Posts tagged with 'New South Africa'

 

Court deals Soweto residents who wants to pay a flat tarrif of R150 a month for electricity a blow by striking case off the roll

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Soweto owes R20bn to power provider Eskom, but residents of the township only want to pay R150 a month for their power. Mpho Sesedinyane, ANC councilor and chair of the South African National Civic Organization (Sanco) in Soweto, feels that R150 is a fair amount and that, given the state of the economy, the residents can only afford to pay this much a month for power.

However, Eskom rejected the proposal of a fixed power tariff of R150 per month for electricity. Eskom spokesperson Reneilwe Semenya said this proposal by community leaders in Soweto was unrealistic and residents had to pay for what they consumed. He also referred to the Johannesburg High Court which on Tuesday rejected an application to restore power supply to Soweto and allow residents to pay a flat rate for power.

Soweto owes R20 billion of the R420 billion owed to the Johannesburg metro power supplier. Semenya believes that if a fixed power tariff is set, it will certainly give rise to
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Junk Status looms – Implementation of NHI will have disastrous consequences for SA economy

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AfriForum today sent a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warning the civil rights organization that the implementation of national health insurance (NHI) could eventually lead to the downgrading of the country’s credit rating to junk status .

This comes after the credit rating agency Moody’s recently downgraded South Africa’s credit rating from a stable to a negative outlook. The reason for this downgrade according to Mood is the bleak growth prospects and growing public debt. In its letter, AfriForum argues that unaffordable, ideological policies such as the NHI will lead to South Africa being downgraded to junk status, as the country simply cannot fund it.

“To continue with the implementation of the NHI will not only be disastrous for the South African economy; it will also inflate government debt to levels that will make it impossible to escape the downgrade to
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Elderly couple violently brutalized by 7 armed barbarics during farm attack

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A violent farm attack took place on 11 November 2019, at 09:30, in Welbekend, Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng province. A couple, Ben (73) and Ansie Dreyer (70) were attacked by seven armed attackers pretending to be clients wanting to buy milk. Ben along with a worker was forced into the home and into the bedroom where his hands and feet were tied and he forced to lay on the floor. The attackers who wanted firearms and money then forced Ansie to open the safe.

Ansie then pushed the panic alarm and was struck in the head by one of the attackers with his firearm. She collapsed on the bed pretending to be unconscious.

As a result of the alarm being activated, people started phoning the farm, this caused the attackers to flee. The neighbors and emergency services reacted and treated the elderly couple who were severely traumatized. The attackers robbed two firearms, jewelry and cash.

There is no other information available at this stage.

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Limpopo school that failed to reach a 50% matric pass rate has allegedly fabricated marks even though the pupils have not written for exams

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Whistle-blower says school fabricated the English examination marks of grades 8, 9 and 11. He says pupils did not even sit for the exams

A Limpopo school that has failed to reach a 50% matric pass for the past three years allegedly fabricated English marks for grades 8, 9 and 11 in March.

The allegation about the fabricated marks was made by Michael Mosomane to the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) as part of his submission, which City Press has seen, challenging the termination of his contract by the education department in May.

Mosomane was employed in January as a temporary accounting teacher at Nakedi Secondary in De Vrede village about 130km outside of Polokwane.

He told City Press that he had initially reported the matter to the education department’s offices in Polokwane on May 6 to raise the alarm, but he received no feedback.

Instead, his contract was terminated by the department on May 27, despite it being sched
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Is ‘snoobab’ the new k-word?

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The word spells baboons backwards and existed before it was allegedly used to refer to black pupils at Kingswood College.

A social media post shared by pupils of Kingswood College in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) has highlighted racial tensions at the exclusive private school, as well as introduced South Africans to a new racial slur.

“Snoobab”, which spells baboons backwards, was a term reportedly used by white pupils to refer to their black counterparts at the school, according to City Press.

An outcry on social media erupted after the two white girls at the school who accused each other of racism and xenophobia were found not guilty following a disciplinary process.

The process was conducted by a “highly qualified black woman”, who found that there “mutually destructive versions” of what happened “by both sides”, college head Colleen Vassiliou told City Press.

“This verdict, by someone of her expertise, canno
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EFF says that Springbok rugby is a symbol of white supremacy against change

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Economic Freedom Fighters member of Parliament (MP) Mbuyiseni Ndlozi on Tuesday reiterated his scorn of the Springbok rugby team and said there would be no racial unity in South Africa until wealth was shared equally and land returned to those from whom it was taken.

Ndlozi, in a debate on a motion to congratulate the Springboks for winning the Rugby World Cup, said calls to rally behind the team was a form of collective abuse of black people, who were being asked to sanctify a sport and a symbol that remained redolent of white supremacy.

“Because the Springbok is a sign that cannot be whitewashed, it stands in parallel continuity with Die Stem entrenching white supremacy in our society. That is why the rugby team in question is white-dominated. It is a perfect reflection that white people have successfully resisted change in our society for 25 years,” he said.

He said the mass street celebrations that have met the returning rugby ch
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Power grid remains under pressure, possibility of load shedding not eliminated

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The electricity network remains under pressure and, according to Eskom, there is still the possibility of load shedding for today and the rest of the week, but will only be applied if absolutely necessary.

According to Eskom, unplanned interruptions at 22:00 on Sunday were slightly less than 10,000 MW and good progress was made over the weekend to supplement diesel reserves for the open-cycle gas turbines and water levels with the pump storage schemes.

The power provider said the power grid is still being monitored hourly at its emergency response control center and that the situation at its generation plants is unpredictable.

“Eskom wants to remind its customers that any unexpected changes such as additional interruptions or the unavailability of diesel for the gas turbines or declining water levels at the pump storage schemes could lead to short-term power short notice.”

Meanwhile, another generation unit at the Kusile power
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New Speed limits to be introduced to SA drivers – limit on highways will drop to 100km

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The Department of Transport and the Road Traffic Management Corporation are reviewing South Africa’s current speed limits. The proposed review of speed limits comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act into law in August 2019 – introducing a new demerit system for South African drivers.

Speaking to the Weekend Argus, Department of Transport spokesperson Ayanda Allie-Paine said the proposal could see the baseline top speeds across the country’s roads reduced by 20km/h.

This would effectively drop the speed limit on the country’s highways from 120km/h to 100km/h, while the top speeds on main roads would drop from 100km/h to 80km/h.

Speeds in residential areas would decrease from 60km/h to 40km/h.

“Our road safety strategy has considered all these factors. Legislation is being reviewed to address and bring in place an edifice of various interventions to respond
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Meeting held in Kimberley end in chaos after diamond diggers and zama-zama gold miners arrive with weapons

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Apparently, the world-renowned diamond city Kimberley’s project to tie the so-called zama-zama gold miners and diamond miners together into a legal structure did not produce good results.

The meeting held in Kimberley became riotous after diggers with arms arrived at the meeting.

The actions of dozens of diamond miners, who illegally exploited the diamond fields without permits, soon struck the national effort to create law and order.

Some of the illegal diggers say they claim their area that has been deprived of them since the 19th century, and the more than 800 diggers who are unlicensed diggers have completely disrupted the meeting.

They work in an area of about 1,500 acres rich diamond field and refuse to give a thumbs up for their “rights”.

A new licensed cooperative structure has been created, but the majority of diggers refuse to join it, while others have apparently been denied shareholders.

The ill
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Insatiable greed for money amongst ANC ranks – MP Bernice Swarts involved in R500,000 scams

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The ANC’s MP, Bernice Swarts, is accused of being involved in a scam involving R600,000.

The ANC has apparently launched an investigation into the alleged scams where businessmen were under the impression that the money would be used for the ANC’s election campaign.

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Weapon manufacturer Denel has quietly acquired a contract worth R6.3 billion for the export of weaponry

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With the apparent initiative and guidance of the new chief of arms manufacturers, Denel, a contract has been entered into for the export of weaponry worth more than R6 billion.

A spokesman for the manufacturer confirmed that a contract had been obtained but that the broader details of it had not yet been disclosed.

The new contract worth R6.3 billion will be presented to Parliament during the coming week to approve the arms export.

The new technology that will be used in the weaponry is probably innovative, and can be attributed to the expertise of people who have proven their skills in arms manufacturing over the years.

 

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Black Netball SA president faces complaint of racism after her remarks earlier this year at SA championships

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Black Netball SA president faces complaint of racism after her remarks earlier this year at SA championships

The civil rights organization AfriForum instructed its legal team on Friday to lodge a complaint against Cecilia Molokwane, president of Netball South Africa (NSA).

In the complaint, NSA is requested to investigate the president after AfriForum received complaints that Molokwane allegedly misbehave and made racist remarks at the South African championship in August this year in Johannesburg.

AfriForum said in a media statement on Friday that it had delivered a lawyer’s letter from Daniël Eloff, on behalf of Hurter Spies Attorneys in Pretoria, to the NSA’s office in Arcadia, Pretoria, and sent an email to CEO Blanche de la Guerre .

AfriForum does not say in its media statement that it is acting on its behalf.

He claimed members of the public heard on August 1 at the time of the match on lane 1 between Northern C
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