According to Statistics South Africa (SSA), we need R561 to buy food with just enough kilojules to avoid starvation. These households that earn less than the amount are considered as South Africa’s “food poverty line”, or the extreme poverty line. The amount of R810 is described as the bottom poverty line and you can buy..
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SA Poverty Line – it costs R561 a month to consume just enough kilojules to prevent starvation – this while ANC cadres are wining and dining with taxpayers’ money
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Unemployment rate grows to 29%, while SA’s economy declines – Ramaphosa’s promises of new job opportunities, all lies
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South Africa’s economic crisis is causing increasing violence, and is linked to several factors, the poor growth rate of less than 0.5% being a scapegoat. Compared to the previous year, about 25,000 jobs became available, but that’s a drop in the bucket against the myriad of school leavers of 598,000 who want to enter the..
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Political condition of SA compels owners to get rid of properties in wealthy suburbs of Cape Town – prices are now down to 50%
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Property prices in the rich suburbs of Cape Town have dropped by up to 50% of the initial selling price. Sellers in neighborhoods like Constantia and the Atlantic have dropped their prices between 20% and 50% in an effort to get rid of the property. Real estate brokers report that the slightly upward flash after..
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Political appointments cause malfunctioning at Municipalities and SOEs, SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s confidence drops
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Business confidence remains weak and under pressure. It is therefore gratifying that the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) is finally putting its finger on the problem by referring to the ongoing policy of political appointments with municipalities and state-controlled entities (SOE). Sacci appealed to the ANC government to ensure that state-controlled entities should..
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“White children are smarter than children of color” – Teacher from prestigious private school suspended after allegedly telling this to pupils
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An Afrikaans teacher at a prestigious private school in Durban Westville was suspended after she allegedly told the children that white children are generally smarter than children of color. An investigation by the education department will determine the fate of the teacher. In 2018, an English teacher resigned to allegations that she used the offended..
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#ParasiticParastatal – SA Express is just another bottomless pit swallowing taxpayers’ money
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It is disturbing to realise that recently another enormous lifeline was quietly given to SA Express while all the attention was on Eskom, the SAA and the SABC. According to the Free Market Foundation, SA Express received a lifeline of R1,24 billion from the government in November last year and was now given government guaranteed financing amounting to R300 million.
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Nedbank warns ANC-regime that there is a 10% chance that SA is heading for a Ramaphobia scenario
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Nedbank used their semi-annual report to issue a strict warning to the government. According to the report, there is a 10% chance that South Africa is heading for a Ramaphobia scenario. It involves the infighting in the ANC, the battle being lost against corruption, more downgrades, power cuts with increasing tensions and social unrest. Nedbank..
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Motor industry may be crippled by imminent strikes – unreasonable demands from unions could lead to withdrawal of manufacturers from SA and job losses
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Strikes could soon paralyze car manufacturers in South Africa if an agreement is not reached with the trade union Numsa soon. The first round of talks failed, and a second attempt was envisaged, but the demands made by the union left a red light for the future of the industry. The first round of talks..
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Culture of protest and destruction established by ANC regime spills over to tertiary institutions
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Dissatisfied students of the University of SA (Unisa) started a strike at the Sunnyside and Natal campuses but have now expanded to almost all campuses across the country. According to the students, their concern will be that the University remains “closed” until their grievances have been addressed. Unisa is currently handling a third of the..
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#WhiteLivesDontMatter! 4 Farm Murders and 39 Farm Attacks, in South Africa during July 2019
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There were 39 farm attacks, 4 farm murders and 4 farm attacks were averted in South Africa during July 2019. During June 2019, there were 34 arm attacks and 6 farm murders and for the period 1 January to 31 May 2019 there were 184 farm attacks and 20 farm murders in the country. On..
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ANC downplays the crisis of attacks and murderers of tourists in South Africa
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It is shocking that the Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, has tried to downplay the attacks on and murders of tourists in South Africa as mere ‘isolated incidents’ and it is even more shocking that the Ministry of Tourism now has to make plans to combat it while combating crime is actually the police’s responsibility…
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Afrikaner author, publisher and commentator Dan Roodt calls Lesufi non-‘South African’ ‘racist’
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Afrikaner author, publisher and commentator Dan Roodt took to Twitter on Thursday to call out Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on his vow that names of historical leaders, used for example in Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd in Tshwane, would be replaced by new ones. The education MEC says he will take the author ‘to the cleaners’..
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When the SABC can’t even broadcast local soccer, then you know its doomed
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The SABC and South Africa’s Premier Soccer League have confirmed the national broadcaster will not show Absa Premiership matches. As reported by News24, the new season of the Absa Premiership started today at 15:00 – with the SABC not showing the first match. The PSL said that the nation may have to “accept that the..
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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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