Weekand News

On Saturday my brother and I went to play ten pin bowling with cousins. President Zuma was sworn in as president at the Union Buildings. It was raining hard before he arrived. On Sunday we had Mother’s day. We gave my Mommy some cards. I watched TV and my Mommy set the table for the guests who came for lunch. President Jacob Zuma announced his cabinet. There are many new ministers and departments. There are now 34 ministers.

Election

There are 23,000,000 registered voters in South Africa. If 80% of the voters vote, there will be 18,400,000 votes. There are 400 seats in parliament. To get one seat a party will then need 46,000 votes. To get a 66% majority the ANC will need 12,144,000 votes.
With a 2/3 majority they can change laws too easily. We don’t want that. I hope the opposition parties get 50% of the votes. That means 9,200,000 votes.

Equinox and Human Rights

Today is equinox. That means the day and the night are the same length. From now on the days will start to get shorter until 22 June, when it is the middle of winter. Then the days will start to get longer and on 22 September it will be equinox again.

Tomorrow will be Human Rights day. On Human Rights day we think about the Sharpville killing. On 21 March 1960, 49 years ago, black people protested against passes in Sharpville because the pass law said that black people had to stay within their own place. They could not move around freely. They walked to the police station. The police were afraid. They started to shoot them. It was wrong to kill them. The pass laws were unfair and inhuman. Today everyone is equal and free in South Africa.