ANC MP Makhosi Khoza is being charged by an ANC disciplinary committee after calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down. Since her stinging criticism of the party she has faced death threats and baseless rumours. She’s been shunned by senior members of the ANC, with Fikile Mbalula labelling her ‘a suicide bomber’. Political reporter..
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ANC MP Makhosi Khoza: I’m not going to apologise. If they kill me, so be it
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Unemployment in SA rising amongst youth due to poor economic growth
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The unemployment rate of 53% among South Africans between the ages of 15 and 24 shows that young people are the worst hit by poor economic growth, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD released its latest report on South Africa this week. According to statistics from..
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Minister Faith Muthambi flies 30 family members at taxpayers’ expense
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Disgraced minister Faith Muthambi treated family and friends to a luxury junket at huge expense to the taxpayer just two months after being moved to a new ministry. Muthambi flew 30 members of her family and friends to Cape Town for her budget speech in parliament in May. The minister was shunted to the public..
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Double standards and anti-white racism in South Africa exposed
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Multiculturalism does not work, that has been proven multiple times. Media should not promote mixed phylogenetic relationships. In the video, Ernst Roets exposes the anti-white racism and double standards in South-Africa. Recalling the Penny Sparrow racism case, wherein black people were referred to as “monkeys” and the massive outcry. Sparrow, an ordinary South African, paid..
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How is this possible- Shabir Shaik still ‘terminally ill’ after 8 years – but can work and attend sports?
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Eight years after being released on parole for “health reasons”‚ convicted fraudster Shabir Shaik is still regarded as being “terminally ill” – despite his house arrest conditions being relaxed so that he can work and attend sports should he wish to. This has emerged in a response by Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Michael..
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Students still want free education: “We will never shift our eyes from our objectives”
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The call for free education is an objective university students are still advocating for‚ Fees Must Fall activist Mcebo Dlamini said on Wednesday. “Whatever happens‚ we will never shift our eyes from our objectives and we are still advocating for free education‚ very strongly‚” the student leader said. Dlamini said students will make a call..
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Tax Season: “Pay to Caesar what is due to Caesar” – Even though red flags are raised
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Launching the 2017 tax season at the start of July newly-ensconced Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba urged South African taxpayers to “pay to Caesar what is due to Caesar”. This week SARS announced that due to technical glitches, crucial documents filed by employers and taxpayers need to be refiled. It seems Commissioner Tom Moyane’s SARS..
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Eskom, where does all the money go? – This is daylight robbery!
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The average four-person South African household should pay R290 a month for electricity, yet Eskom is charging them roughly R1,200, says a lobby group. Now Eskom is seeking a 20% tariff increase from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). Energy analysts have described Nersa, which starts its public hearings into the proposed tariff..
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Is public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘a qualified advocate’ ?
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Questions have been raised as her name isn’t on the roll of advocates kept by the department of justice and updated monthly. The public protector is in hot water following her order that Parliament amend the Constitution to change the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank. When the bank went to court to overturn..
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Corruption: How The ANC, supported by the World, shapes up against The NP with sanctions
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Whilst it is hardly a fair comparison, given that ANC had the whole world, the mass media and all its money behind them, and NP had all the world and its money and mass media against them, Ed Herbst, using his 49 years of covering the South African story, makes some telling comparisons and observations on..
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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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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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