Posts tagged with 'government officials'

 

State’s salary bill milking state coffers dry, yet Jan Van Riebeeck and whites are regularly chosen as scapegoats for ANC regime failures

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The state’s salary bill is consuming money that the country needs to keep going, with regular increases while unions are demanding larger portions. Yet the private sector and white people of the country are regularly scapegoated for the country’s problems.

Everyone knows this and the government recognizes it and makes promises to act. Yet nothing good happens. The government’s salary bill currently accounts for 34% of the national budget. This means that R340 out of every R1 000 spent by the government goes towards salaries.

Salaries more than tripled from R154 billion to R518 billion in the period 2006/07 to 2018/19. Government officials earning more than R1 million a year increased from 9,600 to 29,000 during the same period.

Yet, the private sector is regularly lauded as the biggest scapegoat for the ANC’s failures. The private sector is the largest job creator in South Africa, despite huge barriers created largely by
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Toilet scandal – several senior ANC officials arrested after being awarded R650m tender to build 66,000 toilets

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Although nine people have been arrested who are suspected of being involved in the toilet scandal in the Eastern Cape, this does not mean that no more arrests can be made.

Those already captured are likely to include high-profile government officials, as well as so-called businessmen who have filled their pockets.

The nine were arrested by the Hawks in various provinces such as Gauteng, Natal, the Eastern Transvaal, and the Eastern Cape.

A tenth person was later arrested after those already in custody began untying their tongues.

The notorious Amathole District Municipality toilet scandal came to light in 2015, where R630m was awarded a tender to build 66,000 toilets in the Eastern Cape, but never became a reality.

Several senior figures from the ANC are being held, but no names have been released while awaiting trial.

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How ANC- government officials spend taxpayers hard earned money on extravagant cars

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A Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs apparently wasn’t happy with the list of cars that Treasury negotiated bulk discounts on.

So he asked Treasury for permission to purchase a Volvo XC90D4, at a cost of R1,118,352 to the public purse. The reason for the request was “National Treasury Transversal Contract RT57-2016/2017 does not cater for prefered [sic] vehicle”.

Treasury conditionally approved his request. But he was not alone. Three ministers and a deputy minister, including the above one, applied to Treasury for a deviation when buying new cars in 2017 and 2018 because they did not like the choice of vehicles allowed.

In his most recent budget speech, Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, announced spending cuts of R50.3 billion over the next three years. This was not the first year in which Treasury has had to announce spending reductions to help balance the budget. In 2013, government started taking measur
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The 2019 Elections are meant to be a time of renewal and hope, but the UK Foreign Office is keeping its guard up, and they have issued a warning for SA

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With just a few days left until South Africans visit the polls for the 2019 Elections, it seems all the final preparations aren’t just being carried out in Mzansi. The British government (UK Foreign Office) have updated their travel advice for any citizens who are visiting our country over the next week or so.

Travel advise for South Africa ahead of the 2019 Elections
The Foreign Office last updated their travel advice for SA in 2018, when multiple explosive devices were found across Durban. They were believed to be linked to the Verulam Mosque Attack, which forced government officials in the UK to issue a safety warning.

However, things are perhaps a little milder this time around. The website – which carries travel advice for more than 200 other countries – now features a section about the 2019 Elections.

They warn that protests are likely to flare up in both the run-up to the election, and the days immediately aft
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