Posts tagged with 'New South Africa'

 

History will now become a compulsory subject in High School – Will it be abused as a political propaganda tool?

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History will now become a compulsory subject in High School – Will it be abused as a political propaganda tool?

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will on Thursday release the ministerial task team report into the possibility of introducing history as a compulsory subject in grades 10‚ 11 and 12.

At present‚ pupils take history to grade 9 and are permitted to drop it in grade 10.

The plan has been criticised in some quarters‚ with some fearing that history will be abused as a political propaganda tool‚ as in Zimbabwe‚ where the history syllabus in government schools is reportedly biased in favour of the ruling Zanu-PF.

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VIDEO: Footage of assault at local primary school shocks parents

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The incident in which a group of pupils kicked another learner lying on the ground, happened last year.

A violent altercation among Laerskool Bergland pupils, captured on video last year, has recently gone viral on social media.
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Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga Survives Hijacking

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Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga Survives Hijacking

Robbers made off with Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga, Mercedes-Benz early on Saturday morning. Msimanga was targeted while leaving a restaurant in Midrand.

He says he was confronted by two armed men and that he wasn’t with his bodyguards.
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What a disgrace -Only one drug testing kit left in Gauteng

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What a disgrace -Only one drug testing kit left in Gauteng

Out of the 143 police stations in Gauteng, only one has a drug testing kit.

From Actonville SAPS to Zonkizizwe Police Station, there are roughly 143 police stations in Gauteng, according to the SAPS official website.

Only one of these stations is equipped with a drug testing kit. This is according to MEC for community safety Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane, Kempton Express reports.
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Robber’s chilling words – ‘I will shoot you. It is a job’

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Robber's chilling words - 'I will shoot you. It is a job'

“I will shoot you. It is a job. It is how we eat to get bread on the table.”

Those were the chilling words of a former armed robber who was interviewed on M-Net’s Carte Blanche programme which aired on Sunday.

If I see a gun I will run out‚ or if I have mine‚ I will shoot you first. I am not going to hesitate I will shoot you first.
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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Wednesday again issued a call to poor black South Africans to occupy unused land illegally

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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Wednesday again issued a call to poor black South Africans to occupy unused land illegally

Speaking in Parliament during the presidency budget debate, Malema said he had initially told supporters to scale down land occupations after the ANC supported a move to expropriate land without compensation to end South Africa’s skewed land ownership patterns. The opposition leader said Ramaphosa had since made “wishy-washy” statements on the matter.

“Our people must continue to occupy land. This land belongs to us and if the ANC wants to kill our people for rightfully claiming their land, do so
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National Prosecuting Authority must be queried if more farm murder cases are withdrawn

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Still farm attack is still non-existent to ANC-regime - Attackers murder farmer in his home in North West Province

The murder cases against three of the eight men suspected of killing the Coligny farmer Hannes Christie (65), who was murdered on the farm Vlakfontein near Coligny in North West in February 2018, were withdrawn today, 21 May 2018.
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AN EXAMPLE OF THE FAILURE OF EXPROPRIATION BY ANC GOVERNMENT – ZEBEDIELA

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AN EXAMPLE OF THE FAILURE OF EXPROPRIATION BY ANC GOVERNMENT - ZEBEDIELA

Remember Zebediela Citrus Estate? Here’s what happened to it:

From 1918 to 1926, more than 565 000 citrus trees were planted on 2 260 ha of this estate’s land. For the twenty five years before the estate was sold to the South African government in 1974, it showed a profit of millions of rands every year. After the sale, Zebediela grew to become “the diamond of agricultural projects”.
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Motlanthe’s remarks “that many tribal leaders behave like village tin pot dictators ” found offensive – You can’t deny the truth!

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Motlanthe’s remarks “that many tribal leaders behave like village tin pot dictators ” found offensive

The offensive remarks by the ANC’s Kgalema Motlanthe regarding traditional leaders was to be expected, taken into account that who and what the ANC was when De Klerk and his henchman handed over South Africa and the ten self-governing indigenous states to the ANC in 1994.
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Airlaine SA Express has been grounded amid serious safety concerns

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Airlaine SA Express has been grounded amid serious safety concerns

The South African Civil Aviation Authority suspended the airline’s operating permits on Thursday‚ saying: “This effectively means that as of today … SA Express can no longer continue to operate as an airline.

Nine of SA Express’s 21 aircraft also had their certificates of airworthiness withdrawn.
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SANDF official Mohlala Gets Sacked after racial outburst commenting that elderly white man should not only have been attacked, but that his eyes should also have been poked out

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SANDF official Mohlala Gets Sacked after racial outburst commenting that elderly white man should not only have been attacked, but that his eyes should also have been poked out

On the 26th of March this year Front National posted an article titled: DOUBLE STANDARDS A SYMPTOM OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES.

In this we pointed out that Vicki Momberg was sentenced to an effective 2 years in prison for a racist statement, while a serving officer in the Defense Force, Major MV Mohlala of the Wonderboom military base, got away with only a warning after writing on Facebook that an elderly white man, the reverend Braam van Wyk, should not only have been attacked, but that his eyes should also have been poked out.
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Large Amount Of Money Seized At East Rand Home During Police Raid

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Large Amount Of Money Seized At East Rand Home During Police Heist

The discovery on Monday night came after at least three cash van robberies on Monday, including one at the Jabulani Mall in Soweto.

The Ekurhuleni Metro Police (EMPD) have seized a significant amount of money at a house in Langaville on the East Rand but are unable to confirm whether it’s the proceeds of cash-in-transit heists.
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It is not safe to go jogging in SA – WOMAN SHOT DEAD WHILE JOGGING IN MARLBORO GARDEN

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It is not safe to go jogging in SA - WOMAN SHOT DEAD WHILE JOGGING IN MARLBORO GARDEN

Paramedics say they arrived on the scene earlier on Monday and found the woman believed to be in her 20s lying on the sidewalk.

A woman has been shot dead while jogging in Marlboro Gardens in Johannesburg.
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Passenger coaches are now being targeted by armed robbers on highways

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Passenger coaches are now being targeted by armed robbers on highways

At least three passenger coaches were targeted by armed robbers on Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

It’s being reported that coaches carrying passengers from Zimbabwe to South Africa have been robbed at gunpoint along the main Musina-Johannesburg highway.
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Bring it on! – Prominent public figures risk losing their jobs or facing jail time

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Bring it on! - Prominent public figures risk losing their jobs or facing jail time

Prominent public figures risk losing their jobs or facing jail time as legal cases involving several South African politicians and high-ranking officials are scheduled to be heard in June.

Jacob Zuma
The former president — who resigned in February — faces several charges including one count of racketeering, two counts of corruption, one count of money laundering and 12 counts of fraud which date back to the 1990s.
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