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There are so many red flags in ESKOM … where do you start ??

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South Africa’s state owned enterprises have been hit by one scandal after another signalling serious political and corporate governance failures. The largest of these, the power utility Eskom, has seen its CEO Brian Molefe resign, then return, and then be fired – all in the space of seven months. This was followed by the unexpected..
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REPORT – Motsoeneng found guilty in SABC internal disciplinary hearing!!

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Former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been found guilty in an internal disciplinary hearing, a reliable source close to the hearings shared this news. Motsoeneng faced charges of bringing the SABC into disrepute and causing irreparable damage to his employer. The charges related to his four-hour long press briefing on April 19, where..
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Education in SA is pathetic – 5‚139 teachers who are unqualified or under-qualified, maybe you should consider homeschooling !!

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Every day‚ tens of thousands of school children are being taught by teachers who aren’t qualified to do the job. The result is that pupils are “not receiving the quality of teaching they’re supposed to be getting”‚ the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has admitted. And with mathematics and the sciences the subjects hardest..
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Zuma please wake up and smell the stench you are causing.

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Jacob Zuma has again escaped the axe after the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) decided to retain him as the country’s number one citizen. But this decision cannot be interpreted as a victory for the embattled ANC president. The second motion by his comrades in less than six months to force him to step down..
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DA lays treason charge against Zuma, Gupta Inc. and many more !!

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The Democratic Alliance has laid charges against Jacob Zuma, three Gupta brothers and eight others of treason, racketeering and corruption. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said on Tuesday that the party has accused those allegedly implicated in state capture of violating the Prevention of Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act and the Prevention of Organised Crime Act…
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New Arms Deal allegations – Zuma just want to enrich himself !!

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Jacob Zuma allegedly received hundreds of thousands of rand, as well as expensive gifts from the Thales Group, as part of a 1997 arms deal, according to court papers. The new High Court filing – containing an affidavit from Ajay Sooklal, a lawyer in Pretoria – has been submitted. Sooklal claims he was a confidant..
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Banks slapped with fines for weak anti-money laundering controls.

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Several local and international banks have been slapped with administrative fines by the South African Reserve Bank, for weak anti-money laundering and combating of financing terrorism controls. The banks include: Investec, Absa, Standard Chartered, as well as Habib Overseas Bank. Overall, banks were fined a total of R46.5-million. Absa was fined R10-million for weaknesses related..
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12 000 ‘dead people’ doing business with SA government – Treasury

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It has also identified about 14,000 state employees who are listed as directors of companies that have been awarded state contracts in violation of regulations. South Africa’s National Treasury has discovered about 12,000 dead people in its register of companies that do business with the state. This is among the outcomes of a clean-up of..
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Some good news:- Court throws out fracking application for KZN.

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The Western Cape High Court has set aside a prospecting right application, which could have opened the way for fracking in South Africa. The court’s decision could put the brakes on a number of similar prospecting applications if they followed the same process. Fracking has not yet been signed off in South Africa. But a..
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ANC has ordered Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and the Eskom board to rescind Brian Molefe’s return.

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“We met with Lynne Brown and all of us present said ‘comrades, that decision must be rescinded’,” ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. The party’s top six summoned Brown to Luthuli House on Monday. He said the party warned that the matter was likely to end up in court. The DA approached the high court in..
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