An 83-year-old poultry farmer from Mpumalanga, Ken Baxter, says he is fortunate to be alive after a horrifying attack on his own property.
While riding his quad bike along a familiar path, a strand of barbed wire, deliberately stretched across the road in a sickening attempt to decapitate him, slammed into his throat with brutal force, throwing the elderly man violently from his vehicle. He sustained serious, painful injuries but miraculously survived what could so easily have been a death sentence.
At 83 years old, this hardworking farmer should be enjoying the twilight of his life surrounded by family and the fruits of decades of honest labor. Instead, he faces the terror that so many Afrikaner farmers live with daily; calculated brutality on the very land they have tended for generations.
Local authorities are investigating, but we all know how often these cases fade into silence while the killing continues. The ANC government’s indifference deepens the tragedy. How many more elderly farmers must be ambushed before the world acknowledges this genocide?
Another symptom of the city’s decline happened last week with the shuttering of Thuso House, customer service centre in Braamfontein. The Sheriff was inside seizing furniture for the failure by the city to pay R32 million in rent.
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@TimesLIVE@HermanMashaba Did they actually get any tenders though? Or is lobbying also a crime? If so, the ANC has even more questions to answer about the attendance of government officials on visits to the Guptas.
Zille restores power to Fairland residents after 5months on a mobile generator.
For 5 months, at R22 000 a day. Fairland folks were getting power from a mobile generator burning diesel, when their minisub exploded and JHB Power couldn't "find" a new one.
Enter Zille effect.
Within one day of visiting the area and exposing the endlessly running generator, @helenzille called out Joburg Power, and guess what? They suddenly found a mini-sub.
It is unthinkable that this level of incompetence and ineptitude continues to characterize Joburg but it does. Every day.
And Zille is the only person taking it seriously, locking in and actually delivering to residents.
Same point about Redi Thlabi. Literally a journalist and part of a PR agency. Where does one start and the other stop? On one hand she reports news, on the other she advises private clients how to influence it. Again, press council should look at this. DA should lay complaint.
Dina Pule who was fired by former President Zuma for corruption which was uncovered by the Public Protector while she was a minister of communication, has been given a hefty budget to control. Are you happy about this appointment ?
Two years ago today I became Energy Secretary. It has been an honour to work every day with the businesses, trade unions, workers, and communities that are driving Britain's clean energy economic boom.
Here's what we've been up to 👇
🚨BREAKING: Birmingham police are now investigating an assault on this young man, ADMITTING they arrested the victim
They did so because he was white.
They must be held accountable.
British tourist Jeremy Andrew Brooke, 32, was BRUTALLY MURDERED in the Eastern Cape in 2014 and the killers basically walked on the murder charge.
On Feb 21-22 2014 at Nkanya Lodge in Elliotdale, an armed gang broke in during a botched midnight robbery. Jeremy bravely tried to protect his friends; Gregory De Valle, Stephen Francis Boscher, Bradley van Staden & Beila Cook. The cowards held him down and SHOT HIM IN THE CHEST AND FACE. He died from those gunshot wounds while his friends were assaulted and robbed.
Five animals; Sicelo Sigagayi (later killed in gang violence), Akhona Thonto, Malibongwe Lugalo, Yandisa Masimini & Mkhanyisi Qalingoma were quickly arrested, but in 2020 the Mthatha High Court ACQUITTED them of MURDER over "conflicting evidence" & technicalities. They got convictions only for robbery with aggravating circumstances, gun possession & stolen goods.
Jeremy's devastated mother Marian Brooke-Morris left in total dismay. The NPA talked appeal but justice FAILED White victims AGAIN.
This is the REAL South Africa under ANC rule, tourists & White South Africans slaughtered and the system lets the killers off easy. No wonder people are fleeing to President Trump’s America for safety!
Dear Mr Starmer,
You say you have made Britain a better place. I beg to differ, let’s have a look at how you have made Britain better shall we?
▪️tried to cancel elections
▪️arrested 12,000 ppl a year for posts
▪️300,000 businesses closed
▪️125,000 increase in unemployment
▪️Unemployment up to 4.9%
▪️Vacancies at lowest level since 2021
▪️Borrowing higher than forecast
▪️Inflation rose again after falling
▪️NHS waiting list still over 7 million
▪️Record Channel crossings
▪️Heat pump rollout stalled
▪️AI data centres priority grid connections
▪️Offshored emissions
▪️increased subsidies to wind farms
▪️Lied to Trump about free speech
▪️27 More quangos and regulators
▪️Expanded facial recognition policing
▪️Online Safety Act censorship
▪️operation scatter of illegal migrants
▪️Winter fuel allowance cancelled
▪️highest tax in 70 years
▪️highest electricity in the world
▪️fake £22 billion black hole
▪️ 22.3% pay rise for doctors
▪️15% pay rise for train drivers
▪️attempts to join EU by stealth
▪️ Closed the migrant barge
▪️4 more years of hotels for illegals
▪️NI tax rises for businesses
▪️£500 million to foreign farmers
▪️£3.4 BILLION on consultants
▪️Two tier policing at protests & riots
▪️crackdown on free speech
▪️No deportations for foreign criminals
▪️let prisoners out early
▪️net zero madness spending
▪️Carbon capture experiment
▪️solar factories on green belt
▪️oops had to cancel non Dom policy
▪️VAT on private schools backfired
▪️Softer sentences, prisons are full
▪️Free clothes for MPs
▪️Free tickets for MPs
▪️Rent free house for MPs
▪️free Pass for Ali for Downing Street
▪️introducing pay per mile
▪️Ended steel production
▪️Stopped oil and gas licenses
▪️ refused to use huge new gas field
▪️Spaffed £8.3b on British energy
▪️Energy bills went up TWICE
▪️Palestine marches out of control
▪️Ended free speech in universities
▪️Increases in fuel duty
▪️Said “free the sausages”
▪️Fired his chief of staff
▪️Fired his energy minister
▪️gave Peter Mandelson a job
▪️Chancellor isn’t an economist
▪️Gave £millions more to Ukraine
▪️Gave £50 million to Syrian militants
▪️Richest pop star got free police escort
▪️made up some ‘science’ on fly wheels
▪️stopped Rwanda
▪️largest number of illegal migrants ever
▪️Didn’t change his ‘special’ pension
▪️Gave away the Chagos Islands
▪️lost Rosie Duffield
▪️let Ukraine use Storm shadow
▪️revoked land wind farm ban
▪️announced Pylons near houses
▪️Banned Elon from ‘Investment Summit’
▪️misogyny would be classed as terrorism
▪️ investigated by Electoral Commission
▪️ Lord Ali under investigation
▪️Inheritance tax on farmers
▪️Lied to WASPI women
▪️Attempting to bring in blasphemy laws
▪️Gave £500 million to foreign farmers
▪️Chancellor turned out to be unqualified
▪️highest government borrowing in 34 yrs
▪️MP investigated for corruption
▪️Banning parents from seeing curriculum
▪️ Anti Muslim blasphemy law
▪️stabbing up
▪️Called ordinary people far right racists
▪️Rapists allowed out of prison early
Have I missed anything? Apart from taxpayers now funding free school breakfasts?
Former President Thabo Mbeki alleged that Eskom managers intentionally allowed the power utility to descend into load shedding in order to exploit tender processes. https://t.co/e7E98vkDUO
Eskom was intentionally broken down by the ANC government... Then they used BEE as their tool to lay their hands on the money.
Eskom managers intentionally allowed the power utility to collapse into load shedding so they could exploit tender processes for personal gain.
ARRESTED FOR BLASPHEMY!!!
I don't know this lad but he just spoke the truth about Islam and Muhammed.
And he was arrested for it.
The Police didn't like him saying Muhammed was a rapist (he was), and they didn't like him saying Muhammed was a killer (he was).
So he's been arrested for telling the truth.
Police are literally enacting sharia compliant blasphemy laws in the UK.
Disgraceful.
Saki Macozoma, one of South Africa’s most prominent Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) figures, said that South Africa has abandoned non-racialism.
https://t.co/aQXdMKbBrx
@MbalulaFikile Correct Mbaks...they all support South Africa but maybe not the Government of the day! South Africa🇿🇦 will always be here...but NOT the Government of the day!
You are openly admitting to pressuring the SAFA President to police players' speech. Have you forgotten FIFA Statute Article 19? Political interference from party bosses like you is exactly what gets national teams banned globally. Let SAFA run football and leave the players alone.