The SA Politics Thread Part 6

[Vorastra]

 

[dualmeister]

The big day.
And the Mister of Police is ........

OK maybe not.

Ramaphosa’s cabinet deliberations will not be quick or painless

The Democratic Alliance says the president must stick to the letter of the coalition pact and divide cabinet posts among parties in line with the number of seats in parliament

mg.co.za

 

[Bobbin]

About to break the R18,00 mark? But how long will this trend last I wonder. (I have bad luck so usually when I post something positive it turns around )

 

[dualmeister]

About to break the R18,00 mark? But how long will this trend last I wonder. (I have bad luck so usually when I post something positive it turns around )

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[slimeball]

About to break the R18,00 mark? But how long will this trend last I wonder. (I have bad luck so usually when I post something positive it turns around )

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ABSA predicts R17/$

Absa sees rand heading to R17/$ as post-election optimism buoys markets | Business

Absa has upgraded its year-end rand forecast to R17.50/$ from a previous estimate of R18/$ while Swiss banking group UBS sees the currency ending 2024 at R17.80/$.

www.news24.com

 

[Priapus]

OK maybe not.

Ramaphosa’s cabinet deliberations will not be quick or painless

The Democratic Alliance says the president must stick to the letter of the coalition pact and divide cabinet posts among parties in line with the number of seats in parliament

mg.co.za

In the interim, government departments continue functioning under the leadership of their directors general. But ministers cease to be ministers the moment Ramaphosa takes the oath.

So, it's the Twat in the Hat's last day, today.

 

[Vorastra]

About to break the R18,00 mark? But how long will this trend last I wonder. (I have bad luck so usually when I post something positive it turns around )

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I long for R7 days

 

[Priapus]

I long for R7 days

That will never happen again, unfortunately. We may go to low 17's - but that's probably where it will be for the next 5 years.

Remember when everyone was predicting R20/$?

 

[ToxicBunny]

That will never happen again, unfortunately. We may go to low 17's - but that's probably where it will be for the next 5 years.

Remember when everyone was predicting R20/$?

Yeah I think in the mid R17's is hopefully where we'll land and sort of hover around there for a few years.

 

[Unhappy1]

Raceballs 24: Throttled by whiteness | Politicsweb

Dr Ntando Sindane explains to Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh why the black majority is in such a precarious position right now in SA

www.politicsweb.co.za

The racists really have crawled out the woodwork after the election.

 

[ToxicBunny]

So, it's the Twat in the Hat's last day, today.

I shall have a beverage this evening in honour of him being jobless.

 

[Kosmik]

MK allegedly tried to break into IEC offices recently.

Breaking news: MK party members try to break into IEC offices

Police continue to monitor the situation in Booysens after dozens of MK members stormed an IEC building in Joburg.

scrolla.africa

 

[Kosmik]

I wonder what the flypast will consist of. Before we had the harvards and SAA and odd cheetah/Grippen as well as Puma and Alleoutes. Maybe a rooivalk too as I see there is in active service.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

It's a whole stack of by-elections today, just a few weeks after the national election and oh boy, have we got a few absolute bangers today! Obviously the KZN wards were contested without MK in 2021, and they won many of the wards in the national election. All CT wards are DA strongholds so the DA should canter home.

Interestingly, the DA won both wards 3 & 6 in Beaufort West in the national election.

Province	Municipality	Ward	Party	Ward Vote Share (%)
KZN	uMzimkhulu	1	ANC	58.0
			Independent	34.7
	uMzumbe	1	ANC	66.8
			IFP	23.9
		2	ANC	79.4
			EFF	10.1
			IFP	7.5
		3	ANC	72.2
			IFP	21.1
		9	ANC	68.2
			IFP	21.1
		11	ANC	57.1
			EFF	18.5
			IFP	18.
		19	ANC	56.7
			IFP	34.2
	uMvoti	10	ABC	30.0
			ANC	28.0
			IFP	19.7
			DA	18.0
	Newcastle	5	ANC	20.5
			DA	19.4
			IFP	17.3
			Independent	9.8
			EFF	9.4
	uPhongolo	15	IFP	57.9
			ANC	34.9
	Nongoma	11	IFP	58.3
			ANC	24.3
			NFP	13.0
	Mthonjaneni	10	ANC	53.7
			IFP	29.4
Western Cape	Cape Town	64	DA	85.1
		105	DA	78.3
		113	DA	84
	Beaufort West	1	ANC	35.9
			DA	30.3
			Karoo Democratic Force	16.6
		3	PA	43.0
			ANC	30.4
			DA	18.3
		6	PA	31.4
			ANC	22.5
			DA	20.3

 

[Unhappy1]

About to break the R18,00 mark? But how long will this trend last I wonder. (I have bad luck so usually when I post something positive it turns around )

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As long as the good news keeps flowing, any reports of a breakdown in GNU discussions and it will reverse.

 

[dualmeister]

 

[ToxicBunny]

I wonder what the flypast will consist of. Before we had the harvards and SAA and odd cheetah/Grippen as well as Puma and Alleoutes. Maybe a rooivalk too as I see there is in active service.

Its largely all I want to see tbh.

Hopefully a Rooivalk, a Gripen and a few other randoms would be nice.

 

[rietrot]

It is not what he said but how he said it - he is clearly a p0es of the first order and, like Juliarse should STFU.

Your brain is on leftism.

You dislike the guy, sure , cool whatever. That's not a reason to disqualify him as an mp.

There's about 200 of them who are worse than him.

 

[wingnut771]

That will never happen again, unfortunately. We may go to low 17's - but that's probably where it will be for the next 5 years.

Remember when everyone was predicting R20/$?

Why not?

 

[Priapus]

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The £ has improved too, now at 22.8/£ - just in time for me to send funds over before our move next month. Every little helps!