Posts tagged with 'Cyril Ramaphosa'

 

Those who are not in favor of the ANC are delighted with the developments: Power struggle amidst ANC ranks – Cadres are turning against each other for office

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A complaint filed at the Office of the Public Protector sheds some light on the fierce power struggle in the ranks of the ANC and its government.

The complainant who prefers to remain anonymous claims that Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is playing a chess game to get the deputy president removed from office to take office herself.

The Office of the Public Protector declined to comment on the complaint, strengthening the suspicion that such a complaint was received by Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

According to reports, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is appointing loyal supporters in her department with the intention of pushing David Mabuza out of office as vice president and then taking the seat herself.

The move suggests that it puts her in a strong position to succeed Ramaphosa, especially if Mabuza’s influence is illuminated and the ANC president will receive much less support without his deputy’s influence.

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Its still theft, no matter what you call it! ANC regime continues land expropriation without compensation policy

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TAU SA is preparing to assist landowners in expropriation cases without compensation. This follows after the discussions with the ad hoc committee appointed by Parliament to submit proposals on how Art. 25 of the constitution – which deals with expropriation without compensation – must be amended.

“It is clear that the committee’s focus is solely on how the law should be amended, and not what the consequences of the amendments will be,” said Mr. Louis Meintjes, the president of TAU SA. “Any input from stakeholders representing farmers is simply dismissed as irrelevant.”

“It is extremely worrying that aspects such as effects on the economy, investment uncertainty, ratings by credit agencies and most importantly, food security, bear no weight in this process. The only matter of importance is that land should be expropriated despite multiple examples of how it failed because of corruption, ignorance and greed. I
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SA Investment Conference does not create expectations for a better economy

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The South African Investment Conference kicks off this week, and is considered by several political observers and financial experts that to much talking is done but nothing is being achieved.

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the government’s side to host the second annual meeting held in Sandton.

With a kind of theme of “Accelerate growth through partnerships”, conference delegates will talk and talk for three consecutive days….

Last year, the first conference was held, and nothing came of it that could improve the bankruptcy and junk status of the country.

The Minister of Finance, Mboweni, said the country’s expected growth rate of 1.5% would not be reached, and expects growth of 0.5%.

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Ramaphosa signs Internet censorship bill into law – there will be a definite potential for abuse in terms of infringement of free speech

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off a number of major new laws – including the controversial ‘internet censorship bill’.

In a statement on Wednesday (2 October), the presidency said that the new laws include:

Overvaal Resorts Limited Repeal Bill;
The Property Practitioners Bill;
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill;
Film and Publications Amendment Bill.

It was not clear at the time of writing whether the laws had been promulgated and had officially come into effect. In addition, some parts of the legislation may only come into effect at a later date.
Controversy

While most of the new laws will likely be welcomed, one of the new bills has courted controversy as it made its way through the law-making process.

The Film and Publications Amendment Bill – known as the ‘internet censorship bill’ by some of its opponents – aims to introduce a number of changes including harsher rules to prot
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ANC regime gets billed for R100m for 35,000 election posters – The taxpayer will probably now have to shake his pockets to pay the bill?

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The ANC Treasury General, Paul Mashatile, was apparently unaware that an invoice was made for the debt to be paid.

It was apparently only when the invoice, with an amount of R102 million, was shown to him, that the sparks flew.

An investigation has now been ordered following the invoice issued for the delivery of 35,000 election posters that were apparently not approved by the party.

Mashatile was apparently unaware of the deal until the invoice was brought to his eyes, and an investigation is now underway as to who is responsible for the mess.

However, it appears that the ANC did receive and use the posters, and will thereby also be responsible for paying the bill.

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It’s time to man up, Cyril – Ramaphoria is dead and SA is in the toilet

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Femicide, rape, murder, a tanking economy – everything’s getting worse, and action from the top is our only hope

SA is in a terrible spiral of negativity. The past two weeks have been horrendous: men killing women, men raping children, supposedly “pro-poor” politicians like Julius Malema allegedly feeding himself from monies stolen from grandmothers’ pensions at VBS Bank, the country’s finances in a terrible state and about to be tipped into junk status, the crime statistics worse than they have ever been – and the economy continuing in the downward spiral it’s been on for ages.

Lest we forget, Hlaudi Motsoeneng appeared at the Zondo commission into state capture and reminded all of us just how absolutely horrific, low-grade and corrupt the past 10 years of our lives were. If you want to see the epitome of a failed state, you just have to listen to any five minutes of his appearance at the commission this past week and you would w
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South Africa chaos: Ramaphosa becoming defensive towards SA’s Banana Republic

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The ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was on the defensive all the time last week because South Africa is recognized as a banana republic.

This is the opinion of a political analyst in Pretoria after various incidents of different kinds,put Ramaphosa in a bad light.

The charges against Ramaphosa began with the Public Protector who rightly showed him that he had lied to parliament about R500,000 in his bank account.

The violence on women started by the ANC Women’s League as a subject of contention has forced him to convene a special session of parliament to provide an opportunity for debate.

At the funeral of Mugabe, where every political leader from Africa was requested to sing his praises, it was Ramaphosa who was a disgrace and had to apologize to Africa for the anti-mass immigration violence in his own country.

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Ramaphosa’s praises of dictator Mugabe is a slap in the face of millions of Zimbabwean residents who had to flee the country

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ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa’s praise of Robert Mugabe has drawn sharp criticism from his own and liberal ranks.

Ramaphosa’s description of Mugabe as an “outstanding leader” in Africa, according to the media, is a slap in the face of millions of Zimbabwean residents who had to flee to SA because of Mugabe’s policies and human rights violations. Ramaphosa is now openly described as characterless and a chameleon who will say so today and tomorrow will change his position again just in favor of his listeners.

The views that show that things are going even worse with South Africa than Zuma was in power are accepted from several places, and there is the suspicion that he will not serve as president for long.

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Anti-mass immigration violence is raging in SA despite the ANC president’s declaration that action will be taken on offenders

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Violence against foreigners escalated this past weekend amid the ANC president’s statement that action will be taken against the perpetrators.

Even more businesses were targeted over the weekend and police rubber bullets and grenades could not stop the angry residents from continuing with their looting.

Police have confirmed that a renewed wave of xenophobia has erupted, and many foreigners’ shops and property have been looted and stripped of their goods.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian government is considering retaliation by nationalizing the larger businesses there. Institutions such as MTN and Shoprite could possibly be in the running.

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Thank you SA for voting ANC – SA is broke thanks to the thieving done by ANC cadres in government

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It’s official: the South African state is bankrupt. President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed it three weeks ago when he responded to questions in parliament.

Ramaphosa’s exact words were: “Our resources are now depleted.”

In simple terms, this means the government has run out of money.

In a normal country, such a statement by the head of state would have, at best, made national headlines. That it went unnoticed reveals a great deal about our journalists’ obsession with the fluff that constitutes the vacuity of our daily politics.

If you want to understand what it means for a state to run out of money, look at South African Express. It has grounded its planes. Last week, it told MPs it is struggling to pay salaries.

SA Express is not unique. Employees at Denel are not sure for how long their salaries will be paid. Eskom pays salaries from debt. It needs about R70bn for operations and debts. But its revenue i
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Cyril remains silent as SA burns to the ground

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While the unrest in the Western Cape has forced the government to deploy the unarmed soldiers of the Defense Force in the hope that the violence will stop, it is Gauteng who is leaving the area in chaos with just as much force.

The gang violence in the Western Cape has already claimed the lives of many people in recent weeks, and now the north of SA also has a violent crowd that burns shops and houses at a faster rate than the ANC can erect new buildings.

More than 20 foreign-owned stores went up in flames, but not before the looters and their children stole the usable goods.

With all this, and much more violence elsewhere, the ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is silent and frightens Africa so much that they are now boycotting the World Meeting in Cape Town.

Ramaphosa doesn’t say a single word about it either.

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SA is collapsing and the bad conditions will put residents at the same level as Zimbabwe’s people

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Political analysts say that conditions in South Africa are now deteriorating by the day, and the bad conditions are now putting residents at the same level as in Zimbabwe.

The police service that has lost thousands of rounds of ammunition without any action being taken against the culprits indicates the dire security situation that prevails.

The country’s Defense Force was evaluated by experts about two years ago and it was found that its hitting power is now no better than it was in the 1930s when the the Air Force had more pilots than are currently employed after the best ones have already left the country.

The prospect that the government now wants to activate the so-called “National Health Plan” means that two things are waiting for the Westerners in the country:

That is, they will eventually no longer have a Medical Aid, and secondly, the health plan will follow the same route as Eskom, Denel, SABC, SAA, and others that are und
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