The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) spent a large amount of money on travel in the 2017/18 financial year. In recent months Judges Matter and journalist Niren Tolsi have been raising troubling questions about the management of the Office of the Chief Justice. This high travel bill reinforces their concerns. We sent questions to..
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Chief Justice’s office rack up a whopping travel bill of R114m in merely one year and now questions arise of how this could even be possible
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How ANC- government officials spend taxpayers hard earned money on extravagant cars
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A Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs apparently wasn’t happy with the list of cars that Treasury negotiated bulk discounts on. So he asked Treasury for permission to purchase a Volvo XC90D4, at a cost of R1,118,352 to the public purse. The reason for the request was “National Treasury Transversal Contract RT57-2016/2017 does..
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The cheek of it all, eh? – Major municipalities set for 15% hike in electricity tariffs
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Fresh from securing a 9.41% tariff increase in March, Eskom are now targeting municipalities with a 15.63% hike. The greed at Eskom has expanded yet again this week, after the City of Johannesburg confirmed that a 15.63% tariff hike is set to come into force. In an official statement, Mayor Herman Mashaba lambasts energy regulator..
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Motorists are going to have to buckle up once more since petrol are about to cost R17-per-litre in June
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Being a motorist in Mzansi is a ghastly pursuit. The petrol price looks set to rise again in June, marking a fourth consecutive increase since March. It’s not news any of us wants to hear. Although petrol prices forecast for next month won’t rise as steeply as they did throughout Autumn, the per-litre costs could..
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SA official racked up a R100k porn bill while on a trip to the US
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Deputy Speaker of the Limpopo Legislature, Lehlogonolo Masoga, is fighting the recommendation by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane that he should pay back “a reasonable portion” of a phone bill of R125 000 incurred while on an official trip in the US in August 2014. Masoga was in the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, to have the..
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SA economy is facing a big setback – Industrialists and entrepreneurs are packing up and leaving SA due to Eskom’s huge tariff increases
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The ANC’s president’s dreams are shattering at this time because of the huge tariff increases Eskom is now charging the municipalities. Big institutions say they are tired of Eskom’s reckless tariff adjustments, and some industrialists have already packed up and left the country. Industries that is depended for electricity to the manufacture of certain goods,..
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White lady were Bound and gagged for 10 awful hours in Umzumbe
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Social media posts were shared and shared again, flooding Facebook with requests for information and eliciting messages of support for the distraught family. Yzelle Greyling (51) spent some 10 hours bound and gagged in the boot of a car last Friday after being abducted at gunpoint in Umzumbe. Ms. Greyling, well-known among the golfing fraternity..
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Horror find at South African farm:- 54 lions killed in two days
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It was the overpowering stench and the thick swarm of flies that told Reinet Meyer she had stumbled upon something truly horrific. Meyer, a senior inspector at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, had been tipped off that lions were being left in tiny cages at the Wag-‘n-Bietjie farm, 32km outside Bloemfontein..
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City of Tshwane residents, this is where your tax money is going to – Tshwane spends R60 000 daily on abandoned business park
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The City of Tshwane is spending at least R60 000 daily on the abandoned R525 million Business Processing Outsourcing park (BPO) in Hammanskraal. Launched in 2016 by the then ANC administration, the project promised to create 3000 jobs through on-site training, technical support and incubators for small and medium micro-enterprises. It stalled under the watch..
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ESKOM are not just ‘killing consumers’ anymore, animals are being electrocuted after Eskom power line collapses in the Kruger National Park
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South African National Parks (SANParks) on Thursday confirmed that an elephant, giraffe, and a vulture were electrocuted in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The incident took place at Shingwedzi section in the north of the KNP. The animals were electrocuted after an Eskom power line collapsed on Tuesday night. The section ranger was notified of..
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A couple had been attacked and robbed in Wilderness – GEORGE
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GEORGE NEWS – A man sustained stab wounds to his hands trying to protect his girlfriend from robbers at Leentjiesklip this afternoon. According to initial information, the couple was walking along the beach in Wilderness when they were approached by two men. The victims were robbed of cellphones, money and other items before the suspects..
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Bantu Holomisa (UDM) shares video of alleged malpractice by election officials, so we can just come to the conclusion ‘were the voting free and fare’ (video)
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The UDM’s Bantu Holomisa has shared a video showing what appears to be IEC officials stuffing a ballot box with papers following the special votes on Tuesday. United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa on Tuesday took to his social media to share a video of what he believes to be Electoral Commission (IEC) officials rigging..
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One queue ‘for whites’, another ‘for blacks’ in Wellington was not racist, says IEC, now we can just wonder if the white voters X are being counted or were it destroyed (video’s included)
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Courtney Sampson says officials separated voters according to their registration status and not their race. Speaking after a press briefing at the Western Cape provincial results operation centre (PROC) provincial electoral officer Courtney Sampson said he was told by electoral officers at the scene that the incident in which voters were apparently separated into two..
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Will this stop after the elections? Not likely:- R1.6 billion stolen from the Eastern Cape’s social development fund meant for roads, houses and schools ended up going towards fancy dinners, luxury cars and expensive suits
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The South African National Treasury has compiled a series of reports detailing gross expenditure irregularities within the Eastern Cape. These reports have been obtained by City Press, and the information now made public. The Treasury reports rely on information gathered from special audit services conducted between 2011 and 2017. The audits scrutinised expenses related to..
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EFF supporters accused of heckling, bullied and dragged by men in EFF T-shirts on elderly voters (video])
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Unacceptable behavior from the red berets. EFF accuses IEC of orchestrating repeat votes with ANC. This video popped up on social media at around the same time the red berets issued a statement condemning the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) for allegedly allowing elderly voters who got the opportunity to cast their special..
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