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Ramaphosa plans to pay Eskom’s R440bn debt burden off but no one knows how

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The ANC president’s plan to get Eskom out of the mess has yet to come to light and is apparently a state secret or no such plan at all.

That’s the opinion of an expert in Pretoria who set his sights on the president’s promises that never come true, he said.

The Ramaphosa plan to cut Eskom’s debt burden, which is now past the R440bn mark, and to manage the entity in such a way that it makes good profits without introducing excessive rate hikes, requires much more than a Ramaphosa plan, it is said.

The power provider’s loss for the past financial year amounted to R21 billion, which is a clear indication that the ignorance of applying good management practices is completely lacking.

The Ramaphosa plan will have to be slightly more than it has so far announced as plans, and to turn a R21bn loss for the current financial year to a favorable balance, more expertise is needed than Eskom currently has.

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Ramaphosa signs Internet censorship bill into law – there will be a definite potential for abuse in terms of infringement of free speech

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off a number of major new laws – including the controversial ‘internet censorship bill’.

In a statement on Wednesday (2 October), the presidency said that the new laws include:

Overvaal Resorts Limited Repeal Bill;
The Property Practitioners Bill;
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill;
Film and Publications Amendment Bill.

It was not clear at the time of writing whether the laws had been promulgated and had officially come into effect. In addition, some parts of the legislation may only come into effect at a later date.
Controversy

While most of the new laws will likely be welcomed, one of the new bills has courted controversy as it made its way through the law-making process.

The Film and Publications Amendment Bill – known as the ‘internet censorship bill’ by some of its opponents – aims to introduce a number of changes including harsher rules to protect children from disturbing and harmful co
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SABC head in deep trouble for wrongful broadcasts of Ramaphosa

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In a document that was allegedly leaked, two members of the SABC board indicated that the SABC head in deep trouble for wrongful broadcasts of Ramaphosa, was held responsible for the wrong broadcasts of Ramaphosa.

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech in which he informed the nation about gender violence was mistakenly replaced by another survey that left the ANC, its politicians and the SABC board angry.

In a 20-page document compiled by two board members, the SABC chief is personally held responsible for the error, and several other irregularities have been added that are considered “unacceptable” actions.

The Deputy Chairman of the Rad, Mamodupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi and Marcia Socikwa, a member of the Rad, inter alia, called for action against the chief, and a resolution for appointing an investigative commission headed by a retired judge to deal with the matter.

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ANC regime gets billed for R100m for 35,000 election posters – The taxpayer will probably now have to shake his pockets to pay the bill?

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The ANC Treasury General, Paul Mashatile, was apparently unaware that an invoice was made for the debt to be paid.

It was apparently only when the invoice, with an amount of R102 million, was shown to him, that the sparks flew.

An investigation has now been ordered following the invoice issued for the delivery of 35,000 election posters that were apparently not approved by the party.

Mashatile was apparently unaware of the deal until the invoice was brought to his eyes, and an investigation is now underway as to who is responsible for the mess.

However, it appears that the ANC did receive and use the posters, and will thereby also be responsible for paying the bill.

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It’s time to man up, Cyril – Ramaphoria is dead and SA is in the toilet

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Femicide, rape, murder, a tanking economy – everything’s getting worse, and action from the top is our only hope

SA is in a terrible spiral of negativity. The past two weeks have been horrendous: men killing women, men raping children, supposedly “pro-poor” politicians like Julius Malema allegedly feeding himself from monies stolen from grandmothers’ pensions at VBS Bank, the country’s finances in a terrible state and about to be tipped into junk status, the crime statistics worse than they have ever been – and the economy continuing in the downward spiral it’s been on for ages.

Lest we forget, Hlaudi Motsoeneng appeared at the Zondo commission into state capture and reminded all of us just how absolutely horrific, low-grade and corrupt the past 10 years of our lives were. If you want to see the epitome of a failed state, you just have to listen to any five minutes of his appearance at the commission this past week and you would want to run for th
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South Africa chaos: Ramaphosa becoming defensive towards SA’s Banana Republic

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The ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was on the defensive all the time last week because South Africa is recognized as a banana republic.

This is the opinion of a political analyst in Pretoria after various incidents of different kinds,put Ramaphosa in a bad light.

The charges against Ramaphosa began with the Public Protector who rightly showed him that he had lied to parliament about R500,000 in his bank account.

The violence on women started by the ANC Women’s League as a subject of contention has forced him to convene a special session of parliament to provide an opportunity for debate.

At the funeral of Mugabe, where every political leader from Africa was requested to sing his praises, it was Ramaphosa who was a disgrace and had to apologize to Africa for the anti-mass immigration violence in his own country.

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Ramaphosa’s praises of dictator Mugabe is a slap in the face of millions of Zimbabwean residents who had to flee the country

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ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa’s praise of Robert Mugabe has drawn sharp criticism from his own and liberal ranks.

Ramaphosa’s description of Mugabe as an “outstanding leader” in Africa, according to the media, is a slap in the face of millions of Zimbabwean residents who had to flee to SA because of Mugabe’s policies and human rights violations. Ramaphosa is now openly described as characterless and a chameleon who will say so today and tomorrow will change his position again just in favor of his listeners.

The views that show that things are going even worse with South Africa than Zuma was in power are accepted from several places, and there is the suspicion that he will not serve as president for long.

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Anti-mass immigration violence is raging in SA despite the ANC president’s declaration that action will be taken on offenders

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Violence against foreigners escalated this past weekend amid the ANC president’s statement that action will be taken against the perpetrators.

Even more businesses were targeted over the weekend and police rubber bullets and grenades could not stop the angry residents from continuing with their looting.

Police have confirmed that a renewed wave of xenophobia has erupted, and many foreigners’ shops and property have been looted and stripped of their goods.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian government is considering retaliation by nationalizing the larger businesses there. Institutions such as MTN and Shoprite could possibly be in the running.

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Thank you SA for voting ANC – SA is broke thanks to the thieving done by ANC cadres in government

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It’s official: the South African state is bankrupt. President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed it three weeks ago when he responded to questions in parliament.

Ramaphosa’s exact words were: “Our resources are now depleted.”

In simple terms, this means the government has run out of money.

In a normal country, such a statement by the head of state would have, at best, made national headlines. That it went unnoticed reveals a great deal about our journalists’ obsession with the fluff that constitutes the vacuity of our daily politics.

If you want to understand what it means for a state to run out of money, look at South African Express. It has grounded its planes. Last week, it told MPs it is struggling to pay salaries.

SA Express is not unique. Employees at Denel are not sure for how long their salaries will be paid. Eskom pays salaries from debt. It needs about R70bn for operations and debts. But its revenue i
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Cyril remains silent as SA burns to the ground

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While the unrest in the Western Cape has forced the government to deploy the unarmed soldiers of the Defense Force in the hope that the violence will stop, it is Gauteng who is leaving the area in chaos with just as much force.

The gang violence in the Western Cape has already claimed the lives of many people in recent weeks, and now the north of SA also has a violent crowd that burns shops and houses at a faster rate than the ANC can erect new buildings.

More than 20 foreign-owned stores went up in flames, but not before the looters and their children stole the usable goods.

With all this, and much more violence elsewhere, the ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is silent and frightens Africa so much that they are now boycotting the World Meeting in Cape Town.

Ramaphosa doesn’t say a single word about it either.

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