Another community hall went up in flames after protesters crossed the boundary of barbarism and set the place on fire. After Bloemfontein’s city hall was destroyed last week, this time it was the turn of the Joe Slovo Community Hall in Milnerton, Cape Town. A resident with unique insight said to the media that burning..
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Community Hall Joe Slovo in Cape Town torched – protesters crossed the boundary of barbarism
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Riot breaks out at Pretoria prison – inmates are tired of the way they are treated
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Prisoners serving life and long term sentences at Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru II prison rioted on Sunday afternoon. The injury count ranged from two to 19‚ as prisoners disputed the official count. The fighting‚ which prompted prison authorities to call in Department of Correctional Services specialised units‚ is over prisoners’ unhappiness with how issues around parole..
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Apartheid prison system was better than what we have now – The white people were doing it better
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A prisoner incarcerated in the Johannesburg Correctional Services facility did not mince his words on Wednesday as he told Parliament officials how prison inmates had been failed by the system. “You are failing us dismally‚” said Ishmael Moshoeshoe‚ an inmate serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes. He has already spent 17 years..
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Zuma calls Malema a ‘crazy boy … a real mental case’
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The president compared Malema to an ‘insane’ person armed with matches threatening to burn a house while still inside. President Jacob Zuma on Saturday addressed delegates attending the party’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial general council in Mpangeni and threw perhaps his most direct off-the-cuff insults yet at EFF leader Julius Malema and UDM leader Bantu Holomisa. In..
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No room to hide: A President caught in the act – Six ways Zuma has betrayed us
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The report “No room to hide: A President caught in the act”‚ which was due to be handed to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete on Wednesday by the civil society group Outa‚ ends by saying Jacob Zuma has breached his constitutional obligations and oath of office in six ways. He has paralysed the criminal justice..
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No support for Dudu at parliament’s portfolio committee
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The SAA board did not seem likely to support their chairman in parliament after it came to light that the airline suffered a loss of R4,683 billion in the last financial year. The entire board had to appear before the parliament’s portfolio committee, but eventually only chairman Dudu Myeni arrived. Apparently, independent aviation technicians have..
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Two police members receive R11,5 million to sit at home and do nothing
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It cost the taxpayers about R11,5 million rand to suspend two police members and keep them home without having to lift a single finger. This is the total amount currently fired commissioner Riah Phiyega, and the head of crime intelligence, Richard Mdluli received while staying at home. However, the cherry on the cake was that..
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Hospital out of Hell – department calls it a hospital, but patients call it a nightmare
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THE DEPARTMENT CALLS IT A HOSPITAL BUT THE PATIENTS CALL IT A NIGHTMARE. Patients claim they have to bring their own bedding and food. Sometimes they sleep in the corridors and even on the floor. Many patients at Pholosong Hospital in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni in the East-Rand complain about the treatment at the hospital. Patients claimed..
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Hawks failed to investigate Prasa tenders valued in excess of R9-Billion
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The Hawks have failed for two years to investigate two Passenger Rail Agency of SA contracts valued in excess of R9-billion, according to court papers. This is despite Prasa board chairman Popo Molefe giving the Hawks help with the investigations. “The effect is that serious criminal liability is left unchecked, investigations may be compromised and..
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Violence erupts: Protesters in PE are demanding houses – we don’t like to live the life of squatters
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Violent protests have continued in Motherwell following mass evictions that began two weeks ago and restarted on Monday. Hundreds of shacks were demolished in NU29 and NU30 sections this week. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Port Elizabeth) recently obtained a court order instructing the office of the sheriff to carry out the evictions. After shacks..
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Bronze statue of Jacob Zuma will chase tourists away, not attract them.”
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The SABC reports that construction work for a monument of President Jacob Zuma is under way at the site where Zuma and other struggle comrades were arrested while trying to flee to Botswana. The SABC quoted the EFF’s Alfred Motsi, an opposition leader in North West, as saying that he and his party remain committed..
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It’s Getting Worse! Irregular Municipal Expenditure Jumps By Over 50%
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Almost R17bn of ‘irregular expenditure’ exposed, as only nine out of 263 municipalities record a clean audit – AG report The auditor general’s local report for 2015/16 was released today, but I can think of 254 municipalities that will be horrified by the results. Unsurprisingly, these results are a regression from those published in the..
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Construction work on Zuma’s monument is underway – Say no more!
Durban municipality digs up old graves to recycle it – It could be your loved ones grave next?
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A Durban North man is left wondering if his family grave in Glenwood will last. When Stephan Bruwer’s family decided to install a new granite tombstone on the grave in Stellawood Cemetery, he visited the grave two weeks ago and was astonished to find eThekwini Municipality employees digging up an old grave a few spaces..
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THE ISSUE WITH THE TERM COLONIALISM USED BY THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN POWERS
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Much as is the case with the term “democracy”, the term “colonialism” is frequently used by the New South African powers that be without any clear understanding of what exactly it means. Over the last 2 decades we have heard that colonialism is to be blamed for almost everything from poverty to unemployment to racism..
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