Motorists will have to pay more from today to fill their car’s tank. The main reason for the increase is due to the weakening of the Rand and informed observers believe the trend could also be expected in October.
Petrol’s price rises by 11 cents per liter, and diesel by 25 cents per liter.
The announcement was made by the Minister of Energy, Gwede Mantashe, saying the price of domestic paraffin is increasing by 24 cents a liter.
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.
This black policeman in Welkom, Free State, South Africa, refuses to serve a white Afrikaans member of the public because he speaks Afrikaans, an official language of the Republic of South Africa.
Justice minister Ronald Lamola has promised to take calls for a referendum for the return of the death sentence to the cabinet.
The calls have been made amid the background of rising violence against women in the country, particularly in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of student Uyinene Mrwetyana, which brought the question of gender-based violence and femicide back into the spotlight.
Lamola and minister for women in the presidency Maite Nkoana-Mashabane were addressing the media on Tuesday.
Lamola said he could not decide alone whether or not to bring back the death penalty, but that all he could do was to take the matter to cabinet for discussion – and then for approval or disapproval.
“Whether we are open to referendum or not, at this stage I cannot say… It is something we can take further as a discussion to the cabinet,” said Lamola.
According to him, the NPA and the court could never alone halt gender-
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The EFF leader has responded to reports of renewed xenophobia by asking his followers to rather direct their anger at wealthy white people.
In a tweet that has been described by EFF opponents AfriForum as a “racist incitement”, Malema called for “African brothers and sisters” to rather direct their anger at the “owners of wealth … white monopoly capital”.
He was reacting to widespread reports of xenophobic attacks throughout South Africa against African immigrants, particularly in Gauteng, where five lives have now been lost.
“Our anger is directed at wrong people. Like all of us, our African brothers & sisters are selling their cheap labour for survival. The owners of our wealth is white monopoly capital; they are refusing to share it with us & the ruling party ANC protects them.#OneAfricaIsPossible,” he tweeted.
AfriForum deputy CEO Ernst Roets shortly thereafter called the tweet “nothing other than a racist
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The hostage drama in which Eskom has captured the ANC regime has now reached its highest point of arrogance.
With a new demand to get R59bn intended for the next two years for mismanagement, all reasonable limits have completely surpassed, say economic experts and informed businessmen.
Eskom’s debt burden is already so high that there is almost no possibility that the struggling power provider will ever be able to recover it.
With the decline in electricity demand, South Africa is on the verge of a total economic collapse, and the worst can be expected in the coming weeks.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s suggestions that Eskom should pay its workers less and have less unions on their feet, ready to make the country even more unmanageable.
Although it is currently the MTN cellphone company that is plagued by the theft of their batteries at the towers, the other two companies can expect the same drama.
MTN general manager Ernst Paul says the vandals are doing serious damage to the industry,
He says the stolen equipment causes serious communication problems and the persistent theft of batteries at cellphone towers leaves wide areas without cellphone services.
In addition to the interruptions caused by the theft of batteries, it costs MTN millions to replace the stolen goods.
The company is calling on the public to be on the lookout for such criminals, and notify MTN, or any other mobile phone company.
The actions of the public led to the recovery of 20 batteries, while the villains were also arrested, but there are suspicions that syndicates are busy with the raids, and many more people must be arrested.
Experts believe the solutions to all of Eskom’s problems lie in converting to gas to eliminate coal pollution.
The investigation shows that gas will eventually be cheaper than coal, while the gas plant will cause about 80% less air pollution.
However, the conversion will be accompanied by high expenses, and the power supplier does not have a single cent to accomplish it.
In addition to the cost of conversion, there is the fear that renewed efforts will be made to mine the Great Karoo for underground gas, while destroying the region’s underground water.
A Brazilian expert says they have gained years of experience with clean energy systems such as hydro-energy generation, sugarcane and ethanol, which can all help to produce cleaner generation.
Talks between the ANC Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, and the representatives of the AA as well as those of Outa, give the impression that the system may be tilted.
Mbalula says the opportunity was created to jointly decide on the e-toll system, which indicates that the Outa battle may eventually be the winner.
Opinionists believe the involvement of the AA suggests that a calculation of how to increase the fuel price may be needed to replace the e-toll.
The e-toll was disputed from the outset, and motorists have since refused to settle the accounts, which has resulted in an unusually large loss.
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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No healthcare facility in Gauteng was able to successfully pass a safety audit that complies with the Occupational Safety Act of SA (OHSA),according to a statement issued by DA Health spokesman Jack Bloom on Thursday. This means that all hospitals and clinics in Gauteng pose a safety risk to staff and patients.
It ranges from overcrowding to emergency departments, leaky roofs, non-functional air conditioning and non-standard kitchens.
This highlights how unprepared the state is for the planned National Health Insurance to be introduced.
Informed sources believe it is better not to go to the hospitals, as the risk of just being further affected or even die, has become too great.
“This information about the shock state of healthcare facilities is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku in a written response to questions in the Gauteng Legislature,” Bloom said.
The following facilities performed the worst:
The government announced through the Minister of Labor, Thulas Nxesi, that “tough” measures will now be put in place so that radical transformation in the workplace can take place faster.
New legislation will be introduced to compel employees to transform otherwise they will be punished. Workers and activists will apparently ensure that transformation takes place, says Tabea Kabinde on behalf of the Employment Equity Commission.
The presumption exists that whites will be the major target against which discrimination is being committed, and economists believe it will downgrade the country’s bankruptcy like Zimbabwe.