Mike Shussler says building costs for the new roads are 106% to 208% higher than comparable international costs.

The Construction companies are busy confessing their sins to the Competition Commission after colluding on huge infrastructure projects around the preparation of the world cup.

I suspect govt has learnt a lesson out of this era and coupled with the latest demands of service delivery it is unlikely that we will see more “feel good” projects(Speed trains, Disneyland, PBMR, Coega, Prime Golf Estates etc) but rather low cost houses, schools ,clinics and mantainace of existing infrastructure(potholes).

We need to move the money around but we are still debating.

LOL!!

May be u will get a better response.

Can someone please tell me what is happening with the Construction Industry in South Africa. My expertise lies in construction and it seems that the whole Construction Industry as far as Developments has come to a total stand still.
No vacancies are being advertsed for the development of new buildings and upgrade of existing structures.
All the developments taking place is happening outside the Country.
Can the Goverment afford to loose the revenue out South African Construction Companies generate.

I do not expect to get a reply but will wait neverless.

Nic vd Westhuizen
RICHARDS BAY

Elton John is gonna get it!

http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/celebrity/article316941.ece

“Question: Is there a separate being Iswara (personal God) who is the rewarder of virtue and punisher of sins? Is there a God?

Sri Ramana Maharshi: Yes.”

I guess that spells Hinduism does not equal atheism, right?
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There are many views and interpretations, compounded by the way the original texts have been interpreted, firstly in the translation from the sanskrit texts then in the actual interpretation of the meaning.

Vedic maths for example until relatively recently was chanted as spiritual mantras, until a yogi mathematician understood the full import of those.

Rich culture, traditions and customs intertwined with religious rituals has meaning for many in the God context which works for them.

I, and some like me, have a different view – I don’t say that my view is the right one, but it is mine.

“Question: Is there a separate being Iswara (personal God) who is the rewarder of virtue and punisher of sins? Is there a God?

Sri Ramana Maharshi: Yes.”

I guess that spells Hinduism does not equal atheism, right?

“However, isn’t it rather impossible to be both Hindu and atheist?”

Some say that – their views are irrelevant.

I’ll skip the boring details but here’s a snap shot.

“The Vedas are the most ancient record of human experience and knowledge, passed down orally for generations and written down about 5,000 years ago. Medicine, architecture, astronomy and many other branches of knowledge, including maths, are dealt with in the texts.”

http://www.hinduism.co.za/vedic.htm

The late physicist, Carl Sagan, played a significant role for me.

However, isn’t it rather impossible to be both Hindu and atheist?

Further, whilst I do agree that some churches (and religions) try to “impose” their “values” (or rather “beliefs”) on the rest of society (that was what the three “Susterskerke” did during apartheid), not all of them do. The church (and religion) I belong to (out of own choice, mind you) doesn’t. I do not believe that Christianity (in its purest form) allows for its views to be “imposed” unto others (THE CRUSADES WERE WRONG!), it only allows for preaching the Gospel and, if someone (through own free will – or driven by divine spiritual intervention over which man has no control) chooses to convert to Christianity, it allows for the “decipling” of such a person, who then is required to adhere to the basic tenets and principles of the religion. If he does not, then his conversion was fake.

http://reformedpastor.wordpress.com/category/atheism-and-agnosticism/

The clip is hilarious!