STOP THE KNYSNA PINK LOERIE FESTIVAL

The Pink Loerie Homosexual Festival is nothing more than a celebration of sexual debauchery, obscenity and drunkenness. Public indecency including excessive public consumption of alcohol, standing atop moving vehicles and children being exposed to hard-core sexually explicit images are all ignored by authorities.

In fact, children as young as five have been roped into the festival which included near naked homosexual participants, obscene and indecent slogans and simulated homosexual sex acts in full view of families with children. Elements of this parade are in direct conflict with the Sexual Offences Amendment Act.

Most of the festival participants are from outside of Knysna which in effect, is a violation of the rights of Knysna residents to determine the nature and quality of events hosted in their town. Help us stand behind the rights of decent family valued citizens!

In May 2008 Pastor Jerome Nel of the Garden Route Christian Centre led the battle against this perverse event and the townsfolk came out in overwhelming opposition to hosting it. However, the valid concerns of Christian residents and other townsfolk were flatly ignored by the Knysna Municipality and the festival went ahead. You can contact him to offer support on info@godis.co.za

A public perception survey was begun by the municipality but quickly withdrawn without warning as a result of intense pressure from homosexual activists thereby preventing the majority of Knysna residents an opportunity to express their democratic view.

To help you are asked to :
1) Sign the online petitions by clicking here
2) Show the ANC and DA that they will not carry your support this election by voting according to your beliefs and principles
3) Express your concerns by writing to the following public servants requesting they take seriously the valid concerns and moral views of all their residents including Christians.
Knysna Mayor Eleanor Bouw-Spies Tel Number: 044 302-65343 Fax Number: 086 658 9658 Email Address: ebouw@knysna.gov.za
Knysna Tourism CEO Shaun van Eck Tel no. 044 3825510 Fax no. 044 3821646 Email ceo@knysna-info.co.za

http://www.cda.org.za/projects.html

Election Woes go on in the UCDP

As indicated in the last article, the UCDP like many political parties, is smarting from the poor results in the election of 22 April 2009.
The party lost two seats one each from the National Assembly and the North West Legislature. The seat in the National Council of Provinces is also gone as the party qualifies for a seat as a special delegate only and will not have a permanent seat in the NCOP.
Of the ten seats for delegates to the NCOP six are set aside for permanent delegates, those who operate from the NCOP in Cape Town while the other four are set aside for special delegates, members who are full time in their provincial legislatures and go occasionally to attend NCOP sittings in Cape Town.
The allocation of seats for permanent delegate to the NCOP from the North West Legislature is as follows: ANC 4, COPE 1, and DA 1 while those of the special delegates have been allocated as follows: ANC 3 and UCDP 1.
This is the worst election the UCDP has gone through since it contested national and provincial elections in 1999.
There are lessons to be learnt there from; the UCDP should awake to realities in modern day politics and sit down to find where and how they lost the way. The 2011 Local Government Elections are round the corner and the party should wake up and start as early as they can to get their act right before they slide into oblivion or get wiped out of the political radar as is the case with some parties that once graced the parliamentary corridors until the last election.
The UCDP is not the only casualty of the April elections; the ANC has lost its two thirds majority despite its landslide victory in the National Assembly, other parties have also felt that sting of rejection by the voters, particularly those who depend more on black voters. Parties that directed their energies to white voters mainly such as the DA and the only white FF+ have come out unscathed. The UCDP fared better under the circumstances but has to double its efforts if it has to keep its head above the water.
http://www.ucdp.org.za/default.asp?action=news&Id=192

ACDP SPEECH ON MOTION OF REMOVAL OF EXECUTIVE DEPUTY MAYOR, CLLR GRANT HASKIN, DELIVERED BY CLLR VINCENT BERGH

Mr Speaker, what should have been a great day for the MPG in the approval of our 4th budget today, has, in our minds, reached its lowest ebb. In the 20+ years that I have practised law, I have learned that, when someone needs to find a way out of a contract or an excuse to divorce where none exist, that they would clutch at any straw to justify their actions.

They will create fairy tales from rumours, paving the way to cancel the agreement, building a case that does not exist, trying to prove that they are in the right and the other party is the culprit. This motion is a breach, by the DA, of the contract entered into between the MPF and the DA, as equal partners, to form the MPG.

After the March 2006 elections, when it was clear that no one party had a clear majority, the ACDP and others formed the MPF. Together, we decided to partner with the DA and not the ANC. Had we chosen not to, the DA would still be in opposition today and we would be governing with the ANC. The agreement we have signed with the DA allocates the post of Deputy Mayor, one Mayco seat and 2 Sub council seats to the ACDP. It allocates positions to all parties. When the MPG expelled the AMP in Jan 2007, it was the ACDP that offered our Deputy Mayors post to the ID to save this MPG, brought stability and a comfortable majority – a sacrifice we made, so that the DA and other partners could stay in power.

After the floor crossing in Sept 2007 the ACDP negotiated with the ID to get back the position of the EDM. The DA did not like that. They wanted the position for themselves and have said so on record and accused the ACDP of bad faith. They also tried to make it impossible for the ACDP to take up that position by rejecting all our candidates. Finally, and very reluctantly, the DA gave up their claim to our post. Now the DA is doing it again.

It was always the DA’s intention to take the position of the EDM so that they could hold the 4 most important positions in the City. They are now on record for saying that they want the position “as a national decision to be as effective as possible politically”.
These accusations of bad faith by the ACDP are based on rumours. I am being accused of publishing an inflammatory letter. I did write an Afrikaans letter, but someone, without my knowledge and consent, translated it into an English version, took what I have said out of context and added their own conclusions. Part of what I said in my letter was inaccurate and when it was brought to my attention I apologised and retracted it in writing twice, and apologised verbally to the former Mayor in person.

I am also now being accused of colluding with the ANC recently and Simon Grindrod previously, to the kick the DA out of City government. The latest ridiculous accusation is that 6 ACDP councillors abstained from voting for the current mayor. All ACDP councillors voted for our new Mayor on 13 May as per the original agreement. Those councillors who DID abstain will recognise this lie for what it is.
Mr Speaker I do not know who has started these rumours, but that person is a blatant liar. The DA has a snake in their midst who obviously has an axe to grind with the ACDP, but they need to be careful, that person will poison their whole caucus. We have no partnership agreement with the DA on provincial level, yet when Mrs Cupido abstained from voting, the ACDP was falsely accused of voting with the ANC. All these, and numerous other false rumours are being used maliciously as justification for taking our Deputy Mayors post. No proof, despite numerous requests, has been forthcoming. Colleagues by now you should understand that the actions of the DA are not based on the mala fides of the ACDP, it is the result of pure greed and opportunism. This motion reminds me so much of the time, and I think Alderman Nielson and many DA councillors will remember, when the NNP crossed the floor to the ANC and the DA shouted: “BETRAYAL!” This motion however is a worse case of betrayal, as the ACDP had put and kept the DA in power through all the onslaughts on this government. This motion shows the DA cannot be trusted as a coalition partner, and I hope that the electorate take note that the DA today has signed the death warrant of coalition governments across the Country because of their greed and breach of contract, trying to make the ACDP out as the culprit.

Mr Speaker, I want to appeal to those members in the DA caucus and in this house who belief in justice, not to support this motion. If you do support it, contrary to your conviction, you have betrayed the ACDP and your own conscience. I am interested to see if there are councillors who put their integrity above loyalty to the party and positions and if the DA has the guts to allow their members to vote according to their conscience. Councillor Pat Arendse often refers to the quote of Abraham Lincoln: “Right is right even if nobody agrees, wrong is wrong, even if everybody agrees.”

The ACDP has tried repeatedly to prevent this public embarrassment to the City government, yet the DA seems compelled to fight everyone all the time. Even if the DA wins this motion, they are the biggest losers in the process, having sold their credibility and their partners for one seat. The ACDP walks away from this having stood for the agreement we’ve signed, having defended our post out of principle. Today will go down in history as, instead of a great day, a day overshadowed by political manipulation and bully tactics of our so-called partners.

Strange, Speaker, that the DA seeks to punish the ACDP for talking to the ID, UDM and FF but they reward the ID with a provincial cabinet post, and retain the UDM in Mayco. None of the DA’s partners have broken the agreement, yet they are punishing the ACDP. This is not consistent.
Also interesting Speaker, before the national and provincial elections the DA could not kick the ACDP out because they did not know if they would need us to govern the province but as soon as it became clear that they did not need us they now kick us out. In the words of Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar, I want to say to those who will support the DA in this motion: “Et tu Brute”

Pauline Cupido

You are the Provincial Leader of the ACDP in the Western Cape and also MPL. The ACDP and other Christian Parties did not perform to expectation during the April 2009 elections. Why?
The premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, accused you of making deals with the ANC and COPE before the elections. Please make a statement about that.
What, if possible at all, is the ACDP going to do about the fact that the DA wants to remove Grant Haskins as Deputy Mayor.
Is there a possibility that we could see one united Christian party in the near future?
What can you tell us about Pauline as a Christian, politician and a person.
Thank you and God bless, E-Talker.

Cope like Jesus's donkey - Zuma

Carien du Plessis, Beeld


Polokwane - Those who have broken away from the ANC are like the donkey on which, according to the Bible, Jesus rode into Jerusalem.

Jacob Zuma, leader of the ANC, used this metaphor on Thursday when he addressed hundreds of Cosatu workers in a packed hall in Polokwane as part of his early election campaign in Limpopo.

He said there was a story in the Bible about a "lucky donkey" on whose back Jesus rode into Jerusalem.

"The people were waiting for the Son of Man who was on the donkey. The donkey did not understand it, and thought the songs of praise were for him," he said.

According to Zuma, the donkey later tried to return to Jerusalem on its own in order to once again experience that moment of glory, but the people chased it away.

In the same way the Congress of the People (Cope) leaders will find they are nothing without the ANC, Zuma said.

Snakeskin

He said the ANC should not only fight for a two-thirds majority, but for a "three-thirds majority".

This will enable the ANC to implement its policies more easily, Zuma said.

Zuma also compared Cope's leaders to snakeskin that remained behind after the winter, while the snake - the ANC - sailed away in its new skin.

The old skin may look like the snake, but it isn't the snake, Zuma said.

However, he added that the ANC should allow the dissidents back in should they change their minds and come knocking at the ANC's door again.

Cope claimed it wanted to protect the Constitution when, in fact, they wanted to amend it in order to change the electoral system, Zuma added.

US electoral system

He said Cope were asking for a direct presidential election, as in the US.

Zuma said Cope leaders were airing their problems in the media. They wanted to involve the whole of South Africa in the process and let the people make decisions about the president.

"The American system is different, because it is based on individualism. One man tells the people he is the best leader and we don't know if we can believe him or not."

Zuma said the Americans gave President George W Bush a mandate to govern them, "and you know what happened in the Middle East".

"Our democracy is based on collectivism. We know this person, what this person can do. It's not about an individual who says he thinks he knows himself and can do everything for you."

- Beeld

Has the DA or Zille got issues with Christianity?

Tomorrow is Assention Day. It reminds me of a Cape town Council meeting I was previledge to be invited to. The mayor, Helen Zille, said something about Christian having enough holidays and Christians wanting more. The tone of her voice was that of somebody very upset. Upset about what? Later I got the information that one of the councillors asked her if she could reschedule the meetings on Assention day to a later date, not declare a national holiday.
The last past weeks I read in the papers about the fact that the Zille does not want the ACDP as part of her provincial government. Her reasons for doing this do not sound very credible.
Now the DA wants to get rid of the Deputy Mayor, who happens to be an ACDP member without any credible reason. Christians, open your eyes.
You have voted for a party that agrees to abortions, homosexual marriages, etc. (Both the ANC and the DA). When you vote for a party you agree with there policies. You have voted against God's Word. Please rise up and take your rightful place. I am not promoting a specific Christian Party but I am promotion Christian Government. Unfortuanately you will not get it by voting for the ANC, DA, UDM, ID and even COPE.