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The Star
2 days ago
- Business
- The Star
Push for digitisation is a global threat
L Oosthuizen | Published 59 minutes ago There has been a noticeable, aggressive push for digitisation around the World by unelected global technocrats and philanthropists. The World Economic Forum, the United Nations and the World Health Organization have become a breeding ground for socialist, Marxist ideologies, and the writing is on the wall for all of us. Individuals such as Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci, George Soros and Klaus Schwab, to name a few, have become the engineers of global chaos, fear, control and manipulation. Lockdowns are being pushed while profiting from vaccines, and policies are being funded which destroy economies and mental health. These madmen don't just spread viruses, they infect society with fear, division and digital enslavement. They called it a Pandemic, but the real virus wears a suit, sits on panels, funds media narratives and engineers crises from behind the scenes. The CDC receives millions from the Gates Foundation, Pfizer, and other Big Pharma giants through the CDC Foundation, which bypasses Congressional oversight. These are not conspiracy theories! It's happening before our very eyes! These are hazardous people, playing perilous games. To top it all, central banks are quietly building a new financial prison, where programmable money will allow these psychopaths to control how and when your money is spent! Do not be fooled for one second when governments around the World are telling us that digitising our home affairs system to enable digital ID, will 'protect us from fraudsters', or 'flush out illegal these initiatives all sound perfectly normal and carries a degree of credibility, the hidden agenda behind digital IDs are being kept from us. It's all a smoke screen, and we are busy falling for it. Newly developed Banking services, such as facial recognition, are just another tool with which globalists are herding us all together into the pen of digital nightmares! Lastly, Elites aren't buying tech stocks. They are buying soil, seeds and water rights. When inflation hits, supply chains break, and war breaks out, land wins every time! No wonder Bill Gates is buying so much farm land in the USA, among other nefarious things such as spraying fresh produce with chemicals to make it look fresher for longer, generically modifying our foods, injecting vaccines into live stock and spraying harmful chemicals into the Earth's atmosphere to try block out the sun- who knows where all of this is going to end! My best guess is that Agenda 2030 is front and centre of these evil people's minds. Vaccine mandates, digital ID, carbon emissions tracking, social credit scores like those being used in all leads to one destination: unimaginable, irreversible global, digital imprisonment. The only losers in this story are you and I, the average tax-paying citizen! It's time to resist! It's time to start asking more questions! When the DA's Leon Shreiber starts mentioning Digitisation of Home affairs, be careful not to get lost in the smokescreen of 'betterment for everyone'- we all know, or should take note, of the DA's ties with the World Economic Forum. L Oosthuizen Durban
The Star
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Star
The arrogance of terrorism needs to be condemned
L Oosthuizen | Published 46 minutes ago As sympathy is demanded for the Palestinians by the likes of E Essa and Alaa Nassar, I fail to understand how, when Hamas attacks Israel at a music festival, any sane person would demand such undeserved grace for the people of Gaza. Israel gave the Gazans multiple chances before for the acceptance of democratic autonomy, but they blew it by electing the bloodthirsty Hamas Neanderthals who would act as proxies for the IRGC. It is well documented that since 1979, the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, always had one agenda in mind: suppression of his people, especially the women, and the destruction of Israel and so-called Zionism. I am sorry, but reading some of the disturbing doctrine written by the Islamic government of Iran, involving young babies and the overall treatment of women, regarding sex-related dos and don'ts, shocked me to my core! It is no wonder that this ideology is causing so much havoc around the globe! This government cannot even honour its people! It is much like the ANC of South Africa! It doesn't hesitate to oppress. It only seeks its ideological advancements. It thrives on the demise of its people. It forges ahead with reckless abandon. You only need to consider the ICJ case brought forward by none other than self-proclaimed Islamist, Naledi Pandor! What we see happening now in the UK, with so many Islamic ministers taking charge, is a full-on assault on Western civilisation. The recent success of Zohran Mamdani in New York sends shivers down the spines of freedom-loving Americans, and so it should! Trump calls Mamdani a '100% Communist lunatic", and I am not surprised! Radical Islam, coupled with ongoing terror attacks on innocent civilians, should be a serious wake-up call to all who love freedom. The longer we sympathise with false pro-Palestine propaganda, the further away we will find ourselves from the truth! Terror acts committed by the Proxies of Iran should be called out for exactly what it is: terrorism! We must stop fooling ourselves by trying to sympathise with a people who have little or nothing to do with South African people! The mere fact that there are rumblings about the ANC having been compensated by either Iran or Qatar for taking Israel to court leaves a very bad taste in our mouths! Not to mention the changing of a street name in Sandton to some terrorist who is only celebrated by those who value acts of terror. When are we going to learn that siding with terror and hiding behind the mask of a cause so falsified by socialist and Marxist tendencies only brings us pain and division? The ANC couldn't care less about Palestinians, but for the sake of its relationship with Iran's terror axis, it will pretend to care for as long as it benefits the status quo. There has always been a golden thread running through and connecting nefarious characters through Marxist, socialist, and communist values. The ANC and Iran are no exception! It doesn't mean you have to blow up a building to be a terrorist, but if you are happy, as a government, to continually oppress and socially divide your citizens according to either a racist or Apartheid-driven agenda, in my opinion, you are a Dystopian, Draconian empire! Be careful of those who accuse you of Apartheid crimes, for too often, the accuser poses as the accused, and the oppressor poses as the oppressed. Is this what we are seeing with the pro-Palestine mobs who reside in South Africa? Do you feel any better displaying your red, black, white and green sticker on the back of your Fortuner, as you speed arrogantly passed several respectful road users? I have news for all those who chant death to the Jews, and disguise it as 'Free Free Palestine'- your time is running out, and the chickens for Justice are coming home to roost! The recent strength shown by Trump and the IDF was a warning to Draconian Radicalised governments that we won't give up the fight against terror just yet! I may not be a Jew, nor am I a Zionist, but I still know the difference between right and difference between propaganda and difference between truth and lies. I refuse to accept this narrative of Israel committing a 'Genocide', as what we saw on October 7th, 2023, was a mini Genocide, funded by Iran and backed up by ANC support! Enough is enough! Let's fix SA before we say anything further about 'Freeing Palestine" L Oosthuizen Durban
IOL News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Don't overlook the 'inconvenient truths', Mr letterwriter
Let's not skip the inconvenient truths L Oosthuizen's letter (May 16) reads like a thriller – unburdened by fact, but rich in imagination. He claims that 'most of us' reject the International Court of Justice (ICJ)case against Israel. Yet no supporting evidence or polling data is striking, though, is his call for South African Christians to denounce the ICJ process. On what grounds, one wonders? Arab Christians in Gaza have seen their churches reduced to rubble. Is solidarity now a matter of geography?Critique political parties, by all means, but let's not mistake spectacle for substance. This isn't about 'left-leaning elites.' Supporting the ICJ case is about justice – and the inconvenient truths too often ignored. | O Parak Pietermaritzburg Beware Trump's evil machinations I think everyone nationwide should be alerted as to what Trump is planning! He is planning a global blackout for 10 days during which there will be no communication except from Trump himself! How will he orchestrate this? The satellite Odin has already been tested to interfere and cancel with all radio waves so that Trump can override global communication to broadcast 'his truth'. During this 10 day blackout the US military will be making massive arrests on all major criminals worldwide. What will this do to South Africa? There will be mass looting, theft and carnage as those in the dark retaliate! Trump does not understand the nature of the black beast! This act of sabotage of Trump's can be acquainted to global terrorism. He does not understand the chaos and turmoil it will steep South Africa in. This is a stupid, selfish and uneducated move on Trump's behalf. We do not know the time, day or month. It is 'a surprise'. But we cannot allow this! | Vivienne Viljoen Sheffield, Ballito A voice for Palestine I am writing to express my full support for Palestine and to speak about the Nakba. Nakba is an Arabic word meaning 'catastrophe.' This word refers to what happened to the Palestinian people in 1948, when over 700 000 men, women, and children were forced to leave their homes. Villages were destroyed, families were broken apart, and many people became refugees overnight. This was not just a tragedy of the past, it marked the beginning of decades of occupation, violence, and injustice that continue to this day. In Gaza, more than 2 million people live under blockade that controls their food, medicine, and freedom. What makes worse is the silence. Governments all over the world say that they care about human rights, but ignore Palestine. The world rushes to defend the powerful countries, but turn away when Palestinian children are killed or when homes are being destroyed by airstrikes. Even speaking about Palestine is being seen as controversial, when it should be seen as urgent. Despite everything the Palestinians have faced the people have never given have lost their homes, land, and lives, but they have not their strength and hope. They keep going and they keep fighting no matter what happens. That kind of strength is powerful. They are showing the world that no matter how hard people are trying to silence them, they will never be silenced and they will never give up. | Aisha Port Shepstone Islamic School – Grade 9 The Nakba – a wound that shaped a nation I have long admired your voice and your sensitivity to history's complex edges. I wanted to share a reflection of mine on the Nakba – not just as an event, but as a living echo that still pulses through generations. The Nakba was not merely a moment of displacement in 1948; it was the birth of a collective memory stitched with exile, longing, and an unyielding pursuit of dignity. For Palestinians, it is not just history – it is inheritance. A grandmother's silence at dinner, a father's defiant pride in a homeland he's never seen, a child learning to pronounce 'Haifa' before 'hope.' The world often demands Palestinians forget for the sake of peace, but memory is not the enemy of peace – erasure is. True reconciliation is not built on silence, but on the courage to confront painful truths and to honor the humanity of every life touched by them. Palestine is not a metaphor. It is people. It is poetry smuggled under occupation. It is olive trees older than borders. It is a map folded too many times, yet never torn. The Nakba is not over – because justice delayed is not history past. It lives in refugee camps, in the stateless passport, in the empty chair at a family table. And yet, remarkably, so does resilience. So does art. So does life. I believe editors hold a rare power – to not only tell stories, but to awaken truths. Thank you for giving space to those truths. I hope this perspective finds a home in your thoughts, for Nakba did not commence on October 7 2023. | Zahra Dhooma Port Shepstone Islamic School US Middle East trip only about business American President Donald Trump and his entourage's pompous visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE is most certainly not about finding solutions to the illegal settler colonial occupation of Palestine, stopping the genocide in Gaza or about healing a conflict-ridden world. It was a pretentious display of opulent fanfare and vacuous ceremony, reasserting Trumps personal persona and business interests. The agenda was informed by selling arms, and propping autocrats who fear their own people due to their illegitimate rule and mismanagement of oil resources. Flush with abundant reserves from the sale of petroleum and revenues earned from the pilgrimage to Makkah, the house of Saud and the other Middle Eastern treacherous regimes have enormous wealth to squander. Instead of demanding an end to apartheid Israel's relentless destruction of life in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, these tyrants, who can have influence over Western imperialists, have shamelessly sold their souls to Trump by rewarding him with extraordinary honour, gifts and investments. Besides Trump returning with trillion-dollar deals, his ally Elon Musk, who once referred to Arabic as 'the language of the enemy', also returned as a substantially wealthier man after securing billion-dollar deals from these immoral regimes. This miserable cabal of dictators remind me of Korah, and Pharaoh, despots mentioned in the Qu'ran who are depicted as exemplification of arrogance, rebellion and evil. | MOHAMED SAEED Pietermaritzburg The ANC cannot self-correct, it must die Some believe the ANC can self-correct itself after the 2024 elections and some still consider the ANC a brand, but I'm reluctant to believe that. The ANC used to be not just a brand, but a brand among brands. But now? The brand ANC that was carried on the shoulders of Oliver Tambo for almost 25 years has been collapsed by greedy leaders who dragged the ancestors name through the mud. They do not care about the sacrifice made by Tambo, or those before and after him. They do not even care about people who died fighting for the liberation of this country. What about the poor majority of Eastern Cape, Limpopo voters they see in front of their own eyes? The addressing of the social ills is of paramount importance because the ANC is the leader in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and in the country. One undeniable fact is that the previous ANC had two important features the current one does not have. Real and genuine comrades. First, those were people with integrity. Second, the ANC used to have intelligent people. Now instead of advancing intelligence to defend itself and the country against the enemies of the people (unemployment, poverty, diseases, corruption etc), the corrupt agents of destruction and retrogression, they are part of that. They use poor people plight to corruptly enrich themselves. They master corruption such that they blindfold the poor voters to benefit from their corruption. That is what gangsters do; to appear as saviours in the eyes of the poor. ANC leaders are like chameleons; they sleep saying this, and wake up saying something different. Now it's time for change that will make South Africa work for all it's people. A change that will create jobs; keep the government accountable; put an end to loadshedding; ensure all those who steal taxpayers money will be kept behind bars; and bring hope to South Africans. | Thulani Dasa Khayelitsha DAILY NEWS
