Unconfirmed reports are currently rising over the possibility that Ramaphosa could dismiss the ministers who previously supported Jacob Zuma. The ANC president earlier indicated that he would set up a much smaller cabinet in order to trim the expenses, and that he plans to reshuffle the cabinet. This may indicate that the “Zuma Ministers” are..
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Cyril indicates that he is going to put together much smaller cabinet to cut expenses, which may mean that the “Zuma Ministers” will bite the dust
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Election cost taxpayers billions of rand, SA’s struggling economy has taken a step closer towards junk status
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Apart from the fact that taxpayers had to foot the bill for the state’s expenses, the amount of which is unknown, but has amounted to millions. The recent election has pushed the struggling economy another step closer towards junk status with the tremendous expense of political parties. The ANC spent more than one billion in..
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Unpaid Alex school subsidy could lead to Lesufi’s arrest – school alleges they were deprived of their 2016 subsidy for unexplained reasons
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The High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi and his department contravened a court order attained after they allegedly did not pay annual subsidies owed to the Liberty Community College in Alexandra township. Failure to pay the subsidy could now lead to Lesufi’s arrest, IOL reports. The department will also..
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City of Tshwane residents, this is where your tax money is going to – Tshwane spends R60 000 daily on abandoned business park
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The City of Tshwane is spending at least R60 000 daily on the abandoned R525 million Business Processing Outsourcing park (BPO) in Hammanskraal. Launched in 2016 by the then ANC administration, the project promised to create 3000 jobs through on-site training, technical support and incubators for small and medium micro-enterprises. It stalled under the watch..
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Political violence commencing merely one week after national elections – ANC councillor’s house torched in Randfontein with petrol bomb
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Gauteng police have called on the public to come forward with any information regarding the petrol bombing of a councillor’s house in Mohlakeng, Randfontein. The incident took place during the early hours of Sunday morning. “There were three unused petrol bombs which were found around the area, but so far we are investigating the circumstances..
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Teach maths, science and IT instead of masturbation, after Department of Basic Education’s new life skill curriculum caused a stir on social media
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Minister Angie Motshekga and her department should hang their heads in shame for prioritising masturbation, party president Kenneth Meshoe says. The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) said on Monday that the country’s basic education minister and her department should hang their heads in shame for prioritising the teaching of masturbation over maths, science and Information..
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eThekwini mayor Zandile, ally of former president Jacob Zuma, in hot water over R25 million toilet scam
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eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede will be appearing in the regional commercial crimes court in Durban on Tuesday, in what is expected to become one of the most high-profile corruption cases in recent years. Gumede is expected to be handing herself over to the Hawks, following which she will be appearing in court on a string..
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These are apparently some of the perks of holding an executive position at Transnet – The high life of a Herbert Msagala includes 6 cars, 4 properties and a very posh home even though this state owned entity is bankrupt?
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Forensic report found exec bought six cars – including a Maserati – four properties and a posh home in Steyn City. He bought a top-of-the-range Maserati Coupé, four properties for cash in just seven months and received a fat deposit for his posh house paid for by a service provider. The details of how Herbert..
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Nedbank pockets R780m from the parastatal Transnet -Nedbank is the latest in a long list of private sector companies to be implicated in state capture
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The banking sector will be rocked by allegations of corruption this week, when Transnet tells the commission of inquiry into state capture about Nedbank’s involvement in a controversial deal which saw the bank pocket R780 million from the parastatal. This week, Transnet’s acting chief executive, Mohammed Mahomedy, will appear before the state capture inquiry where..
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Orania,the whites-only town did the unfathomable in 2019 Elections: EFF secure 3.73% of the vote in Orania
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None of us expected this one: There was a substantial EFF presence in Orania this week, as some voters in the whites-only town did the unfathomable. An an incredible turn of events, the Afrikaner enclave of Orania has seen a number of voters opt for the least likely option on the ballot paper: The EFF..
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Would you let a stranger talk to your child about sex? New “life orientation” curriculum for SA schools to interrupt childhood development of grade 4’s!
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The life orientation curriculum is hooking up with the 21st century. From next year, textbooks for pupils in grades 4 to 12 will reflect a “cutting edge” curriculum that treats masturbation, sexual consent, gender nonconformity and single-parent families as mainstream. Sex therapist Dr Marlene Wasserman (Dr Eve), one of 80 experts who have overhauled the..
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What societal model has the ANC, the party of Nelson Mandela, built in the stead of apartheid – do we finally admit that post-apartheid South Africa has failed as it re-elects hopeless ANC again?
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The ANC has yet again won a majority in South Africa’s general election despite its disastrous record, killing hope that the country will turn in the right direction. And the West must stop pretending this is just a glitch. What’s wrong with the country that went to the polls on Wednesday to vote for a..
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Sh*thole country? – Swimming, surfing and fishing banned in Durban due to raw sewage in water – surf contest, been called to protect the safety and health of surfers
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Swimming, surfing and fishing have been banned in Durban due to raw sewage in the water. Hundreds of thousands of litres of raw sewage is flowing into the port every hour. The eThekwini municipality’s health unit, on Thursday, ordered the City’s parks, recreation and culture department to ban all bathing on Durban’s beaches until further..
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Anger at poor public service delivery in SA townships: ‘If this is freedom, then I don’t want it,’ says Eastern Cape granny –But still the majority people are voting for the ANC
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Eighty-year-old Nothembinkosi Nontsasa cuts a defeated figure, sitting outside her crumbling home in Dlibona village in the small Eastern Cape town of Flagstaff, GroundUp reports. Her adult children can’t get IDs, so the family of six survives off her old age pension. Family and neighbours say the government has failed her, as she lives in..
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Crime does not discriminate in SA – A traumatic altercation in with armed robbers has left Saftu’s general secretary and his wife in “desperate need of counselling
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A “harrowing” run-in with eight armed robbers has left SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and his wife Noluthando in “desperate need of counselling”. That’s life, unfortunately,” Vavi tweeted on Sunday following the incident on Friday evening in Morningside Manor, Johannesburg. The armed robbers beat up two security guards before entering..
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