tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20688167927045025342024-02-19T06:02:55.130+02:00Jealous DownAfrican Politics, Drama, Current Affairs and More Politics. This is a blog about the way I see, hear and feel things that happen in the world around me.Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-18389347177745071272016-02-12T11:53:00.000+02:002016-02-12T12:20:34.785+02:00Beyoncé: The Newest Angry Black Woman!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Beyoncé what have you done? You seem to have ruffled a few white feathers in 'Formation', so much so, that they want to boycott yo Bootilicious booty, whatever that means. Maybe they didn’t know you were black?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now I need to say like most people who have spoken up about this, I am not a Beyoncé fan. I do listen to her music but it doesn’t move me any other way than physically. I’ll sing along, when I am feeling like going “to the left to the left”, with “all my single ladies” who are “Flawless”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What sparks some interest for me looking at her career, is her progression over the years into a moderate liberal feminist. Now this is questionable considering her style choices are clearly inspired by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze" target="_blank">'Male Gaze</a>'. However, people seem to listen because of the package the message is delivered in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This overt sexuality may be the only thing truly holding her back from being the force that she can be. We're still stuck on her booty even though she seems to have grown mentally, but how would we tell? This is only the second time she’s addressed world issues in her music, the first being Flawless that brought pertinent feminist issues to the mainstream media through Chimamanda’s <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beyonceknowles/flawless.html" target="_blank">prose</a>.<br />
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February 2016 she drops Formation as song that provokes a number of issues African Americans deal with socially. References from the chorus tell us that she likes afros and Negro noses just the way they are. She embodies Southern American Negro culture in dress, and the visuals display these too. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We see a New Orleans cop car submerged in water. A little Negro boy dancing in front of a line of policemen who then raise their hands in surrender/praise of the boy’s skills. I am sure you’ve seen the video, so you know…<o:p></o:p></div>
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The video is powerful display of the current African American experience. A voice at the beginning of the track questions, “What happened after New Orleans”? What happened to America if Formation is what it has become? Has the value of the Negro life diminished rapidly since Katrina? Based on the media reports we see, it seems so. Innocent Negores getting killed just for no reason. It's got us here in Africa thinking I am better off home. There is no milk and honey for a Negro in America, only premature death. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The following day she performs the song at the Super Bowl. A major sporting event on the American calendar. She does this with a gang of <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2007/04/04/imus-called-womens-basketball-team-nappy-headed/138497" target="_blank">'nappy headed hoes'</a> for dancers looking like Black Panthers. This is clearly too much black for America. Threatening.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beyoncé, you’re the honey-kissed, blonde weaved version of the American dream, and how dare you betray her trust. I guess lady liberty also forgot you were black since you transformed your looks to become more appealing and easy on the eye, attaining attributes that have built your success in the mainstream media.</div>
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Now I must say the messages Bey appears to convey are contradictory when she is scantily clad and commanding us to “bow down bitches” and “get in formation’, ‘get information”. Bey, it’s difficult for us to trust you when your presence in the blonde and the questionable skin tone is the reason why those cameras that love you render us women as <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/disciplinepunish/section5/page/2/" target="_blank">'docile bodies'</a>. In particular, the black women whose existence head to toe is inadequate. This paradox is perplexing but has a clear answer Bey is just making music that she feels, whatever package she presents it in is her choice, so swallow it. Hair is an accessory just like lipstick. The weave does not diminish the message.</div>
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Now that she’s flipped the script a bit and hit us with a track about Negro empowerment, but it seems Caucasian people don’t like this. What's causing the insecurity? A look at some of these irrational reactions really have you wondering.</div>
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The song didn't call anyone out besides the Police force. Or did I miss something? Is the #BlackLivesMatter movement a problem?</div>
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Even in the distant shores of Africa I see complaints. This song is primarily about B, her heritage and how she feels about it and her view of life in America and how she #Slays it and will continue to, calling you to join her in #Slaying your own life. Even as a Negro in America despite everything going on.<br />
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Are black people not allowed to have a moment? Are we not allowed to talk about how mad we are about our people being killed for nothing? If Formation is a problem it means #blacklivesreallydontmatter. What is so threatening about black people being #woke. Why don’t white people want to hear truth? Do they fear retaliation? Why people getting so hot and bothered by a black woman speaking a truth? Maybe they really didn’t know she was black?!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes I said it...Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-42035064540397940042014-10-16T17:35:00.001+02:002014-10-16T19:30:41.083+02:00The Ebola conspiraTEAThe recent outbreak of the Ebola virus has brought about numerous sagacious tweets and memes in the T'world with musician Chris Brown giving us his dose of his thoughts on the virus with this heroic Tweet, <i><span>"I don't know ... but I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. S**t is getting crazy bruh."</span> </i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Read more: <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/14/chris-brown-ebola-tweet-backlash-population-control/#ixzz3GKS43mhz" style="color: #003399;">http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/14/chris-brown-ebola-tweet-backlash-population-control/#ixzz3GKS43mhz</a></span><br />
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Here's my dose on Conspiracy Theory Tea. Now it's accuracy and credibility is highly questionable as it originated from my favourite urban news site Mediatakeout. As the article requests here is my re-post because the rant raises some interesting points that need to be explored about the continual Neo-Colonial rape of Africa. <br />
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<i>"Other than the original facebook post, this web site is
the first one to carry this and it needs to be spread, the future may be
riding on this one, ARCHIVE, POST POST AND RE-POST! </i></blockquote>
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<i>Nana Kwame wrote:</i><br />
<i>People in the Western World need to know what’s happening here in
West Africa. THEY ARE LYING!!! “Ebola” as a virus does NOT Exist and is
NOT “Spread”. The Red Cross has brought a disease to 4 specific
countries for 4 specific reasons and it is only contracted by those who
receive treatments and injections from the Red Cross. That is why
Liberians and Nigerians have begun kicking the Red Cross out of their
countries and reporting in the news the truth. Now bear with me:</i></blockquote>
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<i>REASONS:</i><br />
<i>Most people jump to “depopulation” which is no doubt always on the
mind of the West when it comes to Africa. But I assure you Africa can
NEVER be depopulated by killing 160 people a day when thousands are born
per day. So the real reasons are much more tangible.</i><br />
<i>Reason 1: This vaccine implemented sickness being “called” Ebola was
introduced into West Africa for the end goal of getting troops on the
ground in Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. If you remember America
was just trying to get into Nigeria for “Boko Haram” #BULLSHIT but that
fell apart when Nigerians started telling the truth. There ARE NO GIRLS
MISSING. Global support fell through the floor, and a new reason was
needed to get troops into Nigeria and steal the new oil reserves they
have discovered.</i><br />
<i>Reason 2: Sierra Leone is the World’s Largest Supplier of Diamonds.
For the past 4 months they have been on strike, refusing to provide
diamonds due to horrible working conditions and slave pay. The West will
not pay a fair wage for the resources because the idea is to keep these
people surviving on rice bags and foreign aid so that they remain a
source of cheap slave labor forever. A reason was also needed to get
troops on the </i><i>ground in Sierra Leone to force an end to the diamond
miners strikes. This is not the first time this has been done. When
miners refuse to work troops are sent in and even if they have to kill
and replace them all, the only desire is to get diamonds back flowing
out of the country.</i><br />
<i>Of course to launch multiple campaigns to invade these countries
separately would be way too fishy. But something like “Ebola” allows
access to an entire area simultaneously…</i><br />
<i>Reason 3: In addition to stealing Nigerian oil, and forcing Sierra
Leone back to mining, troops have also been sent in to FORCE
vaccinations (Deadly “Ebola” Poison) onto those Africans who are not
foolish enough to take them willingly.</i><br />
<i>3000 troops are being sent in to make sure that this “poison”
continues to spread, because again it is only spread through
vaccination. As more and more news articles are released as they have
been in Liberia, informing the populous of the US lies and manipulation,
more and more Africans are refusing to visit the Red Cross. Troops will
force these vaccinations upon the people to ensure the visible
appearance of an Ebola pandemic. In addition to this they will protect
the Red Cross from the Liberians and Nigerians who have been rightfully
ejecting them from their countries.</i><br />
<i>Reason 4: Last but not least, the APPEARANCE of this Ebola “pandemic”
(should Americans not catch on) will be used to scare the countless
millions into taking an “Ebola vaccine” which in reality is the
pandemic. Already they have started with stories of how it has been
brought to the U.S. and has appeared in Dallas, how white doctors were
cured but black infected are not being allowed to be treated, etc.</i><br />
<i>ALL that will do is make blacks STRIVE to get the vaccine, because it
appears that the “cure” is being held back from blacks. They will run
out in droves to get it and then there will be serious problems. With
all we have seen revealed about vaccines this year you would think we
learned our lesson. All I can do is hope so, Because they rely on our
ignorance to complete their agendas.</i><br />
<i>Ask yourself: If Ebola really was spread from person to person,
instead of controlled spread through vaccination – then WHY would the
CDC and the US Government continue to allow flights in and out of these
countries with absolutely no regulation, Or At All? We have got to start
thinking and sharing information globally because they do not give the
true perspective of the people who live here in West Africa. They are
lying for their own benefit and there aren’t enough voices out there
with a platform to help share our reality. Hundreds of thousands have
been killed, paralyzed and disabled by these and other “new” vaccines
all over the world and we are finally becoming aware of it. Now what
will we do with all this information?"</i><a href="http://mediatakeout.com/257225/new-report-from-out-of-africa-is-saying-that-ebola-is-fake-and-that-it-was-manufactured-by-the-red-cross-hmmmmm.html">mediatakeout.com<i></i></a><i><a href="http://elitedaily.com/humor/dumbest-tweets-ebola/797744/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook" target="_blank"></a></i><br />
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Yes I said it...Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-57186996880495967992013-03-05T12:42:00.003+02:002013-03-05T12:50:38.595+02:00Green Trippin': Sustainable Supply Chains<div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Sustainable
Development in the Supply Chain Industry</b></u></span></div>
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The Gordon Institute
of Business Science held a conference on Sustainable Supply Chain
with Economic Value. Sponsored by the Transnet Programme in
Sustainable Development; industry heads in supply chain and academia
were invited to attend and address the fundamentals, purpose and
functionality of sustainable development in supply chain.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLiDCMFNLVYiwUMol2lUnDDwhiHhYOiQbU7Mv_LlfcnESG6baEUc7028eUbL2CcubngXGy7hjNd2C7g6zKEvGZCQqXeALBLbEio1yPIACBUqOWqoHxhxTs3VlyviEqUbO29nE9ksFm2iF/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLiDCMFNLVYiwUMol2lUnDDwhiHhYOiQbU7Mv_LlfcnESG6baEUc7028eUbL2CcubngXGy7hjNd2C7g6zKEvGZCQqXeALBLbEio1yPIACBUqOWqoHxhxTs3VlyviEqUbO29nE9ksFm2iF/s1600/images.jpg" /></a>Sustainable
development is the principle for global development in economic,
social and environmental sectors; meeting the socio-economic needs of
the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs. It emphasises the use of natural resources for
development without compromising the environment and the earth’s
ecological system.</div>
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The key purpose of
the conference was to address the matter of sustainable development
in the supply chain industry. Delegates were taken through the
theories of sustainable development and challenged within their
organisations to report on and consider the further application of
this newly developing theory.
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Sustainable
development may be regarded by some as a “green” conservationist
movement pushed forward by tree-huggers. In essence this may be
correct but it should rather be seen as a move by those who are aware
of their moral and social responsibility to ensure that industry does
not ultimately deplete all the earth’s natural resources, leaving
nothing for future generations to live on, develop and enjoy.
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Sustainable
development holds within it three critical elements in the global
development of sustainability; these are the social, environmental
and economic impacts of industrialisation.</div>
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It challenges
industries to map out initiatives and processes that do not harmfully
impact these elements.
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Socially, the vision
for sustainable development is one that does not seek economic growth
at the detriment of the world’s most valuable resource; its people.
The global challenge is to ensure that all people have access to the
world’s resources and developmental systems to better their social
position. Poverty eradication is of the upmost importance in the move
for sustainability.
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Economically the
system strives to help and ensure industries continue to grow and
develop, without massive and harmful environmental impact and minus
the total depletion of natural resources. It seeks to raise awareness
that there is not an unlimited pool of resources; over consumption
will result in complete exhaustion, resulting in the uncertainty of
what future generation will have to develop their world.
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Environmentally the
goal is to reverse and avert all harmful impacts to the environment
that global industrialisation has had to date. To allow for all
stakeholders in global development to take responsibility for the
future development of the world; while maintaining and preserving its
natural resources for future generations.
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The process and
impact of sustainability does not seek to eliminate global
development of industries, but rather to further raise awareness and
bring about change in industrial methods that can; and have
previously brought about damage to the earth and its inhabitants.
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The case for supply
chain sustainability was set by Gordon Institute of Business Science
Lecturer, Lew Roberts. He set the view of sustainability as a
philosophy of designing objects with regard to the environment to
eliminate negative effects.
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Within the supply
chain the key move is to eliminate the carbon footprint set by the
transportation industry. As industries grow, so does this footprint;
his proposition on this is introduce hybrid power vehicles in the
transportation industry, reduce costs of logistics by eliminating
waste and becoming more economical by seeking and advancing the
development of alternate energies. He cited an example of such
efforts by shoe manufacturer Timberland that exports up to 25 million
shoes globally; they initiated a redesign of their shoe boxes which
reduced the use of more environmentally conscious materials resulting
in a 15% reduction in manufacturing costs; amounting to a huge saving
and reduced environmental impact. Global courier DHL's promotes the
use of route optimisation that reduces in mileage and fuel
consumption.
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Sustainable design
as a reaction to a global crisis and fundamentally seeks to raise
knowledge and awareness on the issue of the worlds depleting
resources, challenging its people to strive towards conserving these
resources and deterring industrialisation and consumerism at all
costs as it inevitably benefits none. As an isolated degrading
ecological system would inevitably have an impact on all inhabitants
of the earth.
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Keynote
Address on Global Organisational Efforts in Sustainability</u></b></span></div>
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Keynote speakers
attended to address their organisational implementation of
sustainable development principles. These delegates included; Ravi
Pillay the Corporate Affairs Director of Nestle South Africa, Cobus
Rossouw the Chief Integration Officer of Imperial Logistics, Gary
Joseph the Chief Executive Officer of South African Supplier
Diversity Council, Boudewijn Goossens the Executive Director of
Fairtrade Label in South Africa and Phillip Griffith the Supply Chain
Leader of General Electric Africa.</div>
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Ravi Pillay of
Nestle shared how the organisation has grass-root operations that
address social and environmental factors in sustainable development.
Nestle has operated in South Africa for ninety-six years with over
4000 employees; worldwide the organisation has over 330 000 employees
and 443 factories in over 81 countries.</div>
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In South Africa
factories are located in small towns to be closer to raw material
thus reducing on the environmental drawbacks of logistics.
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They implement a
business process that creates a shared value with all business
partners in sustainability to protect the future through compliance
of regulations that implement and practice these principles. Their
three focus areas in sustainability are in the areas of nutrition,
water and rural development.</div>
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Efforts in
developing sustainability through their supply chain include; the
assistance of local farmers with agricultural services that develop
environmentally sustainable farms, establishment and implementation
of strategies in pricing and logistics, cocoa farming that reduces
the water absorption of the plant through GMO technology. Other local
efforts are shown with their move of headquarters from an older
building in Randburg to a new greener one in Bryanston which saw
electricity consumption reduce by 50% in kilowatt usage.</div>
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Cobus Rossouw of
Imperial Logistics addressed the company's direct role in
sustainability in supply chain which they tackle through working with
suppliers in transport optimisation. This is done by reducing the
number of vehicles on the road and increasing mileage of each active
vehicle. Their challenge is that they own only half of their vehicle
fleet and thus seek to engage business partners in their efforts in
sustainability.
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Gary Joseph's
position challenged the socio-economic aspect in the complexity of
supply chain. His address raised the issues of marginalisation in the
supply chain industry which inhibits newcomers to the industry. He
challenged industry leaders to help sustain local markets by
eliminating social challenges through integration and incorporation,
and the building of new Black Economic Empowerment business partners.</div>
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Boudewijn Goossens
spoke of how the Fairtrade label has been operating globally in
sustainability since 1988 grossing over U$5 billion in retail sales.
Their key products are coffee, cotton, cacao, tea, bananas and sugar.
In South Africa Fairtrade has been in operation since 2010,
partnering with companies such as; Distell, Woolworths, Cadbury and
Puma.
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With over fifty wine
grape farmers they have a vital role in the improvement of the lives
of small-trade farmers. Fairtrade has a global leading sustainable
development initiative operating through product certification that
enforces socio-economic and environmental standards. This is
maintained through audits of business partners processes.</div>
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The social impact
provides good working and living conditions, environmental
management, workers rights respected through a life development
premium in which suppliers give back to the working community a sum
of money averaging R100 000 per farm; often used for community
development programmes such as improved housing and education.</div>
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Their direct
engagement with businesses is by trader certification; retailers
offer and promote their products, manufactures procure Fairtrade
ingredients, farmers and cooperatives supply certified products.</div>
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Phillip Griffith
Supply Chain Leader of General Electric Africa addressed his
organisations efforts in Sustainable development in Supply Chain.
General Electric has over 300 000 employees around the world, in 2012
they grossed revenues of over U$160 billion worldwide, of which more
than half was profited from outside of the United States. The company
is currently seeking Sub-Saharan growth. Its challenges are in
manufacturing energy efficient automotives, jet engines and turbines
and compliance of sustainable development initiatives with business
partners.</div>
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Their initiatives
are enforced through political pressure; lobbying by GE Pack to
advocate legislation that pushes for total industry sustainability.
The challenge according to Griffith is, “you can't force
legislation”. Through their processes they call for all business
partners to engage in environmentally sustainable processes as they
“require all businesses to strive to meet global standards”. Not
all business and industry partners score well in having business
practices that enforce sustainability; GE does not disassociate with
them but rather actively engages in improving their processes and
position thus raising their overall score on sustainability.
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Vulnerabilities
and Prospects of Sustainability</u></b></span></div>
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The challenges of
Sustainable development in South Africa are multi-faceted. These
include; a lack of overall knowledge and understanding of what
sustainable development is and strives for and corruption within the
supply chain industry.
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Adam Raman a senior
lecturer at Kingston University in the United Kingdom regards the
issues with sustainable development as; a problem with the adoption
of theoretical perspectives, a disconnected network in the supply
chain, and the fact that there are few success stories to show its
benefits. He regards the reasons for this as theories on
sustainability being too static, not dynamic, having closed
methodologies and relative stakeholders knowledge of theory being
limited.
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What he advises it
that stakeholders should implement a service dominant logic –
regard everything as service including goods, to alter their myopic
view of sustainability being limited to manufacturing processes.
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His challenge for
this is to advocate a new global theoretical perspective: proposing a
new definition and understanding of sustainability being issues
relating to extreme social, economic and environmental change and
sustainable development as the actions undertaken responding to these
issues.</div>
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Pressure advocating
for change would emanate from one’s own actions and feelings in
moral perspectives; this would drive a change in consumer related
behaviour, thus changing supplier behaviours in the manufacturing
process of goods. The view that all actors are stakeholders,
including the supplier and consumer.
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He proposes a
“Corporate Social Responsibility” model that holds ethics as
potential leading to change, sustainability the issue and corporate
social responsibility as actions undertaken to initiate progress. He
asserts that sustainability is important for an organisations image
and overall market capitalisation.
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To address issues
there needs to be a re-education of consumers and a change of habits.</div>
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Business to
business, there needs to be a development of new products and
processes lowering environment impact.
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Supply chain
networks need to be broken to establish new sustainability ties;
organisations are to no longer be treated as single entities but as
collective interacting network that can affect global change.
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With the issue of
corruption, Imperial Logistics tackles these challenges by allowing
relative stakeholders to be informed of alternate methods of trade
that are sustainable and by effective internal audits to deter any
corruption.</div>
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Nestle South Africa
has a rigorous supplier code of conduct that upholds transparency is
all steps of trade.</div>
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Gary Joseph of the
South African Supplier Diversity Council advises organisations not to
overlook minor irregularities in internal audits and promotes a
change of attitude within the methods that business is conducted.</div>
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Fairtrade bases its
business model on trust; thus it holds strict audits to ensure
transparency. This is “key for Fairtrade otherwise we can’t
exist” says Goossens, the Executive Director.</div>
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Failures of
sustainability according to Raman further include a lack of network
connection; stakeholders and sole interests being the bottom line.
“Diffusion and adoption inertia due to imbalance between
destruction of strong ties in established networks and creation of
weak ties as well as strong ties in new ones.”</div>
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Deterrents of
sustainable development that were highlighted are consumerism; living
in a societies that drive consumerism; resulting in industries being
driven by purchasing power. Consumers wanting bargains at all costs
drives demand for more goods this lowers labourer and farm worker
wages. Consumers are advised to take more responsibility of their
actions within these processes.
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Within
organisations, the short-lived tenures of CEO's pushes each to view
only short term financial goals thus not placing an importance on
sustainability of organisational actions and processes.
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Prospects are now
seen as the increased spread of the knowledge of the theory, global
initiatives by stakeholders in development such as donor agencies
imposing sustainability regulations and the change in social habits.</div>
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Boudewijn Goossens
of Fairtrade regards “consumer driven change most important. Change
in South Africa is slow; slowly but surely people are waking up and
wanting sustainably developed products”.
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The biggest drivers
of sustainability are morally conscious consumers, according to Ravi
Pillay of Nestle.
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For supply chain
stakeholders and clients, change is driven by people within
organisations.</div>
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Phillip Griffith of
General Electric which has made major moves and strives for
sustainability believes it should be incorporated in marketing more
and that “good entrepreneurs listen”, thus an all round
initiative for sustainability is possible and inevitable in the event
that the desire and move for change is properly vocalised.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Sustainable
Development and Supply Chain in a Changing World</b></u></span></div>
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Abrie de Swardt of
Abrie de Swardt and Associates, a logistics and supply chain
management thought leader, is an advocate of “Green Logistics”
which seeks to highlight an imbalance between supply and demand for
sustainability. He regards sustainability as an act that broadens the
concept of performance. Eliminating previous notions that focused
solely on the economical but now incorporating social and
environmental aspects equally and holistically, as they are
interdependent.
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His initiative
emphasises the move forward as one in which industry heads and
individuals are socially and morally conscious of the worlds
dwindling resources and environmental condition. These moves can have
a positive economic impact and have been seen in the creation of new
fields and environmentally friendly industrial initiatives.
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Such can be seen in
the development of alternate energy sources; the spread of solar
power technologies, bio fuels and wind turbine development.</div>
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In South Africa this
view can be pushed in the supply chain industry through logistics; as
13% of total carbon emissions arise from the transportation industry.
Collectively, he views that all logistical stakeholders should work
on understanding and acknowledging their role in sustainability,
route optimisation, social responsibility and unity in action.
Sustainability should be a lifestyle not a competitive advantage.
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Christine Mondor, a
lecturer from Carnegie Mellon University in the United States spoke
of sustainability in supply chain design. She highlighted that value
and sustainability can be found in unexpected places.
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Architecture as an
agent in the supply chain industry also plays a valuable role in the
promotion of sustainability.</div>
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The David L Lawrence
Convention Centre in Pittsburgh was the focal point of her
presentation. Built in 2004 at a cost of US$375 million, it receives
five-hundred thousand annual visitors and was designed with a “Green”
sustainable concept.
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The building is
regarded as an important benchmark for sustainability in
construction. In comparison to its competitors has set a new standard
for sustainability, encouraging “greening” operations in
development thus promoting the transference of sustainability. This
transference moves from the guest to supplier in supply chain.
</div>
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Its key sustainable
features include natural ventilation, daylighting and 40% less steel
used in construction. Natural ventilation has saved energy to power
fifty-one Pittsburgh homes annually.</div>
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Water efficiency
minimises demand, matches water to usage and treats black water on
site.
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The indoor
environment maximises satisfaction of users with the design holding a
biophilic advantage; holding within it harmonious river views,
maintaining natural warm and outdoor air. Daylighting; which saves
significant energy is also used in the design that boasts large
windows allowing the natural flow of light.
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Conventions are a
billion dollar industry: with that there is a push to reduce overall
consumption in the building, reuse and recycle, as the convention
industry produces massive waste streams.
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It receives 25% of
its revenue from “Green Seeking” events that have so far equalled
to revenue of over U$144 million.
</div>
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Mondor highlights
that there is a gap between sustainable building design and
construction and the convention centre stands as a benchmark for
sustainability and profitability.
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Closer to home
greening construction moves can be seen in developments such as The
Pick and Pay Falls Roodepoort store, a R160 million development. The
flagship store, set on 10,000 square metres in Little Falls
Johannesburg is an innovative Green concept store by Atterbury
Properties and Pick and Pay.</div>
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The store was
constructed in 2012 and brought with it a pioneering sustainable
development node. It makes use of daylight harvesting, allowing for
maximum use of natural light in the building design. Rainwater
harvesting, grey water use and water-wise planting, featured along
with environmentally friendly, energy efficient lighting and LED
lighting in the car park.</div>
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Global initiatives,
moves and actions such as these depict shifts in the thoughts and
structures of development striving for sustainability.</div>
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What sustainable
development requires of us is to see the world as an interconnected
system that cannot function if all components are not fully active as
decisions made now will effect generations to come.
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<i><span style="font-style: normal;">Ok so after
Henry Okah was found guilty by South Gauteng court of terrorism
charges related to bombings in Nigeria, in January 2013. The boys
from the delta, MEND allegedly sent out this statement which was
later refuted by another MEND/MEND??</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-style: normal;">Instructing
folks to ignore the initial email threat as follows: </span></i>
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<i><i>“<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wishes to
advise Nigerians and the media to disregard the pathetic attempt at
propaganda by a so-called Comrade Azizi and his statements, which are
not authentic statements emanating from MEND. As claimed by this
Comrade Azizi, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
(MEND) would like to clarify the following:</span></span></i></i></div>
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</i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr Henry Okah is NOT and has never been viewed as the
leader or founder of MEND; but rather known as a sympathiser and
supporter of our cause. Our fighters are freedom fighters who are
fighting for justice, emancipation of the Niger Delta and control of
our God-given resources – and not assassins as stated by this
so-called Comrade Azizi. Our struggle is NOT and has never been about
the disintegration of Nigeria or a North and South fight as stated by
this so-called Comrade Azizi.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">With regard to the trial, judgment and sentencing of
Henry Okah and other Niger Delta indigenes, we will issue a full
formal statement in due course stating our views and plans for the
future. The <u>Movemenent</u> for
the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) would once again strongly urge
Nigerians and the media to disregard any statement from this person.”</span></blockquote>
<i><span style="font-style: normal;">Now the first statement
released post the conviction of Okah was read as follows:</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">“MEND/QTD/82MP/2013</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">23rd
JANUARY 2013</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Ref: CONVICTION OF OUR LEADER AND FOUNDER MR. HENRY
OKAH.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">We witnessed ourselves firsthand the conviction of our dear
leader yesterday the 21st of January 2013 by the South African
Supreme Court on all the 13th count charges which as we all know has
to do with ASO ROCK politic on a man simply because he refused to be
bought over.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Before yesterday’s ruling, we had high regards for
the South African judiciary but not now as we were wrong on our
previous assessment nevertheless, people pays for mistakes committed
by others so we the High Command of MEND have an advice for the South
African people, which is TELL YOUR GOVERNMENT through your judiciary
stay away with events that happened in Nigeria or else some South
Africans will pay dearly for it.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">To
the Nigerian military (The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta)
don’t bother for now placing officers on alert, we will not bomb
nor kill anybody for the time being, as we had communicated months
back, we no long require IED or car bombs as we’ve gone pass that
stage. Nigerians as a whole will feel our presence when we finally
decide to carry out our targets which will not be restricted to the
Niger Delta Region alone.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">We
so much understand the job load of an image maker but I most point
our here clearly that the JTF’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Onyeama
Nwachukwu will have much jobs to do in the region anytime soon for
thinking we rely on the OLD COMMANDERS that sold out to take up arms
on behalf of our leader, just don’t underrate our capabilities
which will take the Nigerian Military another 10 years to catch.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">We
are not on the same program with regional agitators in the north or
elsewhere, we will not hide our faces, soon and very soon, Nigerians
will get to see the structures (Diaspora and Home) as well as our new
states, regional commanders and new National Leader, arresting and
killing Henry Okah will change nothing.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">To
the Nigerian Government, you have seen NOTHING, the disintegration of
Nigeria will start through us and by us, we are well equipped for
this task. We have details of all the family members of the
Government (1999-2013) and our Diaspora Command will take care of
that aspect, we will get to them, we will skin them and post their
remains to your door steps as compensation to the Ode people, except
our resources are handed over to us without conditions.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">All
Federal, States and Local Government officials under the pay roll of
the Government ( ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals,
Directors etc ) should stay away from the Niger Delta, if found
anywhere in the South South region, they will have themselves to
blame and that is if they live to tell the tales.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The
Minister of the Niger Delta Ministry Mr. Orubebe Peter Godsday is
hereby banished from Delta State and the region at large pending when
he returns the money he stole which was meant for the Niger Delta
Development Councils and also while with:</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">(a)
Burutu Local Government Council, Delta State (1991-1993),</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">(b) As
second Member: Primary Education Board, Asaba, Delta State
2000-2003.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">(c) As the Special Adviser to James Ibori former Delta
State Governor on Urban/Regional Planning between January 2004 and
November 2005.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">This
whole money belongs to the Niger Delta people and most be return or
he should be ready to face the consequences along with your nuclear
and immediate family members.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">To
our Natural Resources, there will soon be a massive earthquake that
will be <u>trigged</u></span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">by
our nuclear war head, this earthquake will destroy the entire oil
wells, oil pipelines especially to Kaduna refinery, oil
installations, oil rigs and what have you, when it happens, which we
know will be very soon, the Government and those owners of these oil
wells and installation will know it’s a different ball game.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">All
oil companies, (foreign or local) should start <u>parking</u> </span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">up
from the region as this might be the last warning, we really will not
want civilians to be caught in between so please take this warning
seriously.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">To
our old breed Commanders, you can talk as much as you want just
because you were bought over for a token but we wonder why the fight
against your masters, the hurricane is almost there and it will sweep
everything left.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">And
finally to the South Africa Companies: we made some promises before
and now we are repeating same, LEAVE NIGERIA totally, there will be
massive and aggressive campaign on all companies owned, operated and
affiliated to the South African Citizens or their Government both in
Nigeria, Western and Southern Africa respectively.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">OUR
CAMPAIGN START AFTER HENRY OKAH’S APPEAL.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">WE WILL MAKE A
POINT!!!!</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">SIGNED:</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">COMRADE AZIZI</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">23rd January 2013"</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2aO882C53OOc1C3ENyD0qaywczlDmi9Zdn562KDjRK6OSQKUQOnSvlbXpCLJRRLhF7y3ADZ4Gcus5NeY32eMwtZ08ZQGsXTgxNLxk8s4uQamljowphZf9Rm17_byOzPxkbb7Or05egPj/s1600/guncleaning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2aO882C53OOc1C3ENyD0qaywczlDmi9Zdn562KDjRK6OSQKUQOnSvlbXpCLJRRLhF7y3ADZ4Gcus5NeY32eMwtZ08ZQGsXTgxNLxk8s4uQamljowphZf9Rm17_byOzPxkbb7Or05egPj/s200/guncleaning.jpg" width="121" /></a>Now this letter from the
“Movemenent” was very dramatic and had some people shaken up. The
question is though, how seriously should you take threats that have
grammatical errors that make you chuckle?! Yes, spellcheck sometimes
morphs into its own language mid checks, but who's sending this
stuff? The Six Million Dollar Man in prison? Are they that impossible
to find? Or is nobody really looking... <br />
<i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></i>
<i><span style="font-style: normal;">There will be a massive
earthquake “trigged” by nuclear warheads. Trigged: a verb from
the adjective trig, means to make neat and tidy in appearance.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;">So this, </span><i><span style="font-style: normal;">"massive
earthquake that will be</span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">
trigged </span></span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal;">by
our nuclear war head",will be very neat and tidy. Very good,
very green. A malapropism or genuine threat? These boys could really
be out to clean up the Delta...with a mass explosive spring clean
that will be felt worldwide; followed by a yard sale of some fine
crude... </span></i>
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<i><span style="font-style: normal;">And for my dear South
Africans in Naija, since it is your courts that started this saga;
“start parking up”. They “dont want you to get caught in
between so please take this warning seriously”. “Parking up” is
kinda a tricky instruction to give but whatever you decide to do,
however you decide to interpret it; make sure its trigged. There is a
new breed of OCD militants out there armed with hand sanitisers and
wet wipes.</span></i><br />
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MEND are a militant group that operate in the Niger Delta with the
purpose of highlighting and addressing social and economic injustice
that the oil industry has caused in the region. Established in the
early 2000's; they have allegedly used means such as attacks on oil
installations, the kidnap of foreign oil workers and terror attacks
against the Nigerian government. The Niger Delta is a region that has
an estimated population of 31 million people who live on less than $1
a day. The region is devastated by pollution from oil spills and
pipeline fires that result from siphoning; this has all but destroyed
the ecological system. But nobody cares about all this; we just like
the drama...<br />
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Yes I said it...Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-78139885043951378092013-02-17T23:37:00.000+02:002013-02-17T23:37:21.873+02:00Badluck Jonathan.It appears that Henry Okah was the source of the code after all as he was found guilty of all charges related to Nigeria's 2010 Independence day bombings, in a Johannesburg court. He awaits his sentencing and is making attempts at mitigation, the matter due to conclude on 4th March 2013 shall certainly be one to watch. During the course of his incarceration and trial Okah made some major claims and allegations against President Jonathan. He revealed his close government ties and the role he played in
influencing President Jonathan in the appointment of Petroleum Resources
Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. He shockingly alleged the independence day bombings were orchestrated by Jonathan to implicate northern politicians in his pursuit to seek an unconstitutional second term; sound conspiracy theory...<br />
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Jonathan has managed to keep this one in the closet, for now. Owing to his "Goodluck", but that can really hold him for so long. With scathing issues such as gross mismanagement and Boko Haram having killed thousands in terror attacks across the country; his term has brought no fortune for the country.<br />
His inability and apparent disinterest in silencing the terror group may lean favourably towards the theory that his goal is to totally discredit all northern elements by labelling them as agents that deplore peace. Alleged Boko Haram sponsors are publicly known and members who are convicted of attacks have in some instances been released from prisons and given lenient sentences. For a group that has to date murdered approximately 2900 civilians? That is strange.<br />
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For Okah that meant; No bail. Go to jail. Move directly to jail. Do not talk to the media and do not your governments secrets. Yet? We hope not; this saga is as dramatic as the Stefano DeMira , John Black beef...How will the phoenix rise from the furnaces of Masion Blache/Aso Rock when his wings have been clipped?<br />
With his conviction only time will tell what Okah's next move will be. The sentence imposed on him may determine the outcome of how far he is willing to put the Jonathan regime on blast!<br />
Rightfully so; still can't get over that hat. <br />
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Yes I said it...Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-44646654715843097992013-02-17T20:39:00.002+02:002013-02-17T20:39:24.262+02:00Green Development?<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><style type="text/css"> <!--
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Earth Summit 2002 informally nicknamed Rio+10 held in Johannesburg,
South Africa. Was tasked with the goal of initiating international
partnership initiatives meant to help achieve the Millennium
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<span style="font-size: small;">The United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development known as Rio +20 took place in June 2012; in Rio De
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<span style="font-size: small;">The conference was a congregation of world leaders
from the private and governmental sector as well as other individual
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<span style="font-size: small;">The aim of the conference was to address global
sustainable development; the eradication of poverty and climate
issues. The focus of the conference was based on the themes of;
achieving sustainable development by building a green economy,
including support for developing countries aiding them to secure
green paths for development; and providing the institutional
framework and coordination for sustainable development.<br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The purpose of the conference was to secure renewed
political commitment for sustainable development and assess the
progress to date. Addressing new emerging challenges and the
implementation of previous outcomes from previous summits on
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<span style="font-size: small;">Under the leadership of Mr. Sha Zukang the United
Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, who
heads the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and is
responsible for the follow-up to the major United Nations Summits and
Conferences. </span></div>
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creation of decent jobs, energy, promotion of sustainable cities,
food security and sustainable agriculture, water, oceans and disaster
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sustainable development is a principle for global
development in economic, social and environmental sectors. It meets
the socio-economic needs of the present without compromising the
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<span style="font-size: small;">The goal of Rio+20 was to secure positive political
commitments made at past Earth Summits and set forth a global
environmental agenda for the next twenty years. This is to be done by
assessing progress towards the goals set forth and addressing new and
critical global issues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The UN wanted a "green economy road-map" to
be endorsed at Rio+20 with environmental goals, targets and
deadlines. Developing countries preferred establishing new
sustainable development goals to protect the environment better,
guarantee food, alleviate poverty and provide power to the poor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The meeting was marred with protest as all
international gatherings addressing global issues are known for.
Numerous NGO's and individuals and groups marched and protested
highlighting social and environmental exploitation by governments and
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<span style="font-size: small;">Like the protesters, one can question what how the
benefit of the “green road-map” and agenda for the creation of
sustainable development will trickle down and aid the common man on
the street who has basic issues of food security. The agenda took on
new issues but still debated previous ones set forth in the
Millennium Development Programme. Ten years later, if these issues
are still being debated, one can question if the Rio +20 was just
another “green” themed party.
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes I said it...</span>Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-2502146163977312012011-02-11T16:33:00.003+02:002011-02-17T14:53:16.819+02:00The Games People Play<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For someone who seems to be in a lot of trouble you sure smile a lot…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCfVXEcnt4OUZQ0bZBO4Y5WkullFzKBv7cbbp-CH75Lhggl_V7vJIcAWExRwk9Ol5uhU0RPx9ecqOriGee_nxWbooeTFlkqxsI9mAiXSZ6fkXWThAuNt-1kGUUyd3weSsUubIEm5QzpeU/s1600/henry-ohak1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCfVXEcnt4OUZQ0bZBO4Y5WkullFzKBv7cbbp-CH75Lhggl_V7vJIcAWExRwk9Ol5uhU0RPx9ecqOriGee_nxWbooeTFlkqxsI9mAiXSZ6fkXWThAuNt-1kGUUyd3weSsUubIEm5QzpeU/s320/henry-ohak1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Nigerian terror accused Henry Okah was arrested at his Johannesburg home on 2 October 2010 and was charged with, “</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">engaging in terrorist activity and delivering or detonating explosive</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.” Detonating explosive devise all the way from Johannesburg wonder what the code for that is +#39#*666BOOM?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Somebody should share this information with Al-Qaeda; it will spare them a lot...</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The bombing took place at Nigeria’s fifty-year independence celebrations in Abuja and sadly killed twelve.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The attacks were claimed by a group called MEND, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, citing the purpose of highlighting the inequalities and exploitation of oil production in the Delta. Hmmm? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Makes me think of the Looney Tunes, “Good Idea, Bad Idea…” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cze1viRPDUcyEtjH47lXTjBswXgM2SA3IeJEwmome_5yA3ehBE-UkCoUWL72xv5MtYZ1q8gJjDn6zHSV2x7VkciWsQ_rQWLPiCUhCY_QLctEnBl9ckO0SvpkdapRG4fhyphenhyphenHvwpFijqRcn/s1600/images+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cze1viRPDUcyEtjH47lXTjBswXgM2SA3IeJEwmome_5yA3ehBE-UkCoUWL72xv5MtYZ1q8gJjDn6zHSV2x7VkciWsQ_rQWLPiCUhCY_QLctEnBl9ckO0SvpkdapRG4fhyphenhyphenHvwpFijqRcn/s200/images+%25285%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If MEND certainly is responsible their next album won’t be going platinum.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes I said it...</span>Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-63066327235643232912010-11-09T17:10:00.002+02:002010-11-09T17:21:25.545+02:00Rebels for Christ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Laurent Nkunda, AKA "The Chairman". Reason maybe because he runs an army of approximately 8000 rebel troops or he seems to be sitting in most of his pictures...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Somebody call Maury Povich.</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><h3 style="margin-bottom: .05in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He then joined the integrated army of the DRC and was elected as a General in 2004. He then rejected the authority of Joseph Kabila and retreated with some troops to the province of Nord-Kivu raising a flag of rebellion against the government.</span></span></span></span></h3><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Claiming defense of the rights of Tutsi minority in eastern Congo who were subjected to attacks by Hutus who had fled after involvement in the Rwandan genocide. The Kivu Conflict has uprooted 200,000 civilians, and the approximate total of displaced people is 2 million. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What is he fighting for? In a BBC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space0"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">interview in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space0"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2008, he threatened to topple the Kabila’s government if direct talks were not held. To discuss what, the rights of Tutsi minorities in a foreign land? I doubt it. When their country is under a Tutsi regime.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He has been accused of massacring civilians, recruiting child soldiers and it is alleged that his troops have committed mass rapes and murders according to Refugees International. Which comes as no surprise as this seems to be the modus operandi in Eastern Congo conflict.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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Nkunda the former psychology student, school teacher; also claims to be an ordained minister and professes that most of his troops have been converted and are now "Rebels for Christ". He also receives assistance and guidance from American Rebels for Christ...Rebels for Christ or rebels for the dollar? Hmmm!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes I said it...</span></span>Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-62361048550746709192010-10-25T16:32:00.000+02:002012-08-17T14:47:41.330+02:00I don't know man.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been thinking about this for a long time. And really I don't know...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kiir a former rebel commander, visibly drawing inspiration from his dealings with good ol' Texas boy JR Ewing clearly has his swag on when he wears that stupid hat. But really we have to ask is there a Rodeo in war ridden, oil rich Southern Sudan? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As for Jonathan these offenses are a good enough reason for people not to vote for you in Nigeria’s upcoming elections. How can you be trusted to govern when clearly you cannot be trusted to dress yourself? The most tragic part of this whole story is that the hats also come in brown… </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where are their wives, children, and frienemies, to tell them that they look a little silly? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who can we call to MEND this situation? Somebody has to bomb the stupid hat factory so this hot mess is no more. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes I said it...</span>Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-50525570546393516482010-10-20T17:01:00.000+02:002010-10-20T17:01:33.701+02:00Free Period<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">Teaching, notably one of the most honourable professions in society may be on of the most undermined. The twelve years the average child spends in the education system are an immense influence in their life and teacher’s can make or break a child’s future ambitions and dreams. If these people have enormous influence on the progression of our future generations, why is it that their remuneration is minimal in comparison to the impact on society?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">In recent months South Africa has been marred by civil service strikes; which involved two major sectors; health workers and teachers downed tools demanding wage increases, leaving their departments at a virtual stand still.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">Teachers began to strike at a crucial period of the academic calendar, prior to end of year exams. It could be said that students were jubilant when lessons were cancelled. Drama’s played out typical of a “Nollywood” script, as threats of union rogues hijacking schools of teachers who refused to strike hit the headlines and sent parents into an inflated panic to rescue their children from Model C ambush.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">It is a hearted concern for teachers to receive fair pay for the service they provide us. However the manner in which their protest was conducted brings into question the underlying value of this fine profession. Granted governments globally have failed to give those in the service the necessary dignity but what was their purpose in entering the field. Doctors train because they want to heal. Therefore teachers should teach because they want to inspire and ignite generations of greatness.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">The South African Democratic Teachers Union’s decision to strike in that manner stripped the profession of its nobility. Simply labelling it a profession, no longer a passion.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
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Yes I said it...Just Call Me Jazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888867998346833245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068816792704502534.post-18631026929751630892010-10-15T17:15:00.001+02:002010-10-25T16:55:37.880+02:00Crude Exploitation<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Gulf of Mexico oil spill blasted into the headlines the manner in which capitalism is detrimental to our ecological system. Crude oil the substance that many a war has been waged for washed up on the American gulf shores by the barrel. Billions of dollars were lost over the period of approximately six months that oil gushed by the second into the ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">British Petroleum, the owners of the offshore rig, pledged twenty billion dollars for the relief effort. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">However their image was demonised in the public eye with many African people declaring to boycott the brand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In relation to their world, across the ocean in the Gulf of Guinea, ridden with crude, similar instances occurred daily according to some. The soil is blackened by imperialism and the plant of progression fails to bloom and the world has turned a blacked eye on the Niger Delta.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nigeria, a country infamously known for its diversity and its colourful population gained independence from Britain in 1960. The country was blessed with a lucrative resource, black gold, crude oil, is the world’s sixth largest oil producer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The blessing of the resource soon became one of Nigeria’s curses as oil production and sale boomed in the 1970’s so did corruption and mismanagement coupled with a legacy of coups. The focus in the Delta was solely oil production, of which only the government and foreign oil companies benefited from.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Activism in the Niger Delta began to rise in the early 1990’s, as groups from the region began so vocalise and mobilise their opposition of the exploitation. Tragically the regime at the time silenced any opposition; it is during this period that peaceful activists such as Ken Saro-Wiwa were executed without fair trial. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The government’s violent action and failure to address the grievances of their people escalated tensions in the region and ultimately paved the way to its militarisation. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One group the emerged from the creeks is the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, known as MEND. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">MEND are known as one of the largest militant groups in the Delta and it has been reported that they have been engaged in activities such as sabotage of Delta oil production through the destruction of oil infrastructure, averting foreign interest in the region, kidnap of foreign oil workers and oil bunkering. MEND reports that their aim is to expose the decades of exploitation and oppression in the region and to localize the control of the oil industry and seek reparations for communities devastated by the industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2010 during Nigeria’s Golden Jubilee celebration, bombs devastated celebration and killed twelve. It was immediately reported that MEND claimed responsibility for the attack with the purpose of highlighting the government’s failure to resolve the continuing exploitation. Henry Okah and alleged MEND leader was arrested in South Africa in connection with the bombings but denied any involvement. Raising his status from rebel militant to terrorist in what he deems is a political ploy to gain electoral favour in upcoming government elections. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Niger Delta is a region of contrasts; foreign oil workers live in luxurious communities whereas villages in the Delta fail to fish or grow crops as the ecological system has been ravaged by oil spills. In desperation some lose their lives by siphoning fuel from pipelines, ethnic land is robbed from many communities and handed to oil companies. Communities are desperate for control over their own resources and do not want to witness further exploitation by the west. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The crisis of the Delta will cease when the government hears and aids the cries of its people. Then groups such as MEND would have in their greed whether though means of violence, terror and fought and won the cause of their people. Bloodshed is never justifiable but one can clearly see the escalation of the issue from peaceful protest to militancy is by no means coincidental.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Delta and its people will not remain silent until companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and Texaco confess their sins and make penance. 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