Beiträge von Eldorado

    Lucky


    Was den Wein angeht weiss ich nur das die Gegend um Caledon keine guten Weine hat weil es dort zu trocken ist. Wer der Typ ist weiss ich auch nicht, jedenfalls sind die Preise heftig.
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    'Write off anti-crime costs'


    2007-2-8 07:20


    Cape Town - Write off costs to fight crime - that's the advice SA taxpayers are giving Finance Minister Trevor Manuel ahead of the National Budget on February 21.


    The SA crime debate heated up this week after FNB over the weekend reportedly succumbed to pressure and canned a R20m campaign against rampant crime.


    Financial services group PSG, however, on Tuesday came out in support of the campaign, challenging the government to "show us you care".


    Fin24 invited users to send in their suggestions for this year's Budget in support of the "Tips for Trevor" campaign.


    This is what you had to say:


    "Scrap VAT on all security fees we pay. Be it armed response for our homes, electric fencing, cctv systems, guards etc. This has become a necessity we cannot live without."


    One reader suggested Manuel - "being a sensible man" and certainly not oblivious to the fact that "crime is ruling the citizens' lives" - to "please help President (Thabo) Mbeki open his eyes and ears to all (the crime) and do something about it".


    His tips included spending 20% of the total budget this year to: Fire all the corrupt and fraudulent employees in government and the SA police Service and replace them with honest and hard working people out of all South Africans who are prepared to give their level best for their country.


    "By doing this you will reduce crime and fraud by 80% in our country.


    "Furthermore, whisper in the ANC's ear that people are sick and tired of being robbed, hi-jacked and murdered for nothing. Also that when private companies like FNB plan to take some form of action against crime, it being blocked by threats from some ministers against them (sic)."


    Another reader said to tackle the crime issue "is simply in your (Manuel's) hands".


    "We now need serious dedication and commitment from the government to tackle this issue. As always, it starts with the money available to tackle the problem, so please give this your most urgent attention ever."


    Most people asked for a rebate for those paying:



    Armed response
    Short term insurance
    Electric fences etc.
    24 hour guards
    "All of these measures could easily cost up to R2 000 a month. These expenses wouldn't be necessary if the police force was efficient," one reader said.


    Fin24 will report more on what you want from Trevor Manuel in the run-up to the Budget.


    Send your Tips to Trevor.


    Finance24


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    'It's our job to rob and kill'


    2007-2-7 23:14


    Johannesburg


    "It's our job to rob and kill you," was the reply, Elaine Stoltz got when she asked her attackers why they were robbing her.


    Stoltz, 52, her sons Bertus, 22, and Benna, 20, and their friend, Stefan du Toit, 22, were attacked by three men at her Florentia home in Alberton on the East Rand on Thursday night.


    Just a few hours earlier, they had returned from the funeral of her husband, Fanie, 67.


    Stoltz said she and Benna went to bed about 23:00, while Bertus and Stefan were still working on a car in the driveway outside.


    Stoltz said: "A short while later, Stefan woke me and said, 'Tannie, wake up. Don't be afraid, but we're being robbed'."



    Stoltz and the three young men were forced into a room and tied up by the three robbers.


    One of the robbers - who even fetched a glass of water for her when she said she was thirsty - kept watch while the other two searched the house.


    Stolts said: "This guy was friendly, but one of the others was aggressive and kept saying 'Shh! I'll shoot you!'."


    That was the man who told her it was "our job to rob you of your cellphones and money and to kill you".


    The robbers left with about R10 000 in cash, the family's video and DVD players, two computers and a laptop. They didn't injure anyone.


    Beeld

    DEAD PRESIDENTS' SOCIETY


    by Rob Kirby
    KirbyAnalytics.com
    February 6, 2007



    We truly do live in a complex world, don’t we?


    We have jobs, families, outside interests, concerns about the environment, concerns about our health, taxes and mortgages to pay, along with the rising costs of food, energy and housing.


    Sometimes it’s hard to make sense of it all - quite a rat race, isn’t it?


    Have you ever noticed how every now and then, someone steps forward and says or does something that resonates so clearly – clarity descends on mayhem - it’s like bells go off in your ears?


    I recently had one of those eye opening experiences when I listened to famed Hollywood director - Mr. Aaron Russo, being interviewed by Paul Joseph Watson.


    Elementary, My Dear Watson


    For me, the poignant moment in Watson’s interview was when Russo revealed that after his popular video Mad As Hell was released and he began his campaign to become Governor of Nevada, Russo was noticed by [Nick] Rockefeller and introduced to him by a female attorney. Seeing Russo's passion and ability to affect change, Rockefeller set about on a subtle mission to recruit Russo into the [CFR] elite.


    During one conversation, Rockefeller asked Russo if he was interested in joining the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) but Russo rejected the invitation, saying he had no interest in "enslaving the people" to which Rockefeller coldly questioned why he cared about the "serfs."


    The interview continues with Russo revealing,


    "I used to say to him what's the point of all this," states Russo, "you have all the money in the world you need, you have all the power you need, what's the point, what's the end goal?" to which Rockefeller replied (paraphrasing), "The end goal is to get everybody chipped, to control the whole society, to have the bankers and the elite people control the world."


    Rockefeller even assured Russo that if he joined the elite his chip would be specially marked so as to avoid undue inspection by the authorities.


    This all sounds deliciously conspiratorial, doesn’t it? :rolleyes:


    Perhaps the utterances of Mr. Rockefeller take on a little more meaning if one stops to consider the words of Central Banking luminary - James Paul Warburg – speaking before the United States Senate in 1950, where he said,


    “We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.”


    When one stops and considers that the Warburg family was instrumental in founding not only the CFR – but was part of a greater Central Banking Axis [along with Rothschild] responsible for the formation of the Federal Reserve; their motives, intent and ends become CRYSTAL CLEAR. You can read all the history here, here and here. Aside from the outright admission, the historical evidence is overwhelming.


    The means to achieve their [Central Bank Inspired] ends – the usury afforded by fiat money.


    Getting There From Here


    So how does one go about instituting a corrupt form of commerce [the usury associated with fiat money] when there already exists a [relatively] honest system of commerce and finance?


    The last piece I penned, titled Forensic Economics 101, through the analytical insights and expertise of Dr. Antal Fekete - we examined how and determined that, in fact, the Gold Standard NEVER DID FAIL – it was sabotaged. I concluded that paper by posing the question; whether the sabotage was due to naïve a mistake, or, was it premeditated?


    Herein lies a plausible reason “why” the Gold Standard had to be sabotaged. Honest money, aka A Properly Functioning Gold Standard categorically prevents the enslavement of the masses as envisaged by the elitist Bankers of The New World Order. If true, the preceding account outs the principals “who” were involved.


    Along the way, there have stood men opposed to this Axis of Central Bankers and their fiat money schemes. These dissenting voices have been, for the most part, Americans. Framers of the Constitution for the United States of America knew “all too well” the evils of Central Banking and fiat money – which is why they made provisions in their carefully crafted Constitution that only Congress would have the right to mint and coin lawful money, backed by specie.


    In The Line of Fire


    Through the years, a total of four sitting American Presidents have been assassinated. The following is a montage of these four Presidents along with a brief summary of their views regarding sound money – in all cases a clear and present danger to the sustenance of the Federal Reserve, the lynchpin of the Central Banking Axis. :rolleyes:


    Lincoln: Assassinated: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.


    During the Civil War (from 1861-1865), President Lincoln needed money to finance the War from the North. The Bankers were going to charge him 24% to 36% interest. Lincoln was horrified and went away greatly distressed, for he was a man of principle and would not think of plunging his beloved country into a debt that the country would find impossible to pay back.


    Eventually President Lincoln was advised to get Congress to pass a law authorizing the printing of full legal tender Treasury notes to pay for the War effort. Lincoln recognized the great benefits of this issue. At one point hi wrote:


    "... (we) gave the people of this Republic the greatest blessing they have ever had - their own paper money to pay their own debts..."


    The Treasury notes were printed with green ink on the back, so the people called them "Greenbacks".


    Lincoln printed 400 million dollars worth of Greenbacks (the exact amount being $449,338,902), money that he delegated to be created, a debt-free and interest-free money to finance the War. It served as legal tender for all debts, public and private. He printed it, paid it to the soldiers, to the U.S. Civil Service employees, and bought supplies for war.


    Shortly after that happened, "The London Times" printed the following:


    "if that mischievous financial policy, which had its origin in the North American Republic, should become indurated down to a fixture, then that Government will furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off debts and be without a debt. It will have all the money necessary to carry on its commerce. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in th history of the civilized governments of the world. The brains and the wealth of all countries will go to North America. That government must be destroyed, or it will destroy every monarchy on the globe."


    The Bankers obviously understood. The only thing, I repeat, the only thing that is a threat to their power is sovereign governments printing interest-free and debt-free paper money. They know it would break the power of the international Bankers.


    After this was published in "The London Times", the British Government, which was controlled by the London and other European Bankers, moved to support the Confederate South, hoping to defeat Lincoln and the Union, and destroy this government which they said had to be destroyed.


    They were stopped by two things.


    First, Lincoln knew the British people, and he knew that Britain would not support slavery, so hi issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that slavery in the United States was abolished. At this point, the London Bankers could not openly support the Confederacy because the British people simply would not stand for their country supporting slavery.


    Second, the Czar of Russia sent a portion of the Russian navy to the United States with orders that its admiral would operate under the command of Abraham Lincoln. [The Czarist regime would pay dearly for this transgression in the future.] These ships of the Russian navy then became a threat to the ships of the British navy which had intended to break the blockade and help the South.


    The North won the War, and the Union was preserved. America remained as one nation.


    Of course, the Bankers were not going to give in that easy, for they were determined to put an end to Lincoln's interest-free, debt-free Greenbacks. He was assassinated by an agent of the Bankers shortly after the War ended.


    Thereafter, Congress revoked the Greenback Law and enacted, in its place, the National Banking Act. The national banks were to be privately owned and the national bank notes they issued were to be interest-bearing. The Act also provided that the Greenbacks should be retired from circulation as soon as they came back to the Treasury in payment of taxes.


    In 1972, the United States Treasury Department was asked to compute the amount of interest that would have been paid if that 400 million dollars would have been borrowed at interest instead of being issued by Abraham Lincoln. They did some computations, and a few weeks later, the United States Treasury Department said the United States Government saved 4 billion dollars in interest because Lincoln had created his own money. So you can about imagine how much the Government has paid and how much we owe solely on the basis of interest.


    Garfield: Assassinated: September 19, 1881, Elberon, New Jersey


    Garfield was a loyal Unionist who built a reputation as a Civil War hero that earned him a seat in the House of Representatives without ever having campaigned.


    During Garfield's congressional terms, debates raged between legislators who demanded that all U.S. money be backed by gold and the "Silverites" and "Greenbackers," who wanted to issue paper currency and coin silver more freely in an attempt to alleviate pressing debts, especially those of struggling farmers. Garfield advocated hard money policies backed by gold, making him a favorite with eastern "Gold Bug" Republicans. He opposed cooperative farm programs such as those supported by the Grange, an agrarian organization; labor unions; the eight-hour workday; and federally funded relief projects.


    McKinley: Assassinated: September 14, 1901, Buffalo, N.Y.


    In 1896, the Republicans again supported McKinley and he was nominated as the Republican presidential contender with Garret Hobart, a New Jersey senator, as his running mate. The Democratic opponents were William Jennings Bryan, a great orator from Nebraska, whose running mate was Arthur Sewall, a wealthy Maine shipbuilder. McKinley’s platform was based on the protective tariff and the gold standard, which became the main issue of the campaign. Bryan favored an unlimited number of silver coins being made to increase the nation’s money supply. He attracted national attention at the Democratic National Convention with his "cross of gold" speech. Bryan traveled all over the country, traveling 18,000 miles, giving whistle-stop speeches while McKinley conducted a "front-porch" campaign in Canton, partly because he didn’t want to leave his ailing wife. Over 750,000 people visited Canton to hear him speak. Newspapers nationwide reprinted his speeches. This campaign is noted for being the first one to hand out campaign buttons and memorabilia such as walking sticks, umbrellas, ribbons, soap babies, etc. McKinley won the election with more than 7 million of the nearly 14 million votes.


    His priorities as president were to increase the protective tariff and make gold the standard of our money system. The passing of the Dingley Tariff in 1897 increased the tariff, and in 1900 Congress passed the Gold Standard Act.


    Kennedy: Assassinated: November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas


    Now batting clean-up, President Kennedy was not afraid to “buck the system”, for he understood how the Federal Reserve System was being used to destroy the United States. As a just and honorable man, he could not tolerate such a system, for it smelled corruption from A to Z. Certainly he must have known about the Greenbacks which Abraham Lincoln created when he was in office.


    On June 4th, 1963, President Kennedy signed a presidential document, called Exec utive Order 11110, which in itself further amended Executive Order 10289 of September 19th, 1951. This paved the way for the United States Treasury to create his own money, backed by silver, to run the country. This money would belong to the people, an Interest and debt-free money.


    It’s alleged that he had printed United States Notes, completely ignoring the Federal Reserve Notes from the private banks of the Federal Reserve.


    Allegedly, records show that Kennedy issued $4,292,893,825 of cash money. Some even say it was obvious that Kennedy was out to under mine the Federal Reserve System of the United States.


    But it was only a few months later, In November of 1963, that the world received the shocking news of President Kennedy's assassination. No reason was given, of course, for anyone wanting to commit such an atrocious crime. But for those who knew anything about money and banking, it did — not take long to put the pieces of the puzzle together. For surely, President Kennedy must have had It in mind to repeal the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, and return back to the United States Congress the power to create its own money.


    It is interesting to note that, only one day after Kennedy's assassination, all the United States notes, which Kennedy had issued, were called out of circulation. Was this through an executive order of the newly installed president, Lyndon B. Johnson? Was President Johnson afraid of the Bankers? Or was he one of their instruments? At any rate, all of the money President Kennedy had created was destroyed. And not a word was said to the American people.


    In this regard, it is worthy of note that Fed. Reserve Biographer - G. Edward Griffin, in his Creature from Jekyll Island, asserts [Pg. 569 – The JFK Rumor] that,


    “There was a third point, however, which everyone seemed to overlook. The Executive Order [11110] did not instruct the Treasury to issue Silver Certificates. It merely authorized it to do so if the occasion should arise. The occasion never arose. The last issuance of Silver Certificates was in 1957, and that was six years before the Kennedy executive order. In 1987, the order [11110] was rescinded by Executive Order [EO] 12608 signed by President Reagan.”


    Interestingly, when we check the archives as to what exactly EO 12608 did rescind – we learn that it DID NOT DIRECTLY RESCIND EO 11110 but amended EO 10289. Only since the portion of EO 11110 relating to silver was/became - Paragraph 1[j] of EO 10289 (and EO 10289 1[j] WAS rescinded) – the Treasury’s right to issue silver backed notes was rescinded.


    A VERY curious and I would suggest brazenly sneaky way of “rescinding” an EO without even mentioning the relevant [cancelled] EO by its number!!


    Mr. Griffin’s explanation and rationalization of this can be found here.


    Rules for enacting EO’s have been in place since June 19, 1962. These rules [Section 2 a of EO 11030] stipulate,


    A proposed Executive order or proclamation shall first be submitted, with seven copies thereof, to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, together with a letter, signed by the head or other properly authorized officer of the originating Federal agency, explaining the nature, purpose, background, and effect of the proposed Executive order or proclamation and its relationship, if any, to pertinent laws and other Executive orders or proclamations.


    The rules are clear – and they were not followed.


    Isn’t it strange that rules – relating to who has authority to coin money - were not followed with the passage of EO 12608? Strange that issues relating to OUR money, HOW it’s created and adherence to LAWS in this regard get overlooked.


    Despite this, Griffin curiously concludes that EO 11110 was insignificant because it “ONLY AUTHORIZED” the Treasury to produce constitutionally sound money instead of INSTRUCTING it to do so. If it was insignificant, as Griffin asserts, I ask the question again; why EO 12608 DID’NT EXPLICITLY and LAWFULLY STATE that it was rescinding EO 11110?


    It does not.


    Amazingly, this is presented as “evidence” dispelling the notion that President Kennedy’s demise had “anything to do with” this act? Doesn’t this omission become even odder when one considers that three prior assassinated Presidents were clearly anti usury and/or sound money advocates? How could a monetary historian “skate over” this fact with nary a mention?


    Where I come from one-thousand-batting-averages [4 for 4] are never referred to as “flukes” and more likely to be generalized as “certainties” - but it seems the “devil is always in the details”.


    No wonder a cynic [or a conspiracy theorist] might argue that all the Bankers have to do to keep their power is to get rid of the few politicians who are honestly working for a reform in our economic system, to keep the people at large ignorant and controlled.


    One thing is abundantly clear - the population at large must be educated on the Federal Reserve, and then unite together to put pressure on the Government to get the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 repealed. Otherwise, it will spell disaster for the United States along with the rest of the free world.

    ""Die können noch immer ein Minenunternehmen locker in den Bankrott treiben.""


    Private Placements halten einen ueber Wasser. :D


    Und Sunshine hat noch viel Wasser im Keller.


    Gutso is hooked, I can't understand this Cowboy.


    Maybe he read the Silver Pennies from David Bond too much.


    Cheers


    XEX

    Ueber die Basemetalls auch in einer kurzen Deflation mache ich mir keine Sorgen weil man spaeter schnell was kaufen muss was man braucht fuer die weitere Entwicklung wie in China wo die Wirtschaft brummt ebenso in Vietnam. z.B.


    Die fuellen das Loch.


    Hat doch heutzutage keiner mehr Bock selber herzustellen, die Amis sind abhaengig geworden von China. :D


    Chinesische Delegationen besuchen jetzt schon ganz Afrika und schaun das sie Rohstoffmaessig abgesichert sind.


    Die schicken dann den Schwarzen billiges plastik Spielzeug und nehmen ihre Rohstoffe. :D


    Wenn das Land in Schwung ist dann kommt ein anderer Ton mit den Amis. :D


    Goodbye Amerika, welcome China.


    Rothshild hat Europa und Rockefeller besitzt Amerika, in China/India/ Russland haben sie weniger Einfluss.


    So wie sie vor kurzen Oil gedroschen haben so gings mit Kupfer, die ""Analysten"" sagen es faellt noch mehr so wie sie es bei 40 USD Oil sagten.


    Ich gehe rein nach Nachfrage und Angebot und was die bei CNBC z.B verzapfen ist ein Schwindel.


    Die Rohstoff Hausse geht weiter mit einigen Rueckschlaegen wie bei Gold.


    Ich glaube das PPT dirigiert von Herr Rockefeller / Rothshild einiges steuern so wie es ihne passt am Ende des Tages.


    Ein Anruf genuegt und schon fallen die Bomben.


    Die bestimmen wann - was - wo crashed weil sie am PC sitzen.


    Die gewinnen meistens weil sie zwei Seitenspiele machen.


    Man muss nur ungefaehr wissen wann und vorallem was.


    Das schwarz und weiss starke Farben sind sehe ich hier taeglich.


    Besonders schwarz ist schwer zu erkennen in der Nacht.


    Aber ein Laecheln genuegt, falls er noch Zaehne hat. :D


    Gute Nacht


    XEX

    Zitat

    Original von Saccard


    Zeit um z.B. Newmont zu kaufen ist es m.E. jetzt nicht. Auch keine Explorer. Die wirklichen Perlen, nämlich voll finanzierte unterbewertete Minen in Betrieb oder mit baldiger Produktion, das kann man eigentlich immer kaufen.


    Gruß
    S.


    Its buy time for any Goldstock und die richtigen Explorer wie Samex oder Paramount z.B.


    Was haltest du vom Government Bonds ? :D


    Ein Schutz vor dem Crash der kommen muss.


    Time to buy, Guys ! :D


    Kristallball Markets sage ich nur, man braucht nur die richtige Brille.


    Newmont ist bis jetzt ein Langweiler..... ;(
    Dividendenstock hoeher als die Bonds eines Tages.


    Gruss


    Eldo


    Bei 655 sitzt der Deckel fest und Minen wie NEM, speziell die Juniors lassen die konservativen Anlagen weit unter sich wenn du mich fragst.

    Rokko, ich glaube wir hatten schon mal einige ""Dialoge"".


    Tatsache, mein letzter Hund hier war ein Deutscher Schaeferhund der hiess Rokko. :D


    Leider gibt es von hier nicht viel positves zu berichten ausser der schoenen Landschaft.


    Ich bin lieber hier als mit Menschen wie du als Nachbarn in Deutschland.


    Wie erwaehnt, wenn dich was aufregt, schau nicht hin.


    Ratschlaege brauche ich keine von Dir, ich bin 14 Jahre aelter als du und lebe hier.


    Auf deinen militaeren Einsatz zur Rettung der Weissen verzichte ich gerne, ich habe auch nicht danach gefragt.


    Was auch immer ich hier schreibe seit 22 Jahren in RSA wissen nur wenige zu schaetzen, zuschauen und meckern kann jeder.


    Ich hoffe es geht Dir jetzt besser nach deiner Kritik.




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    @Edel ;)


    gogh :D

    E-mails pouring in to Mbeki


    2007-2-7 16:06


    Johannesburg - People concerned about crime have sent more than 5 000 letters to President Thabo Mbeki via a website Solidarity set up, said the trade union on Wednesday.


    According to spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans, more than 5 000 letters were e-mailed to Mbeki's office within the first 24 hours of the launch of http://www.dearpresident.co.za on Tuesday.


    Kleynhans said: "At the moment, between 20 to 30 people a minute are sending letters to the president via the website."


    The website was launched in response to First National Bank (FNB) suspending a multimillion-rand anti-crime advertising campaign on Friday, reportedly due to pressure from some government and big business quarters.


    11 violent incidents


    It involved print, television and radio advertisements and invited members of the public to write to President Mbeki about their experiences of crime.


    Kleynhans said Solidarity had received "numerous requests" from people who wanted to tell their stories to Mbeki.


    Among them is a letter that reads: "Dear Mr Mbeki, I have experienced 11 incidents of violence and robberies in the past three years, and the crime is now getting out of hand. X(


    "Please, I beg you to please do something about this. We are all too scared to go out or to live a normal life."


    Another reads: "I hate South Africa because of the crime. I cannot drive with an open window because I am afraid of being hijacked.


    "I cannot walk from the bedroom to the bathroom without de-activating my alarm. I am a prisoner in a 'free democratic country'."


    Letters available for free


    Founder of the website, realsouthafrica.co.za, Pieter Boshoff said copies of the letter FBN intended sending to Mbeki had been posted on his website.


    "More than 1 500 copies of the letter already had been downloaded from http://www.realsouthafrica.co.za soon after it was posted on the site and anybody can do so free of charge..." he said.


    Boshoff said the website was started in July 2006 in response to a "very negative website" that advised visitors not to come to South Africa.


    SAPA

    Cops up for apartheid crimes 8o


    2007-2-7 07:15


    Cape Town


    The national prosecuting authority (NPA) has informed three security policemen that they are to be prosecuted for apartheid crimes.
    These will be the first prosecutions since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). :rolleyes:


    The case is related to attempts to poison the Rev Frank Chikane, who is now the director-general of the presidency.


    Beeld has the names of the three security police officers and has established that they have been informed by their legal representative that the NPA intends to go ahead with prosecutions.


    The move paves the way for prosecution of former minister of law and order Adriaan Vlok and former chief of police General Johan van der Merwe, who are both fully aware of, and prepared for, what will follow, according to sources.


    Address to the nation


    The NPA did not want to confirm or deny that the prosecutions were to begin.


    In political circles, speculation is rife that the planned prosecutions could open a hornet's nest in the week of President Thabo Mbeki's address to the nation.


    The question of prosecuting apartheid-era crimes is politically loaded, as some believe that they're necessary to conclude the TRC process, while others feel they could destroy reconciliation.


    It appears that members of the latter group could use high-level political pressure to try to prevent prosecutions.


    In terms of policy and the constitution, the decision to prosecute lies with the national director of prosecutions, advocate Vusi Pikoli, and not with the government.


    Questions already have been asked in high circles about the equanimity of the NPA, and if well-known African National Congress figures who did not get amnesty, would be prosecuted.


    One of the ANC members whose amnesty application was turned down was Thabo Mbeki :D, who applied with a number of other ANC members.


    Vlok was in the news recently when he washed Chikane's feet to atone for the attempt to poison him while he was general secretary of the South African Council of Churches. :D


    The three security policemen were connected to the same plot to kill Chikane.


    Vlok's step was lauded last year by Mbeki, who added that South Africans should learn to listen more closely to each other across the boundaries of apartheid.


    Vlok did not want to respond to rumours that he could be prosecuted. Van der Merwe also remained silent. :]


    Johan Wagener, legal representative of the three security policemen, said the NPA informed him of their decision at the end of last month.


    He did not want to comment on any particulars.


    The latest events follow the tabling in parliament last January of a new prosecution policy on apartheid crimes, among other things.


    The victim has a say


    It includes a clause that gives the NPA discretion on whether or not to prosecute, if it is not in "the national interest".


    One of the factors that must be taken into account is whether the apartheid victim wants the prosecution to go ahead.


    In Chikane's case, he has indicated that he is not interested in prosecution, but that he wants full disclosure on the attempt on his life.


    He has also indicated that the government is not interested in time-consuming prosecutions.


    The NPA has indicated, nevertheless, that prosecution will go ahead.
    Beeld

    Der Typ hatte Glueck in den paar Tagen wahrscheinlich auch eine gute Reisebegleitung.


    In der Gegend sind sehr viele Cameras montiert und speziell in der Innenstadt faehrt mehr Polizei rum sodass es einigermassen noch sicher ist.
    Ich haette den Typen gerne in Woodstock und Malay Quarter rausgelassen in der Nacht.
    In Kloof, Long oder Longstreet kann man spazieren gehen, wer weiss was fuer ihn ueberhaupt huebsche Frauen sind. :D


    Tatsache ist das Kapstadt eine Schwulenstadt ist, mehr warme Brueder als San Francisco.
    Geht mal ins Bronx (Greenpoint) dort wird gekuesst und getanzt bis zum umfallen, gleichzeitig auch HIV verteilt.
    Viele der anderen Grosswildjaeger fahren erstmal ins Puff und eine Schwarze zu schnakseln, es gehoert ja mit zum Besuch.
    700 Rand und schon ist man in Afrika fuer eine Stunde, nach der Tafelberg Tour.
    Btw, die Nutten hier gehen nicht zum Test und brauchen kein Zertifikat um dort zu arbeiten, die meisten sind auf Drogen und haben etliche km drauf.
    Sorry, die Deutschen Maenner sind am schlimmsten, das erste was sie fragen ist wo koennen sie eine Schwarze......
    Nicht alle aber viele !


    Am Sonntag kam auf Carte Blance ein TV Programm das auf die Kriminalitaet im Land eingeht.
    Tatsache ist das viele Touristen nicht mehr kommen und die auslaendischen Botschaften um ihre Buerger besorgt sind.


    In dem Botanischen Garten in Kirstenbosch wurden letzten Monat 8 Touristen ausgeraubt. Man hat nicht mal Hunde eingesetzt um die 5-7 Gangster die immer vom Wald kommen aufzuspueren, es ist ja unmenschlich einen Hund einzusetzten.
    Bis heute hat man noch keinen geschnappt, der Mann bei der Schranke sagt nur die sind noch da oben und rauben bald wieder einen aus.


    Wer Mut hat der kann auch in Beirut/Bagdad eine schoene Zeit haben, wenn jemand am falschen Ort oder falsche Zeit irgendwo in der Welt ist hat er Pech gehabt. Sicher es`gibt viele die fahren gluecklich nach Hause und berichten von einen Traumurlaub.


    Andere werden ein Opfer der Kriminalitaet und kommen nicht mehr wieder.


    Probiert es doch mal aus nach dem Bericht, no risk, no fun. :D


    Gruss


    Eldo



    ""Bill, du bist doch Reisender, wie lange bist du eigentlich schon hier?
    „Drei Jahre“, sagt Bill. „Ich reise so langsam ;(– die meisten Leute halten mich für einen Einheimischen.“"


    Wir laden Freunde ein, grillen auf der Terrasse unseres Apartments in Camps Bay. Straußensteak und „Boerewors“, Weißwein und südafrikanisches Bier. Die Sonne erlischt im Atlantik, färbt die Felsen der Zwölf Apostel in Orange. Grillduft und Lachen, schöner kann Leben nicht sein. :P (zwischen den Einbruch in die Haeuser)


    „Die schönste Stadt Afrikas ist noch schöner, wenn man ihr Zeit lässt“, sagt Bill. „Mache keine Pläne. In Kapstadt kommt ja doch alles anders.“ :D


    Doch erst, wer länger als ein paar Nächte bleibt, entdeckt die spannenden Seiten der City… :D


    Fuer welchen Reiseveranstalter berichtet der eigentlich ? :rolleyes:
    Gleich unter dem Bericht kann man gleich die ganze Tour buchen,ist das nicht schoen?.


    http://www.preisvergleich.de/travel/reisen-kapstadt.html


    http://www.yourcar.co.za/


    http://www.tiscover.co.za/za/s…tedEntry,home/online.html

    Konfettipreise :D...bei GFI


    Oops, leider die falsche Randgold im Depot, auch ein Hipposchaden.


    Randgold Resources: :P


    PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS UP 54%,
    DIVIDEND DECLARED


    HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RESULTS
    FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006


    Profit before tax increased from US$48m to US$74m
    Net profit up at US$51m despite first full-year tax charge of US$23m
    Loulo delivers robust results in first full year of production
    Yalea underground development underway
    Mine redesign doubles Gara underground reserves
    Morila weighs in with another solid contribution
    Tongon moves to bankable feasibility stage
    Exploration adds ounces in Mali, returns encouraging results in Burkina Faso
    Dividend declared

    Sidha wir haben hier schon mal erwaehnt das sich manche Sorgen machen das der Bedarf bei 850 plus sinkt weil Gold zu teuer ist fuer manche.


    Sinkt der Bedarf ??..... IMO die dicke Kohle treibt den weiter,derjenige sich mal einen Krueger Rand kaufte der kauft dann Silber.


    Hommel redet von POS 306 Dollar, unvorstellbar diese Prognosen.


    Gruss


    XEX

    Gogh, die Emperor und Droopy kann man als Schrottmine ansehen, gibts du mir hier Recht ?


    Ich hau die kleine Position Drooy nun mit leichten Verlust raus bevor sie wertlos werden.


    Ich schiebe das Geld in GFI die sehr preiswert ist im Moment.


    IMA ist da ein besserer Zock als die alte Droppy.


    Die ganzen Suedaffenminen bis auf GFI sind ein Witz, da kann man noch ewig warten bis der Rand faellt.


    Fuer mich ist das ein Raetsel das der sich haelt bei dem Chaos hier.


    Gruss


    Eldo

    sidha ;)


    Wahnsinn was sich in Jakarta abspielt, das Land Indonesien leidet schwer unter den staendigen Naturkatastrophen. :(


    Irak wird immer schlimmer, nun haben die Amis in Afghanistan die Fuehrung uebernommen und gleich Luftangriffe gemacht.


    Die brauchen noch ein paar Deutsche Soldaten die ihnen beim einladen vom Opium helfen das sie rausfliegen die ganze Zeit.


    Die Russen konnten den Krieg nicht gewinnen, die Amis auch nicht IMO.


    Diese Idioten von westlichen Zentralbanken sollen von mir aus ihr ganze Gold verkaufen dann ist endlich Ruhe.


    Auf gehts Chinesen, kauft mal das Gold alles auf. :D


    Cheers, halte dich trocken in Bali.


    XEX

    Harmony Quarterly Earnings per Share Fall 33%


    Harmony Gold [NYSE:HMY; JSE:HAR], the third largest producer of South African gold, generated headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the quarter to end December of 44 cents compared to 66 cents on JSE in the June quarter as costs increased and less gold was produced. :D


    The company produced 18,724/kg in the quarter compared with 19,472/kg previously and sold its gold for R144,467/kg ($20,171/kg) compared to R143,283/kg ($20,004/kg) on average in the three months to September.


    (465 USD :D Costs pro Unze, well done Swanepoel.)
    15 HUI Minenwerte produzieren im Schnitt fuer 320 USD !


    The company milled 3.56% more tonnes than the previous quarter although grades per tonne decreased by 7%.


    Total cash costs increased by 6.8% quarter on quarter to R104,132/kg ($14,535/kg) compared to R97,538/kg ($13,613/kg) before.


    “The Group’s higher unit costs this quarter are a result of lower yields on most of our quality mines and are frustrating at a time when we are harnessing all efforts to reduce costs,” said chief executive, Bernard Swanepoel in a statement.


    He added that over the next half year, the company would continue its higher development rate, which would access more gold and therefore increase grades by 10-15%.


    It “will also put us in a position where we will have more consistent production results,” said Swanepoel, “This should enable us to have reduced unit costs and improved performance.”


    Development metres on the company’s South African mines were up 11.6% quarter on quarter.


    Leon Esterhuizen, analyst at Investec in Johannesburg, described the results as disappointing. He also referred to Swanepoel’s forecast for the coming six months as: “A new quarter, a new promise,” alluding to Harmony’s recent underperformance to guidance given. :D


    Harmony’s operations generated R487 million ($67.97 million) in cash during the quarter, and the company spent R512 million ($71.55 million) on investing activities. The company generated a net 36 million rand in the quarter, leaving cash balance of R904 million ($126.17 million) by the end of December.


    In South Africa, the company’s underground grades decreased by 4.4% to 4.78g/t from 5g/t previously.


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    Fuer mich ist nur mehr Goldfields in RSA interessant die ich weiter halte.
    Z.Zt sind die spottbillig IMO.
    Die anderen schau ich gar nicht mehr an,bei dem Management erst Recht nicht.


    Anybody for Durban Deep ..... :D

    China Factors Will Play Key Role in 2007 Gold Market


    By David Harman
    02 Feb 2007 at 08:36 AM EST


    http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=28629


    By June 2006, China's gold reserves only stood at 600 tonnes and only accounted for 1.8% of China's total international reserves, compared with the U.S.'s percentage of 75.1%, Germany's 62.9% and France's 64.8%.


    "As the world's fastest growing economy, China's gold reserves are at low level compared from that of 8,000 tonnes in US," Ghee Peh, head of UBS regional base metals and mining research said.


    While there has been no official statement from the People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, PBOC governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in January that China has concrete plans to diversify its forex reserves and gold is definitely one of the candidates for the bank.