"South Africa was a pawn in domestic US politics. It was in no party’s interest to in any way protect the white minority. South Africa’s leaders never got that when they sent the troops into Angola."
You'll find this interview interesting, Moz.
And then here's the same guy. In this one he goes into more detail about what he thinks was actually happening.
The Germans invented transforming coal into oil...Long before Apartheid.
Coal liquefaction originally was developed at the beginning of the 20th century.[2] The best-known CTL process is Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FT), named after the inventors Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch from the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in the 1920s.[3] The FT synthesis is the basis for indirect coal liquefaction (ICL) technology. Friedrich Bergius, also a German chemist, invented direct coal liquefaction (DCL) as a way to convert lignite into synthetic oil in 1913.
Coal liquefaction was an important part of Adolf Hitler's four-year plan of 1936, and became an integral part of German industry during World War II.[4] During the mid-1930s, companies like IG Farben and Ruhrchemie initiated industrial production of synthetic fuels derived from coal. This led to the construction of twelve DCL plants using hydrogenation and nine ICL plants using Fischer–Tropsch synthesis by the end of World War II. In total, CTL provided 92% of Germany's air fuel and over 50% of its petroleum supply in the 1940s.[2] The DCL and ICL plants effectively complemented each other rather than competed. The reason for this is that coal hydrogenation yields high quality gasoline for aviation and motors, while FT synthesis chiefly produced high-quality diesel, lubrication oil, and waxes together with some smaller amounts of lower-quality motor gasoline. The DCL plants were also more developed, as lignite – the only coal available in many parts of Germany – worked better with hydrogenation than with FT synthesis. After the war, Germany had to abandon its synthetic fuel production as it was prohibited by the Potsdam conference in 1945.[4]
South Africa developed its own CTL technology in the 1950s. The South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation (Sasol) was founded in 1950 as part of industrialization process that the South African government considered essential for continued economic development and autonomy.[5] However, South Africa had no domestic oil reserves, and this made the country very vulnerable to disruption of supplies coming from outside, albeit for different reasons at different times. Sasol was a successful way to protect the country's balance of payment against the increasing dependence on foreign oil. For years its principal product was synthetic fuel, and this business enjoyed significant government protection in South Africa during the apartheid years for its contribution to domestic energy security.[6] Although it was generally much more expensive to produce oil from coal than from natural petroleum, the political as well as economic importance of achieving as much independence as possible in this sphere was sufficient to overcome any objections. Early attempts to attract private capital, foreign or domestic, were unsuccessful, and it was only with state support that the coal liquefaction could start. CTL continued to play a vital part in South Africa's national economy, providing around 30% of its domestic fuel demand.
The democratization of South Africa in the 1990s made Sasol search for products that could prove more competitive in the global marketplace; as of the new millennium the company was focusing primarily on its petrochemical business, as well as on efforts to convert natural gas into crude oil (GTL) using its expertise in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis.
And this supports your idea, of introducing IQ tests for determining voter eligibility, how again?
Sharkbok, I think it's safe to say that the kind of drooling half-wits who voted for the Nats during the apartheid years and who would vote for Bozo if they were Yanks are very opposed to the idea of using a person's IQ to determine voting eligibility or weighting of votes . . . and I think we both know why they are so opposed to the idea!
If IQ was a factor then morons like Cowardunce, Moffie, Baboon-ou and ou Maaik wouldn't be allowed within a kilometre of a voting booth.
Ou Sharkie and ou Rooies at this stage:
Integrate x squared between the limits z and minus z....Peeper. Let’s see your IQ.
Interesting piece Vlag... .I never knew about the submarine. When I was in the navy we patrolled all the way up to Angola, looking for Russian trawlers putting arms ashore for terrorist groups. We arrested a few, but were always instructed to let them go.
Watching on the radar, the moment they became aware of our presence you would see all the dots take off towards international waters. We had great big signs in Russian telling them they were under arrest.
All very casual......the women on the trawlers never took any notice, they just went on hanging their washing.
PhD in Finance from Business Week‘ s number 1ranked business school....... 4.0 grade average....highest among all PhD students. Offered staff position while writing dissertation.
MBA UCT....top student and Old Mutual scholar
BCom UCT....Class medals Economics 1 and Economics 2
Tell us about your medals Peeper.
No tirade, just a factual response to your accusations. You should be pleased, I answered your assertion, something you are so sensitive about.
But here’s a piece of advice, if you don’t want the facts don’t raise the issue. Don’t claim something which is untrue and then stamp your fat, smelly foot when you are taken to the cleaners.
I guess that kind of ends it....you apparently have nothing to offer then. Just a second rate grunt with a filthy mouth and a second rate education.
"Interesting piece Vlag Plum... .I never knew about the submarine."
There, fixed
I was about to start checking where I said something about subs.
You okes must be mistaken. Moffie assures us he has a very high IQ and he's won lots of medals and received gold stars on his forehead . . . while your posts above would indicate that he's a drunken, doddering old fool who doesn't even know who he's responding to.
LOl Rooi,
Looks like you're running out of ammunition.
I make the same mistake often and I'm neither old nor drunk.
Ok, I gave you an opportunity there...let's see what you come up with..?
Posted by: Rooinek (10266 posts)
May 22, 2020, 11:59. . . while your posts above would indicate that he's a drunken, doddering old fool who doesn't even know who he's responding to.“
This was your lickspittle, Sharkbok, on this thread. How would you describe him?
“The person’s blood-alcohol content (BAC) was 0.55 — not 0.05, but .55, which is nearly seven times the legal driving limit of 0.08 in Colorado.
A BAC of 0.3 is considered lethal.
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So a BAC that is less than 1/2 of the legal driving limit is considered lethal? Read this garbage before posting it“
@Ceradunce, you never answered my prior thread about your army desertion days.
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P-s that was gibberish posted by Beeno's backwater media, it was not written very clearly, and I thought it was just more nonsense that I did not even bother to read properly.
So, Shark, you not gonna talk about the part of your industry that tramples on human rights?
I didn't think so big guy.
“ Posted by: sharkbok (11651 posts)
May 22, 2020, 14:17@Ceradunce, you never answered my prior thread about your army desertion days. “
Desertion? You really want me to defend something that didn’t happen? Grow up and stop behaving like an attention seeking girl who has just started having her periods.
“ P-s that was gibberish posted by Beeno's backwater media, it was not written very clearly, and I thought it was just more nonsense that I did not even bother to read properly. “
Nope it was written in clear English. Even this “backward Afrikaans Boertjie” immediately understood. Rather than sticking up your hand like a man and admit that you made a mistake, you are now clutching at straws to try and hide your own incompetence. Grow a pair man.
PS. If it was me who wrote the piece that I have quoted above, your guardian angle, ou Rooies, would have been quick to point out that it is “PS” and not “P-s”.
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May 20, 2020, 13:29I do various things within the energy industry, Shark.
Consulting, contracting, teaching, compiling procedures and regulations for SANS and mentoring.
The teaching bit. I've revamped an SAQCC energy-related qualification, from entry-level all the way through to industrial grade.
All in all, this takes about 10% of my time. The rest is spent on my business.
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@Plum, from what I can surmise you do contract work, rather than being a fixed 9-5 employee.
I am guessing that you want more work, maybe not just for yourself - but for anyone that you can sub-contract to, or even employ yourself.
It sounds like you need marketing and advertising services....
First you ridicule Plum and now you are begging him for a piece job. Hilarious.
"First you ridicule Plum and now you are begging him for a piece job. Hilarious. "
Not quite...just more baiting from the master...
"I do various things within the energy industry, Shark.
Consulting, contracting, teaching, compiling procedures and regulations for SANS and mentoring.
The teaching bit. I've revamped an SAQCC energy-related qualification, from entry-level all the way through to industrial grade.
All in all, this takes about 10% of my time. The rest is spent on my business.
Are you drunk or are words not your strength?
But no thanks Shark.
I don't advertise or market and my website was last updated about four years back. I also charge more than anybody else. A lot more.
All my work is repeat business and direct referral, often through funding bodies that we consult for at conceptual phase. We turn a lot of work away or redirect it if we don't like, trust or approve of the client.
Yes, we're that good.
Now, back in your box, Satan's little helper.
Such fun to watch ou Vrotvis being chewed up and the nice part is that all the fun is nicely condensed on one thread.
Hahaha. First ou Vrotvis begs Plum for some piece job. Plum then kicks his arse and suddenly he decides that he’s not interested in Plum’s kak currency anyway.
What in the F are you talking about?
"What do you do with the other 90% of your time - You spend it on your business?
You are implying that you only bill 10% of your time.@Plum,
Probably due to that 50 points shortfall on your IQ test result, that you’re struggling to decipher ou Vrottie’ gargling.
It's Ceradyne in his prime. After 10 failed AWOL attempts and getting captured. finally mans up with a gun against a weaponless spectator. . Kom K #r. Ek her you ekse!
Ceradynce is a tough guy...
You'll note, sataN's lil helper still hasn't told us how much he pays for our stolen data.
I believe his morals went AWOL a long time ago.
Hahaha
Yeah yeah, Vissie.
I see you.
Actually Shark Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates wouldn’t give you the time of day. Oddly Trump might, but you can’t see that, being on the side of the plastics.
“ Posted by: sharkbok (11659 posts)
May 22, 2020, 18:28
It's Ceradyne in his prime. After 10 failed AWOL attempts and getting captured. finally mans up with a gun against a weaponless spectator. . Kom K#r. Ek her you ekse!
Ceradynce is a tough guy...
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Hahahaha. Another Vrotvis blooper. We never wore cammo in the SADF. We wore nutria. The SANDF wore cammo.
I know you would like to believe they are the same but they aren’t.
Be that as it may I never wore cammo.
SANDF (Cammo)
SADF (Nutria)
Snark...the Devil never left...but he's a very convincing liar....Jesus is The One coming back...try to keep up with what you mock.