The day your TV dies!
Day zero is growing closer for the South African Broadcorping Castration (SABC) - the day when your TV screens will go blank.
Monday, June 24, 2019
News
News from and about South Africa and around the world.
Court to decide on Duduzane Zuma crash
On 12 July we will know the fate of Jacob Zuma’s son.
Madiba’s daughter is a racist! Now kick her for touch…
Get rid of South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark. Her tweets are racist and divisive!
Let’s celebrate! Another useless MP resigns
Thank goodness we are rid of this piece of “insert any abusive word of choice here”. That’s basically what the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is saying about the resignation of Bathabile Dlamini as a member of Parliament.
No-one will fail at school in SA if this minister gets her way
If it is up to the South African Minister of Basic Education, it will soon be impossible to fail a year in school if you are between 6 and 10 years old.
ANC plan for private pensions an ‘act of plunder’
If the South African government intends to seize private pension funds to plug the gaps in government spending, it will be nothing less than an ‘act of plunder’.
SA’s moderate majority ‘share same hopes, ideals’
The real state of race relations in South Africa reflects the fact that the country is not on the brink of a race war.
Is this the end of SAA?
It might be really stupid to buy a ticket for a flight on South African Airways (SAA) in the near future as it is becoming clear the writing is on the wall for South Africa’s ailing national carrier.
Malema pays up again
Slowly but surely minority rights movement AfriForum is staring to milk Julius Malema and the EFF dry. That is of course if they can take money from the EFF faster than they can loot it from others.
SA’s new health plan ‘smokescreen for communist agenda’
Cyril Ramaphosa’s new health minister seems to be hell bent on getting the “communist” National Health Insurance (NHI) plan going immediately. In doing so she is going to deprive everyone their right to decide which kind of health service they want to use.
Hatred, inflicting pain ‘motives for farm attacks’
Farm attack and farm murder data indicates that the farm attacks happen not only to loot money or goods but to inflict hatred and pain on farmers and their family.
Serious recession time for SA as foreigners sell off SA equities
Zero percent! That’s what South Africans economy grew in the last year and it’s getting even worse.
Hope for SA economy if government encourage growth through reform – IMF
The mission, led by Ana Lucía Coronel, who visited South Africa from 27 May to 3 June to discuss recent economic developments and outlook in the context of its regular surveillance activities, also said robust actions are needed to reduce the fiscal deficit and reverse the increase in public debt. ...
Malema, EFF to pay AfriFurom another R100,000+
It’s a matter of ‘kak en betaal’ for the political party EFF and its leader Julius Malema. If they don’t pay civil rights union AfriForum R100,000 their assets will be seized.
Time for ‘new empowerment strategy’ in mining
While the legal status of the 2018 mining charter is being resolved before the courts - a process likely to take some time - the mining industry could take the bull by the horns and embark on a pilot study to explore what the benefits of shifting from BEE to...
Now DSTV wants court to save their asses
Poor old DSTV. First Netflix arrives in SA to wee on their parade and now ICASA wants to take away some of their exclusive sports coverage. No wonder the BoereMafia who owns the pathetic outfit are calling for government to help save their riches and going to court to save...
Farm attacks! Emotional support from AfriForum Trauma Unit
If the government can’t - or won’t - do it, somebody needs to step up to the task to support the victims of farm attacks in South Africa.
AfriForum to fight ‘mistake by judge’ in ‘racial murder’ convictions
It seems a judge may have made a mistake that could send two men to prison for life. But AfriForum will have none of this.
Ultimate communism for SA and ‘kill rate’ exposed in book about ANC strategy
Few South Africans know about the ANC’s visit to communist Vietnam in 1978 to learn the formula for a people’s war, or how that formula was applied to destroy the ANC’s black rivals in the Black Consciousness movement and the IFP. Few know that the tripling of the ‘kill’ rate...
SA’s brain drain is getting worse
More people (of all races) are leaving SA - and they ain’t coming back.
Millions will suffer as nursing shortages grow
The South African Government is failing to provide an environment where the nursing profession can grow and prosper. Millions more will suffer.
Reservist to boost police protection in rural areas after more farm murders
This is good news if the SAPS can actually pull this one off. They plan to utilise reservists to combat crime in rural and remote areas. The news comes days after yet another farm murder, this time in the beautiful hamlet of Bonnievale in the Western Cape - the second...
Grab your chance to comment on affirmative action
The public can have their say on the draft Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Chartered Accountancy Sector Code (read ‘affirmative action’).
Burning R50 billion to keep your lights on
Eskom paid 48 suppliers R47,4 billion for diesel to burnt just to avoid more load shedding.
Will M.T. Steyn statue stand or fall?
The Steyn statue on a Bloemfontein campus will not be removed without a fight, various organisations have vowed.
And that’s the end of the ANC majority in Gauteng…
The writing is on the wall. Die ANC gaan kak in Gauteng.
IEC gives elections thumbs up despite ‘double voting’
As allegations swirl regarding two potential instances of double voting, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has assured voters of the overall integrity of the electoral process.
Chaos in adoptive services as fees go
The proposed amendments to the Children’s Act to do away with fees for adoptive services would not improve the current child protection crisis in South Africa. If anything, it will aggravate the situation.
ANC ‘could get less than 55%’ tomorrow
The ANC could get less than 55% of the vote in tomorrow’s general South African election, says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) after its latest election poll conducted on 4 May.
Fighting for clean water town by town
While the South African government is clearly not serious about the health of South Africans by allowing the quality of water go down the toilet every day, civil rights organisation AfriForum is launched its #CleanWater project for 2019.
All systems go for voting day
60 million ballot papers, 300,000 ballot boxes, 45,000 voting compartments, 25,000 voting station arrow signs, 56,255 stationery packs - they all need to be in place by May 8 to give South Africans the chance to vote next week.