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Stadium in Cape Town, which was built for the 2010 Fifa football cup, is basically unused and is a burden on taxpayers and bankrupt municipalities

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The Cape Town Stadium, built for the 2010 Fifa World Soccer Cup, is a white elephant and is managed by huge losses.

Now the Cape Town Council has allocated millions for the appointment of a company secretary and financial manager.

R2.5 million a year has been approved for the two posts. Even JP Smith of the Mayors’ Security and Security Committee expressed concern for further funding and warned that it would put a burden on taxpayers.

Numerous stadiums were set up in South Africa for the sporting event during which the South African team performed extremely poorly opposed to other countries, and the stadiums are is basically unused and is a burden on taxpayers and bankrupt municipalities

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Why is Naspers investing R7,7 billion in an Indian education scheme, but learners in SA are still consigned to the worst possible learning circumstances?

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Naspers has announced that it has recently invested $ 540 million in the Indian education scheme BY JU’S.

The scheme is  apparently aimed towards education of primary and secondary school pupils in India. Naspers’s contribution is not mentioned and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment will make a “significant” contribution.

Development for Indian children in India enjoys enormous priority while South Africa’s children receive  the poorest education due to poor management and lack of funding

Especially the black pupils in rural areas are delivered to the worst possible circumstances, explaining why so many children struggle to reach Grade 12 and pass.

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Ramaphosa creates the impression that racism is only a white problem

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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reaction on Radio 702 when asked about the hate speech of BLF leader, Andile Mngxitama, is disappointing as he shifted the focus to white people as if to imply that racism is mainly a white problem.

According to media reports, President Ramaphosa implied that racism is not common among black people and that Mngxitama is probably just “a lone voice out there in the wilderness”.

President Ramaphosa also added that “we cannot, through the hatred of some white people then begin to define the whole white community as haters of black people”. And: we must say that those who hate black people and those who are racist must be isolated. We must teach them the best ways to be a nation.

The President’s play on words creates the impression that South Africa’s real problem lies with white people, while in reality, the problem under discussion is Mngxitama’s hateful statements. This also echoes the statements made b
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Boycott South African Airways – Here’s why!

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Boycott SAA because it wastes R5 billion annually. That could fund 120 000 university students, 50 000 RDP houses, 10 (300-bed) hospitals, 300 schools, or 30 000 police.

It is your patriotic duty to do so.

If you are unpatriotic, it is your ethical duty.

If you are unethical, it is your familial duty.

If you have no family, it is your selfish duty.

If you are a selfless hermit, fly SAA.

It can liberate enough wealth to save 1 000 babies through improved paediatric care and prevent thousands of rapes and murders through improved policing.

This is the social cost inflicted when government diverts spending from worthy causes to flights of folly.

Boycott SAA because the multi-year numbers are worse.

Past plus proposed subsidies and guarantees (R46 billion plus R21 billion) could fund 670 000 houses, 4 500 schools, 1 500 000 student years, or 20 000km of roads.

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Did you see the Chicken Licken TV advertisement, what a mockery towards us? This is why the popular “Big John” advert has been banned in SA (video included)

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The “Big John” commercial will be pulled from the air following a lengthy complaint about its content. Needless to say, Chicken Licken aren’t happy.

No more “Big John” on our TV screens, then. Chicken Licken have been forced to pull their most recent ad from the airwaves, after the Advertising Regulations Board (ARB) upheld a complaint about its “offensive narrative”.

The ad – which was released at the same time as the new Nandos campaign and proved to be just as popular – features a black South African (Big John) travelling to Europe in the 1600s. He arrives in The Netherlands, with plans to colonise the land and he greets startled onlookers with the phrase “hola maNgamla”, which translates to “hello white people”.

Why the Chicken Licken advert has been banned
A vast majority of South Africans appreciated the “reverse colonialism” humour, but the content proved too much for compla
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Horrific! Editor of the Citizen thought it would be hilarious to mock SA farm murder victims – This man is a disgrace!

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In this video by Willem Petzer we see Daniel Friedman, the editor of the Citizen, who is also a part time comedian, who thought it would be hilarious to do a comedy scene mocking the victims of South African farm attacks and farm murders.

This is nauseating and appalling to any decent person and his content is disgustingly horrific. And this from an editor in a mainstream news outlet. Makes one wonder if the 12 year old boy who was drowned in boiling water after seeing his parents brutally murdered would have also found it hilarious. And if other victims who were brutally tortured and murdered would also find it funny. Or if a small child who was dragged through her parents blood by her hair found it funny before she was shot.

Willem Petzer exposes this horrific human being for what he is and shares information regarding his left wing opinions. Daniel Friedman has regularly and incorrectly, without factual substantiation, reported false informatio
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The DA vow to jail Jacob Zuma “for 15 years” if they win the 2019 Elections, maybe it its just an elections tool.

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Could Jacob Zuma be jailed until he turns 90? A proposal made by the DA ahead of the 2019 Elections has revealed how long they believe JZ should spend behind bars.

Well, that’s one way to draw a line in the sand ahead of the 2019 Elections. DA Spokesperson Solly Malatsi has pulled no punches when it comes to outlining the party’s policies on corruption committed by high-profile figures like Jacob Zuma. In fact, he’s already shared a suggestion for how long JZ should face behind bars.

Malatsi was responding to the news that the ANC would help Zuma repay at least R16 million of public money used to fight Msholozi’s private court battles. The Pretoria High Court ruled he must “pay back the money” on Thursday, but the 76-year-old still has a major influence over his party.

Speaking to SABC on Friday, the ANC’s Acting Spokesperson Dakota Legote confirmed that the government take full responsibility for all of their former presidents, an
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The Bonnievale farm murders update: Arrest made in connection with death of elderly couple

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A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of an eldery couple, who were found dead in a farm in Bonnievale this week.

Police have made a breakthrough in the Bonnievale farm murder case, in which an elderly couple were found in their property in the Cape Winelands.

Piet and Elmien Steyn, both in their 70s, were shot dead while they slept, and their property was raided, while a vehicle belonging to them was stolen.

It was the car that led to the gruesome discovery of the couple’s bodies, as it was after it was spotted driving close to town that police went to investigate the Zandfontein farm.

According to IOL, an arrest connected to the murder has now been made, after police detained a 33-year-old man in McGregor, a rural town not too far from the murder scene.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa says the man was found in possession of one of the couple’s belongings.

The suspect is expected
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More borrowing, Eskom secures R1.5 billion loan from French Development Agency, they are so deep in trouble, how on earth will they pay it back?

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The utility’s Group Chief Executive, Phakamani Hadebe, said the multi-tranche loan facility will contribute to Eskom’s plans to strengthen and refurbish the transmission infrastructure.

Eskom and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a R1.5 billion (EUR 90 million) loan agreement to support the electricity utility’s investments in extending and strengthening its power transmission grid along the west coast of South Africa.

This loan constitutes the first tranche of a R 6.5 billion (EUR 400 million) multi-tranche loan facility signed between the two institutions in March 2017.

“This first tranche will be dedicated to financing of the Namaqualand Strengthening Phase 2: Juno Gromis Project, which aims to strengthen the power network in the Northern Cape Province, integrate renewable energy sources, and ultimately facilitate cross border transmission,” said the power utility.

Eskom plans to refurbish tran
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It’s going to be a Prosperous New Year for motorists, but for how long- Petrol price decrease South Africans can expect to pay in January

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Central Energy Fund, we could kiss you right now. Their projected petrol prices for January would see fuel costs plummet below the R14-per-litre mark.

Now, this is how we want to start 2019. It seems as if the petrol price in South Africa will keep plummeting, as preliminary data released by the Central Energy Fund suggests that motorists are in for some more joy at the pumps.

January petrol price forecast for South Africa
According to the official figures, a drop of something between R1.31 – R1.34 is being forecast for both grades of petrol (93 and 95). Meanwhile, diesel users also look like they’ll be kicking the new year off in style, with a projected R1.51 to be shaved off of its current price.

The current projections would have been impossible to fathom just a couple of months ago. Back In November, South Africans were still paying over R17 a litre to fill up their petrol tanks. With these latest figures, that fee
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