The caveat for bringing foreign workers into SA is that they must school South Africans in their job. The Gupta family’s capture of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) may have kept scores of South Africans out of jobs. The family and its businesses turned the DHA into their own private permit-issuing factory, using top..
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How the Guptas ‘stole’ jobs from South Africans
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60-year-old man brutally attack at home in Uvongo, South Coast
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A 60-year-old man was left fighting for his life, after he was stabbed at his home in Uvongo, on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Netcare 911’s Nick Dollman said paramedics were called to assist just after 5.30am. “Reports from the scene allege that the 60-year-old man was in his..
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Zuma, his Nigerian friend, the road and a new statue
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Nigerian governor who conferred honours on President Zuma is a narcissist, runs a bankrupt government, forced the state to celebrate his 55th birthday and is surrounded by acolytes who believe he made the sun stand still. Rochas Okorocha, the Nigerian host of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, had been celebrating his 55th birthday for nearly..
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Job ad: whites only, please – M-Net fires agency over “racist, unlawful and disgraceful advert”
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Production experts in the TV industry could not believe their eyes when they saw an advert posted online for a senior position. Looking to hire a commissioning editor in Johannesburg at an annual salary of R800 000, the ad read: “Please note: We are specifically looking for a white, English-speaking commissioning editor as this role..
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3 500 uncertified police officers are still carrying and using their firearms
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Police and firearms should go hand in hand safely, right? Well, for thousands of officers it may go hand in hand, even if it’s not legally. The Democratic Alliance’s Shadow Deputy Minister of Police, Dianne Kohler Barnard, is bringing attention a reply from a parliamentary question asked to the Minister of Police The reply revealed..
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Russian group meets with Zuma days before reshuffle – Putin shows Zuma who’s boss
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Another Sunday means another huge political story to dive into. While the world has become well aware of Russian meddling in other countries’ political affairs, the latest report reveals that Zuma and the Russians might be even closer than first thought. The Sunday Times reports that on Monday, President Zuma met with a “high-level Russian..
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Sars’ brand diminished by unskilled staff
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For every step in the right direction, Sars manages to tumble down two. The Tax Ombud is slowly gaining ground in assisting taxpayers in resolving their tax differences with Sars. Unfortunately, these “tax differences” are frequently of Sars’ making, and as Sars slips further behind in the revenue target, so can we expect an exponential..
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Former Eskom CEO approved R66-million deal that benefited his sister – No end to corruption
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Former Eskom acting CEO Matshela Koko has been found to have “personally signed off on a deviation order that allowed his stepdaughter’s company Impulse International, to score a R66m deal from Eskom without going out to tender.” Business Day reported on Thursday that they had obtained a copy of a confidential “sole source justification” memo…
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Apartheid blamed for political murders in KwaZulu-Natal
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According to the ANC chairman in Natal, Sihle Zikalala, the recent violence and death of political figures in the province has been attributed to apartheid era operators. According to him, the oppression of Africans in the previous era is now the result of black on black violence taking place. Again, a so-called “third party” was..
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Shocking allegation of rape levelled against current SA Football Association boss Danny Jordaan
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Former ANC MP Jennifer Ferguson has accused current South African Football Association boss Danny Jordaan of rape. Inspired by the #MeToo campaign, in a Facebook post that has since been widely shared and a subsequent blog post, Ferguson shared the details of her alleged ordeal. The incident took place 24 years ago in Port Elizabeth..
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Dudu Myeni finaly fired as SAA chair
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Dudu Myeni has been removed from the board of South African Airways in what could be a range of changes made to the leadership of the embattled airline. The Mail & Guardian understands that Myeni will be replaced by businessperson JB Magwaza who has been appointed as the new board chairperson. It appears that members..
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Cash strapped Government requests that consumers pay Nersa for personal generators and solar panels
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When the amended Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) comes into force, it will regulate the use of small scale electricity generators by requiring registration with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). This is according to Lizel Oberholzer and Jarrett Whitehead, attorneys at Norton Rose Fulbright, who say that the regulation will likely have far-reaching..
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Zuma reshuffles cabinet again, Nzimande and others out
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Huge news this Tuesday morning as the presidency has announced another cabinet reshuffle. After weeks of rumours building up again, Zuma has finally decided to pull the trigger and axe Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. There are five main changes to the cabinet in total. Zuma released the following statement announcing the reshuffle. After careful..
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I am leaving Nigeria as a hero‚ says Zuma after massive statue of him unveiled – You got to be joking!
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Nigerian civil society groups were flabbergasted after waking up to a statue of South African President Jacob Zuma that was unveiled over the weekend. Rochas Okorocha‚ billionaire‚ education philanthropist and governor of the Imo State‚ unveiled the bronze statue and named a street after Zuma during his two-day visit to Nigeria which concluded on Sunday…
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Road users will pay steep licence fee from next year
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The Justice Project South Africa has called on Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi to justify, or at the very least explain, the 71 percent increase in eNaTIS vehicle licence fees for 2018. Earlier in October Maswangani announced that as from 1 February 2018, an amount of R72 (an increase of R30) would be added to the..
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