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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Children with guns

Perhaps Robert Mugabe is a great old man, but has been going senile steadily for a long time. Like so many other old people, he reverted back to his childhood as a freedom fighter. In his mind he really believes that Great Britain is the enemy. He may come over as an honest man with great integrity, which he is, except for the senility, which makes him relive the past.

It is also possible that children with guns, are running Zimbabwe.

That may account for the discrepancies of what happens in Zimbabwe, and what Mr. Mugabe reveals to the international community.

Is Mr. Mugabe the mascot and a front for the child army and their terror campaign?

Just think about it, it is possible.

No election in Zimbabwe can be fair after the torturing and killing many of the opposition.

Many of people not cast their votes in the next election in fear of retaliation.

14-05-2008 Granny White





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Saturday, May 10, 2008

NEPAD NEWSLETTER Issue 224


01 TICAD in Japan sees Africa as a continent of hope and opportunities

.02 NEPAD tourism conference aims to spread the benefits across Africa

.03 FAO expert tells MPs about the effects of high food prices on Africa

.04 Good governance – and its relevance in Africa

.05 Pan-African Parliament discusses peace, security – and the Zimbabwe elections

.06 Social movement to involve grassroots communities in decision-making and delivery

.07 First disbursements from NEPAD-Spanish Women’s Fund

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NEPAD NEWSLETTER Issue 223

NEPAD NEWSLETTER Issue 223

.01 Not the NEPAD Secretariat

.02 Gabon diplomat new Chairman of African Union Commission

.03 Young diplomats learn about NEPAD and progress before being posted overseas

.04 Setting the scene to involve grassroots communities in their own development

.05 Regional training workshop on science and technology

.06 All demo e-Schools now in place in Uganda

.07 NEPAD-Spanish Women's Fund disbursements to start

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NEPAD NEWSLETTER Issue 223

NEPAD NEWSLETTER Issue 223

.01 Not the NEPAD Secretariat

.02 Gabon diplomat new Chairman of African Union Commission

.03 Young diplomats learn about NEPAD and progress before being posted overseas

.04 Setting the scene to involve grassroots communities in their own development

.05 Regional training workshop on science and technology

.06 All demo e-Schools now in place in Uganda

.07 NEPAD-Spanish Women's Fund disbursements to start

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Saturday, May 03, 2008

War a Global Cancer

3-08-2008

2008 THE YEAR THAT STARTED A WAR THAT WIPED OUT THE WORLD, AS WE KNOW IT?

Could 2008 be the year when the world looked on how one madman destroyed a beautiful country and did nothing – or not enough - to put an end to it?

One can think of Robert Mugabe as a cancer cell (in a body) attacking a beautiful healthy organ.

Robert Mugabe happens to be one of the African Brotherhood that fought oppression. This cancer could easily spread to nearby organs if it is not surgically removed before doing so.

This cancer may also infiltrate the far-off nodes, of the lymphatic system, in the body if not removed.

We know that China is supplying arms to Zimbabwe.

Soon the whole body (world) will be in a fight for survival once the nodes carry the cancer to other organs.

We know on which side China will be during a world war, after all she is supplying Zimbabwe with arms. Who will Japan support?

Has Hiroshima been forgotten and forgiven?

The best and only treatment for cancer is surgery at an early stage.


25 April 2008 | ENGLISH EDITION | Issue 222


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01 Rwanda is enthusiastic about NEPAD and its development objectives

02 NEPAD e-Schools praised as the key to bridging the digital divide in Africa

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03 Getting to know the PAP

04 CAADP progress in Uganda

05 NEPAD-Spanish Women's Fund

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21 April 2008 | ENGLISH EDITION | Issue 221

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. The NEPAD Secretariat would like to apologise for the delay in sending you this issue of the Dialogue due to circumstances beyond our control.

.01 Trained by NEPAD - a young reporter from Ghana tells about the Pan-African Parliament

02 TV and radio journalists praise NEPAD's "train the trainer" programme

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03 NEPAD e-Africa Commission and Global Digital Solidarity Fund to work together

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04 Soaring food prices stress urgency of increasing fertilizer use by African farmers

05 NEPAD-Spanish Women's Fund

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

NEPAD ONLINE NEWSLETTER 220

11 April 2008 | ENGLISH EDITION | Issue 220

1. .Top-level meeting of the stakeholders will discuss progress with NEPAD’s e-Schools programme

2. . More than 100 journalists have benefited from NEPAD programme

3. . NEPAD-Spanish Women’s Fund:

4. . NEPAD TV schedule

5. . Calendar of events

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Saturday, April 05, 2008

NEPAD NEWSLETTERS


20 March issue 217

q 01 UN expert answers questions on NEPAD Action Plan, regional integration and development

q .02 Corporate executives hear about NEPAD’s African Leadership Programme

q .03 International media summit on the re-branding of Africa

q .04 Environment Day in Senegal

q .05 NEPAD-Spanish Women's Fund: Progress

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28 March issue 218

q .01 NEPAD playing critical role in mobilising finance to speed up Africa’s agriculture programme

q .02 Soaring food prices pose serious threat to food and nutrition security

q .03 Leader of the Eminent Persons explains the details of the Peer Review process

q .04 African Bank chief puts top priority on water access and sanitation

q .05 NEPAD-Spanish Fund: progress with interviews

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4 April issue 219

q .01 NEPAD “training the trainer” seminar for journalists across West Africa

q .02 Important role for Africa’s media in the development

q of the continent

q .03 NEPAD Business Foundation sets up African project management office

q .04 First meeting of prospective shareholders in the NEPAD ICT broadband network SPV

q .05 NEPAD-Spanish Fund: call for document

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Friday, April 04, 2008

Post Mugabwe rule - a possible outcome

A diagrammatic forecast of a possible wealth distribution in Zimbabwe for a post Mugabe rule.
see the explanation of he diagram below




Everything depends whether the economy of the country will be a main criteria in a non-racial shared society.

The situation as it was pre-Mugabe dictatorship. Note the cener indicates the governmental system.

The lighter colors indicate the wealth distribution.

The arrows indicate the circulation of wealth within the country.

1. Pre Mugabe rule - wealth in the hands of few, but not much reaching the general population

2. Mugabe Rule - the wealth in the hands of the government and a few who found favor with Mugabe and others who managed to hold onto some of their wealth, while virtually nothing reaches the people. Much of the wealth leaked out of the country, while many of those who are able to provide poverty alleviation emigrated.

3. Post Mugabe Rule (possibility) Wealth returning to the country, but this time-shared among the people. Much help from outside.

4. Prosperity for all. A good circulation of wealth and education. An example of "Unity is strength"

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

World Goodwill

Those particularly interested in working with

World Goodwill may like to know that, a

number of groups and individuals decided to

cooperate with the theme of the 2007 Semi-

nar, Evoking the Soul of the Nations. Greek co-

workers created an online group to discuss

the theme, shared documents both past and

present, and among other issues, reflected on

the possible rays of Greece, with a general con-

sensus that the Soul ray might be the fourth,

and the Personality might be the third ray. A

group that regularly meets once a week in South

Africa, discussed the theme, and there was a

definite interest and focus on the soul of South

Africa, including some reflection on the condi-

tioning astrological signs. It was noted that:

"The opposite of apartheid (separateness) is

Unity. There was agreement that winning the

Rugby World Cup had united the country for a

short but tangible period... This sense of earned

respect is something we as a nation will need

to focus on if we are to evoke the Soul of this

multi-cultural and emerging Nation... For the

nation to heal it is imperative that each frag-

merit should become whole... Clearly diversity

within a larger unity already exists and must

be encouraged. In this sense, synthesis does

not dismiss but incorporates the many colour-

ful and richly diverse cultures into the whole."

The newly formed Living Sanctuary for Esoteric

Studies in Tucson, Arizona held a retreat on

November II, 2007, holding in solution both

the annual Keynote and topics of the seminar.

And we know that other groups, such as Denver

Goodwill Service Group, supported the work

subjectively through thought and meditation.

This entire question of the planetary centres and the energy which

they release is naturally of great interest and, could we but realise

it, of supreme importance. Some great truth lies veiled behind the

tendency of all peoples to regard certain cities and places as holy and

as set apart for their spiritual value; they make them the goal of their

pilgrimages; in connection with the human being, the same analogy

holds good and the heart, for some reason, is regarded as holier and

more desirable in its expression than the head. All this indicates an

innate recognition by humanity that behind the outer form is ever to

befound the intangible, the real and the holy. Alice Bailey,

www.worldgoodwill.org

Sunday, March 23, 2008

NEPAD NEWSLETTER 20 March 2008 Issue 217


.01 UN expert answers questions on NEPAD Action Plan, regional integration and development

.02 Corporate executives hear about NEPAD’s African Leadership Programme

.03 International media summit on the re-branding of Africa

.04 Environment Day in Senegal

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

NEPAD ONLINE NEWSLETTER 14 March 2008 Issue 216

NEPAD ONLINE NEWSLETTER 14 March 2008 Issue 216

French and English-speaking West Africa looks at business and integration

Heads of State and Government attend the Peer Review Summit

.NEPAD media workshop for African journalists

NEPAD-Spanish Women's Fund: Progress

.NEPAD TV schedule

Calendar of events

http://www.triomedia.co.za/work/nepad/newsletters/2008/issue216_14Mar2008.html

Friday, March 14, 2008

Racist behaviour at schools

The South African government should take some of the blame for racism in schools and in society as a whole. One can not cure racism with counter racist laws. It is time that jobs are allocated by merit. It is over seventeen years since the end of apartheid in South Africa. Seventeen-year-old children were supposed to be born in freedom. That is not the case. There should be no color criteria in society at all. If not enough black people benefit from treasury education, suppressing the educational opportunities of white students should not be an option. South Africa needs all the academics she can train. Rather build more universities with the millions of un-spent municipal budget money that is returned each year.

What does the government expect from the rest of the society if it continues to make racist laws in sport, education and the work force.

What happened about "One Rainbow Nation”?

What happened to "Simonye”?

How long are we going to wait for it to become realized?

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Nature vurtually vurture

The South African expert opinion believes that it is kinder to shoot more elephants to decrease their population.

Since South African children only need a 30% pass rate for maths at school, one can question any expert opinion. We are growing a generation who cannot add two and two together.

Africa is squeezing its national heritage, its jungle inhabitants, out to make way for the human invasion. Like cockroaches, humans inhabit any little crevice of natural habitat. Armed with modern weapons of war, wildlife doesn't stand a chance. If a wild animal manages to get the upper hand and kill its hunter, then the villagers use it as an excuse for a free for all killing spree.

One day there may be more wildlife in populated countries like England and Holland than there will be in Africa.

What will be left when all the fauna, flora and wildlife are gone: An African Chinese culture run by darker skinned people and poverty, or will it be a culture like the old pre war, behind the iron curtain, communist Russian society? Perhaps it will be like a London society with a tin-roofed squatter-camp backdrop?

The only way for Africa to retain its identity is to care for its natural resources and the diverse cultures of its people.

When the jungles of Africa are gone and when the last lion-king is imprisoned behind bars, while a few tusk less elephants walk around aimlessly looking for a tree while watching the hornless buffalo sunbathes in the dry river bead, visitors to Africa will be entertained in cinemas where they can view holographic make believe displays of wildlife in a jungle environment.

They will not even have to commute to Africa for their African experience.

To many Westerners, Africa is a place of disease, poverty, genocide, internal struggles and poor economic strategies. Many Africans cast their eyes far afield for solutions to their problems. The empowerment of the African people lies here on African soil. Not in Europe, China or Russia. The dignity of the African lies hand in hand with his relationship with the environment.

Africa should remain proudly African. Africa has a unique global roll to preserve itself. Africa has to preserve its jungles and it's inhabitants - human and animal. Africa has to preserve its natural pharmacy. African has to remind humanity where it originated.

Africa is the mirror of the past and a vision of the future. Africa is Africa -- and so it should remain.

One day nature may to be more valuable than money. When the food of the world dries up, and people realize they can not eat money, the world may turn to Africa to find solutions for sustainable living.

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