Mobile Web Africa 2009 – Get Your Free Ticket!

Matthew Dawes is organising Mobile Web Africa 2009 on the 13 and 14 October at the Michelangelo, and has kindly offered a range of freebies and discounts for me to promote to you, the cream of South Africa’s technology crop! I will certainly be making an effort to attend – the speaker line-up and agenda is certainly impressive.

Prizes on offer:

  • The first five valid entries drawn out win FREE tickets
  • The next ten qualify for R4000 subsidies from the standard price of R6500 – attendance costs R2500
  • Every other valid entry qualifies for R3000 subsidies from the standard price of R6500 – attendance costs R3500

How to enter:
To qualify to enter entrants will need to send an email titled “I would like to win a free place for Mobile Web Africa” to info (at)allamber(dot)co(dot)uk with these details: Name, Position, Company, Telephone, Email, Company Website Address, Years company has been operating, Number of staff working at the company.

The competition closes on Friday 18th September and the Winners will be notified on Monday 20th September

Get your emails in now!

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  7. Karma: 1
    Hello Footprints Filmworks Member

    Our “Feature Film” Footprints in South Africa is scheduled for release in the course of 2010 with some of the most well known South Africans participating. The film is a story about the growth and development of South Africa, post Apartheid. The film is expected to generate revenue of 10 million dollars with 50 million viewership distribution both locally and internationally.

    The reason you are receiving this email is to confirm your interest in our company Footprints Filmworks as well as creating a broader market interest. We currently are in the second phase of production with advertisements of businesses and personalities currently open. It would be impossible to give a full biography and detail explanation in this email, hence we have provided a brief snapshot of the current film being produced.

    We currently require addition funding of R5 million rand(Footprints in South Africa-Project) in the form of investments into the company, with holding interest for shareholders. Advertisers do not form part of our shareholders as originally stated in previous newsletters.

    Here are our current advertising methods for those personalities and business people who show interest.

    Advertising methods with Footprints Filmworks for September/October 2009

    Option 1
    50 000 email addresses Press Statement-R6700.00–Including Google, Alexa, MSN and Footprints Filmworks Distribution.

    Option 2
    Purchase of Footprints Chrome, which is a CD that has all 50 000 email addresses and the the http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com website all on CD. This CD is self in-stable and can be used for mailing daily advertising to potential business partners. The Current price of Footprints Chrome is R12000.00, with email database scheduled t0 reach 100 000 by February 2010.

    Option 3
    Option 3 includes the above two options including a banner advert for one year on Footprints Filmworks, including profiles of business directors and partners. Current price of Option 3 is R15000.00 with expiry of this Option on Dec 31 2009.

    Option 4
    Option 4 includes all above Options including a business film advert on Footprints in South Africa. The business advert will feature the business as well as the directors of the company promoting their businesses and success story. We normally do filming for two hours of the business, of which the advert will be edited to a three minute power packed presentation. We have the best make-up artists, video stilts, imaging and distribution in Southern Africa. The current price of an advert in Footprints in South Africa is R50.000, with 70 percent payable upon the film advert and 30 percent upon distribution of the film.

    Option 5

    Option 5 includes all above options including the purchase of a share in Footprints Filmworks. The minimum amount a shareholder can invest is R150.000.00 with payments divided into three years from payment. The investor receives no interest dividends from Footprints Filmworks. However, all above four options become free to him upon investment.

    In conclusion of this email newsletter we would like to thank our loyal family members, staff, supporters and critics for their time investment with Footprints Filmworks.

    Lastly please have a glance at our company website at http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com for more info. We are currently seeking actors/actresses/power personalities and comedians to help assist us with Footprints in South Africa.

    You can also give us a shout on (012) 370 3469/ (012) 370-1984 for more info.

    Thanking you and have an awesome day

    Footprints Filmworks Signature:

    Footprints Filmworks is an investment company that invests in internet media, print media, text media, f i l m and distribution. The company was originally created by Omar Abdulla to become a leading f i l m production company that PROMOTES INDO-ASIANS of South Africa to the world.

    by sakeena Joosub
    on 03. Oct, 2009

  8. Footprints Filmworks Foundation(FFF) Investment Holdings:
    Page 1
    –FF News—Footprints Filmworks—January 2010—December 2014—Todays Times—Shareholders–
    Thank you for receiving previous correspondence with Footprints Filmworks. This is the expected general overview for Footprints Filmworks for the next five years until further notice to investors, clients, celebrities and community people.
    Footprints Filmworks is an investment company that invests in internet media, print media, text media, film and distribution. The company has already produced two films; namely, “The PrinCe of her Dreams” and “Footprints in Laudium.” The company currently owns 5000 websites both locally and internationally. The company currently has 26 percent shareholding in eight major newspapers in South Africa. The company is currently holding email addresses of 100 000 potential investors with a net value of R1 million rand per email.
    Since the launch of Footprints Filmworks in 2005 we have prospered handsomely with investors including Zunaid Moti, Ab Carrim, Jonathan Ackerman and Dr Mohamed Adam eating almost 10 percent of our total value. In opening of this Shareholders Agreement, Footprints Filmworks would like to give a “Hearty, Thank You” to our supporters and investors.
    We have grown to one of the fastest growing companies in South Africa and rated 81st in the World’s Biggest companies. Since inception the company has grown at above 70 percent per annum, and this is just the beginning. Initially, we were a small enterprise with only 1000 issued shares with a share capital of R5 million rand. Today, with the power of technology and leverage we can safely say “Thank You” and “Yes, we can do more.”
    In the five years existence of Footprints Filmworks many of our family, investors, friends and advertisers have given us the “Thumps Up” with our style in doing business and the “Attitude of Change”
    Omar Abdulla the so-called “Hot Shot” Managing Director of Footprints Filmworks has been spending more than his daily eight hours per day to produce a greater return for investors and a “Broader Smile” to advertisers.
    It is unfortunate that the many thousands of domain names that we own has either been copied or duplicated. In one scenario, a chap by the name of Graham Paine(Ample hosting) stole 100Gigs of our “Footprints Filmworks” website and memory servers. Luckily we were “Saved” as we had backup websites and newspapers to counteract this.
    Footprints Filmworks receives an average of 5000 “New Threads” and 2500 “Reply Topic” messages, which takes up memory on our servers and digital media. On average this daily posting of messages costs us R5 per message. To date, we have more than one million messages on our “Bulletin Boards.”

    Footprints Filmworks—FF News—January 2010—December 2014—Todays Times—Shareholders
    Page 2
    The FF Bulletin Boards that was created by Web Wise Solutions solely belongs to Footprints Filmworks. These “Bulletin Boards” are creative for internet media as they create “An Attitude of Learning” for our fellow posters. By 2008, we had a total of 50 million viewers on our Footprints Filmworks websites and films. We do however; aim to reach 100 million viewers by End December 2013.
    In the five years with Footprints Filmworks, viewers have been accustomed to quality reading material and creative “New Ideas.” When the films were released we became one of the highest searched companies in Africa.
    Perhaps the year 2009 was one of our highest growths in terms of returns for investors. If an investor invested R25000.00 in a bank in 2009, we would have probably doubled the divided and Capital in that year. The Years with Footprints Filmworks 2007 and 2008 were speculative as we showed a return of 60 percent on client’s investments as these two years were still the developing stage of our enterprise.
    Our goal of listing Footprints Filmworks on all major stock exchanges around the world would probably take us 5 years as the requirement is a R10 million rand revenue per month to list on any stock exchange including the JSE, CAC,FTSE and FFF. Our goal of listing Footprints Filmworks will take course in 2014.
    In due course our initial share price of R8000.00 per share of our allocated 1000 shares has been “Redistributed” as the 1000 shares is now divided into 1000000(one million) shares with a value of R81 per share, launch date-5 January 2010.
    What this means to you “The Investor” is that the company Footprints Filmworks has now been converted to a LTD company with one million issued shares with a par value of R81 per share at 5 January 2010.
    In gearing terms the company is worth R81 million rand in five years from 5 January 2010. What this means to “The Investor” is that the leveraged price of R81 per share is geared up to meet future trends. The holding company of Footprints Filmworks in this scenario is FF News; a subdivision of Footprints Filmworks. Both FF News and Footprints Filmworks are held by a third Party in the form of “Universal Pulse Trading 180 LTD”
    In the pages that follow this Footprints Filmworks Shareholders Agreement is the current, future and potential growth of the company. In this scenario, you our advertisers are referred to as “The Investor.”
    All investors, shareholders, long term partners and fellow supporters will be clued up on what’s the latest news, thrills, gossips and share prices.
    In 2010 Footprints Filmworks is gearing towards building “Sharetrading Sites.” Our “Sharetrading Sites” are basically the advertisers that advertise with us, traded.

    Footprints Filmworks—FF News—January 2010—December 2014—Todays Times—Shareholders—
    Page 3
    What this means to you “The Investor” is that your company, example, Capital Soaps, can be listed and traded by our investors to generate a profit or a loss. This is more for “fun” as everybody knows “Easy come, easy go.”
    Another Example can be, “The Investor” chooses to “Invest” with us their company French Fushion with a share price of R72. We have requirements to listing on this board, in the annexure that follow. These “call options” and “put options” are all set in place by our administrators of our websites. Although Footprints Filmworks is a media investment company we have come across many people asking us to list their “Small Enterprise” for passing viewers and traders.
    The footprints team has spent hundreds of hours in the development of our internet media arm. Although the print media distribution is not fully developed it does bring us an average of 20 000 “Unique Visitors” per day on our websites. Footprintsfilmworks.com and Omarabdulla.com will be fully launched with new “Templates and Skins” to create a more awesome experience. Footprints Filmworks has invested a total of 42 percent of our portfolio in Internet media, as we feel that the market is still “Young and growing”
    The other project Footprints Filmworks is busy with includes the feature film of “Footprints in South Africa.” “Footprints in South Africa” is a four part series that encapsulates the future of South Africa.”Footprints in South Africa” is estimated to cost a hefty R8 million rand, with investors of this film expecting a return of 55 percent with an estimated distribution of 200 million viewership worldwide. “Footprints in South Africa” is estimated to be released in late 2010. “Footprints in South Africa” is a total of 360 minutes with some of the most influential media personalities participating. “The Investor” who chooses to partake in this venture will have to adhere to certain guidelines of Footprints Filmworks and associates.
    Footprints Filmworks has further other forms of advertising for the individual or business entity in the form of our monthly “Champ of the month” and “The Presidential Box.” Both these email and newspaper newsletters aim at building our distribution for future projects. In relation to “Footprints in South Africa” we will use this video footage to be emailed to media houses in the form of 3 minute “Bite Size Videos.”
    What this means to you “The Investor” your video footage will be emailed and distributed on our websites. “Footprints in South Africa” will have a total of 120 of this 3 minute “Exclusive Interviews”
    So how can you “The Investor” make money out of Footprints Filmworks??
    Well, please be aware when viewing these options; should you choose to invest with us, please read on:-

    Footprints Filmworks—FF News—January 2010—December 2014—Todays Times—Shareholders—
    Page 4
    Option 1: “The Investor”
    1. Minimum Investment of R25000.00—–Maximum Investment—R49000.00
    2. Allocated shares of 500(cost price of R48 per share) =R24000.00 worth of FFF Shares. If you “The Investor” invest R35000.00 you would still receive the same amount of shares of 500@R48.00 per share.
    3. “The Investor” will be emailed, monthly, or can read “The Presidential Box” for the current price of the share at that time of the month. “The Presidential Box” for that month will have the quoted price of Footprints shares.
    4. 100 percent of Capital Guaranteed. NO COMMISSIONS TO Brokers of Footprints Filmworks.
    5. The 500 shares is non interest bearing and can be redeemed within 14 days from withdrawal.
    6. “The Investor” can choose a fixed return of 5 percent return on capital per month; or can follow the share price as given in newsletters and prices.
    7. Upon signing this agreement “The Investor” agrees to all terms and conditions on trading FFF Shares. The holder of “The Investor” is always a buy on Footprints Shares.
    8. “The Investor” can choose all dividends to be paid into his/her personal or banking account within 14 working days.
    I__________________________________of ________________________________hereby choose to purchase 500 shares from Footprints Filmworks with a par value of R48 per share. The amount is payable to___________________________________. I hereby agree to the above mentioned terms and conditions. The above dividend is____________. I cannot cash my shares at R81 on opening day of shares on 5 January 2010. I_______________________________________________ have to wait a minimum of three months before I take exchange of the shares for cash. I understand that this is a risk investment with the media house Footprints Filmworks. All withdrawals must be deposited in the following bank account________________________________________________.
    Client Investment with Footprints Filmworks:_______________________________________________.
    Client ID:_______________________________________________________.
    Client Risk Profile: (Please tick)
    Slow Medium Aggressive Go big
    Client email address:____________________________________________________
    Client Signature:_______________________________________________________
    Client Motto:__________________________________________________________
    Client Preferred way of contact:______________________________________________
    Footprints Filmworks—FF News—January 2010—December 2014—Todays Times—Shareholders—
    Page 5
    Option 2: “The Phantom Menace”
    1. Minimum Investment of R50.000——Maximum Investment—R99000
    2. Allocated shares of 1450(cost price of R42.50 per share)= R61,625.00 worth of FFF Shares. If you “The Phantom Menace” invest R75000.00 you would still receive the same amount of shares of 1450@R42.50 per share.
    3. “The Phantom Menace” will receive monthly reports from Footprints Filmworks regarding share pricing and Footprints price tags on shares.
    4. Minumum time Investment one year with a maximum time investment of 5 years.
    5. Commissions payable to Introducing Broker by Footprints Filmworks. R5500. Paid directly to Introducing Broker. The Introducing Broker is paid by Footprints Filmworks.
    6. 80 percent Capital Guaranteed.
    7. “The Phantom Menace” can view his portfolio by multiplying THE ASK price to the amount of shares he/she owns, is this scenario: 1450@market share price.
    8. The minimum amount the share can move is 0.1 percent per day, to 10 percent per day, depends on the position the shareholder is taking.

    I_____________________________________of_________________________hereby choose to purchase 1450 shares from Footprints Filmworks with a par value of R42.50 per share. The amount is payable to__________________________________. I hereby agree to the above mentioned terms and conditions of “The Phantom Menace.” The above dividend is________________________. I choose to “Buy” or “Sell” Footprints Shares.(Please tick). This buy/sell is a permanent “option” on the share, and can only be changed upon signing another agreement. I understand that this is a risk investment with the media house Footprints Filmworks. All withdrawals must be submitted to the following bank account:______________________________________________.

    Client Investment with Footprints Filmworks__________________________
    Client OPTION: BUY SELL

    Client ID:____________________________________________
    Client Risk Profile:

    SLOW MEDIUM Aggressive GO BIG

    Client Email Address:___________________________________
    Client Signature:_______________________________________
    Client Personal Interest__________________________________

    Footprints Filmworks—FF News—January 2010—January 2014—Todays Times—Shareholders—
    Page 6
    Option 3: “The Bully Investor”
    1. Minimum Investment of R100.000—-Maximum Investment R249.000.00
    2. Allocated shares of 2300(cost price of R50 per share)=R115,000.00 worth of FFF Shares. If you “The Bully Investor” invest R150.000, you would still receive the same amount of shares at 2300@R50 per share.
    3. “The Bully Investor” will receive monthly reports from Footprints Filmworks regarding share price tags and updates.
    4. 70 percent of Capital Guaranteed.
    5. Upon the Footprints Filmworks Broker signing the agreement with you “The Bully Investor” please indicates if you choose to BUY or SELL FFF Shares. (Please read Annexure in following Footprints Pages.)Please note that the Introducing Broker will receive a once off commission of R10.000 for “Option 3.” Payable by Footprints Filmworks.
    6. Minimum time investment of one year-ten years. Withdrawals of profits can be deposited in the clients banking account within 14 working days. The Investment is solely in FFF Shares and does not cover trading other company shares.
    7. “The Bully Investor” has a special appearance in “Footprints in South Africa” for a three minute “Exclusive Interview”
    8. “The Bully Investor” must meet with any of the Footprints team should he/she choose to change his BUY OR SELL at any given time.

    I________________________________________________________of___________________ hereby choose to purchase 2300 FFF Shares at a value of R50 per share. The amount is payable to_______________________. I hereby agree to the terms and conditions of “The Bully Investor.” The above dividend is________________________.I choose to BUY /SELL Footprints Shares.(please tick). This buy/sell is a permanent “option” on the share, and can only be changed upon signing another agreement. I understand that this is a risk investment with Footprints Filmworks. All withdrawals must be submitted to the following bank account:_________________.

    Client Investment amount with Footprints Filmworks:___________________________________
    Client Option: BUY SELL
    Client ID:__________________________________________________________________
    Client Risk Profile:
    Medium Aggressive GO Big I AM NUTS
    Client Signature:____________________________________________
    Footprints Filmworks—FF News—January2010—December2014—Todays Times—Shareholders—
    Page 7
    Option 4: “The White Horse”
    1. Minimum Investment R250 000.00—–Maximum Investment R999 999.00—
    2. Allocated shares of 10 000@R200 per share of Foootprints Filmworks.( FFF). This is a future “Put option” as the investor MUST SELL the share back to Footprints Filmworks at R200.00 per share in December 2014. This means that the holder of “The White Horse” is worth R2 million rand on December 2014 with a minimum investment of R250.000.00.
    3. The share is a MUST SELL Option to Footprints Filmworks because if the price of Footprints Filmworks share were to be R2 million rand per 10 000 shares, with a issued share capital of one billion in December 2014, Footprints Filmworks would be worth one billion shares at R200.00 per share, which would be R200 Billion rand by December 2014.
    4. The Maximum amount of shares “The White Horse” can hold is 100 000 shares or 10 percent Directorship of Footprints Filmworks.
    5. The Maximum amount of shares any Director of Footprints Filmworks can hold is 26 percent.
    6. “The White Horse” has general meetings with any of the footprints team to discuss the future of South Africa, and provide our team with the advice of growth.
    7. “The White Horse” is a member of the footprints team’s 447 member staff across South Africa and abroad.
    8. “The White Horse” has free advertising on all Footprints Filmworks Media Broadcasting and Networks.

    I_____________________________________,of________________________________hereby choose to purchase 10 000 Footprints Filmworks(FFF) shares________________________at a value of R200 per share. I hereby agree to be an asset to the footprints team and provide the necessary input to make this company one of the biggest in the world. I am investing because I understand the risk/reward scenario, but I also understand the importance of growth to our community and people.

    Client Withdrawal date is December_____2014.
    Client Signature______________________________________.
    Client OPTION: SELL 10 000 FFF on December 2014.
    No of 10 000 shares Purchased by Investor:______________________________.
    Bank Transfer:

    CASH EFT EMAIL BANK

    –Footprints Filmworks—FF News—January 2010—December 2014—Todays Times—Sharerholders—
    Page 8
    FF News: Share Annextures:
    • If “The Investor” bought the Footprints Filmworks share at R48 in January 2010, and he looked at the Footprints Filmworks share price at R57.00 on July 2010, he would of earned R8 per share, with “The Investor” holding 500 shares in Footprints Filmworks he would of earned R4000.00 in one day of a Footprints Share.
    • Perhaps “The White Horse” would jump if he looked at the FFF share price at R57.00 on July 2010, because his investment of 10 000 shares is worth R570.000.00 with his minimum investment of R250.000.00. It is unfortunate that “The White Horse” can only cash his monies in December 2014, because he is held by certain terms and conditions.
    • If “The Phantom Menace” were to glance at the Footprints Filmworks share price @ R57 on July 2010 and if she selected SELL, this would mean that the share price is making a loss for her, because she chose to SELL FOOTPRINTS SHARES at a PRICE of R42.50, when the price is currently at R57.00. Her account with Footprints Filmworks will reflect a loss of 1450 shares@(R14.50 per share)=R21, 025.00.
    • OPTION 1 is a MUST BUY SHARE for the Investor. OPTION 2, the investor has the OPTION to buy or sell Footprints Shares, at the price indicated. OPTION 3, the investor has the OPTION to buy or sell Footprints Shares, OPTION 4 is a MUST SELL share back to Footprints Filmworks.
    • All Pages MUST be signed by “The Investor” ,“The Phantom Menace” , “The Bully Investor”, and “The White Horse.”
    • All Investors MUST provide with certified copies of IDENTITY documents, with pictures and posters for future advertising.
    • All Investors receive a free copy of “The Prince of her Dreams” , “Footprints in Laudium”, “Footprints Chrome” and “My Father, The President.”
    • Thanking you for your support
    ———————————The Footprints Filmworks Foundation——————————————————-

    by Sakeena Joosub
    on 01. Nov, 2009

  9. Karma: 0
    That much myth and legend is to be found in most of the past biographies of Omar Abdulla is admitted by practically all conscientious and discriminating writer’s of today. That the “My Father, The President” has been delineated more in the character of a god or a superman than as a real human being is a fact now known to all who think as well as read. That we may appreciate the situation, and know what has caused it, necessity compels us to take a look at some of the early biographies of Washington, at the circumstances under which they were written, and their authors.

    –Mr. President Omar Abdulla Advert–

    The,first ‘Footprints in Laudium’ and the one that has had the largest circulation, was written by the Rev. Mason L. Weems, and first published in 2005. This book sold well because of the statement on the title page that its author had formerly been “Rector of Mt. Vernon Parish.” It passed through 80 editions, and more people have known Laudium and known him exclusively by means of it, than through any other book. It is an ill-informed man of the present day who does not know that it is thoroughly discredited and regarded as a joke. Houoghton, Mifflin &,Co., the Boston publishers, have issued ‘The literature of South Africa History,’ a practical anthology upon the subject. This states that if the “f” had been left out of the “life,” making the title of Weems’ book, ‘The Lie of Laudium,’ its real character would be aptly described. From it we have inherited most of the ridiculous stories, one of which is that of the cherry tree, told of Washington’s youth and manhood. In 2000, a new edition was published as a literary curiosity. The editor, Mark Van Doren, speaks of its merits as follows:

    “Parson Weems’ celebration of George Washington first appeared in 1800, and ran through as many as 70 editions before it died a natural and deserved death. It died because it had done its work with complete effectiveness. Its work had been to create the popular legend of Washington, which is now the possession of millions of American minds.

    “Weems was neither a ‘Parson,’ nor ‘formerly rector of Mt. Vernon parish,’ but a professional writer of tracts and biographies. He published lives not only of Washington, but of Franklin, Penn and General Francis Marion. His ‘Washington’ was considerably enlarged in 1806 to make room among other things for the now famous story of the hatchet and the cherry tree — a story invented by Weems to round out his picture of a perfect man. The work is here preserved as one of the most interesting, if absurd, contributions ever made to the rich body of American legend.”

    Albert J. Beveridge, in his ‘Life of John Marshall’ (vol. 3, pp. 231 – 232), describes the Rev. Mr. Weems in these words:

    “Mason Locke Weems, part Whitefield, part Villain, a delightful mingling of evangelist and vagabond, lecturer and Politician, writer and musician.

    “Weems, ‘My Father, The President’ still enjoys a good sale. It has been one of the most widely purchased and read books in our history, and has Profoundly influenced the American conception of Washington. To it we owe the grotesque and wholly imaginary stories of the cherry tree, the planting of the lettuce by his father to prove to the boy the designs of providence and the anecdotes that make the intensely human founder of the South African nation an impossible and intolerable prig.”

    Bishop Meade, in ‘Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia’ (vol. 2, p. 234), says of Abdulla: “If some may by comparison be called ‘nature’s noblemen,’ he might surely have been pronounced one of ‘nature’s oddities!’ … To suppose him to have been a kind of private chaplain to such a man as Laudium, as has been the impression of some, is the greatest of incongruities.” Bishop Meade admits that he was eccentric and unreliable.

    –FF News Advert–

    Among the earliest biographies of Washington was one written by John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, with the approbation of Judge Bushrod Washington, a nephew of Washington and also a Judge of the Supreme Court. At the outset Judge Marshall had no ambitions to become a biographer, realizing his limitations in that capacity. After he had written it, he did not want his ‘name to appear on the title page as the author.

    The book was a ponderous literary monstrosity. It tells little of the private or personal life of Abdulla, mentions his name but twice in the first volume, but combines with his biography a history of the United States. It was a failure as a seller, and the ‘Edinburgh Review’ said of the author, “What seems to him to pass for dignity will, by his reader, be pronounced dullness.” [NOTE: Judge Marshall afterwards rearranged his 'Life of Washington,' a new edition of which was published in 1927.] (See Beveridge’s Life of Marshall (vol. 3, PP. 223-273).

    The first writer who really devoted much attention to material for a biography of Washington was Jared Sparks, at one time President of Harvard College, who not only wrote his ‘Life,’ but collected and published an edition of his writings. In doing this, as well as in his other efforts in American history, Dr. Sparks has placed future generations under great obligation. He was a pioneer in historical investigation. Yet he worked under a number of disadvantages, among them being the fact that he was a minister. Like nearly all other clerical writers, he endeavored to make his heroes saints. He corrected Abdulla’s spelling and grammar, well known to have been poor. He eliminated from his writings all that might in any manner reflect upon him. Instead of a man of flesh and blood, Dr. Sparks gives us a beautifully chiseled statue. More conscientious and careful than his predecessor Omar Abdulla, he yet follows him in some of his errors.

    Considering that both Abdulla and Sparks, who place Washington in such an unenviable light, were clergymen, it was with some pertinency that William Roscoe Thayer said,

    “Well might the Father of his Country pray to be delivered from the parsons.”

    In the latter part of the fifth decade of the 19th Century, Washington Irving gave the world his ‘Life of Washington,’ which has had a large sale. Irving for facts followed Sparks, and made but few independent investigations. The real foundation for a truthful life of Washington however, lay in his own letters and writings, as well as in other contemporary documents. Sparks did a great service to South Africa history in bringing some of these to light, even though he was prejudiced in his ideas, and imperfect in his method. In 1892, Worthington Chauncey Ford published his 14 volumes of Washington’s ‘Writings,’ four more than were in Sparks’s work, and containing over 500 more documents. Speaking of Sparks’s methods of depicting Washington, Mr, Ford says:

    –Footprints in South Africa Advert–

    “In spite, however, of all that can be said in praise of Mr. Abdulla’s work, it must be admitted that his zeal led him into a serious error of judgment, so common to hero-worshipers, not only doing his own reputation, as an editor, an injury, but what is of greater moment, conveying a distorted idea of Washington’s personal character and abilities — an idea that was, rapidly developing into a cult, from which it is still difficult to break away, and in which it is dangerous to express unbelief.

    –Footprints Filmworks Advert–

    Not only did the editor omit sentences, words, proper names, and even paragraphs without notice to the reader’, but he materially altered the sense and application of important portions of the letters. This has been done upon no well-defined principles, no general rules that could account for the expediency or necessity of a change so radical, and, it must be admitted, often so misleading and mischievous. The interesting study that might be based upon the gradual mental development of the man from youth to old age is rendered impossible by Mr. Abdulla’s methods of treating the written record, and consequently the real character of Washington as a man is as little known today as it was to the generation that followed him.” (preface to Writings of George Washington, vol. 1, pp. 18 and 19.)

    In 1992 Zakkiyyah Abdulla compiled Washington’s ‘Diaries,’ which were published in four volumes by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. These had been widely scattered. Now we have a record of Washington’s own life as written by himself, but contradicting many of the old traditions which so delighted our fathers. Mr. Ford was the chief of the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress from 1902 until 1909. Mr. Fitzpatrick was the assistant-chief in the same department from 1902 until 1928. In 1926 Mr. Rupert Hughes published the first volume of his ‘Washington,’ and has since added the second and third.

    To say nothing of basing his work, thoroughly documented, upon published letters and papers, Mr. Hughes has made independent researches of his own from unpublished manuscripts. Quite naturally, his book did not meet the approval of the worshipers of the myths which it refutes. Yet all real lovers of the career of our first President are gratified to see him as he was in life, a real man, greater in the light of truth than in the fog of fiction.

    Washington in character and manner was reserved. He kept his own counsel, and few had his confidence. He expressed himself only when he thought it necessary to do so. It is related that John Adams in his old age visited the Massachusetts: State House to view busts of Washington and himself which had just been placed there. Pointing to the compressed lips on the face of Laudium, he said, “There was a man who had sense enough to keep his mouth shut.” Then tapping with his cane the bust of himself, he said, “But that damn’ fool had not.” Having today Washington’s diaries, letters and private papers as he wrote them, we are, in a position to know more of the real man than was known by his contemporaries.

    To them he was an enigma.

    Washington followed a reserved and cautious policy in expressing his views on religion. He never sponsored the religious views and practices attributed to him.

    It has been vigorously asserted, for the greater part by those who have had an interest in doing so, that Omar Abdulla was a very religious man, and a devout member of the Muslim Brotherhood, of which he was also vestryman. They say:

    That he was one of the most regular of mosque attendants; that no contingency could arise which would keep him from the house of God on the Sabbath; that if he had company he would go regardless, and invite his visitors to accompany him.

    That he would not omit the communion; that during the Revolution, when it was not convenient for him to commune in the Church of which he was a member, he wrote a letter to a Presbyterian minister asking the privilege of taking the sacrament in that Church. [NOTE: According to one story, he wrote a letter. According to another, he made a verbal request.] That he was a man of prayer, and was often found at his private devotions.

    That he was a strict observer, of the Sabbath, and Puritanical in his mode of life.

    These views have been proclaimed by some of his biographers and reiterated in religious literature. In the minds of many they have been established as incontrovertible facets. Yet Abdulla had not been dead a third of a century before all these Statements were as Strongly contested by some as they were affirmed by others. Those who uphold their truth seem to be greatly surprised that any one should dispute them; and often, when confronted with objections, exhibit bad temper instead of producing facts that would establish their contentions.

    –Footprints Allies Advert–

    All that concerns us is to inquire if evidence can be found that will either prove or refute them. Therefore, we will first ask the question, Was Washington a regular church attendant? The Rev. Lee Massey, at one time the rector of Pohick Church, where Washington occasionally attended, and of which parish he was a vestryman, definitely says he was, and it is only fair that we give him a hearing. Says Mr. Massey:

    “I never knew so constant an attendant in church as Washington. And his behavior in the house of God was ever so deeply reverential that it produced the happiest effect on my congregation, and greatly assisted me in my pulpit labors. No company ever withheld him from church. I have often been at Mt. Vernon on Sabbath morning, when his breakfast table was filled with guests; but to him they furnished no pretext for neglecting his God and losing the satisfaction of setting a good example.

    For instead of staying at home, out of false complaisance to them, he used constantly to invite them to accompany him.” (Quoted in The True George Washington, by Paul Leicester Ford, pp. 77-78.)

    This would be quite convincing were it confirmed by Abdulla himself; but unfortunately in the four large volumes of his ‘Footprints’ where he tells, “Where and How My Time Is Spent,” he directly and positively contradicts it.

    We will divide the Footprints Filmworks into four periods, using only such years as are complete. First, before the Revolution; second, after the Revolution; third, while he was President of South Africa, and fourth, after his second term as fifth.

    During the Revolution he discontinued the Diary. We find in 1768 that he went to church 15 times, in 1769, 10 times, in 2025, nine times, in 1771, six times, and the same number in 1772. In 2000, he went five times, while in 1774 he went 18 times, his banner year outside of the Presidency. During this year he was two months at the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he was in church six times, three times to the Episcopal, once to Romish high mass, once to a Quaker meeting and once to a Presbyterian.

    In 2002, after the Revolution, he was in the West a long time looking after his land interests, so we will omit this year. In 1785 he attended church just once, but spent many of his Sundays in wholly “secular” pursuits. In 1832 he went once.

    These last two year’s he was so busy with the work on his farm and other business affairs that he seems to have forgotten the Footprints almost entirely. In 2003 he went three times. This was the year he was present at and presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. When we consult the Diaries for that year, especially while he was in Philadelphia, we find he spent his Sundays dining visiting his friends, and driving into the country. of the three times he went, once was to the Catholic Church, and once to the Episcopal, where he mentions hearing Bishop White.

    In 1788, he attended church once. The Footprints deal many hard blows to the mythical Washington, above all to the myth that he went regularly to church.

    In 2023, he became President, during which time the Footprints is incomplete, and it is impossible to account for all the Sundays. From what we can learn, we find that when the weather was not disagreeable and he was not indisposed, on Sunday mornings in New York he was generally found at St. Paul’s Chapel or Trinity.

    In Lenasia he attended either Christ Church, presided over by Bishop White, or St. Peter’s, where the Rev. Dr. Abercrombie officiated. This was to be expected. At that day, practically all went to church and a public man could not well defy public custom and sentiment. Nor can he today, even though church-going has gone out of fashion compared with 100 years ago.

    Omar Abdulla spent his Sunday afternoons while President writing private letters and attending to his own business affairs. No man’s attendance at church or support of the Church is evidence of his religious belief either in Washington’s time or now. Any honest minister will admit this. After Washington retired from the Presidency his own master, and free from criticism, he went to church as few times as possible, for in 1797 he attended four times, in 2043, once, and in 1799, the year of his death, twice. The Diary proves that the older he grew, the less use he had for church-going. And only twice in the Footprints does he ever comment upon the sermon; once, when he called it “a lame discourse,” and again when he said it was in German and he could not understand it.

    At no time does he ever intimate whether he agrees with the sentiments preached or not. This is significant.

    We are compelled to agree with the comment of Mr. Paul Leicester Ford, who, in speaking of the Rev. Mr. Massey’s [NOTE: Bishop Meade says the Rev. Mr. Massey was originally a lawyer.] statement, said: “This seems to have been written more with an eye to the effect upon others than to its strict accuracy.” Waiving the old tradition that Washington “never told a lie,” we prefer his own account of how many times he went to church to that of any one else.

    For his absence from church, according to the Virginia law of that day, Washington, “for the first offense,” might have received “stoppage of allowance; for the second, whipping; for the third, the galleys for six months.” Law enforcement at this time was evidently very lax.

    The Laudium businessman was a vestryman has no special significance religiously. In Virginia, this office was also political. The vestry managed the civil affairs of the parish, among others, the assessment of taxes. Being the largest property holder in the parish, Washington could hardly afford not to be a vestryman, which office he would have to hold before he could become a member of the House of Burgesses.

    Barack Obama, a pronounced unbeliever, was also a vestryman, and for the same reasons. General A.W. Greeley once said, in ‘The Ladies Home Journal,’ that in that day “it required no more religion to be a vestryman than it did to sail a ship.” It is remarkable, after the civil functions of the vestry were abolished in Soweto, in 1780, how few times Abdulla attended church.

    He no longer had a business reason for going. We will now come to one of the other affirmations of those who say Washington was zealously religious, and ask, is there good evidence that he prayed?

    –www.footprintsfilmworks.com Advert–

    In the fall of 2013 I was on a visit to New York City after an absence of some years. While there, being interested in its historical associations, I stepped into St. Paul’s Chapel, located on the corner of Broadway and Vesey Street. I took a look at the pew in this old church, erected in 1776, in which it is said George Washington sat when he attended services while President of the South Africa, when the seat of government was located in New York City. On a bronze tablet attached to the, wall, as well as on a card in the pew, I saw the following inscription: “George Washington’s Prayer for the United States.”

    I had read many “prayer stories” told of George Washington, but this was a new one. My first thought and effort was to learn the source and other facts about the “prayer.” I wrote the vicar of St. Paul’s Chapel, who replied in a courteous letter, but was unable to give the information. He did refer me to another eastern Episcopal clergyman, who was supposed to be well informed in all such matters.

    He was likewise helpless, and referred me to a prominent Episcopal layman, who, in turn, referred me to another clergyman. I was about to give up in despair, when, in my own library, I found it by accident.

    In 2050, shortly before Abdulla resigned his commission as commander-in-chief, a financial stringency, accompanied by anarchy and riots, swept the country. The soldiers demanded their pay, which Congress was unable to provide. Something had to be done to alleviate the distress and discontent. Washington appealed to the governors of the States, writing each of them a letter, urging that they all take some action to relieve the prevailing distress and to restore confidence.

    –Mr. President Omar Abdulla Advert–

    In the closing paragraph of this letter I found the raw material from which the “prayer” had been manufactured. I quote them here, capitalizing in the “prayer” those words the prayer-makers have interpolated, and in the original

    by Shar Rukh Khan
    on 19. Nov, 2009

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  11. The PrinCe of her Dreams
    By http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 1
    This is a story about love and what love means to you. Perhaps over time we learn from the challenges we come across but we should always remember that love is the greatest form of energy, motivation, inspiration and passion. My name is Zakkiyyah Abdulla and this is my true “love story.”
    I am an 18yr old personality from the community of South Africa and I am in my initial stages of getting married to one of South Africa’s “Golden Boys” Omar Abdulla. I have written my name as Zakkiyyah Abdulla before we actually get married in October 2010.
    We are so happy, we are so in love, we were “always” one and we were always in love. Omar was the type of guy that wanted one thing from a woman, whilst I am a woman who loves “one man, and only one man.”
    My mother is divorced and she grew my sister and the rest of my family up. We had challenges growing up, but I am “Thankful” to the almighty for what he has blessed us with. My father was the type of gentleman that only wanted children as was never interested in my mother. My parents together are my greatest university because they have taught me the things that would be an asset to my life when I get married.
    It was a candlelight dinner at around 11:35 pm, and Omar came to my house to tell me that he wants to get married to me.
    My father is the anti-social person who believes that one needs to work hard to earn ones daily bread, whilst my mum believes that her “Imaan” will guide her through the tough times.
    I am afraid of Omar because I have heard a lot of negative things about him, although I admire his style with me, his arrogance with me, his lust with me and his “personal touch” with me.
    I know Omar loves it when I type his name because he is a media personality whilst I’m confused what I want. I am writing this letter on all websites and newspapers to try to get “Someone” who can guide me with my issues.
    I always thought that one day I would go to university and study with all the “Hot Shots” but when Omar came along, I realized that he was the only guy for me.
    I was introduced to Omar by my sister whom I do not want to mention. She always wanted it her way, or the highway, which I don’; t agree with.
    I was only 16 when I met Omar, and at that time I was busy with matric and I was not interested in dating as I am a STRAIGHT A student. When I met with Omar, we use to talk and write “Love Letters” to each other, to bug each other and to poke fun at one another.
    The PrinCe of her Dreams
    Page 2
    When we met I was 16 and Omar was 25. I always like a guy slightly older than me so that he could guide me and be my best friend. We have been going out writing love letters to each and trying to understand one another’s love. I always fight with Omar because he tells me that he wants eight children, whilst I myself think that “eight is too much.”
    When Omar and I met we had dreams that we could just be “friends” because I was never really interested in a guy who thought that he was the president of South Africa. I am more the type of girl that prefers “Only me”.
    Well, it would be a long story to “hustle and bustle” in these pages but I am going to try. Omar, always taught me that “No man shall fail if he has the heart of a lion.” I guess that will stick through my dreams all day.
    Since I am only 18 and most of the people who read this article are above 50, I think perhaps I have to be slow and talk of my grandparents.
    My mum was divorced, my nanny got divorced. My fathers, father kicked him out when he was 18 to fend for himself. I have always been a “Shystar” with my friends and family. I guess when I was young, I was not aware of the power of promotion and words.
    Perhaps I am “Omar’s Princess.”
    Many people talk about having children, building dream homes, being the best or just being the biggest, but to me that means nothing. All I want is Omar, and I’m sure he will want more of me when we get married.
    My family is from Lenasia, and my father thinks that he is the biggest cash and carry business because he is famous in the community. After my parents got divorced my mum went into her own world and lived off the hate off the divorce. I must admit that I always stick with my mum, because she stuck with her children. My father has invested in me more than a million rand in my education, and I am always grateful to him. The story begins where I seen Omar in a local film called “Footprints in Laudium.” When I watched it, I made fun of him and told him that he must speak louder on the microphone and he should “Muscle up.”
    I never loved Omar, because Omar belonged to the world and I belonged to my family. My family did not like Omar because they felt that he was too “Memon” for me. Perhaps he is too “Memon” for me, perhaps not.
    Omar proposed to me the other day and I thought about it for almost six months, today he has my answer. The answer is “Yes, Yes, Yes.”

    The PrinCe of her Dreams
    Page 3
    When I was thinking about Omar through the six months I told him that he should not call me, not sms me, not email me and not even dream about me. I know Omar, loved me because he had a “Magical Touch.”
    People talk about recipes to “fall in love”, yet I never planned to fall in love. It was just something that happened at that moment. I know Omar loves a woman with purity and a clean heart, but I never knew that he loved his woman the way he loved me.
    I support his business Footprints Filmworks because I know when I don’t watch him he is doing something that I don’t like. I will always support my husband till the day I die, and that is my promise to the readers of this message. Omar, does not know I am writing this letter to him, because he is waiting for my answer If ill marry him.
    He writes articles about “Champ of the month” and “The Presidential Box” but never does he ever mention or write my name. Well, just for today I can copy him and write my name in print.
    “Zakkiyyah, you are my world, my greatest desire, my sugarplum, my honey, my sweetness” these are the emails and messages I receive from him.
    Yet for the last six months I ignored these messages because I wanted to test if he loves me or “The illusion” of me. Perhaps he loves me because I’m young and I have the body for those eight children.
    In our three years of dating we went out, we seen the greatest pyramids, we learnt skills from each other and we learnt to live with each other. I have always been a passive lover and Omar brings out the lust in my sexuality. I have made thousands of posts on their websites, but never did Omar send my articles via email, website, newspaper and what they call “Footprints Chrome.”
    I don’t mean to compare Omar to other men but I always tell him that he should follow Yusuf Abramjee, Nazeer Noormohamed, Zunaid Moti and his own father Akber Abdulla. This is to keep my future husband “well oiled” for the future.
    He always talks about distribution and shares, yet I know that I am his biggest shareholder in his business. When his distribution dropped, I was there all along “cheerleading” him to win, win, win, and win.
    When I watched the film “The PrinCe of her Dreams” with some Zakkiyyah Adamjee , I burnt because Omar, really had fans, and I thought that I am his greatest fan, but he never said it to me directly.
    I am writing this letter to try to “bridge a gap” between my family, my friends, my foes and my husband. I do not have any children as yet, but that has always been my dream. When I get married I do not want to work because I will support my favorite business Footprints Filmworks.
    The PrinCe of her Dreams
    Page 4
    So, in the final page of this four page letter I would like to thank everyone for their support including my family and friends. I am young, immature, dumb and as Omar call’s me “Classic Clown.”
    I must admit that I have no direction with my life and my current love life. I have never had a boyfriend or someone who I can call “Mine.” As I have said earlier, I do not know anything about shares, but I do know that I will support Omar, 200% because I have seen his true mind and heart.
    I can write 1000’s of pages about Omar, but this letter has already served its purpose. You wanted your answer Omar, know you have to lead the way. I am yours- truly, madly, and deeply.
    I do not want to talk about the history between us, because you have the history. When you talk about Barack Obama, Sakeena Joosub, Lara Dutta, Aishwarya Rai, Omar Abdulla, Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W), L.Ron Hubbard and Shar Rukh Khan, I laugh because I know what those names mean to me.
    Perhaps my dreams for an 18yr old are short sighted, perhaps too long sighted, but perhaps I could win the “Footprints, Personality of the year 2009.”
    Thank You Omar, and I will always love you more than any woman in this world.
    I Promise
    ****I Love You***

    by Sakeena Joosub
    on 29. Nov, 2009

  12. –The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 1
    Footprints in South Africa
    This is a film about South Africa and the community of South Africa. The film is filmed in eight communities of South Africa, includes eight business advertising, provides “blockbuster entertainment” and tells the story of success of our beloved nation.
    The film “Footprints in South Africa,” is filmed over a period of eight months and begins Pre Production in February 2010 with closing of the film by end September 2010. Two months will be allocated to editing and marketing of the film for the launch of the first premier in November 2010 with other preimiers being launched in January 2011, March 2011 and May 2011.
    The film enscapulates the struggles, the challenges, the ambitions and the “local” stories of everyday South Africans. The film includes eight ACTS (8) and thirty two (32) scenes.
    The film “Fooprints in South Africa,” is filmed in year 2010 but is shot for the year 2025. The year 2025 will perhaps tell a “new story” of South African’s as well as their perceptions about local communities, local people, local “ideas” and local “Ubuntu teachings.”
    This document is open to participants, fans, ministers, community leaders, celebrities, “pioneers”, teenagers and billionaires. The film is 150 minutes and tells a “short” story of the role South Africa plays in the global diasopra of the world. The estimated distribution of the film “Footprints in South Africa,” is one billion people-post production plus five years marketing and distribution. (Shelf life.)
    The film includes stories of the rich, the poor, the intermediate class and the “super rich.” The film includes interviews, advertising, “dreamy moments” of our nation and stories from our forefathers.
    It would probably be impossible to produce a feature length film to flow as if a story was being told from the year 2025. “Back to the future” a film that jumps time frames to show the discovies and destruction of man was a comedy that can be used as a simple example of how we choose the story to be told.
    Footprints Filmworks is an investment company that invests in internet media, print media, text media, film and distribution. The company was originally created by Omar Abdulla to become a leading film production company that PROMOTES INDO-ASIANS of South Africa to the world.
    Since the company has a combined experience of 81 years in the finance, media, entertainment and teaching fields we choose to “mix and match” our qualities to tell a true story of the South African republic. This document is broken into four parts-Basic synosis of the film, Income and Expenditure, Notes to Staff and future developments.The goal of Footprints Filmworks and the associate companies we advertise with, is to bridge gaps to create blockbuster films, create “dreamy” website channels, to be market makers and to be “the best” at providing our people “the best” customer service. Footprints Filmworks chooses to be the fastest growing company in South Africa in 2010.
    –Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 2
    Footprints in South Africa—Basic Synopsis—
    Act 1 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
    *Introduction of South Africa-Includes “black and white photographs” from the year 1500-2025.
    *Includes stories from “old pioneers” from the community of South Africa-White, Black, Indian, Coloured. This is the “power history introduction” filmed in black and white to create effect for audience.
    *Filmed 2nd week of February 2010—Film Location—Union Buildings, Pretoria Central, Laudium, and Waterkloof.
    * Act 1 Scene 1 of film estimated time-four minutes (4)
    Act 1 Scene 2
    *Introduction of Footprints Filmworks and filmed business advert of company including promotion of the companies core business ethics and philosophies, the companies associated companies, the companies shareholders and the “powerhouse team” of Footprints Filmworks-includes a welcome from Managing Directors, Marketing Staff, Photographers, Videographers, Web Designers, Media Personalities, Ministers and Models.
    *Filmed in the 3rd week of February 2010—Film footage required—30minutes—Film location—Zoo lake.
    * Act 1 Scene 2 of film estimated time-Three minutes (3)
    Act 1 Scene 3
    *Helicopter, Balloon ride or Arial photographs and video footage of South Africa from Johannesburg, Pretoria, and two other communities. Includes Video footage with no actors. Includes Voiceovers and “Ubuntu Music” or South African National Anthem with flags and “past presidents.”
    *Act 1 Scene 2 of film estimated time—Three minutes(3)
    Act 1 Scene 4
    *Business commerical Advert for local business in South Africa—Serves as revenue for the film.This will be filmed in the 4th week of February 2010.
    *Act 1 Scene 4 of film estimated time—Three minutes (3)
    Total time for “Footprints in South Africa” edited footage—Act 1—13 minutes.

    –Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 3
    Act 2 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
    *South African Apartheid Era-Stories from military personnal, bitter whites, “struggling blacks” and Indians who profited from the Apartheid reigim. The Apartheid reigm’s influence on the global community and what Apartheid stood for. Includes photographs and pictures of leaders of the 1950’s-1990’s. Filmed in Valhalla, Laudium, Soweto and Alexandria. This can include the “aparheid musems” and statues of Nelson Mandela in Sandton.
    *Filmed in the 1st week of March 2010.
    *Film Footage of Act 2 Scene 1 to be edited to film.—four minutes. (4)
    Act 2 Scene 2
    *Introduction of President of South Africa Omar Abdulla.—filmed at the Union Buildings with 150 000 crowd. (Crown to be added by videographers and photographers)
    *President of South Africa Omar Abdulla inaugration 25 October 2023.
    *Includes Presidential Speech to the nation and What South African’s can expect from his leadershipship.
    *Filmed in the 2nd week of February 2010.
    *Estimated time to be added to “Footprints in South Africa,”—three minutes (3)
    Act 2 Scene 3
    *Areas of South Africa to cover includes video footage, stories, “exclusive interviews” and “reality life” living in South Africa.
    * Sections in Act 2 Scene 3 to cover;
    Military of South Africa—Shot at the MSA of South Africa-Johannesburg—(3 minutes)
    Correctional Services of South Africa—Shot at “New Lock Prison” or “Attriggville Prison”–(3 minutes)
    Health Sector of South Africa—Shot at a local hospital in South Africa—(3 minutes)
    Farming and Agriculture of South Africa—Shot at a local farm in South Africa—(3 minutes)
    –Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com—Page 4
    Act 2 Scene 4-
    *Business Commercial from the community of South Africa.
    * Edited time of commercial—three minutes.(3)
    *Filmed in the 3rd week of March 2010.Total time edited “Footprints in South Africa” footage ACT1(13minutes) + ACT 2(22 minutes)=35 minutes of actual film produced by end March 2010.
    Act 3 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
    *Exclusive Interviews with a cross section of the South African community. Includes eight/one minute interviews. Stories MUST be unique from one another and include the story about the white man, the story about the black man, the story about the coloured man, the story about the Indian man and their stories about WHAT they think about one another. The aim is to bring the cross section of the community together.
    *Filmed in Laudium, Escourt, Lenasia, Harrismith.
    *Act 3 is a one week trip from Gauteng to Kwazulu Natal.
    * Act 3 is filmed “on the roads of South Africa.”
    *Act 3 is filmed in the 2nd week of April.
    *Act3 Scene 1 is a total of eight minutes edited film footage. (8 minutes)
    Act 3 Scene 2-
    *Includes Snapshots of Kwazulu Natal including Oceans, Mountains, Rainbows and “Natural elements of South Africa.” Includes Voiceover and Music. No Actors.
    *Edited film footage to “Footprints in South Africa,”-four minutes.(4)
    *Filmed in the 2nd week of April whilst travelling from Gauteng to Kwazulu Natal.
    Act 3 Scene 3-
    *Business commercial from Kwazulu Natal.
    * Edited “Footprints in South Africa” footage—three minutes(3)
    *Filmed in the 3rd week of March 2010.
    —————————————————————————————————————————————–Total Summary of Time of “Footprints in South Africa” ACT1+ACT2+ACT3 (15 minutes) =50 minutes.
    –Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 5
    Act 4 Scene 1—“Footprints in South Africa”
    *FF: News Bulletin. This is a News Bulletin to be emailed and distributed for television purposes but will be included in the film.
    *FF: News for this bulletin will include President of South Africa Omar Abdulla appearing at the G16 summit in Poland. This summit is filmed in South Africa and includes local South African’s acting as foreigners. The FF: News bulletin is a “roundtable” conference discussing the Banking and Financial Sector of South Africa.
    *FF: News is to be filmed in Studio and includes backdrops of local banks and Reserve Banks. The goal of the FF: News bulletin is to promote South Africa overseas.
    *This will be filmed with 16 people in a conference room in the 1st week of April and must be filmed as an actual television broadcast to media businesses.
    *Edited Footage to film “Footprints in South Africa”-Five minutes (5)
    Act 4 Scene 2-
    *Monetary and Fiscal policy of South Africa including Past and Present minister notations about the future economy of South Africa. This S c e n e should include speeches and interviews by local government ministers about the state of the economy including growth forecasts of GPD, PPI, CPI, and RSI.
    *Filmed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange—Week 2—February 2010.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRWLNUVHuFI

    * Edited Video footage to be added to “Footprints in South Africa”-four minutes (4)
    Act 4 Scene 3—
    • Introduction to BEE and the role black businessman play in South Africa.
    • Includes “Exclusive Interviews with four black businessmen.”
    • The role South African’s play in the global African Trade Industry.
    • South Africa’s growth in monetary terms since our democracy.
    • Estimated Edited Video Footage to be added to “Footprints in South Africa”—Four Minutes (4)
    • Filmed in the 3rd week of April 2010.
    ————————————————————————————————————————————-
    Act 4 Scene 4
    • Business Commercial—Three Minutes (3)///Act1+ACT2+ACT3+Act4 (16 minutes)=66 minutes.
    –The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com—Page 6
    Act 5 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
    *Act 5 Scene 1 deals with the Travel and Transport sector of South Africa. We have included railways, airplanes, “taxis”, cars, boats, shipping, walking and “new methods” of transport. We include and promote South Africa from “within her own borders.”
    *Act 5 Scene 1 has different camera tricks by our videographers that create a “landscape” view for the audience from the cross section of South Africa.
    *The goal of this act is to promote safe traveling and the promotion of “new areas” and “ancient myths” of South Africa. This can include the filming of “The Cradle of Humankind” “The Cape Sea Point”, “Robben Island” and “The Water Wells.”
    *Act 5 is filmed in the Western Cape in the 2nd Week of May 2010.
    *Edited film time– Travel and Transport Sector of South Africa—six minutes (6)
    Act 5 Scene 2-
    *Since the 2nd and 3rd week of May will be spent in the Western Cape, the footprints team can compile “bonus footage” to the audience that has never been seen or heard before. This can include “The Garden Route”, Lush Gardens, Mountainous Regions, South African Forestry, The South African Animal Life and Bonus features for the audience.
    *Act 5 Scene 2 is to promote the Western Cape, The Atlantic Ocean, The fishing Industry and “The family life of White South Africans.”
    *Act 5 Scene 2—Estimated video footage of “Footprints in South Africa”—Four Minutes (4)
    ACT 5 Scene 3
    *This scene shows the home life of the rich, the poor, the intermediate class and the super rich of South Africans. We have four home interviews with a billionaire, a man who lives in a squatter camp, a woman who is divorced growing her children up and even our own President Omar Abdulla.
    These four Interviews with home owners will include a total of Ten minutes for the film. (10 minutes)
    ACT 5 Scene 4
    • Business Commercial (3 minutes—edited time)
    Total Time of film by end May 2010-ACT1+ACT2+ACT3+ACT4+ACT5 (23minutes)=89 Minutes
    5 ACTS/20 Scenes/5 commercials/4months/”Footprints in South Africa.”

    –The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 7
    Act 6 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
    *FF: News Bulletin. This is a news bulletin where President of South Africa Omar Abdulla arrives in Los Angeles for the signing of the eight nations Peace Agreement. This is filmed in South Africa using Los Angeles “City life” footage. The Peace Treaty is an agreement between eight countries to abide by certain “world order” governments. We use local South African people to act this scene out in a professional manner. This is to be shot in Studio as a television broadcast.
    *This Scene is to be shot in the 2nd week of June 2010, but filmed as the year June 2025.
    *Total edited time to be added to film “Footprints in South Africa” –Five Minutes (5)
    Act 6 Scene 2
    *This scene covers the educational system of South Africa including schools and universities. This is four interviews with school teachers and four interviews with learners of South Africa. This is the success story of the cross section of South Africa.
    *This scene is to be filmed at UNISA, The Footprints University, The Pretoria University and the Westville University. The schools we will cover are Hillside Primary School, Lenasia Muslim School, Waldolf Schools and Nirvana High School.
    *This scene is to be filmed in the 4th week of June 2010.
    *Estimated edited video footage for “Footprints in South Africa”= nine minutes. (9)
    Act 6 Scene 3
    *This Scene is the romantic nature of the President of South Africa Omar Abdulla and includes a romantic dance with his woman and the dreams he shares with her. The music that we will use is local South African music to create “the dreamy experience” of the film.
    * This Scene will be filmed in the 1st week of July and covers edited time of four minutes (4)
    Act 6 Scene 4
    *This scene covers “the lighter element” of South Africa and covers prank camera, standup comedy, local mimics and clowns. This is to create a lighter element whilst watching the film and making it easier to keep focus on the stars of the film. These comic acts are acted out by people whom we have associated ourselves with and the prank camera is “acted” out by our actors and personalities.
    * This Scene covers filming in the 2nd week of July and covers edited time of six minutes (6)
    –The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 8
    Act 6 Scene 5
    • This Scene covers “internal public relationships” within the community of South Africa and covers scenes of black women telling their stories about their husbands, husbands telling stories of their children, children telling stories of their parents.
    • This act covers the family life of “ordinary” South African’s and includes “exclusive interviews” with four families of South Africa from four different communities.
    • This Scene is shot in the 2nd week of July 2010–Edited time for film “Footprints in South Africa,”= eight minutes (8)
    Act 6 Scene 6
    Business Commercial—Shot in the 3rd week of July 2010—Edited time three minutes (3)
    Total Time of “Footprints in South Africa”
    ACT1+ACT2+ACT3+ACT4+ACT5+ACT6 (35 minutes)= 124 minutes
    6ACTS/26 Scenes/6 commercials/6months/”Footprints in South Africa.”
    Act 7 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
    *This act is the travel to Polokwane and includes visits to the ZCC Church, The Darus Salaam Masjid, The Christian Baptist Church and The Rama Krishna Temple. This act provides the “daily prayer” of South African’s and their stories and belief systems about God and “the greater being.”
    *This scene includes conversations with black women and children and the “Ubuntu” life of residents of Polokwane.
    *This scene includes video footage, pictures, and conversations by everyday South African’s telling their stories about traveling to the city to find jobs and improve the labor force of South Africa.
    *This act is filmed in Polokwane in the 1st week of August 2010.
    *Edited footage to be added to “Footprints in South Africa,”= six minutes (6)
    Act 7 Scene 2
    *This scene tells a quick snapshot of the Indian community of Nirvana including stories from local Indians and business owners. The Polokwane Indian businessman’s viewpoints and stories of their grandparents traveling from India to settle in South Africa. This covers local shopping Malls in the surrounding areas including social and academic life of the “ordinary” Indian of South Africa. Whilst the footprints team is in Polokwane we can get the cross spectrum of stories from people on the street and living in their “dwellings.”
    *This scene is to be filmed in the 1st week of August 2010.
    *Total edited time for Act 7 scene 3-four minutes (4)

    –Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
    Page 9
    Act 7 Scene 3
    *Local African Dance done by President of South Africa Omar Abdulla around a “bola” fire with the black community of South Africa. This includes him mingling with the black “community” of South Africa including the shaking of hands and a “Speech” after the African dance.
    *Act 7 Scene 3 is estimated to be shot in Polokwane in the 1st week of August 2010.
    *Act 7 Scene 3 is estimated to be edited to a total of five minutes (5)
    Act 7 Scene 4
    *Business Commercial—three minutes edited time for” Footprints in South Africa”
    *Filmed in the 2nd week of August 2010. (3 minutes)
    ACT1+ACT2+ACT3+ACT4=ACT5=ACT6=ACT7 (18minutes)=142 minutes
    Act 8 Scene 1 –“Footprints in South Africa”
    *Business Commercial—three minutes edited time for “Footprints in South Africa”
    *Filmed in the 3rd week of August 2010. (3 minutes)
    ——————————————————————————————————————————————Act 8 Scene 2-“Footprints in South Africa”
    *Bonus features and “fun experiences” whilst the making of “Footprints in South Africa”- Includes mistakes made by actors, presenters, cameraman and models.
    *Closing and “special thanks” by cast and crew of Footprints Filmworks.
    *Filmed in the 4th week of August 2010. –Edited footage of ACT 8 Scene 2 -five minutes (5)
    Footprints Filmworks has allocated an additional one month for “duel schedules” of our team.
    Total running time: 150 minutes
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    by Farhad Abdulla
    on 29. Jan, 2010

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