Die Conradie's is almal nasate van stamvader Friederich Henrich CONRADIJ van Marburg, Duitsland gebore 1668. Hy het op Vry 21 Januarie 1689 as VOC soldaat in die Kaap voet aan wal gesit; het op Dins 1 Jan 1692 'n Vryburger van Cabo de Goede Hoop geword
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Wat as 'n vreedsame en stil protes-byeenkoms begin het, het vinnig gegroei na 'n rumoerige gedruis van ondersteuning op Dinsdag, 9 Junie, by die Rustenburgse landdroshof... Lees meer: https://t.co/1OHZQ8K7B0
@geordinhl@Our_DA Geordin. The 29k is since 1991. I stated in public that I am in a process of electronic bracelets for parolees. There is progress. I had a parole summit last year Sept on the revision of the parole system. We are busy with legislative amendments. Don’t practice cheap politics
Listen to him. Hear him. This is the story that keeps me awake at night. The story that weighs heavily on me.
On July 10, 2015, Braam (35), a hardworking father of four young boys, rushed home from his mining job near Mooinooi/Buffelsfontein, North West province, after his wife Izulda called about intruders. Two attackers ambushed him at gunpoint, forced him inside, tied him and his wife up.
When they threatened worse harm, including to his children, Braam fought back desperately. He was shot three times in the chest, one bullet severing his spine and leaving him paralyzed (paraplegic from the chest down). He dragged himself away to shield his boys from seeing him die as the attackers fled. His wife escaped amid gunfire.
Braam survived the initial attack but endured years of immense suffering; repeated infections (including osteomyelitis, a severe bone infection), multiple hospital failures in South Africa's strained system, and eventual amputation of both legs. Despite his fight, his condition deteriorated rapidly in early October 2019, leading to organ failure. He passed away on October 5, 2019, at age 39.
His attackers were never caught, one used a POLICE service pistol. Braam left behind his wife Izulda and their four sons.
@60Minutes and @CNN says these are "robberies gone wrong," yet, they "forgot" to rob.
@CyrilRamaphosa says "there are no killings of Whites."
The "Kill the Boer" chants calls for exactly what Braam endured.
@Skyline_Husky@CollapseAnime Okay so read the post again, it says boomers ate home cooked meals in the 90's. You probably only remember part of the second half of the 90's
@Lisathe_first Hey Lisa, fun fact: Did you know light travels faster than sound?
That's why some people appear to be bright, until you hear them speak.
Elon Musk just told a story that should terrify every AI company on Earth.
His son Saxon is autistic.
Saxon couldn’t understand why the family went to restaurants.
You can get the same food delivered.
You can call your friends over.
You can eat better at home for half the price.
So why go?
Musk: “He had an epiphany and said, ‘Oh, the reason people go to restaurants is to hang out with strangers.’”
A kid who takes the world literally just decoded something the rest of us never thought to question.
We like being around people we’ll never know.
Look at what we already built.
Delivery apps so you never wait in line.
Remote work so you never share an office.
Self-checkout so you never talk to a cashier.
Every innovation of the last 20 years was a bet against human proximity.
Every one paid off.
Until it didn’t.
Loneliness is now a public health emergency.
Depression has doubled since the smartphone.
The average American has fewer close friends than any generation in history.
We didn’t remove friction.
We removed the thing friction was hiding.
Now look at what’s coming.
AI agents that handle your emails.
AI companions that replace your conversations.
AI assistants that make every human interaction optional.
Same playbook. Same bet.
Except this time we’re not engineering out strangers.
We’re engineering out humans entirely.
The coffee shop where nobody knows your name.
The subway where no one speaks.
The restaurant where you’ll never see that couple again.
Those aren’t failed connections.
They’re the background radiation of belonging.
We don’t just need people who know us.
We need to exist in rooms full of people who don’t.
That’s what a kid understood at a dinner table that billion-dollar companies still can’t grasp in a boardroom.
We spent 20 years building a world you never have to show up to.
AI is about to finish the job.
And nothing it builds will ever replicate sitting in a room full of strangers and not feeling alone.
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A 31-year-old primary school teacher with a doctorate was turned down for a senior position at the Western Cape Department of Education.
Devastated but determined, he resigned, took his R240,000 severance package, and on a wet winter morning in July 1998, opened a small school in the vestry of a church in Durbanville. He had 28 learners and three friends helping him.
That modest beginning became Curro — today South Africa’s largest private school network, with 189 schools and over 72,000 learners. It grew into a JSE-listed company valued at R7.2 billion.
But the real story goes far beyond the numbers.
Years later, Dr Chris van der Merwe reflected: “I can tell you without doubt that I never started Curro with the intention of making money. I wanted to serve the country by creating affordable private education.”
He proved those words were genuine.
In 2025, he played a central role in one of the most remarkable moves in South African education history: the Jannie Mouton Foundation acquired Curro for R7.2 billion, took the company private, and converted it into a public benefit organisation. The decision was supported by a 99.98% shareholder vote.
Going forward, 100% of Curro’s surpluses will be reinvested into building more schools, providing bursaries, and expanding access for underprivileged learners.
Not driven by profit, but by purpose.
I think about this story often when working with families who are building wealth. Creating financial success is important, but the families that leave the most meaningful legacies are those who build for something greater than themselves — not merely to accumulate.
What felt like a painful rejection in 1997 turned out to be the very door that led to everything that mattered.
Sometimes the door that closes is the one that changes the entire direction of your life — for the better.
Can you imagine that such an amazing man is not wanted by his country, simply because he is white?
Leo Prinsloo. Former Captain in the South African Police Service Special Task Force, which is the country’s equivalent of the SAS, involved in everything from counterterrorism to security details for two US presidents and the Queen of England.
After leaving the service, he became a tactical training instructor and took on part time work as an armed security escort in Pretoria.
On April 22, 2021, on the N4 highway in Pretoria, his cash in transit vehicle was ambushed by a heavily armed gang who opened fire and began a high speed chase. Prinsloo immediately took evasive action, weaving through traffic, ramming one of the attack vehicles, absorbing multiple rounds through the bulletproof glass, and driving himself and his partner out of the kill zone.
When the vehicle eventually stopped, he grabbed his rifle, exited the truck, and set up an ambush of his own. The robbers saw him kneeling down to take aim and fled without taking a single rand (dollar).
His partner Lloyd Mtombeni was on only his fourth day on the job. The dashcam footage went viral worldwide, and tens of millions of people watched it. Prinsloo downplayed his actions and said the real heroes are the cash in transit workers who face these risks every day.