There is a line in Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s brutally honest 2019 Budget Speech that I can’t get out of my head. “We are borrowing R1.2bn a day.” Read that again. Let it sink in. If you ever doubted that South Africa’s economy was in deep, deep trouble, doubt no more. Some perspective: R1.2bn is..
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Mboweni’s truths: We are bankrupt and people will lose their jobs – If you ever doubted that South Africa’s economy was in deep, deep trouble, doubt no more
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According to research, many South Africans are ‘too broke to retire’
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A large number of South Africans earning at least R15,000 a month are delaying retirement because they simply can’t afford it, a survey found. South Africans’ spending habits and aspirations were at odds with reality, a survey by money lender Wonga has shown. Meanwhile, research also shows that many people are simply too broke to..
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Free State municipal building torched by illegal protectors, regarding lack of service delivery
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A municipal building was set alight in the Boshof area in the Tokologo Local Municipality in the Free State, just a few days after residents of Seretse Township near Boshof embarked on an illegal protest against the municipality on Wednesday. Police spokesperson, Thabo Covane, tells OFM News the disgruntled residents were warned by the Public..
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Syndicate, corrupt officials and even police officers work together in illegal land grabs
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Residents in the Lenasia neighborhood, previously an Indian neighborhood, are busy protesting. The protest stems from the growing number of squatters who set up their huts in the south of Lenasia. They regard this illegal land occupation as a risk to their safety and that it affects the value of properties. The neighborhood is now..
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Naspers (Netwerk24) Makes Profit From Our Misery – Hides Genocide Behind Pay Wall. How You Unknowingly Promote Their Sales and Propaganda, and Your Eradication
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NASPERS (Network24, News24) asked us to remove this post below. What is it that Netwerk24 wants to hide from poor people from SA, who cannot afford subscriptions to NASPERS or Medical Funds? Do NASPERS want poor people to be under the wrong impression that state hospitals are absolutely good, and when they arrive in an emergency, are they left for dead by negligence, which is not only deliberate, but also often racist? As many people are now discovering, mass media have long forgotten what real journalism is, and they rather just repeat the excuses of the authorities, rather than pointing out the reasons for the misery.
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Controversial Public Protector found that Cyril lied to parliament about R500,000 payment from Bosasa
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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhebane found in her inquiry report that the payment of R500,000 to Ramaphose by Bosasa, was wrongful and that the president is guilty of violating the code of ethics for executive members . Ramaphosa argued the money was deposited into a trust account for services rendered by his son, Andile. Mkhebane, released..
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Cyril says he condemns farm murders just like other murders, but why doesn’t he take action?
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Cyril Ramaphosa responded to dr. Pieter Groenewald’s question to him in parliament by answering that he condemned farm murders just like the murder of any other South African, but believes that ethnicity must be overlooked because every life has equal value. He points out that in November 2018, in response to a parliamentary question, he..
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Malema claims EFF deputy leader Shivambu is being targeted by an assassin
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The leader of the EFF, Julius Malema claims that Floyd Shivambu, the deputy leader of the party’s,is in danger based on evidence of an intelligence report hold at the SAPS’s crime intelligence entity. According to the report, Shivambu is being targeted by an already-identified assassin. Netwerk 24 reports that although the (police) minister has the..
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SAPS Operator of 10111 Emergency Number drops phone call while terrified woman pleads for help as she suspected a burglar was in her house
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A 23-year-old Cape Town woman, living right across the Table View police station, phoned the police’s 10111 emergency number at 06:17 on Wednesday morning, and pleaded for help as she suspected a burglar was in her house. Until her bitter shock, the operator dropped the phone call after 25 seconds, without giving any assistance. According..
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Angry students disrupt lectures and blockaded the main entrance to the Westville campus by burning furniture and debris over registrations
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The student representatives council (SCR) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is expected to meet the institution’s vice-chancellor on Friday.
This follows disruptions at the university’s Westville campus on Wednesday. Angry students disrupted lectures and blockaded the main entrance to the university by burning furniture and debris.
The executive director for corporate relations at UKZN, Ashton Bodrick, confirmed that the university remained open and that academic programmes would continue as scheduled, despite further protests by students on Thursday.
“Some students on the Westville campus continued with their protest action this morning. We have received reports that some lectures were disrupted. The executive management committee (EMC) has given due consideration to the matters raised by the students and is engaging the SRC leadership on a way forward.”
UKZN SRC president Sanele Hlongwa told TimesLIVE that calm had been restored at the university
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BLF heads to court over IEC’s ‘unjust decision’ to de-register it as political party – believes that they have “strong prospects of success” on appeal
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BLF deputy president Zanele Lwana said in a statement on Wednesday that the IEC had made an “unjust decision”. “This is a banning order against BLF.” The IEC announced in a statement on Monday it was de-registering the BLF as a political party, after the FF+ appealed against the BLF’s registration because it excluded membership..
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Continuous service protests by barbaric protesters in SA threaten people’s safety
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The incident near Uniondale in the Southern Cape where a farmer, according to media reports, shot at protesters who were reportedly participating in a violent protest action and blocking roads serves as proof that these service delivery protests can lead to the loss of life as members of the public may feel that their safety..
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SANDF cannot prevent illegal immigration due to lack of finance, nor is it trained to combat urban civilian violence on Cape Flats
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Head of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF), General Solly Shoke, as well as Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, admitted during the parliamentary session that SANDF has financial difficulties. It is also said that the deployment of the military to counter gang violence on the Cape Flats is not feasible because the army is not trained to combat urban civilian violence. SANDF troops have been in Cape Town for a week, but have not yet left the barracks because they are waiting for intelligence reports and still waiting on a withdrawal strategy.
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EFF clash with FF+ after EFF member calls Afrikaans a “disturbing” language and the language of the white oppressor
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Tempers flared during the arts and culture budget debate on Tuesday, just five days after the EFF caused some thoroughly unsavoury scenes in Parliament by confronting Pravin Gordhan. Thankfully, this latest altercation with the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) remains only a war of words – but civility is still lacking.
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Missing: Mentally unstable policeman from Kwa-Thema – how was he recruited if he is mentally unstable?
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Police in Kwa-Thema are appealing to the members of the public who may know the whereabouts of Constable Siphamandla Jobe (26). He was last seen on 11 July 2019, at about 05:00. During his disappearance, he was wearing boxer shorts, yellow t-shirt, an SAPS ceremonial jacket, a tie and he was also barefoot. The member..
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