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From where she was standing, Mable couldn’t tell if she was looking at the end of the maze or if she had only found the middle. She took a deep breath, feeling her stomach knot up as she looked around her.

She couldn’t see Charlie anywhere.

This was a point in the maze she had never been to. The door on the platform below could be another obstacle – she shuddered – possibly worse than the last one. She looked down at her arm, still bleeding through her shirt.

With another deep breath, she started down the stairs as slowly as she could, making sure that each step was sturdy under her foot. Once at the bottom, she strained her neck until she thought her head would pop off looking to see if Charlie was anywhere close.

Where is he? she thought, not wanting to see anything but him.

She hoped the door was the end – that behind it was the world outside with its sweet, unfiltered air and sunshine. Her heart leaped into her throat. It was that simple – she would wait here for Charlie and once he arrived, they could escape through that door and find Papa and Mama. They’d all fly away from this place and be okay. If only Charlie would come down the stairs.

The door was close now – still across the catwalk but closer than it ever had been. Her lip trembled. She knew every inch of this maze before this catwalk. Charlie had told her about the door but never what was behind it. She had considered that he might not know what was there, either.

Mable took two steps toward the door and one back, reminding herself that this was a bad idea – a terrible one, in fact. She could think of no other idea in the whole world that could possibly be worse than this one.

She was going to win this time, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop her.

She glanced around to see if anyone was watching. No one. The knot in her stomach grew larger as she realized that, if Charlie wasn’t coming, she would have to do this all on her own.

No, there was no way she could be allowed to win, she decided, not even this time. Her heart fluttered, and she took another step back. There was still time, she hoped, to run back and redo most of the obstacles – maybe even help Charlie with some of them. He did say last time that he had had some trouble with the memory game.

She even entertained the idea of letting him win again. That was only a temporary solution, though. They’d make them play over and over until she’d won. She sat on the cold, grey catwalk. There was time to stop and think this through.

Charlie was only six, much, much too young to win the maze. Mable wondered why they let him play, let alone win against her every single time. She couldn’t lose enough times to give him the time he needed to learn about the maze. She held her head. He wasn’t stupid or slow, just six.

The door slid open in front of her. The room beyond looked warm and inviting with soft cushions and pillows adorning the corner that she could see. Her aching body and still bleeding arm yearned to cross the threshold and lay, comfortable and warm, in the room where she could see no evil things lurking.

Winning wouldn’t be all that terrible, she told herself, considering the rewards. Kids that didn’t do the maze very well only went to special camps to get smarter, she had heard.

That wasn’t what Papa said, though.

“Mable,” a low, soft voice said from the doorway.

Mable looked up at a woman she had never seen before but somehow felt that she knew. The woman’s long, delicate limbs looked to Mable like new tree branches in springtime – strong and pliable.

“Mable, darling, why don’t you come in?” The woman floated over with the elegant grace of a pelican over the water, her long white gown swishing softly on the cold floor.

“I… I’m waiting for Charlie,” Mable said. She looked around for him as if she heard him on the steps.

The spectral woman kneeled beside Mable and draped one of her delicate arms around Mable’s shoulders. “Sweetheart,” the woman said, trying to get Mable to look at her. “The game is over now. You’ve finally won. We knew you would.”

Mable kept looking to the stairs. Charlie would come any moment, and she’d let him win again. That would buy them the time they needed. It was the logic puzzle with the playing cards, she thought, holding her breath. That’s where he got caught. Not by the memory puzzle or the big wall. He didn’t get stuck there.

“Why did you want me? He won all those times,” she said. “No one else got so many chances.”

“Mable, do you understand the maze?” the woman asked in the same low, smooth voice.

Mable thought she sounded like the purring cat she’d had once when her and Charlie and Mama and Papa had all lived on New Earth long enough after the terraform that everyone could go outside without suits. She missed the sunshine and the dirt.

She nodded at the woman. Of course she understood the maze. It was what she had thought about every day for the past three years.

The woman smiled and seemed to glow in the dim hall. “No, sweetheart, do you understand what the maze is for?”

For? Mable turned the question over in her mind. She had never quite considered that the maze could be for anything other than destroying families like hers. Papa had wanted to move to the new colonies on Io to get away from United Earth Federation and live in the wilderness, but Papa, they had told her after they’d taken him away, was a very bad man. As far as Mable could see, the maze was nothing more than a punishment for families that were different.

“Do you know why the Old Earth didn’t work?” the woman asked.

Mable was getting annoyed by all the questions but shook her head to appease the woman.

The woman seemed sufficiently satisfied and smiled. “People, Mable, were not very smart a long time ago. They ruined the Old Earth with garbage; stripped her of her resources. They were selfish and thought the Old Earth would last forever.”

“People have to be a little selfish,” Mable said. “That’s how they stay alive.” Papa had said it to her a long time ago, but she wasn’t sure why she felt the need to say it right now.

The woman laughed, high and musical. Mable would have been happy to hear such a laugh if she hadn’t been in the maze with this woman.

“Yes,” the woman said. “That is true, in a way, but people can care about the common good while caring about themselves. And after all, isn’t the good of the whole that’s most important?”

Again, Mable wanted to say something to upset the woman – wanted to rail against ever bit of nonsense the woman was trying to offer her. She took a deep breath. It wouldn’t help now, and she knew that.

“What does that have to do with the maze?” Mable asked. She tried to appear calm, but the woman was still holding her, and Mable knew her muscles were too tense. She hoped that the woman thought she was just nervous.

The smile didn’t fade from the woman’s face. “After the countries of Old Earth united to colonize the new planets, it was decided that it would be in everyone’s best interest to breed a new type of human. They wanted to make humanity smarter, more respectful of each other and their surroundings.”

Mable couldn’t help but feel that there were bits of information that were missing from what the woman was saying. She was only half paying attention, though. The other half was straining, listening for footsteps.

“Why not just clone the good people?” Mable asked and instantly regretted. She bit her tongue.

The woman laughed again, and Mable sighed in relief. She had taken the question as innocent. “Cloning isn’t legal, Mable. Not for humans. That’s immoral.”

Mable tensed her jaw. She had a hard time believing that cloning could be considered immoral and illegal, but the maze could easily be integrated as a cornerstone of society. Grown up things seldom made sense to her.

“The maze,” the woman said. “Was created to make society better. To make it stronger. Creating the maze was a way of making sure that everyone in society was fit to live there together. Do you understand now, Mable?” The woman’s round, light eyes sparkled with their seemingly genuine attempt at making Mable understand this container of horror. “It’s for the good of everyone.

“I… I don’t get it,” Mable said. She bit her lip. Now was not the time for honesty and she hoped that her confusion and admission wouldn’t be seen as a weakness and couldn’t be used against her.

“Oh, sweetheart,” she cooed like an eagle about to feed its young. She used a frail looking hand to stroke Mable’s hair. Mable tried to pull away, but the woman’s grip on her should became iron. “Think of it as quality assurance for the human race. Do you know what that means?”

Mable didn’t, but she nodded anyway. She cringed a bit, trying to remember the word that Papa had used when he talked about what was being done to people that the UEF considered not genetically superior. It started like genetic, she remembered, but the word wouldn’t come to her. She wanted to tell the woman that what they were doing wasn’t right – that the concept of the maze itself was inherently flawed as was the entire government, but she didn’t know those words, and Papa had always told her to keep quiet if something like this were to happen. She pursed her lips, praying that her frustration could not escape through her skin.

She broke away from the woman so she wouldn’t feel Mable starting to tremble. She turned her back on the woman and held onto the railing – still wondering where Charlie could be. He’s never ever been stuck before, she thought. Not even once. She couldn’t make herself think that he wasn’t coming.

“But he won every time!” Mable shouted turning to face the woman once more. “He beat me. He’s the one you want.”

The woman’s calm seemed undeterred. The glowing smile faded, but there was still no indication that she was frustrated of angry. For an instant, Mable thought she saw a flicker of hatred pass over her face, but then Mable couldn’t be sure whether or not it was something she had imagined.

“We know you let him win,” the woman said softly. “That was never a mystery to us. You were always the stronger, more compassionate sibling.” The smile returned. “Charlie is simply too selfish for society.”

Mable braced herself against the railing. “Where’s Charlie?” Her heart started to race, and her palms began to sweat.

The smile faded again. This time, Mable was certain that she could see hatred in the woman’s face, etched into every crease that seemed to appear from nowhere. The woman rose without difficulty to over, bear-like, over Mable and drifted toward the door. Mable went to follow, but a piercing glare from the woman stopped her in her tracks. The woman went to a part of the room that Mable couldn’t see and waited as the seconds turned into years.

When the woman returned, so had her smile, this time, instead of sweet and glowing, seemed to Mable sinister and acrid. She still floated as she made her way toward Mable. Mable tensed, bracing herself for anything – she knew this woman was dangerous. With a flick of her wrist, a man led Charlie out of the door.

Mable felt the blood rush from her face. She couldn’t be certain why she hadn’t expected this move. No matter how much she tried to find him and how hard she wished, her heart had told her, and by the way the woman had been talking, she had assumed, that she wouldn’t see Charlie anymore. The idea was starting to settle into her consciousness until this. Then Mable used the one tool that Papa said should only be used in extreme emergencies:

Mable lost her composure.

She took in a breath and let the tears flow freely from her eyes. She turned to the woman with all the hate she could muster.

“So what?” she said, letting the world fall apart around her. “So? He won again. It’s over. You’ll take him.”

The woman laughed but it wasn’t as pretty as before. “You silly thing. Why do you keep thinking the maze has something to do with speed and nothing to do with ability?”

Mable heard her but kept her eyes on Charlie, fixing his every detail into her mind. He wasn’t crying, but he had been – Mable could tell. She wanted to run to him and tell him that it would be okay soon, but she wasn’t sure that she would have believed herself.

“And now, Mable, we have to ask you to make a very grown up decision. Is that something you can do?” the woman asked, trying her best to look concerned and sympathetic.

Mable felt her cheeks go hot. She hated it when adults spoke to her like that. This woman, angelic looking as she was, had no regard for Mable or Charlie. She nodded, her jaw clenched.

“I can do that,” Mable said, forcing her voice to remain as calm as possible.

“Very good. Now, if you were in our position, who would you choose to save? Mable or Charlie? Mable would fit in best with society, but Charlie is smarter and braver.” The woman looked back and forth between Mable and Charlie.

Mable pressed her back into the railing. This was not their game. The woman had laid the options out so smoothly, but Mable felt there was a piece of information not being given.

“Why do I get a choice?” Mable knew she needed to get the woman talking again to work out what exactly was going on.

“Well, as I said, you’re both very capable, but only one of you can continue.” She stroked Mable’s cheek with a long, pale finger. “So which is it, Mable? Your own life or your little brother’s?”

“You’d… you’d take him instead?” To Mable, the choice was becoming less and less clear. She furrowed her brow.

“Yes, of course!” The low, smooth voice had evolved into a high pitched squeal that made Mable cringe. “We would take either of you. He had very excellent scores as well.”

“But…” Mable was starting to see the forest and the trees together. She hoped the woman could not see the wheels turning in her head. “You had every chance in the world to take Charlie. Three chances to get rid of me and take him.”

“Yes, dear,” the woman’s voice became low and smooth again, but Mable could hear the tension in it. The woman kneeled in front of Mable to look her in the eyes. “But it was always you we wanted.”

Mable swallowed. Here, trapped between the railing and this woman, the world stopped existing. She trembled and prayed again that the woman wouldn’t notice. Time seemed paused. She had waited for this opportunity and now, sitting before her, almost tangible in the air, she knew she couldn’t let Papa down. She had to make the right decision.

“Well?” the woman said. “We can’t sit around all day and think about this. We do need an answer.” The smile started to look more and more forced.

Mable bit her lip. “I… I would choose…” She looked at Charlie for long moment before turning her gaze back to the woman.

The woman kneeled. “Perhaps that sounds like it might be too selfish. Let me reword the question, dear, which would you choose for society: someone who would fit better, or someone who would not fit at all?”

Papa had once told Mable that the right thing and the easy thing were never the same thing, and she had pretended to understand. She looked at her feet and curled her toes. “I choose the better fit.”

The woman stood and took a few steps back, exchanging a deep frown with the man holding Charlie. Mable wanted to smile but stopped herself.

Mable took the woman’s hand. It was soft and warm in her own. She took one last look at Charlie, his green eyes welling up with tears. Mable fought the pressure behind her own eyes and shook her head. She smiled up at the woman.

“I’m ready,” she said. “I want to serve the greater good.”

The woman beamed. “That’s wonderful.” The smile vanished and she turned to the man holding Charlie. “Dispose of him.”

Mable took in a deep breath and held it. She had known that was coming, but still nothing could have prepared her for it. She looked at Charlie and he nodded through tears. Tensing her jaw, she nodded back. Then, she let herself be led away by the glowing, floating angel into the warm room waiting beyond the threshold.

It was necessary for the greater good.

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So Done With The Hate

Human Ribbons

By Jesi Scott

Colors everywhere-

Pick one, pick two, pick a rainbow…

Why not?

Show your colors for the world to see

That you’re in unison, that you agree,

That your voice is one of thousands

Who uphold the same views,

The same perceptions,

The same realities…

Then mock those who choose a different color than you,

“unfriend” those who choose to walk a different path

Or have different opinions

Because they don’t have the right to their own thoughts,

Their own morals, their own decisions, their own voices-

They are wrong.

We must all be the same,

all agree with the “right” ideas,

never disagree or hold opposing standards-

We should no longer be individuals, be unique, be original-

Equality does not mean unity does not mean “we are all one together”-

This equality means “hate” means “division” means “everyone who disagrees with me is wrong”,

Which is why my ribbon is invisible, accepting of all colors all ideas all views and opinions,

All. Together. One

Human under the sun.

Jesi Kay
Jesi Kay, poet and aspiring novelist, was born in the Texas panhandle where wide skies, lazy summer days, and rolling thunderstorms sparked her imagination and left lasting memories in her blood. An early reader, poetry and mythology were her passions. So much so that when she was ten years old her step-father gave her his college mythology textbooks to read, which were full of classic poetry and more than enough tales to fill her romantic and inquisitive nature. Jesi loves reading, art, going to the theater, the romanticism of the Victorian era (but not the missing conveniences of indoor plumbing and central air conditioning), running when the heat and humidity cooperate, and cold weather so she can wear her favorite boots and knitwear. Also, she still has those college mythology textbooks, a little worse for wear over time but still intact and telling their stories to her. Jesi is a contributor at The Well Tempered Bards blog and at www.octpowrimo.com.

19 Replies to “So Done With The Hate

    1. I’m sorry. I’m just tired of all the comments about how if your aren’t wearing the “right” color you’ll be unfriended. I’m so done with it all now. Let’s just all grow up and act like mature individuals.

        1. I know…there’s never going to be true peace…and I’m not naive enough to believe in it.

          All around me are familiar faces
          Worn out places, worn out faces
          Bright and early for the daily races
          Going nowhere, going nowhere

          Their tears are filling up their glasses
          No expression, no expression
          Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
          No tomorrow, no tomorrow

          And I find it kind of funny
          I find it kind of sad
          The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
          I find it hard to tell you,
          I find it hard to take
          When people run in circles it’s a very, very
          Mad world, mad world

          Children waiting for the day they feel good
          Happy birthday, happy birthday
          And to feel the way that every child should
          Sit and listen, sit and listen

          Went to school and I was very nervous
          No one knew me, no one knew me
          Hello teacher tell me, what’s my lesson?
          Look right through me, look right through me

          And I find it kind of funny
          I find it kind of sad
          The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
          I find it hard to tell you,
          I find it hard to take
          When people run in circles it’s a very, very
          Mad world, mad world, enlarging your world, mad world

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  1. I hate people who hate 😉
    We’re all different. You are totally right.
    And I am ready to accept anyone’s point of view on most issues, as long as they don’t go about telling me my point of view is wrong. That’s when I start to be less accepting of their point of view. Or maybe it’s not even their point of view I feel less accepting of, it’s the person who is trying to convince me I’m wrong.
    I’ve had someone convincing me I was wrong for too many years already. I’m done with this.
    However, I wonder: is it normal to accept someone who is a racist, who is convinced that they are better than someone else just based on their skin colour?
    So why should someone accept someone who argues against someone else’s rights just because they are different, ini one way or another (gender, sexual preferences, illness, (dis)ability…)…
    I guess it goes further than accepting someone who has a different opinion from me. If you respect me, if you respect others, then I’ll respect you too.

    1. That’s my whole point, Dawn. I’m just so tired of all the “right” and “wrong”…Respect…it’s all about respect.

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I was doing some research on the term anathema (for an answer in another thread) and was reminded of an old question we were presented with as children in parochial school with regard to how much we could love another or how far that love would go. You know - hypothetical ideas like would you die for another etc.?

The specific question is would you give up your salvation if you could lead another person to theirs?

I always thought that I would not do that. That was too much to ask of anyone - to give up eternity with God so another could have that. But in doing my research I ran across the following quotes in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Like I said the research I ran across starts out speaking about the meaning of anathema (which it takes as referencing separation - rather than accursedness - though it should be noted both work for this topic) so it precedes the text above with this...

"A term formerly indicating offerings made to the divinity which were suspended from the roof or walls of temples for the purpose of being exposed to view. Thus anathema according to its etymology signifies a thing offered to God. The word anathema is sometimes used in this sense in the Old and New Testaments: In Judith, xvi, 23, it is said that Judith, having taken all the arms of Holofernes which the people had given him and the curtain of his bed which she herself had brought,offered them to the Lord as an anathema of oblivion. In II Mach., ix, 16, Antiochus promises to adorn with precious gifts (anathemata) the temple he has pillaged; and in Luke, xxi, 5, mention is made of the temple built of precious stones and adorned with rich gifts (anathemata). As odious objects were also exposed to view, e.g. the head of a criminal or of an enemy, or his arms or spoils, the word anathema came to signify a thing hated, or execrable, devoted to public abhorrence or destruction. "To understand the word anathema", says Vigouroux, "we should first go back to the real meaning of herem of which it is the equivalent. Herem comes from the word haram, to cut off, to separate, to curse, and indicates that which is cursed and condemned to be cut off or exterminated, whether a person or a thing, and in consequence, that which man is forbidden to make use of."

...and then goes to pointing out one of the uses of the term in New Testament scripture and how it expresses just how far Paul would have gone to bring another to Christ and his expression of love goes to being separated or accursed of Christ.

"In the New Testament anathema no longer entails death, but the loss of goods or exclusion from the society of the faithful. St. Paul frequently uses this word in the latter sense. In the Epistle to the Romans (9:3) he says: "For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh", i.e. "I should wish to be separated and rejected of Christ, if by that means I would procure the salvation of my brethren."

Here is the actual verse in question:

Rom 9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

The term accursed is the English translation of anathema.

All this sounds to me like I got it wrong as a child, and would not have gone far enough with my expression of love in this entirely hypothetical situation. What do you all think?

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Matt 13:44-46

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

~ Sorry but nah ;-)

In view of these scriptures and others, I would say that if someone were to get to the point where he loves someone enough to be willing to cut himself off from God for thier sake(s), as Paul "desired", then they have just committed idolatry.

If Paul literally desired that then he could not have understood the fact that Christ is the last mediator between God and man. Essentially, he would have had to doubt the sufficiency in the atonement of Christ and the foreknowledge and election of God and ultimately desire to take on the very characteristics of the son of God himself, which is at best impossible and at worst, abject blasphemy. If you think about it further, Paul would be wishing for an exchange that overrides the free will of those whom he loved. Don't we always say that God loves us so much that he lets us choose? Is it not a greater way? Was Paul's love greater than God's love? If that was his literal desire than his love would have erred as it had not followed suit with the same rule which God instated.

But I think Paul knew better.

The emotions that Paul was experiencing in vv 1-2, could have lead him to dangerous ideologies, but he instead, begins to restrain himself with sound judgment based upon the word of God starting in vs 6 where he says "It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel..."

I think Paul's words were only to be understood as an intense message of passion and zeal. That is all. His words are an exaggeration. Exaggerations are wonderful, thought provoking literary tools, commonly used by society even today. The usage of the hyperbole, which is essentailly an exaggeration, is also frequently used in scripture. It is used countless times by the prophets of the old testament. A hyperbole is an exaggeration in attempt to prove a point. Paul's point was that he deeply cared about this specific people group.

An additional point worth taking note of is his choice to use the word wish instead of pray in vs 3 "For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race,"


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South Africa is a country where various cultures merge to form a unique nation, proud of its heritage. South Africans come from many cultural traditions, but belong to one nation.

The country boasts some of the world's most breathtaking scenery, featuring an amazing display of bird and wildlife species which include the well-known Big Five – lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.

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South Africa: position and climate

The total land area of South Africa is slightly more than 1.2 million square kilometres, measuring some 1 600km from north to south and approximately the same from east to west.

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South Africa: physical features, the plant and animal kingdom
South Africa has two major physical features: an interior plateau which stretches north to the Sahara and a long coastal strip of nearly 3 000 kilometres. The boundary between the two is the Great Escarpment which varies in height from 1 500 metres in the Cape to over 3 000 metres in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg mountain range.

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South Africa has the third-highest level of biodiversity in the world and is the only country to contain an entire floral kingdom. Some 18 000 species of vascular plant (plants with vessels for bearing sap) occur within the country’s boundaries, of which 80% occur nowhere else.

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South Africa’s people

The Traditional leader of the Khomani San, Dawid Kruiper (left), with the head of South Africa’s
Development Agency, Delani Mthembu, in the Kalahari. Members of the Khoi and the
San people also make up the population of South Africa.

South Africa's biggest asset is its people: a rainbow nation of over 44.5 million people of rich and diverse cultures. About 79% are black/African, 9,6% white; nearly 9% coloured (the local label for people of mixed African, Asian and white descent) and 2.5% are Indian/Asian. Just over half the population live in the cities.

The South African population consists of the following groups: the Nguni people (consisting of the Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi); the Sotho-Tswana people, who include the Southern, Northern and Western Sotho (Tswana); the Tsonga; the Venda; Afrikaners; the English; coloureds; Indians, and those who have immigrated to South Africa from the rest of Africa, Europe and Asia and maintain a strong cultural identity. A few members of the Khoi and the San also live in South Africa.

Right: A young girl ties a rakhee – a colourful bracelet – around her brother’s wrist as a symbol of her love. In return, she will receive a gift to mark the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandan.
Left: Energetic, high-kicking dancers from the Iphi INtombi Maskanda group had the crowd of a cultural music festival held in KwaMashu outside Durban (KwaZulu-Natal province) leaping out of their chairs with their dynamic routine.

There are 11 officially recognised languages, most of them indigenous to South Africa. Forty percent of the population speak either isiZulu or isiXhosa. Yet many people speak or understand English. Road signs and official forms are in English, the President makes his speeches in English and English is the language of the cities, banking, road signs and official documents. Another major language is Afrikaans, a derivative of Dutch, which Northern Europeans find surprisingly easy to follow.

Almost 80% of South Africa's population follows the Christian faith. Other major religious groups are the Hindus, Muslims and Jews. A minority of South Africa's population do not belong to any of the major religions and regard themselves as traditionalists or of no specific religious affiliation. Freedom of worship is guaranteed by the Constitution.

South Africa is a vigorous multi-party
democracy with an independent judiciary
and a free and diverse press. Here, the
Independent Electoral Commission
gives a press conference before
South Africa’s third democratic
election held in April 2004.

South African government and politics

Since 1994, South Africa has been engaged in dismantling apartheid social relations and creating a democratic society based on equity, non-racialism and non-sexism. Government policies and programmes have focused on improving the quality of life of all people by meeting basic needs, building the economy, democratising the state and society, developing human resources and nation building.

Until the remarkable transition of 1994, South Africa was internationally reviled for its harshly enforced apartheid policies. The country’s success in rising above centuries of racial hatred in favour of reconciliation has been internationally acknowledged as one of the major political achievements of the 20th century and has inspired similar peace attempts elsewhere in the world.

Ten years into its new democracy and with its international isolation a thing of the past, South Africa plays an important international role, most notably on the African continent, where it has shown leadership in the formation of the new African Union. Several major world conferences have been held in South Africa in recent years, reinforcing the country’s increased profile on the world stage.

South Africa's constitution, acknowledged as one of the most progressive in the world, underlies the country's political and legal systems. Racism is outlawed and individual human rights are guaranteed in a far-reaching Bill of Rights. The separation of legislative, judiciary and executive powers is protected by the Constitutional Court. The country is a vigorous multi-party democracy with an independent judiciary and a free and diverse press. The constitution protects both citizens and visitors. You may not be locked up for shouting out your legitimate opinions, but be careful about smoking cigarettes outside designated smoking zones!

South Africa's electoral system allows for two ballots – one for the national parliament and the other for provincial parliaments. General elections are held every five years. Local government elections are run separately. The national Parliament has a House of Assembly with 400 members and a National Council of Provinces (upper house) with 10 delegates per province. There are nine provincial parliaments, each with 20-80 members, depending on population. Interestingly, South Africa has one of the world's highest proportions of women in parliament.

South African food

South African cuisine is world-renowned for its unusual variety, derived from the culinary traditions of its diverse population. Many restaurants specialise in some form of authentic traditional food such as Cape Dutch, Malay, African, Indian, Chinese, French, Italian or Portugese, and there are also many restaurants serving Thai, Vietnamese and other cuisine. Of course the ubiquitous American fast food outets have sprung up in every city, town and suburb, but the best value for money are still the local dishes like bunny chow (curry in a half-loaf) or bobotie (curried mince with onions and eggs). Seafood such as crayfish from the Cape West Coast and prawns from Mozambique is always in plentiful supply, but perhaps the most South African of foods is the braai, a barbecue with steaks, chicken and boerewors (spicy sausage). To wash it all down, South African wines are among the best in the world, with wine tourism one of the country’s major growth industries, and the local beers are proudly drunk at every opportunity.

Above: Bunny Chow is a traditional Indian Meal enjoyed by South Africans – and visitors – with a taste for spicy food. The inside of a loaf of bread is removed and curry placed inside the bread. This is called a Bunny Chow. The curries for a Bunny Chow include lamb and mutton, chicken, vegetable and bean. Many restaurants have taken the basic dish and turned it into a ‘gourmet’ meal.

An adventurous spirit

A masterpiece created by sand artists
on one of cape town’s popular beaches,
Camps Bay. South Africa’s beautiful
beaches are just one of the many
highlights international students can
explore in their free time.

It is said that South Africa offers some of the best game viewing in the world. The Kruger National Park, part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a vast conservation area that occupies part of the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces and stretches into Mozambique, is home to a greater diversity of life forms than any other conservation area in Africa. There are several other parks where the 'Big Five' – as well as other large mammals such as cheetah, giraffe, zebra, hippos, crocodiles and a huge variety of antelope can also be seen.

Game viewing is but one aspect of South African tourism. For those who are prepared to backpack and venture off the beaten track, South Africa offers an amazing variety of opportunities. For those with lots of energy and a taste for adventure, extraordinary experiences lie in wait.

A search for ancient paintings in the hidden caves of the Drakensberg is one such adventure. KwaZulu-Natal’s uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, a World Heritage Site, is renowned for its spectacular escarpment where some 30 000 paintings by San artists – many created thousands of years ago – adorn the walls of over 500 rock shelters. Hiking to these sites, one may encounter herds of antelope and zebra or troops of baboons amongst the elevated grasslands, while in the mountain gorges dramatic waterfalls and hidden streams flow through shadowy glades adorned with tree ferns and other exquisite plants.

Another adventure would be to join a community-hosted pony ride or hike down the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast, stopping off at estuaries and breathtaking waterfalls carved through the hillside and within a stone’s throw of the seashore.

For those who prefer wide open spaces, the road trip through the arid Karoo to the Northern Cape’s Augrabies Falls is well worth the effort. Here, 19 separate waterfalls cascade over a granite plateau, dropping nearly 200 metres into a 40m deep pool gouged out by the force of the water. Not far from here is the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park which continues into Botswana, and home of the rare black-maned lion.

For the botanically-minded, a hike through the Cape Peninsula National Park promises riches beyond compare. An entire floral kingdom exists here, with more plant species within its 22 000 hectares than in the British Isles or New Zealand. South Africa has the third-highest level of biodiversity in the world and it seems to be at its most concentrated here, amongst the hardy yet delicate ‘fynbos’ (fine bush) covering the mountainous finger that points from the back of Cape Town’s Table Mountain to the tip of what mariners call the Cape of Storms.

For the more sophisticated traveller, adventure enough might be a leisurely drive through the vineyards of the Western Cape, where the fertile valleys, fringed with mountains and blessed with a winter-rainfall Mediterranean climate, are home to the world-famous wine farms of Stellenbosch and the Wine Route.

Further up the Cape coast is the Garden Route, where a variety of adventures await the intrepid traveller, like bungee-jumping off the Gourits River Bridge or taking a fairy-like tour through the heights of the Knysna forest suspended on a network of cables that traverse the forest canopy. The Garden Route provides several spectacular coastal walks such as the legendary Otter Trail, a five-day hike along breathtaking ocean cliffs and long beaches, through deep forests and across deep river mouths.

For surfers, divers and anglers, the entire coastline presents opportunities for adventure. Famous surf breaks like Cape St Francis and Jeffreys Bay are safe and often crowded, but there are literally hundreds of lesser-known breaks and secret spots. Snorkelling and spearfishing enthusiasts will be drawn to the Wild Coast, where big gamefish and bags of crayfish are guaranteed, while scuba divers are more likely to head for the spectacular coral reefs off the Maputaland coast in the north-east of KwaZulu-Natal, near the Mozambique border.

Maputaland, a remote region of pristine wilderness, estuaries and coastal lakes, including the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park World Heritage Site and the Kosi Lake system, offers the true experience of Africa at its most elemental and unspoilt.

Local travel and adventure companies are geared to the needs of students and backpackers, and wherever there is something worth visiting there is likely to be some sort of lodge nearby. Most of these lodges are linked by a special backpacker bus service.

There is really no excuse for not taking advantage of the myriad travel and adventure opportunities that South Africa has to offer.

Action and adventure opportunities
In South Africa, you can do almost anything from ostrich riding to the world's highest bungee jump. There are excellent hiking trails, usually with accommodation. It's possible to cycle through some of the wildlife parks or enjoy safaris in South Africa's national parks and reserves. Airborne pursuits are highly popular: hang-gliding, ballooning and parachuting. Rafting and canoeing are popular and there is beautiful desert wilderness to glide through on the Orange River in the far north of the country. Bird-watchers and flower sniffers love it here: for diversity, colour and range of species, it's hard to beat. South Africa also has some of the best surfing in the world.

A feast of arts and culture

South African culture is alive and happening. The country's writers, artists and performers are actively engaged with the challenges of the 21st century, with the celebrations of 10 years of freedom and with shaping the next phase of South Africa’s democracy.

Drawing from their African roots and absorbing cultural inputs from all over the world, they are creating new fusions of dance, theatre, film, music, literature, art and fashion.

Visit the buzzing Newtown cultural precinct in Johannesburg and you will find yourself in the midst of an unrivalled creative ambience – theatres, jazz clubs, dance and music workshops, fine art and printmaking collaboratives, craft markets, museums and libraries, coffee bars and trendy hangouts. Similar cultural centres are found in Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and other cities.

The weekly arts supplements found in most newspapers list a variety of theatrical and musical happenings, art exhibitions and events, from the most commercial to the most avant garde. South African publishing, once a contested area of censorship and conflict, now offers a wide range of literature on every aspect of South African society.

Annual events
The full ambit of South African arts and culture, with an emphasis on the performing arts, is on display at the annual Grahamstown National Arts Festival in June/July. Other multi-disciplinary festivals are the Arts Alive Festival in Johannesburg in September, the Macufe Festival in the Free State and the Klein Karoo Festival in Oudtshoorn. The offerings premiered at these festivals move on to more than 100 active theatre spaces around the country. Film festivals are held across the country every year. The University of KwaZulu-Natal University's Durban campus has a particularly active creative arts centre that hosts international poetry, dance and writers' festivals.

Musically, South Africa has a uniquely recognisable voice and the best way to hear it is at the music festivals. Awesome Africa, held in KwaZulu-Natal in September, specialises in world music with a particular focus on Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. In Gauteng the Oppikoppi and Woodstock festivals, in August and September respectively, offer rock and various styles of dance music, while KwaZulu-Natal’s Splashy Fen Festival in April offers mainly local acts. Jazz lovers can hear top-notch musicians at the Joy of Jazz Festival in Gauteng in September and at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Cape Town in March.

Musically, South Africa has a uniquely recognisable voice and today,
South Africans celebrate their hard-won democracy by enjoying music together.

Developing arts and culture
Universities and universities of technology play a vital role in arts and culture development and a number of celebrated authors, artists and musicians are based at academic institutions. Several institutions have impressive visual art collections, as well as galleries and theatres which play an important role in the cities and towns where they are located. University and university of technology departments or programmes in the fine arts, cultural and media studies, the performing arts and music provide a cradle for the development of a national critical discourse, through conferences, collaborations, research and publications.

The provinces have their own arts councils, each with their own artistic and cultural agendas. Nationally, the Department of Arts, Culture and Heritage is responsible for national monuments, museums and commemorative structures, and for the promotion of arts and culture generally. A key focus area is the development of economic opportunities in the arts, particularly through the commercial application of traditional crafts and idioms. Music and film are also seen as important areas of economic growth. The Arts and Culture Trust (ACT), Business Arts South Africa (BASA) and the National Arts Council (NAC) are national funding agencies backed by both the public and private sectors, and their work is complemented by active international arts funding.
Useful contact details

International Education
Association of South Africa (IEASA)

P.O. Box 65099
Reservoir Hills
Durban 4090 South Africa
Tel: +27 31 260 3077
Fax: +27 31 260 2967

SA Universities Vice-Chancellors Association (SAUVCA)
P O Box 27392
Sunnyside 0132
Tel: +27 12 481 2842
Fax: +27 12 481 2850

Committee of Technikon Principals (CTP)
Private Bag X680
Tel. 012-3261066 or 3239944
Fax: 012-3257387

The South African Government
Private Bag X745
Pretoria 0001 South Africa
Tel: +27 12 314 2377
Fax: +27 12 323 383

National department of education
Private Bag X895
Pretoria 0001 South Africa

national department of foreign affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria 0001 South Africa

South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
Postnet Suite 248
Private Bag X06 WATERKLOOF 0145
Tel: +27 (0) 12 431 5036
Fax: +27 (0) 12 431 5116

Suite 16 Private Bag x65
Halfway House 1685 South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)11 312 0671/4
Fax: +27 (0)11 312 0664

Council on Higher Education (CHE)
PO Box 13354
The Tramshed
Pretoria 0126 South Africa
Tel: 27 12 92 9119
Fax: 27 12 392 9110

National Research Foundation (NRF)
P.O. Box 2600
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel: + 27 12 481 4000
Fax: +27 12 349 1179

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
Private Bag X41
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel: + 27 12 3022 999
Fax: +27 12 326 5362

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
P.O. BOX 395
Pretoria 0001
Tel: + 27 12 841 29 11
Fax: +27 12 349 1153

medical research council (MRC)
Private Bag X385
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 339 8500
Fax: +27 12 339 85 91

Some useful websites for prospective students and travellers

Travel and tourism in South Africa

South Africa general

Media and broadcasting

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Rysy is a mountain in the crest of the High Tatras, at the Polish-Slovak border. Rysy has three peaks: middle (2503 m), north-western (2499 m) and south-eastern (2473 m). The north-western peak is the highest point of Poland, while the highest of the three peaks is just on the Slovak side of the border.

Rysy is the highest Tatra mountain available to individual tourists (without a guide). It is possible to ascend the peak from the Slovakian side starting at Štrbské pleso and passing the Chata pod Rysmi or from the Polish side coming from the Morskie Oko. Since 2000, there is a pedestrian border crossing at the peak, operating between 1st July and 30 September. Its opening hours are 7:00-19:00. At the altitude of 2250 m on the Slovakian side there is a mountain chalet Chata pod Rysmi, which is open only during the summer season (from May till October).

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So Glad You're Feeling Better

One of my husband's coworkers has been sick for a few months now. She was in the hospital for quite some time, but is at home now. I thought it would be nice to send her a little card to brighten her day.

I used the image Molly Shares by Tiddly Inks. I colored her with Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers (color list & palette below).

The sentiment is a stamp from the Feel Better Soon stamp set by Unity Stamp Company. The background paper is from Crafter's Companion and the lace is from the $1.00 bin at JoAnn Etc.  I finished the card off with some flowers from my stash and some leaves that I cut with the silhouette machine.

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Slideshow of recent Open Studio for Somerset Art Week 2008.

Marilyn Lives at the foot of the Quantock Hills. Her Somerset landscapes have been exhibited in Bath, Cardiff, Exeter, Truro, Henley-on-Thames and the Royal Academy, London.

Her Paintings express the vibrant colours, textures and quality of light in the Quantock Hills and surrounding Somerset landscape, but recently her subject matter has extended to the Scottish Highlands.

She holds annual exhibitions at the medieval Church House at Crowcombe and has been a Somerset Art Week participant since it first started in 1994.

Marilyn also teaches painting classes regularly at locations across West Somerset.

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This video made me proud, and blew me away!

In demonstrates in the most vivid way possible, what we do, what we stand for, and our professional approach to training, crew safety and our mission of saving lives on the water. The video also features plans and a funding appeal for the new Glenairley Training Centre. Enjoy!


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Scott Weltner is one of the finest, most respected drummers in the
music scene today. He has earned a reputation as being highly skilled and
versatile in his techniques that include rock, funk, jazz, latin, &
country. He was originally drawn to the drums at the young age of 8 inspired by
the talents of those around him. By 9 years old he began formal study of
percussions and formed his first band. As early education, he joined
the school band & began participating in all of the percussion school
performances. Then in his senior year, he won the highly acclaimed
Louis Belson Drum contest which further inspired him to actively pursue
musical studies at a higher level of education. He studied at Indiana
University and later transferred to North Texas State University where he completed
his Bachelor's Degree in Music with special emphasis on Jazz studies and

Continuous commitment to percussion excellence has led him to perform
with some of the greatest musicians of all time. His versatile style has
come into play when he has performed with Patti LaBelle, Gloria Estefan,
Larry Carlton, Grover Washington, Jr., Chuck Rainey, Robbie Kreiger, of the
Doors, and many more. He has toured throughout the United States and Canada,
been featured in a movie, and on the "Good Morning Texas" & "Positively
Texas" television shows. His recordings include national releases for the
Heads Up International record label, including Pamela Williams "Saxtress" "Eight
Days of Ecstasy" and with Joe McBride in "Keys to your Heart". He has
opened up for Bonnie Raitt,, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Tower of Power, Chuck
Mangione, Jimmy Vaughn, Three Dog Night, Oakridge Boys, Jani Fricke, to name a

Scott uses only the best equipment supported by Fibes and Yamaha drum
sets (single and double bass) AKAI Digital Sampler, Istanbul, Zildjian,
Sabian & Paiste cymbals, Drum Kat MIDI controller/trigger unit and assorted
percussion instruments.

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