I wish they had another academic on the same call. A discussion about NSFAS debt needs perspectives from academics who understand the lived realities of students who depend on NSFAS because of South Africa’s historical inequality.
Maybe I’m wrong but I think a government that demands accountability for how you spend YOUR money, but refuses to account for how it spends YOUR money, should be immediately replaced.
Jacinta Zuma is such a blessing in this country
She is shaking the entire political sphere and things are happening
Today I decided to go to the public clinic
Guess what, they want us to produce SA ID before we enter. For that reason, the clinic is very empty
Full grown adults that can’t swim, cycle, skate, backpack, take a gap year, vacation, play an instrument or speak multiple foreign languages. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to leave survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics that no one really talks about
Someone wrote " I actually realized how dangerous it is to be on earth when I learned that people can actually go and consult on your behalf, check your future and actually block it. Just imagine minding your own business and there's someone going up and down trying to make sure that you amount to nothing
So In Short, MyANC Is Failing The Masses? 🤔
Community of Mabopane have installed themselves 360° solar cameras to protect their infrastructure from being stolen such as copper cable and danger box.
The community can view directly from their smartphones while at home or at work.
This is a great initiative, community working together to fight crime and theft.
🇿🇦THE BEE 100: PROF GUMEDE’S R1 TRILLION LOOTERS LIST‼️
Key Finding: “Over R1 trillion has been transferred to fewer than 100 politically connected individuals under the banner of black economic empowerment”
🔴TOP BEE BILLIONAIRES & MAJOR BENEFICIARIES
1. CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
• Net Worth: R14 billion ($800 million)
• Major BEE Deals: Standard Bank consortium,
Shanduka Group, multiple mining deals
• Position: President of South Africa
• Quote: “They feel good when they see me rich”
2. PATRICE MOTSEPE
• Net Worth: R33.5 billion ($1.8bn)
• Major Deal: BEE: Sanlam transaction – R8 billion
profit from R200 million investment
• Other Deals: Mining and telecom BEE transactions,
African Rainbow Capital
• Family: Brother of Bridget Radebe
3. TOKYO SEXWALE
• Net Worth: R1.5 billion ($100 million)
• Major Deal: R13 billion tender involvement, R1.3
billion BEE acquisitions
• Position: Former Minister of Human Settlements
• Background: Diamond magnate, multiple
government positions
4. SAKI MACOZOMA
• Net Worth: R865 million
• Major Deal: R1.6 billion Standard Bank and Liberty
BEE deal (2004)
• Company: Safika Holdings (Founded 1995)
• Background: Struggle veteran and political prisoner
turned billionaire
5. PHUTUMA NHLENGETHWA
• Major Deals: MTN’s R1.1 billion BEE deal (2002), BEE
deals in telecoms (2003-2005)
• Company: Pembani Group
• Background: “Deal maker of note” – multiple major
BEE deals
6. BRIDGET RADEBE (Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe)
• Net Worth: R1.5 billion ($105 million)
• Position: Sister of Patrice Motsepe, married to
Minister of Energy
• Achievements: “South Africa’s first black female
mining entrepreneur”
• Background: Vast mining BEE deals
7. SIPHO NKOSI
• Company: Former Exxaro CEO; Eyesizwe Mining
• Major Deals: Kumba Iron Ore’s “biggest BEE deal”
(2006), Exxaro 2005 BEE structure
• Other: R20 billion credit from Great Basin Gold BEE
deal
• Background: Multiple mining BEE transactions
8. VINCENT MTHAMBO
• Net Worth: R1.1 billion
• Education: Yale University
• Company: ASG Consulting Solutions (Chairman)
• Position: Former director
• Profile: Called “South Africa’s humble, multi-
millionaire man”
9. LEHLOGONONO SOWAJI (Nthikole Leonard Sowaji)
• Net Worth: R1.5 billion
• Company: Tiso Group (co-founded 2003), Tiso
Blackstar Group
• Position: Kagiso Tiso Holdings Chairman
• Background: Executive Chairman 2003-2010
10. MIKE TKE
• Net Worth: R825 million
• Positions Held: Seriti Resources Holdings Group
CEO; Mhlobiso Holdings Group
• Major Deals: Anglo American coal mines acquisition
(R2.3 billion, 2017)
• Position: Former Chamber of Mines president
11. DALIHLAYAYA ZHLANGI
• Net Worth: R825 million
• Company: Merafe Resources (Founder and CEO)
• Background: Former AngloAlpha executive, Barlowrand, former Alexander State (Standard CEB)
• Deals: Multiple mining and telecom BEE deals
🔴 BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES:
• Standard Bank BEE consortium members
• Liberty BEE deal beneficiaries
• Sanlam BEE transaction partners
• Various black elite shareholding entities
🔴 TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
• MTN BEE deal beneficiaries
• Vodacom BEE partners
• Cell C BEE shareholders
🔴 GOVERNMENT TENDER BENEFICIARIES:
• Various state capture beneficiaries
• SOE BEE deal recipients
• Government contract BEE partners
🔴 KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEE 100:
• Political Connections:
o ANC leadership positions
o Trade union background
o Government ministerial positions
o Family connections to ministers
• Recycled Beneficiaries:
o Same individuals in multiple deals
o “Transformed and empowered over and over again”
o Cross-sector participation
• Deal Patterns:
o Minimal initial investment
o Massive returns through political access
o Preferential tender awards
o Monopolistic market positions
🔴PROF GUMEDE’S DAMNING CONCLUSIONS:
“BEE only benefits a very small group of politically connected, & tied to the ANC, linked to the trade unions, and the same people are recycled again and again”
“…is a covert transfer, stimulus, this is state-enabled looting under the guise of empowerment…”
“Black Economic Empowerment has led to increased poverty, unemployment and inequality in South Africa”
“South Africa’s BEE model has created a model of corruption because people set up companies just to get a contract”
🔴 THE R1 TRILLION BREAKDOWN:
• Individual Fortunes: Top 12 beneficiaries worth over R80 billion combined
• Major Deals: Individual transactions worth hundreds of millions to billions
• Sector Concentration: Mining, banking, telecommunications, government contracts
• Time Period: 30 years since 1994
• Beneficiaries: Fewer than 100 politically connected individuals and families
🔴 MINING SECTOR BENEFICIARIES:
• Mxolisi Mgojo – Exxaro Board CEO, SESITI
shareholder
• Duduhe Moleone – Eyesizwe Mining shareholder
• Daphne Mokwena – Eyesizwe Mining shareholder
• Masello Radebe – Eyesizwe Mining shareholder
• Tim Tlelolilo – Scinta Resources
• Vunene Kumbe – Iron Ore BEE partners
• Multiple Anglo American BEE consortium members
• Seriti Resources and shareholders
Source: Prof William Gumede, Wits School of Governance
Layka, a Belgian Malinois, took four rounds from an AK-47 fired at point blank range while protecting her US Army Ranger handler in Afghanistan.
Even with those devastating wounds, she attacked the shooter, subdued him, and saved Staff Sergeant Julian McDonald along with the rest of the team behind her.
That 2013 mission was a direct action special operations raid in which Layka entered a building thought to be empty. It wasn’t. In the darkness, she discovered a man lying motionless in a corner that everyone believed was already dead. She engaged. He was very much alive, and he unleashed six to eight rounds from an AK-47, four of which struck her, shredding her tricep and completely destroying the ball-and-socket joint of her shoulder. She still brought him down.
McDonald dragged her out of the building and drew on his training as a physician’s assistant to give her immediate first aid, buying the critical time she needed to reach a field hospital. Surgeons kept her alive but could not save the leg. It was amputated in the first of several operations, one in theater, and another in Germany.
Medically retired that August, Layka had a determined advocate in McDonald, who refused to let her spend retirement anywhere but with him. He fought to adopt her despite warnings that a dog shaped by war might struggle in a home full of children. The day she arrived, she settled in front of his one year old son and calmly let the toddler climb all over her.
In 2014 Layka appeared on the cover of National Geographic, becoming one of the most recognized war dogs in American history. She spent the rest of her life as a cherished family pet and died at thirteen, given a final tribute by the veterinarians and handlers who had cared for her.
#sapsEC [ABALONE BUST WORTH MILLIONS IN BATHURST, THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS NABBED] Three foreign nationals, aged between 28 and 45, were arrested on Wednesday, 19/08, following a joint op that uncovered suspected illegal #abalone related activities at a lodge in the Southwell area outside Bathurst.
Members of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment were conducting patrols in the Southwell area at approximately 12:00 when they encountered a certain lodge where they suspected criminal activities taking place.
Upon further investigation and with assistance from members of #SAPS Highway Patrol, the Stock Theft Unit (STU), Vispol Bathurst and other relevant units, a search was conducted at the premises. The operation resulted in the recovery of equipment and items linked to the processing of abalone that worth millions.
Three men were arrested and are facing charges relating to the contravention of the Marine Living Resources Act 18 of 1998, specifically Section 13(1), read with Regulation 36(1)(a).
The investigation is continuing, and the suspects are expected to appear before the Port Alfred Magistrate’s Court on Friday 21/08. #PartnershipPolicing #EnviroCrimes ME
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So Eskom pays only 14% of annual turnover in salaries & has 30% less staff than pre94 while electricity availability is above 65% with 90% of the country on grid & peak capacity generation is 44k GW but apparently is "failing" & needs to be "unbundled"...shameless State Capture