SA Politics Thread Part 12

[ToxicBunny]

How is it a decade behind the DA's version? Rea Vaya was launched in 2009.

So it's taken the nearly 17 years to get to phase 1c?

Ok i take that back, standard incompetence from the glm.

 

[ForceFate]

Here is a reasonable explanation.

Have people never attended events like this? Some even have relay races.

 

[TheChamp]

Have people never attended events like this? Some even have relay races.

It's probably just being triggered seeing an ANC politician doing something, some people take this politics thing way too serious.

 

[Inertia]

This is true for most journalists in SA and I suspect most ANC propagandists on this forum too

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994757796328268044

 

[TheChamp]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994973314503336412

 

[Mariner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994973314503336412

The 41st largest GDP in the world wants to butt heads with the only superpower? Do you need a prediction of the outcome?

 

[Mariner]

Oh, look, service delivery you can touch, see and feel:

More than R200-million spent on unused sports stadiums by Limpopo municipalities - South Africa Today

In the past year, GroundUp and the Limpopo Mirror have reported on a string of sports complexes and stadiums, each built for tens of millions of rands, but

southafricatoday.net

 

[Mariner]

Concerning the President of the Republic and Phala Phala:

The party’s core demand is for the immediate release of a judgment on its application to review Parliament’s decision to reject a section 89 report into the President.

“The norms and standards of the court of South Africa dictate that judgments must be released within 3 months,” he stated. “And it’s now been 12 months and 2 days since the court received our application.”

He accused the Constitutional Court of failing in its constitutional duty as the final arbiter of disputes in South Africa. The spokesperson suggested the delay could be due to “illiteracy, incompetence, or deliberate political intervention,” which she claimed was “resulting in the President being shielded ostensively by the Constitutional Court.”

Is the judiciary captured?

EFF Marches on Constitutional Court, Demands Release of Long-Awaited Phala Phala Judgment - South Africa Today

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led a protest to the steps of the Constitutional Court yesterday morning, intensifying its campaign to pressure the

southafricatoday.net

 

[Mariner]

Should degrees from Fort Hare University be worth the paper they're printed on?

But, as two forensic investigations show, this well-intentioned project has, at least in recent years, been plagued by poor governance and mismanagement by Fort Hare. The investigations, conducted by Morar Incorporated, were commissioned by the university’s vice-chancellor in February 2021 and completed in April 2024. GroundUp obtained the reports.

Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance - South Africa Today

Nguni cattle are fertile and hardy. A project was started in 2004 by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to “upgrade cattle in communal areas to

southafricatoday.net

 

[ForceFate]

The 41st largest GDP in the world wants to butt heads with the only superpower? Do you need a prediction of the outcome?

You reckon South Africa should allow this madman to continue perpertuating the lies because he's president of a superpower?

 

[Vrotappel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994804202401599822

 

[ForceFate]

Should degrees from Fort Hare University be worth the paper they're printed on?

I'm curious as to why you think that. This appears to be a corruption issue committed mostly by non-academic staff. Or did I miss something?

But, as two forensic investigations show, this well-intentioned project has, at least in recent years, been plagued by poor governance and mismanagement by Fort Hare. The investigations, conducted by Morar Incorporated, were commissioned by the university’s vice-chancellor in February 2021 and completed in April 2024. GroundUp obtained the reports.

Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance - South Africa Today

Nguni cattle are fertile and hardy. A project was started in 2004 by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to “upgrade cattle in communal areas to

southafricatoday.net

 

[Mike7]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994994802258022863

 

[KulQkumba]

I'm curious as to why you think that. This appears to be a corruption issue committed mostly by non-academic staff. Or did I miss something?

This is not Fort Hare's first rodeo circus...not by a long shot.
I feel sorry for students who have put time, money and effort into getting a degree from this university, but agree with @Mariner - most recruiters are going to put their applications at the bottom of the pile.

 

[TheChamp]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994994802258022863

What a load of rubbish.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

Sunday Times reporting it is complete chaos at the ANC JHB conference as delegates are basically choosing who will lead them based on size of bribes.

Can you really support this shower when you have the great Helen as an option?

 

[Mariner]

You reckon South Africa should allow this madman to continue perpertuating the lies because he's president of a superpower?

I reckon that SA should stop provoking him. Don't poke the bear.

He can hurt SA in ways that will seriously disrupt the economy. He has already given a taste. Suddenly, around 300,000 more are unemployed, and millions have no ARVs. And that's just a start. He hasn't even touched the AGOA and sanctions button yet.

 

[TheChamp]

Sunday Times reporting it is complete chaos at the ANC JHB conference as delegates are basically choosing who will lead them based on size of bribes.

Can you really support this shower when you have the great Helen as an option?

Unfortunately Zille isn't one of the candidates, otherwise they would vote for her based on that poll.

 

[R13...]

What a load of rubbish.

He should ask the skilled Swiss what their trade skills availed them until they realized a shiny gold watch was all that was required. Extra ass kissing helped too.

 

[Mariner]

I'm curious as to why you think that. This appears to be a corruption issue committed mostly by non-academic staff. Or did I miss something?

Which part of this did you miss?

plagued by poor governance and mismanagement by Fort Hare.

Shouldn't a university's project management and management oversight, which they teach, be above reproach? If your teacher is a dunce, the certificate you get is meaningless.