Corruption: Sure we are pissed, But we Still allow it to happen

It happens everywhere and we all know it. But why is this still a thing? When you have large amounts of money and Power mixed with human nature what do we get? Corruption. It makes us angry seeing our taxes pocketed by politicians but what can we actually do to stop this?

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23748:corruption-puts-strain-on-south-africa-budget&catid=54:Governance&Itemid=118

http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/index_en.htm

http://www.transparency.org.uk/corruption/statistics-and-quotes

Day 98 - Big Spenders in a Country of Poor

 

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and his wives are massive spenders, Last month he asked the Government for R30 million to build some new palaces.

Imagine that - R30 million? And the government budgeted for 2011 /2012 was R55 million.

That is allot of money. Here is am extract from this site HERE:

 

In order to build Queen Zola KaMafu, a Swazi beauty queen, a brand spanking new palace, King Goodwill Zwelithini has asked for an extra R5 million (as well as R12 million for a new house at the Nyonkeni Palace) to be added to his budget. Apparently the 2012/2013 allowance of R59.5 million (which includes a R4 million increase compared to the previous year) is not good enough.

Poor King.

How can one afford a new palace if the budget only caters for support services such as car maintenance, clothes for the queens, an annual salary of some R1.5 million and his kids’ school fees (R35.278 million); the refurbishment and renovation of palaces (R20.484 million); and the maintenance of the various Royal farms (R3.6 million)?

 

I want to know why this is allowed? How can you justify spending this much money on self interest while living in a country with millions of poor and hungry people who have no chance to make something for themselves? If this money was to be redirected to helping the poor to give them homes and food and education the number poverty will  GREATLY decline in South Africa. So why is this not done? Greed selfishness - the government does exactly the same thing so they do not want to stop this abuse and corruption. Because that would mean the end of their ridiculously lavish lifestyles!

Another extract from the same site :

• The 2007/2008 financial Royal Budget amounted to R36 million – which was overspent by R3-million.
• For the subsequent (2008/2009) financial year, the Royal Household Department received R39.356 million – an increase of R3.3 million from the previous year. Some R593k went to emergency repairs to the king’s five palaces, R229k was spent on Royal travel and accommodation, R165k on consultants, and R15k on a coming-of-age ceremony. The 2008/2009 Budget was again overspent, this time by by R8.4m (this equals to some 25% of the total budget, people!
• Despite the over-expenditures of 2008/2009), R40.643 million was given to South Africa’s Royal Affairs for 2009/2010. Whilst presenting the budget, KZN Premier Zweli Mkhize stressed the Department of the Royal Household would not overspend this time. The budget was eventually overrun by R2.7 million.
• The 2010/2011 Budget for Goodwill Zwelithini’s upkeep was set at R43.8 million (of which he had apparently had to pay back R3 million due to the previous year’s overspending). I could not find figures on overspending.
• The 2011/2012 Royal Budget, a whooping R55 million, was over-run by R4.451 million.
• The above brings the total overspent amount between 2007 and 2012 to about R18 million. Forgive me if I am wrong.
• In 2006, Goodwill Zwelithini’s exchanged his household’s fleet of Toyota Corollas for six new Mercedes-Benz E200 Kompressor cars (for himself and his Queens). Price tag: R2.3m. This would not have been a massive problem if the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 budgets had not been overspent by respectively R2.5 million and R3.5 million.
• In 2006, apart from the luxury cars mentioned above, King Goodwill Zwelithini bought himself a lavish Hillcrest home worth R2.5 million. The villa had to serve as his pied a terre in Durban to save on hotel and transport costs. In 2005, the king apparently spent R500k in one single month on travel and accommodation for himself and his entourage. The purchase would not have been a problem if the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 budgets had not been overspent by respectively R2.5 million and R3.5 million. However, the main objection of the villa – which was supposed to save money – is that it has never used.
• In 2000, “over half a million rand” was spent on the King’s 52^nd birthday, a bash that took place in New Castle. Exact figures around the costs were not released due to “confidentiality”.
• In August 2011, Goodwill Zwelithini celebrated his 40^th year reign over his kingdom. Thousands of high-profile guests attended the main party, which took place at the KwaKhethomthandayo Palace, Nongoma. The entire celebration lasted an entire month. Price tag: ± R600.000.

And with all of this we have people striking to get a raise to have at least a capable living - This money spent by the King should be illegal, because it is a crime against life - to say screw the poor i want my riches! People are dying so that these people can have a rich life.

 

Things like this will never exist in a Equal Money system. Even now we should have a Basic Income Grant - instead of government officials, politicians and kings getting all the taxes for their own selfish greed it should be allocated to those who REALLY need it. That  act alone will end poverty in South Africa.

This kind of abuse must end it now - vote to end abuse at www.equalmoney.org

Day 82 - Fear of Authority

 

Today's authority im looking at police. I fear the police. There has been many stories of crooked cops and corruption and wrongful arrests. When i drive around town and se a cop car i react with fear.

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear the police 

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to when i am driving and see a cop car to react in fear - because I fear I am doing something wrong and they might arrest me even though i am not doing anything wrong

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear being wrongfully arrested and taken to prison where I will stay and rot for something I did not do

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear that a corrupted cop will arrest me or that a ineffective cop will accidentally shoot me

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear authority and to see authority as something final and powerful where I do not have any power

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to read a story of how trigger happy cops shoot on site and do not follow protocol and then try to cover it up and then fear that happening to me

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to when I see the police to bring up all these fears at once and then go into a state of fear and powerlessness

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to link the word authority to the feeling of powerless and fear - and when there are people in my life that I deem as being authority I then activate the feeling of being powerless and going into a state of fear

I commit myself to stop my fear of the police

I commit myself to when i see a police car when driving to not react in fear of being arrested of doing something wrong - and to realize that I am not doing anything illegal and thus will not be arrested

I commit myself to stop the fear of being wrongfully arrested and rotting in jail due to corrupted cops or being accidentally  shot by ineffective police

I commit myself to stop fearing  authority and to stop seeing it as having power over me and to believe that I am powerless in the face of authority

I commit myself to stop the fear of being the victim of a cover-up shooting by corrupted cops

I commit myself to realize that i have been taught to fear authority from when i was a kid - I was told to fear god so that I can behave - i was told to fear the principle in school because he has the power to expel me - I was told to respect the authority because if i do not then my will be hell - in other words I must fear the authority. So now i stop this belief and the fear i have of authority

I commit myself to realize that behaving because i fear the consequences does not make me a good person but it makes me deceitful - i do for another what id like to be done for me

I commit myself to no more link authority with fear and feeling powerless - but to instead live my life being consistent  in every situation  and fear authority is useless and only affects me 

Day 54 - Pointing fingers when I am to blame*

 

(*title lyrics from a new EPIC song with Robot Virgins: Cerise, Fidelis and Earthonites: Matti,Kelly. Coming soon..........)

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to create the blaming character so that I can abdicate responsibility

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to blame others for making me angry not realizing that it is me who created the thoughts and the emotion inside me and that it is me who is allowing it

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to blame others for hurting me by calling me names and is mean to me - not realizing that it is me who allowed myself to take it personally and i created the feeling

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to blame the world for me being depressed and to see myself at the victim who has no choice and that i am doomed to be depressed forever - not realizing that I created the depression and allowed it and thus i have the power to undo it

I forgive myself that i have not accepted and allowed myself to realize that i am responsible for myself and everything inside of me what i feel and that nobody can do anything to me unless i allow it

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to blame corporations for stripping the earth from resources like forests and water - not realizing that by spending money i allow capitalism to continue and also by doing nothing to change it

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to blame the government for the state the country is in - not realizing that its the whole world system that doesn't provide for everyone and that WE created this world system the way it is and thus i am responsible

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to blame world and everybody else for making this life so horrible and that i have nothing to do with it - not realizing that the world is a reflection of myself and that my actions and decisions helps shape this world

I forgive myself that i have not accepted and allowed myself to realize that where there is blame the is abdication of responsibility so when i am blaming someone it is really me not wanting to face the truth that i am blaming myself

I commit myself to delete the blaming character

I commit myself to realize that i created the anger i feel and that with the same power i used to create it i can stop it

I commit myself to realize that i created the depression i feel and that with the same power i used to create it i can stop it

I commit myself to stop blaming others for making this world full of suffering and abuse and to realize that by doing nothing to stop it I allow it to continue

I commit myself to realize that i create all the feelings and emotions and thoughts inside me and that nobody can make me feel anything unless i allow it and that i am responsible for myself

I commit myself to stop blaming the government for the state of the country and to start take self responsibility to investigate solutions to end problems permanently like the Equal Money System 

I commit myself to stop blaming corporations for raping the earth and to see that it is the world system that we created that caused the problem and that i am also responsible

I commit myself to stop abdicating responsibility by blaming others and to realize that if i blame someone I am only blaming myself