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RomanceRe: Top 10 African Countries With The Most Beautiful Women 2022 by morpheus101: 4:32pm On Oct 13, 2022
Yamiriflathead:
That I have been manipulated to see? Did you read where I had earlier said that Ethiopian women also have Afrocentric features?
The typical Ethiopian woman still beats the typical SA woman by far by every standard, apart from backside and hips.
It is even a fallacy of generalization to assume that all SA women are endowed just as it is fallacious to assume all Ethiopians aren't curvaceous.
If you factor in the facial beauty of 2/3 Ethiopian women with portable body or 1/5 Ethiopians with curvy body, it makes more sense to call them sexier than SA women whom the 2/3rd are ugly or average, obese with big back sides.
By what standards were the SA miss world beauty pageantry winners crowned btw, by your interpretation of sexy woman with big boobs, thick hips and big backside? What kind of women are usually sent to beauty pageantries, the SA or Ethiopian looking kind of woman?

Btw 2 of the 3 South Africans to have won the miss world pageantry are white south Africans and the only Black SA winner seems like a consolatory prize to me following years of apartheid.
South African women are not remotely beautiful as Ethiopians by any standards, although have huge backsides. Your attempt at singling out the Afrocentric Ethiopians to drive your point is contemptible and sells you out as a South African, Afrocentric Ethiopians don't have a persecution complexed mentality and twisted history like you black South Africans with convoluted history as to who are the earliest inhabitants of SA. The Ahmara, Tigrayan and Tingrinya peoples are like the igbos and fulanis in Nigeria, and other ethnic groups are not more Nigerian than they are.

Having a big backside alone is not all what constitutes sexiness, Afrocentric Ethiopians with Bantu features have an amazing butt, long legs, portable boobs and are skinny appeals to me more than these obese SA's below
The mere fact that you use the term "afrocentric Ethiopians" simply displays your bias and lack of knowledge. What is an Ethiopian with "afrocentric looks". Do you mean an ethiopian who has more African features as opposed to Ethiopians who have more west asian features.

Point 1 Which features in Ethiopians are non Afrocentric may I ask?.
Point 2 Not all South africans have your so called "afrocentric" features therefore if you were to compare all SA women you would have to include these group of people below who can be likened to your Ethiopians of "non afrocentric" looks and therefore would negate your narrative .

Please stop before you make your self look stupid.

RomanceRe: Top 10 African Countries With The Most Beautiful Women 2022 by morpheus101: 4:41pm On Oct 12, 2022
Yamiriflathead:
Doesn't change the fact that Ethiopia is a deeply conservative country unlike South Africa where women are free to display their butts on the streets like prostitutes nowonder the high rape and HIV index.
I am not South African but I can tell you the that correlating Big butts which the Saffers have had forever and HIV is quite infantile.

Yamiriflathead:
If having a volumptous backside and fat tummy is the standard definition of sexy, why are South African women not recognized ahead of the latinos in terms of sexiness considering that they have bigger backsides/thicker hips and why are they not winning more beauty pageantry ahead of the Brazilians, Venezuelans, Indians, Philippines, some whose physical features and genetic makeup shares similarities with the Ethiopians?
You should ask yourself why Ethiopians aren't winning those either while a South African has actually won one.

Yamiriflathead:
If your idea of sexy is having thick hips, volumptous backside with an obese body like most South Africa women then you clearly have a low taste of sexy women.
A sexy woman has a combination of a fine face, sexy body and great confidence. I am sorry to say Ethiopians are more of an exotic look than a sexy or beautiful one and only young men with very little experience or old men who are looking for trophies would default to these types of women.

Yamiriflathead:
In terms of sexy Ghana, Nigeria, Somalia, Ethiopia are ahead of SA by far.
If we are being honest this is not true at all.


Yamiriflathead:
Please never COMPARE south African women to Ethiopian women by any physical standards, it's an insult.
Compare South African women to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Kenyan women instead. What effrontery!
These are typical Ethiopian women and not the Habesha types that you have been manipulated to see as the norm in Ethiopia so please stop it.

RomanceRe: Top 10 African Countries With The Most Beautiful Women 2022 by morpheus101: 2:59pm On Oct 12, 2022
Yamiriflathead:
I disagree with you
Ethiopian women are diverse in their genetic makeup and physical features.
Some would fit right in with South Americans, some look middle Eastern, some have a blend of Near eastern and east Africa, some have Indian or south Asian influence, some have Afrocentric bantu features and look typically african, some are so unique that you can't even know where to categorize them. So there's no general standard to categorize Ethiopian women

I know you seem to think that they have a rather slim and flat looking features like the fulanis or model like features like Venezuelans grin
Ethiopia is a deeply conservative society, so women don't get to show off much skin and are very traditional, feminine and shy unlike Nigeria for instance where women are free to walk about the street naked or in butt revealing outfits
My bro I have been around enough Ethiopian women to know that the so called conservative and traditional excuse you have given doesn't negate the fact that they are generally slim built with very little curvature. You can't even compare them to South Americans who are far more "sexier" overall face and body wise.
RomanceRe: Top 10 African Countries With The Most Beautiful Women 2022 by morpheus101: 10:01pm On Oct 11, 2022
Yamiriflathead:
That's nonsense talk.
Ethiopian women are the most beautiful in Africa by a wide margin.
Dem fine for face but body wise its a nah!!
TravelRe: The Destruction Caused After Dam Collapsed In South Africa (Pictures) by morpheus101: 8:43pm On Oct 06, 2022
LeSudAfricaine:
isn't it ironic though, it is Nigerians suspected of criminality wherever they go NOT South Africqns? Isnt strange that you're also the ones renowned for drug pushing NOT us?
Isn't it also strange you re the ones who have the distinction of have the highest number of babies born with HIv in the world NOT us?
Isn't it also strange with all our supposed "crime"a German tourist would rather visit SA NOT Nigeria because of safety issues ?

See where im gong with this dum dum?
But now a German tourist got killed in SA while we haven't heard of any case of a white tourist from Europe being killed in Nigeria.

See where I am going with this?
HealthRe: Help!!! My Sister Is Having A Mental Health Challenge by morpheus101: 6:01pm On Sep 28, 2022
osazsky:
amytryptine and chlopromazine pills for life..then lagatile injection once a year.very sorry
Stop diagnosing or giving a prognosis for situation you have no information to go off on except for one episode of a possible psychosis.
TravelRe: The Destruction Caused After Dam Collapsed In South Africa (Pictures) by morpheus101: 5:39pm On Sep 28, 2022
mysticwarrior:
and mzansi is the capital of drugs, violence, rape, HIV, xenophobia and all kinds of criminality in Africa.
Yo, Yo Yo Yo!!!!. LesudAfricaine I sorry for you.
HealthRe: Help!!! My Sister Is Having A Mental Health Challenge by morpheus101: 5:30pm On Sep 28, 2022
sammirano:
Is there an history of mental illness in your family? Is she involved in drugs? Is she having any emotional breakdowns? If none, it may be a spiritual attack.
So spirits attack people?
HealthRe: Help!!! My Sister Is Having A Mental Health Challenge by morpheus101: 5:28pm On Sep 28, 2022
HumbleOptimist:
She's a Minor and an Introvert. Always indoors. Thanks for your input.
@OP

Your sister may be experiencing what is referred to as a "spontaneously induced psychosis" without the presence of any external factor such as drugs. The symptoms you explained are consistent with people who experience such mental breaks and she if she is a minor, it is important you get her to a medical facility that treats mental health issues as quick as possible for observation.

People who normally experience this break are not aware of what is going on are very vulnerable and may fall in and out of coherence. She should be observed and examined for a reasonable period of time before introducing any drugs into her system.

Wish your family the best.
Foreign AffairsRe: South African President Only Shaking Hands With Whites by morpheus101: 3:05am On Sep 20, 2022
Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLW1mb622Q

South African president only shaking hands with Whites

A viral Video of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has surfaced where he appears to only be shaking the hands of White People.

President Ramaphosa is among the various world leaders attending Queen Elizabeth II Funeral in the UK

He was warmly received by Pretoria’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom (UK), Kingsley Mamabolo alongside British senior officials at Stansted Airport.

Ramaphosa will attend the King’s reception in honor of heads of state and government and guests invited to attend the Queen’s funeral
Horus my man, you still alive. Wasup my man. Long time!
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 7:32pm On Sep 11, 2022
kgr28:
Olodo/stlatla who first brought corruption issue to the topic alienshuh You claimed $25 mill is nothing compered to R850 Mill stolen in a month through corruption. Whatever solution you suggest SA must do to solve aliens problem. in your words be 'pragmatic' so can can Zimbabwe.
huhhuh??
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 4:29pm On Sep 10, 2022
kgr28:
So $25 million is nothing, LOL shocked shocked? Corruption or whatever, we isn't spending a cent on aliens. Are you really that desperate to try to convince me that we must pay shiit for illegals just because there's corruption by posting a well known story in SA. PISS OFF MAN. Since we are comparing diicks check this out https://www.u4.no/publications/zimbabwe-overview-of-corruption-in-the-health-and-education-sectors-and-in-local-governments .
You really are slow Wena, how many times must we tell you the $25 million doesn't have to come from your pocket. No wonder your government can't solve problems, if most of you think like Kgr28.

The corruption article on ZImbabwean health care is irrelevant to the topic. The issue is about if your country is able to subsidize health care and not if there is corruption that exists in different countries. Olodo!

Bantu education is not good o!
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:50pm On Sep 09, 2022
kgr28:
Don't hide behind English meanings and shiiit. Nature/Nuture/Nurture whatever, GET THIS, NIGERIANS ARE DODGY BY NATURE, IT IS IN THEIR DNA. NO COUNTRY WANTS YOU. DEAL WITH IT.
Just like xenophobia is in the nature of the South Africans. They are born to hate foreigners. Its in their DNA, no?
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101:
kgr28:
Dummy the article/ link was about Gauteng. I don't understand what made you write a long Bible about learner numbers in the country. Any-how Gauteng has a lot of migrants so its correct 250 000 illegal learners. Gauteng has 2 million + learners roughly budgeted for with about 2 000+ schools. For Gauteng R60 bn budget, 70% of that goes to compensation of employees which include Zim educators " Zimbwabwe AGAIN". Then 7.8 bn (13%) goes to transfers to schools to run their business. Depending on which quintile the schools fall, roughly each leaner gets R1 400, now take that 250 000 x R1 400 = R350 million. So R7.8 bn + R350 mill, do the math. Who must pay for that extra R350 mill? Isn't it what the MEC was saying when he said the department is strainedhuh??
The MEC is strained for 350 Million rand/$25 million dollars. I laugh in Sotho. I dare you to type on moneys that flow just from ongoing cases of corruption in your country and see whether the amount you just stated is close to what they are stealing. Olodo.

There are a myriad of ways to raise $.25 million dollars per year by your government my dear , just one of your ministers houses cost that much money and FYI the money you supposedly will tax is paid for by the foreigner and not you you dimwit. If you then seek to halt the wave of incoming foreigners to de-sway or discentivize them from coming you enact laws that make it easier to try and deport them but that costs more money your politicians are unwilling to spend on you neh so they leave you to go to war with a majority of poverty stricken immigrants.

PS. See below investigation into tender corruption for 850 million rand siphoned from your hospitals in just one month for all to judge for themselves.

PLEASE PLEASE WATCH IT!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZurRoc8mqmo
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 1:01am On Sep 08, 2022
kgr28:
Hahaha, bro stop please. Nigerians are questionable by nature. Nuture? so Nigerians are Nurtured to be dodgy? bye bye bro.
DO you know the difference btw nature and nuture. So basically you are saying Nigerians were born bad.

***shaking my head****
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 11:25pm On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
Smart pants, that 250 000 is for gauteng only with their own budget. Gauteng doesn't have 10 mill learners and we talking public schools here. An education MEC for gauteng knows the extent of the problem but you want to dispute that. the fvck man. You know nothing. I think there are pragmatic people Zim, they can solve their problems, and stop coming to SA for charity.
Illiterate. I used the 10 million as a general number of students in total in SA as compared to the 50 million population in South AFrica and not the number of people in Gauteng.

now let me explain again cause I know you are slow:

An estimated 3 million "illegal" foreign population in South Africa( and I am being generous with that number) would have only about 10 to 20% of that number accounting for children btw the ages of 1-17 years old. This would amount to and estimated number of 300,000 to 600,000 total population of possible illegal children in "public schools" not private oh!. Compare that to a total population of 50 million people and extrapolate the same percentages of children btw the same ages which would be btw 5- 6million SA students in "public" school that the government is supposed to take care of.

Now juxtapose 300,000 to 600,000 foreign children to 5 to 6 million SA children and tell me what the ratio is. IF you can do that then your small brain will see that the burden you keep yelling about everyday about foreigners is a fallacy and your government cannot provide for the 5 to 6 million kids but is blaming the inability to that on foreigners but your SABC will not report this because its not sweet news.

Wake up Wena and go and blame the right people for your problems neh!
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 10:57pm On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
The problem with you is you think you smart. Don't tell me about the 60s and 70s, ahhh those years when you chased Ghanaian s from nigeria. You talking rubbish no one is migrating to nigeria. Give me numbers lets see.
I used those past events to set the stage that migratory patterns to more economical stable nations within Africa is nothing new and if you knew the true story of the Ghana-Nigeria rift you would keep quiet. It was more of a political and ideological fall out between the two nations as Kwame Nkrumah aligned with certain ideologies that wanted a United states of AFrica while Nigeria because of its large diversity did wanted to remain a soveriegn state post independence and not so much an economic one. Ghana was pissed off and imposed the aliens act on Nigeria who then retaliated. The point being it was a political rift not so much an economic one.

You suffer from cognative dissonance Wena!

Read eh!

https://allafrica.com/stories/202110280200.html
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/yce-raises-alarm-over-influx-of-foreigners-into-lagos/
https://psmnigeria.com/?p=10189
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:50pm On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
The point is its doable and you are not wanted there. nigerians are dodgy and shady by their nature
How can someone be dodgy by nature, by nuture yes but not by nature.

Such an ignorant statement but then again much expected from your likes so not surprised.
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:47pm On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
Nigeria is an economic hub in west africa but it does not have immigration problem. Because Ghana and the rest of your neighbors are stable, but again who would want to look for greener pastures in nigeria when its citizens are running from the richest country in africa. you get my point neh! its not like nigeria manages its borders and migrants effectively but no one wants to migrate there. So your theory doesn't hold.
Other than trying to bash Nigeria your response doesn't make any sense at all. The point is in an unstable economic and political environment within a region you will find an influx of citizens from that country to neighbouring countries that are doing well. This happened to both Ghana and Nigeria in the 60's and 70's. It is still happening now in some parts of West African and Nigeria presently does see an influx of economic foreign migrants particularly from the Northern borders into all parts of the country but of course you don't ready so yo wouldn't know what happens past the Limpopo river.

Go and play with people on your intellectual level neh!
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:40pm On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
Yes they damn fvckiing stealing the jobs. How the hell would you come all the way from nigeria and come open a damn barber shop in a small town unless you are involved in some dodgy shiiit. The point I am arguing is, you said immigration issue is bit exaggerated in South Africa. So I am telling you it is not. its real. YEAH ITS DAMN COLD HERE EVEN NOW.
Its exaggerated because the ANC knows elections are coming up and instead of concentrating on their dismal service to the people they are scapegoating illegals as the "real" source of the poor peoples problems.

Illegal immigration in my estimates contributes a less than 10% strain on service delivery issues to SA citizens unless you have a better stat, I am sticking to that on the grounds that the population of "immigrants" within the country cannot be more than 6 million people as a whole and the numbers are too small to cause a crash in the allocation of resources to a 55-60 million population. Mathematically it does not add up and your government knows this.

PS. This does not mean that there is not an issue only that the issue is being over exaggerated in terms of numbers.
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:32pm On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
Why the hell should we do that. So we must also deal with this neh '' [b]Lesufi Says Over 250 000 Undocumented Learners Is Straining Gauteng Education Budget https://insideeducation.co.za/2019/07/25/lesufi-says-over-250-000-undocumented-learners-is-straining-gauteng-education-budget/ via @Inside Education.with[/b]'' with some tax regime again. You see my friend every country must take of its people. SA is not perfect, there is corruption but the shiit that is going on in Zim is fvcked up.
Like I said pragmatic people think out problems, others simply are emotionally driven ranters who come on here to air out their frustrations in life.

So 250,000 people can strain the educational system that is meant to serve over 10 million minor children in SA.

You are not a very clever person.
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101:
zhike:
You are correct our home affairs minister disappointed lot of people. Also you are correct our constitution has lot of loopholes.
He didn't dissappoint, He is just playing "politics" to try divert his governments failure and pander to the poor populous. A pragmatic leader siffs through the noise and mob mentality and finds lasting solutions to problems.

All your home affairs minister are not qualified for the job. Gigabe was the worst.

Listen to this gentleman articulate critical thinking here.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBW6h6el2Eg
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:53am On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
Once again you talking BS wena. Does Nigeria have immigration problem since its an economic hub in west Africa. Who even dare migrate to Nigeria, illegal or legal? since its the biggest economy in Africa.
Have you taken your anxiety pills yet darling, cause you obviously can't read properly.

Slow down read my response and come back with a sensible answer neh!
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:52am On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
Dubai is doing it!!!! You are not wanted there.
Dubai has a population of 2 million citizens and a very small land mass to contend with.

They can't afford immigration.

You want their Arab daughters to start sleeping with big naija dick!

You want to give the Sheikh a heart attack.
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:49am On Sep 07, 2022
LeSudAfricaine:
And you have a culture of crass boasting. At least we agree on something
Na "buga" my guy, no vex neh!
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:42am On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
You see you are not a South African, so you cannot know the extend of immigration problem here. I stay in a small town in the Free State called Kroonstad. There is a street nicknamed Lagos in CBD is full of Nigerians, Ethiopians, Ghanaian s and Somalis. Mind you this is a town of 90 000 people an average South African doesn't know this town exist. four houses from my parents house there are Zimbabweans and many others around in my township. So you know shiiit.
Are these foreigners stealing your jobs, if so what % of them are doing this, if not that what are they doing to you directly that is causing you harm. Criminal elements? if so what % of Ethiopians are commiting henious crimes in your community. What % of Somali are raping your girls, breaking into your houses, if you can't give stats of those being apprehended or locked up then your police force is ill- equipped to deal with these criminals. I do highly doubt that a bunch of those nationalities you have mentioned engage in criminal activity. A small % maybe but definitely not the majority.

The best you can argue is they create a nuisance and you dont like the fact they are there. That my dear is not a crime.


PS. I had the privilege to Volunteer both in Bloomfontein and Welkom in the Free State many years back so know a little bit of that territory.

Sotho people are generally peaceful folk and not as roudy as the Joburgers. The cold there was however unbearable sometimes.
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 2:36am On Sep 07, 2022
kgr28:
So can a poor person from Zim pay for medical bill? Inst it the gov of Zim that should take care of this poor sick person? public health in SA is free for poor people who cant afford private care. This poor sick person is taking the advantage of free health care in SA because health care from her country has collapsed. So SA must take care of us and Zimbabwe citizens?
Do you understand what I just wrote, find a tax regime to fund the money that will be spent on foreigners and allocate to the health care sector for example there can be fee increases on applying for visa's or extensions of Visa's That would indirectly flow to this sector but knowing your corrupt officials, the money will likely not get there.
EducationRe: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by morpheus101: 8:14pm On Sep 05, 2022
TMKsouth:
Why are you always thinking white people? Making them your Gods.

WITS is BLACK and NUMBER 2 in Africa. Deal with it!

cc morpheus101 thetranslator parrot69
Stop dragging me into your fights Wena!
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 8:09pm On Sep 05, 2022
zhike:
Yes Nigerians hustle but in a wrong direction. Fix your country first and running to other countries.
The power and tenacity of the Nigerian hustle spirit goes both ways; negative and positive and this is evident anywhere you turn, all you need do is google and you will see for yourself, however as the saying goes "no news is good news" so all you are pumped with in social media is the negatives and so you assume this is the "norm" out of a population of 200million people. Mathematically speaking that would be absurd.

zhike:
The good thing is that South Africans are angry and illegal foreigners will be chased very soon.
Unless you push your government back to the reprisive regime of the former nationalist government which would require constitutional changes. I am afraid cross border and Migratory issues will continue to be a problem in SADC until your slow government is able to find reasonable solutions to the problem.
SImply wishing away the" illegals" will be an impractical solution but hey who am I to comment. Your Home affairs minister just back tracked on his all Zimbabweans should leave Dec 31st 2021 policy and extended it into next year because his directive was challenged in the judiciary.

Sorry my friend you guys need to rip that consititution and start a new one cause you didn't know what you were doing when your freedom fighters first enacted it.

My two cents.
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 8:02pm On Sep 05, 2022
LeSudAfricaine:
if that alone is enough to make everyone in Africa "jealous" as you like screaming, that would mean other African countries don't have attributes that make them special or unique as well. I'm dead certain, there are attributes that are unique or special to Gambian people, but I'm yet to hear a Gambian claiming everyone's and their mama is jealous of Gambian people. Get off your pedestal.
That's not what I said. There are other attributes other Africans have that are unique and make them special for example You cannot compare the number of singers in South Africa who have tremendous vocal abilities as compared to other African talents that I have seen in terms of Opera, acapella, gospel, e.t.c and if they do not boast about it well that's just a difference of culture.[/quote]
HealthRe: SA Health Minister Tells Foreign Patients They Are Overcrowding Hospitals by morpheus101: 11:22pm On Sep 02, 2022
LeSudAfricaine:
Every country in the world is unique knucklehead.....now slowly.....what is it to envy with you since you think everyone and their mama envies you. I'll wait for a mature answer
The tenacity and the hustle of the Nigerian spirit is second to none on the African continent.

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