Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Open letter to JZ about Eugene de Kock

To the President of South Africa, President Zuma
Email:  presidentRSA@po.gov.za

Your Excellency
Re: Prisoner No 94616105 Eugene de Kock

The above prisoner was granted parole by your Minister of Justice and Correctional Services at the end of January 2015 at a media conference.
The prisoner is being held by unknown agents of the state against his will.  He is unable to make contact with family or friends and in an order of the court has only just been given right of access to his lawyer.
While your Minister of Justice and Correctional Services continually repeats that he is on parole, this is clearly nonsense – surely the Minister knows where the prisoner is?  And if he doesn’t, then you must know.
Our Constitution allows for rights of a prisoner.  It is his right to be on parole once he is given it and holding him now against his will is a violation of the rights of the prisoner.  Being held against his will by agents unknown is also a human rights violation, and could be a result of abduction or kidnapping which is clearly a criminal offence.
Please show us, your people, we South Africans…an interview with Eugene de Kock and you, on television that is not pre-recorded, so that we know that he is alive, well, happy, and is not being held against his will.
Yours truly
Dianne Lang

We are all equal before the law 

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

White People must Speak Up !!

White people must speak up and must never ignore racism. If you see a racist action or you hear a racist comment and you say nothing, it means you agree.  It's the inaction that's always destroyed other people and nations. Black people must stop blaming everything that is wrong on white people.  White people must stop being so defensive, stop rationalising and take some damned responsibility.    All people are members of the human race.  The system we now have is not geared up to empower the minorities, just as the previous system was not geared up to empower the majority.  That is the first step we can take in fixing the problem.  How can we have a non-racist society when there are still laws in place in our country that not only make it OK to be racist, but entrench it, and give it a legal foundation?  Together, all of us can change this.  We must speak up.  We must vote with some intelligence.  We must demand legislation and policies that fights against disadvantaging one group of people from others.
Let us start taking some fucking responsibility for where we are today and never, ever ignore any form of racism, not ever.   We can make a difference if we speak up, speak out and take some responsibility instead of hanging our heads in shame.  What is going on in our country today is shameful for all of us.  More than 40 years ago, Steve Biko said that the most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.  I can now say the same.    We will never be treated equal as long as we swallow the propaganda that Whites are the scum of Africa.  Speak up, speak out – stop any form of racism you witness.  We are all here in the same South African boat.  We can continue letting the rot set in, putting holes into our boat, or we can do the maintenance, we can take the responsibility and we can steer this ship in the direction it needs to go.  A ship is only as good as its captain.  Something is not right and we must speak out.  
The people will liberate themselves.   Let us all be part of the solution instead of the problem.   I want to feel that same feeling of pride in my country that I felt that day when Nelson Mandela walked onto the rugby field.  
I want to feel like that again about my land, the country of my birth – South Africa.  Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika. 

SECRETS ...

 “Tell no man”  (A secret) is a very hard task, because my mind is so full of talking thought. I call it mental diarrhoea. My mind wants to tell everything it hears; knows or even suspects. 
But the moment that I talk about my idea, my desire, it begins to lose power – just as the engine loses steam the moment when the valve is opened. Whatever I hold in secrecy within me gains momentum. It builds, creates and manifests itself in my silence. By keeping my silence, I am protecting my idea or desire from the curious unbelieving thought of others. 
Tell it only to the enlightened ones, those who have risen from the dead. Tell the enlightened ones, but keep those who are still in a dream on a need-to-know basis. Nothing more. Every time I tell my secret I am depriving myself of the manifestation of my desire. I will have to go and prepare the ground and plant the seed again. I will continue preparing the soil and planting the seed time and again, until I learn to shut my mouth...allowing the power within me to magnify and manifest that which I desire. 

Guard your Heart

If I remove my thought, nothing is built or broken down. The air inside a jar takes the shape of the jar automatically. If I remove the air completely from the jar to create a perfect vacuum, the jar would collapse. The pressure on the outside would be too great to be withstood. If I apply this illustration to My life, I will see that if I take My thought away from My fear, or My problem, or My desire, it will collapse. If I give no thought to something it disappears, it is no longer a reality for me. Why is it that I give so much thought to negativity? By giving it thought, I am empowering it, I am creating it and I am turning it into a reality. I must give negativity no thought. By worrying, I am giving the negativity power over me and my life and I am manifesting that negative thing as a reality in my life.

But when I deny something I break it down. I dissolve the existence of it. By denying something does not mean that I am putting my head in the sand like an ostrich and pretending it is not there. By denying it I merely dissolve the thing into non-existence. For example, I could say that since nothing exists that is not of God and that God is good, then the reality of the devil disappears from my mind.  It has no power over me because I have created a vacuum where the devil used to reside.   My mind can destroy and dissolve anything by denying its existence and can build anything up by affirming its presence. 

Abundant Reality


It is important to understand the connection between manifesting from the abundance of the universe and God’s perfect plan for us. Failure to manifest abundance is failure to manifest in accordance with the divine plan. I am creating without a plan, without the professional’s advice, without the knowledge of how to manifest in abundance. I know that with my thoughts I create my reality, but I create two kinds, lack and abundance. It becomes a hit and miss affirm, and more often than not, I create lack. My idea of creating abundance is good but until I create only abundance, it is not according to the divine plan. The divine plan is intricately involved with my divine purpose on earth. If I create my life with my thoughts and I do so with my divine purpose in mind, I cannot help but to create in abundance…everything in abundance. If what I want is in accordance with my life’s purpose, I will manifest it, whether it is a big home, an imported vehicle, a swimming pool, money or even patience, tolerance, compassion or anything else I wish myself to be.
Everything in the world is either in a state of construction or destruction. These two forces are essential in the building of the universe. There are only two movements, two actions, building or breaking down, affirming or denying. I either affirm with my thought or I deny with my thought. Seldom do I remove my thought from a thing or situation or person and I find that most of the time I spend affirming.  To affirm means that I acknowledge and accept the fact, whatever it may be. I affirm the perfection and beauty of the world, but at the same time, I affirm the evil of the world. By affirming I am building up, adding power and strength to the thing. If I am affirming the positive and the negative, how is the universe supposed to know what it is I actually want or are trying to manifest? On one hand I am affirming everything that is good, and the next moment, I am affirming that everything is bad. I wake up and see a beautiful sunrise and affirm that the world is goodness and perfection. I pick up the newspaper from the door, read it and then affirm that the world is an evil place to live in, that there is nothing but murders, rapes and wars. In the space of a day, an hour or even a minute, I am affirming good and bad. I affirm negative things most of the time and I experience in my reality, negative things most of the time.  It is time for changing the thought pattern.  Affirm only the positive and give no thought to the negative unless you can do something about it so that it becomes a positive.  I guess that is why I am always fighting injustice – it is a negative thing.  

Monday, April 20, 2015

Saving Mandela's Children - Naming and shaming.

SAVING MANDELA'S CHILDREN: 
The true story of South Africa's unwanted children by Dianne Lang

Available from the publisher, http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/ or from http://www.amazon.com/ It is also available on Kindle.

What readers say about the book ….

I have never read a book like this in my life. It felt as if I were experiencing what was happening myself. You have inspired me to do something worthwhile with my life. Thank you.
Reader.
I am not an emotional person but your book put me on a roller coaster of emotions and now I look at the world with different eyes.
Reader.
I now have your book. I started reading and couldn’t put it down. Well done.
Reader.
I am really enjoying reading your book - though it was hard at first, .I'm not sure that enjoying is the word! Some of it is pretty gruelling. I’ll make sure it is passed around and will treat a few people for Xmas. I am making myself get on and read it so I can pass it on.
Reader.
I've finished reading your book last night and my mom got her copy last week :) How you do what you do??? I seriously do not know...I would've gone mad ages ago and ran away. You're amazing!
Human Rights Lawyer.
I'm reading your book - not yet half way. Oh, what a sad story. It wrings the heart. Your love and battle for the children's welfare shines through.
Activist.
I received the book yesterday...started last night and could not put it down...It is exactly as it happened. Am already at page 254. You have done a great job.
Colleague
I was truly inspired by your story. I am enjoying the book. It is so powerful I can’t put it down.
Reader.
Just wanted to let you know that I received your book this afternoon and I am nearly half-way through it - I can't put it down! I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face and yet I can't stop reading. I must be so naive because I just had no idea what those kids had been through when I was in Middelburg. I so wish to be back there and give them all my love and hugs. And you too - words cannot convey the admiration and respect I have for you. I can feel your pain and frustration and wish there was something I could do to help.
Karen : UK Volunteer
Amazing! I really hope I can source this book and read it, it seems as soon as one gets out of the country, things really can be said as they should! Good luck in selling millions so the truth can be heard, and I truly admire you for your honest approach and your guts to get the job done !
SA Woman of the Year Award Winner
I am impressed and very moved by your account.
Ian Francis: Blackwell Publishing
The unfeasible lack of government support is something that needs to be brought to the attention of a wider section of the world’s press.
Jack Fogg: Fifth Estate
This is a terribly disturbing account of the abuse of children’s rights in South Africa.
Rukshana Yasmin: Telegram Books
I've started reading your book and am loving it...just engrossed.
Ruth Williams: Human Rights Lawyer
A very big congratulations to Dianne!! I'm so glad that Di had finally completed a book on rough patches in her and the children’s lives down in the Cape. Already having a lump coz I have an idea of what's in there given her not so good experiences.
Head of Social Welfare Department, Fort Hare University.
Please forward me Di's numbers. I wanna personally talk to her about the book. She means a lot to me and the community she serves for a blind government. Warm Regards,

Viwe: Ex-SABC Program Producer

OK - so now buy the book through www.authorhouse.com (cheaper) or Amazon or Kindle.  Amazon also have second hand books at a reasonable price.  
Support me and buy on line.   Thank you. 

Listen to Your Intuition - It will never let you down


How often do we hear a small voice, or have a gut feeling or have intuition to do or not to do something and we ignore it? How often do we regret not listening to our intuition and saying, “If only I had…”. 


Learning to walk in spirit takes a lot of hard work and courage. Not only do we need to remember that we walk with physical feet, but we are also spiritual beings. 

Another one of my many changes that I am going through is to be true to myself and to listen to my intuition, despite any other person’s opinion or advice. We get so side-tracked and so involved in the physical aspects of life that these other-worldly senses are no longer heard, seen or felt. If we could learn to stay in the moment…be quiet…allow the heart and soul to communicate…to slow down and be still…I know that we would make the right decisions. So often we make decisions that are disastrous, especially if we don’t stop and listen to our gut feelings. It is an interesting fact that when we get that gut feeling, the body actually secretes a specific hormone/chemical in the stomach. Let me put that the other way. When the stomach secretes that chemical in the stomach, then we get the gut feeling. But even more interesting, the pituitary gland, which was first thought to be the seat of the soul, starts the chemical process which results in your gut-feeling. I always say that men get a gut-feeling and women have intuition. 

The above is just a bit of background to the reason I did not go to have another medical procedure done today. Last night I spent time in prayer, asking if I was doing the right thing by going today and this morning I woke up with a strange feeling…I just don’t feel like going. No reason other than this intuition. 

So I have to un-do my arrangements for lifts and others phone me to wish me luck and I have to tell them I am not going today. “Why not?” everyone asks me and I tell them that I am listening to my intuition. I can just see the amazement and puzzlement on their faces and am sure that they are thinking I am crazy. Which leads me to think that I would be very happy if everyone thought I was crazy.    That would mean that I can do anything I want and no one will say a word. They will just shrug their shoulders and say, “Well, she’s crazy, after all”. 

As my children were growing up and became teenagers, I got up to all kinds of things such as sit-down demonstrations, petitions and such like things … I was always on some mission to save something or other. When they got asked about me they would always say, “That’s my mom”. It was kind of nice. But the very best compliment I ever got was from my son. He told me that I had bigger balls than any man he knew. I will always remember that. 

I don’t know when or even if I am going to go for this procedure. I have postponed it until it feels right. It may never happen, but I am not going to waste any more time or energy thinking about it. I am rather going to thank my intuition for showing me the right way. Who knows why I feel the way I do? It does not really matter what the reason is … it could be that the person giving me a lift has an accident, or it happens to us both, or the doctor is nasty to me, or I react adversely to the procedure. I just know that today is not the day and I am happy. If I was asked who I am right now, I would start by saying “I am happy”. 

Listening to my intuition is going to be part of my authentic self.