South Africa’s defence industry is dealing with a crisis as the state-owned weapons manufacturer Denel battles to survive, and rapidly agreeing equity partnerships is the only way to save it, a top defence official has said. Denel’s woes put at risk an industry estimated to directly employ around 15 000 people, Armscor CEO Kevin Wakeford..
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SA’s defence industry is facing a crisis as the state-owned arms maker Denel struggles to survive
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Eskom keeps lying to save its but, suddenly the power utility is experiencing Breakdowns, not a coal shortage
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Rotational rolling blackouts resumed on Thursday as Eskom technicians attended to breakdowns at several of its generating units in South Africa. Stage 2 load-shedding started at 9am and was expected to last until 10pm. While consumers and business owners lamented the ongoing power cuts – and the reasons behind them – the Middelburg Chamber of..
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All Eskom wants for Christmas is a R100bn government bailout and therefore South-African citizens must suffer with continuous loadshedding
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The struggling power utility wants the state to absorb its debt in a move that would likely be good for them but bad for our credit rating. As South Africans grapple with festive-season load shedding, our embattled national power utility, Eskom, is trying to find ways to keep the lights on while operating with billions..
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Who is fooling who?: So, according to Eskom there is no coal? Is Eskom deliberately wanting to plunge the country further into darkness and chaos?
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There is no shortage of coal, as Eskom claims. Instead, the coal is piling up at the mines, uncollected by the utility, Anna Marth Ott, CEO of Middelburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said yesterday. Middelburg is positioned between three large Eskom power stations, and there are 170 coal mines within a 200 km radius..
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Over 1,000 Rhinos Poached Every Year as SA Government Struggles to Implement it’s Own Ban or Find a Solution
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TRADE OF RHINO HORN, GOING FORWARD. The recent Constitutional Court dismissal of the Department of Environment’s appeal to keep the ban to trade in rhino horn in place, has become a very controversial subject. The South African government is struggling with a rhino poaching crisis and their attempt to achieve a solution has only seemed to worsen the crisis.
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R27 million of taxpayers money missing in thin air and now KZN’s traditional councils can’t explain how and where it went
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KwaZulu-Natal’s traditional authorities have failed to account for more than R11-million in levies collected by the province’s amakhosi from their subjects during the past financial year.
They were also unable to account for more than R15-million in property under their control, according to the 2017-2018 annual report of the Traditional Levies and Trust Account.
The report was submitted to the KwaZulu-Natal legislature this week by the MEC for co-operative governance and traditional affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube.
Co-operative governance MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube said the audit was disappointing. (Mandla Mkhize)
Poor accounting systems and a strike by the secretaries of the province’s tribal councils resulted in the auditor general’s office issuing a qualified audit outcome against the entity.
The more than 350 secretaries, who receive a government stipend of R1 600 a month, want the department to pay them R12 000 instead, which the co-operative gover
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City of Joburg Mayor: FNB Stadium will go down in ruins if illegal mining continues
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City of Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has warned that if the illegal mining threat in Johannesburg is not taken seriously, there will be deadly consequences. Mashaba made the statement in response to the Department of Mineral Resources stating there was “no immediate threat to critical infrastructure as has been claimed”. The claims follow a report..
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Katie Hopkins: South Africa, white people, and the assault on Western values
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Video: In this partial excerpt of ‘The Fallen State TV’, host Jesse Lee Peterson interviews Katie Hopkins, author and columnist at The Rebel. They discuss the South African government’s planned theft of white owned land, the atrocious farm attacks and farm murders and how the government and police are complicit in the attacks. The ANC,..
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WATCH | Carl Niehaus, calls all state capture witnesses liars – This white traitor is even more dumber than we expect him to be!
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Video – The ANC (African National Congress) Military Wing for Veteran MKMVA (Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association) spokesman, Carl Niehaus, invited ANC members to testify to the state survey. He said nothing of them came forward with hard facts implied by former President Jacob Zuma. This report does not necessarily reflects the opinion of..
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Breaking! SA parliament gives go ahead in land expropriation – Now ANC, BLF and EFF can steal your land without any difficulty
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After a while of uncertainty the South Africa National Assembly has adopted the constitutional review committee’s report recommending a constitutional amendment to expropriate land without compensation. 209 MPs voted in favour of the report, with 91 voting against it and no abstentions. This means that parliament can start a process of amending the constitution, and..
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Agriculture confidence in SA drops to lowest level in nine years – Blame it on our incompetent governments plans around land reform!
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The gloomy results are not expected to get any better while there is still so much uncertainty on land reform. Confidence in the agricultural sector has fallen to the lowest level in nine years on the back of uncertainty around land reform. Following a decline from 54 to 48 points in the third quarter of..
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National Prosecuting Authority gets new boss, the question is will she also be one of Ramaphosa’s puppets?
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Cyril Ramaphosa appointed adv. Shamila Batohi as the new head of the National Prosecuting Authority. She will begin her duties on February 1, 2019. The president of the country, Cyril Ramaphosa, acknowledged that the NPA was disorder, corrupt and dysfunctional with the announcement of her appointment. Observers point out that this acknowledgment made by Ramaphosa..
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The dismissal of seven ANC mayors from the Western Transvaal who was apparently involved in VBS Bank scandal, will not save the province since it is ruled by corruption and incompetent leaders
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The ANC has fired seven mayors in the Western Transvaal, four of which were involved in the VBS Bank investment scandal. Madibeng, Moretele, Mahikeng and Dr Ruth Momphati municipalities mayors were fired with immediate effect. In addition, Kagiso-Molopo, Mamusa and Maquassie-Hills mayors were called back to restore service delivery and confidence in the ANC. Political..
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Poor governance and corruption in the ANC regime is the main reason why many state institutions face bankruptcy, just take SABC into consideration who needs R3 billion before March 2019 to pay salaries and debt
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At least two councillors from the SABC have resigned. The Board has given notice to the presidency that three councillors resigned and all inquiries are referred to the presidency. This follows after alleged retrenchments by the Council and in combat with the newly appointed Minister of Communications, Stella Ndabeni Abrahams. There was a situation and..
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Cash strapped SA wants to host the Africa Soccer Cup Tournament in 2019 – Will taxpayers now be ordered to fund this expensive tournament?
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South Africa is physically bankrupt and the country’s soccer association still carries the weight of bribery allegations since the 2010 World Cup series. However, they still think that they have a chance to host the Africa Soccer Cup tournament in 2019. Cameroon, was denied the right to host the tournament due to delays in their..
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