Luxury travel, free housing and domestic staff along with salaries in the R2m a year bracket are all in store for the politicians who woke up as freshly minted members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet on Thursday. AfricaCheck has crunched the numbers and found that cabinet ministers will receive an annual salary of R2,401,633. Deputy..
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Whopping salaries and perks for new cabinet: here are the numbers – Spouses and children also set to score footed by taxpayers money
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Now in charge of solving SA’s jobs crisis: one minister who tried to cover up Nkandla, and one who helped try to sell Denel to the Guptas
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Unemployment is such a critical issue that he was renaming the department of labour, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday – and in name at least, jobs is now the first priority for the minister of employment and labour. To that post Ramaphosa appointed Thulas Nxesi – who became deeply embroiled in covering up the..
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Foreign newspaper Daily Mail took notice of horrific crimes against whites in SA: WHY IS THE WORLD SO SILENT ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA? – For one simple reason; The victims are white.
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About a year ago the plight of white South Africans, and especially the farmers reached an awareness “peak”, for lack of a better term. Stories were finally being published in the mainstream media, commentators were discussing it, politicians were making statements and promising action – even Donald Trump tweeted about it. Closer to home, thousands..
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Black Business Council senior businessman and buddies receive bail after they stole about R5.7 million
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The former Black Business Council president (BBC) and three of his buddies have been released on R5,000 bail each. Danisa Baloyi and his three partners appeared in the Palm Ridge Commercial Court on charges of large-scale fraud and money laundering. The four appeared jointly on the charge of about R5.7 million theft, which was donated..
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EFF must cough up and pay R500,000 to Trevor Manuel for defamation of character
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Johannesburg High Court ordered the controversial black political group EFF, to pay R500,000 for defamatory and false statements they made towards former finance minister Trevor Manuel. The EFF was also ordered to remove all statements about Manuel from its media platforms regarding the new SARS commissioner. Manuel was accused of nepotism and corruption on the..
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South Africa’s white farmers brace for race war amid land expropriation debate
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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has plans to amended the constitution, legalize land seizure without paying for it. The move is “not only about correcting a great historical injustice; it is also an absolute economic necessity,” according to President, Cyril Ramaphosa. This time though, the proposed land reforms include expropriation without compensation, and..
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See where your money goes! – R50 million a month is spent on salaries of 400 MP’s, some of which are sleepy in parliament, or just stay at home and do nothing on a working day
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The previous National Assembly speaker, Baleka Mbete, who was widely regarded as a somewhat inept person for the post she held, was worth R2,825,470 a year, amounting to a monthly fee of over R235,000. Then there is the deputy speaker who carries a R1,977,795 a year home that amounts to about R165,000 a month. The..
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Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s Nightmare – Position as Public Protector at Risk Due to Deceptive Reports
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The Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, probably has sleepless nights and a lot of nightmares over her own report condemning Pravin Gordhan. If the court case from Pravin Gordhan instigates to honor his name after the OB has accused him of unlawful conduct in her report, it could mean the end of her career. She has..
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Ramaphosa’s cabinet is smaller – Zuma’s 36 ministers are reduced to 28, 50% of cabinet members are women
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The ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced his new cabinet which is considerably smaller than the one with which Zuma bankrupted the country. What is surprising is that Ramaphosa has appointed his benefactors, with or without clarity of their innocence. Mabuza is the deputy president because during the ANC meeting, Ramaphosa was elected president by giving..
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Why must it always be a black and white thing? – SATAWU strike against salary differences between black and white mariners will shut down Transnet ports across SA
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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) said on Tuesday its members would shut down the country’s ports on Thursday as part of a strike against salary discrepancies between black and white mariners. Negotiations between the union and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) collapsed this week. If the strike goes ahead it..
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Controversial ANC Member, David Mabuza finally inaugurated MP and may be appointed as Ramaphosa’s deputy
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David Mabuza is inaugurated as a member of the parliament, and there is a big possibility that he will also be sworn in as deputy for Cyril Ramaphosa. This follows after the ANC’s integrity committee found that Mabuza did not commit him to embarrass the party. He asked for a postponement to be inaugurated because..
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Corruption on corruption, R3.9 billion missing – PIC managing government workers’ savings cannot determine where funds are
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The never-ending spate of corruption incidents in South Africa are being disclosed one after another. The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which is Africa’s largest resource manager, apparently found no trace of documents to indicate how and why an amount of R4bn was invested in the obscure oil company affiliated with the ANC and Jacob Zuma…
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SA liquidations increase by over 53% – economy’s poor performance is attributed to power supply, violence conditions, strikes, corruption, etc.
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While the ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa made huge promises of foreign investors and many jobs for the 28% who are looking for jobs and not getting, new setbacks are coming to the surface. The number of liquidations recorded in South Africa has increased by 50% during April this year, indicating the real state of the..
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Malema might be minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development? if this is true, then we have some trouble on our hands
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Buti Manamela, Deputy Minister of the Presidency, may be a candidate to be appointed as South Africa’s new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This in light of president Cyril Ramaphosa who is expected to appoint his cabinet later this week. A political analyst attached to the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University (US),..
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Wave of violent murders and attacks that has swept through South Africa since the elections warrants specialist units against crime
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The wave of violent farm attacks and murders that has swept through South Africa since the elections earlier this month is extremely disturbing and serves as proof that there is a serious need for specialist units, like the former murder and robbery unit and an additional unit for farm attacks, to combat crime effectively. The..
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