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Zuma’s plan to boost the economy is just BEE on steriods

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Long live poverty! Where would the rich be without the poor? More particularly, where would Zuma be? Failure to recognise these questions leads to a too easy dismissal of the ANC’s currently loudest and most persistent war-cry: radical economic transformation. Eusebius McKaiser is hardly alone in rubbishing the term as meaningless. Supposedly without meaning, he..
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SA’s struggling economy faces an uphill

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If South Africa staves off a technical recession in the coming months, it will be a result of events unrelated to the country’s domestic political and policy environment. But economists said the more important question is what happens when the lingering positive effects of a recovery end in certain sectors, such as agriculture and mining…
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Millions to be wasted on President Zuma’s Nkandla homestead

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The South African government is preparing to spend “millions” in taxpayers’ money on President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, according to a report by the Sunday Times. The report stated that the Department of Public Works confirmed processes were underway to refurbish the property, repair “shoddy workmanship”, and address security concerns. “While the assessment is not..
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Department of finance is being run by complete morons

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New finance minister Malusi Gigaba’s key advisor over the weekend published an opinion piece advocating for the nationalisation of mines, insurance companies and the banks, leaving Treasury with a PR disaster on Tuesday. Ok look, a bad PR day for some government departments wouldn’t normally cause too much of a ruckus, except if that department..
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R58.8-million to be given to the Zulu king

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The financial affairs of King Goodwill Zwelithini were once again in the spotlight on Tuesday when Premier Willies Mchunu tabled his office’s budget at the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature. The lack of direction of the Royal Household Trust and lack of accountability and state of the monarch’s farms caused some consternation among the ANC and opposition MPLs…
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Free handout – Mayor loses the plot completely with informal settlement conversion

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So the mayor of Ekurhuleni now wants to convert all the informal settlements, that pollute our city, into formal townships with a free handout of land and the supply of all services and facilities. As is usual with the ANC, the idea is ill-conceived and is purely politically motivated. It will lead to economic ruin…
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Zuma Draws Resemblance With Christ And Ridiculed Those Calling For Him To Resign

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According to the president, it’s fine for churches to be political, as long as they’re not criticizing him. They should instead quietly pray for him … and be respectful. On Easter Sunday, President Jacob Zuma addressed the Twelve Apostles of Christ Church in Umgababa‚ south of Durban, through a translator and reportedly said churches and religion..
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Zuma refuses to be jailed

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The defiant president was reportedly telling his opponents in the ANC why he is clinging to power. According to a report on News24 on Tuesday morning, President Jacob Zuma told the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) that he could never step down, as that would be like “handing himself over to the enemy”, which wants..
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The Secret Balloting System might come back and bite us.

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This past week, as another large protest against corruption and the rule of President Jacob Zuma took place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, it was hard not to compare it with the gathering at Kliptown in Soweto that Zuma himself presided over on the same day. It was the president’s 75th birthday, among other..
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“MPs must serve the people, not political parties” – Mbeki

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Former President Thabo Mbeki has weighed in on the debate around Parliament removing the current president, saying MPs are not beholden to their party. Instead, they must vote according to the wishes of the people that put them there. In a letter in The Star on Tuesday, Mbeki said: “It is obvious and logical that..
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