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madibabayguesthouse At It Again

Looks like Floris Botha From Madibaguesthouse.co.za is at it again....

Watch This spot as i update it and launch a possible website dedicated at this! Save Our Pets!

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The Latest Incident:
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Advise On How Too Take Legal Action Against Him:
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e-soul technologies

‘Autocrat‘ leaves top Bay college without funds Sbongile Dimbaza HERALD REPORTER PORT Elizabeth College has run out of funds and is operating on overdraft due to the alleged “autocratic” style of its principal, according to a top college official. Ever since Joy Grobler took over as chief executive officer of the college five years ago, she has been embroiled in a bitter battle with governing council and staff members over her management style and alleged misuse of funds. At the centre of the row is the chairman of the council, Port Elizabeth businessman Mkhuseli Jack, who allegedly has a “sour relationship” with Grobler due to his constant questioning of her decisions. He was saved from being sacked earlier this year when Nehawu and Sadtu intervened and dissolved the new council, asking for its reappointment in full in terms of the Further Education and Training Act. Jack said: “I got fired because I had been trying to put things in order all the time and that did not go down well with some people. I made objections about certain funds that were to be spent because I found that the exercise was wasteful expenditure.” Grobler‘s “one-woman-show” management style has allegedly resulted in the loss of nearly R4-million, which was spent on consultancy work and lawyers, according to documents in The Herald‘s possession. She also allegedly transferred R1,9-million of government funds into an attorney‘s account in 2006, reflected as money to be spent on paying suppliers in a letter which she handed to a group of attorneys she hand-picked to manage the account, according to the documents. A top official at the college said the appointment of these attorneys raised suspicion as Grobler had ignored college procedures in the matter. The documents indicate she also conducted all college affairs without consulting the governing council, which claims Grobler often made it clear her decisions were “not to be challenged”. The official said the financial records also showed that the college had no funds. A letter the official wrote to ex-education MEC Mkhangeli Matomela in 2004 calls Grobler “autocratic” – someone who would tell staff members in meetings that “I‘m the boss” and by “virtue of powers vested in me as CEO, I am going to implement this whether you like it or not”. The revelations follow Grobler‘s recommendations to the council on employing IT company E-Soul to develop an ICT system for the easy registration of student records in 2004. The company allegedly worked on the system from 2004 until 2006, at a cost of R2,7-million, but the work was never completed. When the firm was told the contract would be terminated due to non-delivery, it requested all money owed to it be paid in full “for work done”. Grobler allegedly made an out-of-court settlement of R326 000 in separate instalments between September and October of 2006, after the contract was terminated.

The source said there had been no logic from the start in Grobler employing the company as there were highly qualified IT practitioners at the college to develop the system.

ROFL, That is absolute bull, can personally confirm that! No developers are present in PEC staff at that stage.

“The woman is an autocrat. She personally directed the finance office to pay an amount of R28 000 last year to a lawyer for work she described as pro- bono,” she said. “She went on to hire a consultant to assist with the tendering process for a company which was going to do garden and cleaning services.” Documents in the possession of The Herald also reflect an hourly rate which was paid to the consultant. He was paid R163 863 for work that was never done following a series of meetings he held with committee members, as well as time he spent on preparing documents for these. After these processes, the consultant was told the firm to be hired for cleaning services was no longer going to be used. “This college is doomed for closure if the government fails to investigate these activities,” said the source. “People are also worried that she was appointed to this powerful position even though she was a public relations officer in her previous job. “Because of the way she is conducting affairs, some educators have left and we have a critical staff shortage. “She has ignored the cries of managers regarding her behaviour after they refused to sign documents to approve any irregular financial activity.” Grobler is also accused of appointing her “friends” to the governing council without following legal processes. Her “sick” management style had allegedly driven out 45 lecturers, who chose to remain on the government‘s payroll rather than that of the college. This happened after colleges merged in 2006 and staff members were given a choice of being employed by the department of education or the college. The source said the group had for the past three months spent their days at the education district offices because they feared their future was not guaranteed under Grobler‘s management. The council is also concerned that although it raised its grievances with Further Education and Training (FET) and Adult Basic Education (Abet) director Khaya Ngaso, he apparently backs Grobler. When contacted by The Herald, Ngaso denied receiving any complaints. As far as he knew, audited financial statements reflected a “healthy financial balance”. “Everything that you are asking and telling me is news to me. If you furnish me with those documents then I‘ll be able to respond,” Ngaso said. Grobler said there was an “internal investigation” she was personally pursuing and the accusations against her were made by an individual who did not like this. She refused to elaborate and said the college was subject to external audit. Grobler said: “If there is substantial evidence that indeed I was mismanaging funds, then that would have been picked up a long time ago. This is just to slander my person – it will impair my reputation.” She referred further queries to Ngaso. Provincial education department spokesman Loyiso Pulumani said colleges were moving towards autonomy and the department had no right to intervene. “Colleges are governed by a board of directors or a council ... Even if the college had deposited any money from the government into a separate account, we would know because we have an internal audit mechanism which oversees how the money is being used. If there is something irregular, it will not go unnoticed.”

Floris Botha

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4 Simultaneous Channels Okay For 802.11b

Although this is old news its often not well known, so ive transloaded it to my site....

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Note: Last summer, before starting here at Ziff Davis Media, I did some work with a small 802.11b startup called Cirond. The following story is based on a white-paper analysis done by CTO Mitch Burton. After I read it, I wanted to tell the world. I'll make no claims on whether Cirond's forthcoming products are useful, but its Channel Overlap analysis is exciting. But in the interest of full disclosure, note that they did pay me for some of the work I did – although that was almost six months ago. So take this story with the proverbial grain of salt. I find it exciting, you may not.
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" Current thinking in the 802.11b wireless space is that only three of the 11 channels used by wireless hubs in the US can be allocated simultaneously. But that's wrong, according to Mitch Burton, CTO of Cirond Networks. In fact, 4 of the 11 channels in North America, and 5 of the 13 in Europe can be safely used without significant interference or crosstalk – and this has significant ramifications for multi-access point deployments. In North America, the 802.11b spectrum ranges from 2400MHz to 2483MHz, and is divided up into 11 channels from 2412MHz to 2462MHz, spaced 5MHz apart. Thus However, each channel is 22MHz wide, so as you can imagine, there is great overlap. Channel 1, for instance, is centered at 2412MHz, but extends out from 2401MHz to 2433MHz. Channel 6 is centered at 2437MHz, extending from 2426MHz to 2448MHz. In a multi-access point installation, where overlapping channels can cause interference, dead-spots and other problems, Channels 1, 6 and 11 are generally regarded as the only safe channels to use. Since there are 5 5MHz channels between 1 and 6, and between 6 and 11, or 25MHz of total bandwidth, that leaves three MHz of buffer zone between channels. Note that wireless access points generally radiate waves in a sphere around the access point, attenuated by walls, cubicle material, ceilings and floors. With just three channels to work with, it can become difficult to deploy wireless access around a single or multi-floor location while only reusing those 3 frequencies"

Here is the whitepaper to substatiate this.... Whitepaper

Wireless Security Live CD Distributions

Grabbed of a site a list of wireless security live CD distrubutions.

Would be fantastic if someone could give reveiws on them.

Check them out at....

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Fixed!!!!!

Well after a long wait i have fixed it via a work-around.
"New-Server" :p

Enjoy

Slow Site

It seems that we are having very slow responses.
I am still unsure as too what is causing this. Please leave a response as to how fast this site loads.

I think the database server is the issue.

Defcon WIFI Shootout

New world record for unamplified wireless networking!!

125 miles!

"Loaded for bear." That quaint phrase means that you have the biggest, baddest gun, loaded with the biggest, baddest bullet, because you may have to shoot a big, bad bear. It indicates that you have gone all out in an effort to be prepared for any situation. "Loaded for bear" describes perfectly a team of determined young college students calling themselves "iFiber Redwire," who, with parents, family and friends in tow, traveled from Cincinnati, Ohio to a rugged desert area near Las Vegas, Nevada to compete in the 3rd Annual Defcon Wifi Shootout Contest. The contest challenges teams to wirelessly connect two computers at extreme distances using the radio technology known as "WiFi," and, on July 30, 2005, the efforts of iFiber Redwire paid off in an impressive way. After part of the team drove a trailer loaded with equipment to Utah Hill, near Beaver Dam in the state of Utah, iFiber Redwire used a fascinating collection of homemade antennas, surplus 12 foot satellite dishes, home-welded support structures, scaffolds, ropes and computers to wirelessly connect to their comrades who were located southwest of Las Vegas at the top of Mount Potosi. The final result was a full 11 Mbps data transfer rate over a distance of 125 miles, a new world record for an unamplified wireless networking connection.

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Read more at : http://www.wifi-shootout.com

Creepy Google

Google offers more storage for your email than other Internet service providers that we know about. The powerful searching encourages account holders to never delete anything. It's easier to just leave it in the inbox and let the powerful searching keep track of it. Google admits that deleted messages will remain on their system, and may be accessible internally at Google, for an indefinite period of time. A new

California law, the Online Privacy Protection Act, went into effect on
July 1, 2004. Google changed their main privacy policy that same day because the previous version sidestepped important issues and might have been illegal. For the first time in Google's history, the language in their new policy made it clear that they will be pooling all the information they collect on you from all of their various services. Moreover, they may keep this information indefinitely, and give this information to whomever they wish. All that's required is for Google to "have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public." Google, you may recall, already believes that as a corporation they are utterly incapable of bad faith. Their corporate motto is "Don't be evil," and they even made sure that the Securities and Exchange Commission got this message in Google's IPO filing.
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G-Mail Is To Creepy!!

Enatis Hacked

Cape Town - A part of the eNatis website appears to have been hacked, raising fresh fears over the security of the national system.
News24 received several tip-offs from the public on Wednesday that a section of the eNatis.com website had been breached by a hacker.
When the "how do I" link on the eNatis.com website is clicked, the message "Sorry bro..anda terlambat. Patch By Tao. OK?!!." appears on a blank screen.
The words "!- Hacked by Tao -!" appear on the top of the screen.
No other parts of the website appear to have been affected by the hacker.

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