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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Crimes committed against the elderly should be seen as crimes committed against the whole community 87-Year-old Woman Assaulted During House Robbery, New Brighton
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Crimes committed against the elderly should be seen as crimes committed against the whole community” as said by Motherwell Cluster Commander, Major General Dawie Rabie following the severe assault of a paralysed 87-year-old woman during a house robbery at her Rula Street home in New Brighton yesterday. Yesterday, 04 December 2018, at about 12:00 the..
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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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Security guard dies after being set alight in plastics strike chaos – Numsa called the strike, but say they are not to blame for the resulting carnage
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A security guard, Lesley Lekgalake Mphahlele, died on Tuesday after succumbing to his injuries, sustained after he was doused with petrol and set alight by violent protesters. The Plastics Converters Association (PCASA) blamed the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) for the violence that had resulted from a strike the union called for…
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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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Finally the truth is being told! – Denel Admits Bursary Granted To Supra Mahumapelo’s Son Was Illegal
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It emerged in April that a R1 million bursary had been awarded to Oarabile Mahumapelo to attend flight school. Denel has conceded that a bursary granted to the son of former North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo was illegal. It emerged in April that a R1 million bursary had been awarded to Oarabile Mahumapelo to attend..
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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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Farm attack, Waterval North – Elderly victim severely beaten over the head by savages for two cellphones
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A farm attack took place in Waterval North, Pyramid, Pretoria, Gauteng Province. The attack was tweeted by Ian Cameron of AfriForum on 2 December 2018. An elderly victim was severely beaten over the head with a pistol by the attacker. It seems that only cell Phones were stolen during the robbery. The suspect fled on..
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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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