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South Africa’s army has run out of money – this is how much trouble it is in

Posted on 11/11/2019 Leave a comment

South Africa’s National Defence Force (SANDF) is in a dire financial state, and with no promise of future funding, things may still get worse.

Answering in a recent parliamentary Q&A session minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said that current plans to get the SANDF back on track are entirely dependent on its funding.

“The prevention of the SANDF capabilities from declining further is entirely dependent on the budget allocation of the Defence Force, which has been decreasing at an alarming rate over the years with a negative impact of the entire capabilities,” she said.

“The Defence Review 2015 has been developed with a plan to arrest the decline of the SANDF but unfortunately no funding has been received to attend to the declining capabilities of the SANDF.”

Mapisa-Nqakula added that the years-long decline of the SANDF meant that it was becoming increasingly difficult to protect the country.

“The defence
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First Gupta house under the hammer – property apparently occupied by controversial ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s son

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The first of a number of homes in Saxonword that belong to the Guptas is auctioned by the Park Village auctioneers.

The property was occupied by the son of the First Gupta house under the hammer – property apparently occupied by controversial ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s son, who initially refused to leave the premises.

Law enforcement officers, however, threatened the Magashule with steps because of its legal obstruction.

The residential unit located in Avonwold Road will go under the hammer on Monday, November 18, and the luxury space, which covers more than 1,100 square meters, is expected to sell for a considerable amount.

Neighborhood housing prices range from R3m to R20m, and are considered one of the most sought after parts of Johannesburg.

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2,600 graduated young doctors not yet placed out for their one-year mandatory service

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The ANC government is again, as it was last year, extremely negligent in dealing with graduated young doctors who have to be posted for their one year community service.

About 2,600 young doctors who have graduated within a month have not yet been notified where to go for their one-year mandatory service to the community.

Last year, the same neglect was experienced and students were plunged into total chaos as the Department of Health failed to notify the young doctors in a timely manner of their service.

Meanwhile, information has been received that the young doctors are concerned that the authorities are not ready to place them, and therefore have not taken the necessary information and measures to compensate them.

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Parasitic SOE, Prasa also bankrupt? – Eskom threatens to cut power supply to trains due to default in payment

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This past week, the ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, had to intervene so that Eskom did not cut off the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) power supply.

The power supply would be cut off if the president did not intervene, and Prasa’s power supply for electrically powered trains would be cut off, which would force the rail network to a complete standstill.

Prasa’s default on its power supply is considered to be another bankrupt entity like Eskom and many other state entities.

Prasa is the latest case of the state’s unstable entities, and is attributed to the “self-enrichment” of workers who constantly demand unreasonably high salaries while mismanagement continues unabated.

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ANC government focused on looting and not maintenance of infrastructure- over a period of 25 years they repeatedly showed that they are was unable to manage or govern

Posted on 08/11/2019 Leave a comment

The ANC government’s focus so far has been mainly on the looting of the fiscus and not on the maintenance of the country’s infrastructure and other state assets.

Proper infrastructure is the lifeblood of the economy and ensures that residents have access to roads, bridges, schools, water and many other services. Without proper infrastructure maintenance, no country can survive economically. No international investor will come to invest money in South Africa while infrastructure is not being renovated and maintained

In South Africa, the onus is on the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure to do this maintenance. Not only is the department the custodian and manager of the state’s real estate assets, but also the creator and maintainer of South Africa’s infrastructure

However, this does not happen and just like the government, this department failed the people of South Africa. The focus was mainly on looting and the implementation of harmful policies such
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Vicky Momberg, who uttered the K-word at a black police, again behind bars

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Vicky Momberg, described by the media as a racist, and searched by police for days, eventually surrendered to the police.

In doing so, the woman proved all guesses that she had left the country wrong, and also broke her bail conditions.

She told police she had followed the advice of her legal representatives, and only now reported under the bail conditions.

Momberg was found guilty of hate speech after repeatedly blackmailing the K-word after being robbed by other blacks by a black police officer and allegedly watching without fulfilling his duty as an officer.

She has been behind bars for two years now, and there is uncertainty as to whether she will be allowed to be released for good behavior earlier.

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S&P Global, which downgraded SA to junk status, warns ANC government that it will not be easy to restore land

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The ratings agency S&P Global, which has legitimately downgraded the country to junk status, since 2017, has warned the ANC regime, saying the path of recovery is not reachable with the clap of fingers.

The agency also points out that the possibility of another downgrade in two weeks is not ruled out because of the dire position in which South Africa finds itself.

The Managing Director of S&P Global Sub-Saharan Africa, Konrad Reuss, was a guest speaker at the Consumer Goods Council Conference in Johannesburg, which was held at the same time as Ramaphosa’s conference where billions of Rand’s promises were made, the bulk of which were made usually does not become reality.

Reuss emphasized that the agency could further downgrade the country in November’s assessment, which would further hamper investors and investment.

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Unemployment Insurance Fund pays more than R63,000 to registered unemployed ‘ghosts’ so one man can benefit from it

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A former Department of Labor employee has been jailed by the Witbank Regional Court for 15 incidents of fraud he was convicted of.

The 42-year-old Thokozani Percy Skosana was employed by the Department of Unemployment Insurance Fund’s division, and since 2012 has made several payments to “ghosts” and was able to start the payments with a “business enterprise” where transport and general dealer services are provided. be.

His company ensured that ghosts were also registered as unemployed, and thus realized a reasonable monthly income.

The ghost story hauled more than R63,000 from the Department of Labor, which apparently cannot be recovered due to the man’s financial position.

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Commercial livestock farmers are being harmed by narrow-mindedness of poor foot-and-mouth control in the Northern Transvaal

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Early in February this year it was announced that foot-and-mouth disease had broken out in the black living area of the Northern Transvaal.

The farm where the first incident was reported is in the Vhembe district and has resulted in South Africa’s export of red meat being hampered.

While the industry is still struggling to recover from the setback, foot-and-mouth disease has broken out again in the Vhembe district, and will mean that farmers will be restrained from selling their market-ready animals.

Farmers have begun to specialize in recent years by marketing animals literally on day and date when the finishing work is completed, and every day that the animals stay longer on the farm is a direct loss that is offset against the profit.

With the intolerance of poor foot-and-mouth control in the Northern Transvaal, it is becoming increasingly urgent that commercial cattle farmers be protected from the annoyance.

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EFF’s Gardee: Racist Boer pastor’ Buchan’s event should be blown up – This is an incitement to violence and he should be prosecuted

Posted on 07/11/2019 Leave a comment

AfriForum’s Ernst Roets wants the EFF secretary general prosecuted for ‘hate speech’ and ‘incitement to violence’.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secretary-general Godrich Gardee expressed the view on Tuesday afternoon that “limpet mines” should be planted at an upcoming event at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Tshwane, held by pastor Angus Buchan.

This after he and EFF second-in-command Floyd Shivambu were offended by a comment Buchan made about only Afrikaans and Jewish people having a “covenant” with God.

Buchan recently announced that he would be holding an event at the stadium on February 1, 2020, called Staan Op Vir Jesus. While all would be welcome at the event, Buchan explained that “this time the emphasis will be on the Afrikaner nation”.

“We are calling out to God, remembering only two nations have ever been in covenant with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They are the Jewish people and the Afrikaans people, that is a fact
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