On June 16, in front of a crowd of young people in Ventersdorp for Youth Day, President Jacob Zuma turned to unusual material: he quoted from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Macbeth to make a point about self-making. He might not be formally educated — “not a single teacher in South Africa can claim he ever..
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Zuma quotes Macbeth, Shakespeare and Mark Antony, but it is a little more than colonial camouflage !!
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NHI financing model questioned by FMF
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The latest iteration of the National Health Insurance (NHI) policy paper is no closer to defining how much the scheme will cost and where the money will come from to pay for it. Meanwhile, SA risks running out of tax payers to finance its social security commitments, said Dr Johann Serfontein, senior healthcare consultant with..
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Dear black people’, please move your car – Dispute over parking space turns ugly
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A KwaZulu-Natal woman is to approach the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after a dispute over a parking bay turned racial at the weekend. Nonhle Cele, who lives at Garden Mews in Pinetown, found a tersely worded note slipped through the window of her car on Monday morning. The note, with the underlined heading “Dear..
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NEW SASSA CEO’S INDEPENDENCE ALREADY QUESTIONED – FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
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Insiders at Sassa have reportedly labelled Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s relationship with Bhengu as problematic, questioning her independence. Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) are back in the spotlight with reports on Friday morning that Sassa’s new acting CEO Pearl Bhengu is in business with Dlamini’s daughter…
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WHITE MONOPOLY CAPITAL NOT THE ENEMY – TREVOR MANUEL QUESTIONS ZUMA’S CAPITAL REMARKS
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Former Minister Trevor Manuel has questioned the logic behind President Jacob Zuma’s views on white monopoly capital. Former Minister Trevor Manuel has questioned the logic behind President Jacob Zuma’s views on white monopoly capital. During a community engagement earlier this week, Zuma emphasised that white monopoly capital is a reality in South Africa. Manuel has..
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COLD CASE: WANTED ARMED ROBBER FOUND HIDING IN FRIDGE
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The 29-year-old man was on the run for more than a year after allegedly committing an armed robbery in Vredenburg. CAPE TOWN – Fridges and freezers are reserved for storing your special treats ensuring they don’t spoil but one suspected criminal thought it was the perfect hiding spot. The 29-year-old man was on the run..
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Record number of farmers are selling up and leaving amid increasing fears of land grabs
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Farmers are anxious about the growing number of South Africans forcefully ‘reclaiming land’ without giving owners any compensation. The backdrop of high input costs, low returns and a weakening rand is also scaring many in the profession into walking away whilst they can still recuperate some value from their operations. These findings have been published..
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We’re taking back the land, says BLF as it prepares for land grabs
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‘AfriForum is a bunch of land thieves. In fact, with the way they are continuing, I will organise to make sure that they leave this country,’ Mngxitama said. Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama on Wednesday said his organisation was gearing up for extensive land grabs across South Africa, which will be intensified..
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“We are going to shoot you…because you are white”! Racism is a motive in Farm Attacks
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There is no doubt that the farm attacks are led by racism and hatred against whites as has been proven countless times. This fact is proven again, days after the attack on the 77-year-old Mr. Martin Neal of the farm Droogekloof in the Warmbaths district. The deputy chairman of TAU SA’s Waterberg District Agricultural Union,..
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According to patients SA’s top hospitals are in the Western Cape
Skok-voorbeelde van bedrog by mediese fondse aan die lig gekom
Die Stem, disunity and the anti-state capture campaign that won’t win
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A group of civil society organisations are spending Mandela Day locked inside the Rhema Bible College in Randburg so that they can formulate a plan to “recapture” South Africa from the grasp of Zuma Inc. It’s only just begun, but already Save South Africa and the organisations its teamed up with are struggling to get..
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Open voting on the motion of no confidence must not take place under Mbete
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Political parties represented in parliament have had until the end of last week to make submissions to the speaker of parliament, Baleka Mbete, on the motion of no confidence that will soon be voted against Jacob Zuma. The UDM of Bantu Holomisa has taken the matter of a secret ballot to the Constitutional Court, which..
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Zuma offered R2bn payoff – Even a tokoloshe won’t work to get rid of Zuma
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If this were a Frederick Forsyth thriller‚ you could imagine a plot twist that would involve a multibillion-dollar payoff to a head of state to bugger off. The deal would be presented by a guy in a leather jacket and a face tattoo‚ who would go nose to nose with President Crooked Dictator to make..
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Outa lays charges of high treason and corruption against Public Service Minister Faith Muthambi
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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Monday laid charges of high treason and corruption against Public Service Minister Faith Muthambi. The charges were laid at the Brixton police station in Johannesburg, following revelations that Muthambi had emailed confidential government policy documents to one of the three Gupta brothers. This emerged during the #GuptaLeaks. Recently,..
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