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Bloody racial court case

While 75% of blood donors in South Africa are white, the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) do not want to employ whites.This is the sad facts and basis of a court case starting this week in the Johannesburg Labour Court.Trade union Solidarity's case against the SANBS over its absolute...

SA politicians eating blerrie well

We know SA has some of the thickest politicians in the world... Yes, and this time we are not referring to their intellects, but their stomachs, and backsides off course. A man who is himself not the thinnest reed in the marsh, the DA's Bobby Stevenson says the amount spent...

Can blabbermouth Zuma be cured?

South Africa needs a new government department, over and above the normal communications entities: the Department of Presidential Statements' Clarifications.The call above from SA radio journalist Bennie Visser on FaceBook sums up what most people think of SA's blundering blabbermouth president: Jacob 'Many Wives' Zuma.

Fight the SA government’s obsession with race

Trade union Solidarity has called on members of Parliament to vote against a preoccupation with race by not approving the amendments to the Employment Equity Act (EEA). Solidarity maintains that if these amendments are passed, the EEA will no longer have anything to do with redress, but everything with race.Solidarity...

Significant blow against affirmative action

We need to give credit to trade union Solidarity who seems to be fighting a lone, but honourable, battle against the travesty of the SA government's affirmative action (AA) policy. The Cape Town Labour court ruled in Solidarity's favour in its AA lawsuit against the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).In...

End of the pool for Zandberg

SOUTH African Gerhard Zandberg announced his retirement from competitive swimming. Zandberg announced his retirement on Twitter ending a career that had him on the world championships podium numerous times. It was earlier reported that Zandberg ran into a tussle with Swimming South Africa as a result of his actions at...

Be warned Malema – FF+

The FF Plus warned outspoken Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema to be careful with his revolutionary talk "because history has shown that a revolution usually eats its own children". The warning came from Adv. Anton Alberts, the Freedom Front Plus' parliamentary spokesman on the economy. Alberts said: "Robespierre,...

HRC to investigate racist SAA

South African Airways' ludicrous anti-white male cadet pilot training programme will at long last be investigated by the Human Rights Commission (HRC). We have previously reported that SAA blatantly will not consider the training of any white male pilots as part of its cadet programme.Trade union Solidarity has been at...

Go home immigrant posters banned in UK

At some stage someone had to to kick the UK's Border Bullies on the backside. It's a pity they were not kicked much harder. But at least the vulgar posters on vans telling illegal immigrants to 'go home' have been banned for making misleading claims about arrest statistics after the...

Follow The Penguin Run

To unite in a mass awareness campaign to support he plight of African penguins, you can now back and track five African penguins fitted with satellite tracking devices. They are taking to the high seas in a race to bulk up ahead of their fast approaching moulting season.

SA film wins in Germany

Great news for the SA's film talent and film industry is that Felix, the feel-good South African family film, has won the €7,500 award for Best Children's Film at the 36th Lucas International Children's Film Festival, which ended on Sunday in Frankfurt, Germany.

Confusion reigns over overseas vote

In the same week that the DA announced the ANC voted against the right of Saffas to vote abroad, the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) has now welcomed the passing of the Electoral Amendment Bill "in terms of which all South African citizens will be able to participate in next year's...

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