Taxi Scam WARNING!!!!

The most SHOCKING news I heard today

Two of my friends today came to varsity traumatized due to being robbed in a taxi by gun point, YES!!! I said robbed by gun point in a taxi.. It was so unbelievable because no one ever expects to be robbed in a taxi.

The first girl took a taxi from Bree coming to UJ along with other students and a guy from Wits, the taxi was supposed to turn down into UJ Bunting road campus instead it took another route and on its way to Mayfair a guy took out a gun and demanded everybody to give them their phones and bags with all their money, the guy from Wits asked the guys for his books and the robber gave it to him, when the girl asked for her student card the guy replied "student card sa masimba" and hit her on her head and the passengers could not get out because at the door was another guy. These students had nothing on them except for the one girl but what is a R2, they decided to walk all the way back to Bree and on their way they met police officers and told them their story, the police officers response was "we do not take complaints or transport people, report this at the police station" lucky for them they got good people along the way that gave them money for a taxi back home.

As shocked as I was sitting at the table in the cafeteria trying to gather myself with what I just heard, my classmate comes and tells us about his cousins incident that happened yesterday too, she took her taxi outside of campus on her way to Soweto instead of going the normal route this taxi takes a turn and the people start yelling in the taxi and the guys take out their guns and demand for the passengers phones, bags, money, etc. As soon as they received what they wanted the taxi driver stopped and two of the guys got out and pulled a girl out and said they are going to rape her, the guy punched this girl and she fell onto the ground, the guy put his arms around her and she pushed him away and started running and stopped at the first garage she saw, with nothing on her to go home with, she told a lady her story at the garage and the lady was kind enough to take her home.

This taxi scam is very shocking and scary because one does not expect to get robbed in a taxi at gunpoint with a lot of people inside, from now on I suggest people take extra precautions before getting on a taxi, if it means writing or remembering a number plate or not getting on a taxi with only 4 people inside or leaving earlier and making sure you leave with someone that you know or extra money and don't put it in one place.

It is really sad to know that people would go to such extremes to take away peoples belongings that they worked hard for while they sit at home and do nothing constructive and think of plans to hurt people, how does someone thrive on making someone suffer, taking something that is not theirs, it is very sad to see what South Africa is coming to, actually what our people are coming to, where not working hard is their plan but their hustle and ambition is to steal and hurt people.

If you have friends or family members that travel by taxi warn them about this shitty scam that people have come with, I hope and pray that everybody that comes across this scam may they leave that taxi unharmed.

50 Universal Truths About Men

1. Why should I remind you that "I love you" I already told you once.
2. I'll do anything for sex, even commit to you.
3. I hate arguing with you, I'd rather find a compromise.
4. I love long hair, sorry but I do.
5. When you speak softly, I cant help but listen.
6. I need to be told NO sometimes, not a lot, but every now again just to remind me that you are not cheap.
7. Please don't ask me how you look unless you're willing to trust my answer.
8. My eyes notice other women a lot more when you are upset with me.
9. When you are happy with me I cant help but want to please you.
10. If I don't feel like I can make you happy, it makes me feel less than a man.
11. I expect you to be ready when I pick you up.
12. Cigarettes make any woman look cheap and easy.
13. I'm scared if I let a woman inside my heart, she'll take advantage of me.
14. If you cant stand up to me when I am a brat, you're too weak for me to open up to when I'm upset.
15. Sitting quietly next to me after you've made me a meal is your get-out-of-the-doghouse-free ticket, you'll be surprised how quickly I can forgive.
16. You did something hurtful, if I don't bring it up, I'm considering leaving you.
17. I don't read minds, remember I am not a woman.
18. You may know fashion, but I wish you would dress to please me not other woman.
19. if I am losing my hair, it is not funny, would you like it if i joked about your weight.
20. When I talk to you about soccer and you act bored, it would be nice for you to remember all the times I've listened to you talk about what is important to you.
21. The woman I love is easy to please, she appreciates the effort i put into making her happy, even if I get the details wrong.
22. You look hot in a dress.
23. I hate being told what to do when I don't ask for help, it makes me feel like you're my mother.
24. If you always sleep over at my place, I might eventually marry you, but I'm less motivated.
25. During sex my ears are as sensitive to your words as your skin is to my touch
26. I need some type of signal or cue to approach you across the room.
27. It makes me feel like you trust me when you ask for my advice.
28. It feels competitive when you insist on being in charge.
29. Being respected is more important to me than being loved.
30. I want every man to envy me when we arrive as a couple.
31. When I am upset I am very tone sensitive, how you say it, is more important than what you say.
32. I hate it when you minimise, ignore or tell me that I don't mean my compliments, it makes me want to stop giving it.
33. I'm more insecure than you think, why do you think I need our respect so much.
34. I don't always know how I feel, that's why i don't tell you.
35. I don't need you to do things for me, what I crave is being able to please you
36. If I do one thing and say something contradictory - go with my actions - that will always tell you whats in my heart.
37. I find myself wanting to please you when you simply smile at me without asking for something (like a favor)
38. I really don't want to hear about your ex boyfriends, regardless of the point.
39. If I don't share what I'm thinking, its because I don't think you will listen without interrupting.
40. I don't like to argue and I don't like to guess whats wrong, just tell me so I can fix it.
41. Don't ask me 'am you going to wear that' when I'm already dressed.
42. A gentleman should always be respected by his lady in public, even if shes disagreeing with him.
43. If you don't believe you re pretty, you wont believe me when I tell you, no matter how many times i say it.
44. it isn't how much you weigh, its that your body is proportionate, which is so attractive.
45. Sometimes I have weird, strange, sexual thoughts, I don't take them seriously and I don't want to share them with you or anyone else,
46. Sometimes you really don't want to know what I'm thinking (see number 45).
47. If you cheat on  me, it is nearly impossible for me to get over it.
48. I don't remember everything about our relationship but that doesn't mean that I don't love you.
49. I need some time to myself to calm down when I'm upset so that I don't say something that I will regret.
50. After sex If I cuddle with you it means I really like you.

Giving My Heart A Break...

I did not know how to start writing this post, but I am sure some of you have been where I am right now, where you like someone and then you do not, mixed emotions running through me.

This one person makes you feel so special like you are the only girl on this earth but then reality knocks in and you will be like "but he is a guy and he might just be like the rest of them". When you have been heartbroken so many times, it is harder for you to trust that someone so perfect would want to be with someone as flawed as you are, when someone is too good to be true.

I always tell myself that it is better to move on before you get in too deep, cause once you have invested your feelings into this one person, it is so difficult to get over them, the moment you show someone your emotional side, you need to be prepared to get hurt.

When a handsome, hot, fine, sexy guy with a beautiful heart comes along and wants to love you, and you cannot help but wonder "why me", It does not matter how confident and proud a girl can be about her body and self, let a guy come along and she likes him, there is a moment where she starts doubting herself.

I know that we as women love torturing ourselves with questions such as "does he like me" "why does he like me" "are we going to last" "will he respect me after we have had sex" "is he willing to date a girl like me". And then we listen to depressing music that deals with love and heartbreak or how perfect love is supposed to be like but honestly our lives cannot revolve around music and movies because this is reality, our relationships cannot be scripted, this is real life not something someone can write down on a piece of paper.



So I have decided to stop over-thinking things, I want to go with the flow of things, I want to allow myself to be loved without thinking that someone has hidden agendas or is bound to hurt me in the future cause honestly love comes with the heartbreak, you just need to find someone that is worth the pain and suffering.

18 FUCK YOUS TO THE ANC…

For each one of those lives your police murdered in cold blood on the darkest day of this so called democracy, mark August 16th 2012 as the day you buried democracy.

1. Fuck you ANC for selling out our freedom at CODESA talks.

2. Fuck you for killing the ideals of Chris Hani, Biko and Sobukwe as well as your own Freedom Charter ideals!

3. Fuck you for colluding with our oppressors to rob Azania of her wealth and calling it Black Economic Empowerment.

4. Fuck you for not being able to think further than your stomachs.

5. Fuck you for constantly being engaged in internal squabbles while Azania burns down and her children murdered by your police!

6. Fuck you for continuing to appease your white masters at the expense of the black child.

7. Fuck you for expelling a young voice that called for true economic freedom that you signed away in 1990!

8. Fuck you for making Winnie Mandela stand trial at the circus TRC that was the gateway to the continuing white arrogance created by a lack of justice being served for the evil that was apartheid, colonisation and enslavement of Azania!

9. Fuck you for killing Andries Tatane.

10. Fuck you for spending billions to host foreigners to come and make profits in our country leaving us with monstrosities of useless stadia while the black child in the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga still does not have access to a university in their province.

11. As a result of those incompetencies fuck you for killing Gloria Sekwena

12. Fuck you for agreeing to take over apartheid debt effectively taking bread from the table of the oppressed to put on a table of the oppressors already overflowing with delicacies!

13. Fuck you for commodifying Mandela and turning a name that once stood as a threat to the evil of apartheid into a tourists, international celebrities and voters attraction.

14. Fuck you for continuing to steal from us to enrich yourselves, your friends, families and cadres.

15. Fuck you for failing black people who keep you in power while pleasing foreign investors and former oppressors who continue to rape Azania of her wealth! Under your watch, we have become the most unequal society in the world, meaning the poor are getting poorer while the rich get richer!!!

16. Fuck you for turning a once formidable liberation movement of Maxeke, Tambo, Plaatjie and others into a self-serving, non-delivering, corrupt, constantly infighting, intimidating, arrogant, deaf to the poor and blind to black suffering NEW OPPRESSORS.

17. Fuck you for making membership and affiliation with your movement the only way for the black child to get ahead, as your leader Zuma has said, "it is cold outside the ANC", we know, we live here!

18. Fuck you for your endless strings of false promises and lies that you have fed us over the years! fuck you and fuck off, it is time for you to go, you have become African Neo Colonialists! Transformed before our very eyes like those pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm, eating at the table with masters, dressed like the masters, behaving like the master, and just like the sharpeville massacre, repeating the brutality of the masters!

The blood of the workers at the Lomnin Massacre is in your hands along with your unions that you are in power with!

Fuck you very much!

Posted by Jacqui ThePoet 

The Bro Code (With Rules)

Today I came across some really funny bro codes and decided to share some of them, it really surprised me that some guys follow all of these rules...

• When asked, "Do you need some help?" a Bro shall automatically respond, "i got it" whether or not hes actually got it...... Exceptions: Carrying an expensive TV, Parallel parking an expensive car, Loading an expensive TV into an expensive car

• Lady Strategy #7: Create a mystery about yourself, that way they will have to hang out with you all night

• Lady Strategy #2.5: Make a beautiful woman feel self conscious and unattractive and she’d be putty in your hands.

• Thou shalt not quote or RT love quotes…EVER, Be the man, keep your feelings to yourself!

• Bros before hoes. I cannot stress this enough. Always remember, girlfriends come and go, but your boys are always there. Breaking this rule is to commit the cardinal sin against Team Testosterone

• Never drink the last beer, unless you've been granted specific permission that it’s OK

• If a girl falls into the following criteria, she is off limits forever until the end of time:

A. Was an ex-girlfriend

B. Your friend specifically told you he wanted her
C. Is your buddy’s sister (However, if it’s your buddy’s cousin, well she’s up for grabs, and you’re welcome to rub it in his face for years to come)

• Never diss a guy whose team just lost a crushing game. Just leave it alone, it’s kinder to pick on them for a dead relative

• If a chick inquires about another Bro’s sexual history, a Bro shall honor the ‘Brode of silence’ and play dumb. Better to have women think all men are stupid than tell the truth

• A Bro never publicly reveals how many chicks he’s banged

•  A Bro automatically enhances another Bro’s job description when introducing him to a chick

• If a Bro is hitting it off with a chick, his Bro shall do anything within his means to ensure the desired outcome

• A Bro never divulges the existence of the Bro Code to a woman. It is a scared document not to be shared with chicks for any reason…no not even that reason

• A Bro will drop whatever he’s doing and rush to help his Bro dump a chick

Characteristics Of A Good Man

I hate being asked "so what do you look for in a guy" because if I had to start talking I could go on forever and ever amen!!! There are so many qualities I look for in a man not only his looks because looks can fade away, so I decided to just write down a few of the things I look for in a guy just for future reference in case someone asks me this AGAIN I'll just give them a link to this blog.

1. Faithful

I still believe that there are guys out there that are faithful, if my man is not faithful I would rather have him break up with me than cheat on me, if we're not working out tell me there and now, being second best is not my goal in life.

2. Honesty

"Honesty is the best policy" I want a man that is truthful not only to me but to others as well, if he is quick to lie to everybody else with a straight face in front of me, I might just doubt him when he tells me the truth.

3. Financially Stable

I don't want a man that is rich or makes a lot of money, one that brags and flaunts his money around, all I want is a nigga that handles his money well, if hes on a budget I want to see that he does not waste it but once in a while as a girl I want a man that would put aside money to spoil me.

4. Sense of Humor

This one is the one I look for most in a guy, I love a man that can make me laugh, I wouldn't handle being in a relationship with someone that has no sense of humor, someone that does not know the meaning of laughter!! and I heard that laughter makes one lose weight, so he better know how to make me laugh.

5. Easy Going

I want someone that I can feel at ease around, someone that makes me feel comfortable when I am with him, someone that I can talk to about whatever and whenever.

6. Respectful

I want a man that has manners, that knows how a lady is supposed to be treated, a man that respects himself and the people around him, having a man that is unnecessarily rude to others is a big turn off.

7. Family Orientated

My family is important and they come first, I want a man that has family values, he may not have the richest or best family but he needs to show me that he loves and respects his family to bits, if he knows what is family he will know never to ask me to choose between him and my family because he might just not like the answer.

8. Driven

I am not looking to date a taxi driver or toilet cleaner, You want someone that is always trying to do better and is driven to try harder at everything he does. That means he will always try his best to please you, I want someone with goals and ambition.

9. Loving in public

I want a man that is not afraid to say "I love you" in public, someone that is not afraid to be touchy with me, someone that hugs, kisses and tickles me etc.

10. Believer

I am not saying be a saint, but I need a man that knows how to pray, I want a man that believes in God, someone that has faith.

These are the few things that I look for in a man and I hope I find a man that has everything that I have mentioned here and if not, MORE!!!

Phrases that women deserve to hear

I believe that some guys would want to tell a girl these phrases but are afraid of our reactions but I say they need to stop being scared and tell us what we need to hear, so gents here is a guide, Thank Me Later

I Will Wait ...

This poem helped me believe that there is someone waiting for me out there, not everything is about relationships and not being in a relationship is not a bad thing, one should not let go of their values and beliefs and lower their standards just because they want a relationship... Hope you enjoy the poem as much as i did....

So it seemed, that it was cool, so cool, for everyone to be in a relationship but me..

So I took matters into my own hands… and ended up with him

Him who displayed the characteristics of a CHEATER, a LIAR, an ABUSER, & a THEIF

So.. why was I surprised when he broke into my heart?

I called 911, but I was cardiac arrested for aiding and abetting,

Cause it was ME who let him in…

Claiming we were “just friends”..

It was already decided for me by the first date, that even if he wasn’t!

I was gonna make him ‘The One’..

You know… I was tired of being alone,

And I simply made up in my mind, that it was about that time so I decided to drag him along for the ride,

Cause I was always the bridesmaid & never the bride..

A virgin in the physical, but mentally just a grown woman on the corner in heat!

Who was tired of the wait!

So I was gonna make him ‘The One’.

He had a… form of Godliness… but not much..

But hey, hey I can change him! So (honey) I’ll TAKE him, I mean he’s close… enough

Ready to sell my aorta for a quarter, not knowing the value of its use to me

Arteries so clogged with MY will, it blocked HIS Will from flowing through me

So, I thank Christ that His blood pressure gave this heart an attack,

That flat lined my obscured vision, put me flat on my back

Through my ignorance He sawed,

Through my sternum He sawed & cracked open my chest

TO transplant Psalm 51:10

A new heart & a renewed right spirit within!

So now I fully understand,

Better yet I thoroughly comprehend,

How much I NEED to wait… for You.

See, the bad thing is that I knew he wasn’t you from the beginning..

Cause in the beginning was the Word

And he didn’t even sound or shine like Your Son

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks,

And all he could whisper was sweet, empty nothings –

Which meant NOTHING.

He couldn’t even pray when I NEEDED him to

Asking him to fast would be absurd!

So forget about being cleansed & washed with water through the Word…

But I know You.. ♥

You were already praying for me

Even never having met me

Let me assure you, I will wait for you.

I will no longer date, socialize or communicate with carbon copies of you

To appease my boredom or to quench my thirstiness I have for attention

And short-lived compliments from ‘sorta kindas’.

You know…. He ‘sort kinda’ right, but ‘sorta kinda’ wrong?

His first name LUKE,

His last name WARM.

I, I won’t settle for false companionship

I won’t lay in the embrace of his arms,

Attempting to find some closeness,

But never feeling so far apart cause, I just wanna be held

Cause ♫”all I gotta do is Say” No!

NO more ‘almost sessions’ of ‘almost coming close’

Passing winks & buying drinks,

I’ma, I’ma, I’ma flirt!♫

Who flirts with the ideology of,

‘Can you just tell me how much I can get away with & still be saved?’

NO more.

I’ll stay in my bed… alone, and write poems, about how I will wait for you

He won’t even come close,

Our fingers won’t even interlock

We won’t even exchange breath

Cause I have thoughts that I’ve ‘saved as’ in a file that God has only equipped you to open.

I will no longer get weighted down,

From so-called friends & family talks,

About the concern for my biological clock

When I serve the Author of Time.

Who is NOT subject to time,

But I’M subject to Him,

He has the ability to STOP, FAST FORWARD, PAUSE, or REWIND at any given time…

So if we could role play,

You would be Abraham & I would be Sara

Or you can be Isaac & I can be Rebecca – a servant’s answered prayer

I am bone of your bone, flesh of your flesh,

Made up of your rib Adam!

And once we meet, like electrons

I will be bound to your nucleus, completely indivisible atom.

We even speak the same math: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, which really equals 1 if you add Him.

We were all created in His image,

But you have the ability to reflect, project & even detect the Son.

If I were to explain what you looked like,

You would have to look like a star,

A son of the Son..

I would gain energy simply from the light on me.

I would need you , in order to complete my photosynthesis

I await your revelation, but once again from the genesis, I will wait for you ♥

And I will know you… because when you speak I will be reminded of Solomon’s wisdom,

Your ability to lead will remind me of Moses,

Your faith will remind me of Abraham,

Your confidence in God’s Word will remind me of Daniel,

Your inspiration will remind me of Paul,

Your heart for God will remind me of David,

Your attention to detail will remind me of Noah,

Your integrity will remind me of Joseph,

And your ability to abandon your own will, will remind me of the disciples,

But Your ability to love selflessly & unconditionally will remind me of Christ.

But I won’t need to identify you by any special Matthews or any special Marks,

Cause His word will be tatted all over your heart.

And you will know me, and you will find me,

Where… the boldness of Esther meets the warm closeness of Ruth.

Where the hospitality of Lydia is aligned with the submission of Mary,

Which is engulfed in the tears of a praying Hanna.

I will be the one, drenched in Proverbs 31… waiting for you.

But to my Father, my Father who has known me before I was birthed into this earth

Only if you should see fit…

I desire Your will above mine,

So even if you call me to a life of singleness,

My heart is content with YOU – the One who was sent.

YOU are the greatest love story ever told,

The greatest story ever known

You are forever my judge & I’m forever Your witness

And I pray that I’m always found on a mission about my Father’s business

Oh, I will always be Yours!

And I will always wait for You Lord, more than the watchmen wait for the morning…

More than the watchmen wait for the morning… I WILL WAIT ♥

Fashionistas!! WIN A STYLISH CAREER

ELLE, in association with BlackBerry®, is looking for a Style Reporter to join their fabulously fashionable team!
Yes, the search is officially on for South Africa’s own Sartorialist or Face Hunter. We are looking for a style scout with that perfectly tuned instinct and unerring eye for what’s new and noteworthy as well as the fashion knowledge and credibility to take his or her place in the front row.

What’s the big idea?
The ELLE Style Reporter, in association with BlackBerry^®, will enter a seven-month contract to report on trends and events. Between December 2012 and June 2013, the winner will receive regular exposure in ELLE as well as on the ELLE and BlackBerry^® digital and social media platforms, receive a stipend of R10 000 per month and be equipped with all the resources to carry out the Style Reporter role, including a BlackBerry^® Bold^TM 9790 smartphone – plus the opportunity to have an international experience and meet a top international fashion blogger.

How to enter?
You will have to submit a blog post either on your existing blog or on one that you created for the competition to demonstrate your creative ability and fashion flair. Your post must be inspired by the ELLE edits section on page 17 of our July issue – it’s on shelf today – where leading South African style bloggers unpack trends. And lastly, Click here to download the entry form that also contains the rules. (You’ll find more information on page 24 of ELLE’s July issue too.)

The judges?
Ed Suter, photographer
Jackie Burger, ELLE editor
Jenna McArthur, ELLE online editor
Ulanova Visser, BlackBerry^®
Christa Botha, BlackBerry^®
Now go, go, go and get started – entries close on 20 August!

I've Been Scammed By My Own Colour

I came across a student based beauty pageant the other day and decided to give it a look because I am a liker of things and it was tweeted by a reliable source

I followed @FaceOfVarsitySA and from there on went through their links and registered online, a few hours go by and I receive an email that demands me to pay R100 into their bank account, as a good citizen I did what was expected of me

Later in the day I went through their website and got the castings dates, in the week of the castings, dates have been changed but we weren't notified, before the day of UJ auditions I asked the lady that runs this Competition on BBM "what is happening with UJ auditions, where is the venue" this is what she said to me "I don't think there will be UJ auditions, please come to wits quickly and have your audition there" going to wits was not a problem but how does an organiser of a beauty pageant be so unprofessional, I had classes on the day and UJ students were not notified about the cancellations

I really wanted to be part of the pageant so I took matters into my own hands and tried helping face of varsity by having auditions on my campus, since I knew people from the src and they sent an email to the chairperson, I went to his office and spoke to him and he gave me contact details to give to face of varsity to tell the guy what time they would be getting here

Later that night I asked "are we still having auditions" and then I was told "no, we'll be having auditions on Saturday at campus square" okay then saturday comes I ask "auditions still at campus square?" I was told no! UJ students qualify automatically & then she puts up her status. What pisses me off the most is that they were so unprepared, if I didn't ask what's going on, we wouldn't have known anything, no sms's, emails were sent out, if one knew better, you would think I was the one running after contestants to get them involved in my little project!

I've got one question though, if this is as serious as they claim are we not supposed to get sms's and emails to let us know about upcoming events and knockout rounds, instead we see these things on fb.. And worst of all they skipped UJ and only on Thursday or Friday was our names up on fb, there too was the details of a meeting in PTA but no central meeting point was organised for transport, instead there was transport for PTA students and they had to pay a fee of R10 for their transport to take them to the park where the meeting was

I still think the way I was treated is cause I am black and fat!!! I would have felt better if I was told no we don't want plus sized models, this would have been better, some world peace atleast!!!

Nevermind how I was treated but these people said "a STUDENT based beauty pageant" they never kept in mind that we are students and students coming from JHB would need to take 3 taxis to PTA depending on which area they're coming from

But ohhhh well i guess it is another situation of "you win some, you lose some"