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Taxpayers fork out millions for 703 vacant state-owned buildings

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The poor management of state-owned buildings costs the country’s taxpayers millions of rands annually.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure owns about 81,000 buildings, 703 of which are vacant. Only the property tax on these unused buildings amounted to R36 million in the 2018/19 financial year.

In addition, there is a major backlog with the maintenance of buildings and it is estimated to cost about R74 billion to fully renovate all the buildings.

To aggravate the problem, various government departments’ monthly rents are outstanding for a period of longer than five years. This amount is about R600 million. Treasury owes itself R127m in arrears.

If the Justice, Correctional Services and Higher Education Departments can pay their rent, the other departments can do so.

This crisis needs urgent attention and is resolved. The FF Plus will ask that the relevant portfolio committee deal with this to ensure that the outstanding fees are collected bef
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The ANC can no longer rule South Africa – unemployment rate highest in 11 years and increased to 29,1%

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South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased by 0,1 of a percentage point to 29,1 percent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter, the highest it has been in 11 years.

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) said on Tuesday that the number of employed persons increased by 62 000 while the number of unemployed persons increased by 78 000, resulting in an increase of 141 000 in the labour force.

The South African working-age population increased by 149 000 in the third quarter compared to the second quarter

There were approximately 10,3 million persons aged 15–24 years in the quarter, and 32.3 percent (or 3.3 million) of them were not in employment, education or training (NEET).

The number of discouraged work-seekers increased by 44 000 while the number of people who were not economically active for reasons other than discouragement decreased by 35 000 between the second and third quarters, resulting in a net increase of 9 000 in the not economic
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ANC’s ‘soft porn’; curriculum apparently focuses on black students to reduce pregnancies among school-age children – experts believe the plan will increase this further

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The proposed curriculum planned by the ANC’s Department of Education on sex education is enough to ignite the country. The most obscene topics are contained in the proposed curriculum, and experts believe this will further increase the pregnancy among black pupils.

According to FORSA (Freedom of religion South Africa), the Department of Education in South Africa has changed their curriculum to put “soft porn” in very explicit sex in the subject, life orientation.

Micheal Swane, Director of FORSA writes:

– In Grade 4, children learn from Masturbation and “each other’s genitals” in group discussions.
– In Grade 5, children learn about lesbian and gay sexual relationships, as well as molestation.
– In Grade 8, children learn, in detail, how to have Oral, Vaginal, and Anal sex.

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SA, which was the world’s largest gold producer, has been struggling to stay afloat because of black zama-zama’s

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The Gold industry is under tremendous pressure in South Africa, and the main reason for this is attributed to blacks illegally extracting gold.

Heavily armed gold thieves working in mines are constantly on the lookout for potential threats, and claims that there are police officers working together complicate the task of law enforcement.

The illegal diggers trade the gold on the black market at as much as R690,000 per kilogram.

For over two decades, the industry has been struggling to stay afloat because of the illegal miners known as the zama-zama.

Where SA was the largest producer of gold, it has now fallen back to the third position, citing two reasons. The exploitation by the zama-zamas, and secondly, the unfair wage demands as well as labor practices, and unions’ persistent strikes have nearly hit the industry.

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Sex scandal rattles ANC – Gwede Mantashe allegedly pays R70 000 to hide his sex escapades

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Sex scandal shakes ANC after reports of Gwend Mantashe’s escapades came to light and he paid bribes to hide it.

The reports not only roam within the ANC’s parliamentary ranks, but even the media and social network buzzed over the alleged bribery to which Minister Mantashe is guilty.

Rumors and reports say that the ANC’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwend Mantashe paid reporters to remain silent about his sexual life.

The minister will apparently be asked in writing to disclose the names of the journalists involved in the scandal.

A spokeswoman for the SA National Editors’ Forum described the news and allegations as “shocking”, but political analysts believe it could mean the end of the minister’s political career.

Allegations are being made that the minister paid two “unknown” journalists R70,000 to make his “sex story with a young woman disappear”.

The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) blamed Gwede Mantashe and pressured him t
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Controversial Aarto law will not be applied in Cape Town – Just sad Gauteng will continue to suffer under this law

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A spokesperson for the Mayors’ Committee, which also deals with security and security in Cape Town, says the municipality is not considering introducing Aarto.

He says there is no consideration for implementing the system, and that includes the licensing system that is currently being implemented in the northern parts of the country.

Discussion will apparently be held with the local authority on the application of the controversial Aarto law, which experts say cannot be applied without a vastly trained administrative staff.

The Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, requested that the public attend the meetings and provide input to make possible amendments, but to date people have shown little interest in complying with the minister’s request.

The system could mean that it will collapse from the start due to the country’s poor economic standing and the high costs that Aarto will incur.

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Russia announces that they are writing off R20bn of Africa’s debt

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at the first Russia-Africa Summit jointly hosted by Russia and the African Union (AU) in Sochi, Russia, that the country has written off more than $20 billion of Africa’s debt. He also intends to double his trade with countries in Africa within the next four to five years.

Russia hopes to strengthen its ties with Africa at the summit after it weakened after the fall of the former Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War. Dozens of African leaders, including South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and pres. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, attends the summit.

Putin said there are many Russian companies that have a long and successful partnership with companies in Africa and are hoping to expand it. Although Russia has sold a large number of weapons to countries in Africa over the years, it is far behind its competitors in the commercial area on trade. The European Union, China, India, the US and the United Arab Emirates a
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All I can say is ‘God help us’ – Photos of Vaal River that shows how raw sewage is polluting our drinking water

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Photos of the Vaal River in Vereeniging at 06h00 today 24th Oct 2019.
This is our only Vaal River. There is no substitute and it will soon be impossible to fix.
If you think no electricity is an inconvenience then wait for no water.

3 days and you’re dead.

This is a national emergency people and the useless, pathetic and uninformed politicians don’t seem to consider this an emergency.

All I can say is ‘God help us’.

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What could happen to the rand if Moody’s downgrades South Africa to sub-investment grade

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South Africa is preparing itself for the possibility that Moody’s may downgrade the country’s sovereign credit rating to sub-investment grade.

Moody’s is currently the only major ratings agency that has South Africa at investment grade – one notch above junk – with a stable outlook.

The country has been rated below investment grade since 2017 by ratings agencies Standard & Poor and Fitch.

Should the agency also downgrade South Africa to junk status, the country would no longer be eligible for inclusion in debt gauges such as Citigroup Inc’s World Government Bond Index (WGBI).

A downgrade may also have an effect on the rand, says chief trader at Standard Bank Warrick Butler, who was speaking in an interview with Reuters.

“A downgrade by Moody’s, which is considered highly unlikely by most commentators, will push the rand back into the R15-area and maybe even R16 depending on market positioning,” he said.

“While another stay and
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One of SA’s richest black businessmen wants to create thousands of jobs – Without a doubt whites will not be involved in the initiative and BEE will be given preference

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One of South Africa’s richest blacks has set up a fund to provide “thousands of jobs over the next few years”.

It is apparently his second big initiative to be announced in a few weeks, and billionaire and businessman Patrice Motsepe has big plans.

As CEO of the mining group African Rainbow Minerals, he also recently announced that he has also set up a fund to empower blacks in agriculture.

The Motsepe Foundation apparently has links with 33 faith institutions and organizations that are all set to start creating jobs.

However, experts believe that too many expectations are created by institutions and faith groups that have no knowledge of economic realities.

He expects other large institutions to contribute R50m each and thus sit on its “advisory committee”.

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