THE World Cup has arrived, almost two years early.

The 18-carat trophy, for which the world’s top football teams will compete on South African fields in 2010, went on show in Sandton yesterday. It stands 36cm tall and weighs 5kg.

This is the second World Cup, the first having been the Jules Rimet trophy, which was permanently awarded to Brazil in 1970 because they had won it four times by then. That trophy was stolen in 1966, just four months before the World Cup in England. It was found just seven days later wrapped in newspaper at the bottom of a suburban garden hedge in London, by a dog named Pickles.

Fifa was not taking any chances with the latest trophy, especially in Joburg. Two heavily built bodyguards kept a watchful eye on it during yesterday’s showing.

SPRINGBOK EMBLEM

As with many changes in SA, here is one more, they wanna change the Springbok emblem!! Why should they change the Springbok emblem? That is SA Rugby. Haven't the Boks prooved themselves more than once, they won the world cup twice TWICE (2 TIMES)! And the nation stood behind them UNITED, as 1, TOGETHER ALL SOUTH AFRICANS.

For the 1ST time ALL SOUTH AFRICANS WERE TOGETHER!!!

Why is it that when South Africa stand together and believe in something the government wants to destroy it??

What I don´t understand is why change something that brings a nation togeather?? Why keep going back??? We have something that is a good, lets move on!!

Keep our emblem its more than just an emblem its South Africans together as one nation!

MADIBA

90th BIRTHDAY!!!

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Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Mr Nelson Mandela, happy birthday to you!!!!

Here are some of the ways that South Africans are celebrating Madiba´s birthday!!

• All you can eat at Nando's, who join in the celebrations by dishing out food and presents on Madiba's behalf to every citizen over the age of 90!!
• Postage stamps depicting Madiba - intended to be collector's items - were launched by the South African Post Office
• The central bank said five million of the R5 coins, featuring a smiling portrait of Mandela, would go into circulation as part of celebrations
• Eastern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Gugile Nkwinti hand over 150 goats to the impoverished communities of Adelaide, Bedford and Mt Pleasant.
• Eastern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Gugile Nkwinti will tomorrow, 18 July 2008 celebrate the birthday of the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela by handing over 150 goats to the impoverished communities of Adelaide, Bedford and Mt Pleasant.
• The FIFA-organised celebratory match to honour former President Nelson Mandela's birthday ended in a three-all draw on Wednesday night
• A Mandela comic book
• 46664 Mandela Bangle, the bangles are made with South African precious metals and hand finished by skilled craftsmen infected or affected by HIV or Aids. All bangles are individually numbered and will also be engraved with Nelson Mandela’s historic prison number whilst he was imprisoned on Robben Island.

To wish Madiba happy birthday personally via South African Tourism, go to: http://www.happybirthdaymandela.com/

ANOTHER LEGEND ................TABLE MOUNTAIN

According to African legend Qamata created the world.

However, Nganyamba - a mighty old dragon who sleeps under the sea - tried to prevent Qamata from creating dry land. To help him against Nganyamba, Djobela, the one-eyed earth goddess, cast a spell and created four giants, one each to guard the north, south, east and west.

Many battles raged and eventually the giants were defeated. Before dying they asked Djobela to turn them into mountains so they could continue their work.

The Watcher of the South - Umlindi Wemingizimu - became Table Mountain.

Van Hunks and the Devil

As the story goes Jan van Hunks, a Dutch pirate in the early 18th century, retired from his eventful life at sea to live on the slopes of Devil's Peak, South Africa. To escape from his wife's sharp tongue he often walked up the mountain where he settled down to smoke his pipe. One day a mysterious stranger approached him and asked the retired pirate to borrow some tobacco. After a bit of bragging, a smoking contest ensued, with the winner's prize a ship full of gold. After several days, Van Hunks finally defeated the stranger, who unfortunately turned out to be the devil. Suddenly, thunder rolled, the clouds closed in and Van Hunks disappeared, leaving behind only a scorched patch of ground. Legend has it that the cloud of tobacco smoke they left became the "table-cloth" - the famous white cloud that spills over Table Mountain when the south-easter blows in summer. When that happens, it is said that Van Hunks and the Devil are at it again.

Legends are important and an interesting way to find the meaning or teaching of some idea, in the tale of "Van Hunks and The Devil" it reminds us never to brag or we might just find ourselves the victims of our own boastful attitude!

Side note: Now I wonder what Van Hunks was smoking?!?! What do you suppose he was smoking ???

Wat is die nuwe weergawe van:
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, I want U in my room"?
Sakkie, Sakkie, Sakkie, Kom ons gaan spyker in my bakkie!!"

GOING BACK TO THE BASIC..?!?!?

MARIETJIE´S MATRIC ENGLISH EXAM ....

DEFEAT - is da fings da go in da tekkies

DIVORCE - is da fing u eat with da pap.

DESTROY - is da fing da cows eat.

DELIVER - is next to da kidney.

DESIGN - is da fing to show u da way.

DISSOLVE - is da answer to da problem.

DETEST - is da fing I'm writing now.... Eish!!!

Adam & Eve in SA English..

Adam & Eve are trapping around the Garden of Eden kaalgat. Eve checks this lekker apple and she skiems "Nooit hey, I'm gonna graze it." Just then a moerse voice from above charfs her. "Leave the apple, or I will send an unimaginable plague upon the earth." She kaks herself half stukkend and losses the apple.

A bit later Adam is trapping along when he gooi's a sharp right and finds this apple. "Bliksem" he skiems. Ah'm gonna chow this thing. Just then a moerse voice from above chirps him. "Leave the apple, or I will send an unimaginable plague upon the earth". "Ag nooit hey" he rekons, "I'm stukkend hungry" and he grazes it.

That night he and Eve are in bed, when he hears a knock at the door. Hepluk s open the front door to hear: "Eh, sorry baaas, Em looking for a job......"

Look what Eskom did to Ouma....

Scary things happen in the dark!!