A train belonging to the Passenger Rail Agency, a division of Transnet, was stolen from the Umkomaas railway depot and driven to Ilfracombe Station. The two thieves whom stole an empty commuter train from a depot , took it on a 12km joy ride from eMkhomazi to Umgababa on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, leaving security..
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Only in SA and probably a World First! – Prasa Train worth R50 Million was stolen in Umkomaas on Natal South Coast
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Cash-strapped, Eskom’s top managers who earn R1,5 to R3m a year, demand pay hike since no salary increase was given
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Eskom’s senior managers – who earn R1.5m to R3m a year – are taking the power utility to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) because they have not been given a salary increase in the past year. Rapport newspaper said on Sunday that between 180 and 200 senior managers wanted a retroactive increase..
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DSTV subscribers pay annually R54 million for senior officials’ salaries – yet programs are broadcast repeatedly and service is excessively expensive
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While the number of subscribers to DStv is declining in South Africa, the subscription fee increases annually to pay the high salaries of its senior officials. Only a few of MultiChoice’s senior executives collectively earn more than R54 million a year. The CEO, Calvo Mawela, receives R10.6 million a year and Tim Jacobs R8.4 million,..
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Consumers face 80% electricity tariff hike to save Eskom from their self-inflicted mess
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Eskom has announced that they will put a four-point plan in place to get out of their self inflicted mess. They will firstly obtain an 80% increase in electricity through a court order, and secondly they will unbundle the entity. Third, Eskom will introduce savings measures. However, it is not indicated how and what savings..
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What a shocker! – 38% op Police officers in Gauteng fail shooting competency
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With 4500 civil claims against the police in Gauteng, 139 lost service weapons and only 38% of police officials who passed their shooting competency tests, the people of Gauteng cannot trust or take the Department for Community Safety seriously. South Africa and Gauteng are on fire. The reasons for this are infinite and call for..
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More than 10 million people are unemployed in SA – Rate higher than USA and Germany combined
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10 million South Africans suffer in silence and 900 hundred join them every day. We are all too clever as we talk about public protectors, scandals, politics and infighting. BUT we and our government love forgetting the unemployed. Journalists forget them, Politicians talk for them but never too them. Working people hope they never have..
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Traffic severely affected after “land grabs” row – Protesters have been throwing rocks at cars as violent protests escalate in the Lenasia area of Johannesburg, causing a traffic nightmare for commuters
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The situation has become volatile in the Lenasia South region of Ennerdale in Johannesburg, as protests have engulfed major routes through to the city. It has been reported that blockades made from debris and burning tyres have caused a serious traffic nightmare for commuters on Thursday morning. Although we’re awaiting official verification, it seems that..
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Hendrik Verwoerd to be exploited for the ANC’s failure – Former prime minister will soon be smiling in and around Joburg, members of the community are asked to wipe the smile off his face by fixing ANC’s education system
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Amnesty International will put up smiling faces of the former prime minister and so-called “architect of apartheid” Hendrik Verwoerd up around Johannesburg. “The campaign urges members of the public who care about the provision of quality education to ‘sign the smile off Verwoerd’s face’ by demanding that South Africa’s leaders urgently provide all children with..
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Eskom is SA’s downfall with net loss of R20.7 billion and a deficit of R59 billion
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The latest Eskom financial report just released shows once again that the entity is causing the country’s financial collapse. The shock announcement that the power supplier is showing a net loss of R20.7bn for the financial year confirms that Eskom is holding the ANC regime hostage. If the ANC regime wants to see the country..
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ANC Youth League management dissolved and now replaced with task team – Today’s youth no longer tomorrow’s future?
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The ANC Youth League’s management is apparently being replaced by a task team that includes Malusi Gigaba, Faith Muthambi, and Nomvula Mokonyane. During a media briefing to explain the decisions of the ANC’s Executive Council meeting in Pretoria, ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule said the decision was made to dissolve the Youth League’s management and replace..
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Public Protector received money from Guptas, but denied that she was corrupt
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The Public Protector has denied allegations that she is corrupt and has received money from the Guptas in the past. Busisiwe Mkhwebane is accused of receiving about R5,000 from the Guptas two years before her appointment as OB. It is not mentioned whether she received the amount monthly, but it is suspected that she may..
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#Blackprivilege: Soweto residents want to pay a flat rate of R100 per month for unlimited electricity – We all do!!
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While Eskom is drowning in debt and struggling to make ends meet, Soweto residents say they want their debt written off and to only pay R100 per month for unlimited electricity. Eskom currently supplies 135,000 Soweto residents with power, but only 12% of these customers pay for electricity. This non-payment has seen Soweto’s debt to..
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SACP / ANC wants to establish totalitarian communist state in SA
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As the reality of communism gets closer to our pockets and our physical world, the greater reality becomes the total onslaught made as a scare story by leftish and liberals. Regarding the current land grab plans, I think readers and journalists should now begin to realize that the SACP / ANC struggle was never really..
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Taxpayers forks out R5.4 million for absent civil servants who are currently sitting at home and doing absolutely nothing
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Taxpayers have so far paid about R5.4 million on civil servants salaries who sit at home due to improper sickness or temporary disability leave in the past year and not doing any work at all. The largest amount of money was paid out by the Department of Environmental Affairs with a huge sum of R1,6..
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Empty promises leave Free State residents fuming, Mayor’s house burnt down due to frustration on water crisis
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Mayor Mamiki Mokoena, of the Nketoana municipality, which includes Reitz, Petrus Steyn, Arlington and Lindley in the Free State, house in Petrus Steyn has been destroyed after angry residents burnt it down to show their anger towards the shortage of water in the areas. Residents’ anger over the ongoing water crisis has apparently boiled over..
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