Billions and billions have been thrown at The South African Airways (SAA), but the airline don’t have much to show for it. It’s hard to recall a time when the limpest of all our state-owned entities was successful on its own two feet. It has a history of relying on fiscal interventions, needing contributions from..
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How much taxpayers money has been thrown into SAA’s black hole to stay afloat?
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Whopping salaries and perks for new cabinet: here are the numbers – Spouses and children also set to score footed by taxpayers money
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Luxury travel, free housing and domestic staff along with salaries in the R2m a year bracket are all in store for the politicians who woke up as freshly minted members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet on Thursday. AfricaCheck has crunched the numbers and found that cabinet ministers will receive an annual salary of R2,401,633. Deputy..
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170 Farm Attacks and 20 Farm Murders but an exorbitant inauguration costing taxpayers R120 million, took place – what an enormous amount to spend on a one-off and unnecessary ceremony such as this
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Hardworking humble South African taxpayers have to pay for the inauguration while still having to tolerate; sub-standard service delivery, corruption, state capture, lies, load-shedding and fuel price increases to name just a few extreme inconveniences and chaos individuals are expected to tolerate. AfriForum condemns the decision by the presidency to press on with the exorbitant..
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Eskom shocked by new R36 billion bill from infamous Kusile unit – Well, isn’t this the last thing that utility and the South African taxpayer needed?
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With Eskom set to receive a R70 billion government bailout over the next few years, they could lose more than half of that amount before they even get going. Another set of spiralling costs have floored the utility, who have been billed R36 billion by contractors working on the Kusile Power Plant. The report –..
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Election cost taxpayers billions of rand, SA’s struggling economy has taken a step closer towards junk status
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Apart from the fact that taxpayers had to foot the bill for the state’s expenses, the amount of which is unknown, but has amounted to millions. The recent election has pushed the struggling economy another step closer towards junk status with the tremendous expense of political parties. The ANC spent more than one billion in..
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Bankrupt SA’s bankrupt governors – taxpayers’ contribution to the treasury is recklessly ransacked
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While everyone is encouraged by the ANC regime to help build the economy, so-called governors are making the taxpayers’ contribution to the Treasury wastefully wasted. If R750m from the empty treasury is dumped to renovate the homes of ANC ministers and deputy ministers and even pay thousands of Rands for dog kennels, it’s no wonder..
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Part 1:- Juju you are just like Andile Mngxitama, a big fat joke:- Malema Fires Back: ‘I Am Ready To Govern South Africa’ (video)
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The boisterous leader of the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) has slammed those who say he is not fit to govern South Africa. Malema urged all to look at his impeccable records in the past, so they can see that he can do better if given the opportunity. He noted that he would fire useless ministers..
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Lie of Eskom continues – Consumers can prepare for many more days of #Rollingblackouts, and further deterioration of the economy, as each day’s load shedding causes the debt burden to rise by R2 billion
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The lie of Eskom continues, and the 1,100 MW bought from Mozambique and now being unavailable is only the tip of the iceberg of tragedies. Maintenance at the Eskom power stations has been taboo for years – it was always white people’s way of wasting money and labor, and the ANC regime, with its strange..
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PIC blows millions of of taxpayers money on selected members – embezzlement and corruption are once again the order of the day – tax payers are coughing UP and corrupt ANC members are wasting it
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The former Head of Risk and Compliance at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Paul Magula, testified before the PIC’s Commission of Inquiry on how millions of Rands have been spent on a few select members of the corporation. Dan Matjila, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, once again stands in the trough of..
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SA pension pot under threat as government, whose debt is growing every year, looks for new funding sources as taxpayers could no longer be squeezed for more money
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The pension pot in South Africa, one of the largest in the world, could be under threat as government, whose debt is growing every year, looks for new funding sources. IF THIS HAPPENS THERE COULD BE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. This according to the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), which warned of a threat by government to..
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Just something to think about with regards to SA taxes that will leave you shocked!
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Taxpayers should not foot the bill for ANC government’s failures. We need to look deeper into our system of government, and how we allocate risk and reward, responsibility and accountability. At this moment, if you earned R100, you pay R33 income tax. You are left with R67. You buy R67 worth of fuel, pay 48%..
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Eskom’s request to increase electricity granted after poor administrators of SA-regime succumb to unrealistically high demands – annual revenue of the state entity will now increase by R784bn
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The bankrupt power provider of South Africa, who has already stolen billions of rand from the taxpayers’ pockets, once again got its way. The poor administrators of our beloved SA have succumbed and allowed heavy increases to hit consumers in the next three years. The ANC government, under the leadership of the Energy Regulator of..
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SA taxpayers will now have to fork out an extra R9 million over the next three years, in the face of tough economic challenges, to sustain the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s lavish lifestyle
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The budget for Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s royal household has become a sticking point over the years.
As KwaZulu-Natal’s Treasury continues to trim the fat within the provincial fiscus in line with Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s austerity measures, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s royal household budget will see an estimated increase of about R9 million over the next three years, bringing his overall budget allocation to R75 million.
KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Belinda Scott delivered the provincial Budget for the medium-term expenditure in the Legislature in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday afternoon.
Over R130 billion has been allocated in the fiscus for the 2019/2020 budget period.
The budget for King Zwelithini’s royal household has become a sticking point over the years, with an outcry over what the money for this item in the fiscus gets used for in the face of tough economic challenges.
For the 2019/2020 budget period, the royal house budg
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ANC Senior received kickback of R300 000 for Jazz-Festival that never took place, costing taxpayers a whopping R28 mil – Heads must role!
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The ANC in Natal’s Deputy Chair, Mike Mabuyakhulu, has filed an application for annulment of corruption charges against him. A jazz festival that never took place in 2012 is in dispute. He approved LUK payment of R28m for which he received a R300,000 bonus. It is unclear why the case has been dragging on for..
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Members of parliament accuse Eskom of holding SA hostage and trying to enforce money from taxpayers who are already suffering from the heavy debt of the ANC government
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Zukiswa Rantho, who led the parliamentary inquiry into Evkom’s problems, made up the former Eskom boss, Matshelo Koko, in parliament as a “servant” of the Gupta’s. She pointed him out as a liar and a possible criminal. Several speakers in parliament once again pointed out that Eskom is holding the country hostage and trying to..
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