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Ramaphosa signs Internet censorship bill into law – there will be a definite potential for abuse in terms of infringement of free speech

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Ramaphosa signs Internet censorship bill into law - there will be a definite potential for abuse in terms of infringement of free speech

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off a number of major new laws – including the controversial ‘internet censorship bill’. In a statement on Wednesday (2 October), the presidency said that the new laws include: Overvaal Resorts Limited Repeal Bill; The Property Practitioners Bill; Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill; Film and Publications Amendment Bill. It was..
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Trade unions are rejecting ANC’s plans to sell non-performing SOE’s

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rade unions are rejecting ANC's plans to sell non-performing SOE’s

All indications are that the ANC is prepared to execute the Tito Mboweni plan and sell the non-performing entities. For the ANC it is like swallowing a prickly pear with thorns and all, because it is a testament to their inability to run certain entities profitably. The Ramaphosa government faces an enormous fiscal dilemma, and..
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Two villains who were responsible for a series of burglaries and were shot dead, all the time cops

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Two villains who were responsible for a series of burglaries and were shot dead, all the time cops

Two police officers who tried to prevent two colleagues from robbing a post office in Greytown, Natal, were forced to open fire on the two villains. Warning shots were fired before the two police officers were each shot dead before they could carry out the robbery. The two on-duty police officers received a hint that..
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SA: The Land of Destruction – With 57 murders each day, the country is more unsafe than war-ravaged Syria

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SA: The Land of Destruction - With 57 murders each day, the country is more unsafe than war-ravaged Syria

South Africa is known as a country where violence is the dominant element that is wreaking havoc on thousands of people’s lives. In one way or another, every reader has already been struck by the barbaric violence that just cannot be stopped by the regime. Home burglaries are the most common crime, and because the..
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SAPS is on a new recruitment drive in an effort to fight crime – Most likely BEE compliant?

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The South African Police Service (SAPS) has embarked on a nationwide recruitment drive to bolster crime fighting efforts. SAPS management said it is seeking to attract youth between the ages of 18 and 30 for the 2019/2020 Basic Police Learning Development Programme (BLDP) intake. Prospective applicants will need a Senior Certificate/National Senior Certificate or National..
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Sexual harassment at schools worsens, learners and teachers are targeted

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It is not only children who are sexually harassed by teachers, because there are also hundreds of incidents of teaching staff harassed by pupils. During the past financial year, the Department of Education dealt with 633 cases where teachers were harassed. In a series of social media posts, warnings have been issued to all those..
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Minister of Police accused of corruption but strongly denies that he benefited from State Capture

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Minister of Police accused of corruption but strongly denies that he benefited from State Capture

The man with the big hat, who draws heavily on the American cowboy forms, has now pulled out his pistols and is looking for the guilty liars. The Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, rejected the accusations that he had benefited from distributing gifts during the state capture. A so-called “secret witness” said the head of..
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Old steel industry closes its doors due to poor economic condition in SA caused by ANC regime’s inability to govern country effectively

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Old steel industry closes its doors due to poor economic condition in SA caused by ANC regime's inability to govern country effectively

Robor, the steel industry that has been providing exceptional service in the manufacture of steel goods for 97 years, is finally closing its doors. The voluntary winding-up of an industry that manufactured steel pipes and other steel products is attributed to the poor quality, cheaper products manufactured by Chinese institutions. In response, the Tiso Blackstar..
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SA steel consumption is at its lowest levels in a decade – ArcelorMittal previously known as Iscor may close some of its South African plants

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SA steel consumption is at its lowest levels in a decade - ArcelorMittal previously known as Iscor may close some of its South African plants

In a statement on Wednesday, ArcelorMittal South Africa [JSE: ACL] – the biggest steel producer on the continent – announced that it may close some of its operations. The company, which supplies more than 60% of the steel used in South Africa, has operations in Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging, Saldanha and Newcastle. South African steel consumption is..
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The madam is calling Juju -Helen Zille invites Malema to tea for debate on the topic of South Africa’s future

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The madam is calling Juju -Helen Zille invites Malema to tea for debate on the topic of South Africa’s future

Policy fellow for the Institute for Race Relations Helen Zille has extended an invite for tea to EFF leader Julius Malema. She has proposed an intensive discussion with the EFF leader on the topic of South Africa’s future. Zille, who has ventured into the world of podcasts with a show called Tea with Helen, has..
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African Cattle Raiders Brutally Chop R1,000,000 Boran Stud Bull – The Difference Between Africa and Europe Illustrated in One Savage Act!

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Mr Million, a stud bull for which his owner paid R1 000 000, had to be put to death after savage cattle meat raiders – you can imagine from which race – struck at a farm outside Brits in North West last Friday night. To Africans he was just a piece of meat for eating,..
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No wonder Lesufi wants to place pupils in Afrikaans schools – Gauteng Education accused of failing pupils by allowing ‘shocking’ school conditions

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The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday said the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) was failing pupils by allowing poor conditions to persist in schools. The DA’s shadow MEC for infrastructure development and property management in the province, Alan Fuchs, made the statement following an oversight visit to the Apex Primary School in Lenasia. Fuchs visited..
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South Africa stuck in longest downward cycle since before Apartheid (1945)! Ramaphosa tries to talk it better…

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Rama fail

Neither communism nor multiculturalism has ever worked, yet South Africa is implementing both at the same time to disastrous effect! Now Ramaphosa has vowed to rebuild crashing confidence in South Africa’s economy, and desperate South Africans, who want concrete things that can make a difference in the economy, have no choice but to hope he does. He promised real actions that “move the needle,”  however in Africa accountability is not required.
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ANC-minister of Education wants to keep black SA children uneducated with new General Education Certificate (GEC) issued at Grade 9

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ANC-minister of Education wants to keep black SA children uneducated with new a General Education Certificate (GEC) issued at Grade 9

The 1976 youth riots in Soweto, celebrated as “Youth Day” since 1994, resulted from the claim by the ANC that the Bantu Education Act was designed to keep black South African children uneducated so that they cannot ever rise to become more than servants and gardeners. This week the ANC minister of Education announced that..
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Blue Farmtrac tractor donated by EFF to black farmers “to cultivate land” is gathering dust and little agricultural activity is taking place in this area

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ANC-minister of Education wants to keep black SA children uneducated with new a General Education Certificate (GEC) issued at Grade 9 The 1976 youth riots in Soweto, celebrated as "Youth Day" since 1994, resulted from the claim by the ANC that the Bantu Education Act was designed to keep black South African children uneducated so that they cannot ever rise to become more than servants and gardeners. This week the ANC minister of Education announced that General Education Certificate (GEC)will be issued to Grade 9 learners (already having passed previous grades with a 30% requirement) to avoid too many of them failing in the Higher Grades. In her speech at the SADTU National Congress in Johannesburg this week, she described the eleven focus areas of the 2019 to 2024 Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF). Priority 4 aims to deal "decisively with the quality and efficiency through the implementation of standardised assessments to reduce failure, repetition, and drop-out rates," she said. "We are also working on the introduction of multiple qualifications such as the General Education Certificate before the Grade 12 exit qualification," she explained. 3m 0s Revision, staying active, working hard: Cream of 2018 matric crop share their insights Some of the 2018 National Senior Certificate (NSC) top achievers say that they remain anxious on how well they have done ahead of the results being announced at Midnight on Thursday. Motshekga revealed that the Department of Basic Education has developed a draft framework for the GEC and that "assessment and examination modalities for the GEC are being investigated and have been presented at the HEDCOM meeting" adding that "the Technical Occupational subjects have been packaged and submitted to Umalusi for approval." The first cycle of Systemic Evaluation in Grades 3, 6 and 9 will be finalised by June 2020, she announced, and the Field Trial for the GEC at the end of Grade 9 is scheduled for completion at the end of July 2020. What do parents and experts think of this development? We rounded up the most common opinions of parents, caregivers and educators and unpacked them here: The good Many have expressed the opinion that not every child is an academic, and that not everyone can make it into an office job. For some children the option of going to a trade school after Grade 9, and spending three years learning skills, is much better than struggling through to matric and only then starting to learn a trade. These school leavers will be able to start businesses earlier and those with an entrepreneurial mindset could do well, suggested some. The bad Others are concerned that there is nowhere for these kids to go once they’ve finished Grade 9. A shortage of trade schools and a lack of skills and jobs could result in an even higher unemployment rate, and more kids on the streets. Some pointed out that a matric certificate is a requirement for almost every job, and entrepreneurs need capital to start up a business, so these children will struggle to make something of themselves. The ugly Still more suggest that the government is implementing this without input from parents and educators, solely to make the matric pass rate look better. Several pointed out that these new school leavers will be aged between 15 and 17, asking "what does a 15 year old know?" When so many job seekers with just a matric certificate are unemployable, and university graduates needing experience to be employed, how will a school leaver with a GEC find work, except as a general labourer? Others raised concerns that more young people out of school, and out of work, will put more of a burden on the government grant system. The stats In her speech, Motshekga said that school drop-out begins to occur amongst 16 to 18 year-olds, where the school participation rate is about 86%. She added that numbers have been stabilising in recent years. She also described that the matric pass rate has climbed substantially over the past 24 years from "a low base of 53.4% in 1994 to the high of 78.2% in 2018." They are hardly capable of more than weeding and ironing with such a profile, as it is! Even more so facing the fact that ANC corruption and BBBEE resulted in an almost 40% unemployment rate where, even black! , University Graduees find no better employment than becoming waiters and barmen. What intrigues us the most is this: How is minister Motshekga's resolution any different from what her party accused the Bantu Education Act of having been?

Last December, as part of the EFF’s election campaign, Julius Malema donated a blue Farmtrac tractor to the community of his birthplace, Seshego. This very tractor that was supposed to “to cultivate land” is now gathering dust at a party spot near Polokwane that is closely associated with him. The blue Farmtrac tractor manufactured by..
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