The SA Politics Thread

[Agent67]

There's just too many potholes. There's some insurance company helping fix potholes but must I say I don't see a difference. There was a pothole in my area, and I saw some guy pull up with a bag of cement and a helper. Fixed up the pothole. Two days later and a light sprinkling or rain and we had a worse hole lol.

Potholes are SA's national pastime. What happens here in my muni is they straight up just fill the pothole with some gravel... I've only seen a handful actually fixed recently, otherwise it's just gravel...

And due to many years of neglect there in GP, there are probably thousands to millions of them. So it'll probably take a while.

 

[ForceFate]

Has Lungisa smashed a jug on some unfortunate head already? I don't imagine he is too chuffed.

Is the venue close to a taxi route? He may have resisted the urge, lest he be summoned to the taxi rank.

 

[sefeddt]

Seeing mention of potholes, Emfuleni have been proactive and converted one of theirs into a swimming pool.

Vaal residents protest service delivery by having ‘pool party’ in giant pothole

NATIONAL NEWS - When rain filled up a huge...

www.suidkaapforum.com

 

[Oldfut]

EUSEBIUS MCKAISER | Not an Oscar-winning performance by the ANC

The Eastern Cape is a lament. It is the image of an ANC that disappointed itself, an ANC that most certainly failed the entire country.

www.timeslive.co.za

Even Eusebius whining about the ANC I thought he loved and could do no wrong.

 

[Agent67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523759566240239616

I agree with both of them.

 

[TheChamp]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523759566240239616

I agree with both of them.

Very good, because government Ministers like saying a lot of things to placate the masses and as soon as everyone has calmed down they go back to sleep.

How many illegal foreigners have they arrested lately? Because they went on a blitz just after the Diepsloot and Soweto incidents, bragging about it, looks like they have already forgotten about that because things have calmed down for now.

 

[Agent67]

The Abahlali 23

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www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[Agent67]

Very good, because government Ministers like saying a lot of things to placate the masses and as soon as everyone has calmed down they go back to sleep.

It is still a good idea tho. Scrap metal traders are at the centre of our infrastructure vandalism/looting problem.

How many illegal foreigners have they arrested lately? Because they went on a blitz just after the Diepsloot and Soweto incidents, bragging about it, looks like they have already forgotten about that because things have calmed down for now.

I don't know, haven't seen anything in the news. So we don't know for sure.

But I can probably agree that they've gone back to "screensaver" mode.

 

[Agent67]

Africa must embrace Europe as a partner towards inclusive growth – Herman Mashaba - ActionSA

The following speech was delivered by Herman Mashaba, President of ActionSA, at the German-African Conference of Parliamentarians in Berlin, Germany.

www.actionsa.org.za

Mashaba's speech from yesterday.

 

[Agent67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523734831431319555

Another DA defection to ASA in Gauteng

 

[TheChamp]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523734831431319555

Another DA defection to ASA in Gauteng

Looks like he is just a member? Someone should tell ActionSA not to overdo a good thing, it gets boring after a while.

 

[Agent67]

Looks like he is just a member?

Former DA branch chairperson of Hammanskraal.

 

[TheChamp]

Former DA branch chairperson of Hammanskraal.

Yeah, Shackleton must not bore us, somebody wake me up when someone of great importance defect to the DA, no one has time for this.

 

[Agent67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523665590530891777

lol

 

[sefeddt]

Former DA branch chairperson of Hammanskraal.

When someone with the credentials of Gwen Ngwenya jumps over then IMO the DA will have lost the plot.

 

[TheChamp]

When someone with the credentials of Gwen Ngwenya jumps over then IMO the DA will have lost the plot.

Gwen is in too deep, if she ever leaves it won't be to another party.

She doesn't have much in terms of political credentials by the way, her presence in the DA has always been in the background, she might be a good policy maker and strategist but she is no politician, even if she left tomorrow there is no constituency that would follow her, it would be just another day.

 

[Agent67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523959906608549888

ASA is going to combat the new Health Act regulations alongside AfriForum and DearSA in court.

 

[Agent67]

When someone with the credentials of Gwen Ngwenya jumps over then IMO the DA will have lost the plot.

If more leaders of theirs (former or current) defect to ASA, the DA will go into full panic stations.

We'll have to wait and see...

 

[Agent67]

Magashule supporters in the Free State reject ‘reconstitution’ of branches | City Press

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s supporters have threatened President Cyril Ramaphosa and the party with court action if they don’t stop reconstituting branches in the Free State.

www.news24.com

 

[sefeddt]

If more leaders of theirs (former or current) defect to ASA, the DA will go into full panic stations.

We'll have to wait and see...

She understands economics and has a good working background in the private sector, loyal to DA even after her fall out with Maimane, groom her for future role in leadership.