaf out of the books of the Roman Empire. Caesar would be proud!

CONTINUES BELOW


The citizens of Rome were famed for their restlessness. They complained bitterly about service delivery: open sewage, high taxes, corruption and unequal wealth distribution. The only reason they didn't riot over electricity is because electricity hadn't been invented. The emperors and the senate devised an ingenious scheme to keep citizens from open rebellion: Games.

In 1994 the citizens of South Africa had just triumphed over a brutal and oppressive regime. The majority black population (with a tendency towards forgiveness bordering on criminal neglect) was restless and eager for meaningful change. They toyi-toyied against the government, rioting against the lack of services: open sewage, high taxes, corruption and unequal wealth distribution. What did the leaders do? Games.

One year after liberation, the Rugby World Cup was hosted in South Africa, and who should win? The Springboks. The irony! The Springboks had just returned from international banishment through the political victory, a year earlier, of the very black majority their white state had oppressed and exploited for so long.
That World Cup victory peddled the mischievous lie that centuries of racial hatred, economic exploitation and racial discrimination had been miraculously wiped away, in one fell swoop. Somehow, white people canonised Nelson Mandela and a saint was born. And us? We lost one of Africa's greatest revolutionaries.

Fast-forward to 2010. Our leaders, like the Romans, have, at monumental expense, built grand and magnificent arenas, not unlike the grand amphitheatres of ancient Rome. They, our leaders, like the emperors, have gathered gladiators from across the globe. Not just any old gladiators: They have a**embled the finest exponents of the world's most-loved sport.

Unlike in the Roman amphitheatres, no blood will be spilled (except maybe our own), no lions will tear men limb from limb. (What a pity. We have enough lions. Wouldn't it be great to see Messi and co take on a super-pride?) But the outcome will be the same: To divert the attention of the ma**es while a tiny elite ama**es huge fortunes and corruption runs wild, while poverty and non-delivery are the order of the day. All this as the ma**es are overcome by one month of delirious flag-waving and patriotism (kiss the Boer!) before returning to our neatly separate and unequal lives. One month of fake nationhood; one month of nauseating "unity".

The government's total contribution to infrastructure development and stadiums stands at R17,4-billion. Of this, R9-billion has gone towards transport and supporting infrastructure and R8,4-billion has built five stadiums and upgraded another five. (Why are African leaders obsessed with two consenting males who chose to sodomise each other, but they allow and a**ist -- in fact, they provide the Vaseline for -- imperialism to sodomise generations and generations of Africa's children? R17,4-billion for one month's entertainment. Wow!)

Wouldn't it be meaningful to use just R1billion on ourselves, on a national effort called nation-building? Wouldn't it be something to see 80 000 white South Africans go into the township and plant some trees? Or just sit and drink with their countrymen. No rugby. Just sharing, listening and understanding.

Destiny has placed South Africans in a situation never before experienced in the history of humanity. We are an experiment. Humanity looks upon us to resolve one of the most brutal and oppressive ideas of our species: Racism. Now that's something worth waving a flag for! Hell, you can even blow the vuvuzela if you so desire.

The fact that our colonisers did not leave (could not leave -- that's why they wave two flags!) has never confronted humanity. This is our uniqueness, this is our power, this is our very destiny.

But where will our new leaders come from? Leaders with a true vision for this country: A vision that unites us, black and white; a vision that we can all commit to; a vision for us? Where are the leaders who can rally this whole country behind a single articulate vision, something that will galvanise and inspire the entire nation? Nations are conceived, created, moulded and nurtured. Nations are cherished. Nations instil pride, unity and, most importantly, provide a sense of belonging. Nationhood is an ideal that is earned.

History will look back on us one day and the spectacular Soccer City, like the magnificent Colosseum in Rome, will remind them of a great, lost civilisation. They will wonder what happened to this civilisation and they will learn that it suffered the same fate as that of the Roman Empire.

Zola Maseko is a member of the ANC and an independent filmmaker, based in Johannesburg

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General Discussion / FIFA's Great SA rip-off's

« on: June 14, 2010, 09:48:28 AM »

Johannesburg - For the next five weeks get used to Sepp Blatter being your president and Jacob Zuma sitting on the bench as a bit-player whose government is legally bound to perform the international football federation’s every bidding.

WIN: World Cup Havaianas

FIFA's grip on South Africa was cemented with 17 key guarantees the government had to agree to in order to host the world’s biggest sporting event.

A senior government official said: “FIFA are a bunch of thugs. Not even the UN expects you to sign away your tax base. These mafiosos do.”

Tax bubble

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has been forced to accede to an extraordinary “tax bubble” around “FIFA-designated sites” which exempts FIFA, its subsidiaries and foreign football a**ociations from paying income tax, customs duties and value-added tax (VAT).

As a consequence South Africa, which has already spent R63bn, will stand to lose tens or possibly hundreds of millions of rand in potential revenue.

According to a document compiled by Sars, by the end of April, R613m worth of goods had been imported into South Africa for the tournament. Rebates of R118m were paid out on those imports in line with special tax measures for the World Cup.

The National Treasury says it is unable to provide estimates of the amount of foreign currency brought into and taken out of SA, but said one of the guarantees was “unrestricted import and export”.

Some of FIFA’s commercial affiliates, licensees, host broadcasters, broadcast rights agencies, merchandise partners and service providers will not pay taxes on the profits they make during the World Cup. But VAT will be paid on ticket sales and foreign-based soccer players will be taxed on income they receive for playing in the tournament.

Hospital beds, intensive care units and ambulances have been reserved for FIFA and its foreign visitors.

More than R700m has been spent readying emergency medical services and numerous state-of-the-art medical centres, ambulances and rescue vehicles which have been kept under lock and key for exclusive use during the 30-day tournament.

FIFA income up 50%

Safa has also had to provide FIFA with two private jets, two limousines, 300 cars, half a dozen buses and “chauffeurs who speak fluent English and are thoroughly familiar with the area”.

FIFA has hit paydirt. The money is rolling into its Swiss bank accounts and FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke boasted last week that “we have increased our income by 50% since 2006 in Germany to 2010 in South Africa”.

FIFA - a registered “not-for-profit” organisation - has banked a record R25bn in media and marketing revenues. In March, the Swiss parliament upheld FIFA's tax-free status in Switzerland.

The World Cup is expected to contribute an additional 0.5% to the country’s gross domestic product.

But Dr Udesh Pillay, the executive director of the Human Sciences Research Council’s Centre for Service Delivery, was recently quoted as saying that the country’s expenditure on the World Cup accounts for 6.4% of the 2010/11 GDP.

Not a revenue-raising exercise

Sars spokesperson Adrian Lackay said: “From the perspective of what we spent as a country and from what the country stands to make in terms of revenue and profits it is almost negligible.

“Our approach to the World Cup has been that it was never going to be a revenue-raising exercise.

“Certainly it would be wrong to view the World Cup as a significant contributor in itself.

“The concessions we had to give to FIFA are simply too demanding and overwhelming for us to have material monetary benefits.”

- Reporting by Julian Rademeyer, Chandre Prince and Anna-Maria Lombard

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/NationalNews/FIFAs-great-SA-rip-off-20100607

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Movie Talk / Good Hair

« on: June 07, 2010, 08:53:20 AM »

so this film is FINALLY out. will check it out tomorrow. has anyone here seen it yet?



AG's search feature sucks. I searched in vain for last years thread on this film. if one of mods can find it please merge this to it.

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Politics / Jamaican situation

« on: May 28, 2010, 10:08:16 AM »

Is anyone here following whats going on there?

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Humour / Jokes / New Jack the L catcher

« on: May 27, 2010, 04:19:06 PM »

New Jack confiscated the letter L from the Shona language

New Jack was rejected while in the queue for auditions of the new season of Lost ‘cause “he missed the point”.

The director was heard joking about it saying, “I might have to change the title to ‘Lost: New Jack Island’”

I hear New Jack lost a bet, against himself.

Theres a new diet pill made made from concentrated gas of New Jack's losing spirit.

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Politics / Africa Day

« on: May 25, 2010, 02:29:11 PM »

A moment to celebration and appreciate, together, who we are and acknowledging the greatness of Africa and the beauty of the people and where we come from and education about what we don't know about ourselves that could empower us to make us a more united and self loving people.

ALD was founded in 1958 when Kwame Nkrumah convened the First Conference of Independent States held in Accra, Ghana and attended by eight independent African states. The 15th of April was declared "African Freedom Day," to mark each year the onward progress of the liberation movement, and to symbolize the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation.

Between 1958 and 1963 the nation/cla** struggle intensified in Africa and the world. Seventeen countries in Africa won their independence and 1960 was proclaimed the Year of Africa. Further advances were made with the defeat of U.S. imperialism in Asia and the Caribbean. Imperialism responded to this tide of victories by a**a**inating revolutionary leaders and sending U.S. troops to Viet Nam. On the 25th of May 1963, thirty-one African Heads of state convened a summit meeting to found the Organization of African Unity (OAU). They renamed African Freedom Day "African Liberation Day" and changed its date to May 25th.

Since then, the world has witnessed the a**a**ination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, the US invasion of Cuba, the US move to crush liberation movements in Asia, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan; the overthrow of the Democratic Party of Guinea, the US invasion of Grenada, the US bombing of Libya, and the overthrow of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso. This period had marked a temporary setback for the Pan-African movement and since 1966, was characterized by a lull in ALD activities. Neo-colonialism was imposed upon the people as the new stage of the capitalist, imperialist strategy in Africa.

Out of the intensification of the nation/cla** struggle, a new generation of African youth emerged and reaffirmed their African personality, history and their Pan-African objectives. This youth was the product of Malcolm X, Sister M'balia Camara, Patrice Lumumba, Frantz Fanon and the countless generations before them. Links were made and maintained with Kwame Nkrumah. Understanding the need for clear and precise ideological and organizational direction for the Pan-African movement, Nkrumah published Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonization (1963), Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare (1968), and Cla** Struggle in Africa (1970). The ideas of Nkrumah infused the Black Power Movement (1960-1972).

Nkrumah taught us, "The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution."

In 1970 the Pan-African Secretariat of Guyana made the call for the celebration of ALD in the western hemisphere. In response, a large demonstration was held in Georgetown, Guyana and smaller celebrations in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The Pan-African movement was once again on the verge of taking a ma** revolutionary character and educating and organizing the people. By 1971 Pan-Africanism had become the dominant discussion in every factory, home, school and church in the African world. In the 1990s, as a result of the people's struggle, we have witnessed the defeat of apartheid, the heroic decision of the OAU to break UN sanctions against Libya, and the Congo victory by pro-African forces over imperialist proxy forces, making an advance toward Nkrumah's call for an African High Command and representing a healthy day in line with the African Union. The African Union, and Africa's first continental holiday, "Africa Day," are clear signs that the struggle for African Unity will not stop until victory is achieved.


Today African Liberation Day is a permanent ma** institution in the world-wide Pan-African movement. As an institution, it is stronger today because the ma**es of African people are stronger and ALD is their day. As a day of work in the area of political education and organization, it reflects the fact that we have not obtained our freedom, and thus it is a day to reaffirm our commitment to Pan-Africanism, the total liberation and unification of Africa under scientific socialism. At ALD we also deepen our understanding of other just struggles and affirm our role in the world socialist revolution. ALD has but one direction, forward to a unified socialist Africa. It is growing as the level of awareness about Pan-Africanism and the primacy of Africa grows. It is growing as progressive and revolutionary organizations grow. And lastly, it is growing as the ma**es make increasing victories against capitalism, neo-colonialism, racism, and zionism.

http://africanliberationday.net/aldhistory.html

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Humour / Jokes / Touareg the train driver

« on: May 25, 2010, 11:22:45 AM »

Touareg doesnt open the train doors if pa**engers dont show hand signs of where they going

The transnet boss says as an intern Touareg refused to work at the hind carriage because he says, "real niggas dont ride from behind"

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Politics / Zapiro Prophet Mohammad

« on: May 24, 2010, 10:09:23 AM »

You thoughts on this? Anyone here who belongs to the Muslim faith?



http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Anger-over-MG-Zapiro-cartoon-20100521

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Politics / SASFU logo

« on: May 23, 2010, 07:52:58 PM »

Can you believe that this union uses this as their logo?

South African Security Forces Union


LOL

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Politics / Art???????

« on: May 11, 2010, 04:56:54 PM »

What's happening in Cape Town? In his second solo exhibition,A Dreadful Thing Is About to Occur, Anton Kannemeyer exploits the polemics of race to explore daily life in South Africa. From black economic empowerment, to white liberalism, to the Soccer World Cup, Kannemeyer’s humour is nothing if not democratic - the joke here is on everyone, artist and audience included. It is at the Michael Stevenson Gallery until May 29.

http://www.mg.co.za/section/arts

in this day and age?? cant believe this shit!