Efundja from Angola arrived in Namibia

Large amounts of rainwater in Angola cause annual flooding (Efundja) in the north of Namibia, which often causes devastating damage to the local infrastructure and loss of life.

Flooding holds in plenty of dangers.

Don't drive through flooded areas, since you can not see the bottom in most cases. 

Do not ignore flood warnings, it can save your life. Floods can damage roads and bridges, so don't drive on them if you are not certain.

In Angola and Namibia, the rainy season typically lasts from November to March, and may extend into April.

 Another flood wave expected to arrive from Angola held the potential to worsen the situation.

Inequality in South Africa

A thorn in the flesh

President Nelson Mandela's democratic election in 1994 marked the end of political apartheid in South Africa. Under the apartheid, South Africans were classified into four different races: white, black, coloured, and Indian/Asian. About 80% of the South African population is classified as black, about 9% as white, 9% as coloured, and 2% as Indian/Asian. Under apartheid, whites held political power, and other races were barred from voting. While the end of apartheid opened the door for equal opportunity of all South Africans regardless of race, today’s South Africa struggles to correct the inequalities created by decades of apartheid.

Many people do not understand that the status quo has never change. It was a loyal transfer, from one group to another, under the control of the status quo that supported South Africa. That is why nothing much have changed. 

Every year we see and experience men made calamities. Nothing change and will never change, unless the status quo change. 

The pain of inequality are deeply rooted in communities that are economically excluded. They are not at fault, but trapped in a system that is unjust, unequal, corrupt and pinch penny. Most of the people living in and under such conditions, will perish in the gutters and that is reality.

The cries and pain of the poor, get mostly little attention or no attention at all. This has become a way of living for them. Look at the fat over weight critics and how much they contribute to create more disaster. Yet they claim to "fight" for the people, as if they have a clue what fighting is. 

A hand full of people tirelessly try to bring positive change, while the majority, with nothing else then criticising feed like vultures on the poor. Maybe because they do not understand the effects of poverty, neither the devastated ramifications that comes with poverty. 

A relation that holds between two values when they are different, is in mathematical terms referred to as inequality. 

Income inequality metrics or income distribution metrics are used by social scientists to measure the distribution of income, and economic inequality among the participants in a particular economy, such as that of a specific country or of the world in general. For the benefit of those that does not understand the relations referring to in this post.

Liberty for all people of the world.

A very historical, fantastic and absolutely moving speech

There is not much to this I can add. I can therefore looking deeper into the full meaning and what is beyond it. In doing this, I may add greater value to listening.

In listening to this speech, I can share the value and matrix that we see reflecting so clearly here.

You can argue the nature of it or the period of whom we know so little. 

Forward front till today. 

I share this. You can share it to freely. Nothing stop you from doing this, sharing-trend to alleviate other people. You are the shapers, the makers, the creators of our future. Use such material. You will be amuse before half-way through.

CPUT buildings set alight

Where will this lead to?

Buildings in flames at CPUT campus.

The protest #Fees Must Fall is really dragging on since last year. How long will the ANC-DA lead government turn a blind eye on this?

Will this carry on in 2017?

This has been ongoing since 2014

Johannesburg protesters take to the streets.Going to Hillbrow court.

Al die mense lei onder die druk van "FeesMustFall"

All people are suffering under "FeesMustFall" and this we can

not tolerate in silence anymore. 

Why are people quiet in times of conflict, animosity and vandalism?

We are politically responsible for this crisis, because we are quiet.

Do we want to see this escalating to a full civil war and end up

like Libya or Syria?

It is wishful thinking to think this will go from away.

What have we contribute to stop this "FeesMustFall", where students
have been excluded as well?

If our politicians that we have choose, have not the power to stop

the actions that we see daily under attack of the police force.

There are members of the police force, who are ill-informed or

uninformed of what really happen.

If we remain silent, we accept the violence and unrest that have an 

affect on all citizens of South Africa.

The newspapers are fuming this fire, because they create sensation 

out of themes that create more anger among the vision-less poor people.

If there are people who share my outlook, then I ask you to come 

forward and let us start creating our own-people's-think-tank.

We can lobby for support from our business communities, because

business will to worse if this is not stopping very soon. There is no

way how this can be overseen.

Student SRC

Our leaders are responsible, because they do not want to speak English,

simply because they are to weak to express them properly. Now they 

force upon us Afrikaans. Afrikaans is known by a handful few and as a

result of this, we have this ever failure in dialogue since 2015.

The civil population are suffering and it is our task to end this madness.

We are fully aware that a force greater or financially stronger are behind this.

The inexperience students can not see through this and we can not blame them.

The students are very people that will suffer. They will not be able to 

complete their prescribed courses. That will put them back, because they 

have not the funds to pursue this and their studies.

Durban protest under way.

We must counter fight this "revolution" on a base of dialogue. If the
students can not find a base of dialogue, we with experience should
start a dialogue base.

It is time we join hands with the like minded and form a think-tank.
The think-tanks that were created for us, are all meaningless, because
they contribute nothing to stability.

We are tired of people on governmental pay rolls that only absorb
money for self enrichment and do nothing. These people are our
biggest obstacle towards peaceful negotiation.

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An update on policing and security relating to the #FeesMustFall protests in Pretoria, South Africa

Bringing you live coverage from Pretoria, South Africa, on the latest student protest news.

It is a pity the General dodge the most important questions. Well it is indeed Monday, and we certainly can't blame him. This rooted much deeper, then expected.

Any rate, no need to run to conclusions.

How long will we see these type of protests keeping the authorities busy, people are asking. Some people say and argue that this is totally out of control.

What are the misconceptions that are fuelling these strikes, people keep asking on social media.

Is it so difficult to define the solutions to the problems?

Every problem come with a solution. A little bit of critical thinking and planning is needed to solve such issues. Decision making is necessary, but it does not come from alone. Readiness and acceptance of new ways are strongly needed to shift the balance to normal academic conditions and procedures. Action should be taken and implemented to end this crisis.

 Is this protests getting out of hand or are there hidden agendas, pulling by the King-makers, people speculate. If there are no deadlines to be set, this will certainly continue for ever.

The already under staffed police role, is growing like a giant mushroom over night. If will definitely not stop growing from alone, less people start to listen and take advice freely given to them. As long as people are disrespected and oversee, because of skin pigmentation, this will carry on.

What are the options available to solve the burning issues? Will this become a follow up episode of the Marikana dilemma, that have not been solved half way or will it carry on as entertainment for the masses?

U.S. job openings at record high

By Lucia Mutikami | WASHINGTON 

U.S. job openings surged to a record high in July, but a lag in hiring suggested employers were struggling to find qualified workers to fill the positions.


The monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, released by the Labor Department on Wednesday also pointed to tightening conditions in the labor market, which could spur faster wage growth.


JOLTS, is one of the job market metrics on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's so-called dashboard. It was published ahead of the U.S. central bank's Sept. 20-21 policy meeting at which the Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged.


"There are millions of jobs going begging right now in what has got to be one of the biggest mismatches between skills and lack of qualified help available in the nation's history," said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG Union Bank in New York. "The economy seems strong enough to weather a rate hike."


Job openings, a measure of labor demand, increased 228,000 to a seasonally adjusted 5.9 million, the Labor Department said. That was the highest level since the series started in December 2000 and pushed the jobs openings rate up one-10th of a percentage point to 3.9 percent in July.


Hiring was little changed at 5.2 million in July, keeping the hiring rate steady at 3.6 percent for a second straight month. But hiring slowed in August, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by 151,000 jobs, a report showed last week. The economy added a total of 546,000 jobs in June and July.


Although Fed officials view the labor market as being at or near full employment, concerns about persistently low inflation have left the U.S. central bank cautious about raising interest rates in the near term.




Job openings were almost across the board. There were big increases in construction, retail, leisure and hospitality, as well as professional and business services.


In a sign of confidence in the labor market, 3.0 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in July, keeping the quits rate at 2.1 percent for a second straight month. This rate has rebounded from a low of 1.3 percent in early 2010.




Layoffs were little changed at 1.6 million in July, holding the layoffs rate at a 3-1/2-year low of 1.1 percent. The ratio of job openings to unemployment hit a 15-year high.



"This suggest wages should be pressured higher and, therefore, either price increases will pick up or profit margins will be squeezed further," said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York.Despite tightening labor market conditions, wage growth has been frustratingly slow.


Average hourly earnings have failed to hold above 2.5 percent on a year-over-year basis. Economists say a growth rate of between 3 and 3.5 percent in wages is needed to bring inflation near the Fed's 2 percent target.


(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Will Dunham)