SA Politics Thread Part 12

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More drama from the Aucamp-George fight...

Forestry, fisheries & environment minister Willie Aucamp has confirmed that he has submitted a formal complaint to the public protector requesting an investigation into the possible abuse of state resources by former minister Dion George and former members of his team in the period just before his removal from office.

However, neither Aucamp nor George were willing to say anything more about the complaint, which what was reported on Sunday by Rapport, City Press and News24. The fallout between the two could have ripple effects in the DA as George is federal finance chair for the party.
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Aucamp’s complaint to the public protector also involves George’s then advisor and acting chief of staff, Shelton Mollentze, and his then personal assistant, Traverse le Goff.

According to the Rapport article, Mollentze asked staff about three weeks before Aucamp’s appointment as minister to probe his alleged illegal lion-farming activities. No evidence was found against Aucamp and he claims in his complaint to the public protector that the whistle-blower report on which the investigation was based — allegedly fabricated by George — mysteriously disappeared.

The article said that Aucamp believed George wanted to scupper his appointment as minister with the fake investigation before it was ratified by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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www.businessday.co.za

DA top brass at loggerheads as Aucamp complains to public protector about George

Party investigates internal conflict amid allegations of misconduct
www.businessday.co.za www.businessday.co.za
 
Somone Else Again said:
Doesn't seem that misleading although they should have maybe specified primary
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MY point.
Somone Else Again said:
As of late 2025, the operational status of the primary manganese smelters is as follows:
  • Transalloys: This eMalahleni-based company operates the country's sole remaining silico-manganese (SiMn) smelter that is currently producing, although it is struggling to sustain operations and has issued retrenchment notices due to power prices.
  • Assmang's Cato Ridge Works: This was South Africa's only remaining ferro-manganese (FeMn) smelter in operation after Metalloys closed, but Assmang announced plans for its permanent closure in mid-2025, citing weak market conditions and rising electricity costs.
  • Metalloys (now Khwelamet): Previously the largest global producer of ferromanganese, this facility near Meyerton was placed on care and maintenance in 2020. It has been acquired by Menar, which is in the process of finalizing the acquisition and intends to revive the smelter complex. The restart could bring at least two of the four furnaces back into operation, with progress anticipated by late 2025/early 2026.
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R13... said:
What was the context? This guy is one of the new band of white hypes who have come out of the shadows since Trump installed spines in white and Mask platformed whiteness again, right?
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It's another way to make money.
 
ForceFate said:
What is it in the EC that kills these young people? In Limpopo and MP, this seldom happens.
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Probably the obsession with their concept of manhood and toughness, it often goes very contrary to logic and sound reasoning, I think KZN would also have the same problem if circumcision was a thing there.
 
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:
Do you even live in South Africa?

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He does say seldom. Sure, it is relative,
A report to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) provided the following breakdown of initiation-related deaths across provinces for the four-year period from 2021 to 2024:
  • Eastern Cape: 193 deaths (60% of the national total)
  • Free State: 46 deaths
  • Mpumalanga: 25 deaths
  • North West: 21 deaths
  • Gauteng: 14 deaths
  • Limpopo: 10 deaths
  • Western Cape: 9 deaths
  • Northern Cape: 4 deaths
  • KwaZulu-Natal: 1 death
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R13... said:
He does say seldom. Sure, it is relative,
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Limpopo is a can of worms. What you see is not a true reflection. Different ethnic groups accusing one another, underage kids, SAPS not willing to get involved, rather kicking the can to COGHSTA who never follow up. Files getting closed unresolved. :(

I happened to read a report specifically on Limpopo a bit back. It's quite bad, just not as exposed.
 
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:
Do you even live in South Africa?

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I don't imply deaths don't happen.

Limpopo and EC are provinces where this practice is customary. In MP, it's largely the western parts that are closest to Limpopo. I don't know about NW. So, obviously deaths do happen but not at the same rate as EC.

We do have to "earn" the privilege to transition to manhood but the practice has been dialled down compared to 100 years ago for example.
 
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