As the title goes .. Grmph me been quiet for a while ... but yes in the papers.. And yes i'm tired of the race card still being played all the damm time ... the ANC aligned continue to play the race card .. hell man its about 15 years down the road , but when caught out , denied position or controversy raises its head they and their cohorts play the race card ... the crowning part of this was some of the comments about Caster Semenya .. but yes the build up ... The dishonourable Shlope .. somehow he now suddenly not to be investigated by the JSC despite the huge clouds hanging over his head ,,,hell man Judges are supposed to be beyond reproach and yes follow law and set examples .. the legal action being initiated is to make the JSC do the job it first said it would do .. it has not .. but yes the responses hold the shlippery slhope as a" transformation " hero .. and the people that want to see due justice follow are being labelled racist .. the proposed new head of transnet also has clouds hanging over him regarding tenders etc and the current board are blocking him .. they are now labelled as white racists ..so many more examples ... now who is actually being racist ?? come come now .. good governance and honesty is top priority here .. not racism ..
Now to the sad story of Caster Semenya ...the opinions coming in .. " oh its jealousy cos she's black " etc etc , fact is there are many excellent winning black runners out there.. never a question raised when they won in fact black women are regarded as the best long distance runners ... there were a few that were also questioned vis gender .. fact is there are women out there who are blessed with stronger more muscled bodies , they are exception .. and yes the gender issue has been raised a few times with Russian and some eastern athletes with some justification .. ( never a squeak there )
My heart goes out to this young woman .. I believe she was a pawn in a cynical game .. one could draw parralell to the Zola Budd of many years ago .. suddenly and conveniently with the blessing of the then government allowed to get a British passport ( in those days they gave one all hell if one wanted to claim ancestry the word " verraairer " comes to mind ) ultimately they were only concerned with a win for SA now matter what the circumstances or consequences .. her dream of running and glory ultimately smashed .. Now Ms Semenya and yes I do regard her as female as she was raised as such and has all the correct externals corresponding to the gender .. Problem is the South African athletics authorities should have had alarm bells ringing a long time ago .. she has from listening on TV etc a very masculine voice is yes very muscular more a strapping boyish look than a young woman .. sure they did a " test" here .. ie a visual look at external parts , but surely they should have know have known from previous controversy that she would raise questions ..?? Now if those press reports are really accurate a more thorough examination would have revealed her actual status ?? Simple questions like have you ever menstruated would also have revealed that something was amiss ..
I think they just went on ahead greedy for a win .. pushed this poor young woman into the limelight also not thinking of consequences .. and now ?? she is there for all to see , and yes for some cruel folk to regard as a freak .. Hell man the rotten Cape flats tabloid the Voice even airbrushed the bulge of a penis into her shorts ... they should be sued for that ... Simple fact is there is nothing racist here just that if her condition is as the press says has an advantage over other women if she has a higher testosterone level .. hell man they even check male athletes for hormone doping for advantage ... I just hope that common sense and not emotion prevails here and that people see that a huge mistake was made and yes try to prevent future mistakes on all levels ...
Mmm no takers or comments here ,, too contentious ,?? been folowing up papers down to the Mz Winnie also stooping to the race card ... now who's the racists ?? if so obsessed it indicates a problem .. ?? What happened to their credo of a non racial society ? or is it just on theor terms .. Mmmm catmusic
I read your post Sandy and didn't have anything to add really. I agree with all that you have said here.
Whatever,whatever regarding Caster the racist card had to played and that peeved me especially that ANC Youth League dude.
From today's Namibian newspaper
On The Rights Of Whites
ALLOW me to comment on the diplomatic row that the South African government has created in condemning the recent ruling by a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board that has granted refugee status to a white South African on basis of racial persecution, which should as well be a lesson for Namibia.
Sadly, Canada has now succumbed to the South African pressure by trying to reverse the ruling in a Federal Court, which will send the wrong message to all those, mainly whites, who find themselves trapped under the "Zimbabwe" type of government.
Today, Namibian experiences with South Africans has been the same where whites have become the punching bag of insults, intimidation, discrimination and threats by so-called liberation heroes – as seen in both countries.
Thus, the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board must be commended for granting refugee status to a man who fears for his life on racial grounds.
Certainly, on the same grounds a black person would have secured refugee status, in any democratic state, during the Apartheid era.
With this political embarrassment, the ANC-led government will not acknowledge the fears that white South Africans experience because of their skin colour. Denial becomes the only solution by a government caught off-guard.
And calls to overturn the ruling will be the worst form of injustice against a helpless person.
Interestingly, some feared white threats are at times encouraged or tolerated by the very political leaders in South Africa that are crying foul to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board decision.
For example, during the ANC political campaign for the party leadership, one could not help but listen to all those liberation songs that call for the killing of white South Africans, in addition to political hate speech by some ANC leaders.
As for Namibia, many threats have been made against white Namibians by politicians, acts which at no point were condemned by the Namibian leadership.
Needless to say, times have changed and so should "stupid" toyi-toyi liberation songs that threaten white lives come to an end in Namibia and South Africa.
With such irresponsible statements which incite hatred and threaten people's lives, any normal family would be scared – black or white.
Surely, all human beings, black or white, have rights in the pursuance of peace, justice, freedom and happiness. And if they cannot find those cherished ideals in some countries, then they have the whole world to go to – as no one should be held in bondage.
Other than trying to make an issue of one man, the South African government must start cleaning its backyard before crying foul, and so should countries like Namibia take this as a learning experience – if future embarrassments are to be avoided.
Mulife Muchali
Canada
With regard to the Namibian Statements...... I always wondered about, how certain high level politicians make these racist utterances, 20 years after independence..... and there is no backlash...some of these comments are not even mild, and nothing happens..... but if I , as a white Namibian stand up and say things like shoot the black man, as he cannot govern properly or he oppresses white people, all hell would break lose and I can assure you that I will have a visit from some official people..... funny how things work.....
Canada, you say?
Well the Ms Caster worms are indeed crawling out of the can... Pretty much the premise I insinuated at the start of the topic .. appears the SA athletics head honchos were advised by a Dr Adams ealy in August to not send her to Berlin .. sadly so they did in their greed for a gold ... So now Ms Caster Semenya has been sacrificed for gold .. not nice and again I repeat my earlier sentiment .. my heart goes out to this innocent caught inthe middle of others cynical moves ..