Comments on: Daily Tweets: 9 August 2017 https://www.heatherhastie.com/daily-tweets-9-august-2017/ My take on our world Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:38:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Mark R. https://www.heatherhastie.com/daily-tweets-9-august-2017/#comment-16569 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:38:11 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=4690#comment-16569 Lots of great stuff in here today. I do wonder about the evolution of the face ending with a Caucasian face with green eyes. Is it saying that the Caucasian face is the pinnacle of human face evolution? Perhaps all the regressive left’s antics are infecting me. 🙂

]]> By: Heather Hastie https://www.heatherhastie.com/daily-tweets-9-august-2017/#comment-16567 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:13:37 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=4690#comment-16567 In reply to nicky.

I thought a secret vote would win too. As you say, there must be others profitting from his presidency.

]]> By: nicky https://www.heatherhastie.com/daily-tweets-9-august-2017/#comment-16565 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:09:03 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=4690#comment-16565 Thanks, a great selection.
Some comments about the Zuma footage.
– The guys & gals in red are the EFF (economic freedom fighters) the party of Julius Malema (aka Juju). They are not cheering in favour of Jacob Zuma, on the contrary. Juju was instrumental in Zuma’s rise to power in 2008/9, but they broke a few years ago. The extreme leftist EFF is radically opposed to Zuma. They cheered because they prematurely thought the motion of non-confidence won.
– Zuma is also facing 783 (yes, you read that correctly sevenhundred and eightythree) criminal charges of corruption, fraud and racketeering. They were ‘dropped’ just before he became president, but there are serious efforts now to reinstate them (the criminal charges).
– He is also accused (during his presidency, hence not included in the 783 criminal charges referred to above) of having colluded with the Gupta family to ‘capture the State’. Billions diverted, the Guptas deciding about policies and deciding who becomes minister etc. All that greasing his pockets, of course.
– There is still a lot more, such as the firing of 2 finance ministers doing a sterling job (Nhlanhla Nene and Pravin Gordhan) within as many years, The Nkandla palace scandal, etc, but we cannot make a post of a dozen pages.
The US maybe stuck with Mr Trump, but we here in SA are stuck with Zuma. I’m wondering who’s worse. I guess Zuma, because he is such a street-wise operator and shrewd politician.
Note, this was not the sixth motion of non confidence he survived , but the eighth.
I’m really surprised he survived the secret vote (once Speaker Baleka Mbete allowed a secret vote, I thought it would be the end of him), because he is such an obvious liability for the ANC in the long run. Too many parliamentarians on the “gravy train”?

]]> By: Heather Hastie https://www.heatherhastie.com/daily-tweets-9-august-2017/#comment-16543 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 16:58:05 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=4690#comment-16543 In reply to rickflick.

Thanks Rick. 🙂

]]> By: rickflick https://www.heatherhastie.com/daily-tweets-9-august-2017/#comment-16539 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:59:50 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=4690#comment-16539 Your collections are like bouquets…no, like chocolate for the intellect…something like that. 😎

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