South Africa

iFrame is not supported! Deluge of rain in Pietermaritzburg brought unexpected flooding through the suburb of Edendale on 9 November 2022

iFrame is not supported! Looters enjoy plundering a truck full of liquor under the approving watchful eye of the South African Police Service

iFrame is not supported! There is a growing debate in the north west province of South Africa about how the building of donkey carts which should have cost about R200,000 cost over R750,000. Of course this epitomises cadre deployment – so no surprises here. The elephant in the room is Ramaphosa’s recent suggestion that South

iFrame is not supported! Eskom, Denel, Transnet, and other state-owned companies (SOCs) can no longer disqualify suppliers from consideration for tenders if they don’t meet black economic empowerment (BEE) criteria. Sunday newspaper Rapport reports that finance minister Enoch Godongwana published new legislation for the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) on Friday, 4 October 2022.

iFrame is not supported! Patricia Morgan-Mashale, a whistleblower in South Africa, has had two assassination attempts made on her life since exposing the nepotism and cadres deployment taking place in top positions in the South African Police Service. Cele and Ramaphosa are directly implicated.

iFrame is not supported! Steinhoff, EOH, and Tongaat Hulett exposed the myth that JSE-listed companies had strong governance and were immune to widespread corruption. This is the view of Financial Mail editor and Steinheist author Rob Rose, who was at the forefront of reporting on the Steinhoff scandal.

iFrame is not supported! Bulk water supplier Rand Water announced an emergency shutdown on Friday (4 November) due to a major burst on the A6 Pipeline, which supplies water from Vereeniging purification works to Zwartkopjes pump station. Joburg Water said in a media statement that the water shutdown would be in effect from 18h00 Friday

iFrame is not supported! Johannesburg – The EFF has reacted with fury to remarks made by Eskom board member Mteto Nyati regarding affirmative action and black economic empowerment (BEE) at Eskom.

iFrame is not supported! The US embassy in Pretoria has issued an extraordinary warning that the upmarket suburb of Sandton is the target of a terrorist attack this weekend. The corrupt ANC government have responded by saying there is “nothing to see here”.