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drag_on: actually a few words are still necessary:
Five passes at one sitting in the National Senior Certificate are considered to be suitable for direct entry to undergraduate study.

Entry requirements vary according to subject, but are typically in the region of AAAAB–BBBBB. [color=#990000][/color]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Senior_Certificate
ectract:Only a small proportion of candidates score an 'A' in any subject (from as little as 2% to a maximum of about 10% in subjects taken by highly select groups.) A further 8 – 15% are likely to gain a 'B' and about 20 – 25% achieve a 'C' grade. The Senior Certificate is a group certificate and records an aggregate mark.

If you don't know what you're talking about, simply ask. It won't hurt you.

Five passes means five subjects passed.

What you posted is our grading system and in has nothing to do with passing five subjects. South Africa doesn't gift people As.

The point is:

1. Naai-gerians have to do a bridging year;

2. Only 2 out of 100 Naai-gerians pass English and Math in a WAEC sitting and

3. South Africans enjoy direct entry

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Msauza: What they don't know is that we will milk that oil dry and bring every revenues back home. Nissan SA also want to go and collect some pennies.

Oh, their politicians couldn't be bothered. They just want to line their own pockets.

And the "intelligent" Naai-gerian public will keep voting for them. They will also then brag to us about how they have the richest politicians in the whole of Africa.

Meanwhile, they struggle to hear themselves think, thanks to the constant sound of generators.

They are "intelligent", alright.

Msauza: South Africa has colonised their economy. Bwahahahahaha!!!

Hahaha, they have a funny way of showing their "intelligence".

As if the above is not enough, they now want South Africa to look at their oil industry:


http://www.nnpcgroup.com/PublicRelations/NNPCinthenews/tabid/92/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/452/Press-Release-Nigeria-South-Africa-Sign-MOU-to-Bolster-Economic-Ties-In-Oil-and-Gas-Sector.aspx


“The historic visit to South Africa has afforded the Nigerian Government the opportunity to sign nine memoranda of understanding in different areas of the economy. Specifically, the MOU on Oil and Gas Sector was to basically help in the transfer of knowledge, skills, capacities and technology. This will ultimately help in transferring South African footprint into the Nigerian hydrocarbon industry,” Mrs. Alison-Madueke stated.

The Minister noted that the engagement with South Africa would also help Nigeria to learn the model of its National Oil Company which has done so well over the years in order to replicate similar model to the way the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC was being managed.

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scipher: your statement doesn't make sense! sounds stuppid

It's NOT my statement.

Just because you're confused doesn't mean that the speaker is st*pid.

I guess that explains everything. Boko Har*am says western education is st*pid because B Har*am is confused by it.

Rocket science is veeeeery "st*pid" to a Naai-gerian.

Classic Okonkwo.

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Speaking of rocket science, why don't you read up on South African rocket science whizzkid and go weep in a corner somewhere?

http://www.caglobalint.com/blog/siyabulela-lethuxolo-xuza-is-south-africas-wizzard/


A young man representing South Africa and with the brightest future ahead of him, Siyabulela Lethuxolo Xuza is literally an engineering wizard. Xusa as a boy would often find himself experimenting with chemicals and other scientific substances in his mother kitchen. From the unfortunate community of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, to international science and engineering tributes, he is presently South Africa’s role model for all aspiring scientists.

Even NASA gave him a personal guided tour of their accommodations AND is the youngest affiliate of the Africa 2.0 energy advisory panel. The pan-African organisation encompasses Africa’s brightest minds and is dedicated to pursuing supportable resolutions to challenges confronted by Africans. Xuza is now working on transforming households into power plants that capture the energy of the sun during the day and stock some of it in fuel cells, for use at night.

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Siyabulela might solve Naai-geria's power problems, which they have failed to deal with in more than half a century

scipher: that's a name, dafoq tendencies? what are you saying?

Yes - you're all just like Okonkwo from "Things Fall Apart". You act and speak like him. Achebe clearly understood the typical Naai-gerian.

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Okonkwo is a self-made, well-respected member of the Umuofia clan. Though outwardly stern and powerful, much of his life is dictated by internal fear. His greatest, overwhelming worry is that he will become like his father – lazy, unable to support his family, and cowardly. Okonkwo considers many of his father’s characteristics to be feminine. Much of Okonkwo’s behavior results from a reactionary desire to be completely unlike his father. This means that Okonkwo attempts to work hard, provide for his family materially, be brave, and be masculine in every possible way. As a result, Okonkwo’s becomes successful in many ways – he becomes very wealthy, holds a high-ranked position in the community, has three wives, and is known for his skill as a wrestler and warrior. But he also tends toward emotions that are extreme, and his fear motivates him to take actions which are often unnecessary and ultimately destructive. His fear of being feminine leads him to assist in the murder of Ikemefuna whom he loved, to beat his wives, be emotionally distant from his children, and to disown his oldest son.

As an uncompromising man’s man, Okonkwo’s relationship towards his family is one of complete dictatorship. His three wives are there to serve him his food and raise his children. By seeing them as his subjects, Okonkwo can justify his brutal behavior against them. He can beat his wives without guilt. He can threaten Ekwefi with a gun when she talks back. He can rebuke Nwoye for listening to old wives’ tales. This sense of ownership is exemplified when Okonkwo takes Ikemefuna’s life. Though he does have qualms about killing Ikemefuna, they are not qualms about whether or not he has the right to do it. Okonkwo feels complete ownership over his family.

There is, however, the problem of love and intimacy. Okonkwo rarely shows these aspects of himself since he considers emotion soft and feminine – but the emotions are there nonetheless. The fact that he lies to Ikemefuna to protect the boy from fear and later feels guilty about killing him are proof of that Okonkwo isn’t devoid of positive human emotions. But, whenever there is a clash between showing true emotion and maintaining the show of his strength, Okonkwo will always go with the latter.

Okonkwo tries to follow the laws of the clan. Whenever he breaks them – either deliberately through a loss of temper or inadvertently as in shooting the boy – he never questions the punishments brought upon him. Okonkwo abides by his punishment whether or not he thinks they are fair. This is one way of maintaining his honor and reputation. He reads the laws literally, unlike his father who bent the rules and tried to circumvent certain aspects of the law.

Thus we come to one of the central conflicts in the novel: the divide between Okonkwo’s personal pride and the actions forced on him by the external social laws of the Umuofia. His final act of suicide is the ultimate demonstration of things falling apart because it is the first and only time that Okonkwo purposefully and calculatedly breaks the clan laws. As a character, Okonkwo remains pretty consistent throughout the book. We see no sudden changes in behavior or mindset; in fact, that may be Okonkwo’s problem – his inability to adapt or compromise his ethics to changing situations that call for more tolerance or compassion. Okonkwo, whose sense of pride and dignity continues until the end, chooses to live and die on his own terms rather than submit to the white man. For Okonkwo, giving in would be against so much of what he has stood for – courage, tradition, and manliness.

souldust: you dont listen to it becos you are angry that we are culturally present in SA. That we are invading SA with cultural imperialism is one thing you cannot swallow.

As a result of your not listening to Naija music, there is a deficiency showing in you. You can see you are proving me right when i said: "A man is the first victim of his jealousy"

Always trust a Naai-gerian to boast about nothing.

Culturally present, are you?

Is that why Naai-gerians are crying? That's because you're present? Where are you present? In Hillbrow?


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SA ripping Nigeria off



24 June 2013, 20:29
I had the misfortune of walking through a South African owned shop in Lagos recently. Mr. Price to be precise. I had just returned from a trip to Johannesburg and looking for cheap gifts i had forgotten to pick up for my hangers on when i returned. There was a piece of sweat shirt I had made a mental note to purchase at Mr. Price and decided to get it at the Nigerian store. T
his was a piece of item placed at their “priced to go” racks at N1,800 (R114.74) per piece. I have a long, retentive memory and i could still recall that this same piece of sweatshirt sells for N784.24 (R49.99) in South Africa. And if you factored in my 14% tax rebates, that sweat shirt did in fact come to me at N669.34 (R42.99). That’s some 269% increase over and above the marked prices inside South Africa.
This huge price differential is typical across board on most south african owned consumer products in Nigeria. From Shoprite to Chicken Republic to Massmart (Game), Mr. Price, Woolworth and Truworths. It is a tale of undue exploitation of Nigerians by South African Businesses.
Before i am crucified for being xenophobic, it is important to understand that the criticism of South African companies have persisted as a consequence of their approach to business in Nigeria, which has often been characterised as predatory and mercantilist. South Africa’s foreign policy towards Nigeria and indeed, towards all of Africa is not based on any Pan-Africanism or anti-imperialism; it is rather based on promoting South Africa’s expanding business interests on the continent.
It is an expansionist agenda that South African corporations and parastatals have successfully implemented in a one-sided hegemonic relationship. As echoed by Foluso Phillips, the chairman of Lagos-based Phillips Consulting, a business consultancy of branding advisors, “There is much that South Africa can offer Nigeria, but there has been a problem of attitude and lack of trust as well as divergent objectives by both parties,… however, there must be a strong spirit of win-win, as the track record and perception makes it all look one-sided in South Africa’s favour.”

Believe me, I am a fan of South African business in Nigeria. Rightly or wrongly, the economic boosts our country has experienced in various sectors of the economy, in particular, retail and telecommunication, through the interventions of South African businesses have helped to redefine the consumer experience here. They have brought healthy competitions and quality alternatives to other product offerings. They have been open about their desire to conquer the consumer market and have in turn created employment opportunities for thousands of Nigerians. They saw the potential of the middle income groups in Nigeria and positioned themselves to tap into it.
My grouse however, is that this competitive positioning cannot and should not be exploitative in nature, which is exactly what is happening today. It shouldn’t happen in a market of 170 million people in which, 40% of the population describe themselves as middle income earners.
This target group alone represent a market that’s still larger than the entire population of South Africa! Worse still, this should not be happening in a country that allows businesses to repatriate 100% of entire profits back to home. And it definitely shouldn’t be happening in a country that has massive disparities in incomes with it. Some comparative economic data will suffice here:
Nigeria South Africa
Population 170 million 52 million
Gross Domestic Product $268.7 billion $375.9 billion
GDP per Capita $1,657 $7,257
Exports (1st Quarter, 2012) $750 million $150 million
How does it happen that the earning power of the average south african is more than 4 times that of his Nigerian counterpart and yet, Nigerians are made to pay almost 3 times for the same quality of goods.

The reality is, South African companies are making a dangerous killing in Nigeria and we are helpless to do anything about it. There is evidence that South African companies have been involved in blatant profiteering and looting in Nigeria.
For a very long time, MTN charges in Nigeria were the highest rates in the world for cellular phone calls. And despite its massive profits, MTN has really only created about 500 permanent jobs. Most of its employees are casual or temporary workers, and just like other South African corporations, denies all of its workers the right to join a trade union. Something that would be most unheard of in their own country.
And do not be deceived by the trade surplus in Nigeria’s favour. Of the 750 million dollars worth of Nigerian exports to South Africa reported in the first three months of 2012 by The South African Revenue Service, 740 million dollars worth are made up of mineral products, mainly oil. That means, other than oil, Nigeria have absolutely no stake in South Africa’s economy.
Compare that with MTN owning 52% of Nigeria’s mobile telecommunications market; franchises like Nandos, Chicken Republic and St. Elmos, etc owning 50% of the international fast food market worth US$2.5 million per annum; DSTV accounting for 90% of the viewers that watch satellite TV in Nigeria; SASOL playing major roles in Escravos with Chevron; and Entech and Broll managing prime estates and properties including the development of the Bar Beach (Eko Atlantic) and management of over 600 fuel stations and malls across Nigeria respectively. This can’t healthy.
There is a reason why such unequal trade relations exist between Nigeria and South Africa. The bilateral agreements signed by both governments since 1999 allows this to happen without hinderance to operations. South African companies’ investments in Nigeria are heavily protected from any interference at any level by the Nigerian government. It is a license to grow as they please without consequence. Added to this, there are substantial tax rebates for companies operating here through agreements on eradicating double taxation.
South African companies that paid tax in Nigeria are protected from paying taxes back home and can repatriate the entire profits. Now, imagine the US$5.3 billion MTN had earned after tax in the 10 years of operation from 2001 – 2011 finding its way back to the South African economy tax free! Why wouldn’t the Rand be stronger than the Naira at any level?
When the foundations of this country was laid in the fight against imperialism, it was not envisioned to have it substituted with another form of neo-colonialism. The activities of South African businesses in Nigeria have been abrasive to Nigerians and the Nigerian economy.
There is a siege mentality they have on this country that needs to be addressed. They have created opportunities not to develop the Nigerian economy but to exploit its resources. We experienced that with the British, endured it with the Chinese and now, it’s the South Africans that are our new colonialists. This is not the sort of relationship we should be aspiring to at this time. The sooner our government addresses these imbalances the better

souldust: you guys were once here in our unis we gave you scholarships etc. This was at the time andrewza accused you of being criminal becos you were born black!

First of all, I'm not black and I don't care to talk about race.

Secondly, the fact that South Africans were in your Universities doesn't mean that your universities are now worth writing home about. They aren't. Your smartest people go to college in other countries. Go figure.

98% failure rate!

Only two out of 100 pass. And you still need to bridge when you apply to study in the UK. SMH. No..weeping

Msauza: Since when do Nigerians know anything about House Music

These guys and their Okonkwo tendencies. SMH

98% failure rate. Very clever, Nigeria.

Says he:

"You can leave Nigeria and say that you don't care about Nigeria's education system. , but one day, your children will have to come back to Nigeria, because they can never be anything more than second-class citizens where they are."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gEWJm6DZL60#at=193


- No further words necessary.

kwame tut: @Agaust
STOP BEING SELECTIVE AND FOLLOW YOUR HERO MIKE SMITH AND SEE THAT HE STILL SEES NIGERIA AS A BRITISH COLONY. DESPARATION AND ST-U-PIDITY PUSHED YOU TO POST HIS STUPID POSTS THINKING WE WILL BE OFFENDED BY THEM.

WE'RE NOT AS WE KNOW OUR HISTORY AND KNOW MIKE SMITH'S BLOGGS ARE JUST PURE ANTI-BLACK AND ABOUT PROMOTING THE WHITE RACE(which u did Agaust).


WHAT MIKE PLANS ABOUT AFRICA "RECOLONIZATION".
By Mike Smith ... dozens of clandestine operations in places such as Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya etc..

It's the myopia of the Naai-gerian mind. Always focusing on the wrong stuff, is the Naai-gerian. Thiza rightly points out the preoccupation with "invading South Africa", which obviously will never happen because there won't be any invasions in this decade or perhaps, even century.

What there will be instead, is growth on the business and trade side. Totally lost to the Naai-gerian mind is this concept that all we hear everyday is who they are going to invade. Who they are (really aspirant to be) bigger than etc.

Funny, Kwame, Naai-geria always sees itself in comparative terms. Even the very phrase - "giant of Africa" is comparative. Which brings me to the next point - this is how Naai-gerians are even in Naai-geria. So fixated on comparisons that they cannot work together.

It's the very reason why nothing works there. Everyone pilfers because they want to be the next big thing. Service? What's that! Naai-geria doesn't do service!

The North does its own thing. The South does its own thing. The Delta also does its own thing. And then there are the numerous tribes who run around not unlike characters in animal farm.

They say they are a federal republic. But then the federal republic of Naai-geria isn't really a federal republic. It's a collection of tribes made to feel as though they have their own territories so that they hopefully will not rise against each other. But this doesn't help. 48 people dead two weeks ago - ethnic clashes. Close to 200 or so dead a few months ago - religious clashes. 30 dead - ethnic clashes.

Now how could a people like this invade anyone and who should they even think of invading anyone. As they themselves say - Naai-gerians are "scatter scatter"

Never should they have been a country in the first place . They should've been a constellation of tribal territories looked after by chieftains. This country thing is too complicated a concept for a Naai-gerian, Kwame. Much too complicated.

How I love anger during a debate.

That's when you know there's nothing else left in a person.

agaugust: nothing in your post shows Iran Iraq war record where helicopter shit down jet aircraft you d.umb g.oat time waster ! And the web link below your comment is an American experimental project.

See why I am getting tired of this forum ? Too many f00lish south African posts with zero brain work.

You're tired because your mission to move up from position 4 or 5 on the rankings to position 1 has failed.

You've tried it all. From faking your qualifications to posting gimmicks.

You still failed. You are smart to recognise fatigue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0dKz7lZHYc

all4naija: The table just clarified why our military is stronger than yours. We purchase weapons from the best makers not just based on sentiment they are made in Africa.

You purchase from the cheapest. China.

It shows in black and white. You're China's biggest recipient. And you still buy Chinese cr*p.

You still got broke, regardless, because you don't know that this is a business.

Only South Africa knows that.

Flow of weapons in South Africa. Who receives from where?

South Africa - the only African supplier. Others - mere consumers.

agaugust: simple internet information settles the matter, Mig-21 is an 2nd generation russian jet, F-7 NI is a 3rd generation chinese jet. i dont care what you believe, thats your personal problem. F-7NI jets will shoot down all south african Rooivalk helicopters easily. show me a war in this world where helicopters shot down jets. go sit down and tell fairy tales to your son in elementary school.

nigerian air force has datalink, if you cannot read thougr it thenj s.hut up you l.azy man.

south african i.diot l.iar, go page 17 of http://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/2013%20appropriation/11.%20Summary_Defence.pdf

and there are lots more new high technological command and control equipment scattered all over on that list from page 1 to page 42.

your white-men in south africa deceive your nation that only south africa buys modern equipment in africa, same way they deceived you that Seleka rebels are F00LS south african paratroopers can defeat

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You deceive yourselves.


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Report: Algeria, Morocco are top Africa arms importers

LONDON — Algeria and Morocco have been leading an arms buildup in
North Africa, a report said.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute asserted that
Algeria and Morocco represented the two leading weapons procurers in the
African continent over the last four years.

Algerian Air Force Su-30MKAs.
In a report, the institute said Algiers and Rabat were importing fighter-jets and other combat platforms from suppliers in Russia, Western Europe and the United States.
“Algeria, Morocco and South Africa were by far the largest arms importers in Africa in 2008-12,” the institute said.
In a report on March 18, SIPRI said North Africa, which accounted for 64percent, was leading the continent in weapons imports. The institute said deliveries to Algeria, now the sixth largest recipient, increased by 277 percent between 2003-2007 and 2008-12. Russia was deemed by far the largest supplier to Algiers. SIPRI said
Russia supplied 93 percent of Algerian arms imports, including 44 Su-30MKA combat aircraft, two Project-636 submarines, an estimated three S-300PMU-2 air defense systems and 185 T-90S main battle tanks.

“However, in 2011-12 Algeria turned to Germany for 2 Meko-A200 frigatesand for a first batch of 54 of a planned 1200 Fuchs armoured personnel carriers and to China for 3 F-22A frigates.” the report said. Morocco registered a 15-fold increase in weapons imports over the last decade. SIPRI said Morocco became the 12th largest recipient in a move from
No. 69 as late as 2007. “Morocco’s imports during 2008-12 included 24 F-16C combat aircraft from the USA, 27 MF-2000 combat aircraft from France, three Sigma frigates from
the Netherlands and 54 Type-90-2 tanks from China,” the report said.

andrewza: What you talking about.

F7 vs gripen means our pilots will get bored, The gripen can perform extrem of bore firings and i am yet to see how it is less agil than a F7.

And your OPVs are going to defeat SAN how?

Never mind that - what the hell is a small combat area?

Last time I checked, planes flew in the sky.

all4naija: [i] We are not boasting outside of our capacity.

You are.

You are broke!

all4naija: I completely disagree with this your claim. As at 1977 onward Nigerian military size is over 250,000 population, both men and women.

The Nigerian Armed Forces are the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The military has active duty personnel in three armed services, totaling approximately 200,000 troops and 300,000 paramilitary personnel... From Wikipedia LINK

Well your Federal Republic is broke.

I've been telling you that you go hungry to buy guns because you haven't seen the light and can't prioritise.

South Africa knows that arms trade is an industry. Not a pissing contest.

Well, the secret is out!

Let the frenzy of denial start.

3, 2, 1...Go!

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Nigerian Government Broke; Targets Pension Savings


The Nigerian government is financially broke and barely able to pay its bills, an investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed. The portrait of the Nigerian government’s dismal financial situation is in sharp contrast to recent propaganda by Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Central Bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Both officials have sought to depict the Nigerian economy as vibrant and robust.

Several sources in Abuja, including a legislator, a senior bureaucrat and an insider in the Presidency, told SaharaReporters that the government in recent weeks had failed to release budgetary allocations to various ministries to meet their obligations.

The sources also disclosed that the Federal Government has also borrowed massively from local and foreign banks to pay its recurrent expenditures. They added that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration was now eyeing the N3.4 trillion pension funds to enable it to finance its deficits.

The Presidency source also revealed that Nigeria’s net oil export has been cut by half as elements close to Mr. Jonathan have engaged in massive oil theft with the connivance of the Nigerian Navy as well as members of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta region.

Since her second tour as a prominent minister in Nigeria, Ms. Okonjo-Iweala has constantly told the public that the Nigerian economy was buoyant. But in private she has told close associates, officials of international finance bodies as European and North American nations that Nigeria’s economic outlook was getting worse especially with decreased oil sales. With her blessing, Nigeria has also resorted to massive borrowing from China and several other non-traditional loan sources to plug financial deficits.

An economic analyst in Abuja told SaharaReporters, “By the end of Mr. Jonathan's tenure, Ms. Iweala would have borrowed Nigeria back to the Stone Age,” referring to the period Nigeria racked up loans from the IMF as well as Paris and London Clubs essentially to finance the grasping needs of Nigeria’s corrupt elite.

Another source, a legislator, stated that he was disturbed by the dire economic portrait. He described Mr. Jonathan as “overseeing the biggest era of corruption in Nigeria's history.”

At the heart of the latest plot to loot Nigeria’s resources is the plan to plant one of President Jonathan's trusted allies at the helm of the country’s pension fund to facilitate the diversion of funds meant for retirees for political and other goals.

The Presidency source said Mr. Jonathan’s inner circle was anxious to keep news of Nigeria’s poor economic outlook and financial rating from public view. “As you know, Nigeria has been downgraded in recent weeks by international financial rating organizations, but the government wants to maintain that everything is rosy.”

The lawmaker, who belongs to the same Peoples Democratic Party that is the ruling party, said he was sad that President Jonathan and his closest associates are engaged in mindless looting of the treasury for the purpose of buying victory in the 2015 general elections.

kwame tut: @Patriot4
KHAYELITSHA SPORTS HALL "WINNER BY DESIGN" DESIGNED BY THE GOOD LOOKING YOUNG BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN MAKEKA OWNER OF DESIGN LAB IN Cape town.

http://www.mimoa.eu/images/7753_l.jpg

Now I'll take that any day. Floating school illegal structure?

Never!

Peer Reviewed Paper

Box 2.1. South Africa: a special case

As in many other areas, South Africa stands apart from the rest of sub-Saharan Africa with regard to its arms acquisitions, both from imports and domestic procurement.a Including South Africa, in 2006–10 the region accounted for 3.4 per cent of the global volume of imports of major weapons, compared to 1.5 per cent for sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa. (See also figure 2.1.)
During 2006–10 South Africa received 15 JAS-39 combat aircraft (as part of a total order of 26), 24 Hawk-100 trainer combat aircraft, 2 Type-209 submarines (of a total order of 3) and 4 MEKO-A200 frigates. Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom accounted for, respectively, 63, 18 and 11 per cent of South African imports of major arms during this period. When including South Africa in sub-Saharan Africa, Germany was the largest supplier and Sweden the third largest during 2006–10. However, neither Germany nor Sweden supplied major arms to any other country in the region.
South Africa is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa that has developed a sizeable arms industry capable of producing relatively advanced military products that can compete on the global market. In 2007 it was reported that 13 646 people worked in the South African arms industry, producing a wide range of military equipment.b South Africa is the only country in sub- Saharan Africa that plays a discernible role as a supplier of arms to other countries in the region.



a See e.g. Wezeman, P. D., ‘South African arms supplies to sub-Saharan Africa’, SIPRI Background Paper, Jan. 2011, <http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=419>; and Feinstein, A., Holden, P. and Pace, B., ‘Corruption and the arms trade: sins of commission’, SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2011), pp. 20–25.
b Wezeman (note a).

The US Army recognised the Husky vehicle design with an Innovation of the Year Award for 2010.


This where we say nuffsed.

Msauza: Just make sure that you anchor it tightly because the whole class of students could end up in Cape Town. By the way I still doubt safety of those so called schools.

The school will be demolished. See above.

all4naija: The truth is that your military power is dwindling. It will no longer be able to protect your nation soveriegnty with time to come. There will be need for Angola invading your cities in the near future and take over your huge natural resources.

Well, fine. I am happy to go now. Have done my bit.

Happy arguing. We all know I don't care about your military arguments.

Chow now...

souldust: someone should answer those questions i asked on page 432. I am expecting answers from @andrewza and @henry.

Lets not mind the trolls on this forum. We should go on with the topic. They will sooner or later join us or leave if they cant change. Law of evolution readily comes to mind here.

Then why say "someone answer"? Address them directly. Are you demented? You can see they aren't here. So, what are you doing screaming about it?

all4naija: Didn't you see where I said TEST? Please, Bcraig, you are becoming myopic by the day.

If it were a test, it never would have gone to court. The court halted construction, which was going full steam ahead. Save your breath and everybody's time. Rather start another argument so we can salvage what's been lost looking at this story.

all4naija: Nigerian buildings have been floating there for time-immemorial. The Ilaje people are innovative by providing floating homes in that area which the Dutch assisted school building is modeled after.It is clear the Dutch just acquired some knowledge fro Ilaje people. I don't understand what you are going after in my innovative statement.

The point is you wasted our time posting about a school that will not see the light of day. That's all. Straightforward issue.

No need for long stories.

all4naija: I didn't say it is a permanent building either. It is more like a test through innovative idea to know what would actually be effective and sustainable in the run. You are not seeing beyond your nose here, my friend.

SA government is known for demolishing poor people's homes without providing them alternative residence. You can Google on that by yourself[/i]

You said "the Nigerians are being innovative".

The school is a Dutch thing. The school won't see the light of day. Where is the Nigerian innovation there?

Two - You are South African. That was Lenasia. You know as well as I do that those houses were built illegally on sold land. South Africa has the rule of law. So, well done to the government.


Back to the school. You wasted our time.

South Africans made no claims about your Lenasia pictures. So...yeah...

all4naija: Nigerians are being innovative, mind friend. It is a big shame on your side that you cannot see how important the floating school building is to the education of the kids and to the culture of the people. This is a very idealistic plan. Only in SA government just go to slum area and destroy properties without providing other means of survival.

1.

Poor people buildings demolition in Johannesburg:


[img]http://1.bp..com/-ePR_Ohw_YOU/UKtUXLGjShI/AAAAAAAAhUw/53vOmqdYhmI/s1600/CRY.JPG[/img]

2.

A lady bittered about not provided alternative during demolition of her building in Johannesburg.

[img]http://imtawanda.files./2012/11/6d11409b9818651f200f6a70670007fa1.jpg[/img]

If you are expecting the same thing in Nigeria that is not going to happen soon. It might complicate issue for the huge population movement there.

You lie..

The school is a Dutch thing and it will be demolished. Not innovative enough for your courts, now is it?

Post a thousand bulldozed structures in Johannesburg, you can't change the fact that you people wasted three pages posting about an illegal structure.

It’s been illegal from day one: Lagos government vows to demolish Makoko floating school
Posted By TheScoop on April 26, 2013

by Solomon Osadolo

The three-storey floating school being built on the waterfront of Makoko has been decalared as illegal by the Lagos state government, which has also revealed that it intends to demolish the schoo[/b]l.



However, the Lagos commissioner for Waterfront and Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru, said on Thursday at a briefing that [b]the floating school had no approved plan.

100 children were primed to be benefit from the school once it was completed, but it appears that the dream is not going to be.

According to the Lagos commissioner, “it’s an illegal structure, it shouldn’t be there, and we are trying to get rid of structures there. It’s not a project that has been abandoned, various bodies have gone to court, and we stand to be corrected. I can’t say much because there is a legal case on ground. It’s without the knowledge and permit of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development as well as Ministry of Water Front and Infrastructure.

“It’s been illegal from day one. He waited until there was legal issue in the Makoko area before he started putting the school up. We were not going to do things against the law which would have been seen as contempt of court, so he carried on and brought in CNN to show the illegal floating school. Once things are sorted out, we would do what we have to do. If he got money to waste, let him continue, we would do what we have to do.”

all4naija: Don't worry it,it won't float to Cape Town as it is going to be equipped with anchor to dock it.

Naai-gerians wasting our time with this floating thing of theirs.

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By MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO
…Community sues govt over stance
THE Lagos state government has outlawed the ultra modern Makoko Floating School barely seven months after the construction started. The school that is expected to address perennial flooding that truncate access to education by children of the community may never be allowed to operate after-all.
The three_storey building with an area of 220 metres was built on a foundation of 256 plastic drums and powered by solar panels suspended on the roof. It isaimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Goal II, which is to boost universal primary education.
The floating school being built jointly by the residents of Makoko/Iwaya Waterfront community, Yaba Local Council Development Area, LCDA, United Nation Development Programme, UNDP and a private firm -NLE works, Nigeria, was expected to accommodate no fewer than 100 pupils and their teachers.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/lagos-outlaws-makoko-ultra-modern-floating-school/#sthash.KHVKacZa.dpuf


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Govt says it’s an illegal structure: Speaking on government’s position on the school, the Commissioner for Waterfront and Infrastructure Development in Lagos State, Prince Adesegun Oniru said; “The floating school has been illegal since inception. The owner of the floating school waited until there was a legal issue in the area before he commenced the construction of the school.” - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/lagos-outlaws-makoko-ultra-modern-floating-school/#sthash.KHVKacZa.dpuf

agaugust: you south africans can sit down in your mediocre intellect country, dont travel out all over the world and learn new things to improve your one way traffic brains. chinese, japanese, indians, russians, etc are all over the world to gain knowledge and export skills back to improve their country.

south africans can sit down at home and compete among themselves with their 33% pass mark 3rd class brains, afraid to go out and compete with people who score 90% in the outside world. so shall you all remain dull forever in pretoria, and bow down for obama like your zuma president when you meet a superior brain from another country of the world.

50 million quater dullards, half dullard, and full dullards, live permanently in south africa imprisoned in self delution and unable to learn from the outside world.


empty south african brain box, open it, scan it, find nothing of value !

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Still, your logic has failed you. So - sing for all of the king's men if you want to. The fact remains - you are on the underside of an argument yet again.

You deserve this simple one-liner. Nothing more.