"If corona virus can make a country like China to build a hospital in weeks and still claim thousands of lives, what do you think it will do to South Africa that takes 10 years to build one dysfunctional maternity ward?"
EFF MP Naledi Chirwa
I ask for the wifi password at this eatery because they’ve obviously changed it 🙄🙄🙄
Owner: It’s For Customers Only!
Me: And what am I? 😡🤬
She and staff laugh.
The password is: ForCustomersOnly
🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Prof Phakeng isn’t just making promises.
She says UCT is establishing an Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship for Women in the Humanities Department. It will be implemented from January 2020 and the money is already coming in.
There are timeframes. There is action. No empty promises.
Julius Malema disrupts Minister Pandor's speech. He says Pandor was saying the same things under Zuma, there's nothing new. He continues to speak although his mic has been switched off.
Pandor: At least I can hold my head up high, I didn't say I'd die for anyone!
WHAT?!
Police minister Bheki Cele says they have received 87 000 calls of Gender Based Violence since the beginning of the lockdown.
A police officer was arrested for raping his wife.
Eighty-seven thousands people called to report gender-based violence in seven days.
“Now, by God’s grace, may the daughter of His Majesty King Sobhuza II, the sister of His Majesty King Mswati III, the Great Wife of His Majesty King Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, and the Regent of the Zulu Nation, rest in peace.”
- Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Minister Ronald Lamola thanks his sister, who is sitting in the public gallery, for taking him to school and paying his university fees.
"If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be standing here. I could be herding cattle somewhere!"
#BigSistersAreTheBest
The pilchard and garlic chef from Magoebaskloof has to be the first cadre to voluntarily leave such a plum position.
Not a single allegation of a single cent stolen by him or for his benefit.
JUST IN:
The SABC says it has reached an agreement with SuperSport to broadcast the final game of the 2019 Rugby World Cup between South Africa and England, live on SABC 2 on Saturday the 2nd of November at 11h00.
#RWC2019
UFH vice-chancellor Prof Buhlungu tells JJ Tabane one of the bogus invoices he stopped at the university was for 48 toilet rolls and the invoice was R15,000.
He says he reported this to the police and opened a case.
So, today is officially my last day at City Press after three and a half incredible years, working with the most remarkable journalists in SA.
I'm moving on to new challenges; you just have to watch this space... 😎🤓
"I now see the Chinese coming. I see them coming. I'm not telling you not to trade with them. Trade with them, but be careful because all of them always started with the trade and ended up conquering us!"
Professor Patrick Lumumba.
#LumumbaMandela100
Minister Dlamini-Zuma flags queuing at ATMs and at banks as "massive spreading events".
To think that the same government expects people to queue at traffic departments to renew car licences. 🤦🏿♀️
TF is wrong with people who appear on I blew It. 🤦🏾♀️
This lady got R2.5m from RAF.
Among the first things she did was to pay lobola for her own mother because her dad had never lobola’d her mother.
Her uncle (mom’s brother) charged her R100k per cow.
On this day, 105 years ago, the Native Land Act came into effect. It allocated about 93 of South Africa's land to whites; 93%.
And prohibited black people from buying any land from whites, blacks could only buy land from one another within the remaining 7% allocated to them.
Rhodes University conferred an Honorary Doctorate to the great and humble anti-apartheid struggle hero utat' uAndrew Mlangeni last night.
This video is so moving.
Steenhuisen uyaxabanisa.
"Mr President, please know this; your critics may sit on these benches here. [opposition benches], but your enemies are sitting on the benches behind you.
Your message to us is 'watch this space'.
Our message to you is 'watch your back'."
#SONADebate
A few weeks ago, I was close to throwing my MacBook away. It seemed completely effed up. The iStore said it was outdated and nothing could be done to save it. It’s a 2011 model.
I bought it for R12,5k in Nov 2011. They said they could buy it back for R49. 🤣🤬
Tshwane mayor Randall Williams tells eNCA last week between Tuesday and Friday, they disconnected a number of companies that owed a total of R420m to the city.
By Friday, they had managed to recover about R148m.
Steenhuisen reminds Ramaphosa that he filed an affidavit in court telling the court what a good man Arthur Fraser was, and why he should be appointed as head of correctional services.
Tsii for Tsitsikamma
President Ramaphosa facing a hostile crowd outside Parliament.
CR: I have with me my colleagues from Cabinet, ministers and deputy ministers.
Crowd: We don’t care
CR: I come here before you with great humility.
Crowd: Hayi Suka!
“We defended Former President Zuma, we even went to Parliament and said a swimming Pool is a fire Pool, The Constitutional Court led by Mogoeng Mogoeng released a judgement against Jacob Zuma but the ANC stood by him, today Zuma says he can't stand President Cyril Ramaphosa” ANC
I think DCJ Zondo gets bored by other witnesses.
But with Agrizzi, his face has this glow and he also sits forward with a twinkle in his eye.
It's hilarious.
Agrizzi also loves being there. He doesn't even need prompting. He just offers these juicy details nje like that.
The FF Plus says Patricia de Lille has sold out "coloured voters" by accepting a position in the Cabinet of the majority party. 🤔
** FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder was deputy minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries for five years under Jacob Zuma.
@iaaforg
@caster800m
@Diamond_League
Even when you suppress Caster and slow her down, your Lynsey Sharp will still come eighth. You do realize that, you human rights violating racists? That’s you
@iaaforg
A story in today’s Dispatch about a mother who rushed her 5 month old baby who had difficulty breathing, to a Duncan Village clinic on Sunday.
She was turned away allegedly because “Sundays were reserved for patients with injuries, not babies”.
The baby died on Monday morning.
Another thing, Parliament has not had a Head of Security since it fired its last head of security in October 2017.
Before then she was on suspension for over two years - since July 2015.
All and all, parliament has been without head of security for over six years.
Minister Jackson Mthembu: (on why Govt doesn't allow drinking in public and in restaurants, & related contact).
"I can assure you, I used to drink. You can't alone. Even when you drink alone in your house, the drinking will say 'please go out & get somebody else to drink with'."
Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso:
"What we will not agree to, in spite of the challenges we are facing as an organisation ... is to have this board and Andre as the fall guy for the mess that this organisation is currently experiencing."
Minister De Lille says footage from parliament's CCTV cameras has been downloaded by the Hawks and is now secured as part of evidence in the case the Hawks are busy investigating, and therefore this can't be shared.
R200m worth of cocaine was stolen from their offices kanene?!
Just in:
The Public Protector's office has just announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa has written to Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane informing her of his intentions to suspend her and giving her 10 working days to provide reasons why he should not suspend her.
Khwezi threatening to report me to the police for forcing him to take a bath. (I literally scooped him from the couch and placed him in the bath).
Him crying: I am going to call the police mama. The number is 1 0 1 1 1.
Me: Call them!
Him: Give me your phone, please!!
🤔😂😂
After the Brian Molefe saga, it's only fair to publish Anoj Singh's "resignation letter" so that we are all on the same page as to whether it's a resignation, a retirement, leave or a sabbatical.
@Eskom_SA
eNCA:
Fuel increases looming due to the attack in Saudi Arabia. SA has no oil reserves to mitigate against increases because they were sold by Govt a few years ago.
** The lady who allegedly oversaw that sale was lecturing people about good governance in Parly last week. 🤷🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
BREAKING NEWS:
Outgoing National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete and former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will not be taking up their seats in Parliament tomorrow. They have both withdrawn their names from the ANC's candidate list of MPs.
If Panyaza Lesufi were to be fired from government for some reason, he could run a successful PR firm.
I’m watching his interview on eNCA. He imparts information. Many government officials and SA politicians are vague, evasive, defensive etc.
So, COPE leader Terror Lekota received a standing ovation from the entire EFF caucus and from the majority of the DA MPs after basically accusing President Ramaphosa of selling them out to the security branch in 1974.
A Thread
JUST IN
The National Assembly's nomination of Reverend Frank Chikane for the position of Inspector General of Intelligence has failed.
Only 232 MPs voted in support of his nomination. He needed a two-thirds majority (267) for the nomination to go through.
In other news:
South African dads, you are legally entitled to 10 successive days paternity leave as of November 1. UIF will pay.
UIF to start paying out parental benefits from Friday via
@TimesLIVE
President
@CyrilRamaphosa
is spending the day visiting Eskom power plants and engaging management and employees to gain an understanding of the challenges affecting ESKOM’s generation fleet. The President is accompanied by Ministers Pravin Gordhan,
@GwedeMantashe1
& Bheki Cele.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng: Forgive me for departing from known procedure, but I will be failing in my duty if given our history I don't underscore the significance of an oath of office.
The ANC NEC will meet in Cape Town this weekend, which also happens to be the weekend of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
This is an annual coincidence.
I've just come out of a virtual Grade 2 class. 😊
Khwezi's teacher organised a Zoom class for her kids.
They were so excited to see each other. 💗
Each child spoke about what they've been up to during lockdown, she then read them a story, then questions.
Teachers are superheroes
The responses to this 👇🏾 tweet.
Germany is donating money to SA for Coronavirus test kits.
South Africans respond by saying:
Send test kits instead and not money because they will steal it.
The
#Coronavirus
is a challenge to all of us. Germany is providing R2.5 mln to SA for test kits. Let's work together to fight the pandemic! We stand in solidarity.
#CoronaVirusSA
The incoming deputy mayor, Sandile Mnikathi, 26, holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Political Science and Philosophy, an Honours degree in International Relations and is studying towards a PhD in Political Science.
These two gentlemen work at the Mnquma municipality and are apparently presiding over a number of disciplinary hearings involving cases related to fraud, corruption, gross misconduct and negligence.
Below is what was delivered to their separate homes in Butterworth last Friday.
The Daily Dispatch is reporting this morning that Thalami Civils, the company behind the R15m stadium had scored the lowest points in the tender process for the facility, it was not the preferred bidder for that tender.
#SurpriseSurprise
Cabinet:
“Events such as matric rage parties and matric farewell after-parties are potential COVID-19 superspreaders. Large gatherings, especially those which involve the consumption of alcohol, are a major risk & undermine our efforts to contain the spread of the virus.”