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De Ruyter speaking about non-value adding middleman who sit in Mpumalanga, simply invoicing Eskom with a 30% to 50% markup on spares, which are delivered from the actual manufacturer of the spares from Pretoria.
#OnTheRecord
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Social media:
I report for News24 in JULY 2018, contract to secure Zondo commission possibly corrupt.
EFF leader Julius Malema makes further claims of corruption, November 2018.
Probe finds my report correct Feb 2019.
Social Media: Malema told us!
Nah fam. Media told you.
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Yes, Gavin Watson was part of a noble struggle for freedom under the brutal Apartheid regime.
But he also traded on that legacy to enrich himself, his family and his business.
Which in turn pushed millions of rands back to the ANC.
He destroyed that legacy. Not us.
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Congrats to
@PLMyburgh
who has just won the 2019 Taco Kuiper Award for his book, Gangster State. Congrats also to
@PaulivW
being named runner up for her work on the EFF.
#TKAwards
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The
#FaithMazibuko
story reminds me of a brave woman named Yvonne Page who was a finance manager at Prasa.
When there was a strong push to 'donate' R1bn to VBS, she alone said no. She stood strong.
Respect to civil servants who stand up to the politicians among them.
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Having written an entire book on the subject of sabotage at Eskom, I can say this: you are right. It is sabotage. Sabotage by the ANC for failing to appoint independent experts to run Eskom and for failing to change policies that would actually benefit South Africa.
Stage 6 loadshedding clear sabotage. Strong extra security measures are needed.
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Please stop asking for pictures of Gavin Watson's body.
Trust me when I say he is dead. I am not sharing pictures of a body to satisfy your morbid curiosities. The media and Twitter CSI does not declare a person dead , doctors do that.
Show some bloody decorum.
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The sheer level of dof kak I hear about Eskom every day. How's this: CEO of the Black Business Council on ENCA: In order to end load shedding we need to focus on getting Eskom to operate the way it should operate.
No! Really? Pity no one thought about that!
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When I joined News24 6 months ago
@AdriaanBasson
gave me some homework on
#Bosasa
.
He said "keep digging".
Yesterday his words were confirmed as prophetic, and seeds planted by more than a decade of reporting on Bosasa bore fruit.
Day 2 of Angelo Agrizzi's testimony loading.
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Kyle Cowan | Silence on Eskom sabotage leads to one question: Who benefits from energy crisis?
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.
@FloydShivambu
tells crowd outside Hill on Empire (venue of
#StateCaptureInquiry
) that Sunday Times' forensic firm called Ukhozi Forensics is owned by Johann van Loggerenberg and Ivan Pillay.
He is lying.
CIPC website to check this is free, before making public statements..
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Let's clarify. The media was also categorised as an essential service, so, during lockdown, journalists are allowed to be out on the ground, finding the news and keeping you informed. They are risking their lives, not for kicks.
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The new Eskom chairperson, Mpho Makwana, was a board member when Eskom awarded a R30bn + contract to Hitachi Power Africa for the boilers at Medupi and Kusile. Chancellor House, ANC front company, was a shareholder of Hitachi Power Africa.
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Just in: SA and UAE have signed mutual legal assistance agreements. We can now, officially, bring the Gupta fugitives home.
#StateCaptureInquiry
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I will personally be printing out every one of the more than 60 articles the investigations team at News24 wrote about corruption at Kusile and will deliver it to the Minister. Read here: Guide to News24’s Eskom coverage
Problems at Kusile have nothing to do with corruption: Ramokgopa
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Let's be very clear, no matter what you read on X, Facebook or your family WhatsApp group, the election was NOT rigged. Let's all be adults about this, and get your information from accurate news sources.
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Just received
@PLMyburgh
's book
#GangsterState
PDF shared on WhatsApp.
Support local industries and authors and please purchase it if you also get the PDF and read it. Journalism of this magnitude is painstaking work - blood, sweat and tears goes into it. Don't be that person.
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This is irresponsible reporting. You as Newzroom Africa, have done NOTHING to verify or disprove these claims. Airing it without any caveats or at the least a disclaimer to this effect is not journalism, its stenography. Stop amplifying wild claims that have no substantive
MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says when the IEC system was down on Friday, certain votes were allocated to a specific party to ensure that the MK is not the official opposition, adding that there was foreign interference in the elections.
Watch:
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Bear in mind, as your business suffers, you eat dinner by candlelight and your meat is going off in the freezer, our government leaders are not experiencing this load shedding thing. Their ministerial homes are juiced 24/7. How long would they last before crying foul?
#Stage6
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My new book, Sabotage, is out. Check out online retailers (see link) and should be on shelves in the next day or two. It's a remarkable series of events.
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Today is one of those strange days. Got the first copy of my book on Eskom, and a man who once called me a liar for reporting the truth about his stay at the Oberoi Hotel courtesy of Salim Essa, is in the dock for corruption.
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Kenny Kunene: 2 gunmen. 21 shots. All missed.
Were these hitmen paid with a garage pie and a half litre?
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Wow. Agrizzi just confirmed that he personally paid R110 000 a month to former correctional services CFO Patrick Gillingham. This was a bribe, and Agrizzi just gave the NPA the evidence it needs to wrap up a case that has been gathering dust for 8 years:
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I propose a new law whereby social media accounts should be linked to ID numbers and you cannot choose to hide your identity.
Twitter would become such a lovely place to be.
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Thankfully, there is no minister of geography because Geneva has just been upgraded to not even being in Switzerland.
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Let's be clear. Pravin Gordhan is not a holy saviour. But to blame him for every problem Eskom now has is disengenous and opportunistic. He has only been the minister for a year or so. How do you turn back years of mismanagement and corruption in such a short time?
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Yet Zondo does not see the problem.
Andile Ramaphosa’s secret Bosasa cash and the mystery man who got the lion’s share via
@news24
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Some positive vibes to start your Tuesday. Choose to be better, every day. 😎
'Hero' schoolboy rushes to save fellow pupil from robbery
?
shared via
@News24
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After calling him out for lying, it seems Mr Floyd Shivambu is a bit upset with me.
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Remember the days that the EFF Twitter mob believed ANYTHING that Julius Malema told them about ANC politicians, particularly Zuma? I do. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, you come out on the Tweet streets in a frenzy to cry foul. We see you!
#VBSBankHeist
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Watching Eskom before Parliament this afternoon. I am genuinely, utterly and sincerely gobsmacked at the quality of questions from MPs so far, and it's 10 minutes into Q&A.
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.
@PaulivW
made an exceptionally valid point a short while ago on 702.
When EFF leaders attacked her for stories written about VBS cash/EFF, she was threatened.
Now, leaders are quiet, and the threats have tapered down.
Proof then, that our leaders must account for their words.
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Ventured out of my home with some trepidation this morning to go to the shop for some groceries. Pubs and restaurants along the way packed. Everyone going about their business almost as normal. And now, I can't help but wonder if people just don't care about
#Covid19InSA
?
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The desperation in the online campaign against the idea of a DA/ANC coalition deal is palpable. Meanwhile, in the real world, normal South Africans are worried whether this whole circus will be sorted out anytime soon - and how it will impact their already limited resources.
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I'm sorry, I investigated Bosasa//Ramaphosa before Adv Mkhwebane, and my work was published on News24. I can categorically say that the former Public Protector's report was a shambles. Not even close to a "good job". She got nowhere near the real issues.
Consideration of Recommendation for Removal of Adv B Mkhwebane from the office of Public Protector in terms of section 194(1)(c) of the Constitution.
The UDM categorically disagrees with any course of action that sees Advocate Mkhwebane’s departure from office.
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Re:Poland trip and the SAA plane. It seems that we are so used to rules and regulations being abused and ignored that when some enforcement happens, we scream discrimination and plot. For all the commentators, what say you about the fact that Russia also denied the plane entry?
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The account number from Royal Bank of Canada
@Julius_S_Malema
and EFF has provided to the SAPS purporting to belong to Pravin Gordhan, does not exist.
I am willing to revisit this if the EFF can provide additional information.
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This meltdown at
#StateCapetureInquiry
was brought about by questions over Barbara Hagan's evidence that Zuma interfered in the appointment of Siyanonga Gama as GCEO of Transnet.
Imagine when we get to the really hard questions.
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Hahaha. Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Hehe. Haha.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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A confrontation between
@Eskom_SA
evidence leader Sebetja Matsaung and
@SikonathiM
. Please note this is not the full video, oy a snapshot.
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National Treasury drops bombshell. Final report into
#Eskom
and
#Transnet
has been published on their website. This includes Guptas, McKinsey, Trillian, Regiments and the entire gallery of state capture enablers.
600+ pages.
Hold on to your hats, folks.
#FundudziReport
@News24
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Did you know? Des van Rooyen met with the Guptas before he was appointed Finance Minister, and that Zuma was forced to remove him because the market was in a tailspin? Did you know Parliament did nothing about it?
🅓🅘🅓 🅨🅞🅤 🅚🅝🅞🅦?
Mr Des Van Rooyen served as the Minister of Finance from 10 December 2015 until 13 December 2015
#Budget2024
#30YearsofDemocracy
@Treasury_RSA
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NDZ was NOT demoted. Less work, less public scrutiny, same perks, same salary! That's what you call "sheltered employment".
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South Africa:
Arrest murderers? 🚫
Arrest CIT robbers? 🚫
Arrest politically connected fraud and corruption accused persons? 🚫
Arrest grannies messing about with election posters? 💯✅
Pensioner out on warning for tampering with election posters -
A 64-year-old woman who was seen tampering with election posters is out on a warning after she was arrested and charged under the Electoral Act 73 of 1998, which prohibits the unlawful
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Eight 24mm rods don't all fail simultaneously, flush with the ground and at angles like these. Engineers/artisans/welders on Twitter could tell you the same, I will leave it to them.
@CowansView
@Eskom_SA
presented no evidence of sabotage today.
They just showed ulyou pictures of failed towers.
You don't even have metallurgical reports of how the structure failed & yet you and one Prof want the public to believe that you saw the evidence of sabotage
@AntonEberhard
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In court papers, Tom Moyane has referred to at least R450-million in VAT refunds paid to the Gupta family illegally as the "now extinct VAT-refund issue." I assure you, the issue is far from extinct. In fact, he doesn't know the half of it,.
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Levels of hyper-ventilation re De Ruyter's book = quite funny. Let's not engage on the merits or the content, but rather try and be sarcastic/smart about "he should have been doing his job". If you actually read the book before shooting your mouth off you might learn something.
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Just in: The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by former SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane to have the Nugent Inquiry, and his dismissal, set aside.
Court found he did not make the argument for direct access, and has other avenues available to him.
#TomMoyane
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Singh is misleading this committee. Have a look at some evidence, reservation confirmation and invoice emailed to Gupta owned Sahara CEO Ashu Chawla from the Oberoi in Feb 2015:
#EskomInquiry
#GuptaEmails
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Duplicity:
Q:Did VBS money fund EFF?
A: Heyi wena Stratcom!
Q: Did Cyril use Bosasa money?
A: It’s corruption!
Don't worry. We see you.
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Last gripe re Mbalula bulshitting on the BBC.
Tries to take credit for ANC establishing the Zondo Comm. But it was Public Protector, then Thuli Madonsela, who recommended it.
Recall that ANC figures went to court to try and stop it. You know, then president of the ANC? Zuma?
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There is a complete failure to understand how Eskom works, how power stations work, how the country works. How on EARTH did we as a country get MPs on a MINING COMMITTEE who don't even know the difference between the quality of export coal and Eskom design spec coal?
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STOP what you are doing. Watch the
#StateCaptureInquiry
- - you are about to gain incredible and unparalleled insight into how corruption in South Africa has been going down for the past 20 years, through the eyes of an insider.
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Moyane blocked the treasury’s bid to blacklist Bosasa, records show
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Surprised by my colleagues in the media today. Solly Tshitangano, who has so far refused to speak to me or my colleagues at News24, given platforms without a single question about Econ Oil. You know, the R8bn tender he was fired for supporting?
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Arthur Fraser, former SSA DG, originally speculated in his statement to police in June this year that $4million could have been taken. More details slowly emerging:
Burglars stole an estimated $600 000 in cash from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farmhouse in February 2020 – far less than the millions of dollars initially speculated to have been taken. |
@CowansView
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South African courts issue thousands of arrest warrants every day.
But when Zuma gets one, suddenly its "persecution".
No Mr Mantsha, that's how the legal system works 🤣
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Tonight, South Africa received a long overdue dose of realism about
#Covid19
. Prof Karim, erudite, clear, realistic. Now you know why you are in lockdown, and can make informed decisions. Glad we have people of Prof Karim's calibre on our side.
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WATCH | Show me one leader of the ANC who hasn't done business with the state - Ace Magashule
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@Constitution_94
You are an even bigger moron than the MPs asking the questions, apparently.
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The longer
@Julius_S_Malema
and
@FloydShivambu
do not speak on the issue of the R16-m that went to Brian Shivambu, the more they are allowing speculation to grow. The EFF branded Nhanhla Nene as corrupt for not declaring. Now they must practice what they preach and come clean.
A quick sojourn into company records has revealed the link between
@FloydShivambu
and Mr Brian Shivambu mentioned in the VBS report. He got R16-million from the now collapsed bank - Myself and
@jean_leroux
have pieced this link together for you here:
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Let's be clear. The real issue is why Ramaphosa was using an attorneys trust account to store campaign funds.
This practice suggests there is something to hide.
#BosasaDiaries
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NDPP withdraws charges against SARS trio. In her report on Gordhan, Mkhwebane copied and pasted information out of their charge sheet.
What does this mean for her report? Bearing in mind, the information she copied was factually incorrect.
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Sick of the bile on this and other platforms. 14 000 people are DEAD, gone forever - yet people who imagine they are experts seek every conspiracy theory to somehow pretend Covid-19 is a myth or a scam. It's not 'social media'. Its anti-social media. A tool to sow discord. Sies.
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They haven't identified any suspects? Perhaps we should gift the minister a subscription to News24. The evidence is on the internet.
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A day after
@News24
uncovers the identity of the attorneys who recieved the R500 000 payment from a Bosasa subsidiary and sends them questions, President Ramaphosa's letter in which he retracts his original response emerges.
#BosasaDiaries
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If lawyers for Ajay Gupya are saying they have no obligation to hand over their client (despite
#Hawks
telling the world there is a warrant for arrest) they must be charged with obstruction of justice. Finish and klaar.
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@ginamydog
Ek het jou Tweet gerapporteer vir rassisme. Kom ek herinner jou bietjie dat toe die vlag vlieg, was miljoene SA mense soos honde behandel.
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In a new twist,
@AdvDali_Mpofu
(renowned advocate by day,
@EFFSouthAfrica
national chair by night) confirmed to
@News24
that he represented former KPMG partner Sipho Malaba during the investigation into
#VBSBankHeist
.
@TeamNews24
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In that case....
Twitter keeps information on devices used to tweet from an account etc.
This is a matter of national security, considering the damage to the economy. To find the culprit, register a criminal complaint, so that Twitter can be asked to provide data. Klaar.
‘I was hacked!’ says Magashule as tweet from his ac...
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Yes, just blame the guy that was subbed in 5 minutes before the end of the game for losing the match. Your entire approach to Eskom is disengenuous and characterised by a distinct lack of reality, accountability or humility. Eskom is the ANC's greatest failure. Klaar.
We did not listen , when we were warned this guy is a non starter regrettably our detractors on the matter were right .
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Can someone please tell Pandor that the US just added 300k jobs, so the 6 900 she claims would be "self sabotage" is , in fact, a nothingburger.
The US can't afford to cripple SA, says Naledi Pandor in UK op-ed
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Statements from MK (read Niehaus) and ANC yesterday and today defending Ace Magashule on explosive new book by
@PLMyburgh
reveal chest pains abound in the ruling party.
They are even borrowing from the EFF hymn book with favourite phrases such as 'stratcom' and 'fake news'.
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The EFF protectors are out in full force on Twitter. I and other journos are now being called "gormless", "lazy" - I often work 18 hours a day, what about you? Also - watch this space.
#VBSBankHeist
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Seeing some really pathetic reporting on comments by the Electricity Minister re corruption. No context, just plain old parroting, like becuase he is a minister we must believe what he says.
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The sabotage bogeyman strikes again.
I will believe it when I see someone convicted in court.
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Renewable energy sources saved us nearly two stages of load shedding last night. Unfathomable why some can't embrace this.
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This so-called media briefing by Minister Ntshaveni was a complete, utter waste.
@GCISMedia
please stop wasting our time, and then ignoring questions that are politically uncomfortable to answer.
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Day 116 since first stories on
#GuptaEmails
published, and no action taken against any implicated.
#GuptaLeaks
#GuptaCountDown
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ANC lambasts Mngxitama's 'kill whites' comments as 'an attempt to set us back to the dark ages of apartheid'
?
shared via
@News24
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Just a quick thought. Why not sell SAA, and use the profits if any to boost Eskom?
Pride project vs necessity? Drown the pride.
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Keep an eye on
@TimesLIVE
tomorrow to find out where the lies about
@ThuliMadonsela3
being a CIA spy really came from.
#GuptaEmails
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We all owe Ivan Pillay and other former SARS officials a massive apology. We as a country owe them.
And we owe those responsible to. But it's to be determined what exactly we owe who.
#SARSInquiry
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A quick sojourn into company records has revealed the link between
@FloydShivambu
and Mr Brian Shivambu mentioned in the VBS report. He got R16-million from the now collapsed bank - Myself and
@jean_leroux
have pieced this link together for you here:
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Its also worth mentioning that without the study rollout of J&J study, the figure for South Africa would be zero vaccinations. It's March 2021 - and
@DrZweliMkhize
still wants us to believe they didn't delay discussions with vaccine makers.
The East African nation of Rwanda has managed to vaccinate 140 000 people in two days against Covid-19, while a dithering South Africa managed to reach the same number in three weeks.
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Same 'white media' that told you about all of this in the first place?
@News24
@CowansView
Ramaphosa also received 500k. WMC is defending the new dawn, theres no new dawn here, we're are being molested by white media
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Aah but thanks to the outrage a young teacher is now suspended and under investigation.
So, what now? Will we apologize for our assumptions and now false outrage?
So the pictures were indeed taken just mere minutes apart.
That debunks the whole theory that the classroom was rearranged after the picture went viral.
Pic 1 - 09:12
Pic 2 - 09:18
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Every now and then as I research another story, I come across a report or article that reminds me (like a punch to the stomach) how our country was just brazenly looted by Jacob Zuma and his cronies, the Gupta family. Outright theft. We forget far too easily.
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Jackie Lepinka, Nomgcobo Jiba and Linda Mti's former secretary has been suspended by the NPA.
She was named as one of three NPA officials who allegedly accepted bribes from Bosasa in exchange for documents and information. As reported by
@JessBezJourn
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Finally, I can start showing what I have been busy with since 18 March 2023. Here's the first piece of the puzzle:
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This recording of convo of Mti, Watson and Agrizzi = 8 May 2015.
Watson plans to lobby
@PresJGZuma
over appointment of new NDPP.
Watson met Zuma later in May.
In June 2015, Shaun Abrahams is appointed.
Abrahams withdraws Jiba perjury charges.
#StateCaptureInquiry
@TeamNews24
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.
@Magashule_Ace
relationship with the Gupta family can be traced back to at least 2006. Between 2012 and 2016, R280-m was paid to the Gupta's Estina by the FS government. They stole it. And Mr Magashule knew. Why didn't he act to stop the looting?
| FRIDAY BRIEFING | Who is next? Why Ace Magashule should be sweating
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Metadata revealed latitude & longitude of where phone was when Agrizzi took the pictures of the documents. It's the Sheraton Hotel.
This is important - forensic work has confirmed a serious bit of Agrizzi's testimony. He was telling the truth.
#StateCaptureInquiry
@TeamNews24
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10 years and billions of Rands later:
NPA ready with Bosasa-prosecutions
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"With no relief from government"
Are you kidding??? You were the president for nine years, Nine!
I give up.
Mr Jacob Zuma, through the Jacob Zuma Foundation's "My Shelter" program, provided homes for those living under the most dire conditions with no relief from Government.
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This has been the situation for years now.
Instead, the management of the University spent R30million on luxury homes for the VC Xoliswa Mtose and other execs.
The whistleblower who questioned it was hounded out of UniZulu.
Sad that situation has not changed.
This is accommodation for off campus University of Zululand students, how safe and conductive is this!!!?😟 DHET is really not interested at UZ
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All roads should,
@niehaus_carl
, lead to the homes of poor residents in the Free State still living with harmful asbestos roofing in their homes. As you traverse your road of political expediency, why not ask your hero
@Magashule_Ace
why those families are still suffering?
All Roads Lead To Mangaung on Friday. Together with our comrades will be at the Bloemfonein magistrate’s court to support the
#SecretaryGeneral
of
@MYANC
, comrade
@Magashule_Ace
.
#handsoffAceMagashule
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Dear
@PresJGZuma
.
Please can you provide the South African public with some explanation about your relationship with
#Bosasa
and the R300k monthly donations to your foundation?
We deserve it.
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