Ruth Temple-Murray

Volkskas Bank (#absa) cancelled my #bankguarantee d cheque, they continue to hold me under #duress. I'm naming and shaming them. #PayBackMyMoney !!

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

A bank is where you store your cash/money. Always remember, there is no such thing as a free lunch. #PayBackMyMoney #Bankguarantee #duress #obligation #ethics #ethicsmatter @ArrieRautenbach #absa #banks

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

@NaomiTaljaard2 ANOTHER CHANCE? AFTER HOW MANY OTHER CHANCES? HOW AND WHEN? ASK QUESTIONS ALL THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS, LET THEM SQUIRM!

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

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The trusted directory the South Coast of KZN already uses is evolving into something even more powerful for everyone. https://t.co/G6eZ5SQFEY
#directory #SouthCoast #KZN #QuickReference #NPOs

[mmiraaikieB🇿🇦 @miraaikie]

@AfrikanersVirSA
Her name was Hannetjie Koen from Bloemhof! Tortured and murdered by a black savage! If it was a white male who did this to a black woman, what would you're reaction be?

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

@pookiepolls May he make a full recovery and may justice be served, appropriately.

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

The face of victimisation denied by Cyril Ramaphosa and his arrogant ANC. No thanks to John Steenhuizen - what a coward.

[Pookie's Polls & Opinions @pookiepolls]

Farm attack at Donkerhoek: “I could feel my teeth breaking”

THE GENOCIDE CONTINUES.

Hannes Brits, 43, spent more than three hours under assault in a Donkerhoek farmhouse after three attackers overpowered him, bound him tightly and repeatedly threatened his life. Two weeks later the physical evidence of the ordeal remained clear on his body.

Three suspects were arrested soon after the incident by members of Echo-1 Tactical Solutions. They are Amos Respect Mashaba, 52; Rofino Jorge Novela, 35, a Mozambican national; and Siyabulela Khulu, 35. They face charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping after Brits was restrained and prevented from moving freely. A fourth suspect who escaped in Brits’s bakkie remains at large. The matter has been postponed pending a possible bail application.

Brits, a mechanical engineer who rents a house on the property, went to bed around 11 p.m. on the Friday of the long weekend. Both the house and the internal security gate were locked. He heard nothing unusual until a heavy blow to the face woke him. He believes the weapon was the blunt end of an axe. His mouth was badly damaged and he felt teeth breaking.

The attackers bound his hands and feet behind his back with heavy rope. Brits could sense the circulation to his hands being restricted. They then ransacked the house, removing items from his cupboard and packing some into his backpack. Larger household goods, including the refrigerator and television, were also taken outside.

Between searches the men returned to assault him further and threatened to burn him with an iron. “Just survive. Just survive,” Brits kept repeating to himself.

At times the house fell silent and he thought they had left. He struggled to free himself and felt as if he were wrenching his shoulder from its socket. The quiet never lasted. “Every time the attackers storm into my room, attack me and threaten me with the iron. And just when I think they’ve gone away, they come back,” he later said.

The attackers repeatedly tried the wrong light switches, unaware that the electricity was already off. At one stage Brits heard his bakkie’s alarm activate. Two of the men rushed into the passage, apparently believing they had set something off themselves. They returned and prepared to strike him again.

With his mouth severely injured and his lower lip hanging loosely, Brits could barely speak. He attempted to explain that the noise came from the bakkie but could not form the letter “b” clearly. He pressed his mouth against a pillow and forced out the words “bakkie keys.” One attacker still tried to hit him. The alarm was eventually silenced.

Later he heard his bakkie and a second vehicle drive away. Only then did he begin calling for help again.

Echo-1 had received prior information about a planned attack that Friday night. Alto Hoffman explained that the large, densely wooded farm area left them with little choice but to patrol and watch for anything suspicious. Shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday they spotted a bakkie that appeared to be carrying stolen goods. Three occupants were stopped and taken to Cullinan police station.

A cellphone found among the recovered items listed an emergency contact. When called, it proved to be Brits’s brother, who supplied directions and landmarks. Security members then searched the farm. Around 6 a.m. they reached the house and heard screaming inside.

The burglar bars on a living-room window had been forced and the hallway security gate broken open. “We found Hannes on the bed,” Hoffman said. Brits was still bound and blood had run down to the soles of his feet. Hoffman radioed for police and medical assistance, then carefully worked the rope free; it had cut deeply into Brits’s flesh.

A neighbourhood-watch group arrived and gave first aid before Brits’s brother took him to hospital.

Two weeks later the aftermath was still evident. The swollen, bloodshot area around his eye had faded to blue rings. Deep rope marks remained on his wrists and ankles. A wound near his collarbone, inflicted by some sharp object, had been stitched. Another injury on his arm he believes was caused by something like a screwdriver.

Plastic surgery was required after his face was fractured in five places. A fragment of nasal bone had lodged in his eye socket, and two fingers remain bent from nerve damage. “The wounds are healing. The first few days were the worst,” Brits said.

He expressed gratitude for having survived, particularly to Echo-1 and his brother, and relief that the attackers had wrongly assumed the power was off.

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[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

We don't have to wait for a Presidential election to render SA a mature democracy, we can just accept that we are responsible each and everyone for ourselves. There are movements stepping in to bring care and restoration to our communities. https://t.co/G6eZ5SQFEY

[Phumlani M. Majozi @PhumlaniMMajozi]

In a mature democracy, President Cyril Ramaphosa would not have been re-elected. South Africa, however, remains a democracy that struggles to hold leaders fully accountable. His supporters continue to blame COVID-19 and insist that reforms are underway. These are excuses.

In countries with stronger democratic norms, sustained rises in unemployment typically end presidencies. We must demand better.

My latest newsletter. The link is in the replies. ⬇️

PHOTO: Gallo Images

[Milla CoVFeFe @Mustard777seed]

The deadliest BIOWEAPON 💉💉💉
It’s not too late to STOP taking ANY vaccines…

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

@collen_sambo2 Get over yourself already.

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

There is a unique opportunity waiting to launch for South Africa. It's a private national initiative that all participants and more will benefit from. https://t.co/G6eZ5SQFEY

[Nadia Polony @NadiaFerreira85]

While the ANC is doing it's damnedest to kill off white businesses, the private sector is the only thing creating value in South Africa South Africa’s declining state capacity & mismanagement have undermined private-sector productivity and investment, with collapsing SOEs, rising regulation and weak business confidence threatening long-term economic growth

[Blonde Afrikaner @Blondy123abc]

23 August we burn candles for 6 more people.
https://t.co/dORs5ZMqNB
@steve_hofmeyr @ErnstRoets @LexLibertasOnX @NYYRC @StopPlaasmoorde @gatvolboertjie @brucekrit

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

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[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Why does nobody care?

In Africa, Arab Muslims are enslaving black African Christians.

The media, progressives, Palestinian protesters, the UN, and even the Pope remain silent.

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

The face of South Africa, proudly brought to you by the ANC.

[Alice VL @RiseAgainstEvil]

The ANC's hijacking of South Africa. Beautiful, isn't it?

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

@MakhosiSthembi Can't wait for someone to put this to the test, it won't pass Constitutional muster ... and what's more, whites then won't pay tax to a Blacks only government ... Welcome to the age of Separatists, all thanks to the hypocritical ANC.

[Farai Mazhindu @FaraiMazhindu]

The real tragedy of this ideological fixation on punishing a white minority through race-based economic laws is that it betrays the very people the state claims to protect.

While the political elite busies itself "sticking it to whites" through performative legislation, millions of ordinary black South Africans remain trapped in poverty, navigating rolling blackouts, dry taps, and a collapsing economy.

The racist politicians don't care about building a prosperous, competitive country. They care about maintaining power and access to the state purse.

[Danny Nel @magicdan60]

South Africa deserves better...

[Nicholas Woode-Smith @NWoodeSmith]

South Africa's unemployment crisis isn't mysterious.

Make employing people more complicated.

Make investment more expensive.

Make ownership political.

Make promotion racial.

Add endless compliance.

Then act surprised when businesses don't hire or invest.

[Ruth Temple-Murray @RuthTMurray]

When you are able to manage properly it shows. Prisons are a microcosm of a country. All the same needs and requirements of a general society also exist within a prison. Right now our prisons are being properly managed for the benefit of prisoners while freeing up capital to government. Absolutely no guarantees that the ANC government won't continue to steal. Drop your prejudice and vote for able, capable people. Vote for this FF+ Party. They're sincere and the results prove it!

[Danny Nel @magicdan60]

The ANC's BEE tenderpreneurs cadres lived like kings…
But sorry no more.

[DCMorrow @Squeetipie]

Some people are still saying that we should tolerate the Islam ideology and let them live in our country. Why don’t people wake up?!?!