The Dakar

South African Rally driver Giniel De Villiers at a press conference held by Toyota to allow media to speak to Giniel and other Toyota drivers after they took part in the Dakar Rally in South America and he placed third overall.

"The Kruger"

It's great to get away every now and then and hide under my favourite rock, in other words go camping in the Kruger.

 And finally after years of looking, I seen a Leopard in the wild... in fact, I seen three different ones on the same day.

Probably my favorite frame of this outing, this Baboon seems to have a human quality.

One of the unfortunate things about the area around Skukuza is that any sighting of significance causes a great traffic jam.

Next time I'm going further north.

A Lilac-breasted roller eyes out a bug as it flies past.

A highly endangered Southern Ground Hornbill.

21 SAI

The South African Infantry Battalion (21 SAI) held an open day to celebrate the units 35th Birthday, in Doornkop, near Soweto, Johannesburg. The day included a parade, the handover of new facilities and a demonstration of the units urban fighting capabilities.

Black Tuesday

Radio DJ, Jeremy Mansfield and Abed Ahmed encourage cars to hoot in support during a protest in Sandton, Johannesburg. The protesters are against last weeks Parliamentary approval of the Privacy of State Information Bill, which has been dubbed Black Tuesday, and likened by many as a return to the type of government control enforced under apartheid.

#BlackTuesday

Mis(Dis)information

Police cordon to stop people from entering Eastgate shopping center in Bedfordview, South Africa after a bomb was found in the center.
It remains unclear at time of writing if it was a real bomb (which has been confirmed by Police) or it was a box with some wires in it. (also been confirmed by Police)

First, the Eastgate center-management denied there was a bomb claiming it was a hoax, then turned around and said that it was one. Then the Police spokesperson confirmed to media that it was a bomb, and that it was left outside a jewellery shop in the center and that they destroyed it with a controlled explosion. Then the Provincial Police Chief Mzwandile Petros said it was not a bomb, it was just a box with some wires in it. On the scene a Policeman was so unsure of what he can say to the media that he wouldn't even tell me what unit he was in... WTF?
Is this the way it is to be in the future? Misinformation or disinformation through either incompetance or maliciousness!

Tomorrow marks one week since government voted for the Protection of State Information Bill. Although this is a much smaller matter. Is this the type of disinformation that will be spread by state agencies? I think so, whether it be through incompetence or maliciousness, it's definitely not good for our country or its people.

#BlackTuesday