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ActivateKruger:
I have never even heard of that company. I have never seen their cement and I mean I visit the hardware shops frequently.

They should come talk when they have acquired Larfage and AfriSam, those are real cement companies.

What about PPC?

lezz:
how i love to murder you. Because you won't accept truth for truth's sake. Now read this and die.

The starkest measure of South Africa’s failure is
the yawning gap between rich and poor. Under
apartheid, such inequality was by design. Since
apartheid came to an end, a tiny black elite has
accrued great fortunes. But that has only widened
the wealth gap. South Africa’s Gini coefficient— the best-known measure of inequality, in which 0
is the most equal and 1 the least—was 0.63 in
2009. In 1993 it was 0.59. After 18 years of full
democracy, South Africa is one of the most
unequal countries in the world. Unchartered territory Persistent inequality is in part down to the
government’s failure to educate young South
Africans, particularly black ones. In the World
Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report,
South Africa ranks 132nd out of 144 countries for
its primary education and 143rd for the quality of its science and maths. In the Department of Basic
Education’s national literacy and numeracy tests
last year, only 15% of 12-year-olds (sixth graders)
scored at or above the minimum proficiency on
the language test. In maths just 12% did. Nokubonga Ralayo, a 20-year-old university
student from Khayelitsha, a vast black township
on the edge of Cape Town, says success comes
down to being able to afford a better school. “It is
hard to escape your background when you are
growing up,” she says. Three-quarters of white pupils complete the final year of high school, but
only a third of black pupils. Schools suffer from poor equipment. Only 20%
have libraries, and only 7.5% actually have any
books. Almost half of all schools rely on pit
latrines instead of proper toilets. In July textbooks
that pupils should have received in January were
found tossed into rivers in an effort to hide the failure to deliver them. The standard of teaching is low, too. Training is
inadequate. South Africa needs 25,000 new
teachers a year but only around 10,000 qualify.
Maths and science teachers are in particularly
short supply. Many arrive late to school and leave
early, spending barely half their allotted time in class. Many fail to turn up at all on Fridays. The
teachers’ union is more concerned with
protecting its members, even the incompetent
ones, than with training them. There is little
political will when it comes to improving
education and few repercussions when those in charge perform badly

The person who wrote this article is just as blind as the rest of you (Nigerians). Firstly, he brings in a half baked WEF report which he never researched to see if it is scientific or not. Both reports were politically inspired by some certain group of unknown business people who thought that their opinions could represent SA education system. Some, if not most of his findings are grossly flawed and it was definitely not difficult for anyone to see that the author was not as objective and impartial as critical writers should be. From the first sentences he was already compromised and did not resist manipulation of reports which were not meticulously analysed and evaluated. Thus, the writer of this article is not at all a critical thinker and needs skills in the field of, inter alia;
-being honest with himself/herself
-resist manipulation
-asking questions
-taking time in producing his ideas
-basing his judgements on thoroughly researched scientific evidence
-being intellectually independent, and
-acknowledging complexity


Moreover, the writer could not compare SA from what it is today to that of apartheid era. Further, he could not compare it to the rest of Africa to see how does it fit in comparison with other African countries especially Nigeria. Their measure will always be America and UK.

lezz:
he is the richest man in africa. And companies in southafrica are having a hell of a hard time. The economy is shrinking, stagnant at best. If dangote is bringing in hard flow of cash, then he is going to have a field day. Larfage(spell check) is trying to compete with dangote by pulling its assets in nigeria and southafrica. Your cement boys know dangote is a monster.

No, he is not the richest. He is merely the monopoly capitalist of Nigeria. He is reigning and having the show alone in Nigeria. The whole of Nigeria is dancing after his tunes and he only gives reasonably small amount back to the community. What else can you expect from an orthodox Muslim who is called Alhaji. He is a monster in Nigeria and not in SA where you find variety of cement brands.


List of SA cement manufactures yet is not exhaustive.


http://www.yellowpagesofafrica.com/companies/south-africa/cement-factories/

overhypedsteve:
who is this person? Why have you chosen to remain daft despite all my efforts. We have various kinds of history, we have cultural history, we have political history, we have religious history et al, now my good southafrican friend it would be a misnomer for a university course to be called international relations and students of this field of study are subjected to study something outside its curriculum, a student of international relation can be made to study the political history of the south Africans with no reference to their obsession with head nodding or any such detestable activity that this primitive people engaged in before they where liberated by the DEIC ( dutch east Indian company) followed by the British colonial administrators, we still spend hours most days arguing on why the sans,bantu and khoikhoi people did not form a common front to push the invading whites out of their land in 1652, how is it that the sans,bantu and khoikhoi had a common enemy ( the invading whites) and a common interest ( the protection of grazing lands for the khoikhoi, the protection of hunting grounds for the san and the protection of fertile lands for the bantu from the white bughers) they still could not come together to form a united front against the whites that where coming to the cape of goodhope in trickles, the coastal dwelling khoikhoi instead of forming any form of resistance decided to move further inland into San hunting territory and then the two mumu black uncivilized groups instead of facing the real threat ( the white men) they started fighting among themselves for the little territory left for them. As for the bantu people they actually thought the madness would not get to them but the great trek led to the overthrow of bantu territory by the Boers which led to the creation of the orange free state. my dear south Africans your history is too sad to recall, i just hate any work on southafrican history because the history of southafrica is like an insult to every African, southafrica emerged when several uncivilized bushmen could not form a united force to fight back imperialism, southafrica is the weakest precolonial African society forget shaka the zulu during the period when shaka was making his so called inventions in military technology ( asegai, barefooted soldiering, light shield etc ) precolonial societies in west Africa like ashante(ghana) and oyo (nigeria) malian empire ( Mali) were already buying guns from the British people, yes the same British colonial masters that signed the bloemfontein convention and sandriver convention with the boers promising not to sell firearms and ammunition to the blacks south Africans. My friend i can sit you down for hours and lecture you on your political history( i don't care about your culture its not my field) i can sit you down and allow you to bask in the atmosphere of my intellectual competence.

I told you that Nigerian universities are of a low standard when it comes to the quality of teaching. Most universities in SA offer African History as one of the module which make up a course in international relation and diplomacy. African history is a module which also is studied by many students doing social studies and humanities. What kind of international relation and diplomacy graduate will you be if you do not know the history and cultures of the people in your continent, especially of countries which seem to be on the edge in Africa. My friend, I advice you to abandon your Nigeria based studies and rather study that course somewhere else, since Nigeria itself has never been an expect in that field. Thank you!!

agaugust:
What percentage of our oil and gas fields will you have license for? Tiny 1% or less. Insignificant.

Dangote is buying up South Africa big time, 64% of your cement industry, we own you and your houses

http://www.proshareng.com/news/singleNews.php?id=12421

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Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! What a joke!!!

People tell me if there is anyone here who had ever seen cement with a brand of sephaku?


@agaugust, SA is not Nigeria where you only find Dangote cements. Here we do not have a monopololy when it comes to cement industry like in Nigeria where Dangote is only having the show alone. In SA, he is going to compete with variety of brands which will put him where he belongs. I don't think his move will pay off in SA, instead he should have invested in somewhere else since the cement industry of SA is advanced and nowhere near to those of other African countries. Sephaku only wanted to use him as a cash cow to escape tough competition in SA. Dangote must not run after SA, they will suck him dry.

agaugust:
Mark of high level discipline in Nigerian army, 59 troops will be PUNISHED for breaking the code of Nigerian battle bravery in the face of death. 59 out of 150,000 soldiers is an insignificant but we will still punish them, we Naijas don't accept nonsense in our military.

The whole 50,000 South African army refused to go back and fight Seleka rebels, the SANDF gave some of them medals for cowardice.

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


SANDF IS VERY WELL DISCIPLINED AND THEY HAVE NEVER REJECTED A CALL TO GO BACK TO CAR. THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE OBSTRUCTED THEM TO REMAIN IN CAR. THEIR WISH WAS TO FIGHT SELEKA AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE TO TAKE ORDERS FROM ABOVE, MOST OF ALL THE PARLIAMENT.

PrinxArthur1:
don't mess with these guyz

Can I hire him and pay him much better than what he gets now? By the way he looks more like a sprinter from Jamaica, a tendency with which they are notorious about when the heat is too much to bear.

WILL SOUTH AFRICA DISCOVER HER OWN OIL TO COMMERCIAL LEVEL. IT WAS RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 30 FOREIGN GIANT OIL COMPANIES EXPLORING OIL AT THE OFFSHORE OF SA OCEANS.

SA CURRENTLY HAS MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL AND SHALE GAS WHICH IT DISCOVERED RECENTLY THAT CAN SUSTAIN ITS LOCAL PRODUCTION FOR OVER 20 YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO IMPORT IT. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD

sirjerry:
Go buy aviation fuel first before talking of GBADS.

SA manufacture jet fuel, so what do you want to say chief.

overhypedsteve:
i think your president should be giving the Guinness world record for the lowest zulu style nod ever. You don't go to an institute of international relation to study zulu nods, we study the history of inter group relations in precolonial Africa, politics and history of precolonial Africa. The only instance where any student may be compelled to study such culture is when it is of a political significance, take for example the uthman Dan fodio jihad and the advent of Islam in westafrica, a student of international relation or international history does not just go about studying how southafrican precolonial slaves relate with their masters.

Then, in that regard I would suggest that Nigeria's universities are of a low standard when it comes to the quality of university education. Zulu culture which is one of the most important in the history of Africans in general forms the integral part in the study of African history. There is nowhere you can ever study African politics and history and you do not come across such a fine history.

WITHOUT A DUE PROCESS WE WONT DO IT.

http://thestreetjournal.org/2014/10/without-due-process-south-africa-wont-returns-seized-15m-arms-money/

ThaVluit:
Hahaha, right on! They complain everyday about the treatment meted out by the Chinese.

There are many things about international relations that I can ask him about and won't be able to be in a position to answer. He is not even a first year student.

ThaVluit:
lol. This coming from the nation below.

Remember that South Africa feeds your babies, allows you to SMS your lady "I love you" at night; and to watch the almost-super eagles.

You are a colony that South African citizens benefit from.

Your entire economy loooong lowered its head to South African ownership. http://tulkmagazine..com/2014/01/nigerians-lets-welcome-our-new-colonial.html

That's what we call slavery!!!

overhypedsteve:
then he was bowing to his Chinese masters, but in this new pics he is bowing to the great madiba, so in the two cases he was bowing to " great men" something that ge is not

An international relation student who knows nothing about African History. One of the most important module in international relation and diplomacy. You fail just to know that traditional Zulus nod their head when they greet. I think you still have a lot to learn throughout your studies.

overhypedsteve:
an authority can be or cannot be proved to the extent of your ignorance,laziness or industry( in the case of the former). a simple research on the basics of international relation would teach you all you need to know get the book by Harold Nicholson "Diplomacy" that should be a start for you. Now nobody asked you if your nation has the most missions in the planet, all we re saying is that a southafrican victory in the security council membership race is a failure for Africa as southafrica does not represent the African struggles anymore. Southafrica is what happened when a bunch of uncivilized bushmen ( san, khoikhoi and bantu) failed to protect their territory from white settlers in the 17 century

There is no master of deplomacy, many do it without having perused library. Thabo Mbeki is regarded as the expert in it, but has never specialised on it in terms of his academic achievements.


Meanwhile, Africa all lost their land to colonists except Ethiopia. The fact that you failed to acknowledge that, it gives me doubts to finally conclude that you are just claiming to be international relation university student.

ThaVluit:
Why do you even bother?

Now, SAfricans are also master. Bwahahahaha!!!

ZUMA HAS A STRONG ROOTS OF ZULU CULTURE.

SA WILL UNDOUBTEDLY TAKE A PERMANENT SEAT IN SECURITY COUNCIL TO REPRESENT AFRICA. NO DOUBTS.

agaugust:
Now the Asian in this photo refused to bow, but the inferior Southie is almost knocking his head on the floor, he is owned by China

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Nowhere we are owned by China. It seems as if you have just little knowledge about the Zulu culture, the way they greet and socialise.

agaugust:
I am not surprised, a South Africa is NOT supposed to be intelligent

Butt Hurt..........http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/well-return-nigerias-15m-soon-s-africa/




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We'll return after a due process at a cost. Hence, the use of soon.

Thiza:
A Army Chief, Lieutenant General Vusi Masondo, yesterday officially took the Starstreak ground-based air defence missile system into the landward forces inventory.
The handover took place at 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment headquarters at Diskobolos, Kimberley as is part of the Army’s drive to rejuvenate its hardware, alluded to by Masondo last month when he met the media.
The system, according to an Army statement, comes in two configurations: a multiple launcher unit and a shoulder-launched unit. This is a very short range air defence (VSHORAD) system that will be utilised by the Air Defence Artillery Formation as a fire unit to defend critical installations.
The system came to South Africa early in 2004. It then underwent extensive modification and enhancement at Denel Land Systems to adapt it to African conditions and the specification requirements of the Air Defence Artillery Formation to the point where it is now ready to be taken into service with a six kilometre range.
The testing phase saw both the multiple launcher and shoulder-launched unit trialled at AFB Zwartkop and Denel’s Overberg Test Range as well as the Air Defence Artillery range at Riemvasmaak in Northern Cape

IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT SA STARSTREEK HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND ENHANCED TO REACH HIGHER ALTITUDE. SA STARSTREEK IS NOT THE SAME AS THOSE ORIGINALLY SOLD.

TALKS OVER RESTART OF ROOIVALK PRODUCTION UNDERWAY.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/amid-rooivalk-restart-talks-denel-eyes-new-platform-403763/

DENEL looking forward to retain SA aerospace design capability. Soon, denel might start designing fighter jets.


http://itweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-36331/

agaugust:
Oh ! You now change story ? You guys said our money was for your christmas shopping....LOL

Now we laugh last as Nigeria humiliates South Africa again, just like the Yellow Fever Immigration saga, SA always bows to Naija

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I fail to understand how this becomes humiliation since we have nothing to lose. It is not us who are desperate here, Nigeria is.


FACT IS, DUE PROCESS HAS TO BE DONE AT A COST. WHO KNOWS WE MIGHT SCORE OURSELF SOME SIMPLE $1 MILLION OUT OF $15 MILLION?

ChukwuCantDie:
You are so small and insignificant i could fit you in a bowl of egusi and no one would notice until dey taste AIDS and smell something strange rise up from d bowl.

It is only an AIDS infected Nigerian baby that can fit into that bowel.

agaugust:
Today 2014, South Africa CANNOT defeat Angola in war, they will grind SANDF to powder

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I thought in actual facts you wanted to say as in 2014, Nigeria CANNOT defeat Angola in war. Are you sure you wouldn't like to change that statement above.

agaugust:
Every news that does not favour South Africa, you blame it on your country's white-men negative reporting, are they no longer a part of your 'UNITED' rainbow nation where all colours and skin types 'LOVE' each other like soulmates?

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Nope, you are wrong because some of them harbour bad tendencies. They are part of the rainbow nation, but some are unhappy that the country is ruled by black majority. Some are citing that no country ruled by blacks in the world was ever a success story.

agaugust:
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South Africa Bows To Nigeria !

Fear of the African Giant grips 50 million South Africans....

"South Africa has promised to return the $15 million arms deal money it earlier seized from Nigeria. The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Myakayaka Manzini, who featured in a programme on African International Television, AIT, “Matters Arising”, yesterday, said the process of refunding the money was already on.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/well-return-nigerias-15m-soon-s-africa/

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https://www.shehuabg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Independence.jpg

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BWAHAHAHAJAHAJA!!! WE WERE MERELY HELPING A BROTHER WHO IS ON THE BRINK OF BEING SWALLOWED BY A WHALE (BH). THE WHOLE WORLD PITY YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING. SO, HOW WILL WE TAKE SIMPLE $15 FROM A POOR COUNTRY LIKE YOU. WE ARE DOING IT FOR YOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING KILLED IN THE NAME OF TERRORISM. WE COULDN'T TAKE IT NOW WE WANT YOU WHEN YOU ARE A BIT STRONGER, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WRESTLE WITH ALREADY DEAD NATIONS.

agaugust:
The table says Nigeria 82, South Africa 64.........http://www.imo-official.org/results.aspx

However, the whole show is a charade, a quiz game for secondary school kids.

Can't trust that olympiad maths game, it's not a world respected forum. We Nigerians meet South Africans here and everytime mathematics came up on military topic for calculating weapons range in kilometers or missile speed per km, South Africans get confused, same way with physics and chemistry, we had arguments about velocity formulas, and saffers screwed up like domingoes, Naijas came tops everytime.

Why don't you bring professionals vs professionals ?
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TO ME IS THE BEST REPRESENTATION OTHER THAN PEOPLE'S OPINION. CHINESE ARE WELL KNOWN TO BE BRILLIANT IN MATHEMATICS.

HOWEVER, YOUR SUGGESTION THAT SA ARE POOR MATHS AND SCIENCE IS PURELY SUBJECTIVE AND SEEKS TO INFLAME CITIZENS OF THAT COUNTRY IN AN UNSCIENTIFIC MANNER. VELOCITY FORMULA IS SIMPLE AND IS IN OBTAINABLE FROM NEWTON LAWS OF MOTION. SO, I DONT KNOW WHEN DID NIGERIANS EVER CAME ON TOP WHEN THEY HAVE FAILED TO BEAT SA STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS TESTS OVER THE YEARS.

agaugust:
Master Blaster (((((((((( BOOM ))))))

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Does he even know the gates of university?

agaugust:
Master Blaster II (((((((Boom-Boom)))))))

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ZUMA HAS NEVER APPROACHED NIGERIA WITH SUCH PROPOSITIONS. YOUR FELLOW COUNTRYMAN HAS HALLUCINATION GOING ON HIS HEAD. HOW WILL ZUMA APPROACH A COUNTRY WHICH IS ON THE BRINK OF FALLING WITH SUCH AN IDEA. LET YOUR FRIEND LEARN THE HISTORY OF SA MILITARY FROM WW1 AND 2 OTHER THAN REFLECTING SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF IGNORANCE.

NaijaPikinGidi:
Fantasy! Excuses!! You got beat up and ran away! NA is still standing and doing the hard job! Huge difference between your photo-force and our Armed Force.

The truth that still stand is that Nigerian military does not have a mechanised wing of its infantry. Facts are facts!!!

NaijaPikinGidi:
It leaves the Nigerian General democratically in-charge of African troops! By popular demand!!

Bwahahaha!!! Same would apply to Dlamini-Zuma who remains the head at the forefront. Nigerian general is merely her gateman.