It would take just two consecutive days of Stage 4 load shedding at two of its most sensitive pumping stations to lead to a water shortage, Gauteng’s bulk water supplier Rand Water says. Until this week Stage 4 electricity rationing was almost unheard of, but Eskom implemented the measure on both Sunday and Monday, with..
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Another ANC failure: Water shutdown notice – Gauteng taps could start running dry as Stage 4 load shedding drags on
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SA is on the verge of a total “blackout” due to Eskom’s inability to provide power – National Power Supply and ANC regime are ready for phase 5 & 6
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The ANC government and Eskom are reportedly in the process of getting plans in place for phase 5 and phase 6 power outages. There are fears that the system will collapse completely, despite Pravin Gordhan’s assurance that there will be no more than phase 4 shedding. All available diesel has been bought to supply emergency..
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SA President, Cyril Ramaphosa meets reality – delayed for hours after chaotic trip on Metrorail train- 50km journey took four hours to complete
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If Cyril Ramaphosa was looking for an authentic experience on a Metrorail train, he got more than he bargained for: Much to the delight of his political foes. Delays, packed cabins and broken windows dominated President Cyril Ramaphosa’s train trip as part of the ANC’s blitz election campaign on Monday. Ramaphosa got to experience first-hand..
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Squatters erected illegal informal settlement on Stellenbosch wine farm – Illegal Land grab shows people who are desperate for the land are not prepared to wait
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As the ANC promises to move forward with its plans to rework land expropriation without compensation into the Constitution, the party’s supporters are tired of waiting, and are taking things into their own hands. A new exposé by the New York Times has highlighted how farm land in Stellenbosch has been occupied by squatters who..
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Lie of Eskom continues – Consumers can prepare for many more days of #Rollingblackouts, and further deterioration of the economy, as each day’s load shedding causes the debt burden to rise by R2 billion
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The lie of Eskom continues, and the 1,100 MW bought from Mozambique and now being unavailable is only the tip of the iceberg of tragedies. Maintenance at the Eskom power stations has been taboo for years – it was always white people’s way of wasting money and labor, and the ANC regime, with its strange..
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Num and ANC bumped heads over the restructuring of Eskom, union threatening to shut down power supply
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The Num trade union is directly in line with government’s suggestion that Eskom should be “unbundled”. Ramaphosa’s assurance that workers will not lose their jobs is not in line with Pravin Gordhan’s statement that Eskom will offer its workers a severance package. Num threatened that they would bring the country’s power supply to a halt..
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Disgruntled SAPS members form new union and downed tools on Monday, claims that many experienced officers are being overlooked for promotion in the force
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Disgruntled members of the South African Police Service have formed a new workers union. They’re threatening to down tools on Monday. The group is unhappy about recent promotions and claims that many experienced officers are being overlooked for promotion. These are just some of the issues raised by members of the South African Police service..
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South Africa: The collapse of all State Owned Entities such as Eskom, SAA, SABC etc are all falling apart due to corruption, incompetent management as a result of BEE and government interference
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SOE’s such as Eskom, SAA, SABC etc are all falling apart due to exploitation, unskilled management thanks to BEE and government interference. The sensible solution would have been privatization, but that is absolutely not within the Socialist, Communist framework of the ANC government. The following was reported on Social Media on 17 March 2019: SAA..
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Angry students at Limpopo University temporarily suspended academic activities – Students now demand a campus campus bar so they can imbibe in a safe environment
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Students have called for a bar to be opened at the University of Limpopo so they can imbibe in a safe environment. Academic activities at the University of Limpopo were temporarily suspended on Wednesday after protesting students demanded, among other things, a “student bar” where they could imbibe in a safe environment. “We’re saying we..
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Double Standards Un freaking Believable!! Malema’s white people ‘slaughter’ comments not hate speech – If we had to turn this around and said the same thing we all know what would have happened
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A South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) complaint issued by the FW De Klerk foundation and directed at EFF leader Julius Malema has been dismissed. Malema was accused of hate speech after saying he and his party were “not calling for the slaughtering of white people – at least for now”. The SAHRC found that..
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#Rollingblackouts: Further power cuts for Eskom as new Gupta looting details emerge – ANC-regime to plow R23 billion, of taxpayers money, a year into Eskom in order for the utility meet repayments on its R420 billion debt burden
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New documents seen by the Sunday Times reveal how a Gupta-linked company purchased an auditing firm in order to loot from Eskom. The report stated that Trillian bought an auditing firm – Nkonki – which had existing contracts with the state owned company. “Trillian and its former owner, Salim Essa, allegedly used Mitesh Patel, a..
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ANC cannot govern or grow the economy of South-Africa, the 25 years of destruction proves this fact – Only a change in government can rectify the situation
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During the Parliamentary debate on Fiscal Framework 2019/20: Over the last quarter of a century, the ANC has shown again and again that it cannot govern or grow the economy. Only a change in government can rectify the situation. Until that happens, all attempts to cut state expenditure, like the announcement about reducing the salaries..
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#Rollingblackouts: Experts doubt Eskom’s Stage 4 load-shedding excuse , South Africa is once again in the dark
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Eskom implemented Stage 4 load-shedding just after noon on Saturday and rolling blackouts are set to continue on Sunday. The power utility blames the shortage of generation capacity on plant breakdowns and the loss of Mozambique imports. But energy analyst Chris Yelland says Stage 4 load-shedding on a weekend is unprecedented. Doubts cast on Eskom’s..
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There is absolutely no pills for stupidity! Hlaudi Motsoeneng is singing like a canary on campaign trail: “I received more than R1 million, it is not a secret, I accept I am corrupt”
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Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the former head of the SABC, had some fiery words for the ANC at his recent campaign trail in Soweto. As reported by The Star, the leader of the African Content Movement (ACM), Motsoeneng, revealed that he would basically sing like a canary if he was ever summoned to Deputy Chief Justice, Raymond..
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IFP renews calls to debate on death penalty – Will the death penalty be a magic solution that will make crime disappear or will it be used in our unequal legal system to punish the innocent?
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Durban – THE call by the IFP for a national debate on the reinstatement of the death penalty to reduce/deter the high rate of violent crimes would be a premeditated discussion that a country needs the death penalty, said a political analyst. Bukani Mngoma felt the country should, instead, be discussing ways to curb the..
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