election Archives | Jedidiah https://jedidiah.org.za/tag/election/ Raising a Standard of Excellence & Significance Thu, 16 May 2019 20:31:14 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 Post-elections https://jedidiah.org.za/character/post-elections/ https://jedidiah.org.za/character/post-elections/#respond Thu, 16 May 2019 19:48:19 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1218 Vote, Warning, What is next,Well the elections have come and gone and in my mind not very much has changed. All the provinces are still governed by the same parties as before and the same president is still president, but it will cost us R150m to get him inaugurated into the same position he currently holds.

The value of money

Someone once said that it seems politicians do not know the value of money and many do not quite understand the difference between a million and a billion.
He explained that if you spend ... continue reading

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]]> https://jedidiah.org.za/character/post-elections/feed/ 0 Defining moments https://jedidiah.org.za/general/defining-moments/ https://jedidiah.org.za/general/defining-moments/#comments Thu, 09 May 2019 20:22:07 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1212 Beatles, Zebra Crossing, Walking, AlbumSaturday 6 July 1957 was a defining moment for the history of modern music: it was the day that John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time.

That day John Lennon’s group, “Quarrymen” played at the garden fete of St Peter’s Church in Liverpool. Besides the music, there were craft and cake stalls, games, police dog demonstrations and the traditional crowning of the Rose Queen. Paul McCartney also performed and afterwards McCartney aged 15 was introduced to Lennon then 16.

The Beatles

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