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Here are the ex-presidents who cost taxpayers the most

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Wondering which South African ex-presidents, as well as their spouse, costs the taxpayer the most after leaving their political offices?

So far, it was by no means easy to find out and Dr. Leon Schreiber, DA MP, during a parliamentary question to President Jackson Mthembu, asked exactly what benefits these former politicians enjoy, and how much each has cost the taxpayer over the past three years.

So there are currently four former presidents who benefit from the taxpayer in this way, namely FW de Klerk (1989-1994), Thabo Mbeki (1999-2008), Kgalema Motlanthe (2008-2009) and Jacob Zuma (2009-2018) .

Mthembu replied that ex-presidents and their spouses’ benefits extend over eight fields, namely hotel accommodation, private accommodation, alcohol, catering, entertainment, aircraft transport, car transport and security.

Evidence shows that none of the four past presidents or their spouses received any compensation for private accommodation, alcohol, catering, e
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New scam doing the round in SA, people are now renting dead bodies to scam life insurers

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South Africans are renting, and buying, dead bodies to make false funeral claims, a report by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) says.

Life insurers rejected 1,915 funeral claims worth R176.4 million in 2018, of which 1,127 were found to involve fraudulent documentation.

Another 156 fraudulent claims showed syndicate involvement – and in seven cases beneficiaries were found to have caused the death of the policyholder.

Funeral policies don’t require blood tests and medical examinations and are designed to pay out quickly when an insured family member dies.

“Unfortunately, this makes it tempting for criminals and dishonest individuals to take out funeral cover for people who do not exist with the intention of later submitting claims using death certificates issued for dead bodies rented or bought for the purpose of committing fraud,” Donovan Herman, convenor of the ASISA Claims Standing Committee, says.

“If we allow
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MINISTERS ‘FINANCES MUST BE REDUCED – Taxpayers are picking up the bills for home cleaning products, security improvements and cellphones

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The Minister of Public Service and Administration Senzo Mchunu on Monday announced several changes to the ministerial manual.

Ministers will now not be allowed to pay more than R700 000 for a car, official flights within South Africa must be undertaken in economy class. The state will also no longer pay for security upgrades at ministers’ private homes and ministers may not spend more than R60 000a year on cell phones and phone calls.

The state will also not spend more than R5000 a month on water and electricity per official home. Ministers will also have to buy their own home cleaning products.

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ANC controlled entity, Prasa placed under administration – SAA, PRASA and who is next?

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The state-run Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa) has been placed under administration with immediate effect. Fikile Mbalula, minister of transport, announced the decision Monday morning during a media conference. Furthermore he stated that the immediate dissolution of Prasa’s interim council will also come into effect. Bongisizwe Mpondo was appointed as Prasa’s administrator . This decision comes barely a week after the South African Airways was put into business rescue.

According to Mbalula, the Department of Transport has conducted a review of Prasa over the past few weeks. On this basis, the Department has concluded that the entity faces numerous challenges that will require crucial interventions in leadership and management .

Maroela Media reports that Mbalula explaind that the mere replacement of an interim board with a permanent board will not solve Prasa’s problems. “So I decided to dissolve the interim council and put Prasa under administration,” the minister
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#Rollingblackouts in SA mos definitely caused by BEE, racial quotas, cadre deployment and outright looting!

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Yes, without a doubt the c-ANC-er broke Eskom, like they broke everything else. And they are making money from it too.

It is known that the ANC’s investment arm called Chancellor House made a 5000 % profit on its investment in Hitachi South Africa which had the tender for the boilers of Medupi and Kusile power stations. It was also reported in the media that Hitachi did a shoddy job with the welding of the boilers, which will shorten the life expectancy of the entire Medupi and Kusile. Chancellor House is also a shareholder of Pfisterer, a Pietermaritzburg based company supplying equipment to Eskom.

Today Eskom is producing less electricity than in 2007, costing more per unit price and using a bigger workforce than ever before, earning bigger salaries and bonuses.

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#Rollingblackouts – Total darkness creeps closer after Eskom applied Phase 6 load shedding

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South Africa is getting closer to the risk of a total nationwide power shutdown after Eskom applied Phase 6 load on Monday evening at 6pm, shutting down a region’s power for about 9 hours a day. This is due to additional technical problems occurring at the Medupi power station at Lephalale in Limpopo.

Phase 6 load shedding was switched back to phase 4 at about 22:00 on Monday and it will continue until 23:00 on Tuesday, Eskom confirmed late last night.

However, Eskom Chief Operating Officer Jan Oberholzer later told Moneyweb that phase 6 could be scaled back by 23:00.

South African residents have struggled since the announcement of load shedding to get more information on phase 6 load shedding and load shedding schedules on the national power suppliers’ website. It has also been indicated that there is limited access to Eskom’s website. Furthermore, the Cape Town metro’s online load shedding links were also not operational.

Meanwhile, Eskom is trying to a
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Mbalula fixated on the “old SA flag” – When you see the so-called apartheid symbol even in sports shoes, you must know there is something wrong upstairs

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Fikile Mbalula, Minister of Transport, tweeted his objection to a design of sports hoes by Nike, because they remind him of the “apartheid flag”.

Why would Minister Mbalula be so concerned about the designs of tekkies? In his culture, shoes never played a part…it came with the colonialist oppressor!

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Cash strapped Eskom wants another R27bn from consumers – Could this be the reason why SA is experiencing #Rollingblackouts? To manipulate us into giving them what they want?

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In its latest application to the energy regulator, the power utility is claiming this as an underrecovery for 2018/19, meaning tariffs may rise by 16.6% next year

Eskom, which last week again saw a collapse of its power network that led to nationwide load shedding, wants consumers to cough up a further R27 billion for electricity.

The national energy regulator Nersa has published Eskom’s latest application for public comment.

In it, the power utility said this was the amount that it underrecovered in 2018/19, and that it therefore wanted R27 billion more through power tariffs.

Although Eskom suggested that whatever Nersa granted should be added to electricity tariffs next year and the year thereafter, Nersa’s decision will likely be too late to influence 2020 tariff increases.

However, if Eskom receives the full R27.2 billion that it wants, and it is implemented over two years, this could see electricity tariffs in 2021 increase by 11.38% instead of
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New mayor of Johannesburg hails from the ANC after coalition between DA and EFF failed

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The fragile coalition between the DA and EFF failed in Johannesburg, since the two parties could not put their differences aside. This put the ANC in a favorable position to win the majority of votes. Controversial candidate, Geoff Makhubo is now appointed as the new mayor of the City of Gold.

The balance of power has undergone significant changes in the city council, and the ANC gained control of the city council because the DA and the Red berets could not stand each other. Both political parties has set their sights on the mayor’s office, however not one of them will have the opportunity to govern the metro now.

The ANC candidate Geoff Makhubo drew 137 votes, the DA’s Funzela Ngobeni received 101 while the Red Brigade had to be satisfied with 30 votes.

Observers poinedt out that some of the DA councilors voted for the ANC candidate, thereby showing how divided the political party is.

 
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Taxpayers funds ANC government failures – the country is suffering while ANC cadres live in splendor

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“The goose that lays the golden eggs and who has to pay for the ANC’s failures – the taxpayer – can no longer,” says Wouter Wessels, FF Plus MP and chief spokesperson for finance.

“It is also not necessary for anyone to attend the Standing Committee on Budgets to see that the country is in big trouble because of the ANC’s wrong priorities over 25 years. The ANC has allowed public enterprises, departments and all levels of government being looted without any consequences whatsoever.

“The ANC itself admits the problems arose because of a lack of ability. This deficit is the ANC’s own making as the wrong people were appointed over 25 years, people who were not interested in working.”

“The adjustment budget is aimed at cutting spending, but it’s already too late for that.

An example of the ANC’s wastage is how Jackson Mthembu, the ANC’s then MEC for roads and transport in Mpumalanga, said in 1997 that the purchase of BMW cars for his provincial department was i
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