Senior Eskom officials have reportedly been spending about half a million rand a month on their company cars, with unlimited free fuel, according to Business Day. Eskom also reportedly pays for their toll fees and the maintenance cost of their cars. This comes weeks after unions embarked on a protest because Eskom offered no wage..
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Broke’ Eskom Gives Senior Executives Unlimited Free Petrol
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ANC party calls on government to increase petrol reserves and freeze fuel hikes
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The ANC has called on government to increase petrol reserves and to consider freezing or decreasing the fuel levy. ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe said the petrol was at its highest level ever, “putting a squeeze on all aspects of life of fellow South Africans”. The department of energy announced on Tuesday that the inland..
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Petrol price still on course to break record R16/litre, but AA says it could be worse – How much worse can it really get?
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Pending a formal fuel adjustment announcement by the Department of Energy, a litre of 95 octane fuel inland is likely to breach the R16 a litre mark. Yet, the Automobile Association (AA) says South Africans are lucky, as fuel hikes ‘could’ve been far higher’. Petrol prices are due to reach record highs after the Department’s..
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Consumers are being fooled with so called bargain deals
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Houswifes are constantly studying advertisements to make possible bargains, and this usually applies to the purchase of groceries. But are the bargains advertised as special offers such bargains? The Vryburger went to check out some of the special offers and in the process obtained disturbing information that influenced the entire purchase pattern. Some instant coffee’s..
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ANC Has Until Friday To Pay Up R300k Or Face Having Property At Luthuli House Attached
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The City of Johannesburg has given the African National Congress (ANC) until Friday to pay the metro R300,000 in legal fees or face having its property at Luthuli House attached.
Last week the city obtained a writ of execution against the governing party for its failure to settle the amount.
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State official went on a luxurious spending spree with taxpayer’s money
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A senior government official is being investigated for allegedly splashing thousands of rands of taxpayer’s money on a car for his girlfriend and furniture for her house during a two-year spending spree.
Between 2014 and 2016, July Maphosa, a director at the sustainable livelihoods programme of the Gauteng department of social development, which is meant to support needy families, also allegedly instructed a service provider to transfer funds to buy a luxurious car for a friend.
112 Municipalities won’t have enough money to cover their expenses
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The majority of municipalities which won’t have enough money to cover their expenses are in Limpopo, followed by the Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
It’s emerged more than 40% of municipalities don’t have the money to carry out service delivery plans for the current financial year.
Toll Fees, Petrol to add to consumer debt burden
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Consumers already owing R1.37-trillion in debt will feel more heat from higher fuel and toll prices in May, said a debt expert.
Neil Roets, CEO of Debt Rescue, said in a statement that consumers will also have to contend with financial pressures from the 1% VAT increase.
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Gupta coal deals bites Eskom – coal reserves are running out
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With winter fast approaching and electricity demand expected to peak‚ the Gupta coal deals have come back to haunt Eskom once again‚ says energy activist Ted Blom.
Blom warns that Eskom has less than ten days to implement drastic corrective measures or South Africa will face another blackout‚ which SA struggled with in 2008.
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Well Eskom are looking at taking R67-billion out of your pocket
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The objections to Eskom’s efforts to claw back almost R67-billion in revenue began in earnest this week as the first round of public hearings into the matter got underway.
But this is not the end of attempts by the power utility to recover money it believes it is owed.
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Cash strapped Eskom in dire needs of funds and once again threatens consumers with load shedding
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The national energy regulator, Nersa’s public sessions on Eskom’s proposed tariff increase, are currently underway.
Eskom asks for an excessive increase of thirty percent to recover a R66 billion shortfall. Despite the shortages, Eskom continues to give excessive bonuses to its senior staff.
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R500 m tractor project to help emerging black farmers collapsed
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A R500-million project intended to help emerging black farmers is on the brink of collapse.
President Jacob Zuma handed over 85 new tractors to the Masibuyele Emasimini (back to the fields) project in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal in June 2010 to encourage small-scale farming.
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This was offered at Ace Magashule’s R20 Million bday bash/party
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Former ANC MP, Vytjie Mentor, may have just discovered another Free State corruption scandal. Of course it involves Ace Magashule.
Vytjie Mentor is a former ANC MP who is like a fountain and sometimes overflows with party secrets. This time, Mentor claims that the Free State government spends millions on a farewell party for former Prime Minister Ace Magashule.
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Cash strapped city in KwaZulu-Natal is spending an estimated R20-million on a mansion for its mayor
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The cash-strapped city of Umhlathuze on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast is spending an estimated R20-million on a mansion for its mayor‚ Mduduzi Gift Mhlongo.
Mugabe says he is broke – welcome to the real world old Bob
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Robert Mugabe is reportedly pleading poverty, claiming that he had to declare all his assets outside the country, reports Times Live.
This comes after the former Zimbabwe president was summoned to return funds that were sent out of the country illegally.
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