The public hearings process is currently underway. The city of Port Elizabeth, capital of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, is due to be renamed as a means of historical redress. Continue reading…
A constitutional amendment for expropriation without compensation is a done deal. In Parliament’s joint constitutional review committee on Tuesday the ANC and EFF, with support of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) and National Freedom Party (NFP), supported this. They have the numbers, both in the committee where it is expected to come to a vote,.. Continue reading…
The FF Plus strongly condemns the apparently blatant racial discrimination of General Smuts High School in Vereeniging who fired sixteen white teachers and administrative staff because the school apparently “could not afford them” but soon replaced them with black staff members. The retired teachers have used the CCMA to grant a six month salary reward.. Continue reading…
“There really is no excuse not to pay outstanding fines unless the intent is not to pay at all. If that is the case, then I have no sympathy for individuals who do find themselves in the queue at a roadblock or checkpoint.” – City of Cape Town’s JP Smith Continue reading…
MPs serving on the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) have told the SABC top brass that it was unfair of them to retrench ordinary workers while the public broadcaster was spending millions of rands on parties and bonuses. The SABC board and its senior executives, including CEO Madoda Mxakwe and head of human resources.. Continue reading…
Spys say that Mabuza’s Russian stay is connected to a poisoning incident that took place three years ago. In 2015, he was flown to the “Kremlin Hospital” by way of a Gupta-owned jet. Continue reading…
Solidarity today said that employees must once again be on the receiving end of poor management decisions and plundering at the SABC that are paralysing the SABC. Continue reading…
Eskom’s stock coal at the 15 power stations is still low and the possibility of power interruptions becomes an even greater possibility. Eskom is now trying to get new suppliers to fill the coal shortage. Of the 15 power stations, only 4 stations have sufficient coal. The coal producers now enter the rainy season, which.. Continue reading…
The Africans have perfected blame shifting. It’s never his fault, it’s always someone else or the ancestors who are angry. In SA, apartheid became the big scapegoat. Everything that goes wrong or breaks or lacks is the blame of the white man and his apartheid. Now, the president of the country (he was second in.. Continue reading…
Municipal and city council debt to Eskom is in an upward spiral with the latest figures of R17 billion by the end of September. The same pattern is found at the various waters where little progress is made with debt collection. A number of recommendations have been made but no decision has yet been taken.. Continue reading…
South African Airways seems to be a bottomless pit. South African Airways (SAA) has already spent more than half of its recently approved R5 billion government bailout. Continue reading…
(Citizen reports:) Some former ‘anti-apartheid soldiers’ who are now in line for handsome increased salaries weren’t even alive during apartheid. Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday revealed further damning evidence that proposed promotions for police officers who ostensibly fought in the struggle are highly questionable, given that so many of these officers in line for more.. Continue reading…