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R84 million Free State Cuban Technical Advisers Program died a sudden death without solving the “water problem”

Posted on 26/11/2019 Leave a comment

The Secretary-General of the ANC, and former Prime Minister of the Free State, Ace Magashule’s plan to bring Cuban engineers to South Africa to solve the Free State’s “water problems”, then wasted millions of Rand.

The so-called Cuban engineers were welcomed with a huge ceremony when they came here from Cuba for four years.

Of the 37 Cubans, who spent them as engineers, only three remain in the Free State.

Mgasjule’s impressive “Free State Cuban Technical Advisers Program, which cost taxpayers more than R84 million, then died, like so many other projects, in sudden death without the” water problem “being solved.

The eminent engineers, whose qualifications are not recognized in South Africa, also had to see that service delivery in the Free State municipalities was increased, could not make do with the ANC workers, and no positive results were achieved.

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27 top black executives were asked to be Eskom CEO – They all said no

Posted on 25/11/2019 Leave a comment

While the government has been criticised for selecting a white executive as Eskom CEO, a new report from the Sunday Times states that 27 black executives were offered the position first.

They all declined.

The report stated that Eskom created a list of the executives it would like for the role of CEO and hired a recruitment agency to contact them.

“All of them said no. A lot of black executives don’t want anything to do with state-owned entities,” a government source told the newspaper.

This was due to the expected political interference and the fact that state-owned enterprises have “ruined a lot of careers and expectations”.

This list reportedly included Eskom board members Nelisiwe Magubane and Sifiso Dabengwa.
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Following the lack of interest from these executives, it was announced that Nampak CEO Andre de Ruyter would take the position at the head of Eskom.

The National Union of Mineworkers and the National Union of Metalwor
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Expensive mistake due to incompetent officials – Municipality pays R18m in salaries twice – but workers refuse to give it back

Posted on 25/11/2019 Leave a comment

A cash-strapped Mpumalanga municipality may need pickaxes and shovels to recover about R18 million in salaries that were paid twice to its employees last month.

An error by officials in the Nkomazi Local Municipality’s finance department saw workers getting paid their salaries on the 15th instead of the 25th.

When the council decided not to pay the workers on the correct pay day, 10 days later, the workers shut down all water treatment plants and other municipal services.

The council bent over backwards and paid the bonanza to contain the service delivery chaos.

Now it wants to recover the money before the end of the 2019/20 financial year in June next year and has suggested deducting 20% from the employees’ salaries, but the workers are having none of it.

City Press understands that there might be another shutdown in municipal services if the deductions are implemented on Monday as workers are looking forward to a bountiful festive season from their
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Eskom to cut 60% of Soweto households’ power supply – Seems like #blackprivilege don’t apply in black residential areas at the expense of honest payers

Posted on 25/11/2019 Leave a comment

Eskom has awakened from its 25 years of corruption and has now suddenly decided to cut off Soweto’s illegal electricity consumers’ supply.

According to the latest report, Eskom has indicated that it will disconnect power from at least 60% of the 200,000 Soweto households with prepaid meters.

The reason is, according to Eskom, due to the fact that the majority of households have illegal connections, thereby stealing the power supply.

Experts say that’s one reason why regular payers have been so heavily burdened with unreasonably high rates for the past decade.

Eskom decided to take the action after the Supreme Court rejected Soweto residents’ request that Eskom be banned from cutting off power.

The media, and in particular Die Vryburger, have complained on behalf of thousands of power consumers over the past decade that Eskom allows black residential areas to steal power at the expense of honest payers.

Informed sources point out that the government ha
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Senior ANC official dissatisfied with his second-hand Mercedes Benz which costs taxpayers R103,776 monthly and seeks brand new one – No wonder SA is broke!

Posted on 25/11/2019 Leave a comment

Kwazi Mshengu was recently accused of using a car rental scheme to justify not having to use his predecessor’s official car.

Kwazi Mshengu is the newly appointed educator of the Executive Committee in Natal, but is now without a car after Mercedes-Benz canceled the guarantee, as well as the maintenance contract.

The manufacturer also recalled its courtesy vehicle, leaving the senior ANC worker without any vehicle he could use during his work.

The manufacturer, meanwhile, has appointed an independent investigator to determine the cause of the car damage.

Experts say the exceptional behavior of the automaker, Mercedes-Benz, to revoke a warranty, contract of service as well as a courtesy vehicle, is a clear sign that the vehicles were abused by its drivers.

The manufacturer’s actions follow after a fake letter was given to Kwazi Mshengu in which the manufacturer says the car used by its predecessor is unsafe and should not be used.

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Denel’s huge contract worth billions of Rand halted after dispute over inspection arises – How long will the cash-strapped SEO remain standing?

Posted on 25/11/2019 Leave a comment

South Africa has blocked Denel’s huge contract worth billions of Rand. The contracts, the largest of which are for weapons in the two countries, Saudi Arabia, and the other in the United Arab Emirates, have been blocked and could eventually be canceled by the buyers.

South African manufacturer Denel, which, like many other state entities, is currently struggling to keep its head above water, can hardly afford to lose the giant orders because a dispute over inspection has arisen.

Informed sources point out that this could also mean that thousands of jobs could be jeopardized by the struggling armaments manufacturer.

The inspection dispute apparently revolves around a clause in the export documents that requires foreign customers not to transfer weapons to third-party institutions or countries.

The provision further states that South Africa is allowed to inspect the facilities, and the provisions could lead to cancellation of orders amounting to billions of R
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Transnet wasted almost R50 billion, most of which is used to buy trains that cannot be used in SA

Posted on 22/11/2019 Leave a comment

State-owned entities are currently under considerable pressure and there is doubt as to how many of them have the ability to continue without the necessary financial assistance.

This is the opinion of Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, who last week released a national and provincial auditor’s report for the period 2028-2019 in Cape Town.

He says there are weaknesses in the performance of many entities and the roughly 14 state-run institutions that are heavily subsidized by the state and the ANC government apparently did not contribute much to improving their results.

The 14 institutions also spent R1.4bn on illegal spending, and may be further investigated with further investigations.

Denel, the SABC, SA Express shipping company, and the SA Forestry Company are some of the biggest offenders of wrongful expenses incurred.

With Transnet wasting nearly R50bn, the bulk of which has been used to buy trains that cannot be used in SA, along with Eskom’s nearly R7bn
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Toilet scandal – several senior ANC officials arrested after being awarded R650m tender to build 66,000 toilets

Posted on 22/11/2019 Leave a comment

Although nine people have been arrested who are suspected of being involved in the toilet scandal in the Eastern Cape, this does not mean that no more arrests can be made.

Those already captured are likely to include high-profile government officials, as well as so-called businessmen who have filled their pockets.

The nine were arrested by the Hawks in various provinces such as Gauteng, Natal, the Eastern Transvaal, and the Eastern Cape.

A tenth person was later arrested after those already in custody began untying their tongues.

The notorious Amathole District Municipality toilet scandal came to light in 2015, where R630m was awarded a tender to build 66,000 toilets in the Eastern Cape, but never became a reality.

Several senior figures from the ANC are being held, but no names have been released while awaiting trial.

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SAA: More unions want to strike after Gordhan’s attempt at wage and severance dispute fails

Posted on 22/11/2019 Leave a comment

In support of Numsa’s strike, and in opposition to the view of ANC minister Pravin Gordhan, more unions have indicated that they will join the strike.

The circumstances in which SAA currently finds itself have left the state-controlled entity in unsustainable status, and the entry of Pravin Gordhan has increased the bitterness and power building on both sides.

Gordhan’s attempt to settle the dispute over wages and retrenchments failed, thereby extending the strike, which would mean millions of Rand per day to losses for the already bankrupt entity.

There are apparently insufficient funds to pay the staff at the end of November, and the huge debt burden will not come to an end without a radical intervention.

True to their actions, the unions once again help push the entity further into the abyss with their unrealistic wage demands.

Numsa also expects SAA not to apply any retrenchments, which means that the national aircarrier will no longer be able to ope
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Refugees have decided to go on mass exodus out of South-Africa due to ANC-regime’s insensitive action against them

Posted on 22/11/2019 Leave a comment

The so-called refugees in Cape Town, now housed in the Methodist Church after clashing with police, apparently want to leave the country in in mass Exodus format.

Their spokesmen said it was the only way they could draw the world’s attention to the ANC government’s insensitive action against them.

The refugees had previously gathered at the United Nations offices but were driven out by police, but the SA Human Rights Commission has given its support to the refugees, saying the police should stop their creating action.

About 200 of the refugees have since left the church building following discussions with church leaders and human rights representatives.

Shortly thereafter, the same thing happened in Pretoria when refugees also clashed with police in front of the offices of the UN Refugee Agency.

During the clashes, about 24 police officers were injured and numerous refugees sustained serious injuries condemned by human rights activists.