The latest data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) points to a flat month in August for petrol prices – though there may be good news for diesel drivers. At mid-month, the group is showing a small increase in both grades of petrol for August, with pump prices expected to go up 7 cents per..
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Petrol Price expected to go up 7 cents for 95 octane and 4 cents for 93 grade
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Soweto’s huge debt burden amounts to more than R17 billion, where illegal power connections are more the rule than the exception in residential areas
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Soweto has been identified as the great sinner when it comes to outstanding debt to Eskom. The latest figures show that Soweto’s debt to the power provider is over R17bn. Last week, technicians threatened that they would no longer perform repairs in neighborhoods where their security is threatened, areas effected including Soweto. Herman Mashaba, the..
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ANC sued by car rental company for failing to pay R5.7 million for 595 cars
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An Ekurhuleni-based car rental company is suing the ANC for more than R5.7 million, including interest, after the governing party failed to pay for the 595 motor vehicles it rented ahead of its Nasrec conference, held in December 2017. Sizwe Car Rental, based in Isando, east of Johannesburg, applied to the Pretoria High Court earlier..
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The despicable ANC has turned this Modimolle Limpopo chicken farm into a sh*thole
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Driving outside Modimolle with my son, I was shocked to stumble on this abandoned chicken farm…It looked like a once productive farm I was told by the neighbour it was given to a comrade by the ANC government. The comrade never lived on the land. These chicken houses are usually R1.5 million for a single..
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SA taxpayers to fund over R76 million for politicians who did not return to parliament after this year’s national election
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Government will spend over R76 million of taxpayer’s money on ‘loss-of-office gratuities’ for politicians who did not return to parliament after this year’s national election. The Sunday Times reports that this figure is set to continue rising in the coming weeks as payments are still being processed. The gratuities will be paid to former ministers..
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Bloodhounds are sucking SA motorists dry so that the ANC can benefit – total fuel tax comes to R5.73 now while little of the levy is intended for the right purpose due to corruption and mismanagement
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A newly released report shows that South Africa’s motorists are being “sucked dry” with heavy levies while little of its intended for the right purpose. Ten years ago, the total tax on fuel was R1.77 and now it has become R5.73 per liter. Financial experts point out that the government is abusing the fuel levy..
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More than 12,000 jobs in poultry industry can be lost – SA industry was harmed by ANC regime when tons of frozen, poorer quality chicken carcasses where imported from USA
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The poultry industry is facing a new crisis that could cause more than 12,000 jobs to be lost in the industry. The SA Poultry Association is accused of having employed a so-called “gate-waiting” strategy when applying their 82% tariff increase to poultry imports. The application was sent to the International Trade Administration Committee, which has..
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Humour has it that ANC regime can reduce SA’s debt burden by increasing VAT to 20% – nobody is keeping pace with the fact that corruption are the cause of state debt
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The government should increase the VAT rate by at least 5% to reduce the debt burden in the provincial roads’ maintenance account which is now six times higher than the province’s expenditure. Reports indicate that the South African roads, which are in a dire state, are now desperately seeking funds since there is was already..
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#Blackprivilege: ANC wants Eskom to come to the aid of residents who, for long periods, have been struggling without electricity, because they refused to buy it. This is discrimination and totally unfair!
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The ANC Caucus in Johannesburg has called on Eskom to lace up its bootstraps and reconnect the power supply to communities like Soweto, Ivory Park and Diepsloot. The call from the party came in the form of a march to the power utility’s headquarters at Megawatt Park in Sandton. The ANC Caucus handed over a..
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Urban municipalities’ power-shock – Prepaid electricity charges cause huge uproar from consumers
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The City Council of Johannesburg quietly withdrew the new prepaid electricity rate charged to consumers. The application of the municipal levy came as a surprise because it was not included in the proposed budget of the CityPower’s tariff document released in March. The R200 levy was quietly withdrawn and was not charged against consumers on..
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E-toll fight not yet finalized – ANC regime divided over controversial system, billion rands of outstanding debt not yet recovered
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The battle between the big municipalities of Pretoria and Johannesburg against the ANC government are still ongoing. With Minister Tito Mboweni’s view that e-toll has come to stay, and that consumers have to pay their tolls, it is clear that the ANC is still deeply divided on the desirability of the controversial system or not…
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ANC-regime stretching public finances by issuing bailouts to keep bankrupt SEO’s afloat – Denel requests a R2.8bn bailout from government
SA president gallivants while the country is being burned down, crime rockets and SEO’s splurging taxpayers money
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While the country is burning, murders are increasing daily and government entities are splurging more and more money, the ANC president of the country is gallivanting throughout the globe from one assembly to another. He and his entire troop of ministers and other GDP have just returned from the G5 summit where he blasted his..
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Funds allocated to Prasa will now be used to bailout failed Sanral e-toll systems
Correctional services: Thousands e-devices that cost taxpayers R1.8 billion rotting in storage
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The department of correctional services has allegedly spent nearly R2bn on a programme to fit prisoners who are out on parole with electronic monitoring devices, but these devices remain unused because they can apparently only be fixed in Israel. In one of the department’s most ambitious projects yet, it had hoped to electronically tag 10,000..
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