agterspeen

Die polisie is nie ons gunsteling liggaam in die land nie, maar selfs hulle voel die stront in hul gesigte spat daar by die agterspeen. En as die media ook die polisie onder die agterspeen indruk, wie is nog daar? Kyk om jou…blykbaar almal. Die situasie is toe erger as wat ons gedink het.

Nie oortuig nie? Hier is dit uit die perd se bek. Reg vanaf die agterspeen. Welkom by ons en die SAPD. Welkom by die agterspeen.

MEDIA STATEMENT – For immediate release
 

POLICE MINISTRY CONDEMNS IRRESPONSIBLE REPORTING BY THE STAR NEWSPAPER
No instruction to investigating police officers was issued by Minister Mthethwa
PRETORIA – 10 November 2010.  The Ministry of Police has learnt with disgust today’s The Star newspaper’s front page story headlined: “Pupils not off the hook.”  This unbalanced article was written by Nontobeko Mtshali and Baldwin Ndaba.  In the second last paragraph of the story, quote: “(Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa issued an instruction for the boys to be arrested, and this was done,” the source said, adding that political pressure led to the unlawful arrest of the minors.
 
The Minister dismisses and condemns such unfounded claims with contempt.  We further challenge The Star to prove when and where the instruction was made, and to whom?  For the record, Minister Mthethwa was not in the country from Sunday, 8-10th November, as he attended the 79th INTERPOL General Assembly in Doha, Qatar.  To this end, he has not been briefed nor kept updated on this particular case, which in any way, is not a compulsory and standard practice within the South African Police Service (SAPS) to brief the Minister on each and every investigation, arrest or conviction. 
 
A shockingly and below-par-media practice from the reporters concerned, is the fact that they did not even attempt to verify the claims from their sources (if indeed they do exist) with the Minister’s spokesperson or the Minister himself.  To even attribute such as quote to a faceless source, that on its own raises serious suspicions.  Such unbalanced reporting is not only misleading to the public but further creates exacerbates undeserved trauma to the affected victim. 
 
For good journalism’s sake, the minister is a political head of the SAPS, responsible for steering the policy and legislative direction.  All investigations, irrespective of who is involved are operational matters that are handled by SAPS Head Office, provincial offices as well as local police stations.   
 
The Ministry of Police urges The Star’s editorial and afore-mentioned reporters to refrain from irresponsible media practices, but contribute through objective reporting thus help defeat the scourge of crime.
 
Ends/

For enquiries, please contact:Zweli Mnisi, Spokesperson to the Minister of Police 082 045 4024
 
 
Issued by the Ministry of Police.

Met die ANC-jeugliga se 66ste jaar herdenking in Cloetesville, Stellenbosch, was die media weer so toegespits daarop om dieselfde storie as die vorige 1000 keer vir ons te gee, dat hulle uitgemis het op iets waardevol. ‘n Nuwe storie. Iets vars. En iets vanaf die agterspeen.
Omdat onsself aan die agterspeen moet suie en met die gewone voetsoldate meng, het ons dit in die hande gekry.
Vir Desmond Bendon. ‘n Man van Kayamandi wat met trane in sy oë gevra het dat ons ‘n vel papier aan die presidant moet oorhandig. Dit is nou Zuma op wie al wat media se kamera en opnemer gerig was. So bang hulle mis iets sensasioneels. Soos die stukkie wat oor Zille gesê is. Want o Here, Zille is ons verlosser.
Maar Desmond voel ‘n veer vir die hele petalje. Want Desmond is ‘n regte mens en weet wat dit is om te sukkel. En om te sukkel om gehoor te word. Sy vel papier is opgerol soos ‘n Bybel-manuskrip. Sy hande bewe.
“Asseblief. Gee dit vir die president. Dit kan ons land verander.”
As ek geweet het die media is “the voice of the voiceless” het ek dit vir hulle gegee. As ek geweet het die media is regtig die spieël van die samelewing kon ek dit vir hulle gegee het. Maar heelaas.
So hier is Desmond Bendon se brief, net soos hy dit geskryf het.

Honorable President of South Africa
Mr JZ Zuma
Cloetesville Sports Ground
Stellenbosch
30 October 2010

I have maybe a solution for the xenophobic attacks.
I think the main reason why we as South African complain and have so much to say about the foreigners is because of the following reasons:

1.In the townships business are owned by foreigners.
2.9 out of 10 are owned or run by foreigners/whites.
3.The other 1% will be a South African.
4.Not much is done to inform illiiterate people about how to access government’s funds and start they owned business.
5.Also when the funds are available accessing it is not always easy.
6.We plus you Mr. President fought for democracy and I don’t have to remind you Tata because some of you left South Africa only to be accommodated by this people in an unknown and in a country which you were not born, and we applaud you for that and honor our heroes and heroines.
7.In short and sweet we fought, but at the end of the day who is benefiting just look around you in the townships, fleamarkets and part of the towns.

My solution and….. I don’t represent any political party this is my owned views.
1.I am aware of the growth and the investment that is high on the list of the government and even me I am standing 100% behind it.
2.I think out of 100%…80% should be South Africans black and white and the other 20% foreigners other wise the gap will get much, much bigger and it might be to late for government to stop it in the future.
3.Door to door canvassing might help South Africans to live a better life.

Lastly Mr. President you still lead the country in the right direction…etc. the hot line number to you.

Yours truly,
D. Bendon

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