SA Politics Thread Part 12

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I M D said:
I was looking into the construction game myself a while back

Im not sure about the tarrif's but the general climate an inefficiencies in municipalities put me off
They have gotten way worse recently

I worked out I would have property standing idle for 5+ years now trying to get everything in place before I started actual building
Before it was probably 2 years

Kind of put me off it
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My 2c, I do a fair bit of work in some specialised areas of construction and it is a tricky business. Currently the Chinese and some bigger firms are eating nicely on SANRAL, some DWS, work on the KZN N Coast and in WC and maybe LHDA contracts but below that there isn't much. Some specialist subcontractors are also thriving but it is tight. A few have pulled off site due to non-payment, the "construction mafia" aka ANC councillors etc is an ever present threat and, with 15% VAT due on invoice, even delayed payment can kill you, let alone the tax rates. The clever live in SA but work in sub-Saharan Africa out of Mauritius "offices" but even there, payment can be "eish".
 
ghaye said:
It's been the ANC's fundraising model since the Mandela days. Zuma weaponised it.
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Even before 1994. The ANC used to steal cars for cross border sale and smuggle drugs to raise funds. They were criminals even then.
 
R13... said:
Ramaphosa isn't connected to the corruption by his ex in-law relative person. How hard is that to understand?
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Has Ramaphosa personally taken his son Andile to the police station yet for accepting R500k from BOSASA, as he promised he would if the payment was found to be true?
 
R13... said:
Ramaphosa isn't connected to the corruption by his ex in-law relative person. How hard is that to understand?
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He was deputy president during the previous trough feeding and is now president during this one. He is responsible for everything. During his tenure, corruption has spiraled out of control while he stands there with that vacant stare.
 
TheChamp said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1972976840538198187
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Seems he is not missing anymore

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Thread 'South Africa's ambassador to France found dead in Paris'

South Africa's ambassador to France found dead in Paris​

PARIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South Africa's ambassador to France has been found dead at the foot of the Hyatt Hotel, a high-rise tower in Porte Maillot in the west of Paris, newspaper Le Parisien reported on Tuesday.
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South Africa's ambassador to France found dead in Paris - Le Parisien

South Africa's ambassador to France has been found dead at the foot of the Hyatt Hotel, a high-rise tower in Porte Maillot in the west of Paris, newspaper Le Parisien reported on Tuesday.
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