Wed Jun 19 08:10:02 SAST 2013

Ramaphosa apologises for splashing the cash

Sep 20, 2012 | Sapa | 173 comments

Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised for bidding millions of rand on a buffalo cow and her calf

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Sep 20, 2012

Ornate

lol, Juju is the man
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Sep 20, 2012

imbabazane


We really are a sad society when a grown man must apologies for doing with his money as he pleases.

If Ramaphosa "stole" the money, then prove it and take him to court !

But we can not tell him what to do with his money. Ey!
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Sep 20, 2012

webcaddler

Ramaphosa spending millions on a cow and calf, yet millions of SA civilian r suffering. am out of words here, JUJU continue to yadayada, these leaders surely will assassinate u.
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Sep 20, 2012

sakhomba

come out with the rest of the other hidden stories Juju.
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Sep 20, 2012

100%Boer

Nci nci nci.....
R20 m worth of mistake?
Now that the smell of being Deputy Pres is filling up your nostrils, you claim that it was a mistake to buy an animal. Come on Mr Greedy don't lie!
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Sep 20, 2012

MommaC

What are you apologising for? It is your money, you can do with it what you want to. There is nothing wrong with wanting to get good breeding material in to keep your herds healthy
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Sep 20, 2012

DrunkenMaster

"I belong to a community" bull crap man
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Sep 20, 2012

|Sinudeity|

So, it was cyril that spent millions to buy a bull? Didnt we have some commentators saying it was a white dude? :P

Whats the difference between julius living in a multimillion mansion, and cyril buying this bull in the 'sea of poverty'?
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Sep 20, 2012

RobinH

Bad blunder there Cyril, but hey, hats off to you for coming clean and apologising. Now let's see if those comrades that criticised you will do the same regarding their ludicrous lifestyles.
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Sep 20, 2012

Robaletheka75

What kind of Buffolo cow that cost so much? Tjhelete e ya o taya.
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Sep 20, 2012

Ornate

if Juju didnt raise the alarm, Mr cud have bought the buffalo.....ijaaaa neh
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Sep 20, 2012

Mrazane

Hawu nkosi yami, did he really have to apologise for this? Yes there is a sea of poverty but last time I checked Cyril is an honest hard working businessman, who has grown from strength to strength, I don't see why he must apologise, he did not use the taxpayers money.

If he starts with this he must apologise for his houses in Camps Bay, in the Mediterranean, his jet, and everything else he has been blessed with. Abuti Cyril, those comrades who chastised you are the ones who are supposed to be apologising for looting the coffers of government. Honestly this is ridiculous, 2 people go out for dinner and spend R1500 do they apologise for such an expensive meal when others don't have a bag of mielie meal that costs R50?

I am not saying we must be insensitive to the needs of the poor but let us not put people who are making it in life on an unnecessary guilt trip, especially when their success is due to honest hard work.
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Sep 20, 2012

P4T

Cyril why are you doing this? If its for political expediency, it would be prudent that you use your legal mind and business experience to assess your political move. Don't be influenced by your comrades who think with and/or of their stomachs when making political decisions.
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Mr Ramaphosa you did right by apologising and we forgive you for flaunting your ill gotten gains so blatantly in the face of the poor of South Africa. It should not happen again; now that we are at it sir who are you awarding all the McDonald's franchises to besides yours and Hope's relatives? What hold has she on you sir ?
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Sep 20, 2012

ThirdEye

@Sinudeity
Indeed it was a white guy who bought it, read the story carefully.

I'm not sure if we do have to blame him for spending his money. He is not a public representative.
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Sep 20, 2012

Blackthought

Ja!ja!ja!....We need to be active citizens in this country before it's too late. Took a punk like Juju (for his own selfish reasons) to stop this calculating potential candidate for the biggest seat in this country. Apology won't change who he has now become....still don't blame him (Ramaphosa) because he knows us so well. Anyone will take advantage of shallow POOR SOUTH AFRICANS!!!
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Sep 20, 2012

Kabelo10

If Juju didnt expose this, will you come out to light and say it? Capital Letter NO
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

|Sinudeity|
So, it was cyril that spent millions to buy a bull? Didnt we have some commentators saying it was a white dude? :P
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His bid didnt win. Why is every thing about black and white to you Sin. Careful not to get left behind cause times are changing fast brother!

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Sep 20, 2012

Coldcurry

Why aren't we crying foul that the businessman Boet Troskie bought it. Is it ok that Boet bought it and not Cyril. Why are we black people putting limits to ourselves and not placing boudaries on white people?
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Sep 20, 2012

Msola321

Cyril got this money while he was still president of NUM. sucking poor blacks workers
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Sep 20, 2012

MissBhakajuju

....that was extremely extravagant.......... but isn't his money ???
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Sep 20, 2012

lamolath

Good day

Eeeeh it means Malema was talking the truth,
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Sep 20, 2012

|Sinudeity|

Honeybadger - Because everything is about black and white on sowetan. But here, if a white dude is at fault, everyone nerd-rages. If a black dude is at fault, then everyone wants to know why its about black and white :P
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Sep 20, 2012

maneater

@ imbabazane

i beg to differ sir. Mr ramaphosa is a public figure and what he does with his money will always symbolise what he holds dear to his heart. if he hold a bafallo then its ok but that is how we will look at him in future and the oarty he represents.
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Sep 20, 2012

Blackthought

Cryil lost out to a white dude and his son....used to have so much respect for the man. But one must remember that it is his money. This was a business decision from a business man that he has become since the don of our new despensation.
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Sep 20, 2012

dead_man_walking

IT IS NOT MALEMA WHO EXPOSED THIS STORY, IT IS THE SUNDAY TIMES!!!
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Sep 20, 2012

Mellow

Sure ppl can say its his money and can do whatever he pleases with it but really as a leader in this poor country where his miners had to die before their demands were met only for him to donated the 2mil towards their burial SAD SAD SAD yeah he bought a gold cow that s#it money good for him right?! unfortunately sorry wont cut it
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Sinudeity|
Honeybadger - Because everything is about black and white on sowetan. But here, if a white dude is at fault, everyone nerd-rages. If a black dude is at fault, then everyone wants to know why its about black and white :P
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Dont let stuff like that get to you my man. Its good to stand your ground though however there are lots of shades of all colours.
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Sep 20, 2012

themadam

isnt this old, or is now a second buffalo he was bidding for?
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Sep 20, 2012

Mzabalazo

Ramaphosa will not be relevant to the problems of the people, he is going to be a deputy, deputising corruption.
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Blackthought
Cryil lost out to a white dude and his son....used to have so much respect for the man. But one must remember that it is his money. This was a business decision from a business man that he has become since the don of our new despensation.
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You lost your respect for him because his bid at an auction did not win?
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Sep 20, 2012

Flemza

That s big mistake in judgement and hopefully you have learned from it , at times when you have money just keep quite and enjoy your money , thats my tactic , no media or Malema will be after you
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

themadam
isnt this old, or is now a second buffalo he was bidding for?
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No its not but its the first time he apologises. Did you even bother to read the article?
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Sep 20, 2012

Moffdat

@ALL - I GREAT YOU IN THE GLORIOUS NAME OF MOFFDAT!!!!

This is one of the reasons i dislike the press so much! The initial report i read from the city press stated that he won the bid and that he was going to use it for his animal ranch in Bela Bela!!!! I bet when they apologised for misleading us it was in the classifieds right at the end where no-one can see!


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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Flemza
That s big mistake in judgement and hopefully you have learned from it , at times when you have money just keep quite and enjoy your money , thats my tactic , no media or Malema will be after you
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You probably had change my man hence the lack of interest by the media in you.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

you should have just given me atleast R 1,399,950 to buy that 2011 Mercedes-Benz S Class S63 AMG A/T above yr brain bro
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Tlakenyobehle!
you should have just given me atleast R 1,399,950 to buy that 2011 Mercedes-Benz S Class S63 AMG A/T above yr brain bro
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And what would you have given him in return? Would you have lived up to your moniker?
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Sep 20, 2012

dead_man_walking

Sorry for what? for spending your own money, that is bullshit! people must understand that there are no external forces that are coming to rescue them from poverty, you work your way up. sitting behind the computer and blog the whole day is not going to make you a millionare. so lets stop being haters because haters are loosers.
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Sep 20, 2012

MissBhakajuju

@ Moffdat

hi my bra..... but I don't think its fair to appologise, for your own money nogal ?? nee nee....

why should anyone always be reminded about the 'Poor' ?? What about his personal interests ??
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Sep 20, 2012

Lord-Have-Mercy

somebody bought a R4million house and demolished it to build a R16 Milion House

Mathematics: R4 Million + 16 Million = R20 Million house in a sea of poverty


Last month i bought myself Johnny Walker Gold and Blue = R2500 in a sea of poverty


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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

or gave me R 739,999 for 2010 Land Rover Range Rover SPORT 3.6 TDV8 above there eish
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Sep 20, 2012

Charley4sure

I heard this moron on radio, with his subsidized arrogance. H e has failed
the poorest of the poor. It is ridiculous that he was given the mandate to
bridge the gap between the rich and the poor but decided to liberate himself
from the struggle. Cyril is a black capitalist who sold us out during CODESA
negotiations. Cyril Ramaphosa was supposed to be a catalyst of change to the miners
in Marikana, given the fact that he seats on the ANC NEC and the founder of
NUM. He understands clearly the condition of miners but choose to ignore
because he was enjoying dividends and speaks in an American accent he has
just acquired. Cyril Ramaphosa was living in borrowed robes, he needs prayer
and history is catching up with him. I wonder if the Zuma camp will still use him
as a replacement for Motlanthe? Cyril is just disgusting.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

Honeybadger
Tlakenyobehle!
you should have just given me atleast R 1,399,950 to buy that 2011 Mercedes-Benz S Class S63 AMG A/T above yr brain bro
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And what would you have given him in return? Would you have lived up to your moniker?
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nka monyobisa anytime a batla!
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Sep 20, 2012

Oushilo

Apology for what? I thought in Capitalism you can spend your money as you like. I think the comrade must get used to the idea.
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Sep 20, 2012

P4T

Ministers bought expensive government vehicles when the country was experiencing its worst recession in years. The minister of communication bought expensive red shoes when some rural communities in SA don't have adequate modern communication networks... the list is so long.

So what is untoward with Cyril's splashing at least he is not even a public servant. His wealth he made by being a mining magnate. At Lomnin his company is part of the labour agencies, also provides medical and financial services, he is the real mcCoy. He is after all a capitalist and by its nature capitalism works if profits are maximised and costs are minimised (labourer's wages) and that's perfectly legal.

Question is what is the motive of this apology... *waiting for the revelation*
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Sep 20, 2012

Chichi7

I do not underdstand why a man must apologise for spending his money in the way he wishes.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

Hi Cyrie or lets try this one R 1,499,000 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo GALLARDO please huuuuuu huuuuu
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Sep 20, 2012

Moffdat

Tlakenyobehle!
you should have just given me atleast R 1,399,950 to buy that 2011 Mercedes-Benz S Class S63 AMG A/T above yr brain bro
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and this is why you're not the one with 3billion! The beast had a very rare horn shape and was bought for breading purposes so that he could have more and more and more of the same please. You want to buy a car... a car that will be half the price you just mentioned in under five years!

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery... none but ourselves can free our minds!!
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Sep 20, 2012

swona

it takes a man to say sorry, some bought a mR3 house and demolished it and are busy building and mR18 one, and it might reach mR24 due to inflation this yr, and they dont see anything wrong in it!
I still dont see anything wrong in enjoying your hard work, for we know other than upliftment project, there is no way any comrade can give or donate mR3 to a poor man walking in the street,
I would buy a pair of buffolow, but I prefare it dead, for its meat is out of this world, I bought one for five grand, I still enjoy the meat!
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Sep 20, 2012

B_BIKO27

Its his money though he can spend it on anything he wants. He didn't steal any tenders..he worked hard for his money, what's with the hate? Mr Ramaphosa is our future president, he's one of few dignified anc leaders left
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

|Sinudeity|
So, it was cyril that spent millions to buy a bull? Didnt we have some commentators saying it was a white dude? :P

This sinudeity piece of shiit always wants to add race to everything.
The topic is about a rich man who wants to be a president/his money/poverty.you think being white is so special that you have to bring it up everytime.Piink people are attention seekers.
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Tlakenyobehle!
Honeybadger
Tlakenyobehle!
you should have just given me atleast R 1,399,950 to buy that 2011 Mercedes-Benz S Class S63 AMG A/T above yr brain bro
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And what would you have given him in return? Would you have lived up to your moniker?
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nka monyobisa anytime a batla!
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ha ha ha!!! just like that. As a woman you must respect your private part and not use it for material gain. If you do that then no man will violate you.
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Sep 20, 2012

|Sinudeity|

AfroRevenge - Says the dude who name is 'Afro' - Revenge.
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Sep 20, 2012

WEREWOLF

you see how greedy the rich people are just imagine alot of people have died and injured but he is busy spending on the animals and instead of spending on poor now they saying the mine has lost R504million over the strike do these people really think?
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Sep 20, 2012

imbabazane

maneater
@ imbabazane

i beg to differ sir. Mr ramaphosa is a public figure and what he does with his money will always symbolise what he holds dear to his heart. if he hold a bafallo then its ok but that is how we will look at him in future and the oarty he represents.
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It is not like he was going to eat the bloody thing Bathong...this was a business move, he is into game farming and breeding...what exactly is wrong with that?
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Chichi7
I do not underdstand why a man must apologise for spending his money in the way he wishes.
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Only the guilty will apologise. Where did he get this money? The same question can be posed to Tokyo, Saki, Phosa. The only man who would be excused for stealing money is the late Joe Modise because he was a thief of note even before joining the ANC. Which was by pure coincidence by the way.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

Honeybadger
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that u cant stop bra are u sure u wiffy is not doggy style with an excecutive right now? sure?
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Moffdat
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good point brother. our people must be business minded. Look this woman is thinking cars to ride; nowhere does she say i would open a dealership to sell. All she wants is to be seen and did you see what she said she would do to get the money? Some women are embarassing to thing my mother and my sister are of the same specie hai khona.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

hi cyrie this one is must take R 999,000 2012 Audi A8 3.0T FSi QUATTRO please let me know if u available anytime
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Moffdat

MissBhakajuju
@ Moffdat

hi my bra..... but I don't think its fair to appologise, for your own money nogal ?? nee nee....

why should anyone always be reminded about the 'Poor' ?? What about his personal interests ??
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You don't ever lie!! Besides everyone knows that rich people make the best presidents! How can you crush poverty if you are poor yourself! Who is going to bribe a president worth 3 billion rands?
He made from the trenches and racist south africa to be the 15th richest person in the country! If there is anyone who i would vote for it would be someone who has everything but money to gain. What do you think?

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Sep 20, 2012

LeparaThePresident

I see no problem for Cyril to buy things he can afford. Kenny Kunene, would say " So what?"
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Sep 20, 2012

WEREWOLF

you can apologise but i won't forgive you just see how those people how they where killed are you really a human being? i wish i can see you face to face then i will ask you these question and hear what you can answer me cause my heart is really pieced even if there is or there was no member of my relatives it really hurts to see a human being been murdered like an animal you ever bought.i hope those people died will be speaking to you at all times of your life MTSRIP
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Sep 20, 2012

Mashesha99

I remember Malema's interview on 3rd Degree when he told the interviewer that he has every right to buy expensive clothes and cars because it is a new South Africa and those do not belong to "WHITES". So who the hell is he to question and critisize others for doing what they desire with their own money??

Julius is just like the DA, quick to run to the press and point out other people's mistakes but forget to look at themselves!!
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Sep 20, 2012

Vhamsanda

Bra Cyril need not apologise for his actions. It is typical of people from poor backgrounds to splash out cash and show off. This is more common in Limpopo .
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Sep 20, 2012

LeparaThePresident

@MommaC
What are you apologising for? It is your money, you can do with it what you want to. There is nothing wrong with wanting to get good breeding material in to keep your herds healthy
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You said iy ny broer. he cannot say sorry for his monies.

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Sep 20, 2012

malemaforpresident

We are being led by arrogant Criminals Buying a Buffalo for R18mil when people are going to sleep on empty stomach this really is a shame on Black people no wonder how much money is in his bank account what he is going to do with an R18MIL buffalo
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Sep 20, 2012

LeparaThePresident

Hallo MissB & RobinH
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

Mr Ramaphosa really wants to be a president and help his people and in built cities for his people like Mr Mbeki and Mr Zuma,everybody is looking out for his people in this country.Mr helen zille also wants to be a president to help his people.
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Sep 20, 2012

mjimara

It is indeed Cyril's money and he can choose how he spends it but he must always be mindful of how he spends it. We do not hear much about the BEE beneficiaries like Ramaphosa helping to uplift communities around whom they live. Audible is the way they spend their money - Inaudible is how they benefit communities where they come from or around where they live.
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Moffdat

Tlakenyobehle!
hi cyrie this one is must take R 999,000 2012 Audi A8 3.0T FSi QUATTRO please let me know if u available anytime
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Lady would you stop already! You are making Moffdat angry with all that ignorance!

@Honeybadger
Yesterday a friend and i were talking about lobola and mentioned the type of women who put their self worth into the bridal price and if you are not willing to pay they think it reflects that you don't love them!
I suppose this is one of them... shame it is kinda of funny that this Beast is more valuable than she'll ever be! According to her mentality!
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Sep 20, 2012

itsinshecried

Good day fellow South Africans. I love all of you. I work for the Municipality.Our Manager and Our Director are hating each other, they are giving us conflicting instructions. They do not see eye to eye. We are caught in between. There is no progress at work. I hate 7h30 to 16h00 because I am subjected to choosing sides. I handle R20million budget, which must be spent before end of June 2013. I do not have confidence that I am doing the correct thing anymore. I am afraid to take decisions because of fear for victimisation. I regret accepting the Municipality job offer. Sometimes I wish I could end my life. Good luck, South Africans .
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LeparaThePresident

@Tlakenyobehle!
or gave me R 739,999 for 2010 Land Rover Range Rover SPORT 3.6 TDV8 above there eish
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You can come borrow mine T&C applies. hahahahhhahahahahaha
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Sep 20, 2012

vhatsepe

let us see if these man claim to fight for the poor juju, is going to apoligize for demolishing a million house and wearing a R250 000 watch.
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Sep 20, 2012

RobinH

The clowns that are making even this into a racial issue can only be branded as complete fools. So what if Troskie is white, or green, or whatever. He makes no claim at being part of any political collective and is not positioning himself for a place in the upper echelons of government. And as for those who take it to even more ridiculous lengths by going tribal or provincial, well, they are not even worth talking about.
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

WEREWOLF
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Did he kill people too?
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Tlakenyobehle!

Honeybadger
Moffdat
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good point brother. our people must be business minded. Look this woman is thinking cars to ride; nowhere does she say i would open a dealership to sell. All she wants is to be seen and did you see what she said she would do to get the money? Some women are embarassing to thing my mother and my sister are of the same specie hai khona.
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maybe i am yr sister or even yr mother u will never knoo
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Sep 20, 2012

Lord-Have-Mercy

Malema usually spends money on ZAR buying expensive wines like Ace of Spades R12 000 (750ml), Glenfiddich 50yrs R200k (750ml), riding on Private Jets etc

some people are more equal than others



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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Tlakenyobehle!
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Maybe and if thats the case please tone down on the prosty talk
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

LeparaThePresident
@Tlakenyobehle!
or gave me R 739,999 for 2010 Land Rover Range Rover SPORT 3.6 TDV8 above there eish
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You can come borrow mine T&C applies. hahahahhhahahahahaha
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no borrow luv give an take
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Sep 20, 2012

Chichi7

I personally feel that for as long as it is his money, he can do with it however way he pleases. It is not his fault that people are poor and on top of it all, they are having 4 kids at 24 with no job whatsoever!!
He pays his tax which in turn helps the poor, must he then go bankrupt to help people that have mastered the art of lying on their backs and extending their hand to beg?
I just feel that we are a society that want to receive rather than work for bread.

Let the man chop his money.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

ntate |Ramaphosa aowa this one its a take R 849,000 2012 Land Rover Range Rover SPORT 3.0 D HSE LUX ke butse dirope papa
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Sep 20, 2012

LELAU

another mockery of the poor by the so called freedom fighters!!!!!!!
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Sep 20, 2012

star88

whatever
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Sep 20, 2012

omathivha

This horrible buffalo-traitor can apologize much as he want, like many ANC idiots, they fight and bring down apartheid only to envy the oppressor's culture - since when do buffalo's importance outweigh against human's life and need. To apologize is a decent thing to do, but convincing deprived South Africans to believe in you again will never be that easy. Your image is forever dented and Marikana saga make you look even insane. The ZumGwede fools must be kicked out of the ANC Leadership
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Sep 20, 2012

Msola321

I have no problem with Cyril but the fact that he got all his money while he was negotiating for poor workers to kills me.......
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

Tlakenyobehle!
ntate |Ramaphosa aowa this one its a take R 849,000 2012 Land Rover Range Rover SPORT 3.0 D HSE LUX ke butse dirope papa
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Eh banna ousi this guy doesnt do abomagosha so please let him be toe!
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Sep 20, 2012

Tikoloshe

......Thanks for apologizing our future President!!!

Oh, and another thing I heard your apology on the radio this morning....please can you resist trying to speak English like the queen, it doesn't suit you, you sound a bit gay when you do that!!!!
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Sep 20, 2012

Msola321

I have no problem with Cyril but the fact that he got all his money while he was negotiating for poor workers...........ITS KILLS ME........
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

Honeybadger
Tlakenyobehle!
ntate |Ramaphosa aowa this one its a take R 849,000 2012 Land Rover Range Rover SPORT 3.0 D HSE LUX ke butse dirope papa
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Eh banna ousi this guy doesnt do abomagosha so please let him be toe!
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i am not one i am just doing what most ladies do an i know ntate Ramaphosa will not say no by just the look i am a catchy papa very
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Sep 20, 2012

SKINNY

the Rich will alway get Richer !!
and the Poor Poorest .
Blacks South Affrican Business Man are becoming PIGS they exploite the Own poor Communities.
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Sep 20, 2012

Fernie

Mr Ramaphosa....thanx for apologising but there was no need for it....unless people are telling me that Patrice Motsepe should apologise for buying expensive players....Kenny Kunene should apologise for throwing expensive parties and all the people who are driving expensive cars and staying in surburbs should apologise for their life style. I don't have a problem with Tokyo Sexwale and his wine farms in Western Cape because he's a businessman just like Cyril Ramaphosa. Cheap politics sucks...
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Sep 20, 2012

Dza.Luv8

Ramaphoswa i dnt get it because ur in the National Planning Commision , u negotiate deals for South africa and you benefit direct .......Dnt be gready dude......Give others chance to benefit in this BEE deals....aow...
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Sep 20, 2012

SKINNY

He is donating 2million for burrial on the miner who were killed at Marikane.
But goes out splashin R19.5 million on a cow.
Malema has said and i qoat (" Mmuso ma Rena o Fetogile Dikolobe , O Ja Bana Ba Wona" )
Now you Know !!!
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Sep 20, 2012

Moffdat

Tlakenyobehle!
My sister is a rastafari hippie who would not sell her soul to anyone for anything!
My mother has all she could ever need - moneywize. She is the type to care more about whether you went to your cousins wedding than your new car!

So i doubt you are either! I assume my girlfriends are more like you! lol no harm intended they are all really nice girls but their self worth is calibrated by something that doesn't bring satisfation!
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Sep 20, 2012

snazz

R19.5 million bid what mistake
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Sep 20, 2012

Honeybadger

SKINNY
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It would help to read the passage first. He did NOT buy the bovine man.
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Sep 20, 2012

Shredder

Oh yeah! Were you going to apologize if Juju didn't poke fire into your arse?
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Sep 20, 2012

thinya

This man is bluffing, where do we as a nation fit in there? is he using his money? so why apologising?
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Sep 20, 2012

Shredder

Chow your money and stop apologising. As long as you got it legally. There is no law that forces you to share. It is up to you whether you share or not, unlike some people tend to believe.
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Sep 20, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Cyril its your money but the thing is the patronisation associated with what you did or wanted to do!!
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Sep 20, 2012

MissBhakajuju

@ LeparaThePressss

hi sweetheart, I'm good and U ??
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Sep 20, 2012

paracute

MaGents Come on! are we not suppose to spend our monies the way we want now? that ridiculous, he had his own way of making money and has his own way of spending it finish en klaar, there are people spending their money the way they want and you won't hear even a single complaint, sharing with the poor will come from the heart not from pressure
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Sep 20, 2012

Charley4sure

Maybe Ramaphosa is convinced we need his apology. Well maybe we just don't care any more
either. He is trying to clear his image again in the lead up to an elective conference. We know his
agenda. No regrets.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tsatsatsa

You can use your not so hard earned money as you please Mr Ramaphosa. No need to apologise to the Nation.
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Sep 20, 2012

Moffdat

Shredder
Chow your money and stop apologising. As long as you got it legally. There is no law that forces you to share. It is up to you whether you share or not, unlike some people tend to believe.
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Oh yes there is! It's called VAT/ Income Tax. Someone like him should be twice as rich as he is now. He should have beat the white guy if you ask me but you know how whites do with corruption and staying out of the way of the cameras!
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Sep 20, 2012

Ma-Bhova

Cyril don't apologize cause we need that money to circulate, it is not like u were going to give it to the "community" that u claim to be part of. Spend it baba and buy a bottle of Caola 25yr old at it.
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

SKINNY
the Rich will alway get Richer !!
and the Poor Poorest .
Blacks South Affrican Business Man are becoming PIGS they exploite the Own poor Communities.

If they are not doing it through corruption Black South Affrican Business Men and Women have every right to become richer.Some of the poor are lazy arses and sharing with them will take you down with them.
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Sep 20, 2012

DA-DBN-GUY

So Cyril must apologise for spending HIS money but Zoomer can get away with want to spend 2BILLION rand of our money on a jet?
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Sep 20, 2012

Tabza325is

This is the world billionaires and trillionaires live in, they spend most of their money on such things, some bid on old artefacts, it's an expensive indulgence that most of this rich guys par-take in, this guys have enough money to help fight poverty but they wont, since it's their money they can spend it or waist it however way they want, Maphosa is only sorry because he's been fingered, him and the rest of the elite in this world are all the same, they accumulate billions for the indulgence of the Ego, they can help end world hunger, homelessness and poverty but again they wont. This guys are blessed and the world could be a better place if we all lived for the good of all men kind, if only we were not overwhelmed by our Egos.
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Sep 20, 2012

The_Only_1

Its is not wrong to spend your money as your heart desires but what Juju was implying was that; it is morrally incorrect for Cryril Ramaposa as one of the mining magnets to splash such amount of money buying an animal and as a shareholder, while failing to pay Mine workers a living wage, that is why his ethics as a freedom fighter were questioned.
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Sep 20, 2012

BRA-MAFUTHA

hahahahaha!! it was a mistake neh! you can fool your fellow ANC fools not us sucker
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

paracute
MaGents Come on! are we not suppose to spend our monies the way we want now? that ridiculous, he had his own way of making money and has his own way of spending it finish en klaar, there are people spending their money the way they want and you won't hear even a single complaint, sharing with the poor will come from the heart not from pressure

You are right but spending R20M on a cow is being ripped of by this whites.These white got the buffalo for nothing now this brother wanted to give away his millions to these lazy whites who do not want to earn their money like the rest of us.
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Sep 20, 2012

RobinH

I couldn't be bothered to try and remember what comment I wrote, which was accepted and then deleted by whichever randomly selective jerk that moderates this site. I think I pointed out that Mr Troskie isn't public figure, so why should anyone have a problem.

But do other "bloggers" also feel that the web-team, or moderator, who so arbitrarily pulls comments that most certainly have no offensive words or sentiments in, is becoming completely absurd in making decisions regarding the acceptability of comments, while allowing arrant racist remarks to go unremarked. I am beginning to feel that whoever has this task has personal agendas with respect to what debates he/she/it will allow. VERY ANNOYING and rather mindless, quite frankly.
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Sep 20, 2012

mose

so obviously this guy has 20 millions to spare, what do you suggest he does with it, give it to you? 4 what then i suggest everyone who drives a nice car while other ppl are hungry must apologize. this is just ridiculous not everyone is going to be rich ppl n those who are rich should not be punished for your failures.
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Sep 20, 2012

Moffdat

RobinH

Rob!! Robbie!! Robson!! Robin!!
You offend so many people on a daily basis that the programme has come to recognised a pattern in your insults. Maybe 1.210 or something! But don't be surprised you are definately one of the people the moderator considers a nuisance!!! lol
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Sep 20, 2012

cornelius

WHY THE HECK ARE REASONABLE, MILD COMMENTS BEING BLOCKED ????!!!
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Sep 20, 2012

cornelius

SOWETAN IS PART OF THE IDIO.CY WHICH IS PREVAILNG IN THIS COUNTRY !!! USE DISCRETION IN BLOCKING THINGS YOU IDI.OTS !
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Sep 20, 2012

Mujiri

Ceril and Jeff Hadebe are married to Patrice Motsepe sisters, whcih means they have direct and/or indirect interests in the mines. The disciplinary hearing of Malema, Mgaca and Floyd was not conducted by an independent and an objective person as required by the law.

ANC should remove busisness men and women from their policy discussion committess since they will be faced with a conflict of interest. Most of the NEC members, as Malema puts it, are compromised. They do not put the interest of the poor or the country first but their pockets, which makes the whole ANC a joke.
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

RobinH
I couldn't be bothered to try and remember what comment I wrote, which was accepted and then deleted by whichever randomly selective jerk that moderates this site. I think I pointed out that Mr Troskie isn't public figure, so why should anyone have a problem.

We get the same problem when we try to comment on news 24, comments from black people are deleted.Sowetan is getting revenge for us.Reverse racism is sweet.
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Sep 20, 2012

NDA

Juju thank u.
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Sep 20, 2012

cornelius

Since when can someone else tell you how to spend your money ? Are we now entering an era of fas.cism ?
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Sep 20, 2012

Tobby

Ramaphosa is one of the fattest dogs who use people's strength, you guys are very greedy and in Jesus name you will never be happy with your billions in hand
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Sep 20, 2012

Moffdat

AfroRevenge
We get the same problem when we try to comment on news 24, comments from black people are deleted.Sowetan is getting revenge for us.Reverse racism is sweet.
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I don't mean to laugh but. *shouts* haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhaaaaa
ha ha ha ha ha!
Nathidread you are too much mfowethu
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Sep 20, 2012

Mellow

@RobinH Sowetan is full of s#it if you ask me, they are pathetic irritating with the most useless system in place their moderators are idiots
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Sep 20, 2012

The-Rothschilds

I would still like to know how Ramaphoza made all his billions in such a small span in time (1 generation), when there are other billionaires in South Africa that took as much as 3 generations.


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Sep 20, 2012

Moffdat

The-Rothschilds

SA is alive with possibility my friend. I predict 10 new dollar billionaires from south africa in the next fifty years! All accumulated in one generation!
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Sep 20, 2012

9janavy

I think this dude has been hanging out with the wrong crowd and has lost his marbles.Who buys an animal that could die any minute for R20 million?
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Sep 20, 2012

The-Rothschilds

Moffdat
The-Rothschilds

SA is alive with possibility my friend. I predict 10 new dollar billionaires from south africa in the next fifty years! All accumulated in one generation!
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That kind of money is not made in one generation unless you invented facebook or own Apple.
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Sep 20, 2012

Zabaragast

F'stek Cyril, f'tsek.
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Sep 20, 2012

Makhosini0408

Why apologise for spending you hard earned money, Sir? By the way, did anyone complain when a one Smuts Ngonyama said he was not in the struggle to be poor? I smell jealousy and double standards and Mr Ramaphosa has not been linked with any corrupt activities and did Zuma apologise for the rape and dealings with Shabir Shaik?

I know that through his involment with the Shanduka Foundation, atleast Mr Ramaphosa is contributing in terms of redressing the wrongs of the past. What are the howlers doing?
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Sep 20, 2012

Tabza325is

@The-Rothschilds, in today's standards in the monetary system it's common to make billions first generation, think of the Rothschild, Oppenheim and Rockerfella Trillions kind of money, that takes generations...
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Sep 20, 2012

Kone

Chris Hani is turning in his grave, So called leaders buying bufallos, while the majority of the people struggling to make end meat.
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Sep 20, 2012

|Sinudeity|

AfroRevenge - "You are right but spending R20M on a cow is being ripped of by this whites.These white got the buffalo for nothing now this brother wanted to give away his millions to these lazy whites who do not want to earn their money like the rest of us."


Why is it always about colour with you :P

LOL, and in the end, the 'lazy white' dude made R20 million. For selling a bull.
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Sep 20, 2012

RobinH

Moffdat: Now where did that come from. If indeed the moderator sees me as a nuisance, then by golly, I have succeeded. My mission in life is to undermine idiocy and dogma, lol.

AfroRevenge: Ja ja. Taken whence it comes. Have a pleasant afternoon.
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Sep 20, 2012

Tabza325is

@|Sinudeity|," LOL, and in the end, the 'lazy white' dude made R20 million. For selling a bull."

Hahaha..I think the white dude is smart, black people love expensive and branded things, if the Buffalo was under R200 000 a black man wont buy it, the more expensive it is the more they want it, clothing, cars, houses everything the more expensive it is the more a black man with money wants it, he doesn't have to know the actual quality or durability of it, all he needs is an expensive price tag it's enough to convince him of it's quality. Example look at Maphosa he thought this was good Game stock since it was expensive, did he first get a veterinarian's opinion during the bit to say this is good game take it.
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Sep 20, 2012

Makhosini0408

Yes I agree, Mr Ramaphosa was supposed to buy the buffalo with the tax payers money, hence the hullabaloo.
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Sep 20, 2012

fizo

Okay. i respect him though..he is a strong man and intelligent one, i'm one of the fortunate young man who share a dinner with him while ANC had a conference in Gallager estate...I firstly didn't recognise him untill my friends introduce him to me...He is kind i will tell testify that...However i told them that i'm malema fun and i stated my reason i was glad cos they are in one boot with juju though he is out of order at times....
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Sep 20, 2012

cornelius

@ AfroRevenge - how would the " lazy whi.te guy have got the buffalo for nothing ?

You are friggin st.upid raci.st man, if I were a bl.ack man I would be embarrased by you
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Sep 20, 2012

MAWARAWARA

@imbabazane

uzofa mafutha mnumzana
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Sep 20, 2012

Uncompromising

Ramaphosa, you can by the corpse of Max-the-Gorrila for all i care. Its you hard earned cash. Enjoy it. If it was Jackie Selebi or Bheki Cele, then i would have a problem even if they bought a toy buffalo. Memeza is an idiot for thinking he could be like you when he bought a painting from MacDonald !
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Sep 20, 2012

SEBIKIBIKI

K@k,K@k!!!!!!!!!!. Its your money, splash it around cause it was not hard earned. Our fellow brothers working in your mines sacrificed their lives fighting for a living wage, which you denied them you F!!CK. How stupid of you. Otherwise, am not surprised. that is one distinctive characteristic of a thief " splahing money around" Go to hell you dirty insensitive F!CK.
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Sep 20, 2012

spirro

it is unfair to control someone over their money the guy has a rights to use his money the way he want, is he expected to end poverty impossible

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Sep 20, 2012

LeparaThePresident

Tlakenyobehle!
LeparaThePresident
@Tlakenyobehle!
or gave me R 739,999 for 2010 Land Rover Range Rover SPORT 3.6 TDV8 above there eish
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You can come borrow mine T&C applies. hahahahhhahahahahaha
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no borrow luv give an take
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You do not want to hear the T & C?
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Sep 20, 2012

SEBIKIBIKI

I guess this idiot did not release the buffalo into one of his game farms, EISHH!!!!!, the lions>>>>>>
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Sep 20, 2012

LeparaThePresident

@MissBhakajuju
@ LeparaThePressss

hi sweetheart, I'm good and U ??
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Just came back from Arcadia Industrial Tshisanyama.
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Sep 20, 2012

THEmadame2B-BBEE

i am a vegetarian and the buying of animals is unacceptable, like really, fok man stop abusing animals, you eat them, slaughter them, what next r you ppl going to F@k them,
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Sep 20, 2012

Phathuza

Zuma should also apologise for misusing tax payers money by marring every year , They are only thinking for themslves not for poor , This guy has shares in marikana and yet they were refusing to give employees an increase
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Sep 20, 2012

THEmadame2B-BBEE

PLEASE STOP EATING THE ANIMALS, jerrrr you humans, can you imagine being killed because of your skin,
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Sep 20, 2012

KeRataBasadi

Buffalo soldier.... fighting for survival.
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Sep 20, 2012

THEmadame2B-BBEE

mara really, what the hell will you do with a bison, heh, what
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Sep 20, 2012

Ratshufi

@LeparaThePresident
@MissBhakajuju
@ LeparaThePressss

hi sweetheart, I'm good and U ??
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Just came back from Arcadia Industrial Tshisanyama.
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Para how are you my friend
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Sep 20, 2012

Ratshufi

They will continue to chow the money cause they know nothing will happen to them
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

THEmadame2B-BBEE
can you imagine being killed because of your skin,

Yes the piink skins killled many of our people because of their skin.
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Sep 20, 2012

star88

The sad part is that, Ramaphosa cheated the miners out of their earnings because Lohnmin was already paying R12500 for each miner to a labour broker company owned by Cyril Ramaphosa but the same labour broker company would only pay R5 000 to the individual miner pocketing the rest!
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Sep 20, 2012

THEmadame2B-BBEE

@Afro, bari, i meant like being killed for leather, for commercial purposes, Damie
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Sep 20, 2012

AfroRevenge

THEmadame2B-BBEE
@Afro, bari, i meant like being killed for leather, for commercial purposes, Damie

If animals are not to be eaten,tell lions to stop eating other animals.
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Sep 20, 2012

LeparaThePresident

@Ratshufi
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Ke sharp my brother, ke jele nama ya Buffalo ya Cyril ka lunch.
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Sep 20, 2012

LeparaThePresident

@ZeMadam , how r you? I see you are a vegeterian, Nna if come to your place i want a Buffalo Wings for starters and Sirlion stake of a Buffalo with veggies.
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Sep 20, 2012

ManoftheSoil

The man did not buy the bull......get it, he was outbit by Master Troskie from Bloem.
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Sep 20, 2012

McKena

Cyril Ramaphosa - Buffalo ( Zuma's Right Hand)
Julius Malema - House ( Zuma's Used Condom)
Kenny Kunene - Party/ Sishi (??????)
Khulubuse Zuma - Food ( Zuma's Nephew)
Jacob Zuma - Weddings ( Himself)
Shabir Shaik - Cigars and Golf ( Zuma's Friend)
The Guptas - Tender Rigging ( Zuma's Puppet Masters)


This is starting to make sense.


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Sep 20, 2012

paracute

THEmadame2B-BEE

let all herbivores enjoy their food carnivores and omnivores enjoy what they like, and it's not like you never ate meat in your life, you only chose not to eat it for it was on fashion to do so. these plants and animals were made/created for purpose. if don't feel like eating something come on it's your choice, we don't know what you're the absence of your vegies and fruit
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Sep 20, 2012

paracute

THEmadame2B-BEE

let all herbivores enjoy their food carnivores and omnivores enjoy what they like, and it's not like you never ate meat in your life, you only chose not to eat it for it was on fashion to do so. these plants and animals were made/created for a purpose. if you don't feel like eating something come on it's your choice, we don't know what you're eating in the absence of your vegies and fruit
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Sep 20, 2012

skwamasamabele

Show more money than sense
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Sep 20, 2012

guiliano

R3 billion rand??? anc cadres are not suppose to be this rich while people on the ground are suffering.
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Sep 20, 2012

Ratshufi

@LeparaThePresident
@Ratshufi
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Ke sharp my brother, ke jele nama ya Buffalo ya Cyril ka lunch.
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Did you leave some for me dude ..baja monate maan 18mil worth of buffalo meat must be special meet or special breed
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Sep 20, 2012

Winilen

I dont understand why he needed to apologise for really... it his money for heaven sake.
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Sep 20, 2012

MSG_S

I hate to hate this juju boy sometimes. He really knows every single filth of his former senior comrades in the ANC. To them, he is like a bug which you pull it out and yet the head is still sunk under the epidermis and keep on stinging and stinging. Now he told the guys at the Marikana mines about the buffalo price. Jeer! just imagine presenting this wild cow as a lobola to your parents-in law to be. They would f@cking slaughter the buffalo the same day of its arrival and R19million gone to the stomachs of the community, and by the following day EMPTY STOMACHS
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Sep 20, 2012

Winilen

Cyril didnt win the bid but I dont hear anyone complain about Boet who won the bid for R19m & I hear no one saying the winner should have thought of the poor. C'mon black ppl stop being jelous of ur own & the likes of Cyril, Petrice etc they dont owe anyone anything.
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Sep 20, 2012

AnzoGp

Uyisilima Cyril
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Sep 20, 2012

MyOpinion0102

Cyril is not a Public figure anymore as far as I can remember, so him bidding on a Buffalo has got nothing to do with anyone. I'm sure there are good causes that he does for the community. How about we chastize the guy who actually bought the bull? It's unlike some hypocrite who goes around telling the poor he is fighting for their cause and goes back home just to laugh at those who really care to listen to his Hogwash.
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Sep 20, 2012

MyOpinion0102

And Malema actually told the miners that he bought the buffalo. What an instigator. I just don't understand the mind of those who support Malema. Are you also the same like him? No brainers and hypocrites?
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Sep 20, 2012

somaartakeit

@Winilen ooh yes black elite owe the poor masses of this country social responsibility, I read from Dzel the other day that a wh!te mine owner built houses in Soweto for the poor ppl there what has cyril and them done to advance lives of the destitute blacks in SA or is going to be left to the wh!te man to save the day?
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Sep 20, 2012

Bebesocs

Cyril had to apologise because of morality's sake. Cyril is a man among man, it takes a man to do what he has done., but real man buy cows and cattle. Do you milk a buffalo? An african man will buy a cow,what can you do with buffalo?
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