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^thanks no wonder KGDAVID could not believe the figure,my apology it was a mistake
Regarding age,it is sad but I guess if you've got to do it,in order to have a chance in life then I don't blame them they are not killing anyone or stealing anyones property.

Ok Mr Mo? do you think I'm overdoing it neh?

Sorryoo!

Maybe we are inpired by this

JACOB GEDLEYIHLEKISA ZUMA


President of the ANC
President of the ANC
Deputy President of the ANC (from 1997-2007)
Member of ANC NWC, NEC
Former Deputy President in the South African Government (1999-2005)
President of the South African Government


Jacob Zuma was born on 12 April 1942 in Inkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province.

His father died at the end of World War II, after which his mother took up employment as a domestic worker in Durban. He spent his childhood moving between Zululand and the suburbs of Durban, and by age 15 took on odd jobs to supplement his mother's income.

Owing to his deprived childhood, Jacob Zuma did not receive any formal schooling. Heavily influenced by a trade unionist family member, he became involved in politics at an early age and joined the African National Congress in 1959. He became an active member of Umkhonto We Sizwe in 1962, following the banning of the ANC in 1960.

While on his way out of the country in 1963, he was arrested with a group of 45 recruits near Zeerust in what was then the western Transvaal (now the Northern West Province). Convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government, he was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, which he served on Robben Island.

After his release, Jacob Zuma helped mobilise internal resistance and was instrumental in the re-establishment of ANC underground structures in the then Natal province, (KwaZulu-Natal) between 1973 and 1975.

He left South Africa in 1975 and for the next 12 years, based first in Swaziland and then Mozambique, dealt with thousands of young exiles who poured out of South Africa in the wake of the Soweto uprising.

He lived in several African countries working for the ANC, where he rose rapidly through the ranks to become a member of the ANC National Executive Committee in 1977. He also served as Deputy Chief Representative of the ANC in Mozambique, a post he occupied until the signing of the Nkomati Accord between the Mozambican and South African governments in 1984. After signing the Accord, he was appointed as Chief Representative of the ANC and was one of a few who remained in Mozambique to carry out the work of the organisation, crossing in and out of South Africa on a number of occasions.

Jacob Zuma was forced to leave Mozambique in January 1987 after considerable pressure on the Mozambican government by the PW Botha regime. He moved to the ANC Head Office in Lusaka, Zambia, where he was appointed Head of Underground Structures and shortly thereafter Chief of the Intelligence Department.

He served on the ANC's political and military council when it was formed in the mid-80s.

Following the unbanning of the ANC in February 1990, he was one of the first ANC leaders to return to South Africa to begin the process of negotiations, and was instrumental in organising the Groote Schuur Minute between the FW de Klerk regime and the ANC that reached important decisions about the return of exiles and the release of political prisoners.

In 1990, at the first Regional Congress of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), he was elected Chairperson of the Southern Natal region and took a leading role in fighting violence in the region. This resulted in a number of Peace Accords involving the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

In 1991, at the first ANC National Conference held in South Africa after the unbanning of the organisation, he was elected the Deputy Secretary General of the ANC.

In January 1994, he was nominated as the ANC candidate for the Premiership of the KZN province. He is generally regarded as the person most instrumental in achieving the peace that is now enjoyed by the people of KZN and in October 1998 he was honoured with the Nelson Mandela Award for Outstanding Leadership in Washington DC, USA.

After the first national democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, Jacob Zuma was appointed as Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) of Economic Affairs and Tourism for the KZN provincial government.

He is also a patron of the KZN Reconstruction and Development Project (RDP) Bursary Fund, which is linked to the RDP section of the Department of Economic Affairs and Tourism. He established this bursary fund, using funds that each cabinet member of the KZN province was given to use on any project of their choice. Owing to his rural background and empathy for the poorest of the poor, he decided to use his allocation to help educate poor people in rural areas by establishing the bursary fund. The fund focuses mainly on primary school children in the rural areas but has, from 1999, started assisting students at tertiary institutions. There is currently in excess of 1,000 pupils being assisted at primary level and 10 at tertiary institutions.

In December 1994, Jacob Zuma was elected National Chairperson of the ANC and chairperson of the ANC in KZN. He was re-elected to the latter position in 1996.

He was elected Deputy President of the ANC at the National Conference held at Mafikeng in December 1997. Jacob Zuma was appointed Executive Deputy President of South Africa in June 1999.

Jacob Zuma was elected President of the ANC at the National Conference held at Polokwane in December 2007.

He was elected President of the Republic of South Africa on 6 May 2009. He was inaugurated at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 9 May 2009.


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Profile of Jacob Zuma


Personal

Date of birth: 12 April 1942, Inkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.
Current Positions

President of the Republic of South Africa since 9 May 2009.
President of the African National Congress (ANC) since 20 December 2007.
Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

Influenced by a family member who was a trade unionist, he became involved in Politics at an early age.
Joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1958 and
Became an active member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1962).
Whilst on his way out of the country, he was arrested with a group of 52 recruits near Zeerust in North West Province (1963).
Convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on Robben Island (1963).
After his release in December 1973, he worked to mobilise internal resistance and was instrumental in the re-establishment of ANC underground structures in the then Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal (1974 - 1975).
Left South Africa in 1975 and for the next 12 years was based first in Swaziland and then Mozambique. He was involved in underground work with others, giving leadership to the ANC structures operating inside South Africa. He also dealt with the thousands of young exiles that poured out of South Africa in the wake of the Soweto uprising in June 1976.
Lived in several African countries working for the ANC and rose rapidly through the ranks to become a member of the National Executice Committee (NEC) of the ANC (1977).
Served as Deputy Chief Representative and later Chief Representative of the ANC in Mozambique until 1984, the year of the signing of the Nkomati Accord between the Mozambican and South African governments.
Served on the ANC's Military Committee and Political Committee when formed in the mid 80's.
Appointed Head of the Underground Structures and shortly thereafter, Chief of Intelligence at the ANC Head Office in Lusaka, Zambia (1987).
He was one of the first ANC leaders to return to South Africa to begin the process of negotiation, following the unbanning of the ANC (1990).
Instrumental in organising the Groote-Schuur Minute between the FW de Klerk Government and the ANC that reached important decisions about the return of exiles and the release of political prisoners (1990).
Elected Chairperson of the Southern Natal and took a leading role in fighting violence in the region, this resulted in a number of Peace Accords involving the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) (1990).
Elected the Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC during the National Conference held in South Africa after the unbanning of the organisation in 1991.
Deployed in KwaZulu-Natal because he felt that he had a role to play in bringing about peace and stability in the then highly volatile region (1994).
Nominated as the ANC candidate for the Premiership of the KZN Province (1994).
His strategic thinking and conflict resolution skills played a pivotal role in ending conflict in KwaZulu Natal and the then PWV region, where state-sponsored violence was tearing communities apart.
Appointed Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) of Economic Affairs and Tourism for the KZN Provincial Government (1994).
As MEC, he worked hard to develop the tourism industry in the province. He created a good working relationship between business, labour, and worked tirelessly to facilitate new investments in the KwaZulu Natal economy.
Elected National Chairperson of the ANC and Chairperson of the ANC in KZN (December 1994).
Executive Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa (17 June 1999 - 22 June 2005).
Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly (June 1997).
Started the process of promoting positive values through the launch of the Moral Regeneration Movement.
Deputy President of the ANC (December 1997).
Chairperson of the South African National Aids Council.
Chancellor at the University of Zululand.
Patron of the Jacob Zuma Bursary Fund (1998).
Patron of the Peace and Reconstruction Foundation.
Patron of Albert Luthuli Education and Development Foundation.
Played an important role as mediator and facilitator of peace on the continent especilly in Bulundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Awards/Decorations/Bursaries

Honoured with the Nelson Mandela Award for Outstanding Leadership in Washington DC, US. (1998)
Received an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of Fort Hare (2001)
Received an Honorary Doctorate of Administration from the University of Zululand (2001)
Received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Medical University of Southern Africa (2001)
Source: The Presidency

Kgdavid:
wow thats unprecedented in africa as far as i know. with the advanced state of your league its a marvel that your national team is so disappointing.

I am not too worried about the national team,remember that South Africa started playing international football only 17 years ago.And during that time we where once number one ranked African country and 18th in the world.We won Afcon in 1996,and where losing finalist in 1998,in 2000 we came 3rd.

Yes from that period things have gone down but that is football,Ivory coast went through the same path,Ghana also went through that.

We know where we went wrong,development was not taken seriously.Things have changed now,all Premier Soccer League teams have a strong development structures.

Supersport United have partnered with Totenham Hotspurs in England
Bloemfontein Celtic with Sporting Lisbon in Portugal
Ajax Cape Town with Ajax Amstradam in Holland
Wits Unevercity with Bronby in Sweden

This are just some of the few partnership South African team have with European teams,and this can only strenthen our football in future.

The future looks bright

^^Zille and other whites fought for blacks to have certain human rights,but not to rule South Africa as we know it now.They where against one person one vote policy,they think blacks are not capable of ruling.They gave us plenty of examples from Africa,she is just a bitter old racist woman.

In South Africa when Julius Malema sings struggle songs,it makes the headlines but when AWB members sing Old National Anthem and fly the old aapartheid flag is ok,and it wont make any headline in any newspaper.
When a farmer is killed,it makes headline for the whole week and we are reminded that 3000 of them have been killed since 1994,but when a farmer drag a farmworker/blackperson on his bakkie for two kilometer until he die or when one shoot at a 8 year black boy 'mistaking him for a baboon or a white farmer's son who goes to a township and start shooting at blacks ,or the fact that since 1949 to date over 10 million people died in the hand of farmers.You'll never hear Zille speaking about this issues.
But she is good at talking about what ANC is not doing,or reminding everyone who care to listen how we are going Zimbabwean route.
Yes there are incompetent people in the ANC,but it is our duty to make them competent.I believe in giving people a chance

^^According to Zille blacks cannot rule succesfully.The lady is racist and most of us are not taking her seriously.DA is your typical white political party,its members control most businesses and the media but we have our vote.

Change is coming,slowly but it is.

Yar Dua and your Goodluck are not inspiring me and why is that? maybe because I'm not a Nigerian

South Africans know why we like and voted for Zuma,for us is not about last year but its about what you did for your people in the last 50 years of your life.We want people with the right intentions,Zuma lived his entire life for the people and we know as a President he'll do his best,he is not a dictator.

And so far as a President he's doing well,I think you and other people are more concern about his private life and that your problem,as a South African I am happy with his contribution in the office,and I will choose him and his personal issues over Mugabe or any dictator in Africa who has a 'good' private life, but a corrupt dictator in the office.

I hope you know now.

honeric01:
abeg bro, with all the sponsors, good pitches, nice facilities, una still no get mouth for African football, imagine a club coming from a "bad" pitch country to score first at your "good" pitch, supersport of all club, i think they have won more league title in 10yrs than any other club in SA right?

Look I know you know football and I don't make excuses but some of key Supersport players are in Germany with the national team on camp and also you don't expect South African teams to beat every team in Africa because they have top infrustracture and earn big Salaries.Football is won on the pitch and a little bit of luck sometimes it's all it take.

For the past four years Tottenham,Portsmouth,Man United have visited South Africa for their pre season training and played competitive football with local teams and where beaten but one player from their team can buy the whole team of local teams.
So I don't think is about money,But we do have talent and could dominate Africa if things are fair.

Kgdavid:
man what are wages like in the south african league?

Well information about players wages are not made public but I know that the minimum wage for newly promoted junior players start at R15 000 per month excluding bonuses and also clubs provide players with accomodation.

For big players it depend on your profile but you could earn up to R250 000 thousand per month excluding bonuses which ranges from R5000 to R15 000 per win.

1 Rand =7 US$

First name  : Ayo
Last name: Oluwafemi
Nationality:  Nigeria
Date of birth :22 March 1988
Age :  22
Country of birth :  Nigeria
Position  :  Defender

honeric01:
back-to-back champs my foot, they can keep winning their local title every year for 100yrs but when it comes to African football, SA clubs are minors and can never be put on the same isle with clubs from the north and west of Africa.

It is only a matter of time before South African teams start dominating Africa,our league is one of the best but our teams never took African competitions seriously until now.
I know that two years ago things where too bad in African competitions,corruption was rife and obvious,pitches where poor and treatment was as bad but things are starting to change and as South Africans we are starting to take interest in this competitions.Orlando Pirates have won Champions league before in 1995,beating Asec Mimosa for the tittle and in 2001 Mamelodi Sundowns where beaten by Al Alhly of Egypt in the Final.

So you see that we are not far off.Just sit and watch us.South Africans don't just say they do.

Felix Obada
Nationality: Nigeria

Born: Saturday, August 15, 1987
Age: 22
Height:
Weight:
Position: Forward
Club: Kwra United (NIG) Thanda Royal Zuulu

www.maritzburgunited.co.za
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Obada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritzburg_United

Greg Etafia
Nationality: Nigeria

Born: Thursday, September 30, 1982
Age: 27
Height: 180
Weight: 78
Position: Goalkeeper
Club: Highlanders Club, NUB FC, Lobi Stars, Plateau United (all Nigeria), Moroka Swallows

He is also the Captain of the team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Etafia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroka_Swallows
http://www.morokaswallows.co.za/default.asp

Pere Ariweriyai
Club:AmaZulu Durban
Nationality:Nigeria
Age:26
Height:1.83 m / 6 ft
Weight:76 kg / 167 lbs PositionCentral defender

He is the captain of the team,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmaZulu_F.C._(South_Africa)
http://www.amazulufc.net/

One of the most colourful flags in the world,a beauty that represent its rainbow nation

Know South African National anthem

Nkosi Sikelleli iAfrica(God Bless Africa),It is sang in four South African languages,Zulu,Sotho,Afrikaanse and English
It will probably be the longest anthems during the world cup

http://www.footballfridays.co.za/our-national-anthem

Here are the lyrics

honeric01:
@Rsa
You can do better than that, this intro is too one sided and it does not really throw my light into the upcoming match.

I know

yousouph:
Game over with the score ending in 1 - 1 draw. Supersport were the better team tonight. Heartland coach, Kelechi Emetole blames their performance on the wet pitch and the weather.

That is right Supersport where a better side on the night and should have done well,the wet pitch and the cold,windy and rainy weather affected the standard of play from both sides.
A scored draw will always favours the host team of the second leg.But I still think that Supersport can still come home with a win in Nigeria.

And I thought the Ghananian referee and his assistants where very poor,moslt of their decisions where favouring Heartland,they are lucky that Supersport does not command huge support,if it was Chiefs or Pirates game that game will have been called off because fans where going to chase him away.

Second leg in Nigeria I predict Heartland 1 and Supersport 2

Pss, I hope we get uncorruptable referees

Sean-Lewis:
Any fifa website coz i want to buy the tickets?

Is fifa.com not working anymore?

SSU promise Zuma CAF Champs title
Posted: 2010-04-23 13:27

SuperSport United, who are to take on Nigeria's Heartland FC in a CAF Champions League match this weekend are in high spirits after meeting the country's president Jacob Zuma, his deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe and the US Human Rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson at Kempton Park this morning.

Zuma met United to congratulate them for winning the Absa Premiership title for the third time in succession. Last season Matsatsantsa presented their trophy to the country's former president, Nelson Mandela, at his home in Johannesburg.

Club communication manager David Skhosane said his club was very honoured to meet the state president and encouraged them to continue doing well and retain the trophy again next season.

"It is a rare opportunity to meet the State President. We feel honoured to meet him and his words were very encouraging for us to keep on doing well even next season. We were very glad to see Rev Jesse Jackson part of the occasion."

Skhosane promised the President and the nation that they won't disappoint them when they resume their campaign in the CAF Champions League this weekend at the Rand Stadium.

"We have proved that we are best team in the country and now our mission is to conquer Africa. Our results in the domestic football have not been good of late but the boys have since realised that they have big assignment to do the nation proud and bring the CAF Champions League title back home this season."



Ernest Fakude

Cape Town

The fact is majority of supporters who will be in the stadiums when Nigeria is playing will be South Africans,and we will blow those plastic horn until you get used to them.
2,5 of 2,9 million tickets where bought by South Africans,And we will make sure everyone know who the host are.
Vuuuuuuuuuuvuuuuuuuuuuuuuzela

It is funny that most of the people who hate Malema,Zuma and Mugabe are based in UK,Is it because they're fed up with anti Africa propaganda every day?

^Yeah man ,I know it's hard to believe,the sad part is a Zimbabwean labourer in South Africa will even take half of that and increase working hours,and this is one of the course of xenophobia against other Africans.but that is a topic for another day.

We have lot of this small towns like Venterdorp which are still under aapartheid,some black people there who never lived or went outside their towns still consider whites their gods.I mean after ET's death the was a story of a black woman who said this racist was a kind man,and was a good 'baas'(master).I also read story about this black guy who is a staunch supporter of AWB and he has pictures,flags of ET and his organisation and old South African flag.

But I am happy that we are having this debates in the country again,although people where trying to pretend that racism is dead but the reality is that most of us are experiencing it indirectly everyday.And whites where turning into victims,when the goverment implements legislations like Afirmative Action,BEE,Affirmative Procurements whites where trying hard to oppose them,saying this laws discriminate against them.
I think at the moment we are debate witrh the right attitude and mind,and hopefully this will make us stronger as a country and help us move forward with confidence and authority.

I also don't think the story or this claims are true,but there is a different type of debate in the country now.People are starting to ask real question regarding child labour,slavery since this people where earning 300 rand a month,which is 40 US dollar or 6000naira a month.

London, Apr.11 (ANI): An expert has predicted that South Africa is almost certain to be hit by a major natural disaster, and, it could strike during this summer's World Cup football tournament.



Buzz up!The Daily Express quoted Dr. Chris Hartnady, as saying that Durban and Cape Town as the areas most likely to be hit by a quake.


That's bad news for England's stars, who are set to face Algeria in Cape Town on June 18.

Dr Hartnady believes the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust are active on a fault line that could pose a major threat to South Africa.

He said: "A major earthquake disaster in the region is inevitable because wide areas of southern Africa are affected by the slow, southward spread of the East African rift system.

"It is not a question of if, but when. The consequences would be so expensive in terms of mortality and economic cost that the risk of being ill-prepared is unacceptably high," added Dr Hartnady, technical director of earth science consultants Umvoto Africa.

"Major earthquakes can lead to large-scale loss of life and property due to building collapse, fires and landslides on unstable slopes and catastrophic disruption of dam walls and water mains - and roads, railways and fuel pipelines," he said.

The last major earthquake to hit Cape Town was in 1890 on the Jan Biesjes Kraal farm,which later became the site of the Ascot racecourse near modern Milnerton. (ANI)

^ This will also help take attention from racial tension in the republic,one Afrikaaner guy raped a black woman as a revenge for ET's murder,this people are sick.

We still can't beat Nigeria maybe our luck will change when we face you guy on the second round of the world cup

Cape Town one of the most natural beautiful places on earth

This Stadium will host one of the semifinals,it has a capacity of up to 70000