The Vaal River is in a terrible condition, with pollution and raw sewage causing people to get sick and fish to die, residents are urging the government to take action. With so many people potentially affected, the question remains – do people really know what’s in the river? According to the group Save the Vaal,..
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Raw sewage openly flows into Vaal River
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ANC have a habit of electing terrible people – Tshwane ANC chair facing “abuse” scandal
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The Tshwane ANC is now also facing questions over who it elected to the role of chairperson. Somewhat unsurprisingly (in terms of ANC members) the chair is now facing more than one serious accusation. ANC Tshwane regional chairperson Kgosi Maepa has been accused of swearing at and threatening violence against his own ANC comrade, Simphiwe..
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Vicki Momberg has been granted leave to appeal prison sentence
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The former Durban estate agent, and convicted racist, Vicki Momberg, has been granted leave to appeal her sentence by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. Following her racist tirade directed towards Johannesburg law enforcement officials in 2016, Momberg appeared before the same court and was convicted late last year. Magistrate Pravina Rugoonandan sentenced Momberg to three years..
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ANC looks to China for election strategy and tactics
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The ANC is looking East and bringing in the Chinese to provide lessons on propaganda and discipline ahead of the 2019 general poll, which is considered the governing party’s most testing election since 1994. ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule told the party’s communicators at a strategy workshop held at Luthuli House two weeks ago that they..
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Hlaudi Motsoeneng: ‘I will be president’
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Disgraced former SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng has a brazen vision of his future: He will be South Africa’s president. Speaking at the 70th birthday of Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini on Friday at the Enyokeni Palace in Nongoma‚ northern KwaZulu-Natal‚ Motsoeneng said he was watching the current batch of leaders – and was very underwhelmed…
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Gautrain passengers have been left stranded as strike looms
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Gautrain passengers are being urged to make alternative transport arrangements tomorrow as workers will go on strike. Negotiations between the Mbombela operating company and unions broke down following weeks of talks. The service has lines from the Johannesburg through to Hatfield as well as to OR Tambo International airport. Gautrain spokesperson Kes Nayager says to..
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So world here is our beloved country…a rainbow nation in despair!
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Dear World. This is South Africa. A beautiful place where firestations, schools, buildings, vehicles and busses are set a light. Where service delivery is poor because of a lack of proper knowledge. Where our government is corrupt and pushes taxes up so we pay the money which was stolen by our president. The only country..
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EFF : BACK IN THE ANC AND BACKING STATE CAPTURE
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As the EFF turns 5 years old , it is clear the EFF is back in the ANC , albeit as the radical and populist vanguard . Much will still be written about Julius Malema but the central theme will always be the absolute destructive and devastating role he played in South African politics …
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You’re paying more than double what you should for electricity in SA
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Energy expert Ted Blom says that South Africans are paying more than double what they should be for electricity in the country, and it’s funding Eskom’s corruption and mismanagement. Eskom this week reported a loss after tax of R2.3 billion for the year ended March 31 from a profit of R900 million 12 months earlier…
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Sex education taken too far – 27 Pupils At Limpopo High School Pregnant
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The Limpopo Basic Education Department says its concerned that 27 pupils at the Molautsi Secondary School situated just outside Polokwane are pregnant. Fourteen of them are in grade 12. Earlier this month, Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa visited an 18-year-old who’d given birth to triplets at Seshego Hospital. Both she and the father of the..
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All aboard the money flight – SAA executive consultants paid R16 million salaries
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Embattled national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), has admitted to paying R16 million in executive consultancy fees. This includes R10 million for three personnel working on a six-month contract. Problems keep boarding SAA on a flight destined for collapse. This year alone, the airline received over R15 billion in government bail-outs. It’s been argued that..
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Hoërskool Overvaal wins court case against Phanyaza Lesufi
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Gauteng education MEC, Phanyaza Lesufi’s court battle against Hoërskool Overvaal has not gone according to plan, SowetanLive reports. The Afrikaans medium high school made headlines earlier in the year after 55 English pupils were denied enrolment, stating that it had reached full capacity and could not afford to employ a handful of English teachers who..
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ANC and DA joined forces in Kimberley to remove mayor Matika
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Rogue African National Congress (ANC) members sided with the Democratic Alliance (DA) in a bid to remove Sol-Plaatje municipality mayor, Mangaliso Matika. The motion of no confidence succeeded and has left the ANC provincial executive fuming. It should be celebrated as a joyous occasion – for weeks the Northern Cape town of Kimberley has been..
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Petrol shutdown: fake news!
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As we approach the weekend, South Africans have been sharing a Whatsapp voice note of a woman claiming that there will be a national petrol station shut down on Friday. Like so many things frantically shared on Whatsapp, the information in the voice note is fake news. While petrol prices have been on the rise..
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Telkom CEO pockets a whopping R27 million paycheck
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Telkom CEO, Sipho Maseko, earned a total of R27 million in the 2018 financial year. South Africa’s telecommunications provider has released its integrated financial report – and the salaries are staggering. While Telkom may be one of the better performing state-owned enterprises (SOE)– let’s be honest, the bar isn’t set too high – yearly salaries..
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