Msauza:

BOKO HARAM never demanded any cease fire, what they called for was an exchange. " you release our warriors and you get your girls" that's how it was like. They never called for a cease fire.

Msauza, don't tell me you believed the cease-fire story even for a second when it came out? The Nigerian military's major announcements have always proved to be baseless and comical.

chris365:


still hurting?

Where do you get the devastating comebacks that 8-year-olds have absolutely NO CHANCE of E.V.E.R. coming up with?

Dude, you're a hero!

Here's some humour, guys.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1DHfOuXilc

chris365:


sorry, didn't know not bothering to read your comment will hurt this much. i promise you someone else will bother to read since it hasn't disappeared yet. cool?

Wow, look! Another amazing zing! No kid in the school playground could ever recover from this one!

chris365:


sure, respond to what i didn't bother to read. Saffers funny sha

You keep bringing the gems. You sure are amazing.

Only a brilliant mind would scratch off a poster's entry and make it disappear like magic and then deem it "unread".

You're flying high!

chris365:


sorry, didn't bother to read cos i know it will be tears as usual.
like i said, ish happens

You sure showed me pepper with that response.

chris365:

nope my ignorant friend, we are just going to clip their wings and start treating them the same as other companies.
you do know SA companies were given preferential treatment cos our government then were under the illusion that we were friends.
just bad policy being corrected. don't cry over it dude. ish happens

You will do no such thing.

What you will do is come up with a law of GENERAL APPLICATION because of south africa. The law will not be against DSTV but will apply generally. Your agenda is owned and dictated by one country. South africa.

You're in the dark ages anyway. If you had more legislative savy you'd have good anti trust laws as part of your jurisprudence. That would address the abuse of dominance, if that's what you allege.

But you know no such thing. All you have are nigerian companies that can't compete. All you have still is a reactive parliament with no foresight.

SA is an economic force in Nigeria, clearly.

You're owned.

How funny that Nigerian parliament's agenda is determined by the actions of South Africa.This is complete ownership of a country by another. Because of South Africa, Nigeria are changing their legal regime.

Msauza:




I don't think you can even understand what you are saying. Is it monopolise or nationalise?

Lol

This is VERY interesting.

Specialist simulator company ThoroughTec will be supplying simulators for four versions of the South African Army’s new Badger infantry fighting vehicles.

ThoroughTec has provided Patria driver training systems for Sweden and Croatia, giving it useful experience for the Badger, which is based on the Finnish Patria design. Denel Land Systems is currently building 238 Badger 8x8 vehicles for the Army at its Lyttelton premises in Centurion. These will be delivered over ten years and will partially replace the Army’s Ratel fleet.

ThoroughTec is no stranger to working with the South African National Defence Force as it has supplied all South African Army driver trainers including for the Ratel ZT-3, Rooikat, Casspir, Olifant, Mamba and Army trucks and cars. Although Thoroughtec has separate driver and turret simulators these can be linked together to train armoured vehicle crews, for example.

The Durban-based company’s simulator products have also found favour with the Australian, Swedish and Croatian militaries where its advanced driver training systems are currently in service. All simulation software is designed in-house, including the physics engines, motion platforms etc.

“The shift in global defence imperatives since the end of the Cold War has left many militaries struggling to strike a balance in their defence posture. Torn between the dynamic reality of low-intensity, asymmetric and peace support type operations and the persistent need to maintain credible conventional forces, governments have recognised the vital importance of Simulator based training as an effective, efficient means of managing this dilemma,” ThoroughTec said.


Badger


“Our simulators are solutions for militaries looking to economically train large numbers of personnel on a range of vehicles and systems,” said David Cooke, ThoroughTec military business development manager.

“In a world where the bottom line all too often dominates training priorities, Cyberwar simulators are an affordable, effective alternative to traditional training and force preparation methods. They allow militaries to build up reserves of trained personnel and maintain learnt skills, ultimately maintaining force preparedness while cutting training costs and radically reducing wear on prime mission equipment,” he added.

Thoroughtec specialises in mining simulators and other ground vehicle simulators. It is headquartered in Durban but has offices in Chile, the United States, Canada, Russia and Australia and employs around 200 people.

patches689:


Is this guy even serious?

Again, this is not a military concern.

Its nature conservation.

Now the massive surge of piracy on your coast - that is a military concern. "COIN" masters who cannot even secure their coast line, or borders, or towns, or countryside. Wow, sure thing Nigeria.

You have how many men deployed? An entire division?

We have 250 in Kruger, living on a base that has been there since the old days, doing border protection duties.

You are truly desperate. I would be too, if my government had just negotiated a cease-fire with genocidal islamists

He can't be serious.

Henry120:


This is poor reporting, and in my opinion, the writer of this news piece and the editor who approved it should be fired. The report is too graphic, and un-ethical.

It's sensationalism...

PrinxArthur1:
Nigerian Navy S B S

This muddy water navy will get there one day.

Pretoria - A scrap yard owner in Pretoria was killed when a mortar, believed to date back to World War II, exploded when he was dismantling it on Monday morning.

The man’s stomach was blown open, said an eNCA reporter at the scene. At least one other person was seriously injured.

The reporter also said there are three other explosives at the scene.

The police’s bomb squad was on the scene.

A police officer told the Times that the destruction was “huge” and the mortars appear to be about 110mm in size.

The officer said the bombs were often found on the hills bordering Atteridgeville and Saulsville which were used as a bombing range by the then South African Defence Force during WWII.

Police and members of the bomb squad going through a bag on the ground #PretoriaExplosion MV pic.twitter.com/CzbkxWYBla
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Msauza:
BOKO HARAM ARE THE FIRST ISLAMIST JIHADIST EVER TO FORCE GOVERNMENT ON THEIR KNEES AND DRAG THEM TO THE TABLE.


THE WINNER IS UNDOUBTEDLY BOKO HARAM.

My man. We're witnessing the making of history!

Henry120:


Exactly, that's similar to what 3D printing does, only, unlike a prototype, it doesn't run. There hasn't yet been any photo release of the Farawa, we would have seen it at the Air Expo, but unfortunately, it was cancelled. However, I suspect it's a aircraft similar to the Air beetle which was assembled in Nigeria.

It's a similar engineering design tool, to those you mentioned.

Henry, not quite!

3D printing is NOT like autocard. Autocard etc are used to graphically represent what's in the designers mind. 3D is used to BUILD it. It is a manufacturing tool. Not a designing tool.

And in terms of defence, the main story currently is the 3D printed gun, which anyone can now MAKE at home, with a 3D printer.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhl45ediih/the-liberator/

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/3d-printed-guns/

South Africa's main contribution to the debate is via the invetor who designed a system for replacing lost limbs and fingers. Those in favour of 3D printing cite that as an example of its advantages. Those against cite the gun as a huge danger cause anyone with a 3D printer can MANUFACTURE it.

The object below just came off the printer.

The left of the picture shows the graphical representation of the tower. The right shows the printer that was used to "print out" or make the tower in the foreground. The "ink" is the material used to make the tower.


Normal printers inject ink on a piece of paper, which is 2D. 3D printers spit out the chosen manufacturing material (eg plastic) in layers until the manufacturing process is complete. Hence "printing + 3D".

[size=15pt]Africa's richest tribe[/size]


The Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) is led by king, Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi. The RBN, who are part of the Sotho-Tswana people, trace their origins to central Africa. They settled in the valley between the Pilansberg Mountains and Rustenburg in the North West province of South Africa.

Throughout their 800-year history, the RBN prevailed over many hardships, rivalries and battles. In the mid-1850s the Bafokeng were displaced from their ancestral lands by European settlers.

It was the visionary Kgosi August Mokgatle who in 1866 began securing the Bafokeng’s patrimony by purchasing the land they occupied historically. He bought land through the Lutheran Mission Society who held it in trust for the Bafokeng people. In 1869, when diamonds were discovered in Kimberley, Kgosi Mokgatle sent young men to work on the mines and repatriate their earnings to enable the Bafokeng to buy more land
Mokgatle died 33 years before the world's richest deposits of platinum group metals were discovered under Bafokeng land in 1925.

Kgosi Mokgatle actions enabled his people to lease their mineral rights and eventually to claim royalties and dividend from mining companies, which have been invested to establish a competent administration, civil service and infrastructure.
Today Royal Bafokeng Nation is the richest tribe in Africa.

Hey Mthizmane. Bayadidizela. Ayesab'amagwala.