Blast from the Past: The Punt Gun

A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport. A single shot could kill over 50 waterfowl resting on the water’s surface. They were too big to hold and the recoil so large that they were mounted directly on the punts (a small skiff boat) used for hunting, hence their name. “Used for duck hunting” isn’t the right expression for aiming this piece of artillery in the general direction of a flock of ducks, firing, and spending the rest of the day picking up the carcasses.

In the early 1800’s the mass hunting of waterfowl to supply commercial markets with meat became a widely accepted practice. In addition to the market for food, women’s fashion in the mid 1800’s added a major demand for feathers to adorn hats. To meet the demand, professional hunters  custom built extremely large shotguns (bore diameters up to 2″) for the task. These weapons were so cumbersome that they were most often mounted on long square-ended flat-hulled boats (punts).

 

Hunters would maneuver their punts quietly into line and range of the flock using poles or oars to avoid startling them. Generally the gun was fixed to the punt; thus the hunter would maneuver the entire boat in order to aim the gun. The guns were sufficiently powerful, and the punts themselves sufficiently small, that firing the gun often propelled the punt backwards several inches or more.

To increase efficiency even further, punt hunters would often work in groups of 8-10 boats. By lining up their boats and coordinating the firing of their single shot weapons, entire flocks of birds could be “harvested” with a single volley. It was not unusual for such a band of hunters to acquire as many as 500 birds in a single day. Because of the custom nature of these weapons and the lack of support by the weapons industry, they were often rather crude in design.

In the United States, this practice depleted stocks of wild waterfowl and by the 1860s most states had banned the practice. The Lacey Act of 1900 banned the transport of wild game across state lines, and the practice of market hunting was outlawed by a series of federal laws in 1918.

Source: www.rarehistoricalpictures.com

Jacob Zuma: A President to be Respected?

Commentary: Zuma himself and the ANC expect us to respect Zuma. What they do not understand is that respect is something you have to earn and not something you demand because you are the president. Irrespective of the fact that he turned South Africa into a third rate junk yard, his stupid, idiotic public utterances and the fact that he changes his tune as the wind blows according to  his audience is something laughable. Here are some few examples of how he changed his tune as the wind blows, in other words how he changed his story according to the composition of his audience:

On racism:

Zuma in January 2016 after the ANC's 104th anniversary celebrations in Rustenburg, North West:

"With time, people have tended to exaggerate the issue of racism because they say SA is still a racist country – not true. We defeated racism when we pursued the non-racial society. Our society is a rainbow nation, it's a non-racial society."

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Zuma speaking at an event marking the 24th anniversary of the death of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani in Boksburg in April 2017:

"We have not yet succeeded to build a non-racial society. There is a resurgence of racism in our country."

On homosexuality:

Zuma speaking at the Shaka Day commemoration in KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, in September 2006:

"Same-sex marriage is a disgrace to the nation and to God… when I was growing up, unqingili [homosexuals] could not stand in front of me."

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Zuma in a statement four days later in September 2006:

"I also respect, acknowledge and applaud the sterling contribution of many gay and lesbian compatriots in the struggle that brought about our freedom, and the role they continue to play in the building of a successful non-racial, non-discriminatory South Africa."

On the Afrikaner community:

Zuma during a fundraising gala dinner in Cape Town in January 2015:

"A man with the name of Jan van Riebeeck arrived in the Cape on 6 April 1652... What followed were numerous struggles and wars and deaths and the seizure of land and the deprivation of the indigenous peoples' political and economic power. "The arrival of Van Riebeeck disrupted South Africa's social cohesion, repressed people and caused wars."

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Zuma in an interview with Beeld newspaper in February 2011 shortly after being voted president:

"They are the only white group who can lay claim to the fact that they also fought for their freedom, against the Brits... they died in concentration camps. They made a contribution to the development of South Africa and helped make it what it is today. They are an important group. They are the kind of group that doesn't carry two passports, only one."

On God and the ANC:

Zuma during a fundraising gala dinner in Cape Town in January 2015:

"The ANC is on the side of the people and God is on the side of the ANC. We cannot lose."

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Zuma during a Black Business Council gala dinner in September 2016:

"No one will ever come from anywhere to help us, only in the olden days God could be sympathetic and send his son to come and help."

On human rights:

Zuma in September 2012 in response to a question in the National Assembly on wage negotiations at Lonmin mine:

"Sorry, we have more rights here because we are a majority. You have fewer rights because you are a minority. Absolutely, that's how democracy works. So, it is a question of accepting the rules within democracy and you must operate in them."

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Zuma during the commemoration of Human Rights Day on March 21, 2017, in King William's Town in the Eastern Cape:

"Our country now enjoys a stable constitutional democracy where everyone is entitled to equal human rights because of the sacrifices of the people."

On the use of violence by police:

 Zuma in June 2015 at Tshwane University of Technology's Soshanguve campus while addressing several thousand people during his Siyahlola Presidential Monitoring Programme visit:

"The culture of apartheid that used violence to suppress people will have to be looked at again, and I don't want it. We don't want the police to use violence because they are stopping violence."

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Zuma said in September 2015 during a ceremony at the Union Buildings in remembrance of police officers killed in the past year:

"We urge you to defend yourselves with everything at your disposal if you are attacked, within the confines of the law. Our laws allow the police to fight back decisively when their lives or those of the public are threatened."

On the courts and the judiciary:

Zuma during a debate in the National House of Traditional Leaders in Pretoria in April 2016:

"I'll be very happy that we solve the African problems in the African way because if we solve them only legally they become too complicated. Law looks at one side only, they don't look at any other thing. They deal with cold facts and I was complaining [about] that, but they're dealing with warm bodies. That's the contradiction."

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Zuma during his keynote address at the Access to Justice Conference in July 2011:

"Judicial independence and the rule of law are the pillars of democratic systems worldwide."

On combatting HIV/Aids:

Zuma said in April 2006 under cross-examination after being charged with the rape of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo, of which he was ultimately acquitted:

"[A shower] would minimise the risk of contracting the disease [AIDS]."

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Zuma in April 2010 after publicly revealing his HIV test results:

"We have to work harder, together, to fight the perceptions and the stigma. We have to expand the knowledge and understanding of the epidemic to protect affected individuals and families."

On Julius Malema:

Zuma in October 2009 during a visit to Malema's hometown of Seshego in Limpopo where the ANC Youth League leader, at the time, had helped to build a house and a church:

"The ANC recognises talent and leadership and we give people an opportunity. Julius has illustrated that he is indeed a good leader and that he understands the people."

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Zuma in February 2017 during a TNA Breakfast Briefing in Cape Town after the EFF disrupted his SONA:

"If for an example you are dealing with an organisation that was established by young people who were expelled from the ANC‚ they must be angry with the ANC. They must be trying their level best to fight back but they don't know how. Democracy is not about angry young people. Democracy is about debating things. Debating what we need to do for our country."

On Nkandla:

Zuma said in response to a question by an EFF MP during a parliamentary sitting in March 2015:

"Never have I ever thought on the date when I will pay back the money. Firstly, there is no money that I am going to be paying back without a determination by those who are authorised to do so as recommended by the Public Protector. The Public Protector has not said pay back the money. The Public Protector has said… where [there is] undue benefit to the family or myself, she thinks this money might be paid back. But this should be determined by the minister of police.”

"That determination has not been done. Why do you say I should pay back the money? You don't even know how much."

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Zuma in April 2016 after the Constitutional Court's ruling that he had unduly benefited from non-security upgrades to his Nkandla home:

"I have consistently stated that I would pay an amount towards the Nkandla non-security upgrades once this had been determined by the correct authority. I would like to emphasise that it was never my intention not to comply with the remedial action taken against me by the Public Protector or to disrespect her office."

Establishing of the Republic of South Africa 31 May 1961

 On 31 May we celebrate the creation of the Republic of South Africa. Please read my commentary first before you read the article itself. Thank you!

Danie

Commentary: Since 31 March 1961 South Africa was developed as an example for Africa and was envied by many African states as well as West. A well-established infrastructure and economy was handed over to the ANC-elected government on 29 April 1994 and initially it look as if the ANC was eager to continue with the good work prior to April 1994 but not for long – gradually they started to demolish everything that was good and it took on such measures under Zuma that their only strategy as to blame whites, even starting with Jan van Riebeeck for their own misery, failures and incompetency. In Afrikaans it is much better to say: “die ANC het hierdie land deur hul gate getrek”. The problem is that for the next odd hundred years they will still shift the blame for the junk they created on the whites!

South African Flag 1928 to 1994

South African Flag since 1994

On 31 May 1961, the Republic of South Africa was established; it ushered in a period in which the existing political trends grew in tempo, scope and force. The application of the policy of separate development was accelerated to such an extent that the Transkei was granted self-government as early as December, 1963, something which a few years earlier not even Verwoerd had foreseen. Except for a temporary set-back in the general election of 1970, the National Party grew steadily stronger.

In January of 1960, Dr. Verwoerd announced that a referendum would be called to determine the Republican issue, the objective being a Republican form of government within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Two weeks later, British Prime Minister Harold McMillan visited South Africa. In an address to both Houses of Parliament MacMillan made his infamous Winds of Change speech.

The South African parliament accepted the referendum and on the fifth of October, 1960 voters were asked if they favoured a Republic for the Union. The majority of the electorate voted in favour.

The Republic of South Africa came into existence on the 31st of May 1961.

Dr. Verwoerd’s popularity and accomplishments in South Africa as well as abroad were overwhelming;  Dr. Verwoerd’s staunchest critics could not avoid recognizing the Prime Minister’s success.

The Rand Daily Mail published the following on the 30th of July, 1966:

“At the age of 65 Dr. Verwoerd has reached the peak of a remarkable career. No other South African Prime Minister has ever been in such a powerful position in the country. He is at the head of a massive majority after a resounding victory at the polls.

The nation is suffering from a surfeit of prosperity and he can command almost unlimited funds for all that he needs at present in the way of military defence. He can claim that South Africa is a shining example of peace in a troubled continent, if only, because overwhelming domestic power can always command peace. 

Finally, as if that were not enough, he can face the session (of parliament) with the knowledge that, short of an unthinkable show of force by people whom South Africans are rapidly being taught to regard as their enemies, he can snap his fingers at the United Nations. Thanks to the recent judgement of The Hague Court (on the South West Africa issue) he can afford to condescend to the world body, graciously remaining a member as long as it suits him.

Indeed, the Prime Minister has never had it so good.”

Dr. Verwoerd’s government secured a stable and prosperous environment to the benefit of all South Africans including foreign and migrant populations.

Living standards for Blacks rose 5.4% per annum versus 3.9% for Whites.

South Africa’s economic growth by 1965 was second highest in the world at 7.9%.

Inflation stood at a mere 2% and the prime interest rate at only 3% per annum.

Domestic savings were so great that the Republic of South Africa needed no foreign loans for normal economic expansion.

A large portion of the South African budget was invested in development for Blacks within South Africa and in the Nation States. Blacks in South Africa had a far superior standard of living in comparison to the rest of Africa.

Superior health care gave black South Africans a vastly inferior infant mortality boosting population growth. Citizens of the Bantu States in South Africa owned more wealth than all other African countries combined. Thousands of Blacks from neighboring countries would constantly attempt to enter the country illegally in order to share in that security and prosperity.

Such achievements were bound to attract the envy of powerful foreign and malevolent domestic foes.

Spur vs Solidaritieit en die Kwansuise Spur Boikot

Na aanleiding van die voorval in ‘n Spur nou onlangs toe Spur teen die blanke opgetree het maar nie teen die swarte nie, het Spur blykbaar ‘n knou gekry en het Spur se hoofbedrysbeampte Mark Farrely ‘n brief aan Dr. Dirk Hermann van Solidariteit geskryf en o.a. te velde getrek teen konserwatiewe wit Afrikaners wat kwansuis ‘n boikot-aksie teen Spur van stapel gestuur het.

Na aanleiding hiervan het Dr. Herman vir Mark Farrely ‘n les of twee gegee oor hoekom daar ‘n afname in Spur se inkomste is – volg skakel om brief te lees:

‘Ek het my aptyt om by Spur te eet verloor’ http://spens.co.za/ep3

Uit die bloute het Pierre van Tonder, Spur se Uitvoerende Hoof op Dr. Hermann se brief aan Mark Farrely geantwoord. (Mens kan net wonder hoekom Mark Farrely nie die moed gehad het om Dr. Hermann self the antwoord nie?)  Volg skakel om Van Tonder se brief te lees:

Spur-hoof se ope brief aan Solidariteit http://spens.co.za/er0

Ook vir Van Tonder het Dr. Hermann ‘n paar lesse gegee hoe om Spur se swak naam op te bou en weer klante te lok. Volg skakel om Dr. Hermann se brief te lees:

‘Spur-mense het gepraat, nie ek nie’ – Dirk Hermann reageer http://spens.co.za/erp

Wie weet, miskien gee Spur en Van Tonder miskien aandag aan Dr. Hermann se goeie raad??

Maar intussen lyk dit my dit is Solidariteit 10 en Spur 0.

Danie

Just Another Anti-White Race Card Troll

Just when I thought it is safe to surf News24.com another anti-white race card troll pitched up, this time Faatimah Hendricks.

Yes, poor little Faatimah is so upset with white racists that she had to write yet another opinion about white racists. READIT HERE!

If you dissect it, it is just another "much said about nothing" complaint about whites.

Those who follow my blog will know I had written a few post about this sickness of playing the race card.

But why do people like to play this anti-white race card. To understand why, read the opinion of Mondi Zondo "WhyPresident Zuma's race card offends me".

I just want to quote the following paragraph from it:
"It is for this reason that I was shocked and angered when I heard President Zuma remark that last week’s protests were fuelled by racism. I believe many of us recognise that this is nothing but a distraction and Zuma hopes that playing the race card will rally black people around him."

Give him a Bell's because this is exactly the problem with anti-white race card trolls - they want to distract their own inability to contribute any good to this country because they envy White Superiority, White Capital, White Privilege, any anything good about whites.

The problem is that people like Zuma and Faatimah bitch about the so-called white racists (please note, I do not deny there are white racists, but there are also black, colored and Indian racists) because they have inferior complexes who for more than 23 years of “democracy” have done nothing to make South Africa a better place for all and with their anti-white race cards try to distract their inferiority.

Therefore, all anti-white race card trolls, stop bitching about whites and work/earn your own privilege, superiority and capital.  

Faatimah, rather reach out to the white population so that we all can work together to make South Africa a better place for ALL!!!! 

Racist Town or Racist Premier

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo

The funeral of the child of Coligny took place on Sunday 7 May.

In spite of the fact that the funeral was supposed to be a solemnly occasion, the Premier of North West Province rather decided to use the occasion to attack the whites!

Among those who attended the service were North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo and Education MEC Sello Lehari.

This was reported by News24:

'Mahumapelo told mourners that Moshoeu died at the "hands of white people".
"What the court must deal with is how they killed him - not whether it is them who killed him. The court must only deal with the 'how' part."
He said Coligny was not the only racist town in the province.

He also said racism in the province was manifesting itself through education.

"Black people are excluded on the basis of language… our young people can't access education because white people use Afrikaans."

The two farmers accused of killing the teenage boy are expected to find out on Monday whether they will be granted bail.'

This was one of the responses to the office of the Premier of North West Province:

From: Nigel Olifaunt <nigel.gauteng@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, May 7, 2017
Subject: Premier's Racial Attack on Whites
To: kntshwe@nwpg.gov.za


'Please refer the premier's racial attack on whites during the funeral of the child of Coligny on 7 May.

Please inform him that although he is ANC he is serving all people of all races and all political affiliations - if he do not know this he must step down and give someone the chance who could
reconciallate all races and political affiliations to the benefit of the province and SA.
He showed that he is actually a racist who hates whites. Whites have a right to be here and who the hell is he to say that we have no right to be here???
No wonder Northwest and SA are in shambles - it is because of people like the premier who will rather fuel racial hate.
Mr. Premier, I have no respect for you!
PS:Have the Premier ever attended a funeral  of any any murdered white farmer murdered by black racists thugs?? NO HE DID NOT!!

Thank you'

Decide for yourself whether the town is racist, or the Premier of NorthWest Province.










































From: Nigel Olifaunt <nigel.gauteng@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, May 7, 2017
Subject: Premier's Racial Attack on Whites
To: kntshwe@nwpg.gov.za


Please refer the premier's racial attack on whites during the funeral of the child of Coligny on 7 May.

Please inform him that although he is ANC he is serving all people of all races and all political affiliations - if he do not know this he must step down and give someone the chance who could
reconciallate all races and political affiliations to the benefit of the province and SA.
He showed that he is actually a racist who hates whites. Whites have a right to be here and who the hell is he to say that we have no right to be here???
No wonder Northwest and SA are in shambles - it is because of people like the premier who will rather fuel racial hate.
Mr. Premier, I have no respect for you!
PS:Have the Premier ever attended a funeral  of any any murdered white farmer murdered by black racists thugs?? NO HE DID NOT!!

Thank you

“White Farmers Are Not Land Thieves!” – Rabelani Dagada

As I was contemplating this opinion piece, I remembered the old adage; if you tell a lie several times, you may end up believing it. Moreover, some of your listeners may start to believe your lie. That’s exactly what happened in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean government and its governing party’s propaganda created an impression that white farmers owned most of the country’s farming land. This was not true; Zimbabwean white farmers only owned about 20 percent of the land. The Zimbabwean government portrayed white farmers as the author of poverty among blacks. Again, this was not true because there were actually thriving black farmers in Zimbabwe, but their participation in farming was disrupted when the land grabs destroyed the value chain and agri-business. The government sponsored land grabs in Zimbabwe exacerbated poverty in that country.

There are lots of disturbing similarities between Zimbabwe and South Africa (SA). The South African public policy in agriculture and land affairs was meant to empower black people and to eradicate poverty. However, since the African National Congress’ (ANC) government introduced the minimum wage regime in the farming sector, more than one million jobs have been lost and the biggest losers are black farm workers. Where Zimbabwe once had a thriving agricultural sector, it has now been all but destroyed. This is also happening in SA – thanks to ill conceived public policy this country has now become a net importer of food and things are getting worse. While the Zanu PF government in Zimbabwe discouraged investors through its indigenisation policy (black empowerment), the South African government is contemplating a 50/50 redistribution land plan.

I don’t foresee the unconstitutional 50/50 redistribution land plan being implemented, but it has already created huge damage by discouraging foreign direct investments. Of course, local investments will also be negatively affected; farmers and banks will largely suspend investments in the agricultural sector due to policy uncertainty. Like the Zimbabwean farmers, some South African farmers will continue to leave this country. We used to have a thriving agricultural sector in SA, but our farmers have been forced into early retirement and migration. Twenty seven countries have approached the agricultural union, AgriSA to recruit our farmers to their countries. More than 800 South African commercial farmers have migrated to Mozambique; yes – SA is importing their products. Half of the farmers in Zambia are South Africans. Some foreign countries are offering 0% VAT on primary supply of agricultural products to our experienced farmers and some of these farmers have already benefited from the Georgian offer of 0% of property tax on property transaction.

The ANC and its government have created a narrative which portrays white farmers as thieves of land that rightfully belongs to the indigenous people of this country. Although these farmers benefited from the apartheid system, it’s disingenuous to attribute the 1913 Land Act to them; they were not yet born. On the other hand, the government’s bad public policy and corruption are responsible for escalating poverty in SA. It’s unfair to blame white farmers for the mismanagement of the land restitution; the blame should be attributed to the poor project management within the government. Most of the land that was attained by black farmers through the land restitution process is commercially redundant. The government failed to craft a Local Economic Development (LED) framework that will assist traditional communities to use the land commercially.

The Royal Bafokeng and Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela were able to formulate their own LED framework and governance structures. The upshot of this has been impressive economic development by these two traditional communities. My ‘thumb-suck’ estimations are that there are about 10 million beneficiaries of the land restitution policy who could maximise the acquired land commercially and become economically empowered. Interestingly, these people automatically acquired the mining rights when they received the land. It is very clear that the government has no plan for how to assist the people who have already acquired land.

If we are serious about fixing South Africa, we should create a public policy that would enable the ‘boer’ (farmer) to come back to farming and ‘maak ‘n plan’. Experienced farmers (white) and new (mostly black) farmers should work together. Black farmers will bring the land while their experienced counterparts bring their massive experience
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The ANC government and unions should start to appreciate the role of farmers in providing food security and creating jobs. Our public policy should be formulated in such a way that most experienced farmers can still own land because in the absence of land, banks won’t give them funding. Actually, all farmers should be given financial support and subsidies regardless of their race.
While the Asian countries and Europeans appreciate and empower their farmers, here in SA the ANC government treats them with contempt and suspicion; this should stop. Massive economic development in China and Asia were stimulated by a thriving agriculture sector. Growth in agriculture boosts productivity in manufacturing and services sectors – this leads to job creation.