National Energy Regulator (NERSA) has announced electricity tariff hikes for the next 3 years commencing 1 April 2019, 2020 and 2021 of 9.41%, 8.1% and 5.22% respectively. The President tells us that #Eskom will be unbundled, but we know that the #SACP & #COSATU have already said that they won’t allow it! WATCH as @MmusiMaimane […]
2nd HIV remission patient ignites cure hope
An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV-resistant donor. Almost three years after he received bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection – and more […]
10 Interventions of a DA-led National Government’s first 100 days in office
Democratic Alliance Leader, Mmusi Maimane, on the steps of the Union Buildings in Tshwane on Monday 4 March 2019. He was joined by DA Gauteng Premier Candidate, Solly Msimanga, and DA Gauteng Provincial Leader, John Moodey. On Saturday, 23 February 2019, the Democratic Alliance (DA) launched its Manifesto for Change – our blueprint for immediate […]
ANC decision on McBride renewal is Scorpions Saga 2.0
Robert McBride has lodged an urgent application to review a decision by the Portfolio Committee on Police not to renew his contract as the executive director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). In papers filed in the high court, McBride wants the portfolio committee’s decision to be declared unlawful, invalid, reviewed and set aside. […]
Traditional Khoi-San Leadership Bill passed in Parliament
The purpose of the Bill, among others, is to make provision for recognition of the Khoi-San, to effect consequential amendment to other laws, while also repealing the National House of Traditional Leaders Act of 2009 and the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act of 2003. Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs – 26 February […]
The ANC Government Playing Transformation Games while ESKOM and South Africa are Lights Out!
Eskom, which for many years has been held up as the proud example of successful racial transformation, sacrificed their efficiency and effectiveness on the altar of racial transformation. State capture was not responsible, it just made things worse. By Theuns Eloff: Executive Director, FW de Klerk Foundation 27 February 2019 Recently, Minister Pravin Gordhan said that former Eskom […]
Draft report on Public Protector a whitewash
The Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will not be probed for possible removal from office, following a majority vote at Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice and correctional services on Tuesday – 6 against 3. “It’s nothing short of a disgrace,” said DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach. John Steenhuisen MP, Chief Whip of the Democratic Alliance – 26 […]
Why a guaranteed jobs scheme in South Africa would pay for itself
Andrew Lawrence, Visiting Research Scholar, University of the Witwatersrand In his first State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa posed the key question: has South Africa built a society where the injustices of the past no longer define the lives of the present? The answer is clearly no. Among the biggest injustices is unemployment. […]
City of CT to petition court for electricity purchases from independent producers
City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Energy and Climate Change, Councillor Phindile Maxiti – 26 February 2019 The City of Cape Town has instructed its advocate to request that the North Gauteng High Court treat the pending court matter between the City, the Minister of Energy, and the National Energy Regulator of South […]
SIU investigations, medico-legal arrests
Head of the Gauteng Office of the State Attorney is under precautionary suspension. SAnews.gov.za – 25 February 25, 2019 A probe by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has led to the arrest of a prominent attorney in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, relating to fraudulent medico-legal claims estimated to be over R100 million. The Eastern Cape attorney […]