🚧UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The R3.2 billion private Afrikaans university in Pretoria East is currently being built on a 220-hectare site, and progress is powering on
They broke ground in January this year, and the first batch of students is expected to be welcomed in January 2028.
The campus includes: learning centres, a library, offices, an amphitheatre, coffee shops, a cafeteria, a student centre, lecture rooms and laboratories. There will also be a student residence housing 750 students.
These facilities will be used by 400 staff members and 2500 students daily.
This is a huge project; during ground earthworks in 2025, they removed 360,000 m3 of soil from the site. The campus infrastructure also includes:
• 40km fibre cables
• 23km of underground water pipes
• 19.3 million litres of water storage
• 30 000m2 tar for roads and parking
See the latest pics of the construction site below.
There’s a lot to learn from Shimza’s interview with MacG. It’s a reminder that success is built through consistency, hard work, and staying true to your vision..
Dear @GovernmentZA , when do you plan to apply the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act? The law clearly states that planning, inciting, supporting or even encouraging the overthrow of a democratically elected government AND the kidnapping of a president, is unlawful. Messaging a foreign power to do so is unlawful, even on social media.
There are South Africans actively lobbying for a national security crime - kidnapping of @CyrilRamaphosa AND overthrowing a Constitutional order. This law applies to ALL South Africans, at home and abroad. It is also not limited to violent attacks - violence does not have to occur but incitement, support and facilitation thresholds have clearly been met. This is not a joke or some social media mischief. Social media is a powerful platform on which violence is performed and initiated. Will you act?
The Freedom Charter, one of the most important documents that sharpened the fight against Aparthied & influenced our constitution makes it at the Inauguration of the New York Mayor…….
RSA you’ve good friends in the States beyond the White House…..
WE BUY CARS TO PAY R2.5M FINE
We Buy Cars has been fined R2.5-million for breaking consumer protection laws.
The company has also been ordered to refund more than R3.4-million to 31 customers who complained about unfair warranty rules and sales contracts. The decision was confirmed by the National Consumer Tribunal after a three-year investigation.
Regulators found that some contract terms limited buyers’ rights, which is not allowed under South African law. As part of the settlement, We Buy Cars must change its terms and conditions and run an awareness programme to help customers better understand their rights when buying second-hand vehicles.
The company must also create 300 new jobs over the next five years to improve customer service.
Full story - https://t.co/cPilEH10vh
Pictured - WeBuyCars deputy CEO, Wynand Beukes
OR Tambo, The ANC President whose name is also given to Africa's largest Airport in Johannesburg, lived in this house for 22 years in Lusaka. The house is along Great East Road in Lusaka's Avondale and is painted in ANC colours, maintained yearly by the Zambian Government !!
NEWS: President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a new proclamation and amendment proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration and improper or unlawful conduct in the affairs of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) related to key vaccine research and manufacturing projects - SIU
Just because one has benefitted from the gains of democracy does not mean one must consent to abuse, mismanagement, willful blindness, political criminality or corruption. Benefiting from change is not a lifelong contract to tolerate poor leadership. It is astonishing that this still needs to be said out loud.
There is a reason so many have abandoned the ANC. People are not irrational for walking away. Humans vote in their self-interest. As Napoleon put it, "Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest." Well, the electorate at this point is moved by both: the fear that their future is being squandered by elected officials, and the self-interest to preserve what remains of it.
It is ironic then, that ANC leadership decries this "self-interest" among voters while many within their own ranks have ruthlessly pursued self-enrichment at the expense of the people they are meant to serve. Voters are, after all, merely following the example set by their leaders: prioritising their own survival by abandoning those who have abandoned them: the ANC.
Gwede saying that the middle class is “ungrateful” ignores historical data. There is also a reason why the ANC’s middle class support peaked under Mbeki. Yes, he had shortcomings, no one disputes that. But he presided over the longest period of economic expansion in our history, including the apartheid era for those who are oddly nostalgic about that economy. This did not happen by accident.
In fact, had the economy continued to grow at the same rate (4.5%) after Mbeki left, it would be double its current size. That should anger anyone. Sorry Gwede, people are not ungrateful, they are angry.
Some data under Mbeki:
Growth: The economy grew at an average of 4.5%. Had we maintained that trajectory, our economy would be double its current size today.
Employment: The "jobless growth" narrative is a fallacy born of laziness. Under Mbeki, the economy produced 500,000 new jobs a year. Employment nearly doubled from roughly 8 million in 1994 to 15 million by the time the Polokwane conference concluded.
Service Delivery: For every one shack erected during that period, ten formal houses were built.
Fiscal Health: Mbeki handed over a budget surplus, the first in our history.
The ANC even secured a two-thirds majority during this era because people felt the results in their pockets and their communities. They rewarded competence.
Contrast this with what followed. The very party that now demands loyalty abandoned its responsibility to the economy in favour of factionalism and self-enrichment.
Under Jacob Zuma, average growth plummeted to 1.8%, and job creation halved to 250,000 a year.
Under President Ramaphosa, despite the "New Dawn" rhetoric, we are averaging only 100,000 new jobs a year. (Although I am cautiously optimistic recently).
The ANC vote share declined seems to follow the pattern of the economy. As Bill Clinton’s Chief Strategist, James Carville put in when Clinton was running the presidency in 1992, “It’s the economy stupid!”
So for Gwede to claim that the middle class has benefitted most from change yet refuses to identify with the ANC is either arrogant or out of touch. It sounds very much like an argument made to protect power rather than to interrogate the ANC’s very poor performance, which I understand [power is lovely] but cannot condone.
Why should the current ANC be rewarded? For commissions of inquiries? For apologies? People reward delivery, not nostalgia. The ANC is losing votes because it abused the platform it inherited sixteen years ago. People are not confused. To quote my favourite philosopher, the late great Paul Bearer, The Undertaker’s promoter, people are, “Sick and tired of being sick and tired,” and being expected to applaud decline.
BREAKING: Loyiso Masuku has been elected as the ANC’s chairperson in Johannesburg.
She makes history as the first female leader of the ANC in the region.
Masuku won a close contest against Dada Morero. @JusstAlpha
"We're gonna need a commission for local government." Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya says municipalities have been turned into a mafia state, with senior officials not being held accountable.
Watch: https://t.co/sNXDzxrDsC
Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya:
We are gonna need a commission on local government.
If you look at the wasteful expenditure, incomplete infrastructure projects, and lack of accountability in municipalities, it shows that the sphere that was supposed to be delivering services has been turned into a mafia state
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA NOTES US STATEMENT ON SOUTH AFRICA’S G20 PARTICIPATION
President @CyrilRamaphosa has noted the regrettable statement by President Donald Trump on South Africa’s participation in the 2026 G20 meetings.
The G20 South Africa 2025 Leaders’ Summit attended by several Heads of State and Goverment, was hailed by all those who attended the summit as one of the most successful summits.
The summit produced a declaration that affirmed the indisputable strength and value of multilateralism in response to the most pressing challenges facing the world.
As the United States was not present at the summit, instruments of the G20 Presidency were duly handed over to a US Embassy official at the Headquarters of South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
As one of the founding members of the G20, South Africa has always valued the spirit of consensus, collaboration and partnership that defines the G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperation.
In keeping with this approach, the United States was expected to participate in all the meetings of the G20 during South Africa’s Presidency but unfortunately, it elected not to attend the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg out of its own volition.
We are however pleased that US entities such as businesses and civil society organisations participated in large numbers in G20 related activities such as the B20 and the G20 Social. South Africa values their participation.
South Africa is a member of the G20 in its own name and right. Its G20 membership is at the behest of all other members. South Africa is a sovereign constitutional democratic country and does not appreciate insults from another country about its membership and worth in participating in global platforms. South Africa respects the sovereignty of all countries and will never insult or demean another country or its standing and worthiness in the community of nations.
South Africa will continue to participate as a full, active and constructive member of the G20. We call on members of the G20 to reaffirm its continued operation in the spirit of multilateralism, based on consensus, with all members participating on an equal footing in all of its structures.
It is regrettable that despite the efforts and numerous attempts by President Ramaphosa and his administration to reset the diplomatic relationship with the US, President Trump continues to apply punitive measures against South Africa based on misinformation and distortions about our country.
ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
The City of Tshwane mayoral committee took a decisive action against Iphintombi Sports Bar are Pretoria CBD due to persistent lawlessness and disregard for municipal regulations, including outstanding debts for waste services. As a result, the establishment is being closed down with immediate effect. We will not tolerate non-compliance and we will ensure that our laws are enforced. The City of Tshwane remains committed to maintaining a safe and enjoyable environment for all residents and visitors . We will monitor the situation until there’s a full compliance . Just for the record is 14:00 🕑 P.M .