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NO SABOTAGE AT ESKOM – POWER GRID IN SA FACES TOTAL COLLAPSE

Posted on 17/12/2019 Leave a comment

Now the truth comes out, and it is not what Ramaphosa told you . Ramaphosa told the country this past Wednesday that sabotage was the reason for phase 6 loadshedding and it happened when an unspecified instrument was disconnected from one of the boilers at the Tutuka power station and that this led to the loss of as much as 2000MW of power.

But in an investigation by Rapport this statement was found not to be true.

The truth is a lack of planning and maintenance of power stations, especially the boilers. Rapport has spoken to both an energy expert, Mike Rossouw, and Solidarity who has many members in that sector and the true state of Eskom was revealed by them. The loss of 2 units at Tutuka power station, where Ramaphosa said sabotage is to blame, has more logical reasons and it boils down to a lack of maintenance.

Deon Reyneke, Solidarity trade union’s deputy head responsible for Eskom, has given the true reasons for the loss of 2 units at Tutuka. The first
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Brutal farm attack at Hartbeespoort farm, elderly man still critical after 5 weeks – This is the work of savages!

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On 3 December 2019, a brutal farm attack took place in Hartbeespoort, North West province of South Africa.

Johan (60), was attacked in his home and badly assaulted and tied up. Andrew Brown, the man’s son, commented on social media, “This is how my Dad looks today 5 weeks after the farm attack. It hurts to see him like this most people know how he looked before the farm attack. To think that attackers can be so cruel and destroy families. Medical accounts are still pouring in everyday.”

The attackers beat and kicked the elderly man and then cut off his ear in an attempt to find firearms and cash. He was only found about 5 hours after the attack. Johan was found lying in his own blood in a critical condition and was stabilized on the scene before rushing him to Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria where he is struggling to recover.

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Taxpayers coughed up R32m on VIP treatment for EFF delegates in its second elective conference

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You, yes you taxpayer just coughed up R32 million so that the EFF can hold conference in style at Nasrec. Whilst their top leaders are implicated in serious corruption cases in which tens of millions were funneled to their slush funds by tenderpreneurs.

The EFF has spent well over R32m on its second elective conference, the national people’s assembly (NPA), giving its delegates VIP treatment, treasurer general Leigh-Ann Mathys told journalists on Friday.

Mathys said statutory bodies from legislature and National Assembly contributed to the expense.

“We have now increased our seats in Parliament. We have pretty much doubled in Parliament and also at all our legislatures. Our income from the IEC (Electoral Commission of SA), from Parliament and from the provincial legislatures has pretty much doubled since June 2014,” she said.

She added that the R32m was spent on transporting delegates and obtaining space at the Nasrec expo centre.

Ahead of its second
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Ramaphosa: “Surprised and shocked” – Repeats the excuses of the last twelve years on Eskom – ANC is the most brilliant thieving organization in the world but the most useless when it comes to governing

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Ramaphosa is surprised and shocked. But in 2 years of his presidency not one single person has been charged in connection with the hundreds of billions of Rands looted from places like Eskom under Zupta rule and before that under the ANC. The ANC is the most brilliant thieving organization in the world but the most useless when it comes to governing.

President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs members of the media on the outcomes of his meeting with the Board and Management of the national power utility Eskom held at, 11 December 2019, at the Eskom Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. The President met with the Board and Management to be briefed on plans to mitigate and resolve the current electricity crisis affecting most of the country.

In the end, Cyril Ramaphosa and his government failed to commit to a date on which to deliver desperately needed new generation infrastructure to alleviate power rationing, despite the glaring need in Eskom’s infrastructure capacity. What this
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The state of capture in SA cricket – Why is it that as soon as black Africans are in charge, the place gets captured. In other words a dictatorship is set up where looting follows? Is this all they know?

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‘As harsh as it may sound, we need to break this whole house down and rebuild it. It’s as simple as that, because it won’t happen from within.’

The extent to which Cricket South Africa (CSA) was captured by a small group of people has been exposed in increasingly glaring detail over the past 10 days. This situation can be traced back to the start of current chief executive Thabang Moroe’s tenure in late 2017.

Hundreds of pages of court documents, emails and reports in Daily Maverick’s possession, as well as interviews with seven key figures paint a picture of the leadership of an organisation that was increasingly authoritarian.

Below are some of the problems Moroe, president Chris Nenzani and the CSA board have created or failed to adequately address. Reflected also are areas where there has been a failure to fulfil their duties in the best interests of cricket.

The appointment of Jacques Faul, however capable he may be, as acting CEO on Saturd
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With love from the incompetent ANC-regime – 28,000 jobs lost in Q3, unemployment in the SA stands at around 29.1%.

Posted on 16/12/2019 Leave a comment

Stats SA says South Africa lost 28,000 jobs in the third quarter compared to the quarter before.

It has released its third quarter employment figures but shows that 78,000 jobs were actually created compared to the same quarter last year.

Unemployment in the country stands at around 29.1%.

Stats SA said that losses were seen in construction and manufacturing – which lost about 12,000 jobs each – while community services lost 11,000; business services 9,000; and transport 1,000.

On the other hand, figures showed that 849,000 jobs were created in the past four years.

Stats SA also looked at the health of businesses in the country.

The number of liquidations increased by 56.4% year-on-year for November.

Compulsory liquidations increased by 41 cases while voluntary liquidations increased by 38 cases.

And on a different note, average monthly earnings increased by 2.6% quarter-on-quarter and increased by 3.7% year-on-year.

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FARM ATTACK, North West Province – “Kill the Boer slogan” shows this is a racism attack

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Attackers entered the farm of the Nicholson’s, they spray painted in red paint the words “Kill the Boer” on the farm manager’s bakkie (a light truck or pickup truck) and then set it on fire.
This attack took place on a farm in Buffelspoort, North West province of South Africa.

During the time of publish this article no other information was available.

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WATCH VIDEO | South Africa – The Battle of Blood River – 16 Des 1838 – The Day of the Vow

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The Day of the Vow (Afrikaans: Geloftedag) was a religious public holiday in South Africa. It is an important holiday for Afrikaners, originating from the Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838.

Initially called Dingane’s Day (Afrikaans: Dingaansdag), 16 December was made an annual national holiday in 1910, before being renamed Day of the Vow in 1982.

In 1994, after the end of Apartheid, it was replaced by the Day of Reconciliation, an annual holiday also on 16 December. However, For the Boer people, this day will always remain the Day of Vow because it is the day on which the Boerevolk was established.

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Men dressed in traffic police uniform, hijack couple in Limpopo

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A truck was hijacked on Friday night on the N1 near Musina in Limpopo by three men wearing traffic police uniforms and using blue lights.

The truck carrying copper was hijacked about 8 km from the Beit Bridge border post near a weighbridge at about 19:50. The truck was travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Durban at the time of the incident.

According to Brig. Police spokesman Motlafela Mojapelo is the truck driver and his wife stopped by three men in blue police traffic uniforms.

“The suspects forced the couple into the back of the truck and drove to the Doreen-Verbaard dirt road where they dropped off the couple.”

Police were immediately notified of the incident and the truck horse was later found abandoned. However, the trailers and copper were gone.

According to Mojapelo, another truck is thought to have been used to tow the trailers.

Lieutenant General. Provincial Police Commissioner Nneke Ledwaba has appointed a team of investigato
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Sex education taken to far in SA – 120 000 teenage pregnancies recorded in 2019 – Comprehensive sexuality education not been successful in ensuring a decrease in pregnancies

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The DA has said the more than 120 000 teenage pregnancies between age 10 and 19 as at June 2019 should raise alarm bells in the country.

“Sexuality education in schools should focus on pregnancy prevention in schools but also awareness needs to be raised in communities,” DA MP Chantel King said.

King made the statement following a report in Independent Media on Friday which showed that the number of teenage pregnancies has increased in the 2018-19 financial year to 124 628 births, including those school-going children still at primary school level.

KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo and Gauteng are leading the pack with the high number of teenage pregnancies.

This was revealed by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga in a written response to a parliamentary question from King.

King had asked Motshekga the number of pupils who fell pregnant between June 2018 and June 2019 and their age groups.

She had also enquired about provinces in which the
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