Good to be a Saffa

It must be good to be a Saffa today, especially if you are in the UK.

Sorry Lions.

SA Expat jailed

Roxanne Hillier, a 22 year old South African Expat, has been jailed for 3 months in the United Arab Emirates for allegedly having sex with her employer, a 41 year old Emirati.

She was jailed without any proof that they did indeed have sex. Part of the sentence is for "being alone with a non-relative." I do not know all the minor details about this case so I can’t really comment too much on this.

I can go into a rant on how completely stupid such laws are and how repressive it is etc. I could probably write a whole book about it.

The fact however remain, we as SAFFAS should take care when we visit or move to foreign countries. The culture and laws are different and sometimes the justice system is not in your favor. We should therefore take care to educate ourselves about what the culture and laws of the country that we are going to visit is. We should take care to obey such laws, even if you find them strange or stupid.

If you don’t, expect problems.

Anyway, my thoughts are with the Hillier family and I wish Roxanne all the best during this ordeal.

STEM IN DIE BUITELAND

Só kan Suid-Afrikaners in die buiteland te werk gaan om te verseker hulle kan op 15 April stem: (Beeld 13 Mrt 2009)
· Maak seker jy het jou identiteitsdokument by jou en besoek http://www.elections.org.za/ om te verseker jy is geregistreer.

· Laai die VEC10-vorm af van dieselfde webwerf of kry dit op Beeld se webwerf. ( klaar ge-attach hierbo)
· In dié vorm moet jy vermeld by watter Suid-Afrikaanse konsulaat, hoë kommissaris of ambassade jy wil stem.
· Stuur jou ingevulde VEC10-vorm na die volgende e-posadres: vec10@elections.org.za. Of faks dit na +2712 428 5566 of +2712 428 5279
· Jy kan dit ook pos na Hoofkiesbeampte, Verkiesingskommissie, Posbus 7943, Pretoria 0001, Suid-Afrika.
· Die vorm moet me. Pansy Tlakula, hoofverkiesingsbeampte, voor 27 Maart 2009 bereik.
· Stem by jou naaste konsulaat, hoë kommissaris of ambassade op 15 April.

AS JY EEN KEER VOORHEEN GEREGISTREER WAS AL IS DIT 10 JAAR TERUG KAN JY NOU OOK STEM. JOU REGISTRASIE VERVAL NIE.

Dit vat 5 minute om die boonste te doen. Doen dit asseblief.

STEM OF HOU JOU BEK!!!!!

Voting

The Pretoria High Court ruled that SA expats whom are still citizens of South Africa, may vote overseas. Will the ANC respect this decision?

Does anyone have an idea what is the next step? Should we contact our nearest embassy? If you know anything, kindly let me know.