Please take note of these new skimming devices & spread the word. These new devices are so good even the bank staff have been battling to identify them. This particular one was discovered on an ABSA ATM and has a camera which captures footage of you entering your PIN. Please report any suspicious activity or..
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NEW ATM SKIMMING DEVICES
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South Africa’s race relations laid bare in Steinhoff scandal
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South Africans are fond of debating whether public or private sector failings are the bigger problem. It does not take too long to realise that they are really talking about race. This is evident as the country faces an unusual scandal – one involving a private company called Steinhoff. The multinational furniture company is in..
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ANC’s plan to steal property places South Africa on Zimbabwean road
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The civil rights watchdog AfriForum says that the ANC’s decision to amend South Africa’s Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation boils down to a decision to commit theft and to place the country on the same road of destruction that Zimbabwe followed in its violation of property rights. According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum,..
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Needy victims of Knysna fires are stranded due to commercial dispute – donations are now being stolen by thieves
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Tons of donations to Knysna fire victims are stuck in a disused shopping centre due to a commercial dispute, leaving needy residents stranded. Between 4,000 and 5,000 bags and boxes of clothes and linen from across South Africa, some bearing personal notes from donors, are gathering dust more than six months after the devastating fire..
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South Africa’s Ruling ANC Faces Funds Squeeze As Election Looms
Zuma now firmly in the firing line
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Jacob Zuma’s future hangs in the balance in the wake of the ANC national conference, with party president Cyril Ramaphosa’s more militant backers pushing for the head of state to be recalled early next year at the latest. With the conference endorsing greater powers for the ANC’s integrity committee and the immediate appointment of a..
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SACP party governs its first municipality – former Sasolburg Municipality
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The South African Communist Party (SACP) is in charge of a municipality for the first time, after forming a coalition government with the ANC and three smaller parties in Metsimaholo in the Free State. The party secured the position of mayor on Thursday, in the second council seating following the by-elections last month. Lindiwe Tshongwe..
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Hawks officials arrested for R1 million armed robbery
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The Gauteng Head of the Hawks Major General Prince Mokotedi said expressed shock and disappointment by the arrest of the two members of the Hawks and a detective following the arrest by the Serious Corruption Unit on Monday 18 December 2017. The three, Warrant Officer Tefo Maimane (49), Warrant Officer Eric Melaphi (41) both attached..
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Bethlehem mayor caught with R2.8 million
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The mayor of Bethlehem, Lindiwe Makhalema, was caught with R2.8 million in cash in her car’ s boot. According to reports, a local resident “reported” to the police. However, she denies the allegations that the money was used to bribe delegates in the region. According to accusations on social media, she had to bribe ANC..
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Eastern Cape farmer dies weeks after brutal attack
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The family of farmer Riaan Scheepers from Alexandria in the Eastern Cape said this evening that Scheepers had died after a weeks-long battle to stay alive following a savage beating from robbers at the farm he managed late last month. A message from his daughter Bianca Scheepers shared on WhatsApp‚ states: “Papa went to a..
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DA councilor suspended after social media calls for bikers to die a gruesome death
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According to News24, a Democratic Alliance councilor in the Northern Cape Province has been suspended after he took to social media on Sunday and called for all motorcyclists to die gruesome deaths. Ockert Fourie (no relation), the councillor for the Sol Plaatje Municipality – an area that includes the famous mining city of Kimberley, wrote..
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uBaba’s left us two Dark Lords
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Things are getting tense at the ANC’s national elective conference. Comrades are suffering finger-fatigue from the continuous number-crunching that accompanies all the backstabbing and double-crossing that passes as lobbying before the party’s “top six” vote. None more so than Enoch Godongwana, the Cyril Ramaphosa lobbyist and ANC national executive member. The comrade has been permanently..
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BREAKING: ANC meeting over 68 missing votes
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It has been confirmed that a meeting of the ANC’s steering committee is underway to probe the “disappearance” of 68 delegates’ votes. The total number of voting delegates attending conference is 4776, but only 4708 voted. The steering committee is in charge of organising the conference. A senior ANC delegate told News24 the EleXion Agency,..
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Criminals elected new ANC president?
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After the ANC leadership conference, six delegates were arrested after being stolen firearm was found in their possession. Observers say it shows that criminals in ANC ranks should elect their new leaders, who do not send the right message. The six arrested are from North West. The weapon was previously reported as “missing” at a..
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Close to R25-million spent on ANC conference hotel bill
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The ANC National Elective Conference has come with a hefty price tag as the party forked out close to R25-million on hotel rooms to accommodate more than 6,000 delegates and guests. According to the Sunday Times, the ANC booked rooms in 35 hotels all over Gauteng, which translated into 3,308 rooms with a total of..
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