[In the news story below they blame Gold for keeping the war going. But this is all wrong. If one were to go back into history you will see that the whole concept that Africa will be peaceful under Black rule is really a lot of nonsense. When Whites arrived here, Black Africa was split among 300 tribes who were constantly at war with each other. Now that the hand of the White man has been removed, we are seeing Blacks returning to their former state (with some minor differences).

People will say: “The White man came to Africa and took advantage of the ignorant Blacks who then traded all their valuables for a few beads. Ergo, nasty, cunning, horrible, devious White man.”

What these people forget is WHY the Blacks and Whites interacted as they did. Many times, the Blacks, in their incessant wars with each other then took to trying to manipulate the Whites to side with them and to ask for White help in conquering someone else. When Blacks weren’t busy stealing from each other, they tried it against the Whites. But the Whites didn’t take kindly to that – hence the various “Kaffir Wars”. There are many historical instances where the Blacks came and stole the cattle from the Whites, and the White farmers banded together, got their muskets, climbed on their horses and set off to retrieve their stolen cattle and punished the Blacks. (Our forefathers ROCKED!! Wouldn’t it be cool if we could band together and hunt down and kill some of these Black criminal gangs which our Police never catch?) Gradually, over a period of time, our forefathers either totally pacified the Blacks through FORCE, or they drove them back. Either way, they ended up in control of Africa bit by bit.

The individual tribes of Africa were so busy stabbing each other in the back, that often, the only people they ended up turning to, either out of need or because they could trust their word, were the Whites! There are many instances where Blacks hated each other so much, that the only people they could trust in any way, were White people.

How the Whites conquered Africa was really because of the way Whites build on what they have. The Blacks on the other hand, destroy what they have and end up in really bad situations of their own creation. Then when they are in a desperation which they created, then they run off and start selling the Gold and the Ivory, etc. In certain instances, in South Africa and Zimbabwe, Whites received large tracts of land as part of historical signed deals between Whites and Blacks. Its the Blacks who ended up screwing themselves because they can’t live with each other.

I watch Blacks failing daily… one day I will tell the story in much more detail. I have so many juicy stories to tell about Blacks and Whites who were promoted, and how they worked, when the Whites were in charge, or when a Black guy took over. Or, as recently happened, a Black guy couldn’t take the heat and he resigned, then a White junior who was supposed to report to him, suddenly took over and suddenly, things were being fixed at a staggering rate. Everyone then looked up and said: “Wow, nothing happened during all the years when that Black guy ran the department, but this White lad is doing more in a few weeks than the Black guy did in years!”

Also I noticed, that many Blacks, when they suddenly find themselves in a position of responsibility, and are now required to actually get a job done – then immediately try to get Whites under their wing, because they don’t trust their own kind to get the job done. I am watching some hillarious things daily… where I work. Its a hoot, and I will write about it one day. Its too funny. I am finding it extremely instructive.

I’m definitely refining my ideas on why Blacks can’t work together. In fact, from observing them closely, I can now see what they can’t see.

Do you remember Prof Parkinson and “Parkinson’s Law” that you rise to your level of incompetance? Blacks in Africa are way beyond their levels of incompetance, and that’s why Africa, including South Africa, are doomed to fail … but more about that on another day…

Whites defeated the Blacks in the past. It can be done again. In many ways, with modern technology, it is actually easier than it was back then. One could debate, who has benefitted the most from technology. I believe, that if Whites stand together, they would do even better than in the past.

But I think, this time, the Whites must not rule them, but get them out of our lives for good. We must not control them. We must not be responsible for their failures and their lives. I don’t want to be punished by God for their failures in life. I just want to be responsible for myself. So I say, for our own sake, we should get the hell away from them and leave them. They will be at war with each other, killing each other for the next thousand years. Watch it. Its coming. Blacks are their own worst enemies. There is no doubt about it in my mind. Jan]

Curse of gold has fuelled slaughter and rape in Congo

The lure of gold is fuelling major human rights atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch says in a report published today.

Regional warlords and international companies are among those benefiting from access to gold-rich areas while local people suffer ethnic slaughter, torture and rape. “Rather than bringing prosperity to the people of north-eastern Congo, gold has been a curse to those who have the misfortune to live there,” the New York-based group said.

Human Rights Watch alleges that co-operation between one leading gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, and the murderous Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI) has provided “meaningful financial aid and logistical support” to the FNI leaders, a group responsible for some of the bloodiest atrocities in the war-torn region.

The report into the investigation by Human Right Watch claims that AngloGold’s links with the FNI have helped the company access the gold reserves around the rebel-dominated town of Mongbwalu.

It is here that the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups fought for control of the mines for more than two years, costing the lives of at least two thousand civilians.

The local population, still in the grips of conflict, is at the mercy of the armed militia, the report says.

“We are cursed because of our gold,” one miner told HRW. “All we do is suffer. There is no benefit to us.”

AngloGold Ashanti denies there is a “working or other relationship with the FNI” but admits it has on one occasion yielded to militia extortion in Mongbwalu.

In a statement, the company yesterday said this action was against its principles: “That there was a breach of this principle in this instance, in that company employees yielded to the militia group FNI’s act of extortion is regretted,” it said. “As soon as it came to our attention, we publicly acknowledged it, condemned it and said it would not happen again.”

“As a company committed to corporate social responsibility, AngloGold Ashanti should have waited until it could work in Mongbwalu without having to interact with abusive warlords,”HRW Congo researcher, Anneke Van Woudenberg, wrote in the report. “Congo desperately needs business investment to help rebuild the country, but such business engagement must not provide any support to armed groups responsible for crimes against humanity.”

The area around Mongbwalu, 30 miles north-west of Bunia, capital of the Ituri province, is still firmly in the power of the FNI and there is little indication the situation will change soon.

Since war ended in 2003, the Kinshasa government has failed to establish control of the province where self-styled president of the FNI, Floribert Njabu, is fully aware of his own power. “The government is never going to come to Mongbwalu,” he told HRW. “I am the one who gave [AngloGold] Ashanti permission to come. I am the boss of Mongbwalu. If I want to chase them away, I will.”

HRW tracked millions of pounds worth of “tainted” gold which was funnelled out of the country with the aid of local militia during the war, most of it ending up in Switzerland.

The report reveals how a Swiss company, Metalor Technologies, bought the gold from Uganda. In a statement to Human Rights Watch, the company said it had believed the gold “was of legal origin”. It has vowed to never purchase gold from Uganda again, a move HRW applauds.

Source: The Independent (UK)
URL: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/st…/p>