Over 5.4 million beneficiaries who collect their social grants at ATMs and shops using their South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) cards will for the next three months incur a R10 “banking fee”.
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Millions of social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 ‘bank charge’
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Momberg’s sentence shows institutional double standards on racism
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AfriForum on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the jail term given to convicted racist Vicki Momberg by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.
Momberg will effectively spend two years behind bars as one year of her three-year sentence was suspended on condition that she is not found guilty of committing a similar offence in the next three years.
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This was offered at Ace Magashule’s R20 Million bday bash/party
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Former ANC MP, Vytjie Mentor, may have just discovered another Free State corruption scandal. Of course it involves Ace Magashule.
Vytjie Mentor is a former ANC MP who is like a fountain and sometimes overflows with party secrets. This time, Mentor claims that the Free State government spends millions on a farewell party for former Prime Minister Ace Magashule.
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ESKOM wants a 30% price hike as part of its plan to recover tens of billions of rands
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The power utility had requested a 30% hike as part of its plan to recover tens of billions of rands lost to coal procurement, as well as the lower than expected electricity sales between 2014 and 2017, which some have labelled as the “Gupta years”.
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Vytjie Mentor -corruption bombshell: “Free State government is spending R20m on Magashule farewell party”
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Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor may have just dropped another Free State corruption bombshell. Of course, it involves Ace Magashule.
Vytjie Mentor is a former ANC MP who can sometimes seem like a fountain of party secrets that has no tap to turn off. This time, Mentor is claiming that the Free State government will spend tens of millions on a “farewell party” for former premier Ace Magashule.
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LIBERALS DON’T LEARN -DA Mayor of Port Elizabeth, Athol Trollip, is one of those liberals who simply refuses to learn his lesson
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Athol Trollip is facing a motion of no-confidence intended to remove him as mayor. Trollip became Mayor in 2016 when the DA formed a coalition with the EFF to take Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Council away from the ANC.
The coalition fell apart in the meantime and the former coalition partner is now tabling the motion against Trollip. This means that Nelson Mandela Bay will probably be returned to the ANC.
Cash strapped city in KwaZulu-Natal is spending an estimated R20-million on a mansion for its mayor
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The cash-strapped city of Umhlathuze on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast is spending an estimated R20-million on a mansion for its mayor‚ Mduduzi Gift Mhlongo.
The Result Of Incompetence And Irresponsibility South African government, the State President and the EFF
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The disgraceful state of destruction, violence and danger to civilians which we had to witness this week in both Centurion and Hermanus is the direct result of the incompetence and irresponsibility of the South African government, the State President and the EFF.
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Condemned bomber, Robert McBride, once again as free as a bird after charges of child abuse dropped
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On Tuesday, the state announced that it was withdrawing charges against IPID (Independent Police Investigative Directorate) head Robert McBride for child abuse. No reasons were given at the Pretoria Magistrates Court as to why the charges were being dropped – but it marks a provisional end to a story marked by peculiar circumstances from the start.
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Farm murders, not false news and not misinformation
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62 year old South African farmer Riaan Scheepers died in December 2017, after a weeks long battle to stay alive following a savage beating from attackers.
A message from his daughter Bianca Scheepers shared on WhatsApp‚ states: “Papa went to a better place this afternoon at about 5pm. One of his lungs struggled to get air and let enough oxygen into his blood. His heart was too weak to work anymore. We want to thank everyone for all your concern‚ prayers and support during this time. We value it.”
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109 farm attacks in less than 100 days
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On 19 March 2018, AfriForum announced that 2018 has already witnessed about 109 farm attacks and about 15 farm murders in South Africa.
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Eskom wants permission to keep on polluting
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Environmental groups are fuming after Eskom applied for another postponement to regulations that would reduce pollution from one of their power plants.
The Highveld Environmental Justice Network and the Life After Coal Campaign‚ which includes the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER)‚ Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and groundWork‚ objected to Eskom applying for a postponement for their Tutuka power station – near Standerton in Mpumalanga – to comply with the minimum emission standards (MES).
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SARS boss Tom Moyane sacked
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In a late-night move, President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane.
The under-fire tax service boss has been informed of his suspension, which takes effect immediately, the Presidency said in a statement.
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Easter-Cape Grade 1 failure crisis
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One of the worst school grades for failure in the province is Grade1. This “Grade 1 crisis” was revealed by Eastern Cape education MEC Mandla Makupula late last week.
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Ramaphosa’s presidential salary one of the highest vs other world leaders
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South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to earn a salary of R3.6 million in 2018 – easily making him one of the best paid leaders in the world.
Former president Jacob Zuma last earned a salary of just under R2.9 million, which put him comfortably within the top 20 highest paid world leaders, despite the state of South Africa’s economyduring his term in office.
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