CHICKEN SOUP 19

I am sure it has been evident with my non frequent publishing that my life seems to be boring at the moment, therefore  I will be allowing my friend Thobeka Dube to be a co blogger, she has been asking me for months on end to this so I have finally agreed. Her birthday was a week ago and lucky for you she is still a teenager which means more ridiculous poems like these (I HOPE):

The Only Thing I Think About

Why won't he call?
Why won't he write me back?
Why won't he love me?
Why won't he see me?
Why won't he tell me his feelings?
Why won't he realize the feelings I have for him?

Why doesn't he like me?
Why does he go out with every girl but me?
Why does he play with my mind?
Why do my friends say I should forget about him?
Why don't I forget about him?

Why can't he make up his mind?
Why can't he read the signs I've given to him?

Why must he keep me waiting?
Why must he keep me hanging on a ledge?

Why is he the only thing I think about?

Why?

If she doesn’t live up to it, no worries I’ll find a substitute.

P.S I will be publishing a new article MY RETURN RELOADED because I feel that the first one is not a true representation of my POSIE now.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FAR TOO KIND

Good morning lovely pageviewers (Ty voice) if you don’t know Ty it’s that guy from extreme makeover: home edition. Well I am not sending anyone of you to Disney Land but I do have to say you guys blew my socks and my mind off with the pageviews. I literally spent the whole day looking at my phone because I don’t have internet access where I live. Yesterday my blog reached 1000 pageviews and I thought that was enough on its own but then the pageviews just kept coming; the yet another reason why South Africa is awesome got 344 pageviews in a day. Therefore I am dedicating this South African love poem that I took from the Rainbow Bible a blog by Lady Phi to all of you who viewed and will continue to view it on Thursday.

I smaak you stukkend, please say you'll be mine; 
You're my moon, my stars and my beach day sunshine. 
You're so handsome, it makes me go 'wow', 
you’re better than a proper Durban bunnychow. 
You're my beaded love letter, my breeze in the night, 
You're my tea, my koeksister, my Blitz firelight 
You're my Discovery, my Tracker, my ADT 
My pap, Mrs Balls Chutney, my Nandos for free: 
You're my lamb chop, my gumdrop, my partner in crime, 
My chilli, my roti, my samoosa sublime. The list is just endless and that isn't all.
You're my Lotto jackpot, my Bioplus, my zol.
Bru', you're my 4X4 when the road is hilly;
you’re the Clover pure butter on my mielie.
One look from you and I can float to the sky
I feel like the Springboks have just scored a try.
At this rate Kulula's popularity might die,
'Cos for me you're the only and best way to fly :)
this, my snoekie, is the only start,
'Cos you're taken the cable car straight to my heart!
So, if I were the fork, then would you please be my
knife?
‘Cos, bokkie, you're the tomato sauce on the slap
chips of my life!

I hope that even if you are not from South Africa you will be able to get it. Till next time.

    

YET ANOTHER REASON WHY SOUTH AFRICA IS AWESOME!!!!!

Apologise about the late Thursday update these are the new interesting facts about South Africa. 

• In 2012, at 5.5%, South African interest rates were at a 30-year low.
• South African Tax Revenue has increased from R100 billion in 1994 to R814.1 billion in 2012-13.
• South Africa’s debt to GDP ratio is 32% (USA 100%, Japan 200%, UK 90%). The World Bank recommends a ratio of 60%.
• SA ranks 1st among upper middle-income economies in the World Bank “Connecting to Compete 2012: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy” report. Overall, SA ranks 23 out of 155 countries included in the Logistics Performance Indicators (LPI). Its main competitor on the African continent, Nigeria, is ranked 121.
• South Africa sold $1.8 billion worth of cars to the US in 2010, putting us ahead of Sweden and Italy as suppliers to the US market. Car sales are projected to grow 10% in 2011 to 460,000 units.
• South Africa exported 277,844 vehicles in 2012, the second highest annual export figure on record (Naamsa).
• The South African stock market rose 23% in 2012.
• South Africa is ranked 1st out of 142 countries in respect of regulation of security exchanges according to the World Economic Forum Global Competetiveness Report 2011/12
• South Africa is ranked 1st in respect of auditing and reporting, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2011/12.
• South Africa ranks 1st out of 60 countries in the Economist’s House Price index for the period 1997 – 2009.
• South Africa's banks rank 2nd in the world for soundness, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2011/12.
• The South African Rand was the second best performing currency against the US Dollar between 2007 and 2011, according to Bloomberg’s Currency Scorecard.
• SA ranked 1st in Platinum output, 2nd in Palladium output, 3rd in Gold output, 6th in Coal output and 9th inwool output. (Economist)
• SA is ranked 2nd out of 183 countries for good practice in protecting both borrowers and lenders when obtaining credit for business (World Bank Doing Business Report 2011)
• SA is ranked 3rd in the world for protection of minority shareholders interests, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2011/12.
• South Africa ranked 6th in house price improvement indices as a % change in 2009, and 1st as a % change 1999/2009. (Economist).
• SA is ranked 10th out of 142 countries for Strength of Investor Protection, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2011/12.
• SA is ranked 10th out of 183 countries for good practice in protecting investors in business. (World Bank Doing Business Report 2011).
• South Africa ranks 7th out of 45 countries in the "Big Mac Index 2012". The price of a Big Mac is 42% less in South Africa than in the USA. In Switzerland and Norway, it is 62% more.
• South Africa is ranked 16th out of a total of 135 economies in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2012, ahead of many developed nations, including, the UK (18th), United States (22), Canada (21), Australia (25) and France (57). (SA were ranked 14th in 2011)
• South Africa ranked 15th in terms of "largest deficits" but as a percentage of GDP is not in the top 40 countries. (Economist).
• The JSE ranks 16th in terms of "largest market capitalisation" and 19th in terms of largest gains. (Economist)
• SA is ranked 23rd out of 81 countries in the Jones Lang LaSalle's "World's most Transparent Real Estate Markets" placing it well ahead of China, Brazil, India and Russia. "Robust governance, strong auditing and a developed legal system" were cited as the main reasons for leading the developing markets in this rating.
• South Africa ranks 24th out of 192 countries in the Economist’s "Largest Gold Reserves" Index.
• SA ranks 32nd out of 165 countries in terms of the size of its US$ reserves, ahead of Australia, Sweden and Chile. The USA ranks 17th, the UK 23rd, China is ranked 1 (The Economist)
• In a survey of 192 countries, South Africa’s unemployment as a percentage of economically active population ranked 27th.
• SA ranks 28th in terms of number of cars produced and 18th in terms of number of cars sold. (Economist).
• South Africa is ranked 34th out of 183 countries for ease of doing business according to Doing Business 2011, a joint publication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation.
• South Africa ranks 41st out of 192 countries in the Economist’s "Biggest Exporters" Index.
• South Africa ranked 50th out of 142 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2011/12, up from 54th in 2010/11.
• South Africa ranks 54th in a comparison of the overall tax burden of 150 countries worldwide.
• South Africa ranks in the top 20 countries for agricultural output.
• According to a survey of 62 countries by the World Bank and the IMF, South Africa has the 36th highest foreign debt, ahead of the US, Japan and all the European countries surveyed. The economist ranks South Africa 29th out of 60.
• South Africa is placed 14th in a list of 21 countries ranked by international companies as top prospective investment destinations for 2012 to 2014, according to the 2012 World Investment Report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). 
• MTN has been ranked Africa’s most valuable brand in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2012 survey. MTN becomes the first and only African brand to make the list, debuting at position 88 in the world.
• The number of mines in South Africa had increased from 993 in 2004 to almost 1,600 in 2011 (Business Day)
• Associated revenue generated from mining grew from R98bn in 2004 to R370bn by the end of 2011 (Business Day)
• Employment in the mining industry grew from just under 449,000 in 2004 to a little above 530,000 in June 2012 (Business Day)
• South Africa ranked 6th best out of 24 countries in the Contact Center World rankings for 2012, up from 9th in 2011.
• South Africa is the winner of the National Outsourcing Association’s (NOA’s) Offshoring Destination of the Year Award 2012

   

MY SISTERS

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When I started this blog I published about my sisters, so today history repeats itself and I am posting  a viewed to show how much I appreciate them every since I have went to varsity and how I cherish that I have people with experience of this kind of thing to guide me through it all

SOUTH AFRICA IS AWESOME!!!

A lot of people when talking about South Africa might have in mind the high HIV/Aids and crime rates or the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Nelson Mandela, Oscar Pistorious, Hugh Masikela or even the BRICS summit. To tell you the truth there is more to our country than some people know which is why I have decided that every Thursday I will post things that everyone must know about the Republic of South Africa. To my fellow South Africans or anyone else who wants to read I have decided that with little page views as there are I will be a part of Trevor Noah’s movement. I will try to spread the word as much as I can to get people to start emancipating from the word KAFFER. We do call ourselves the rainbow nation and it is time we start embracing it so I’m spreading the word out black, white, Indian, coloured it is time that the rainbow starts forming because no one says that they only like blue or green or yellow in the rainbow the just love the whole rainbow. Next week for anyone who hasn’t watched Trevor Noah’s “That is racist” video I will be posting a clip of the part that everyone should be focusing on. Now back to the rest of the world and all you judgemental ignorant internet or non-internet users this is what makes me love being a South Africa even with our mistakes and all.1) South Africa is now the only country in the world to have hosted the Soccer, Cricket and Rugby World Cup!2) Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world and one of the planet’s 12 main energy centres, radiating magnetic, electric or spiritual energy.3) The Cape Floral Kingdom is one of the world’s six floral kingdoms – and the only one which is wholly contained within a single country.4) Some countries have deserts; some have subtropical forests, right? South Africa has: deserts, wetlands, grasslands, bush, subtropical forests, mountains and escarpments.5) South Africa’s drinking water is rated 3rd best in the world for being “safe and ready to drink”. This is courtesy of Google+ South Africa is awesome. In 1991, South Africa became the first country in the world to provide full protection status　for the Great White shark within its jurisdictional waters. Countries including USA, Australia, Malta and Namibia followed suit later.Cape Town has the fifth-best blue sky in the world according to the UK's National Physical Laboratory.Johannesburg ranks 2nd among countries from Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa in dealing withurbanisation and environmental challenges, in the MasterCard Insights Report on Urbanisation and Environmental Challenges.South Africa is the only country to house an entire floral kingdom (Fynbos), one of only 6 on the planet.The Vredefort Dome (or Vredefort crater) in the Free State, is the largest verified impact crater on Earth at between 250 and 300km in diameter and is estimated to be over 2 billion years old.SA ranks 18th in terms of biggest emitters of CO², 9th as a proportion of GDP and 27th in terms of CO² per person. (Economist).South Africa has the highest level of international certification of its tree plantations in the world. Over 80% of South African plantations are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Paper Manufacturers Association of South AfricaAll paper in South Africa is produced from plantation grown trees, recycled paper or bagasse (sugar cane fibre). Fibre is not sourced from the wood of rainforests, indigenous or boreal trees. This is a myth, often wrongfully perpetuated by e-mail footnotes. Paper Manufacturers Association of South AfricaThe proportion of the South African population using improved drinking water sources was 91% in 2010, up from 83% in 1990. (WHO/UNICEF, March 2012.

With today’s lesson learned I have to say I missed you like presents on Christmas in my house.