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visited The strike

Earlier this week rumors were circulated that was scheduled for Wednesday a workers' strike. The troubled
really huge!
strikes in Africa is anything but funny, I might at least in this context it takes a lot of unpleasant:

So it came as the beginning of November already on our site to an uprising.
At that time, the structural work on the stadium as good as finished and hundreds of workers now threatened dismissal. In addition, there was also something with the Christmas bonus, but as I now know not exactly know.
In any case, they gathered in the stadium and then heitzten by chants and battle-cries for ever more.


Eventually they moved then go armed with iron rods and hunted down every employee who still works (= Scab). One of our local employees was shattered a kneecap. Pfeifer
The team then barricaded himself in the closed meeting room.

Well .. at least almost closed: The
Martin (with the hotel in Paarl) understood the whole situation too late and could not leave the office, since the workers already proposed from the outside against the containers.
He hid under his desk and waited out there. A Riessen lucky that the crowd because it was not down!
make the situation not to escalate the Poilzei entered the construction site after a long, long time.

cruel but still was a strike by lorry drivers earlier this year.
For us this was very critical because we have such a large part of our steel every few days, delivered from Johannesburg. In the course of the strike
was even shot a truck driver, who continued, despite the call for a strike behind his tax.

Well, as always, worried that rumors of another strike me in any case.
Pretty soon confirmed the project manager then also what one has been reported from all sides:
The union of mine workers (NUM), the trade union for construction (Bcawu) and the South African Civil Engineering Association (Safcec) are planning a strike starting on Wednesday at 12 Clock!
you strike for 13 percent more pay.
know this must be said that the construction could increase in profits last year by 100% and pocketed the management pay increases of 15%.
also calls for a minimum of 14 rand (about € 1.20).
In a newspaper article I read that the average miner incredible 435 years (= 11 generations of workers) would have to work to have the annual average salary of a mine manager deserves to ...

The project manager told us that 10 years ago was already a two-week strike: In the end, it jumped out to a wage increase of 0.25 percent. The employees had work with this "extra income" about 3 years to just the 2 weeks lost wages back to have in there (unlike in Germany, you have no income during a strike).

It was then on Tuesday evening, a crisis meeting in our meeting room.
all important phone numbers were exchanged and it was decided to leave that we bring all the workers by 11 clock from the roof and at half past 12, the construction site. After lunch we meet again outside the gate there and decide whether work can continue or not.
On the whole construction site are said only 60 staff members in these unions (unfortunately, all of our tower crane driver). They say that the strike Our site actually little concern. We would
on our wireless devices are constantly in contact of the security service and there would be a permanent status report. Moreover, the Metro Police will be informed and who is permanently ensure that workers do not march to the stadium from other sites.

All morning it looked as if no one would emerge on the site. Even at just before 11 was all quiet and everyone of us thought that we will probably work as normal and everything was just a flop is Riessen.

At 11, the situation changed dramatically then:
The project manager was very excited in the container and arranged that we all IMMEDIATELY shutdown the computer and to get into the cars. My blood pressure rose abruptly.
was heard from somewhere a deep voice. Tyron found it all very exciting, I sang the song that sang and danced to the workers. I thought that was really beside it for me, the strikers were, "the enemy", and I'm now a colleague standing next to me, the face with a euphoric humming some song and dance beside me all excited ..
I have no idea where the strikers gathered. You could not make up, whether any current moving in a certain direction. Everything pointed to the whereabouts of the collection, some were workers, directly on the ruins of the old stadium stands behind our containers and were excited lurrten over the walls. Accordingly, even if they were not far away ...
The project manager then said that supposedly came more and more people to the site, instead of leaving it. If this really was, but then there was something up there at the gate quite wrong ...

As we left the construction site, several camera crews stood in front of the driveway. The police had meanwhile already present and reminded rather of military:
Everyone was wearing thick bullet-proof vests and here and there I saw machine guns shouldered. As we

then after the lunch break came back to the stadium, I was firmly convinced that we are now working again. There were obviously still have some people outside the stadium, but I can not say whether this or demonstrated again just waiting to be let into the stadium.
I was then told at the gate, according to arrangement of the general contractor today no one is allowed to enter the site. They probably would even tomorrow yet closed, but that would be communicated to us in due course.

seemed to me that does not really make sense, since by then I no strike group really got to face.
a staff member but already knew everything:
from the 60 combined in the union employees were already 500, and the group would be in the downtown direction Bahnhof drawn.
People think that they will march in the afternoon return back to the stadium.
Okay, it is probably the better way and I enjoy my day off. On Thursday I saw
noon from Signall Hill gathered from a large crowd outside the stadium and heard from this distance nor their calls.

the evening I received a call that the site probably until Sunday had been closed. It would have 2,000 demonstrators joined forces and the police is now a rubber bullets and tear gas to prevent them from entering the site.




When I lunch on Friday with a trip by car to the stadium was made to see not a soul. The entrance is boarded up with thick wooden planks and paper scattered everywhere is: leaflets of the union, but also leaflets of the city, which called in the strike as illegal and will be asked to appear again tomorrow for work. Along the fence a few police officers watched in their cars.
now it says that negotiations on Monday once again. Maybe they call it already last week back to work?

As I am Monday, at Giovanni's for lunch, I peered of course, on the other side of the street to the stadium across. Since I could not identify any human soul, I was now again assume that the phone could ring at any moment and we would soon be called back to the desks.
15 min. Later I was attracted by the noise of the street then again to the window, and I was amazed not bad:
Ca. 100 demonstrators marched singing and dancing with sticks in hand over just outside the window. However, they were escorted by at least as many police officers. One can really speak of a non-strained, or even dangerous situation .. On the contrary, all seemed rather friendly, and the officials were talking mitmarschierenden with completely relaxed faces ...
But I thought it was still exciting! ;)

's see when the phone rings ...

Thursday, 16/07/2009:

Ok, "good" news:
Although not every union has accepted the current offer, now the work went on at the stadium safe for us.

So far I know both parties were acting out a wage increase of 12% , subject to the condition that to completion of the stadium may no longer be on strike.

If one assumes that a worker because of me 20 Rand die Stunde verdient..
dann bekommt er fortan 22,40 Rand.
Bei einem 10 Stunden Tag und einer 6 Tagewoche verdient er also 144 Rand mehr .
Allerdings hatte er aufgrund des Streiks auch einen Lohnausfall von 1200 Rand ...
es wird nun ersteinmal über 8 Wochen (!) dauern, um wieder auf Null zu sein !

Bis dahin ist der Stadionbau schon halbwegs abgeschlossen, und manch einer vielleicht gar nicht mehr beschäftigt...

Ich denke also die ganze Aktion hat sich nich für jederman gelohnt.

:-(

Milena Velbahotters.dk

The storm

In the last week of June swept a really uncomfortable Antarctic storm over our heads.

At wind speeds of up to 130 km / h we all had to work on the roof and set down cranes span the safe side of the building container. In the surrounding mountains is even snow have fallen.

To me, the spectacle to see live, I went on Wednesday evening extra to the Beach Road: riiiiießige waves lashed against the shore promenade, the sea foam was spread by the wind over the entire road and dirty my car ... :-)

was in the newspaper that the waves are usually average 3 meters high, on Wednesday, however, at the height of storms reaching 17 meters high waves whipped on the mainland (!).

Record:

-Large parts of Cape Town were without power (in most cases were the so-called "informal settlements", affected so the townships) and were partially flooded

-Die Titelseite der Cape Argus zierte ein beeindruckendes Foto einer Blechhütte, die der Sturm in einem Kapstädter Township weggeweht und auf dem Dach einer anderen Baracke hat landen lassen

-25 Film-Studenten waren auf der Dassen Insel gefangen

-zwei Tankschiffe, die vor der Bucht Kapstadts vor Anker lagen, trieben um ein Haar an den Bloubergstrand

-in Jacobs Bay, a Chinese cargo ship ran aground and two Schleeppfrachter demolished in Knysna and Jacobsbaai of the lines and found the same . Given the weather conditions it was decided to involve not the container but to leave the waves

and last but not least:

-our fence was knocked down in several places :-)

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President Zuma Stadium

Sooooooo, it is again: here comes the "New" from South Africa!

On Wednesday, 10.06.2009 (jaaaaaaaaa, alright .. we already have .. July * gg * I just had no time again to write this quickly here ...) there were only 365 days until World Cup opening game, which on 11 available June 2010 at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg is. At this time, the stadium is reportedly 72% complete.
I do not know which of you at home watched the Confederations Cup, but the South African Team fought really well! For example, lost Bafana Bafana, as the national team down here is always called, in a very exciting game with virtually the last minute 0-1 against Brazil! This caused for first ever football euphoria and enthusiasm the people here ..
And then you also paid on Thursday, its president, Jacob Zuma, a visit to our stadium and praised from the (few) present construction workers for their work:
you write history and makes an important contribution to your country [..! . we] have shown the world that South Africans are very special people. As soon as we see opportunities, we always occur immediately in action. Bla bla bla ..

I must say my interest was rather low and I have not heard the speech live. As you may remember I have my views against this man done already known .. ;)
Like me the others who have their speech heard reported, he praised as I said all the workers joked that he would if necessary, arbitration judge ourselves to keep the Cup on African soil, and Mike Marsden, the city safety officer, promised to Cape Town so far as safe as any large European city will make to ... seeeeeeeeehr aim high, if you ask me.

Well, this state visit caused quite definitely nice sensation. Riessen a VIP area on the Green was the former golf course set up and he took the whole lunch lame Construction ..
meant for us: closing time at 13:00 clock already!
And for you, I finally had time and long overdue items to the Kruger Park went online .. ;-)

At the end of Mr Zuma then kicked a football into the crowd, almost a symbolic push for the last 365 days ... and the last 28%
;-)

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Hogan's Heroes

Okok before me someone for my pretentious blog heading is acidic:

is of course not the meant quite seriously .. ;-)

should only be a pun, the further down then surely you will understand all (at least if you the same series on a cable is a term ...).

Well .. but a little bit brave I was the weekend already:

On Friday I was invited to one of our colleagues at home.

his real name (I must admit) I do not know who call him the other mainly " White-Bread " or "Angle . The latter gave him his nickname Grandma, and white bread .. Well .. he can not afford to hold "regular" lunch every day, so it sits over his half-loaf of white bread.

He once told me proudly that he was a few years in a special school:

it is a kind of "aid project " for young people from the townships, so they do not even get on the straight and narrow. They live there as a kind youth center and learn next to "Make-work around" everything possible for life's future: how to cook, for example, laundry wash and how to remove fire.

http://www.chrysalisacademy.org.za/

for those that are interested in more detail.

And a few of you I've ever been in a different context, says of him:

Here in Cape Town, among the growing " Capetonians " a Mutprobe, sich selbst die vorderen Schneidezähne rauszureißen. Je größer die Lücke im Gesicht desto mutiger der Idiot... jeglicher Kommentar hierzu überflüssig, oder?

Bei Whitebread aber ist es anders:

laut eigener Aussage hat ihm am 15.August 2006 in der früh um halb 5 (es scheint ein sehr einschneidendes Erlebnis in seinem Leben gewesen zu sein) ein befreundeter Kerl aus seiner Nachbarschaft die Zähne gezogen, da er es vor Schmerzen nicht mehr ausgehalten hätte. Er meinte zwar es war ein Zahnarzt und er hätte das Zahnfleisch auch mit einer Syringe stunned, but .. I do not know, I rather think it was one of those " medicine men," as they practice here, according to my travel guides, especially in townships and enjoy this very much confidence.

why I think so?

Because he lives in a township, including Gugulethu .

So I went, admittedly with a real uneasy feeling in the stomach with a 19 year old know-workers in a township and met his family .. :-)

course I wanted to inform me in advance or less, whether one should engage in something like this: According

chief "neeeeee, better do not ... except that they will go into a township, is suffering " White Bread " recently at a genuinely Fießer Tripper

-. na yeah ... so close I want him now not even come ..

Also, the construction manager and Martin advised decided against it.

But curiosity forced me formally to this experiment. And besides, I told the Tyron that one can not compare easily with Township Township!

There are areas, because he can not set foot inside .. But Gugulethu contrast, was absolutely sure would even have some pubs and bars, and he often stroll at night through the streets of the celebration.

I took care of course but always meticulously pay attention to what happened so around me. Especially since we started way too late and only arrived at dusk, the Township reached welches sich ganz in der Nähe zum Kapstädter Flughafen befindet.

Auf dem Weg dorthin sahen wir neben der Autobahn ein paar Jungs laufen, jeder mit einem Büschel Palmenwedel in der Hand.

Whitebread erklärte mir, dass es hier Tradition sei, dass die heranwachsenden Jungs irgendwann losziehen, der Mutter ein Bündel Palmenwedel geben und dann am nächsten Morgen aufbrechen um für 2 Monate „ im Busch “ zu leben. Erst wenn sie gezeigt haben, dass sie „ für sich selbst “ leben können, sind sie richtige Männer und nicht mehr länger von Mami depends ... then they come back, the palm fronds dried up and burned.

but everything sounds much more heroic than it is in effect:
It has become customary that one just a little boy for " paid " that he supplied a day with food. And "the bush " has absolutely nothing to do with my photos from the article "On safari in the Kruger" in common: they live in a home-built plastic tent on the outer side of the fence townships ... :-)

White Bread lives with the sister of his grandmother, along with several siblings and half siblings (his father, the tradition more than just a wife ...).

I was welcomed with open arms, literally, that was once a very nice start. And they did not live in one of these tin huts windy (which it already here would be quite the same way), but at least been to a brick house .

course, it was all in all only an estimated 80 square meters for (again, estimated) 8 people, but still: it had electricity, running water ... everything was already not be so bad as I had feared in the run.

Die bereits recht alte Oma saß die ganze Zeit nur im Sessel und starrte in den uralten Fernseher, dessen Bild nur rot, schwarz und grau erzeugen konnte.. ;)

Whitebread wollte mir dann auch noch ein bisschen die Gegend zeigen, wobei ich darauf bestand mit dem Auto zu fahren anstatt zu Laufen... Hochmut kommt schließlich vor dem Fall, und ich wollte es nun nicht herausfordern.

Ich glaube im Endeffekt war ihm das dann auch viel lieber: wie hielten für ein kleines Schwätzchen bei jedem Bekannten, die wir auf der Straße trafen und ich glaube er genieste es in einem Auto um die Häuser „zu cruisen“.

Ich habe leider kaum Fotos gemacht. Mal traute ich mich nicht (wie mitten auf der Straße), oder aber ich wäre mir dabei zu blöd vorgekommen (falls ich zum Beispiel die Oma im Sessel fotografiert hätte).

Als wir mal wieder hielten wollte ich dann aber doch festhalten, wie ein paar der Kinder mit einem Stock und einem alten Autoreifen spielten, und schwupps war ich auch schon belagert:

Gut 20 Kinder kamen von überall her angelaufen und schwätzten und schrieen alle durcheinander. Sie wollten meinen Namen wissen, meine „tollen Haare“ anfassen, den Autospiegel verstellen, und natürlich: dass ich Fotos von Ihnen mache.

War einfach richtg lieb, mit welche Freude they are "strangers" explored .. ;)

As we drove on then they ran from so far as they could find the car and pretended that they would push me .. * gg *

All the children I saw appear to me a thousand times happier than ours in Germany.

Wir waren dann auch noch bei Whitebreads leiblicher Mutter:

Hier war es alles andere als gemütlich!!! In einer ca. 8 qm großen Hütte aus unverputztem Mauerwerk gammelten gut 20 Erwachsene.. alles stand voller Schnaps und Bierflaschen. Einer der Männer füllte gerade etwas aus einem 2 Liter Plastikbehälter mit Hilfe eines Trichters in ein paar der leeren Bierflaschen um.. wenn ich’s nich besser wüsste, würd ich sagen, dass die da Abflussreiniger verdünnen und saufen...

Die Mutter war total neben der Spur und hat sich mir gleich 10 mal vorgestellt... dann fing einer der Männer an uns nach Geld anzubetteln, und auf einen Schlag waren it is 4 to before us and what were wanted. Also White Bread 's mother grabbed him by the arm and said that she would eat anything today and he has to give her money.

That was clearly embarrassed him and he just said that we must continue the evening at 8 and he comes again. Of course they wanted to let him go nich, the sound was almost grumpy and they begged in one tour continues as we just got into the car without saying a word.

With a slight creeps me this sight a bit reminiscent of "zombies" who did not want to let go ...

Das war mein Freitag...

Samstag ... mal überlegen.. was habe ich Samstag gemacht ?!???

Achja, ich blieb noch recht lang in der Arbeit um zu telefonieren, weil mein Pre-Paid Guthaben leer war.. na ja, da ist nichts mutiges dran, also streicht den Samstag einfach..

ABER Sonntag , da ging’s dann wieder heiß her!!!

Wir, das sind Andy, Alex, Malte und Ich, waren nämlich:

OH MAN WAS THE COOL!

We have shot sooooo cool pictures! (unfortunately only have it brought these cheap cameras waterproof non-straight ...)

become Especially the video, which has made the professional photographer on board during the trip, is really great ... I try my views on youtube the next few days, perhaps war-ego since accessible to you ...

Achsooooooo, ihr wisst gar nich worum’s geht ?

Na is doch klar: wir waren Great-White-Shark-Cage-Diving :-)

In einem Käfig lauernd haben wir Weiße Haie beobachtet !!!!

Wie bereits ein paar mal erwähnt wimmeln die Gewässer hier am Kap nur so vor diesen „Monstern“.

In Gaansbai , einem Küstenort ca. 160 km von Kapstadt entfernt, bieten zahlreiche Unternehmen diese Käfig-Tauch-Fahrten an.

Das Wasser war zwar wirklich recht kalt, aber die Jahreszeit ist für diese Unternehmung geradezu perfekt :

Die Robben , die einige Kilometer weit draußen auf einer kleinen Felsinsel leben, haben gerade Jungen , weshalb die Haipopulation im Vergleich zum Sommer viel, viel dichter ist. Kaum hatten wir den Anker zu Wasser gelassen umkreiste uns bereits des erste Exemplar. Laut Tourguide war das alles andere als normal, da es durchaus auch vorkommt, dass man über eine Stunde warten muss, bis man einen sichtet.

Demgegenüber waren wir nur zu 12. auf einem Boot, welches im Sommer bis zu 40 Touristen mit raus nimmt. Somit hatten wir genügend Platz um uns in die (leider noch vom Vortag nassen) Taucheranzüge zu quälen... Und wir blieben auch wesentlich länger im Käfig. Ein einziger Wechsel war nötig, fit it into the cage 7 Float purely at once.

At peak times, we observed six sharks simultaneously, each for between 3 and 4 meters

.

was really an amazing and unique experience ...

But it does non always go as spectacular:

stopped on the way back we für einen Abstecher bei einer Pinguin-Kolonie , was wirklich auch gar nicht so schlecht war...! ;)