Cabinet ministers have racked up a R7.6m bill on luxury travel for their wives, husbands, children and other relatives to international destinations such as New York and Paris on taxpayer-funded official trips. This has been revealed in answers to a series of written questions by DA MPs to each of the 35 cabinet ministers in..
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Living the luxurious life funded by taxpayers- Ministers’ spouses take their free ride to international destinations
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Russian Delegation Headed to South Africa to Discuss Resettlement Plan with Oppressed Boers Seeking Asylum (Video)
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A Russian delegation is due to come to South Africa to work out a more detailed resettlement plan with the Boer community. The first families of Boers, descendants of Dutch, French and German settlers in South Africa, could soon be moving to Russia to escape farm murders, anti-white racism and rising violence against farmers. An estimated 15,000 Boers want to leave South Africa and become farmers in Russia.
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A top parliament official spent R4m of taxpayer money on travel costs
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A parliamentary official has been exposed for wasting millions on some rather ridiculous travel costs. Now, he will have to account for himself.
Parliamentary chief Gengezi Mgidlana is in very hot water over a finding that shows him spending R4m of taxpayers’ money on transport. On Friday, the Cape Town High Court dismissed his bid to stop Parliament carrying out a disciplinary hearing.
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Translux Driver Alleged Using Cell Phone Behind The Wheel
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On the 12th of April the driver of a Translux bus between Welkom and Pretoria was pictured using her cell phone while operating the vehicle.
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Travel advisory for South Africa
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The UK government’s travel advisory linked the kidnapping of a couple in KwaZulu-Natal to alleged terrorism, which has not been proven.
The South African government has asked the High Commission of the UK government to review a travel advisory issued on Wednesday.
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Officer investigated for fraud was nominated for trip to France
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Instead of suspending a high-ranking police officer who is under investigation for fraud, the police wanted to send her on a trip to France. The Portfolio Committee on Police on Wednesday took a dim view when acting head of crime intelligence Major General King Bhoyi Ngcobo – who has been described in the press as..
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SANRAL SCRAPS E-TOLL DEBT OF R3.6BN
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Sanral says it will write off R3.6 billion for the current financial year but will continue attempts to recover unpaid e-tolls by taking defaulters to court. The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed it will be scrapping debt of more than R3 billion in unpaid e-tolls. Sanral says it will write off..
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Tourists robbed en route from OR Tambo airport – again!
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The robbery occurred shortly after the tourists landed in Johannesburg on Thursday. The tourists – according to a police report seen by TimesLIVE – indicates that they were en route to their hotel when the vehicle they were in was forced to stop by the robbers. Such police reports are used to circulate information on..
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