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South African parliamentarians rolled back the clock to 2014 this week, with “pay back the money” chants, fisticuffs and a filibuster. But there was a new addition to the parliamentary dramatics: an erect ministerial pinkie.
Pay back the money and fisticuffs
In September 2014, the cry “pay back the money” was heard in the National Assembly chamber for the first time when former president Jacob Zuma refused to answer the EFF’s question on when he was going to pay back the money for what he and the ANC then still termed “security upgrades” to his private residence in Nkandla.
They chanted it again at the State of the Nation Address of 2015, where the white shirts violently threw them out of the chamber. They complained bitterly about the violence meted out to them.
But that was then and this is now. Today, it isn’t the EFF chanting “pay back the money”. Instead, it is chanted at the red berets.
The trouble started when DA chief whip John Steenhuisen tried to raise a point of order during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s questioning of his auditory and comprehension ability.
EFF MPs, notably Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and Julius Malema, started speaking, drowning him out. this prompted Steenhuisen to ask what he called the “VBS looters” to let him speak.
The alleged “VBS looters” didn’t like this one bit and an enraged Malema called Steenhuisen a “racist white man who is accused of rape”.
The DA started chanting “pay back the money” and the EFF started chanting “racist”. A scuffle broke out and EFF MP Marshall Dlamini grabbed DA MP Annette Steyn until EFF MP Fana Mokoena got between them.
When relative order was restored, Agang MP Andries Tlouamma said it could not be allowed that whites were prevented from speaking, drawing the wrath of the EFF.
While trying to speak, he too was drowned out by the EFF, lost his patience and yelled: “Fokof!” A bottle was flung at him and EFF MP Nazier Paulsen jumped over parliamentary benches to get to Tlouamma.
The ensuing fight made international headlines, as the BBC and Newsweek reported on it. Also, it wasn’t the end of the acrimony between the DA and the EFF.
The next day, House chairperson Thoko Didiza, who was the presiding officer during the fracas, ordered Steenhuisen and Malema to withdraw their remarks to each other. Steenhuisen said Didiza’s ruling was incorrect and left the House.
Instead of withdrawing, Malema said: “He is a racist young boy. He is sitting among many rapists.”
He also eft the House, with his colleagues in tow.
Didiza also said Tlouamma and Paulsen and any other MPs involved would be hauled before Parliament’s disciplinary committee.
Then on Thursday, DA MP Gwen Ngwenya delivered a members’ statement decrying the EFF’s penchant for violence.
“MP or journalist, man or woman, we are all fair game. It stems from the attitude that individuals have no rights: no right to speak the truth, no right not to be beaten up if you reveal the truth about the EFF’s fascist nature and its fatal attraction to other people’s money,” said Ngwenya.
EFF MP Veronica Mente raised on a point of order.
“Chair, the member of the DA who just spoke of speculations and things of what she doesn’t know, and lied to the House…” she said.
“That’s not a point of order,” said House chairperson Cedric Frolick.
“… Misleading the house, she must withdraw the word fascist,” Mente continued.
Frolick said the reference to fascism was in relation to a political party and therefore not unparliamentary.
Steenhuisen then rose on a point of order and asked that Mente withdraw the comment that Ngwenya had lied to or misled the House.
Frolick asked Mente if she said Ngwenya lied.
“I said the member must stop – the black member in the white DA, racist DA – must stop lying and mislead[ing] the country,” Mente said.
Frolick asked her to withdraw, but she refused and Frolick asked her to leave the House, which she did while the three other EFF MPs in the House followed her.
Ministerial pinkie
On Tuesday, before the fighting and when the EFF was still in a more jocular mood, Ndlozi suggested to Ramaphosa that he issues the ministers with a cellphone that doesn’t take video and can’t be hacked – a clear reference to embattled Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba’s leaked sex video.
Gigaba responded to Ndlozi by raising his pinky – a gesture some interpreted to be an insult regarding penis size. Minister of Small Business Lindiwe Zulu mimicked the gesture.
Gigaba’s gesture was widely criticised and the next day, in a tweet he said that being provoked, combined with the strain he was under the previous 10 days, were not excuses for making the gesture.
He agreed with another tweet which said the gesture fed into a “toxic masculinity discourse”
Filibuster
In November 2014, the National Assembly had a proper filibuster. For hours on end, opposition MPs raised hundreds of notices of motion in order to filibuster the adoption of the report on former president Jacob Zuma’s state-sponsored home renovations. Unlike the Constitutional Court two years later, the report found Zuma did nothing wrong.
Parliament has since adopted rules to prevent this kind of thing.
The committee tasked with establishing whether the Constitution should be amended to allow expropriation without compensation. Last week, the committee decided that it would deal with its recommendations in this regard on Thursday.
Members of opposition parties who oppose an amendment – the DA, FF Plus and Cope – became finicky about the minutes of the committee’s previous meetings.
Usually, the process of adopting minutes takes a few minutes, but on Thursday it dragged on for more than two hours.
And then the parties opposed to an amendment said they weren’t ready.
The meeting was adjourned and they are expected to deal with the recommendations and adopt the report from Tuesday to Thursday.
A group of alumni from Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School have been invited by the headmistress to a meeting to discuss their concerns about transformation following the controversial departure of the school’s first black full-time teacher.
This comes after a letter was sent to the school where the group of alumni said they were “astounded” that it had taken the school until 2018 to appoint its first black teacher, Nozipho Mthembu, who controversially left in September.
They were also horrified that a child could ask if a black teacher is a “real teacher”, as reported by the Mail & Guardian which covered Mthembu’s departure.
Mthembu said she was forced to resign after a fraught period in which her abilities were questioned, as reported by the Mail & Guardian at the time.
“It is extraordinary that this was the first time for many being taught by a black teacher, outside of isiXhosa classes”, the group said in the letter.
They told News24 the school headmistress, Di Berry, has written back and invited the alumni to visit the school at any time to discuss their concerns.
Comment from Berry was not immediately available on Friday, but in the letter, Berry also offered to set up a formal meeting with people in the group.
“I am happy to arrange a formal meeting with the group if you would prefer. Please let me know if you are open to this and I will set up a date,” she wrote.
One of the past pupils, Professor Nuraan Davids, told News24 the school governing body (SGB) turned down its request for its dissolution.
“It is clear from the statement that both the leadership and SGB have yet to realise the criticality of safe and inclusive schooling spaces, and they have yet to acknowledge that without trust, it will be hard to shift this school out of its current stalemate,” said Davids.
The parents would in the meantime meet to plan clear strategies for the way forward.
“We are encouraged by the tremendous support we have received by a number of other schools, as well as civil society groups. We are also encouraged by the position adopted by the principal of Rustenburg Girls’ High – where instead of denying and resisting change, he is prepared to listen and act.
“Finally, we once again appeal to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) to fulfil its mandate – which is that public schools in South Africa provide just and equitable spaces to all [pupils] and teachers.”
However, the education department said earlier this week that parents were misrepresenting the situation regarding transformation, and said it had been dealing with it since it was raised November 2017.
WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said that because the year was nearing end, an undertaking was given that in 2018 there would be meetings to hear “all sides of the story” and seek a conciliatory approach.
“At no stage issues of racism were raised. The concerns related to this group’s perception that the school was making slow progress with transformation and embracing diversity,” said Hammond.
Since then, the SGB elections were held in all schools in March and new governors were democratically elected for all schools in Western Cape, she said.
“At a meeting with all parties present, the concerned parents outlined the steps they had taken to try to speed up transformation at the school.
“Similarly, the SGB had also indicated the various interventions that they had done in creating diversity awareness and their assurance of their commitment to transformation.”
Hammond said at the last meeting in September 2018, an agreement was reached by all parties for co-operation and that the group of concerned parents would form part of the SGB’s diversity subcommittee.
The matter of the teacher’s resignation was not under discussion.
The department is also going to recommend external mediation.
Meanwhile, the department said it employed teachers in line with employment equity laws.
Asked for a demographic of the teachers, she said the department was unable to comply because the SGB did not have a duty to inform the department who they appointed because they were an independent entity elected by the body of parents.
It has however rolled out teaching of isiXhosa to an additional 260 schools, including 725 Grade 1 classes, reaching 26 350 pupils in the province.
The WCED currently offers isiXhosa at more than 25% of its schools, but English and Afrikaans are the predominant languages in schools.
It plans to strengthen the teaching of African languages through the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) in all public schools from Grades 1 to 12.
Cape Town – The Springboks and France will both be desperate for a win at Stade de France on Saturday according to Springboks captain, Siya Kolisi, who admits that his side is determined to return to winning ways following two close defeats against the All Blacks and England in their previous matches.
“We don’t want to dwell in the past, but we feel that we lost the game last week (against England at Twickenham) because of our lack of execution. We feel like we lost it to ourselves, and this week it’s about making sure we play with the same intensity and purpose, but obviously with better finishing,” explained Kolisi.
“I’ve played a couple of times against the French and every game against them have been really tough..
“They now have a new team and will be fresh, plus they’re welcoming back a few players who’ve returned from injuries. So we are looking forward to another strong challenge, especially from their big physical pack of forwards.
“They scrum and maul very well and we will have to make sure that our set pieces are very good. And they also have some good game breakers who can create something out nothing, so our defence must be good.”
Despite the two close results against the All Blacks and England, the Springboks are on track with their planning and progress, says Kolisi.
“It’s really tough to lose by one point but I think we are improving and heading in the right direction. We can see what is working and we know we have execute better and get those wins.”
The match kicks off at 22:05 (SA time).
Teams:
France
15 Maxime Medard, 14 Teddy Thomas, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 11 Damian Penaud, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Arthur Iturria, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Cedate Gomes Sa, 2 Guilhem Guirado (captain), 1 Jefferson Poirot
Substitutes: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Paul Gabrillagues, 20 Mathieu Babillot, 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Anthony Belleau, 23 Gael Fickou
South Africa
15 Willie le Roux, 14 S’bu Nkosi, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Duane Vermeulen, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Cheslin Kolbe
What would you do if doing simple tasks, like brushing your teeth, driving or yawning triggered an orgasm? While it might seem unusual, it does happen to certain people.
In one case, women taking a certain antidepressant experience much more than an improvement in their mood… when yawning, many of them have a spontaneous orgasm. Despite this unusual side effect, it appears that doctors are still prescribing the medication.
Some fitness fanatics experience the same effect, apparently brought on by increased blood flow to the genitalia when doing exercises like crunches or sit-ups.
Medical professionals are familiar with a condition called Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD), formerly known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS).
While PGAD may not be the correct diagnosis for those people who experience random orgasms throughout the day, these unwanted occurrences can have a negative effect on their lives.
Women suffering from this condition have been given all sorts of labels — from “nymphomaniac” to “whore” – but it is not something they can control, and doctors are trying their best to find the cause and a possible cure for this reaction.
Even though many people might see it in a positive light, those who suffer from the condition tend to regard it as more of a burden.
Do you, or someone you know, suffer from a condition of this nature? Share your story by emailing healthnews@health24.com and we may publish your story. Should you wish to remain anonymous, please us know.
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