Eddy von Maltitz's name is synonymous with Talk Radio as his voice has been heard across the length and breadth of country on every possible radio station and talk show. Eddy refers to himself as a "Soldier of the Lord"
he is passionate about South Africa and does not want to see it become the next African Basket Case.

Some see him as a radical right wing racist, while others would like to see him as the next South African President. Love him or hate him, you cannot ignore him and even though The Richmark Sentinel may not agree with or support his views, we will defend his right under the Constitution to express them insofar as they do not resort to Hate Speech.

Eddy's first article clearly defines the man and his stance.

Please feel free to interact with him via our Comments Line

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On completing his management studies from Germany and USA, Akhil Bakshi worked for four years in an agrochemical company. During this period, he travelled extensively throughout rural India, working and living in villages.

For ten years, between 1982-1991, he assisted late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in initiating, implementing and monitoring development programs in his constituency, Amethi. As Director General of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, he developed the institution into a youth movement and the largest grassroots organisation in the world.

Later, as an Officer on Special Duty to the Prime Minister of India, Mr. PV Narasimha Rao, he helped initiate several national programs for social and rural development.

Due to his keen interest in public service, Akhil Bakshi has set up two non-government organizations. Yuva Shakti, a national organisation of rural youth leaders, seeks to provide good leadership at the village-level. Society for Creation of Heaven on Earth assists small and marginal farmers and landless labourers in increasing their productivity and incomes.

Akhil Bakshi has successfully merged his interest in public service and adventure. In 1994, he led the Central Asia Expedition - a goodwill mission to Central Asia and Tibet.
In 1995-1996, he led the Azad Hind Expedition to refresh the national memory with the sacrifices made by the soldiers of the Indian National Army in their fight for India's liberation. In 1999, he led the expedition Hands Across The Borders, a mass contact program for promoting peace and development in South Asia. In 2006, he led the 25,200-km Gondwanaland Expedition, a scientific and friendship mission to 17 countries of West Asia and Africa.

A Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, Vice President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, Akhil Bakshi is on the Board of several adventure organizations in India and has travelled extensively through 82 countries.

He has written three travelogues -
The Road to Freedom - Travels Through Singapore, Malaysia, Burma and India
Silk Road On Wheels - Travels Through Central Asia, Chinese Turkestan and Tibet; and
Between Heaven and Hell - Travels Through South Asia.

His fourth book, Askar Akaev - A Political Journey is a biography of the President of Kyrgyzstan.

Three more travelogues - Back to Gondwanaland, Escape from Heaven and I'll Follow the Sun are currently under print.

Besides writing several travel articles for leading newspapers and magazines, he has produced over seventy television documentaries.

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Qualifications
* Masters Degree in Historical & Heritage Studies (Cum Laude) at UP - 1997
* BA (Honours) in Cultural History (Cum Laude) at UP - 1989
* BA Degree at UP - 1986

Professional Career
After the completion of her studies, Alana started her career as historical researcher at the National Cultural History and Open-Air Museum in Pretoria. After 3 and a half years of dealing with papers and fascinating, yet deceased historical personalities, the need occasionally to meet live, interesting people convinced her to accept a job with the Company for Immigration, a help-service for non-English-speaking immigrants to South Africa. In 2003 this company, in cooperation with Solidarity, launched the Come Home Campaign to assist South African expats returning to South Africa.

Since its inception, Alana has been Deputy CEO of AfriForum. AfriForum is a civil rights initiative established by Solidarity in order to activate especially minority communities outside the realm of party politics in order to become involved in the public debate. AfriForum is responsible for a broad range of campaigns aimed at the protection of civil rights, including lobbying for language rights, opposition against crime and continued support for remigrating South Africans via the Come Home Campaign.

Personal details
Alana is 44 years old, lives in Pretoria and writes in her free time. Her first book for children, The Princess of the African Savannah, was published in 2007 and has received the ATKV Woordveertjie award for children's literature, as well as the Tienie Holloway Medal for Youth Literature.

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I'm a student studying journalism at Rhodes University, Eastern Cape. I specialised in graphic design, though as my degree comes to an end, I have discovered my true love lies in exploring... and writing about it afterwards.

I lived in Scotland (alone) for a year after school and traveled all over Europe, I came back to South Africa with a greater love for this country and a 300 pound debt. Hungry for adventure, I have explored the Eastern Cape in some rather weird and wacky ways - zip lines, microlights, canoes and soon, a parachute have become my means of travel.

When I'm not exploring I write and do layout for Grahamstown's best kept secret, the Makana Moon. With just a month left in this sleepy student town, I'm getting ready to take the world by storm, going places and doing things few people have the gonads to consider.


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Born, but luckily not bred, in a small conservative town in the old Transvaal, I learnt to live on the other side of the fence.

I am a direct descendant of Andries Pretorius, the Boer Royal Family, with a problem - I could not speak Afrikaans. As fate had it , my mother had been adopted by the Ermelo Convent where she literally lived from the age of six till the age of sixteen.

That is how this Dutchman unwittingly became verengelsed (Englished). What the Afrikaners would call a turn coat and a traitor. At Pretoria Boy’s High School, I was called Dries because the boys reckoned that no English blokes were born in Ermelo. My friends in Ermelo called me Sout Piel. My mother in her wisdom sent us kids to English boarding schools out of town to detox . My career limiting statement was when the Mayor of Ermelo, who actually worked for our family, (my family was a big fish in a very small pond) as a tractor salesman, called me into his office and told me to tell a bunch of hot blooded locals, who had just signed up with the newly formed Conservative Party what I thought of the party. Because of the limited space in his office I was asked to stand on his desk so everyone could see me. I proceeded to tell them that I thought they were “onchristelik’, non Christians, because they hated the blacks, Indians and the English but the bible says they should love every one.

I regard this single event as the back bone of my philosophy today. I learnt that there is good and bad on every side. I was not really accepted and could never belong to the Rapport Ryers or Broeder Bond to give me the leg up in business that my so called friends got.

Does this make me previously disadvantaged? No, but it did make me have a different point of view.

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Qualifications: A degree in political science. Followed by law studies which were not completed.

Bernard Lawrence Madoff is a "writer" with multi-personality disorder (MPD).

Madoff-personality disorder (MPD) is a condition in which a single person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities (known as alter egos), each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. The diagnosis requires that at least two personalities routinely take control of the individual's behavior with an associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness.

Found guilty, on Richmark Sentinel's "Open Forum",of the biggest Pozni scheme in the history of the on-line publication. Numerous aliases were used and many fraudulent comments were posted. At his "trial", the judge stated that he had not received any mitigating letters from friends or family testifying to any good deeds. "The absence of such support is telling," he said.

You should, of course, be extremely cautious about investing your precious time with the column.


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Head of Media, Public Relations and Education at the SA Zionist Federation

Spent many years in education

Post-grad degrees in Feminist Literature (what am I doing at the Fed??) and International Politics

4 children, 8 grandchildren, lover of classical music, eclectic literature, flora and fauna both controlled and wild

Great cynical sense of humour - the only thing (other than my long-suffering gentle husband who somehow or other manages to keep sane even while sharing my life) that keeps me going in a horrid world in which children and animals suffer needlessly and so so tragically


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Bob Hewitt was born in Australia and emigrated to South Africa in 1964, at which time his tennis career was well established. He married Johannesburg woman and later adopted South Africa as his homeland through citizenship

Bob Hewitt's most significant accomplishments were winning all of the Grand Slam doubles titles, both the Men's Doubles Grand Slam titles as well as the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam titles (U.S. Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open) and being central to South Africa's only Davis Cup title in 1974.

Bob had seven titles in singles, along with 65 in doubles. His career prize money amounted to more than a million dollars. In 1992 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. With playing partner Frew McMillan.

Bob is best known to South Africans as a Tennis Analyst during the many years with SABC Sport, teaming up with commentator Trevor Quirk for many a trip to Wimbledon.

Now retired Bob resides in the Eastern Cape.


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Lapsed librarian, Semi retired.
Born Northern Ireland but confirmed Aussie Loves sport
* Football, supporting Derby County
* Australian Rules football, supporting Fremantle
* schoolboy athlete, who won All Ireland 100 and 22yrds titles at u15 and u17 before getting a life!

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Siyabonga Ntshingila is a walking example of how not to go through life productively.

Having been chanced his lackadaisical way through an education at one of the country's finest boys schools and a noted university, he then proceeded to unleash his special brand of inertia on the unsuspecting corporate world.

Alas, as with the Bernard Madoff's of this world, the scam could not go on forever, and like a de-Vaselined Ananias Mathe, reality caught up with him and he is now (thanks to the undue influence of his beloved) making a living as a freelance writer and a sub-editor of the Richmark Sentinel.

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I am an engineer by profession. I was employed in heavy industry and mining for many years. I now work for an IT company. My years at university were spent drinking lots of red wine, indulging in my love for JAZZ through being a jazz DJ on the campus radio station and doing all the 'irrelevant and useless' courses to enrich my education. It was also a very good way to meet all the endless interesting young ladies who were missing in most of my engineering courses!

I have an interest in politics, business, jazz, red wine, cricket amongst other things.

I am very opinionated. I accept that some of my opinions will be strange. However, I am old enough not to care. So I hope you enjoy my ramblings about nothing and everything.

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Born and bred in Johannesburg, schooled at The Ridge and Parktown Boys, Carrington is a specialist commercial crimes investigator.
He is an 'old fashioned' investigator, and has been involved in investigative work both locally and internationally. His areas of expertise include fraud investigation and the investigation of Investment Scams.
He is CEO of Commercial Services, a commercial investigative business established in 1992.
Although writing for the media is a new aspect of his life, he has been interviewed and appeared on television (SABC 3 Talk, Trial & Retribution, Carte Blanche and the like) several times for professional reasons."

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After graduating from Bradford University in 1998 David has worked as a stockbroker his whole career. But whereas stockmarkets are his job, sport is his passion. David played cricket to a semi-professional standard and is also a committed golfer playing to a handicap of 5 (and rising). While he enjoys playing sport, David's real talent is watching it...lots of it. And although not particularly fussy, he does prefer those sports that make use of a ball. Through a combination of observational and statistical insight he seeks to challenge the lazy consensual view. Married with two young daughters, David lives and works in London, UK.

His favourite sports quotes...
"Sport doesn't build character, it reveals it"
John Wooden

"You like giant-killers, I prefer giants"
Hugh McIlvanney

"I'm not Adonis, I'm The Donis"
Steve "the Adonis" Beaton (professional darts player)

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Dave Papenfus grew up in the Eastern Cape attending Kingswood College and studying journalism at Rhodes University before succumbing to the world of marketing and advertising. In 2000 he decided to usher in the new millenium by pursuing his real passion - sport!

He started "Dave's World of Cricket" on Radio 2000 followed by "Conversations at the Mugg & Bean" on Supersport - now called "On Top Of Your Game At The Mugg & Bean".

He recently finished making a documentary movie on the life of Reg Park - the legendary bodybuilder - and is currently involved in establishing the South African Cricket Legends Association - following in the footsteps of the very successful SA Rugby Legends.

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I was born on a summery Saturday afternoon of 1978, and believe me, things haven't been right ever since...

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Best known for his controversial talk shows on 702 Talk Radio and the Chuckle and Chat Show on 5FM, Blood has been in the media industry for over 4 decades. Working with some of the biggest names in Radio Theatre in Durban and Johannesburg, before moving into Television in 1976 as both a TV1 presenter and Sports anchor.
Educated at the University of Life, Blood is passionate about Current Affairs, Motorsport, Boxing and Cricket and is well versed in most other sporting codes.
He built rockets as a teenager, spent hours peering through a telescope looking at the Universe, loved acting in the theatre and performing on stage in concerts in Port Elizabeth, even appeared in a couple of Leon Schuster movies, enjoys writing and listening to good Rock Music and watching good quality TV Shows.
Has little or no time for fools, dislikes corruption and incompetence with a passion and can't wait for a new world order to appear.

You can catch David's unique blend of Rock Music every Friday night from 8pm to 11pm on 93.8 FM Stereo Radio Midrand if you live in Gauteng

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David Bullard is of the firm opinion that the columnist's job is to shout "fire" in a crowded cinema and then retire to a safe distance to see what happens. This view was not shared by The Sunday Times who sacked him for writing an allegedly "racist" article. Since the article in question wasn't much different in tone from what had been published in the paper for the previous 14 years he couldn't really see what all the fuss was about. He has published three books of his columns and, to the chagrin of people like Max du Preez, Fred Khumalo and Xolela Mangcu, is still South Africa's most talked about columnist. He doesn't dye his hair but he has had his teeth whitened.

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Associate Director of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, editor of the journal Jewish Affairs. Writes for a range of local and international Jewish publications, as well as on aspects of South African military and political history for other journals. Has an MA in history from Rhodes University.

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Born 26 years ago, Dikeledi Killarney studied Public Relations management and graduated in 2002 at the University of Witwatersrand. A year later studied Sports management through Boston City campus and graduated in 2004.
Dikeledi joined SAIL's football department as a Marketing manager in 2002. In 2008 she joined Fleishman as a media manager for various football accounts.
While with SAIL, she was selected as a venue media officer by the FIFA LOC for Confederations and World Cup - making it the highlight of her career.
Dikeledi also presented a football magazine show. The show profiled footballers and their on and off the field activities.
She currently runs her own publicity management company serving the brands of local players and enjoys contributing to the game in various football publications and PSL magazine show.

Why I should write on PSL soccer?

Having worked for a football club for 7 years has given me interest in football and has increased my understanding for the game.
I attend at least one PSL game every day when there is a fixture, and therefore believe that I remain current with the events and news in football.
I am also opinionated; therefore it helps in the way in which I can report on a game. I am able to give a fair comment and/or opinion on football issues.
My current role in football also exposes me more to game situations, the burning issues, etc which the public finds interesting to read.
I would really appreciate an opportunity to express myself in a sport that I love.

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Don Albert was born in Cape Town.

He started playing drums in the Young South African League Band. During WWII, while still at school he was seconded to the Duke of Ed... Own Rifles Band apparently their drummer was sent up north and someone recommended Don to the bandmaster Captain Rendell VC. He played with them to the end of the war. During that time he became interested in jazz, a passion that still burns today, and eventually gave up drums for the saxophone. In 1946 age 16 he won First Prize playing a classical saxophone solo at the South African Eisteddfod. He played around Cape Town mostly with his own band.

In 1952 he moved to Durban playing in the bands of Buster Whitley, Jimmy Lonie, Colin Campbell and Billy Farrell before forming his own band. In the early 60s he took a band to Bulawayo in the then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. He was immediately offered a weekly TV and a radio programme for the band.

On returning to Durban he played in the pit for The King and I which toured South Africa after which he was asked to bring a band up to Johannesburg to play at the Diamond Horseshoe Night Club. He played around Joburg and then became a furniture rep for a Rhodesian manufacturer.

Eventually he returned to the arts but didn't have a sax so he started freelancing as a jazz journalist and then joined The Star Tonight permanently and was soon playing again as well.

Saxophonist.
- First white musician to play in District Six (Cape Town) in 1949/50.

Journalist.
- Written articles for various newspapers and magazines. Spent 12 years with The Star Newspaper on the Tonight! Section writing about jazz.
- Member of the Jazz Journalists Association (USA)
- Writes jazz CD and book reviews for Financial Mail and is the South African Correspondent for Downbeat (USA) and Jazz Journal International (UK).
- Did a one-hour weekly jazz television programme titled Jazz Studio on SABC for five years. Jazz Studio still holds the record as the longest running jazz TV programme in South Africa
- Has done jazz radio programmes for the SABC, 702 and Radio Today.
- Has attended and written about Jazz Festivals in America, France, Switzerland, England, Ireland, Finland, Netherlands, Austria and Canada as well as sailing on the 2004/05/06 Jazz Cruise's from Florida to the Caribbean or Mexico.
- Has attended the Montreal Jazz Festival in Canada twice, and both times was asked to be a judge for new talent.
- Three years as judge for Old Mutual's Jazz Encounters (a competition for young SA jazz talent).
- Advisor to International panel of Judges for Daimler Chrysler Award for South African Jazz 2001.
- In 1981 started fighting to have the law changed that forbade black artists from appearing on white "liquor" licensed premises. Through articles in The Star, Drum and Jazz Forum (Poland) and because of his continual brushes with the "liquor squad" of the police, his house was watched 24 hours-a-day. In those days if you did anything for black people, you we're labeled a communist, and communism was banned. It is believed he was very close to being arrested. He single handed fought the battle, and had the law rescinded in 1985.
- He is the first, and possibly only South African, who played jazz, wrote about jazz, presented jazz on radio and hosted a jazz TV programme each week for years..
- Pioneered playing South African jazz artists on the audio jazz programme on SAA flights
- American jazz writer Michael Bourne dubbed Don Albert "A jazz voice in South Africa, on radio, on television and in print for more than 30 years. He's also a baritone saxist and one of the jazz warriors against apartheid." (1994).

AWARDS:
- First Place for classical saxophone solo at the Cape Town Eisteddfod (1946)
- (As a photographer) Highly Commended in the New Picture Category of Shell Press Picture Of The Year Awards 1981.
- Contribution to advancement of music in South Africa from Gallo Group (1988)
- For outstanding contribution to the establishment of Compact Disc in South Africa from Teal Trutone (1988)
- For his help in making Dire Straits Brothers In Arms the first "Gold" compact disc in South Africa from Teal Trutone.
- For his consistent and ongoing effort to widen jazz appreciation in South Africa from Roots Records (1989)
- First, and believed to be the only white recipient, of an Honoris Award from Jazz Art & Poetry Appreciation for contribution to jazz (1991).
- For service to jazz and the Phil Harbour Jazz Scholarship Fund from The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music, University of Natal signed by Darius Brubeck, director. (1991).
- For your dedicated love and appreciation to Jazz in the South African Market from Gallo Record Company. (2000)
- With heartful thanks for your commitment to Old Mutual Jazz Encounters
- Night of the 50's Award (25 November 2005) X 2 -Department of Arts and Culture

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David Klatzow's name is synonymous with Forensic Science, every time there are mysterious circumstances surrounding a death, and accident or a murder you hear Talkshow hosts speaking with Dr David Klatzow, to get his expert opinion on the circumstances and the forensic evidence that may be available.

Dr Klatzow is a scientist - there is no better word to describe him - he has dedicated his life to research into a variety of scientific areas, including his thesis titled A Study of Plasma & Serum Proteins in Malignancy.

Before branching out into the world of Forensic Science, Dr Klatzow was a lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Durban Westville and Medical Biochemistry at Wits University.

Dr Klatzow is also fascinated by fire, both its cause and effect and is an internationally recognised expert in the field of pyroforensics. He has been called on to give evidence in numerous court cases where fire was involved. He is an expert in the field of Blood Alcohol and the autogeneration of alcohol and the effects thereof.

David's name became a household name in South Africa after the fatal crash of the SAA Helderberg near Mauritius. His investigations into that crash have never been closed and raise more questions than answers but, as Fox Mulder used to say, "The truth is out there somewhere"

To quote another famous TV character CSI's Gil Grissom, who always says "You can't beat the forensic evidence" something I am quite sure Dr David Klatzow lives by

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Edward 'Eddie' Lewis is an English former footballer.

One of the original Busby Babes, Eddie Lewis played for Goslings and then for the MUJACS, joining the Old Trafford ground staff in the 1947-48 season. Eddie Lewis played for Manchester United in the 1950's. He was a centre forward who played 24 first team games and scored 11 goals before being transferred to Preston North End. Lewis signed for West Ham United from Preston North End in a swap deal that saw Frank O'Farrell move in the other direction. He helped West Ham win promotion during the 1957-58, and did the same with Leyton Orient in 1961-62. He was converted from centre forward to full back with Leyton Orient, and probably played his best seasons in that position. He went on to play for Folkestone Town and later managed Clapton FC and Ford Sports FC in the Greater London League.

Lewis emigrated to South Africa in the 1970 and spent time as a coach of Wits University, Kaiser Chiefs, Giant Blackpool, Moroka Swallows and many other leading clubs.

He is perhaps best known to readers in Southern Africa as a no nonsense analyst for the TV sports station Supersport, where is ability to read the game and the players earned him the respect of viewers and peers alike.

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Edwill het op talle terreine in die 49 jaar waarin hy betrokke is in die uitsaaiwese, 'n
groot bydrae gelewer tot die bevordering van sport en Afrikaans.

Hy sal veral onthou word vir sy krieketkommentaar en hoe hy met die hulp van kykers,
Afrikaanse weergawes vir Engelse terme geskep het. Hy het kommentaar gelewer oor 22
ander sportsoorte soos rugby, (134 wedstryde, insluitende die 1981 Curriebekereindwedstryd), 12 keer die Comrades, boks, gimnastiek, atletiek, stoei, gimnastiek ens.

Hy het die eerste kort toer na Indie in 1991 meegemaak toe ons her-toegelaat is tot Internasionale krieket. Hy was bevoorreg om Moeder Teresa te ontmoet en 1 van die 7 wonders van die moderne wereld, die Taj Mahal te besoek. Daarna het toere na Sri
Lanka in 1993 en Engeland in 1994 gevolg. Hy beskou die hoogtepunt van sy sportloopbaan toe hy die 1ste en enigste Afrikaanse kommentator was wat op TV vanaf die hoofkwartier van Krieket, Lords, iutgesaai en die Proteas die toets gewen het.

Met die uitsending van sy 50ste wedstryd, het hy 'n goue staanhorlosie van die Verenigde Krieketraad ontvang vir sy bydrae om die spel onder Afrikaanssprekende kykers gewild te maak. Dit is die enigste toekenning van die aard wat ooit gemaak is. Hy het oor 'n tydperk van 36 jaar kommentaar gelewer oor 517 wedstryde.

Hy het van 1976 toe TV begin het, tot in 1986, 173 uitsendings van Flinkdink aangebied. Hy was ook die aanbieder van talle Afrikaanse musiekprogramme.

In 2003 het hy tydens 'n konsert getiteld " Die Nag van die Legendes", 'n toekenning van Steve Hofmeyr ontvang, asook 16 ander van kultuurorganisasies.

Op 6 Mei 2005 is hy deur die ATKV vereer as 'n "Afrikoon" deurdat sy kennis en kundigheid op musiek, taal-en sportgebied aangewend het tot die voordeel en uitbou van Afrikaans.

Hy en Piena woon 35 jaar in Mindalore, Krugersdorp. Die egpaar is 45 jaar getroud en het 2 kinders, Antoinette en Cobus.

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I am currently based in East London, working as Contracts Specialist for Dimension Data.

I hold an LLB from the Nelson Mandela School of Law at the University of Fort Hare.

I am very interested in politics and the economy of our country and I usually comment in a number of topical issues, I like to think that my views are liberal and I am currently hoping, against hope, that one day, South Africa will be run like a true democracy that it deserves to be. I like to keep my professional life separate from my personal life which is current my only treasure in this world. I was raised by two loving parents who are un-apologetically Christian and have really installed values and principles in my life.



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40 years old, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Gary was the founder of Training Connection, a company specialising in technical training, specifically in the Microsoft field. In October 1997, Gary sold his share of Training Connection into the holding company Connection Group, and accepted a contract to become the International Marketing and Sales Director for CompTIA USA. Completing this 8-month contract, Gary returned to South Africa, bought back Training Connection, re-launched as Torque-IT, and was involved in running the company until his resignation in 2007, when he joined the Richmark Group to serve as CEO of iPulse Systems.

Gary has an excellent overall knowledge of the ICT market both locally and abroad, and an extensive technical background across a broad field of topics.


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Gesh currently heads up the Communications unit for one of South Africa's national broadcaster's commercial television stations. His 11 year experience in the entertainment industry has seen him associated with initiatives and companies like MNET, Multichoice, Kaya fm, Simeka TWS Communications, Blue IQ, Sun International's Miss SA, Miss World, Top Billing and a lot of SABC entities. Gesh Conco has also been entered in the Media 24's "Who's Who of Southern Africa" list.
You can join his group of the same name (The G Spot) on facebook and find the mickey in how your life can change for the better.

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I love music of any kind, I am a movie fanatic, I am a huge lover of books. I'm quite a political person. Also I love football and am a rabid Derby County supporter. I live in Johannesburg South Africa with my family and a small dog :)

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Qualifications
* Masters Degree in Political Geography at UP - 1996
* BA (Honours) Cum Laude at UP - 1992
* Higher Educational Diploma (Cum Laude) at UP - 1991
* BA Degree at UP - 1990

During his years as student, Kallie served as member of the Student Council of the University of Pretoria (1991/92)

Professional Career
After the completion of his studies, Kallie worked as teacher for three years at Hoërskool Centurion.

He has been in the service of Solidarity for 10 years, in amongst other positions as Head: Marketing and Head: Member Benefits.

He currently is the CEO of AfriForum. AfriForum is the civil initiative established by Solidarity in order to activate especially minority communities outside the realm of party politics in order to become involved in the public debate. AfriForum is responsible for a broad range of campaigns aimed at the protection of civil rights, including opposition against political interference in sport, crime and the ill-considered changing of place names. AfriForum also manages the Come Home Campaign which provides free advice to South Africans abroad about the return process to South Africa.

Personal details
Kallie is 39 years old. He is married to Elana, an educational psychologist, and they have four children, CM (10), Emri (8), Nina (4) and Jana (2).

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Leon Economides is South Africa's foremost authority on Rock music as such goes under the name of The RockIt Scientist on radio and over the past couple of decades has worked with Chris Prior (The Priority Feature on Radio 5), Phil Wright (The Dinosaur Days on 5fm), and Rafe Lavine (Rock Classics and The Great Unknowns on Radio 5, and the original RockIt Scientists on SAfm.

The RockIt Scientist radio show rides again. The programme, which is broadcast on 93.8FM Radio Midrand every Monday evening between 9pm and Midnight and presented by Leon Economides. is a very diverse music programme that features Progressive/ Hard/ Classic Rock, Blues, Brass Rock, Latin/ African Rock, Jazz and Metal music.

As "non-commercial/ non-Top 40" music ranging from the mid sixties to the present day is featured, the intention is to cater for the more discerning music listener, with no age limits or restrictions imposed or implied. An open mind and a love of music is mandatory!

The programme will hopefully be more widely available in the near future or as a PodCast on this site

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Lindo Nkomonde has practised marketing communications for the past ten years. He hopes to stop practising one day and get on with it. He's been involved with both the public and private sectors, spending his recent years as a civil servant. He was with Government Communications (GCIS) before moving on to his current occupation as a Marketing Specialist for a national government agency.

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I am a South African, decended on my mother's side from a Dutch sieketrooste who came to the Cape 70 years after Van Riebeeck, who supervised the building of the first church in Paarl; and on my father's side from the American Missionary, Daniel Lindley, who was missionary to both the Zulus and the Voortrekkers.

In the tradition of my ancestors I wish to facilitate dialogue among people.

I am a amateur psychologist, amateur historian, amateur analyst, anti-racist activist, and former professional liquidator.

It is my professional opinion that South Africa can be saved from heading towards bankruptcy, with some crisis management and lateral thinking from all of you, and that "we can get by with a little help from our friends".

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Mandrake is a misunderstood delusional brother currently based in Port Elizabeth. He finds I his roots amongst the Xhosa people, ochre blood runs in his veins. He can barely remember growing up in Grahamstown, and much of his childhood is blocked away in shame and embarrassment...I was weak, OK!

The onset of high-school and tertiary introduced him to the bitter and women-folk and he has been a changed man ever-since. Discovering the ability to laugh at himself has been the best gift God has bestowed and my bedrock is my family.

I discovered that I am very good at expressing myself in the written word and I've been contributing regularly on Thoughtleader. I also had a blog on amagama.com, but alas the spammers and sploggers( I think it's a word) brought my demise. My opinions are mine alone and I don't apologize for them; however I engage in debate and sometimes admit when I'm wrong.

I have a tendency to annoy others intentionally by using 3rd person.



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Mark Bonsall has a degree in Modern Languages from Bradford University and has been working in the Industrial Gases business since graduating in 1996. Having lived and worked in Paris for 9 years he has now returned to his natal UK where he is living in Hull, in East Yorkshire.
Mark is a passionate sports fan, he has played many sports to a high standard, including Rugby Union at semi professional level, Cricket at Regional level, Football, Snooker and Golf (to a reasonable standard). He enjoys watching most sports and his sporting highlight would have to be following England's progress in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, particularly the defeats of Australia in Marseilles and France in Paris, and somewhat grudgingly the defeat by the Boks in the Final.
Mark is 36 years old and single. A supporter of Derby County, currently of the English Championship, he loves nothing more than the atmosphere before, during and after a live sporting event, but is happy enough taking second best and watching on TV.

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Melanie Nathan, an ex-pat, left South Africa in 1985 for the USA, where she resides with her spouse and their two daughters. Melanie, a Wits Alumni, practiced law in Johannesburg and Pretoria, before moving abroad. She was in the first WITS class that pioneered the Campus Law Clinic under the directorship of Felicia Kentridge and Arthur Chaskelson.

She is the owner of Private Courts, Inc., a firm specializing in conflict resolution and personal advocacy. (www.privatecourts.com) She is known also for her civil and human rights activism, especially relating to LGBTQI equality in the USA. She recently was appointed to the County Human Rights Commission. Some of her accomplishments include her lead in successfully obtaining a very rare private Bill introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein in the US Congress. She has provided testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington D.C., testified before the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee for Binational immigration equality, and for the San Francisco Human Rights and Immigration Commissions. She is Vice President on the Board of Fair Housing of Marin, chairing their legal committee, which recently participated in securing an historic national landmark Fair Housing settlement. Melanie is a passionate writer for the News-Blog-Magazine, Lezgetreal. She can be contacted at binational@privatecourts.com

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Mike Trapido is a specialist criminal attorney, journalist and political commentator. He has written columns for British and South African newspapers.

He has also written sports columns for both English and South African publications and has been sports editor at Supersport under producer David Blood.

He is currently writing his first book on South African Rugby for the South African Rugby Legends Association.

He is a director of the firm Turnbull and Associates.

He was born in Johannesburg and attended HA Jack and Highlands North High Schools. He married Robyn in 1984 (Mrs Traps, aka "the government") and has three sons (who all look suspiciously like her ex-boss).

He was a counsellor on the JCCI for a year around 1992.

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Born in Soweto in 1962, the year of Madiba’s incarceration , and grew up in rural both KwaZulu-Natal and Soweto. Started working as a fruit and soft goods seller (smoksar) on the Naledi to Johannesburg. Obtained a Computer Programming Certificate in the late ’80 and cut my teeth in the world of IT. Holder of a Post Graduate Diploma and working towards a Masters in Commerce degree. I like fear, factual and intelligent debate, and dislike dishonesty in any form.

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Educated as a Journalist, Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha has matured to be a Media and Communication Strategist specializing on Strategy and Policy Development, reputation management, communication systems development.

He holds a Diploma and B-Tech degree in Journalism and is currently working for the Eastern Cape provincial Administration.

Sicwetsha is a poet, political and social analyst. He enjoys golf, reading, writing and spending time with family, especially kids, nephews and nieces. He has worked for community media, freelanced for commercial newspapers, worked as a media and PR strategist for civil society, private media and PR agency as well as government.

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Nigel Owen has spent his whole career in the banking world, after graduating from Keble College, Oxford in 1998, MA (Hons) in Economics and Managament. He currently works for The Royal Bank of Canada, having switched Royal Banks in 2007 from the Scottish one - luck or judgement, make your own mind up!

He was born into a sporting family, with a father who played both local league football and cricket in Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and a PE teacher mother who later qualified as an umpire and has umpired England Ladies international matches and English County 2nd XI matches. Going to watch his father from an early age he soon caught the sporting bug, and as well as following his father's lead, playing local football and cricket, there are few sports he doesn't enjoy playing and/or watching - golf, snooker, tennis, horse racing, even managing to find the only curling rink in England - and has an opinion about them all, not worried about questioning the popular view.

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Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest brains the world has ever known, he took Edison's light bulb and created electric power, through his genius, we have electromagnetic energy fields and if he had been allowed to pursue his goals space travel may have come long before the first Sputnik.

In December 1901, Marconi established wireless communication between Britain and the Newfoundland, Canada, earning him the Nobel prize in 1909. But much of Marconi's work was not original. In 1864, James Maxwell theorized electromagnetic waves. In 1887, Heinrich Hertz proved Maxwell's theories. Later, Sir Oliver Logde extended the Hertz prototype system. The Brandley coherer increased the distance messages could be transmitted. The coherer was perfected by Marconi.

However, the heart of radio transmission is based upon four tuned circuits for transmitting and receiving. It is Tesla's original concept demonstrated in his famous lecture at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1893. The four circuits, used in two pairs, are still a fundamental part of all radio and television equipment.

The United States Supreme Court, in 1943 held Marconi's most important patent invalid, recognizing Tesla's more significant contribution as the inventor of radio technology.

Tesla built an experimental station in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1899, to experiment with high voltage, high frequency electricity and other phenomena.

When the Colorado Springs Tesla Coil magnifying transmitter was energized, it created sparks 30 feet long. From the outside antenna, these sparks could be seen from a distance of ten miles. From this laboratory, Tesla generated and sent out wireless waves which mediated energy, without wires for miles.

In Colorado Springs, where he stayed from May 1899 until 1900, Tesla made what he regarded as his most important discovery-- terrestrial stationary waves. By this discovery he proved that the Earth could be used as a conductor and would be as responsive as a tuning fork to electrical vibrations of a certain frequency. He also lighted 200 lamps without wires from a distance of 25 miles( 40 kilometers) and created man-made lightning. At one time he was certain he had received signals from another planet in his Colorado laboratory, a claim that was met with disbelief in some scientific journals.
Tesla's concept of wireless electricity was used to power ocean liners, destroy warships, run industry and transportation and send communications instantaneously all over the globe. To stimulate the public's imagination, Tesla suggested that this wireless power could even be used for interplanetary communication. If Tesla were confident to reach Mars, how much less difficult to reach Paris. Many newspapers and periodicals interviewed Tesla and described his new system for supplying wireless power to run all of the earth's industry.

If only man had listened to me

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Nono is a very ambitous 20 something young woman, who knows exactly where she comes from and where she wants to go.

Not only does she have her own Website - which I am sure she will tell about - she is also passionate about writing and communicating, while at the same time combining her moralistic and religious code of living with her life in the high profile world of Television.

Her input should be inspirational to all young South Africans.

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Nusrah Cassiem has a diploma in Arabic and an incomplete bachelor's degree in Comparative Study of Religions from the Islamic University of Medina, Saudi Arabia. He also has a diploma in Adult Education from the University of Cape Town.

He is the assistant Imam at the Rasooli Centre Pretoria, South Africa, Founding member of the Oasis Deaf School for Muslims (Al-Waha Deaf Society) in Cape Town and an assistant researcher at the 'Academy of Self Knowledge' Pretoria.

Currently he is working at Supersport as an Edit Producer and heads the training and development programme.

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Studied Comparative Politics at Essex University in the late 60s and didn't complete degree due to class argument with parents over boy friend and husband, which I lost. Ran a research library in the City of London and then followed parents to SA when mother was very ill. This was to be first step in going around the world, which failed completely after mother's death and my pregnancy. Stayed low for awhile, merely singing in the chorus with PACT and then teaching kids to ride horses.

Woke up some years later (whilst working in the IT industry) and started working to keep our water clean. Grew more rabid and joined EarthLife Africa in 1989. Became really active in 2005 as branch secretary and treasurer. Interest in clean water has now escalated into mining problems, acid mine drainage, how we regulate the regulations that polluter pays, make mining regulations work, why the new mining projects are self defeating and why nuclear power will not save South Africa.

On the side, we host beautiful ladies for SA Guide Dogs so that they can deliver more puppies for guiding visually impaired people and assisting others who are deaf or disabled as Service Dogs. Confuse criminals by working with my local policing forum; sing; read; talk to anyone who will listen and have even more fun debating with them; love training people to use software and know that I am totally nuts because I am so crazily alive!

Still want to save the world - preferably in the next year, as I really think people are just not thinking this thing out fast enough.

Photo is a bit more than head and shoulders! Check out the EarthLife Johannesburg Group on Facebook for more stuff.

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Pat Rogers started in television news when it began in Africa - with Rhodesia Television in 1960 - and shortly afterwards helped open Northern Rhodesia Television, as news editor. He left after it was nationalisd by Kenneth Kaunda and later worked in Australian television for the ABC and Channel 9, returning to join the SABC at the start of television here in 1976.

Employed as a producer, he also worked as a presenter, initially in sport and then in current affairs, winning a number of awards. He was President of the SABC Staff Association at a time of clashes with government and management over censorship, culminating in his resignation.

The following years saw spells with Radio 702 (before talk radio), and in PR roles with Putco and the Chamber of Mines, while he continued as a freelance presenter on TV until the early nineties. He also scored an upset win for the DA in the late 'eighties, giving it, for a brief period, an historic majority in the Johannesburg City Council.

He was an early and persistent advocate of live courtroom and parliamentary TV coverage, was unsuccessfully nominated as a member of the inaugural Independent Broadcasting Authority, and was awarded the first independent radio broadcasting licence, which became Radio Today under other management.

He also took to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission a case of censorship by the SABC regarding reported criminal charges against Jacob Zuma. The usual media watchers were significantly absent. The BCC found that it was not empowered to act against censorship. Neither is anybody else, and that remains the position. The DA remains silent and the BCC continues to deal with complaints about bad language, sex and religion.


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You do not really require the usual few words about me. They can tell you nothing you want or need to know. It does not matter if writers practice yoga, enjoy cooking and go rock climbing, or if they do not. Only the writing and its point of view count. If you read any writing here, that will be nice. If you enjoy it, that will be nicer. If you find any interest or value in it, that will be nicest of all.

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Piazza's KartwOrld's team principle is Paolo Piazza Musso who comes from a long line of successful Rally, Racing and Karting Champions. Paolo has won numerous awards in both Rallying and Karting realm. Paolo is the head Piazza's Kartworld successful Karting team. All the advice given to the drivers comes from years and years of experience in the motor racing arena, and is the reason this team is such a success.

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Peter Klatzow was born in Springs, South Africa, in 1945.

In 1964 he attended the Royal College of Music in London. In that year he won several of the College composition prizes as well as the Royal Philharmonic prize for composition, which was open to any Commonwealth composer under 30. He spent the following years in Italy and Paris, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger.

Since returning to South Africa in 1966, he has worked at the SABC in Johannesburg as a music producer, and in 1973 was appointed to the University of Cape Town, where he is presently Professor in Composition. In 1986 he was elected to the rank of Fellow of the University of Cape Town for "having performed original distinguished academic work of such quality as to merit special recognition."

He was awarded his DMus for published work in Composition in 1999, and the Cape Tercentenary Foundation's Molteno Gold medal for lifetime achievement in music in 2002.

One of the few South African composers to achieve international recognition, Peter Klatzow has won prizes in Spain, the United Kingdom and Toronto, and his works have been performed in various European centres and in the United States. In South Africa he was awarded the prestigious Helgard Steyn prize for his piano suite From the Poets.

His major works include a full length ballet on Hamlet for which he was given a special Nederburg award for the music, scores for ballets on Drie Diere and Vier Gebede, and Concertos for various solo instruments; piano, clarinet, organ, marimba, and a double Concerto for flute and marimba which was performed at Yale University, USA. His Prayers and Dances of Praise from Africa was introduced at the Three Choirs Festival, Worcester, UK. on 24 August 1996

Recent commissions include The World of Paul Klee (III), composed for the opening of the new Paul Klee Centre in Berne, Switzerland, a celebratory Te Deum for choir, organ and orchestra, commissioned for a special service celebrating the 100th anniversary of St George's Cathedral, Cape Town and Towards the Light, a work for double choir, marimba and organ commissioned for the opening of the new Peabody concert hall (USA) in April 2004.

His discography includes recordings of his piano music, the Mass for Choir, Horn, Marimba and Strings, String Quartet, Chamber Concerto for 7, Piano Concerto, From the Poets, an RCA issue of Return of the Moon with the King's Singers and Evelyn Glennie, and a CD of his choral music made by the international Herald company entitled Towards the Light - the choral music of Peter Klatzow. His latest CD entitled Myths, Magic and Marimbas - the music of Peter Klatzow was issued in July 2006.


Prof. Peter Klatzow DMus
Professor of Composition
SA College of Music,
Faculty of Humanities,
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch
7700 SOUTH AFRICA

Phone: (home) 683 9766
(UCT) 650 2620


websites:
http://www.klatzow.uct.ac.za/index.html
see also http://www.commotio.org/Recordings.htm


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I do this with some trepidation as I know the usual reception given to anyone who promotes the right to firearm ownership, in particular from the media. That is why I start by showing gun control is built on feet of clay and has no validity or legitimacy. All gun control asks is for people to accept the lie of some vague unproven and unmentioned validity and now debate on how much is needed. I can't do that.

As I am sure you can appreciate at this present time I am also very tied up with current happenings and the Black Gun Owners Association of South Africa.

As a supporter of the right to firearm ownership I have taken an active part since 1999 first joining the SA Gunners online discussion list and later joining Alex Holmes (SAGA and NFF) when he started the South African Firearm Forum as its moderator for four years. I am a founder of GOSA, Gun Owners of South Africa and have continued my interest in this right by writing many letters and media releases to the newspapers and making submissions on all aspects that influence this right. I am currently the research officer for Black Gun Owners Association of SA.

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Pratish Mistry is a writer, poet, entrepreneur and an expert in corporate strategy. Indian by origin, South African by birth and Trinidadian at heart, he is truly a citizen of the world - he has lived in 7 countries spanning 4 continents and travelled in over 50 others. Pratish currently spends his time on strategy consulting, personal and executive coaching, and working on his second book. To keep himself insane, he also runs a cartoon blog called Wonkie.com

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Born in Montreal Canada in 1954. Studied at Lubavitcher Yeshivas and attained His Semicha in 1977.

Married Tziporah Kushner in Nov 1977, parents of six children & four grandchildren. They came as emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to South Africa on January 1, 1980 as a teacher at the Torah Academy. Served as Rabbi of the Orange Grove Shul at 9th St.

He was very close to his famous cousin Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach - the foremost composer of contemporary Jewish music & deep & original thinker & Torah scholar

In 1984 he founded CHABAD of LYNDHURST on Morkel Rd. All are invited to attend.

He specializes in comforting the bereaved at funerals & at homes

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Rashid is a Hip-Hop musician from the East Rand, Johannesburg. He started rapping at an early age of 14. Rashid has worked with Skwatta Kamp, Hidden Force, Relo, Kruna, Slikour, Hoodlum, Shhluda, among other artists. He has also performed in Rand Easter Show (Johannesburg), Royal Show (Pietermaritzburg), Macufe (Bloemfontein), Woodstock (Johannesburg), sharing the stage with musicians such as Mafikizolo, HHP, Prokid, Skwatta Kamp, Zola, Kabelo, Morafe, to name but a few.

PROFILE
- Rashid took the 1st prize on Wick's Rap Competition in Soweto hosted by Bob Mabena.
- He was voted MC of the month on Yfm's Rap Activity Jam then hosted by Oskido and Rudeboy Paul.
- Rashid was the 1st rapper to win the Phat Joe's Rap-a-lot Competition on Metro fm hosted by Phat Joe.
- He had a number 1 song on Metro fm's Unsigned Top 10 for 6 consecutive weeks, then hosted by Zak and Penny Lebyane.

Thokoza's Finest - 1st Edition (2003)

Rashid - The Arrival (2006)

Rashid - Emceeing Is Believing (2009)

FILMOGRAPY
Arthur's Inja music video (2001)
Castle Lager TV commercial (2002)
Skwatta Kamp's The rest shut the...music video (2003)
KFC TV commercial (2003)
Rashid's Pandemonium music video (2004)
Sony Home Theatre System TV commercial (2005)
Rashid's Marvelous Shit music video (2006)
Slikour's Banga Banga music video (2006)
Khomanani TV commercial (2007)
Revolution's Paradise music video (2007)
Ayo's Help Is Coming music video - Europe (2007)


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Born in Johannesburg and bred to command.

Known as "the Government" Robyn will be covering Big Brother and any other reality Shows on television.

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Rolene Marks is a passionate advocate for Israel and has participated in numerous radio and television debates making the case for Israel as well as having work published both locally and internationally.

In 2007 Rolene participated in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Young Jewish Diplomats leadership programme and currently represents World WIZO on the Zionist General Council.

Rolene has worked extensively both as a marketer and radio producer.

Rolene is a member of the SAZF Media Team Israel.


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Ron Jackson one of South Africa's most experienced and respected boxing historians with one of the biggest boxing collections in the world. His lifelong passion for boxing started as a young boy in 1948 with the rise of Johnny Ralph who many thought would be the next heavyweight champion of the world.

He became a feature writer and reporter for Boxing World magazine in 1980 and has also written for The Ring magazine, Boxing News and African Ring. He also contributed to a wide range of newspapers, magazines and yearbooks. He also compiled the boxing section for the Supersport- world of champions - Limited Edition for 2007 and 2008.

Ron has done television and radio commentaries on more than 60 world title fights and a host of South African title fights.

He has also taken part in many radio and television programmes on boxing and received a Special Award from Boxing SA for his contribution to the sport of boxing.

He is editor of the Superboxing web-site on Supersportzone and was a presenter for Behind the Punch and the long running Punchline, the weekly magazine programme on Supersport and also contributes to Fightnews.com one of the biggest boxing websites on the Internet.

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I am Rudzani Floyd Musekwa - 27, from the Limpopo Province but in no way related to Julius Malema.

Qualifications: I have a BA Media degree from the university of Venda and just recently completed my post graduate studies in journalism at Rhodes University. I have been writing letters to the editor since the age of 13 and I just love ranting. I must say that I am one of the few blacks who religiously read David Bullard's blog until he was excused from his duties. I didn't find more racial than I did stupid.

I am currently a correspondent for a German magazine writing about the world cup. I am currently unemployed and living in the Eastern Cape colonial town of Grahamstown. On my free time, which is every time because I don't have a day job, I love writing opinion pieces that may be published. I have been published in esteemed newspapers like Cape Times, Cape Argus, City Press and several others. I have worked for Grocott's Mail newsroom as part of my studies at Rhodes and always loved writing opinions.

That's me in a nutshell.

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The opinion piece writer of this blog was born and raised on the streets of Mitchells Plain, commonly known as the Cape Flats. Last born to a family of four kids, he led a sheltered life as a youngster.

Desperate to break free of these shackles he wrote furiously [the latter being more a state of mind than an action] to express himself. In his late teens he discovered beer and the female form, suffice it to say, writing just wasn't cutting it anymore. The latter would then shape his life into what it is now.

He now lives a sheltered life, drinks beer, enjoys the female form and is officially a disgruntled employee at one of the corporates. Having been married with two kids, divorced and currently engaged to be married again he has pretty much seen it all.

He has been called a number of things, benevolent, kind, caring, thoughtful, funny etc, but the one that best describes him, is shallow. So come and take a walk with him as he takes you deep into his shallowness.

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- Hip and Happening 20something year old

- Marketing Assistant and Columnist at Richmark

- Born in KZN, Entshongweni

- Diploma in Sound Engineering

- Studied TV Production, now Vision Mixer at Mnet

- Worked for a Community radio station- Alex FM

- Enjoys reading and writing in her free time.

- Loves sport, (soccer,cricket and motorsport)

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A thirty something married female, hailing from Cape Town. Currently in the auditing profession but dabbles in writing satirical pieces. A ferocious reader and attempting to live my life in the now (yes, I read "The Secret"). Enjoy socialising with people with different backgrounds but always seem to end up speaking about finance.

Strong opinions.

Feel very strongly about the missed opportunities our youth is not taking advantage of.
Do not like whiners and whingers even though I am one of them.
Feel passionately about instant gratification ie taking action now to achieve results.
Want to document my observation of social ills/ triumphs but in a satirical fashion.
An advocate of obtaining life lessons from any situation one is in.


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The Sumo is a strapping young man in his late 20s who considers himself the ultimate transitional South African.

Born and raised in a KwaZulu-Natal township near Durban, he was part of the black initiates into the "multiracial" education system back in the 90's. He was (and is) always in contrast to the norm, black in "white" schools, a blazer-wearing coconut in the township streets, and now fat in a sea of conventional thinness in the corporate world.

This, and a lifetime of junk-food consumption and beer guzzling, has culminated in the man you will come to know as the Sumo. See life through this man's eyes; see life through lard.

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Trevor Quirk has been a radio and television sports presenter and commentator for over 35 years, and is a former Head of Radio and Television Sport at the SABC. He also played first class cricket as a wicketkeeper/batsman and hockey for Northern Transvaal. As a broadcaster he has commentated all over the world at the highest level on cricket, rugby, soccer, golf, tennis and boxing, and has also worked at four Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

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Uri was born (and bred) in SA. He is Proudly South African... and has a certificate to prove it.

Uri (miraculously) matriculated at King David Linksfield. He spent a year in the Shomron/Samaria/West Bank/Occupied Territories in the fascinating Jewish Settler town of Shiloh (which is approximately 30 minutes from Ramallah). After living with fanatical Settlers, Uri is a strong supporter of peace between Palestinians and Israelis. He also supports the settler community. (Contrary to the contemporary world view, the two are not mutually exclusive)

Uri spent a few years at Wits, where he obtained a BA in Psychology, a PDM and an MBA. His MBA dissertation focused on Corporate Governance, and, the then recently released, King 2 Report. His work experience has been within financial services and management consulting

Uri is openly opinionated, and he enjoys challenging the elusive 'Paradigm'

He is the proud single-father of 2 children

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Most people know the name Wayne Fyvie, Springbok and Sharks Rugby Player. Wayne Fyvie not only played for these teams but also led them onto the park as their captain, ninety-four occasions for the Natal, twenty-five for the Sharks and 3 for the Springboks.

Since leaving the world of Rugby in 2001. He has taken the same drive and determination that resulted in his considerable successes in the sporting arena, into the business world. Channeling his energy into a number of business ventures including greenOFFICE.

Based on the simple philosophy of having the right people in the right position and following a set of core values implemented. GreenOFFICE has grown from strength to strength. With accolades like being voted of SA's most promising companies by the corporate research Foundation.
Currently supplying national Corporates like ABSA, Foschini, Mr Price, Nedbank, UTI, Relyant group and Spar.

GreenOFFICE has developed a unique end-to-end solution in office automation business based on a cost per copy service. With this solution all cost of printing are managed by greenOFFICE (Hardware, Consumables, Service and Maintenance, and the management of this.)

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A qualified teacher who stumbled into the field of journalism by working as a community radio presenter and reporter. Gutsy and often too tenacious for her Indian upbringing in Lenasia, her first big assignment involved reporting from Gaza in the aftermath of the 2008 - 2009 war. Follows the motto set by her mum: Whatever you do, do it well, otherwise not at all.

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