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SAPS’s backward planning – Rapid Response patrols receive small Nissan NP200 pickups to chase villains while regular patrols boast with lightning-fast VW GTi models

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Rapid Response patrols in the Western Transvaal are equipped with the small Nissan NP200 pickup trucks with which they must chase the villains who flee with powerful cars.

The bakkies with their limited ability during a high pursuit cannot stand a chance to the fast cars nowadays owned by thieves, murderers and other villains.

In contrast, police doing patrols in the small towns, as the case in Mafikeng, use the high-speed Volkswagen Golf GTi models.

Apparently, several letters to police chiefs were sent to point out the SAPS backward planning without any success and no response given by the Headquarters in the past 18 months.

Allegations are being made that senior police enjoy the luxury of being driven around by members in a fast Golf GTi.

It is alleged that the police commissioner who heads the area is himself guilty of being taken around in a Volkswagen Golf.

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SAA’S business rescue position – Bankrupt SOE will be restructured,no further bailouts to be handed out – Are their wings finally cut?

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Minister Pravin Gordhan’s stance at a board meeting of the bankrupt SA Airways has sent shock waves, the councilors as well as the shipping company’s worker are totally stunned by the so-called “business rescue position” that will be exercised without any delay.

The minister also confirmed in a statement that the board of the airlines has now adopted a resolution this cash strapped entity will be restructured, and that the government can no longer provide financial assistance.

Experts point out that this is the last effort to keep the state-owned entity standing(SOE), saying SAA’s life could drastically be shortened if they do not retrench about 1,000 redundant workers, and freezing salary adjustments for the next two years.

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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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N1 horror: Paarl teacher killed by large rock thrown at her car

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Police in Paarl are on the hunt for the senseless crooks who threw a large rock at an N1 motorist in Paarl. Michele Pietersen died instantly on-impact.

An utterly devastating development has reached us from the Western Cape on Thursday. Michele Pietersen, a teacher from Paarl, was killed when thugs threw a large rock at her car while she was travelling on the N1 outbound.

The retired educator was travelling in the vehicle with her husband. They were approaching Simonsvlei at around 2:00 this morning. Their journey was brought to a tragic halt when the rock smashed through the windscreen and hit the driver. Michele’s injuries were severe, and it’s understood she died instantly.

She used to work for the New Orleans Secondary School in Paarl. Her former employers described Michele as a “beloved friend and teacher”. The school released a statement on Thursday, sharing their deepest condolences:

“This is such a sad day for us as a New Orleans family to
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ANC regime has driven SA to junk status – GDP drops by 0.6% in 3rd quarter – SA is going to struggle to get rid of its economic crisis

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The financial decline that continues in South Africa has given the business sector reason to become more concerned about future business activities in most business areas.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined by 0.6% in the third quarter of 2019, according to the Statistics Service’s report.

Calculated on a year-to-year basis, this is seen as a downturn that the economy has now stagnated, thereby having serious consequences for job creation.

The government hoped for a 1.5% growth rate, but economists warned that the target could not be achieved if sufficient new jobs were not created.

South Africa is now in a junk status phase, and although Moody’s is the only rating agency still trying to hide it, it’s clear that in the next decade the country will struggle to get rid of its economic crisis.

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Largest and busiest police station in Free State in dire condition – Once again proof that the current government cannot maintain the country’s infrastructure

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The Park Road police station located in the Free State, Bloemfontein is by far the busiest and largest police station in the province. Unfortunately, the ANC regime allowed this building to operate without the necessary amenities, it was demolished halfway and had to operate without holding cells for more than a year.

Since the building is inoperative, approximately 50 detainees who have to appear in courts must be transported daily under police supervision to and from neighbouring detention cells situated in Bainsvlei, Bot-shabelo and Petrusburg.

Renovation work at the Park Road police station began in November 2017 after a R73 million contract was awarded to Soaring Summit Development, but according to Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille, the company failed to meet the timeframes and expectations. Their contract came to and end on August 2 this year.

However, according to reports from Network 24, the construction has ceased about a year ago. George Micha
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Debt ridden Eskom shutting down power plants it can’t afford to fix and increasing the risk of #rollingblackouts- We can thank the incompetent ANC-regime for this!

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Eskom has permanently shut down several power generation units at older power stations due to its inability to fix them, the Sunday Times reports.

This decision has cut the power utility’s available electrical capacity to meet demand, which may increase the risk of load-shedding going forward.

Eskom said that the old power generation units at Hendrina, Grootvlei, and Komati which have been taken offline are not included in the utility’s current generation capacity of 46,000MW, despite not being formally decommissioned.

After shutting down older power plants, Eskom said it planned to resolve the problems at its newest Medupi and Kusile power stations, which have cost the company a significant amount while producing disappointing results.
Massive debt

Despite posting a R1.3-billion profit in the six months through September 2019, Eskom anticipates a R20-billion loss for the full year.

Eskom’s debt burden rose to R454 billion, from R440 billion at th
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Angered pupils ‘burn down Durban school’ after getting ‘bad marks’

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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has condemned the burning down of Zwelinjani Secondary School in Durban, after pupils allegedly became enraged over poor marks they had received.

“There are claims that the fire started after chaos erupted when school reports were issued to learners who felt that the results they had obtained were not what they deserved. The learners allegedly accused teachers of giving them bad marks,” department spokesperson Kwazi Mthethwa said on Thursday after the incident.

He said emergency services had been called out to Zwelinjani Secondary School in Zwelibomvu, in the Pinetown District, earlier in the day.

“Emergency teams have responded to fire incidents at the school. Buildings that were destroyed by fire include the office of the school principal, the school kitchen and staff room.”

Mthethwa said district officials had reported that that “no one was injured in the fire, but property was destroyed badly”.

“We appeal to the pupils
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Robbery caught on camera, police fail to take action

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A 35-year-old from Mitchells Plain witnessed and recorded a smash and grab at the intersection on Jakes Gerwel Drive and Govan Mbeki Road on the 22nd of November. The man has slammed the cops for not taking action after he handed the recording over to the police.

“I travel with a scooter and my camera is mounted on my helmet and records while I’m driving.

“I got to the intersection and I saw these guys running from the road. It was 6.30am and traffic was bumper to bumper,” he explains.

He witnessed the robbers smashing a woman’s window and stealing her bag.

“She really put up a fight. I went over and assisted her,” says the man.

The man says he tried stopping a law enforcement vehicle and subsequently followed them in Scaapkraal, where he was told by the officer that there should be a van there.

The man then reported the incident at Philippi police station to hand in his video, which clearly shows the faces of the perpetrators and he was
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Former South African fatally wounded after shots being fired in broad daylight at Menlyn Maine mall

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JB Strydom was shot dead in the parking lot of the Menlyn Maine shopping center on Monday.

Strydom, 44, who had been running a towage business in Kempton Park for several years, was only on a short visit to South Africa after recently immigrating to Britain. He was shot in the chest in the parking lot of the Menlyn Maine shopping mall when he allegedly tried to help a friend.

According to information received, Strydom was at the center to meet a friend. An exchange of words broke out between this friend and another man who eventually shot Strydom.

Cedric Martel, owner of Le Martel Security, who was at the center for a meeting, said he also heard the fight at the far end of the parking lot.

According to Network 24, there were two anonymous eyewitnesses who saw the man shot by a “man with dark hair and a long ponytail”. Both also saw the fight but couldn’t figure out what it was about.

A security guard, who was on duty in the parking lot, told how they wer
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