All state hospitals in Gauteng have failed safety tests the Democratic Alliance (DA) revealed on Thursday citing a written reply from Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa in the Gauteng Legislature. “All Gauteng health facilities inspected by the Department of Labour for bio-hazard and other safety issues in the last three years have failed to meet the..
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Revealed: All Gauteng state hospitals flunk safety tests
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“Die stem” must fall – Malema
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is demanding of the South African government to delete Die Stem from the country’s official anthem. EFF tabled the demand while they were marking the 120th anniversary of Sontonga’s Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. “…We mark the 120th anniversary of the death of Enoch Sontonga who composed Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika. “On this..
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“Stress is a ‘white man’s disease” comment got Zuma in hot water.
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Clinical psychologists and a Zulu culture expert have punched holes in President Jacob Zuma’s claim that stress is a “white man’s disease”. Zuma said Zulu people did not suffer from it as it was a foreign concept to them. Brushing aside calls for him to step down during his 75th birthday bash in Kliptown‚ he..
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Zuma refuses to be jailed
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The defiant president was reportedly telling his opponents in the ANC why he is clinging to power. According to a report on News24 on Tuesday morning, President Jacob Zuma told the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) that he could never step down, as that would be like “handing himself over to the enemy”, which wants..
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Disgraced Hawks Boss Refuse to Quite
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The disgraced Hawks boss believes only parliament can remove him, and he does not care what the courts or the minister think. It is been reported that disgraced Hawks boss Mthandazo “Berning” Ntlemeza has no intentions of quitting, and in fact intends to stay on until 2022, when the 61-year-old’s term officially ends. He told..
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The Secret Balloting System might come back and bite us.
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This past week, as another large protest against corruption and the rule of President Jacob Zuma took place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, it was hard not to compare it with the gathering at Kliptown in Soweto that Zuma himself presided over on the same day. It was the president’s 75th birthday, among other..
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Enough is Enough: Stop White Genocide Now
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Over a two year time span, South African Claudine Van Wyk lost three beloved family members in a series of gruesome farm attacks in the troubled African nation. Her story is hardly unique. The horrendous violence that has become so common in South Africa is a terror that even Crossborder violence or irrational violence against..
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Zuma will only step down if ANC ask him to do so !!
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Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma lamented his pensioner days ahead and told African National Congress (ANC) supporters gathered at his 75th birthday celebrations in Soweto on Wednesday, that he would resign if asked to do so by the governing party. Speaking mainly in isiZulu, Zuma said he would be active at his branch once he..
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“MPs must serve the people, not political parties” – Mbeki
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Former President Thabo Mbeki has weighed in on the debate around Parliament removing the current president, saying MPs are not beholden to their party. Instead, they must vote according to the wishes of the people that put them there. In a letter in The Star on Tuesday, Mbeki said: “It is obvious and logical that..
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What Comes After The ANC? Revisiting Our Vision Of Tomorrow
“Last week’s marches were racist” – Zuma
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President Jacob Zuma on Monday described last week’s protests demanding that he resign as racist. Tens of thousands of demonstrators, angered by years of corruption scandals, record unemployment and slowing economic growth under Zuma’s rule, marched through cities on Friday. Zuma’s recent sacking of finance minister Pravin Gordhan unleashed a fresh bout of public frustration,..
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White people who own land in SA – bought it or negotiated for it !!
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The general assumption that land was stolen from black people is not correct, this is according to Congress of the People (Cope) leader Mosiuoa Lekota. Speaking on Talk Radio 702 on Monday, Lekota said that white people who own land in South Africa bought it following negotiations which saw the introduction of title deeds. “This..
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Farmers are smiling … for now !!
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Laurens Schlebusch farms with crops and livestock in the Free State. Looking around his farmlands, he says the drought has almost certainly been broken. He has just been driving through his crops of sunflower and maize. “Compared to last year, it looks much better. Our crops look good and the veld looks much better. We..
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Prasa board reinstated and Transport Minister to pay the costs
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PRETORIA – The High Court in Pretoria has reinstated the Prasa board headed by chairperson Popo Molefe. Molefe and the other ousted members had asked the court to set aside then Transport Minister Dipuo Peters’ decision to dissolve the board, saying it was irrational and unlawful. Peters, who has now been removed as minister, took..
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