SONA 2015

[ToxicBunny]

well calling them "tribal" is soooo ****ing colonial it isn't funny

Well that too.... I wasn't focusing on that, just the minor aspect... since they were hardly minor.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Well that too.... I wasn't focusing on that, just the minor aspect... since they were hardly minor.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379568/Mfecane

Mfecane, ( Zulu: “The Crushing”), Sotho Difaqane, series of Zulu and other Nguni wars and forced migrations of the second and third decades of the 19th century that changed the demographic, social, and political configuration of southern and central Africa and parts of eastern Africa.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/144695/Crusades

Crusades, military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by Western Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. Their objectives were to check the spread of Islam, to retake control of the Holy Land, to conquer pagan areas, and to recapture formerly Christian territories; they were seen by many of their participants as a means of redemption and expiation for sins.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/303857/jihad

Jihad, also spelled jehad, (“struggle,” or “battle”), a religious duty imposed on Muslims to spread Islam by waging war; jihad has come to denote any conflict waged for principle or belief and is often translated to mean “holy war.”

What do these have in common?

 

[Sneeky]

So on the jamming issue a few pages back, I found this write up from the Daily Maverick very good.

I quote but 1 snippet.

Sona2015 Jamming: Spinning in the name of the state

It could be true if, for instance, the jammer was used outside and had been brought into the National Assembly to charge it. But since signals weren’t jammed outside

Parliament at the time, that would mean that the no-fly zone would have been compromised by bringing the device inside. We’ll leave aside how strange it would be for security forces to carry the no-fly jamming device two flights of stairs up inside the National Assembly to charge it in the technical box next to the media bay, rather than charging it in an office or Tuynhuys.

Referring to a “jamming device” which journalists tweeted pictures of, Stupart said:

“The jammer that was pictured in that tweet was commonly designed to block signals from attackers attempting to trigger IEDs [improvised explosive devices] remotely, ie via mobile phones. In which case, it was plausibly used outside to achieve just such a thing, and then brought in once the President was secure.”

There’s one problem with this charitable interpretation: the device was not brought in once the President was secure. When Daily Maverick journalists entered the National Assembly roughly two hours before the President’s arrival on the precinct, the signal was already jammed. Well before the President’s arrival, other journalists were tweeting pictures of the device inside the National Assembly.

Priceless, and there are many others, feel free to read the rest.

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/arti...inning-in-the-name-of-the-state/#.VOYjp_mUfL8

 

[Sinbad]

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[LazyLion]

JAMMING WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN: ZUMA

President Jacob Zuma assured editors on Friday that the jamming of cellphone networks in Parliament will not happen again.

"Rest assured that will never happen again and we did not know about it and we are condemning it. It was uncalled for," he said after a meeting with the SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) at the presidential guesthouse in Pretoria.

Zuma said it was important that he met editors to make sure it did not happen again.

On February 12, before Zuma delivered his state-of-the-nation address, journalists and some MPs protested that cellphone signals were being blocked in Parliament.

The signals were restored after National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete asked Secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana to look into the matter.

On Thursday, State Security Minister David Mahlobo said glitches with "counter-surveillance tactical measures" had led to the mobile signal disruptions on the day.

Sanef chairman Mpumelelo Mkhabela said on Friday Zuma had expressed government's regret at what happened.

Sanef also made the president aware that editors had tried to talk to government officials before the start of his address, but that they "didn't get positive feedback".

"He was not aware of that and made it very clear that that should be criticised," Mkhabela said.

"Government should be able to respond when concerns are raised and... we agreed that things should always be resolved the South African way, through negotiations and conversations..."

He said Sanef was happy with its discussion with Zuma.

Sanef had also briefed him on issues encountered in Parliament about the broadcasting feed.

Sanef would meet Parliament's presiding officers about this.

"There was no need for the president's state-of-the-nation address to be disturbed, for the first time in history, because cellphone signals were not working," Mkhabela said.

"It is an issue we could have addressed early, as he correctly pointed out, and it's regrettable and will never happen again and we take his word for it."

Zuma said the meeting also discussed the relationship between government and the media in general, and a number of issues were agreed on.

"We should better the relationship and be able to communicate as often as possible... We are all patriots of the country and we want to promote the country," he said.


Source : Sapa /gq/fg/cls/jk
Date : 20 Feb 2015 13:34

 

[Galactica]

Hehehehe