The SA Politics Thread

[PrimeSteak]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571484221436215296

I think it will be a re-hash of the ideas that the DA has already put forward, but there is nothing wrong with re-iterating the stuff given the current context. It's all about getting the message out through the media, so people who don't pay much attention to politics (not us in this thread) may get the message...

I agree. I think things like this and the protests by DA and instances like the podcast on MacG, help the DA to break through the media filter and reach more people.

 

[PrimeSteak]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571488571814514688

 

[wingnut771]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571484221436215296

I think it will be a re-hash of the ideas that the DA has already put forward, but there is nothing wrong with re-iterating the stuff given the current context. It's all about getting the message out through the media, so people who don't pay much attention to politics (not us in this thread) may get the message...

Should it be on youtube then? Why not SABC/ENCA/Etv?

 

[PrimeSteak]

Should it be on youtube then? Why not SABC/ENCA/Etv?

Yup. I think SABC will cover it, like they do with most things. Not sure about the others, perhaps just a reference at 7 pm..

 

[sefeddt]

This Julius? We all know we can't believe a word he says.

Malema once called Mashatile 'useless', so why is he being backed now, asks Lamola | News24

ANC deputy president hopeful Ronald Lamola says the ANC should never be guided by the likes of EFF leader Julius Malema.

www.news24.com

Malema has always been all over the place.

 

[sefeddt]

CiC has made it clear if Rama remains ANC leader, they won't coalesce with ANC.

He also vowed to clear the DA from any metro (whiteness) yet did not vote against them in last local election.

 

[PrimeSteak]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571519225407094784

 

[PrimeSteak]

He also vowed to clear the DA from any metro (whiteness) yet did not vote against them in last local election.

Yeah.

 

[wingnut771]

Malema has always been all over the place.

 

[PrimeSteak]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571523466221985797

Cyril is coming back. Flames are waiting for him, when he gets home.

 

[PrimeSteak]

Western Cape Premier, MEC hold special planning meeting to protect critical services during load shedding crisis
The Western Cape's MECs went into a special planning meeting on Sunday led by Premier Alan Winde to ensure that critical services continue during the ramped up load shedding announced by Eskom earlier.
Anton Bredell, the Western Cape Minster of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning said he supported Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter's plea that municipalities cut down on non-essential systems, such as not letting street lights burn during the day.
The public is also asked to limit toilet flushes and the use of taps to lessen the load on municipal services and pumps that rely on electricity.
“Switch off all unnecessary appliances. If we all do the above, it will create space for Eskom to affect the repairs it needs to attend to,” Bredell said.
Disaster management centres are also on the alert.
- Jenni Evans

BREAKING NEWS LIVE | Joburg to remain without a mayor until Friday - at least | News24

News24 brings you all the latest news alerts from across South Africa.

www.news24.com

 

[wingnut771]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571523466221985797

Cyril is coming back. Flames are waiting for him, when he gets home.

Yeah, fokkal will happen.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571523466221985797

Cyril is coming back. Flames are waiting for him, when he gets home.

Not sure what good it will do. Eskom basically said new capacity will only come online in Q3 2023, so it will be extremely tight until then.

 

[sefeddt]

Yeah, fokkal will happen.

He needs explain honestly to his hosts the reason for cutting short and tell them it was under his watch as deputy president and tasked to oversee the SOE's including Eskom that he looked the other way and allowed state capture to infest SA.

 

[PrimeSteak]

ROLLING BLACKOUTS: Presidency stays silent on Energy Action Plan while South Africans kept in the dark

While President Cyril Ramaphosa consorts with royalty and heads of state in the UK, South African businesses and households are — for the second time this year — languishing in long stretches of imposed idleness and silence as Eskom notched things up to Stage 6 power cuts, with efforts to stave...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[PrimeSteak]

SATIRICALLY SPEAKING: Julius S Malema, bringer of joy, the true fighter against corruption

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. South Africa is #blessed to have such a leader in our midst. With his recent realisation that there might be corruption in the ranks of the EFF, the new and improved Julius Malema will save us from heartless grifters.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

A funny

 

[PrimeSteak]

JUSTICE MALALA | The ANC has had its chance in power and done nothing with it. Time to go

The ANC has nothing to show for its 28 years in power, but it is quick to play the victim, blaming all and sundry for its failures

www.timeslive.co.za

Paywalled.

But I agree with the title at least.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571751819180740608

Ah yes, GOOD, the party that was apparently going to threaten the DA's majority in Cape Town and other areas in the WC. Good times.

 

[Priapus]

CoJ already making plans to dump Eskom.

 

[wingnut771]

ROLLING BLACKOUTS: Presidency stays silent on Energy Action Plan while South Africans kept in the dark

While President Cyril Ramaphosa consorts with royalty and heads of state in the UK, South African businesses and households are — for the second time this year — languishing in long stretches of imposed idleness and silence as Eskom notched things up to Stage 6 power cuts, with efforts to stave...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

because he's clueless.