The South African government is abandoning its direct involvement with the set-top box programme, which has already cost taxpayers R10 billion. Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane announced the government’s retraction on Thursday. According to Fin24, the controversial set-top box programme will now adopt a “market/ retail driven approach” as opposed to government procurement processes which have..
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Government abandons TV project which has already cost taxpayer a whopping R10 billion
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Facts to know on what is the “Great VBS Bank Heist” all about?
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Advocate Terry Motau has released his report into what might be the biggest banking scandal ever to be uncovered in South Africa.
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Max du Preez says we are all coloureds
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Max du Preez proclaims that all white South-Africans are actually coloured. And now all the people are angry about it. We are not angry. It’s no shame to be a coloured, so if Max feels he wants to be a Coloured, that’s his problem. The colouring is just as much of this country as any..
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The well known Apartheid era Foreign Affairs minister, Pik Botha, has died
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South Africa’s Foreign Minister during the apartheid era, Pik Botha, has passed away.
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WATCH | ‘Where’s your gun?’: ‘Drunk’ prison warder on duty caught on camera
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A video circulating on social media shows what looks like a prison official drunk while on duty. DCS spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the department was aware of the video and is appalled by it. It is unclear when the incident took place. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is appalled by a video of a..
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A warning to SA government from Zimbabwe: Do not use land question to score political points!
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The president of the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (CFU), Peter van Zyl, has warned South Africa not to repeat mistakes made by his country in implementing its land reform. He says politicians should not use the land question to score political points. The CFU is a grouping of Zimbabwean white farmers, many of whom..
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Welcome to the new South-Africa where crime is increasing and faith in cops decreasing
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The general level of crime as estimated by the Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) has been declining during the past five years, but increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18, Stats SA said in a statement on Thursday. Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke released the annual survey in Pretoria on Thursday morning. According to the statement, household crimes increased..
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Government wasted R10 billion on digital migration project
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Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says Cabinet on Wednesday approved a different approach to implementing the long-delayed broadcast digital migration project. The government has abandoned plans to buy millions of set-top boxes as part of the migration from analogue to digital television after spending about R10 billion on the project. The U-turn was announced by Communications..
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Policies of Affirmative Action and BBBEE – standards and quality control at one of SA’s leading supermarkets is being influenced
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Correctness, punctuality, a high level of standards and pride in your work have always been attributes of the Western culture. That is why the lowering of educational standards and the acceptance of the “alternative” African standards as applies to timekeeping, quality assurance and achievement, is of such a concern. It will inevitably lead to a..
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Heartbreaking video shows an elderly couple being hijacked at gunpoint at petrol station
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A video was shared on social media, which showed an elderly couple getting hijacked at gunpoint at a petrol station over the weekend.
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State Capture Inquiry schedule for Today & Friday: Hogan, Gordhan testimonies postponed
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Former minister of public enterprises Barbara Hogan’s scheduled testimony before the commission of inquiry into state capture was postponed on Wednesday.
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What a waste of Taxpayers money:- R7m upgrades to Ramaphosa and Mabuza presidential homes
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The presidential homes of President Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza were refurbished and repaired when they moved in.
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With the light on the State capture inquiry:- Pravin Gordhan has a lot to get off his chest
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Let us unpack things before Gordhan takes the hot seat on Friday. The Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, will finally take the hot seat in what will probably be the most anticipated testimony in Deputy Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo’s commission of inquiry into state capture.
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Three hour farm attack – Terrorists ties family up, each tortured with hot iron
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A brutal farm attack took place on 8 October 2018 at 19:20 on Brandsfarm, Waterpan, Westonaria in Gauteng. Hans Goosen a man in his early 50s and his family were surprised by five attackers each armed with a 9mm pistol, of which four wore balaclavas. They were attacked when he returned home from work. His..
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Barbaric torture, rape and murder in South African farm attacks
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Denialists, liberals, ANC Ministers and Commissioners of Police all try to argue the same thing: Farm attacks on white farmers in South Africa is simply part of an escalating crime wave in the country. It is just a form of violence, nothing more. White farmers are not being targeted for racial or political reasons. Cyril..
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