Wrong. Govt has been clear on the violations of our labour laws. The unions have also been unequivocal. YOUR party @Action4SA campaigned on the promise to make it easier for employers to hire and fire workers. You don't support minimum wages. These bosses are your dream.
And we’ve been down this road before. It’s exactly how Gayton got votes and look at how that turned out
We also need to be honest. There’s a reason ActionSA is campaigning hard on this but keeping quiet about their policies to reduce worker protections
Morning Sompisi, is this an honest question asking why refugees would choose a free, democratic and relatively in comparative terms better economically country to the rest of Africa ?
All these issues put together make us attractive to Africans who canot run to Europe or America.
It’s the same reason, at a micro level, maybe, a stretch on myself, I’d move from Mthatha, jump East London, jump Durban, and other Economic hubs to Johannesburg.
You go where you believe is better than most
"Joining the MKP was the most sound, solid and correct decision"
"We were misled on President Zuma and the Guptas"
"I learned a lot in 6 months with MKP than I did in the 10 years with EFF"
"I will never leave MKP even if I don't have a position"
Politricks 101. Who said those words? 🤭😂
MP Shongwe may find himself in hot water over his claims at #MadlangaCommission that MP Malema was instrumental in Gen Khan not being called to #AdHocCommittee.
Members of the Committee say it was a collective decison and not an individual's decision.
MP Breytenbach says she has received complaints from witnesses who appeared before the Committee and were "trashed" by Shongwe yesterday. She says she will ask them to write to the Committee.
@PresidencyZA My knowledge is very limited when it comes to politics & the whole reshuffling thing. But maybe, one day, kungaba nento where we can see how the people appointed as ministers are qualified for those roles. That would be a fun exercise. Sifunde nathi. Aniboni?
He is. I know Paul. He is a good person. That is why I am reticent to throw his name into this. I know not of the extent of his involvement. He was also not involved in GNU negotiations.
I also know Tony.
And I know how he coerces the DA into doing the bidding of his clients. I experienced it first hand in 2014, and will 100% stand behind that. And I will absolutely credit Helen Zille & James Selfe for protecting me while a group of his boys sent me endless rude emails telling me to lay off Tony’s client. I was a brand new MP being bullied by powerful people in the party. I am glad I had the wherewithal to refuse to budge green as I was. It was so bad that we were going to go public with how Tony was operating within the DA. THAT is how bad it was. But he and his hounds decided to back off.
And I am not doing any of this for myself. Two reasons.
1. I am also big & bold enough to fight my own battles. I can and have. I am doing this for current MPs, including Ministers who I am certain are being subjected to the same treatment I was. Some of them don’t have the fight in them. They should but they don’t. Either way, they don’t deserve the treatment Tony and his acolytes dish out. I needs to be brought to a grinding halt.
2. And most importantly, I am doing this for South Africa. Enough with the politically connected thinking that they are above the rules. Enough with it. We are fixing this country by hook or by crook. There is nothing wrong with lobbying, but coercion to serve private and not public interests? Hell no.
Ah ah ah ah. The saga continues. 🙆🏾♀️
Per this story, concerning a document said to have been submitted by the DA as part of the GNU negotiations, the DA is said to have demanded that Starlink be selected as a LEO service provider. The ANC reportedly said no, that’s not how service providers are appointed.
At the same time, mind you, Amazon was also seeking a licence, so Starlink was not the only player in the game. But because Starlink was a Resolve client, and Tony Leon was part of the GNU negotiations, the ANC is said to have been pressed to give his client preferential political treatment.
If accurate, that would mean a political negotiation was being used to influence what should have been an independent regulatory outcome involving the private client of a political player. The DA would have endorsed that approach. What was allegedly being sought was essentially the substitution of a political process for the independent regulatory process entrusted to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa. A constitutional body.
That is an extraordinary allegation. If true, what would you call it? That would be: corruption. Political interference in an independent institution? An attempt to secure political preference for a private client? Those are serious questions that demand serious answers.
INSANE. I genuinely don’t know what to say. 🤯
I happen to like Geordin. He inherited this, but leadership now owns the response. It needs to be dealt with immediately. He needs to clean house and restore order. Right now, it is chaotic.
The DA also needs to decide who speaks for the party. The messaging has been disastrous, as has the tone. Ryan increasingly acts as the GNU spokesperson. Is that messaging party-approved? Is he authorised to speak on behalf of DA Ministers on here? Do the respective Ministers approve his statements before he posts? Gareth acts as an attack dog, at times positioning himself as speaking on behalf of the DA. There are multiple competing voices, often contradicting one another, and a tone that is crass, dismissive, and quick to label anyone who disagrees as “stupid.” Is that really how the DA wants to communicate with the public? Is that party-sanctioned?
Kubi!
I hope the DA caucus demands answers and insists this is fixed. The longer these questions go unanswered, the greater the damage to the DA’s brand. The longer a clear blue line is not drawn in the sand, the greater the reputational cost.
Good luck.
March and March claims to be non-violent, to uphold human rights, and to be fighting only for the law to be enforced. But the movement has delivered nothing but suffering for South Africans and immigrants. https://t.co/92lOdxeSQn
So. We have confirmation that Starlink is a client of Resolve. This means that the former Leader of the DA, facilitated a meeting with a prospective “tender” applicant which resulted in the Minister beginning changing rules to fit the requirements of said “bidder.”
That, my dears is corruption.
[WATCH] Following the June 30 demonstrations last night, several foreign owned shops were looted in Clermont, Durban.
This is one of those shops, which residents say was owned by a Somalian national. TCG
Make it make sense to me. Nyiko got the boot for visiting Bushir, a fugitive, but it’s okay for JZ to visit Ajay, another fugitive from justice. MKP said something about why it was wrong when Nyiko did it, but I have no doubt they will sing a different tune now. HYPOCRITES