During the first half of 2008, the SA Queen Modjadji was received from Germany at the port at Simon’s Town. It is the latest delivery of submarines from Germany purchased by South Africa while the country does not have sufficiently trained personnel to use the boat effectively. The Crawford-Browne activist says there is only one.. Continue reading…
The battle between Old Mutual and its CEO, Peter Moyo, is still ongoing, and now the company has taken further action against him. Old Mutual, which is currently under pressure from its shareholders, has indicated that a second notice of dismissal has been sent to the CEO. This was done in the midst of a.. Continue reading…
The controversial Land Panel Report will not only have far-reaching effects on agriculture, but also on any other landowners in the country. TAU SA realized that the general public was unaware of the implications that the proposals in the report could have on their property. The report focusing on expropriation without compensation was launched at.. Continue reading…
Much divergent response was received after the Equity Court on Wednesday ruled on the display of the old South African flag, saying it amounts to hate speech in some contexts. We previously reported that Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapela found that the unfounded display of the old flag is not protected under freedom of expression… Continue reading…
An educator told Die Vryburger that the possibility of enough schools and classrooms for South Africa’s learners will never come. He points out that the black schools are overcrowded because there are not enough schools to accommodate them, but new schools will not address the big problem. He says the biggest obstacle is the fact.. Continue reading…
It took almost a year for Sars CEO of Information Technology, Mmamathe Makheke-Mokhuane, to be suspended. The suspension was taken preventively pending a disciplinary process around the seriousness of the allegations of misconduct. This means that five executives have been temporarily suspended. SARS does not want to comment further on the top person’s suspension and.. Continue reading…
The EFF is calling for the removal of Die Stem from the national anthem following the Equality Court judgment declaring the gratuitous display of the old apartheid flag as hate speech. The party welcomed the court ruling handed down on Wednesday by Judge Phineas Mojapelo. Mojapelo said the display of the apartheid flag does harm.. Continue reading…
The Equality Court on Wednesday ruled that the display of the old SA flag boils down to hate speech and causes division among the people because of the painful past it symbolizes. Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo says it is harassment to swing the old country flag and is not protected under freedom of expression… Continue reading…
The FF Plus demands that the Free State Department of Health urgently intervene and ensure that all high-care units in the Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein are restored to an operational condition. Currently, there is not one operating high-care unit in this hospital. At a recent Health Portfolio Committee meeting in the Free State Legislature, the.. Continue reading…
According to Gwede Mantashe, trade unions currently opposing the unbundling of Eskom will eventually have to change their position and support the move. According to him, everyone in the country has a duty to save the economy and also the country. Trade unions fear that job losses will occur if the entity is unbundled into.. Continue reading…
There are speculations in government circles that the Trillion Rands currently in pension fund managers’ hands should be used to get South Africa out of its financial predicament, and not just to use the Eskoms, SAA, SABC etc. But believe me there are many other obscure motives behind the discussed move. When the IMF joins,.. Continue reading…
The government is going to stop private medical aids! The government is going to force people to become part of the state’s National Health Insurance (NHI) Fund – people have no choice. This means an ANC official is now going to decide who your doctor is and what hospital families can go to, even if.. Continue reading…
Residents of Orange Grove, Johannesburg, were stunned when they discovered coffins hidden in a house on Sunday morning. The group of residents raided a house that they suspected was being occupied by a drug dealer at about 7am. “We know houses that have drugs. When we arrived at the gate the people inside did not.. Continue reading…
South Africa – True story, told by a survivor and a victim in his own words, He was raped, his daughter and wife also raped and killed. The reporters were warned that they will be arrested for obstruction of justice and charged with racism if they published anything about the case, before any arrests are made. Why? The criminals are still at large. Continue reading…