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Soweto owes ESKOM R 17 billion, half of the total national debt – Just cut their bloody electricity to this township!

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ESKOM is desperately trying to recoup money owed by municipalities – Soweto, in particular, is making that task all the more difficult.

ESKOM, South Africa’s national electricity provider, had an exceptionally shocking year in 2018. Financial losses reached dismal new depths. Irregularities, both fiscally and operationally, left the state owned enterprise floundering in the doldrums of gross incompetence. Dubious coal shortages, failed maintenance plans, industrial action and the lingering stench of corruption only added to ESKOM’s woes.

ESSKOM looks to recoup its losses:

Inevitably, ESKOM’s problems become the problems of South African citizens. The much-loathed load sheddingschedule made an ominous return. This year, the knock-on effects of ineptitude will be felt the hardest, as the power utility looks to increase the cost of electricity by at least 15%.
The tariff increase is an attempt to rebuff financial failings – to incre
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ANC regime announces that experts from Italy have been called in to restore poor service to Eskom, while South Africa is swarming with extremely capable whites who can do the job

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Minister Pravin Gordhan’s nine-point plan to get the bankrupt Eskom back on track are welcomed by industrialists and businessmen who are currently deeply concerned about the extremely poor functioning of this state entity.

An expert dealing with the dilapidated Eskom says the minister’s plans can contribute to possible recovery of Eskom.

He says although it looks like reasonable plans, the lot of money and a lot of time is going to ask the struggling industry to stand on its own again.

The expert believes it will cost at least R10bn and a team of experts to effectively operate the industry.

Meanwhile, it is announced that experts from Italy have been called in to try and recover the poor service.

Observers say it is clear that the ANC government will not use the expertize of whites in South Africa, as it will be a direct blow to the faces of the regime.

Read the original article in Afrikaans on Die Vrybuger

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Police and and Gauteng Department of Education officials held hostage by the community in protest for new school

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Frustrated parents and community members in Roodepoort, decided to take the law in to their hands after being let down by the GDE on numerous occasions.

Roodepoort Police and Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) officials were recently held hostage by furious parents and community members from Durban Deep at the Durban Deep Primary School.

Apparently, the GDE has not kept its promises to build a new school with new infrastructure for the community.

Frustrated parents and community members decided to take the law into their own hands after being let down by the GDE on numerous occasions.

In a meeting that took place at the school on the morning of 13 February, between parents, Roodepoort Police officers and officials of GDE, the community members decided to take action and show their frustration. While the meeting was in session, members of the community and parents went out and closed the gate, locking the officials inside the school pre
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ANC has been accused of exploiting land expropriation without compensation issue as an electoral tool to garner votes – this political party suddenly decides land issue is urgent and must be tackled before election

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ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu has made an about-turn by announcing on Tuesday that parliament will begin the process of amending the constitution in this current term.

Mthembu was addressing the joint sitting of parliament debating President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address.

“We are fast-tracking land reform by implementing our resolution on the expropriation of land without compensation. Parliament is already in the process of crafting a constitutional amendment to amend section 25 of the constitution to make it explicit that our constitution allows expropriation of land without compensation,” he said, opening the debate.

“An hour ago, Honourable Thoko Didiza was elected chair of the ad-hoc committee tasked with amending section 25 of the constitution. We congratulate her and wish the committee well as they embark on this historic process,” added Mthembu.

He also made reference to the revised e
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BE WARNED SOUTH-AFRICANS!! After the load-shedding come water shortages – Still people will be voting for the ANC this coming election

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It’s not just load-shedding you have to worry about, the city of Johannesburg has warned. You could also be in for water cuts.

The metro warned that water shortages could follow load-shedding.

“As we continue to experience load-shedding across the country, Johannesburg Water is working alongside City Power to ensure that residents do not have to face water cuts as well,” said MMC for environment and infrastructure services Nico de Jager.

He says that when load-shedding of four or more hours is experienced, some areas could have water shortages or low water pressure.

“This is because Johannesburg Water uses electricity to pump water from the reservoirs into the towers,” he said.

Posted by Johannesburg Water on Thursday, February 14, 2019

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Motsoaledi: We can’t wait to improve healthcare before implementing NHI

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Government does not believe it can wait until the healthcare system is improved before implementing national health insurance, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said.

The minister was speaking at a briefing at Tuynhuys, Parliament, where the report of the outcomes of the presidential health summit, held late last year, was released.

During his address on Tuesday, Motsoaledi said government would be taking significant steps towards implementing universal healthcare.

Last week, president Cyril Ramaphosa said that the National Health Insurance Bill would be tabled before Parliament this year.

NHI will ensure that South Africans can receive free health services at the point of care at both public and private quality-accredited healthcare service providers, Motsoaledi said.

NHI is a proposed state-run health financing system that aims to pool funds to provide access to quality health services for all South Africans regardless of thei
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SA motorists brace yourself for big fuel tax increases the coming months – seems like the ANC-regime wants to recoup their loses by taxing you more on fuel levies

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Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, will deliver the Budget Speech 2019 in Cape Town on 20 February.

Expectations are high that he will balance competing expenditure priorities to stimulate economic growth in spite of fiscal consolidation measures.

However, the former central banker’s task is formidable and he will likely have a difficult balancing act on his hands.

One of the key balancing acts will be how Mboweni tackles the issue of the fuel levy.

In an analysis of the upcoming budget, PwC tax experts noted that the general fuel levy has been increased significantly in each of the four previous budgets as a means of raising additional tax revenues.

“The general fuel levy is only slightly progressive and was previously seen as being less politically sensitive than VAT,” PwC said.

“This perception has, however, changed with the increased attention resulting from the VAT increase in 2018. As such, it may no longer be
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According to Senzo Mchunu, one of ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s confidantes, black managers are too blame for the bankrupt Eskom

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An ANC member of the party’s National Executive Committee, Senzo Mchunu, says it is black executives who are responsible for the condition at Eskom.

He says all that they have achieved was to do well in the failures.

Senzo Mchunu is one of ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s confidantes who are now out against Eskom’s “black managers”.

In an interview, he added that they would still regret some of their black managers  who were praised as excellent executives and trusted by the ANC.

Opinion polls say the ruling concludes that Italians from whites must correct the chaos at Eskom while many highly skilled drivers are finding whites in South Africa but hated and therefore will not be used.

Read the original article in Afrikaans on Die Vryburger
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SA sugar industry in crisis – ANC regime has been warned two years ago, however, the government remains indifferent to the industry by importing sugar more cheaply from abroad

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The SA Sugarcane Association has, by way of Graeme Staibank, declared that 350,000 jobs are at stake if problems are not addressed.

Inconsistent rainfall, low sugar prices, little protection from cheap sugar imports and a fall in demand after the introduction of sugar taxation is one of the problems facing the industry.

The government has been warned two years ago that the industry is experiencing problems but farmers are increasingly experiencing the indifference of the government that does not want to understand the importance of the food producer.

Read the original article in Afrikaans on Die Vryburger
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SAA pay Comair R1,1 billion, where does the bankrupt state entity get the money from?

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SAA conceded that it had violated the Competition Act and announced that it would pay R1,1 billion to Comair.

The dispute has been in existence for a period of 10 years after SAA’s travel agents operated bonus schemes.

The bonus systems were against the rules of the Competition Council, and Comair has set a claim against SA Airways for losses.

Observers have noted that they are not sure where the bankrupt entities will get the money since minister Pravin Gordhan does not show much sympathy towards the state airline

Read the original article in Afrikaans on Die Vryburger
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