Before I speak about the law, let me quickly enlighten you about an aspect of suburban life that has a mixed value of bemusement and amusement for me.
Most of you will have heard about Schroedinger's cat. In short, this imaginary feline sits in a box being both alive and dead at the same time - in a state quantum indetermination - waiting for someone to open the box and observe it to be either definitely dead or definitely alive. Likewise we have no idea whether it is meowing, purring, licking its paws, or essentially in a state of smelly rot. The basic idea is, that it depends on the laws of quantum physics whether either of the mentioned states is found when the box is opened. Until this happens the kitten is in a combined state of purring, meowing and smelly rottenness.

In South Africa, however, we don't even need to place kitty in a box to observe the unknown state of a situation: you only need to approach one of those teeny roundabouts that one finds in the suburbs. In fact these phenomena of our road make available not two, but three possible states of indetermination - states that you won't know before you actually arrive at the little circle and observe another car that arrives there at the same time. The first is a simple event, is that car coming from the left that cuts right in front of you without taking the trouble of following the rules of the land by going around the teeny circle. If it is a 4x4 they may even drive right across the middle circular hump. Schroedinger made no allowance for this kind of phenomena, which we shall simply call the cranium voidal state.

The other options are somewhat more complex and depends on what you expect of the other car from the left, what he/she expects from you, what you think he/she expects and what he/she expects you will expect. Yes ... I know ... the country's road-law states that the guy entering from the right has the right of way, but as we know, in our little heap of soil, everybody regards him/herself to have the right of way, and laws are there for the ruling party to formulate at moments of seemingly unending idleness [at times they may also keep themselves occupied by copiously contributing to the state of over-population of the planet, and that this is a good thing to do is shown by the important figures who so joyfully participate in this activity in between the formulation (yes, I know you read fornication) of laws.] So if you are a descent law abiding driver, there is the possibility that you will drive within the legal guidelines, if the other guy feels similarly about matters. If not, ... well, then there is always Schroedinger's cat - is it meowing or exuding pongs of death.

Talking about cats, some of you may have noticed that we have rat-sniffers amongst us. True, I have been aware of the rats in our small community, but really, now we have sniffers as well!! Nevertheless, I wanted to write to my blog for some time now, and the sniffer merely inspired me to report back to you about my exciting Thursday, last week.

You see, I saw the sheriff. Yep, shook his hand and chatted with him another NPA personage - a superintendent nogal.

For those of you who are under the impression that not much is happening - that is only the way it seems to be. Things are really happening, only it is not happening very fast.

Mr Sherriff of the NPA is currently visiting Gauteng and we had an appointment last week in Randburg, where I dutifully went and gave my declaration under oath, as well as a good number of copies of my correspondence with Lord Patrick.

I met Mr Sherriff and a Superintendent at the Randburg Inn which, coincidently, has the smallest little swimming pool in the Southern Hemisphere - it is absolutely tiny and too cute for words - So that's all I'll say about it.

IMPORTANT
In short the message is that the investigations are ongoing and will probably continue until sometime in September. There are about 1400 investors to interview and that takes time to do properly as the NPA gents wanted to be as well prepared as can be. The NPA is also working closely with the liquidators and are also awaiting the report by the retired judge who chaired the recent private investigation [I'm still not very happy about the covertness of it all, but then who am I to judge - no pun here]. My impression is that the main Edwafin culprits are not going to get away scot-free, especially since some of their cohorts will also be aiding the state as witnesses.

Can we now begin to talk tentatively about Edwafin's fat cats? Come the end of the year, will we see them in a box, or will they continue their purring and spinning from behind the high-class 4 x 4's, visiting the local Fruit & Veg? Let's not forget that the DMA is still sprouting financial wisdom to all that have been born with a sucker gene. But then, my genes were also suckered by the financial enticement of hopefully-soon-to-be-behind-bars P & B.

Take care when you approach the round-about.

Another one

Just a short one this morning - I am watching the stock market, and need to focus on the trades I made this morning - gamble, gamble.

Some contacted me to ask the email address of Mr Sherrif as they had trouble contacting him telephonically. It appears that Mr Sherrif has been inundated with investors calling him and is now suffering from popularity-shock syndrome. Please be patient, and try again during the course of next week. I have tried to call him myself, and got to speak to him while he was in a meeting - now I'm waiting for him to call me back.

Should he share his email address with my I shall publish it if it is in order with him, but this will probably happen next week.

Now something completely alien to Edwafin

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Our own volksmoeder

Ever since birth I have been fascinated by the female-group of our society. For me it is as if they frequently show a deeper wisdom and insight into certain matters, oh so frequently lacking in the testosterone world. You might not agree, and perhaps you are correct in saying that they are merely similar souls with a different style jacket but what, let me have my dreams and conjectures. Our Afrikaans speaking brethren have a concept called "Volks Moeder": Mother of the Nation, and I have no idea what they actually mean with doubts that they themselves know. To me it conjectures a large pack of wolfs all having one or two females as their alpha mother, or perhaps a queen ant, an unmovable clump of flesh giving birth (via eggs) to hundred teeny-weeny suckling ants - that is if ants suckle. I doubt, though, that that is what the Volks Vaders have in mind (and we will discuss them at a later date, when clarity returns to thought.)

Perhaps they have in mind those ladies, sturdy in disposition, who get things done in life and thereby benefiting others as well. Please forgive me for mumbling; my tongue is now so firmly in my cheek that I'm not sure if I can retrieve it again. Anyway, amongst our readers and within our group we have one lady who has been formidable amidst all the Edwafin to-do, that I would like to elevate her to the Queen of Edwafin Action, our own Edwafinian volksmoeder. She wrote me an email the day before yesterday to the Edwafin Class action group, and I would like to quote part of her email. It is self-explanatory and does not need any elaboration.

Oooh so excited I am!!!!

It seems Mr Sherrif has not left the NPA but
merely that building!!!!! (???)

What a great conversation I've just
had!!!! I'm sure you can feel my excitement!!!!

He wants to send the
Directors to jail!!!!! All hail Len for President!!!

Len Sherrif has
said he needs to get affidavits from every investor. He has asked that I give
out his new office number and mobile number to anyone I know of so that he can
get as much information as possible. I have an appointment to see him in person
tomorrow at 1pm.

Len Sherrif 031 325 4331 and 082 906 9168 he has
invited telephone calls anytime of the day or night. I'm sure it's fine if you
send it to all on your list.

He will be travelling around the country to
the various centres to get affidavits from investors.

In terms of a
state ordered Forensic Audit, he has said it is quite a process and he has to
have quite a bit of proof. He reckons he'll be ready towards the end of the year.

In terms of the Insurance Policy, Len (yes we're on first name terms)
reckons that the Liquidators do have a case to bring to the insurance company for
the R20 million payout (it may not be much but it's better than a poke in the
eye with a forked stick I say). Len has "unofficially" given a copy of Merle
Winchester's affidavit to the liquidators. Apparently she is a Section 20
witness, which means she won't be prosecuted (for now - but Len reserves the
right to prosecute her at a later stage) in exchange for her testimony which is
quite damaging and definitely confirms fraud and misrepresentation.

Now you will understand why my chest has grown to such an extent over the last days, that my shirts have popped, while I'm talking in my sleep about the "other woman" in my life, to my wife's chagrin.

She has done the preparatory work. So let's now act on it. What's that?.... Her name? ..... Heh heh heh heh .....

Binary dogs and Hadidas

You see, by abstaining from my duties, I had hoped to make your hearts fonder for me. Not so, it seems. Yes, a few impatient comments about Edwafin getting to me etc. - how rude! I'm nevertheless rather disappointed that there were not more yowls from yearning hearts - shame on you all.

There is a perfectly sensible explanation, though, or actually more than one. Firstly, there was no news because there was no news. There was no news, second instance, because all the investigations are still ongoing, and the class action thing has also ground to a temporary stop because of that. Makes sense, doesn't it? The liquidators should apparently have their act in place for the application of a permanent liquidation early in July (that means within the next week or two). By then we will also know what our next step forward should be.

Secondly. Remember the days when you were young(er) and fell in love with every dog, tree and parrot that appeared in your reality. Well, I have been similarly consumed with writing a computer program for trading with Spread Trading instruments. This has now gone on for a few weeks, and my laptop sleeps next to my bed, so that when I wake up early on these wintry days, it is there ready for a cuddle and a caressing stroke. Wify, Gigi and Pedro are not impressed, and can't wait for me to finish my electronic marvel.

Thirdly. I've had it with winter, so has my vegetable patch. It is time that winter no longer exists in my reality, and I'm working on that aspect of our consciousness. Of course with the creeping global warming, I will soon have achieved my aims.

I did speak to a rather amicable person of the NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) and he informed me that they were also still busy with their investigations and working closely with the liquidators. That good soul invited me to contact him on a regular basis to become enlightened, and I will. As far as I'm concerned, the liquidators themselves can go and hop: they are not acting on my behalf, but purely on behalf of their own business plan. For those of you who have high hopes to gain any benefits from their work - don't. The only "good" that may come from them is perhaps information which could allow the NPA to begin prosecuting. In that regard, I'm beginning to wonder if that is all worth the while. How much negativity must we generate in order to satisfy our ego. This you can only answer for yourself though. The alternative is to try and get one's live back on some kind of track, and work on neutralizing a wobbly Karma.

So on with business.
Recently I was reminded that quadrupeds had been declared as sentient beings by the European community. Amazing, I though. Only we, humans have assumed the power to imbue animals with souls or not. So currently, animals in the RSA do not have souls, but should you move with your dog or cat to England, then, mysteriously, it is imbued with a soul somewhere over the Atlantic. Birds, pet snakes, gold fish, turantuallas and so on, you might as well leave here for there is no difference for them, unless we humans get inspired to allow soulism to animals with legs <>4.

Arrogant, some would say, arrogant. Then there are those, of course, who regardless deny that animals have consciousness and feelings etc. It has been my experience, that exactly those denialists are the same people would would not flinch to exact pain on an animal (or hmans for that matter). Now why, would they do that: to experience pleasure of course. They do not realize that by being sadistic with an animal they are really acknowledging the fact that animals are sentient, but would hold their denial of this fact as a good reason for inflicting pain on another being.

Animals are really digital beings, and do not always follow our logic, with our two legs -if that was not also taken from you by Edwafin. For example, we have three conditions of being: lying down - feet do not touch the ground, sitting: bum on a platform, feet touching or not touching the ground, or standing: both feet firmly on the ground. Should you be an angle, you will have a fourth state of being, and that is being suspended in the air by your wings.

Dogs and cats, and so on, have a complex system of being, that may be likened by a binary system: front paws and back paws. When both the front paws and back paws are on the ground with all four legs straight, they are standing and that may be represented by the binary number 11 (3 in decimal). When these creatures lie down their legs are no longer straight and the are prone on the floor, represented by the binary number 00 (0 in decimal). Thus we have two basic positions standing (11(bin) or 3(dec)) or lying down (00(bin) or 0(dec)). Of course we love to project our humanness on to animals, and therefore have collectively decided that cats and dogs sit as well, and so we completely miss the reality target! By binary manipulation these animals have two states in between lying down and standing, shown by the binary numbers 01 (1 in decimal) or 10 (2 indecimal). In case of 01, the hind legs are lying down, while the fore legs are standing, or lyanding posture - we eroneously call this sitting. In the second case the the front end is lying down and the back end remains standing, bin:10 (2 in decimal) - this posture is usually found with cats and dogs in a playful stance, and may be called standying.

To summerize the above, quadrupeds, therefore have four conditions of posture: fully standing (11 or 3), standying down (10 or 2), lyanding (01 or 1), and completely lying down (00 or 0). [Human beings are more complex and use a ternary system: 0 = lying down; 1= sitting; 2 = standing. Angels use a quaternary system, with 3=hovering]. Always keep in mind that a zero in these systems, always means the first state. So for instance we have ten numbers in the collection starting from 0 to 9.

Let us now add the element of fear in the form of a male Bulldog which (whom?) might have a hot or a cold nose. If it has a warm nose we give it value BD=1, otherwise with a cold nose, BD = 0. The fear is observed in the two lady Poodles standing on the pavement (walking being essentially standing with movement in some direction.) These two ladies are collectively in a state of P=11 (3 decimal). The two lady Poodles see the hefty Bull dog, and they both have a secret crush on him. Not to be embarres in public, the one Poodle says to the other Poodle "sit down, here comes that Bulldog with the cold nose." Then both take on the 01 (1 in decimal) position.

This we can mathematically show that when BD = 1 (warm) then P=11(standing), but when BD = 0 (cold) then P = 01 (lyanding).

Thus we have proven that 1) Dogs cannot sit, but do something we now have a word for: lyanding, and 2) cold Bulldog noses lead to one of these in between states. Of course when the nose of said Bulldog is warm, it may very well lead to the other in between states of 10 (standing) - the sluts!

FIN24, FSB, NPA and Documents

FIN24
Marc Ashton of FIN24 visited me this morning. He is a very nice, and intelligent young man who appears very sincere and wise.

Marc will in future be following the Edwafin story on FIN24, and has invited anybody who would like to share information or experiences to email him at marca@fin24.com, or to call him on his cell phone: 082-561-1585. Perhaps Marc will also remember to see if he can find a photograph of Carole Gardiner in their files - it would give one such a feeling of completeness to have them all in focus; a happy family.

Documents
Then, I have made all the documents that are included in this blog public and downloadable. Thanks to modern technology, that took merely a few clicks of the mouse button. There are a few documents in my possession that have not yet been published yet, and these include the copies of the prospectuses that I have managed to obtain. They are for the debenture series, C and D (what an adventure it was to obtain those!). I would like to offer copies of these prospectuses to any who would like to have them - even if your debentures are part of another issue, it may be handy to know that the contents of the prospectuses are mostly the same.
Unfortunately, these are hefty documents and cannot be transferred to the Scrib server, but what I will do is scan them and place them on my own website at www.chromatique.com. On the left hand side of the page, on the main menu there you will find the "Free Download" tab, just follow that and you will arrive at a category called "Edwafin" (how else), follow that and you will be able to download the documents that are available there. I will try and make some direct links available as the documents are uploaded to the server.
You might want to go there again in the future, as I might make available more documents as they become available.

FSB
Once before I tried to contact the FSB to see if they would be prepared to investigate the Edwafin story, and I have noticed that others have approached them as well. To date nobody seems to have had any response from them. Perhaps they have not yet realized that the holidays are over, and that a new year already started a few months ago.

I wrote another email, today and we shall see.... In any case I have added the Liason Director, Mr Russel Michaels to the email list for new postings on this blog, and let's hope that some response will be forthcoming. One should keep in mind that they should be well aware of the situations, as Mr Stapleton (CEO: Edwafin) told me some time ago that the authorities had been informed. Nevermind, though, we should keep in mind that our little Republic has many empty offices, identifiable by the customary acronyms, dotted around the country, that they possibly did not inform the correct authorities. This would never be known as information provided by Edwafin, as per usual is prity scant.

Perhaps, I may suggest one thing (amongst many others) that the FSB might want to investigate: old Patrick told me once that he had invested R10,000,000.00 in Edwafin, and let's say that he is frugal in giving himself an interest rate, no not 25%, not 20%, not 18% but only the basic 15%. That means he would receive a monthly interest of R125,000.00, and we are not talking of the interest received by other family members and colleagues. I think that I as investor would already feel som much better if they treated themself with the same restrictive measures as they do us. I am actually sure they do, but it would be nice to know for sure.

National Prosecuting Authority
An email was also written to the NPA - very famous in South Africa and I explained the Edwafin investors problems to them. Especially, the fact that the company is illegally keeping our money. We'll see what they make of it. Perhaps one's hopes should not rise to high, as they suggest that one uses the call centre, and call centres and me just don't get along very well. How, in any case, are you going to explain such a complex tale to someone over the phone. So I put them on the mailing list as well. If they don't like it, they can tell me.
Should you want to write to them as well here the address: communication@npa.gov.za.

Currently, I have a list of about 40 co-investors who I intend to sms with the details of this blog and the forum tonight. Should the reader have access to contact details of any investors, you are welcome to contact me at mkoppers@chromatique.com, and perhaps we can compare notes. With a class action being a real possibility against Edwafin and its directors it would be prudent to have as many individuals involved as possible.