Concern has been raised over the government laying out R30 million on three official state funerals since April and declaring the expenditure “unforeseeable and unavoidable”. Continue reading…
A very subdued #BlackMonday protest has seen white South Africans march to the US Embassy in Pretoria, in a bid to halt farm murders. The subdued demos have seen the group march to the American Embassy in Pretoria, to hand over a memorandum which asks Donald Trump for intervention on this topic. On a serious.. Continue reading…
Fears of the white minority and just talking about the expropriation of land without seeking to implement it will not help further South Africa’s liberation. This is according to national executive committee member of the ANC and minister of home affairs, Malusi Gigaba. He made the comments in Germiston, Ekurhuleni on Friday evening at an.. Continue reading…
SA Express is losing more than R1 million a day, paying leases on aircrafts that lie idle in hangars because they are too unsafe to fly. This all is funded by the South-African taxpayer. In the week that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced a R1.2 billion bailout for the sinking state-owned airline, five senior aviation.. Continue reading…
A Zimbabwean court is reportedly set to hear how soldiers recently fired gunshots and teargas at farmers who resisted eviction to make way for the establishment of an army base near Domboshawa, one of the country’s prime farming areas.
The media claims that the ANC received R2 million as a donation from VBS Mutual Bank’s. The communist ANC responded by saying that they are only aware of a R250,000 donation to buy a table during the party’s birthday. Observers states if what appeared in the media is indeed true, the money must be refunded… Continue reading…
Land allocated to local communities after land claim is now the focus of a dispute between the owners, the state and the Ingonyama Trust of Zwelithini. After several lands claim has been granted, the 30 owners of 11,000 hectares of land, worth R3 billion, want to sell it to the ANC-government for R760 million. This.. Continue reading…
Grond wat aan plaaslike gemeenskappe toegeken is na ‘n grond-eis is nou die fokus van ‘n twis tussen die eienaars, die staat en die Ingonyama Trust van Zwelithini.
Na die grondeis toegestaan is wil die 30 eienaars van 11,000 hektaar grond, ter waarde van R3 miljard, dit verkoop aan die regering vir R760 miljoen.
Dit staaf die feit dat “die mense” nie grond soek nie, maar eerder geld, en dit word gesien waar eens welvarende plase tot niet gaan sodra die grond oorgedra word aan swart begunstigdes.
Wat die saak verder interessant maak is dat Zwelithini nou die grond opeis as deel van grond beskou wat aan die Zoeloe-nasie behoort aangesien die eienaars onderdane van die Zoeloe koning is.
Waarnemers meen egter die 2,8 miljoen hektaar in sy besit is reeds genoeg en hy behoort nie nog grond te ontvang nie, maar wys ook daarop dat dit alles deel van n magspel is.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially launched a new multibillion-rand train manufacturing factory at Dunnottar Park in Nigel, Gauteng, during the past week. Dunnottar Park train factory – the facts and figures The 72-hectare site at Dunnottar Park, which cost R1 billion, consists of a Supplier Park and Rail Training School, which will manufacture, assemble, test,.. Continue reading…
South Africa recently hosted a Jobs Summit that brought key stakeholders –government, business and labour – under one roof to find better ways of tackling the country’s stubbornly high unemployment rate. Anchored by the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in his new broom sweeps clean posture, the summit promised a lot but delivered very little substance… Continue reading…
“It does not make sense that R8 out of R10 goes to salaries and unions still demand service. Where will the money come from?” – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni……. Continue reading…
Eskom maintains that it is entitled to a 90% increase, but, in order to spare the average South African consumer, it will settle for less. Continue reading…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni has announced a R9.1-billion bailout of struggling state-owned companies such as national carrier SAA and regional airline SA Express. In his first medium term budget policy statement to parliament on Wednesday‚ Mboweni announced that the troubled SAA would once more be recapitalised by the taxpayer to the tune of R5-billion. This.. Continue reading…