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The state of capture in SA cricket – Why is it that as soon as black Africans are in charge, the place gets captured. In other words a dictatorship is set up where looting follows? Is this all they know?

Posted on 17/12/2019 Leave a comment

‘As harsh as it may sound, we need to break this whole house down and rebuild it. It’s as simple as that, because it won’t happen from within.’

The extent to which Cricket South Africa (CSA) was captured by a small group of people has been exposed in increasingly glaring detail over the past 10 days. This situation can be traced back to the start of current chief executive Thabang Moroe’s tenure in late 2017.

Hundreds of pages of court documents, emails and reports in Daily Maverick’s possession, as well as interviews with seven key figures paint a picture of the leadership of an organisation that was increasingly authoritarian.

Below are some of the problems Moroe, president Chris Nenzani and the CSA board have created or failed to adequately address. Reflected also are areas where there has been a failure to fulfil their duties in the best interests of cricket.

The appointment of Jacques Faul, however capable he may be, as acting CEO on Saturd
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With love from the incompetent ANC-regime – 28,000 jobs lost in Q3, unemployment in the SA stands at around 29.1%.

Posted on 16/12/2019 Leave a comment

Stats SA says South Africa lost 28,000 jobs in the third quarter compared to the quarter before.

It has released its third quarter employment figures but shows that 78,000 jobs were actually created compared to the same quarter last year.

Unemployment in the country stands at around 29.1%.

Stats SA said that losses were seen in construction and manufacturing – which lost about 12,000 jobs each – while community services lost 11,000; business services 9,000; and transport 1,000.

On the other hand, figures showed that 849,000 jobs were created in the past four years.

Stats SA also looked at the health of businesses in the country.

The number of liquidations increased by 56.4% year-on-year for November.

Compulsory liquidations increased by 41 cases while voluntary liquidations increased by 38 cases.

And on a different note, average monthly earnings increased by 2.6% quarter-on-quarter and increased by 3.7% year-on-year.

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Sex education taken to far in SA – 120 000 teenage pregnancies recorded in 2019 – Comprehensive sexuality education not been successful in ensuring a decrease in pregnancies

Posted on 16/12/2019 Leave a comment

The DA has said the more than 120 000 teenage pregnancies between age 10 and 19 as at June 2019 should raise alarm bells in the country.

“Sexuality education in schools should focus on pregnancy prevention in schools but also awareness needs to be raised in communities,” DA MP Chantel King said.

King made the statement following a report in Independent Media on Friday which showed that the number of teenage pregnancies has increased in the 2018-19 financial year to 124 628 births, including those school-going children still at primary school level.

KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo and Gauteng are leading the pack with the high number of teenage pregnancies.

This was revealed by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga in a written response to a parliamentary question from King.

King had asked Motshekga the number of pupils who fell pregnant between June 2018 and June 2019 and their age groups.

She had also enquired about provinces in which the
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Consumer inflation rate is now at its lowest level in nine years

Posted on 13/12/2019 Leave a comment

The alleged drop in the consumer inflation rate, which is now at its lowest level in nine years, is called into question by many economic experts.

Although the decline has been welcomed by some agencies, consumers say the decline is certainly not credible as food, fuel and clothing prices are constantly rising.

However, the South African Reserve Bank came under pressure with the announcement to adjust interest rates downward.

Allegedly, consumer price inflation fell during November to the level of 3.6% in the Reserve Bank framework, which set the rate between 3 and 6% as acceptable.

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White slaughter continues – Farm manager brutally tortured during Mooi River farm attack,KZN

Posted on 13/12/2019 Leave a comment

A violent and brutal farm attack too place on Tuesday night, 10 December 2019, in Mooi River, KwaZulu Natal province. A farm manager, Rodger Huntley, who is debilitated by a past stroke was attacked and tortured in his home by two attackers. The attackers demanded firearms and money and severely tortured Huntley.

Huntley who is in his late sixty’s took nearly an hour to crawl to neighbors for help having suffered lacerations to his head and chin and was bruised all over his head and face. Huntley who does not have a firearm was beaten relentlessly by the attackers.

Huntley’s vehicle was later recovered in Ladysmith. There is no other information available at this stage. Huntley is in a stable condition.

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Janus Walus killer of communist Chris Hani – Supreme Court rules that the minister must decide on his fate

Posted on 13/12/2019 Leave a comment

Northern Gauteng High Court on Thursday ruled that new Justice Minister Ronald Lamola should decide whether or not to release Janus Walus, who killed communist Chris Hani, on parole.

Walus asked the court to reverse former Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha’s decision to release him on parole and deport him to Poland, his native country. Walus’s legal team argues that Masutha’s decision to refuse parole was unfair and irrational.

Walus has been serving more than 25 years in prison for the murder of Hani, former leader of the South African Communist Party.

The court reversed Masutha’s decision to deny Walus parole, but referred the case back to new Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. They now have 60 days to rethink the matter. “Although Walus is eligible for parole, it is not a given that he should be released,” Judge Jody Kollapen said in his ruling. He did point out, however, that the testimony of several experts indicates that Walus is n
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Load shedding due to poor workmanship at failed Medupi power plant, though Ramphosa points finger at sabotage

Posted on 12/12/2019 Leave a comment

The Phase 4 load shedding forced on South Africa this past week is attributed to poor workmanship with the erection of the Medupi power plant, which was initially highly praised by the ANC government.

The power plant has caused so many problems in the past week that the Eskom management had to take the load to Phase 4.

Although no one is prepared to explain what the bugs are at Medupi, observers have pointed out that there as some serious flaws that need to be corrected that forced Eskom to switch to Phase 6, and then back to Phase 4.

Experts believe the Medupi Power Plant will not be able to deliver up to its full capacity for several days, which means that South Africa will continue to see billions of rand being wasted for days.

All indications are that the current slump in the country’s economy may force Moody’s rating agency to recognize that junk status is now a reality.

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SA mining houses are closing one after the other due to Eskom load shedding

Posted on 12/12/2019 Leave a comment

South Africa’s mining houses close one after the other because it has become too risky to let their workers work underground during load shedding.

It costs billions of rand to stop underground mining activities and still have to pay workers even though there is no production for the whole week.

Economists point out that Eskom is crushing the country’s economy to such an extent that it will take years to recover, but the impression is left that the power supply has no sympathy, and the government is powerless.

The load shedding has opened the door wide for a follow-up recession, thereby causing the second recession within two years.

With Phase 6 likely to last until the end of the week, business people are also holding their breath as Eskom shrugs.

Eskom now claims that necessary and unplanned “repairs need urgent attention” otherwise the entire network will collapse, a spokeswoman said.

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Government of Zimbabwe owes SAA R880 million

Posted on 12/12/2019 Leave a comment

SA Airways is likely to lose a lot of money due to Zimbabwe’s default and disputes.

According to the latest information, Zimbabwe are only willing to pay 5% of the R880m SAA claims the Zimbabwe government owes.

The amount is apparently due for ticket sales, but the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank’s Monetary Committee refuses and rejects most of the debt.

A Zimbabwean spokeswoman says the government is not in a financial position to pay more, nor can it pay for fuel and grain imported.

SAA spokeswoman Thali Thali did not respond after the media polled him about what SAA is now going to do to recover the much needed funds.

SAA’s poor management emerged when the entity had to cancel its flights and was eventually placed under administration because the ANC government no longer had the money to feed the entity.

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Cyril rushes back to Eskom and cuts visit to Egypt short amidst electricity crisis which holds serious economic consequences for SA

Posted on 12/12/2019 Leave a comment

Opposition parties expressed their dismay when the ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, went to Egypt amidst #rollingblackouts occurred all over South-Africa this past week. He had to cut his less important visit to short and returned to South Africa to talk to the heads of Eskom about the crisis load shedding has on the finances of SA.

Observers point out that Eskom suddenly announced on Wednesday that it is switching back to Phase 2 load shedding, but experts say the major damage has already been done.

Several opposition politicians have made urgent requests for Ramaphosa to return, but observers say this is not just an electricity crisis, but has serious economic consequences for the faltering economy of South Africa.

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