The recent announcement by the government that the Code for Black Economic Empowerment is adjusted so that at least a quarter of each farm should be black owned in the future if products are supplied to the government, has certain effects on smaller farms with a turnover of R10 million and R50 million. It was..
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Farmers have to cede a quarter of their farms for BEE
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I’m going to walk in at Wits and register for my masters‚ says Malema
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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says he is planning to stage a walk-in to register for his Masters degree at the University of Witwatersrand‚ in support of his party’s controversial call for prospective students to invade institutions. Malema was speaking on the Polokwane’s urban radio station‚ Energy FM‚ on Monday morning. “Our children..
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VUT scraps upfront payment for ‘poor’ students
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The Vaal University of Technology and its student representative council (SRC) have agreed that students who come from households with an income of R350,000 and less will not pay registration fees at the beginning of the year. Students from households whose income is more than R350,000 are required to pay R4,000 upfront. This comes as..
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Eskom agrees to lower quality coal from Gupta-owned Tegeta but purchasing it at a more expensive rate
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Eskom has agreed to allow Gupta-owned mining company Tegeta Resources and Exploration to deliver lower quality coal‚ at a more expensive rate‚ to its Hendrina power station in a show of the family’s continued influence at the power utility. Internal documents seen by TimesLIVE record that during negotiations between Eskom chief procurement officer Jay Pillay..
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Over 30,000 Grade 1 And 8 Gauteng Pupils Yet To Be Placed for new school year
Ramaphosa: Taking land will turn SA into the Garden of Eden
Zuma removed as president?
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A parliamentary subcommittee will meet this week to draft procedures to change parts of parliamentary rules to remove a president. The proposal will then be tabled in the parliament for discussion. This follows after the Constitutional Court has given Parliament six months to put in place mechanisms to resign a president. Cyril Ramaphosa seems to..
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Rand is slowly losing steam after realizing there is not much difference between Zuma and Ramaphosa’s policies
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The rand is slowly losing steam after the initial recovery following Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as president of the ANC. All the optimism about a new “president” is slowly decreasing and economists believe that the currency is falling back and aligned with previous dissertations. This comes just after Ramaphosa’s land grab threats to seize land without..
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Total collapse of state-owned enterprises under Minister Brown
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The Democratic Alliance’s Natasha Mazzone has, once again, slammed Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown. Eskom remains in the spotlight. The Democratic Alliance’s Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises Natasha Mazzone has become quite a political “big name” over the last few months. Her grilling of Lynne Brown during the Eskom inquiry gathered particular attention. Now,..
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Former acting CEO of Eskom’s back at his desk on Monday after ‘sham hearing’
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Matshela Koko, former acting CEO of Eskom will be back at work on Monday January 8 in the role of head of generation‚ according to Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe. The information that Koko had been reinstated was sent in an internal memo from acting CEO Sean Maritz to senior Eskom staff on Tuesday and was..
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It is official – no protection for Afrikaans at UFS
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Chief Justice Mongoeng’s recent statement on the University of the Freestate’s (UFS) language policy (delivered in the colonial English language) reaffirms his hatred against the Afrikaner as it has already emerged in his political ruling on 21 July 2016 regarding the change of street names in Pretoria. Two of his co-rulers Froneman and Cameron judged..
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Blame it on the Gupta’s‚ chirps Mbalula of his Christmas holiday in Dubai
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has taken a swipe at those who have questioned his activities in Dubai. According to a location geotag shared through a tweet he posted several days ago‚ Mbalula is in Dubai for the festive season. “Safa ngama Gupta [blame it on the Gupta’s] I pity those who have never been to..
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ANC’s plan to steal property places South Africa on Zimbabwean road
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The civil rights watchdog AfriForum says that the ANC’s decision to amend South Africa’s Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation boils down to a decision to commit theft and to place the country on the same road of destruction that Zimbabwe followed in its violation of property rights. According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum,..
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Was Ramaphosa Election Rigged? Did he know before the result who would win?
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It appears that Paul Mashatile, Treasurer General of ANC got Ramaphosa early results with a votes rigging plan possibly executed by his lover Bontle Mpakanyane. Paul Mashatile is married to Manzi Ellen Mashatile. Sources have suggested a shocking revelation regarding the new treasury general elect Paul Mashatile, and his long-time illicit partner and lady love..
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Bethlehem mayor caught with R2.8 million
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The mayor of Bethlehem, Lindiwe Makhalema, was caught with R2.8 million in cash in her car’ s boot. According to reports, a local resident “reported” to the police. However, she denies the allegations that the money was used to bribe delegates in the region. According to accusations on social media, she had to bribe ANC..
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