#Fuckyouiwontdowhatyoutellme!

Evening all,

First and foremost I feel I have to honor a hero, Mthetho Sandla, an SAPS officer in Cape Town was brutally murdered in the early hours of the 13th of June while he and his partner are believed to have  thwarted an ATM robbery as there were explosives found at the scene. To ntate Sandla's family from the people of South Africa, our heart felt thanks to you for giving us your son's life in serving his country and it's people. We can offer little by way of comfort but hope that knowing he died to protect the people of South Africa gives some sense of pride and solace. One can only hope that the bastards who killed him are caught and have the full weight of the law thrown at them. It's stories like these that make me want capital punishment to be reinstated.

In other infuriating, though hardly surprising, news, the SABC is censoring any and all coverage of protests around the country in the run up to the local elections in August. Clearly an apartheid-like ploy to censor what news the majority of South Africans have access to. Thankfully though, the SOS Coalition have created an online petition with over 4000 signatures to hand over to ICASA tomorrow when the regulator will hear arguments from the SABC as to why it has made the decision. For those wishing to sign the petition (I have just done so) please go here.

To put a positive spin on this story, the fact that this has been caught by ICASA is one of the reasons I still have faith in this country, as well as our democracy. Sure, we have corruption, and the current government is trying every trick in the book to try and stop word of their misdeeds getting to the majority of South Africans, but thankfully we live in a country where even the mighty are held accountable. (Unless their name is Jacob Zuma of course) :P.

To end on a more positive note, scientists in Australia have discovered a drug to help combat breast cancer in women. Not to get into the sciencey jargon, the drug essentially helps prevent breast cells with a high likelihood of mutating into cancerous cells from doing so. The previous recommended solution was a mastectomy, though this will hopefully allow this life altering surgery to become a last resort. It will be a good few years before it will be available to patients outside of clinical trials but initial research looks very promising.

For tonight's entertainment I've chosen the music video for Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name. Please remember I don't own the media, if you are into something heavy with a bit of hip-hop thrown in, give them a look up.



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Ta,
G