Posts tagged with 'Pravin Gordhan'

 

VIDEO: SA Lockdown and Tobacco Wars are About Political Power, NOT Saving Lives! Ramaphosa’s NWO/WMC versus Zuma’s Communist Mobsters!

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A recording has been received by SA-News in which a supporter of Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma (NDZ) sheds some light on the ongoing prohibition of tobacco and the battle for power and infighting within the ANC NEC. The battle appears to be drawn along the classic lines of New World Order Capitalism versus Communism, Trade Unions and Mobsters. The people at the end of the day will still be stuck with the gangster enterprise known as ANC.

We The People have no say in who leads us, and as this recording indicates, there are moles in the cANCer who also reported a few weeks ago, that the NEC met via video link and got rid of Cyril unanimously. There are reports that he will act as VP until the Phase 3 lockdown takes place, when he can openly travel to Cape Town where the final arrangements and state of affairs will be clarified.

Allegedly, Cyril couldn’t muster the necessary support to stand up against NDZ and her faction as he only had Pravin Gordhan and Tito Mbowe
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#BoycottNews24 Liberal News24 Editor Adriaan Basson Capitulates To ANC / COSATU Plan To Raid Your Pensions To Pay Eskom’s Corruption & Mismanagement & Soweto’s Unpaid Bill!

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One of the reasons left wing liberals are called snowflakes is because it does not take much to make them melt and give up any reason or principle, and like a snowflake hitting the warm ground, the controversial far left wing Editor of News24, Adriaan Basson’s feelings towards “thousands of pensioners whose livelihood depends on the GEPF“, quickly melted and turned into a callous “We have run out of money and options – pensions will bail out Eskom.”  Seems for some reason Adriaan Basson now supports the plan to plunder your pensions!

Far left liberal Adriaan Basson, changed his position on pension capture in little over 2 weeks: On 10 February, just before the budget speech, Basson wrote the following in a News24 column and we quote: ” I do take issue with their opportunistic flirting with a plan that can only be to the detriment of the thousands of pensioners whose livelihood depends on the GEP
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Eskom with a debt burden of R450 billion may be the downfall of ANC regime

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Political analysts say the actions of high-ranking officials in Eskom could lead to the demise of the ANC government.

The pressure is mounting on the ruling ANC regime from the inner circles as well as opposing structures as well as from extreme groups to act against those responsible for the mess in which the power supplier is currently facing its debt burden of R450 billion.

The claims are varied, but many expect the ANC to take action against Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan, who is closely concerned with Eskom’s problems.

The Red Brigade is demanding Gordhan’s sacking, while Deputy President David Mabuza himself helped to throw Gordhan under the bus.

There is also a feud against Ramaphosa, from people who believe he should have forced Eskom to stay with his company in order not to employ any loadshedding before January 13.

With all the turmoil, this could eventually lead to the disintegration of the ANC, wh
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SAA: More unions want to strike after Gordhan’s attempt at wage and severance dispute fails

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In support of Numsa’s strike, and in opposition to the view of ANC minister Pravin Gordhan, more unions have indicated that they will join the strike.

The circumstances in which SAA currently finds itself have left the state-controlled entity in unsustainable status, and the entry of Pravin Gordhan has increased the bitterness and power building on both sides.

Gordhan’s attempt to settle the dispute over wages and retrenchments failed, thereby extending the strike, which would mean millions of Rand per day to losses for the already bankrupt entity.

There are apparently insufficient funds to pay the staff at the end of November, and the huge debt burden will not come to an end without a radical intervention.

True to their actions, the unions once again help push the entity further into the abyss with their unrealistic wage demands.

Numsa also expects SAA not to apply any retrenchments, which means that the national airca
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Pravin Gordhan says cash-strapped SAA may have no money for salaries this month

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Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has warned that, while two unions at SAA are demanding salary increases for members, the airline might not even be able to pay any salaries at the end of the month.

The minister was speaking at a Parliamentary briefing on Wednesday. The meeting was called for feedback on power utility Eskom, but Gordhan – who met with unions on Tuesday – also made some remarks about SA’s cash-strapped national airline.

The minister said the strike was worsening the airline’s financial crisis. “SAA doesn’t have enough cash to possibly even pay salaries at the end of the month,” he said. “Not only will people not get increases but they might not even get their salaries,” he added.

Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA and the SA Cabin Crew Association have been on strike since Friday over wages, proposed job cuts and the demand that more workers
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If you are white, you are out as tenders go says Pravin Gordhan – there really are no good ANC politicians

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Ironic that Pravin Gordhan was the man who implemented the BBBEE regulations that contributed greatly to the demise of Eskom and other SOE”s and forbade business with any company not under black control.

Ironic because, as the current minister for Public Enterprises, he now has to fix the problems he helped to create previously when he was the minister for Finance.

Gordhan, as minister of Finance, implemented certain regulations in 2017 which were derived from a law enacted in 2000, called The Law on the Framework for Preferential Aquisition Policy.

The regulations implemented under Gordhan gave State Owned Enterprises like Eskom the authority to implement their own discretionary and arbitrary minimum black economic empowerment requirements.

These regulations come down to the race based exclusion of companies not under black control. As experience has taught us, these regulations were used to empower a small elite , very well connected
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Public Protector Mkhwebane does a Hlaudi: ‘Only God can remove me’ – her utterances and general approach have left a bitter taste in the mouths of South Africans

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The Public Protector of South Africa, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has remained defiant in the face of staunch criticism, claiming that her position of power and influence is sanctioned by God. It’s been an admittedly turbulent year for the Public Protector’s office. Numerous reports and orders of remedial action, concerning highly politicised controversies, have been challenged in..
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Dear Taxpayer, brace yourself for some more SHOCKING news:- Eskom: Yet another taxpayer-funded bailout looms amid court action

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Dig deep, Mzansi. Eskom wants your tax money again. Rumors of a fresh bailout have been sparked after a Treasury official said it’s a case of “when, not if”.

Power giants Eskom have suffered a double-blow this weekend after it emerged that they would need bailouts on top of bailouts to really get itself up and running again. However, their woes have intensified even further, after a local environmental group sued the government over their levels of pollution.

Let’s unpack this one bit at a time. As Bloomberg report, National Treasury Director General Dondo Mogajane said that the government is likely to commit billions more to the flailing utility, stating that they “don’t have a choice” in the matter.

Another bailout imminent for Eskom
Mogajane’s admission comes just months after Eskom secured R69 million from the government for the next three years. However, this came with a caveat – Presiden
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Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s Nightmare – Position as Public Protector at Risk Due to Deceptive Reports

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The Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, probably has sleepless nights and a lot of nightmares over her own report condemning Pravin Gordhan.

If the court case from Pravin Gordhan instigates to honor his name after the OB has accused him of unlawful conduct in her report, it could mean the end of her career.

She has already been criticized and condemned by the Constitutional Court that she has acted unconstitutional and her report has therefore been declared invalid.

Now she faces the law with Gordhan’s case in the Court of Audit, which she does not dare to lose, otherwise she will probably also lose her post as Public Protector.

The previous lawsuit reacted sharply to her “unconstitutional” actions, and experts began to argue in the media that she was not fit for office in which Jacob Zuma had appointed her.

She is known to be (or is) a Zuma fan while Gordhan is a Ramaphosa supporter.

Opinion polls are co
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The DA’s Natasha Mazzone is highly suspicious of how much money is being spent on emergency diesel at Eskom, urging President Ramaphosa to “come clean”.

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The Shadow Public Enterprises Minister Natasha Mazzone has grilled Cyril Ramaphosa just hours before the polls open for the 2019 Elections. The DA MP – best known for her firebrand speeches in Parliament – wants the president to disclose more information on the deals to procure “emergency diesel supplies” for Eskom.

It’s understood that the opposition party has had a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request denied. Mazzone and her team wanted to investigate how much has been spent on the utility’s fuel reserves since 2007, but they’ve had the door slammed in their face.

Natasha Mazzone asks Ramaphosa: “What are you hiding?”
For the shadow cabinet minister, the silence has been deafening. As Pravin Gordhan’s opposite number, she has been following the progress of Eskom closely and firmly believes that the ANC is misappropriating funds in order to keep the lights on up until Wednesday’s vote.

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China is holding the ‘switch’ in it’s hand, doing business with them is dangerous, with another Eskom crisis, China withheld the R7bn loan, they already own one Eskom plant, Load-shedding highly possible

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Well, this doesn’t look too clever. It’s reported that Eskom will be R7bn lighter this month, after its Chinese lenders raised their concerns.

South Africa could be set for another round of drama from Eskom, as the ailing power utility has reportedly failed to receive R7 billion in loan payments initially set to come from the Chinese Development Bank (CDB).

That’s according to City Press, who have reported that the creditors do not trust their promises over proposed maintenance work. It would be the second time in just over two weeks that one of Eskom’s promised loans failed to materialize after the Brics New Development Bank also did not part with their billions.

Why haven’t Eskom received the loan?
On Easter Friday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni was forced to grant the power giants an emergency bailout in order to meet salary demands and diesel costs. It’s reported that the CDB has taken note of their actions
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Gordhan hires “specialists” to investigate unplanned rolling blackouts at Eskom’s, however the problems are largely due to inexperienced staff not having the ability to do the work according to requirements

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Gordhan hires 11 “specialists” to tend to Eskom’s problem, however the unplanned rolling blackouts is largely due to inexperienced staff in-service, and lacking the ability to do the work according to requirements.

Minister Pravin Gordhan has appointed eleven industry specialists as the “Eskom Technical Review Team”.

The coordinator is Dr Tsakani Mthombeni, chair of the Energy Intensive Consumer Group, and he also serves on Ramaphosa’s “Sustainable” Eskom Task Team.

The team must investigate unplanned maintenance outages that are not applied to a scheduled system.

Operators errors that cause units to turn off unplanned, technical and other operator related issues that prevent units from functioning effectively form part of what needs to be investigated.

However, experts argue that the problem is largely due to the inexperienced staff, and not having the ability to do the work accordin
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