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Daily Maverick journalist. Kindness matters – now more than ever.

Johannesburg, South Africa
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
I love this person! He’s so right! I’m absolutely “mediocre” and I have a “cleva black accent” 😂😂😂☺️☺️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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5 years
A lawyer once explained this to me. If you accidentally break it, you don’t have to pay, according to the Consumer Protection Act. If retailers can prove that there was deliberate intent to destroy items - e.g. you walked into a store with a cricket bat – then you have to pay.
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Amazing how retailers flout the law, not so @wendyknowler ? Whitehouse Bed, Bath and More. Garden Route Mall, George
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2 years
A greylisting? So, what is that all about? South Africa has joined the ranks of countries that have been deemed to have inadequate anti-money laundering & terrorist financing measures in place including Albania, South Sudan, Barbados, & Yemen. A mini thread 👇🏾
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4 years
My local Spar Tops has removed the papers that covered its glass doors. It’s like the store is preparing to go back to business. A sign that the booze ban will be lifted? #Level2
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2 years
Before you say #Eskom needs a black CEO to end load-shedding, let's visit the power utility's history. Since 2000, Eskom has had 11 black CEOs. It had 8 black board chairs since 1997. At least 50 black people on its board since 1997. Racial transformation is not the problem. 1/2
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2 years
Efficient. Safe. Reliable (ish). Cheap (R9 for a Cape Town CBD to Fish Hoek journey– more than 30km). Breathtaking views. This is how I’m getting around while temporarily living in Cape Town. When functioning well, SOEs can be transformative & improve quality of life. 🚂 🚊 🚉
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3 years
If you still think the ANC cares about you and your plight after reading the Zondo Commision reports, then I give up.
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3 years
“We acknowledge that we’ve made mistakes,” Cyril Ramaphosa said in Soweto this evening. For fuck sakes, a mistake is bumping your head on a hard surface. Forgetting to pick up your kids from school. A mistake is not deliberately mismanaging the economy. Engineering State Capture
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6 years
They called us alarmist and waging a war against Bathabile Dlamini. Some called us clever blacks for revealing rot in Sassa. If I could show you the abusive emails I received, you'd be shocked. Now Sassa has recorded more than R1bn in irregular expenditure.
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3 years
Dear Ghana 🇬🇭, South Africa 🇿🇦 has suffered enough. You can keep him…For good.
@MbalulaFikile
ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula
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Landed in Ghana 🇬🇭
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3 years
Irvin Jim is showing what is fundamentally wrong with trade union bosses. Last week, a large steel employer body improved its salary increase offer to 6%. The strike could have ended then. Numsa rejected offer, prolonging the strike by a week. Now Numsa has accepted the 6% 🤯🤯🤯
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7 months
Back on the blue train in Cape Town. Still safe (lots of security guards on board). Still reliable (sticks to the schedule most of the time). Still affordable (R5,50 for a more than 30km trip (Fish Hoek to Cape Town CBD. Peak time pricing is R9). When SOEs work, life is 👍🏾👌🏾.
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2 years
I know it’s like praising a fish for swimming & a dog for barking. But André de Ruyter is probably the most visible Eskom CEO we’ve had in ages. His office rarely shoots down media interview requests & engagement opportunities. So different from that wailing Saxonwold shebeen guy
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3 years
I haven't achieved anything significant or demonstrable in 2021. Just managing to wake up everyday, pushing through the anxiety attacks and bouts of depression to be productive is enough of an achievement. I am happy with this.
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3 years
I hope the next generation benefits from the pain we are going thorugh & never experience state failure on every level. I hope their quality of life in 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦improves. I hope they never experience leaders who are doggedly committed to self-enrichment at all costs.
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2 years
If you think your career is going awry, think about Glenn Orsmond, the CEO of Comair (operator of Kulula & British Airways in Southern Africa). He has been part of four failed aviation/airline companies. They are Comair (to be liquidated), Skywise, 1time, and Sun Air.
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4 years
I don’t know what’s more laughable. #Bushiri ’s middle finger to SA’s justice system or Bongani Bongo leading a Parliamentary process to probe the circumstances around Bushiri’s disappearance. One corruption accused fled the country, the other is in Parliament. Sgebengas!
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3 years
I don’t mean to be a Debbie Downer. I’m struggling to celebrate Ramaphosa’s 100MW announcement. It took us 13 years of black outs to get to this point. Since then, so much avoidable economic & human development potential has been lost. The loss is too big to audit or quantify.
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3 years
Hey @mgigaba . You were the finance minister & delivered the budget speech in 2018. You said “we gon’ be alright” after increasing VAT to 15%. We haven’t been alright since then. Electricity & petrol prices have shot up. Oh, and you feature prominently in the #StateCaptureReport .
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3 years
See why it's important to have a Q&A session after Ramaphosa's lockdown monologue (NOT family meeting)? If there was Q&A, Ramaphosa would be asked to reflect on the criminal riots. But SA is country governed through press statements & voice notes from the Presidency.
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3 years
Where do we find respite between #loadshedding & state failure? I'm at a party, bidding farewell to another S.African friend. He's heading to London, adding to the brain drain. England is in vogue for S.Africans. I'm exasperated. My resolve in believing in 🇿🇦 is withering away.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
OPINION: Am I the only one feeling helpless that a Joburg Mayor will be selected without my input? I mean, I’m a Joburg resident for f&$@ sakes & I don’t have any say in this. Our electoral system is really shite. Cities are at the coalface of service delivery.
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6 years
Oh please, the hypocrisy! You were part of an ecosystem that looted & bankrupted Limpopo. Let me jog your memory. A report by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found that you benefited fraudulently from multimillion-rand tenders in Limpopo from the transport department 🤷🏾‍♂️.
@Julius_S_Malema
Julius Sello Malema
6 years
It's a real struggle in Polokwane! Yesterday we didn't have electricity for the whole day in Seshego and no water in town and it seems to be normalized. Our people continue with their lives as if nothing is wrong. No one speaks about it like it’s a problem. 💔
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2 years
Surely this is what hell feels like: - Stop-start load shedding, stage 4 this evening - Possible R3.50 petrol price increase in June - Inflation heading to 6% - Record high unemployment - Shocking bill at the grocery till for a few items - Pervasive State failure - And, and...
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5 years
Moody’s on the Jacob Zuma presidency: “The broader erosion in institutional strength induced by the wide-spread corruption of the Zuma administration is an important factor behind the erosion in South Africa's credit profile in recent years.” #Moodys #junkstatus 1/2
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3 years
I miss Jackson Mthembu. He understood the importance of clear communication & easy flow of information from the Presidency to the public. This acting minister is a disaster. She's dismissive. She's short with journalists & her media team. Waffles in an attempt to answer questions
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3 years
I love that judicial commision of inquiries in recent years (Zondo, Mpati, and Nugent) have supported/confirmed every piece of thorough investigative journalism in Mzansi. We’ve been tell ya. Support investigative journalist, and quality work will be delivered.
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3 years
Bill Cosby, 83 years old, has been in prison since 2019, serving his 10-year maximum sentence for sexual assault. Jacob Zuma, 79, will be fine.
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3 years
Gosh, the nation needs to disentangle itself from 🖤💚💛. Time is up. We deserve so much better!
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Clever blacks, rented blacks, 702 blacks, dogs, coconuts, white monopoly capital stooge et al. The list of pejorative terms used to refer to free-thinking black people is growing. Sadly, these terms used to describe black people are hurled by black people.
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5 years
Mbuyiseni, we both studied at Wits University. I hanged with you at the Pig, a pub for post graduate students at Wits. Your journey at the EFF has been sad to witness. You have become more incoherent, populist & drifted away from your liberalism ideology (from what I remember).
@MbuyiseniNdlozi
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
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Ronald Lamola, previous Deputy President of the anti-imperialist ANC YL, is now presiding over the imperialist capture of South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority by Donald Trumps’ United States of America.
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2 years
State failure is so pervasive. Drive in the evening on Jan Smuts Avenue, the long road beginning from Joburg CBD & stretches into Sandton (or vice-versa). All (if not most) street lights don't work. You're basically driving 15km in darkness. World class African city, se voet!
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5 years
BREAKING: The High Court in Johannesburg has granted an order for the provisional liquidation of SA Express.
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
Now there’s the problem. Your focus is NOT on rebuilding the country but the “glorious movement”. Party first over people. If the penny doesn’t drop now, there’ll still be “sad and painful” moments for your movement in 2024.
@DlaminiZuma
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
3 years
Comrades, we accept the outcomes of the first council meetings, sad and painful as it is this is a call to focus on rebuilding our beloved and glorious movement. ✊🏿
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4 years
Brian Molefe had a great career. A N.Treasury rising star, he later became CEO of the Public Investment Corporation, Eskom & Transnet. These entities are at the centre of SA's development. Today, he is tainted & waffling at the #StateCaptureInquiry . A spectacular fall from grace!
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Ray Mahlaka
6 years
29 hours and counting without electricity in my neighborhood. Fed up with being in a house without electricity, I’m off to my hometown of Soweto, where I know Eskom and ANC wouldn’t dare impose load shedding. Especially during an election year.
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2 years
Looting season is officially open...
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
You know what is sickening about this? Departmental budgets & crucial service delivery programmes have been cut since 2020 to free-up funds for the Department of Health to shore up its Covid-19 response. But Covid-19 funds were channelled to hair, acrylic nails & false eyelashes.
@dailymaverick
Daily Maverick
3 years
SCORPIO EXCLUSIVE R1m from Digital Vibes deal bankrolled hair salon, nail boutique for Minister Zweli Mkhize’s son, daughter-in-law By Pieter-Louis Myburgh @PLMyburgh
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Remember how the Radical Economic Transformation crowd told us to ignore credit rating agencies & their rating decisions because it was "white people problems/issues". That SA would develop its own credit rating tools that rate SA & the continent favorably. Republic of Madness.
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Ray Mahlaka
2 years
I shouldn’t be surprised. But it’s astonishing that SOME senior government officials arrive late to meetings. Not being tardy for a few minutes – but hours. They pitch up without apologising. We’ll never professionalize public service with such a pernicious attitude towards time.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
A personal request. Mr @CyrilRamaphosa , if you decide to extend the lockdown, can you restore every service for at least 24 hours? A day for personal grooming (for me, an urgent hair cut). A day to replenish wine in homes. A day to do whatever we want before lockdown continues.
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2 years
Feck, a Takealot order that’s en route to delivery will force you to stay indoors all day – even when you have errands to run. Takealot’s “before 5pm” delivery instruction is awful. Hope Amazon retail will do differently in 🇿🇦.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
No surprise. Old Mutual has blocked Peter Moyo from returning to work for the third time. Eric Mabuza, Moyo’s lawyer, says, Moyo still plans to return to work. But next time he will be flanked by a sheriff of the court to enforce two court orders that reinstated him as CEO.
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This is so problematic. Don’t do this. A cleaner once told me that they are accused by hotel management of stealing and their salary is docked when room items are missing.
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5 years
OPINION: The ANC speaks about SAA’s woes like they come from outer space – somewhere in the ether. Like the party was a helpless bystander while the airline was looted over the past two decades. And like its political deployees at SAA never had a hand in collapsing it.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Giving a political party, which secured 0.11% of the national vote, a platform and oxygen. I just don’t see how will it enhance/enrich the debate. Someone, please convince me otherwise.
@IOL
IOL News
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A visibly angry #BLF leader Andile Mgxitama has arrived at the Pietermaritzburg High Court to support former President #JacobZuma . He says Zuma is being lynched by the judiciary to settle political scores. Video: Sihle Mavuso/ @IOLPolitics
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Ray Mahlaka
1 year
Back on the glorious train in Cape Town. Still R9 to commute from the deep South to Cape Town CBD, a more than 30km journey. The train is clean, safe & reliable (ish). When SOEs work and are service-orientated, they can can improve quality of life.
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3 years
I’ve always believed in the power of vaccines – even the one for Covid. After testing positive for Covid, my belief in vaccines is stronger. I’m experiencing mild symptoms: an uncomfortable cough, sore throat & fatigue. All symptoms are tolerable, thanks to being fully vaxxed.
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Ray Mahlaka
6 years
Trevor Manuel’s testimony saddens me. It shows that gov has a dearth of dexterous individuals like Trevor, who was a key architect of SA’s world-renowned Constitution. Now we are left with 30 percenters in the ANC with no basic grasp of the Constitution & their duty to uphold it.
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Ray Mahlaka
2 years
I can’t imagine being a highly qualified & experienced transport expert & having to account to Mbalula. I can’t imagine being an expert, who brings a scholarly approach to transport policy, & having to account to a dimwit whose career highlight is being loud at ANC NEC meetings.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Why is Cyril quiet throughout this debate about the central bank? His silence makes him appear weak & with a backbone of a jelly fish. For heavens sake, he is in the middle of raising $100bn in investments in the next 5 years. Ace Magashule is a threat Cyril’s investment target.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
Sjoe, the Judge Tolmay judgment on the Dudu Myeni delinquency is a must read, especially for all directors/executives in SA.
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
Anyone else feeling extremely exhausted, defeated, exasperated, demotivated and all kinds of crappy feelings? I think I’ve been on autopilot since early this week, ignoring all feelings. All the emotions are finally catching up with me – in one fell swoop.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Let me tell you something about Michael Sun. He is a deeply committed and humble public servant. An impeccable custodian of public safety in Jozi. Always on the ground, accessible and passionate. His resignation is a big loss to the city and its residents. Oh & you are horrible!
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
I hope newsroom managers will offer journalists unfettered access to clinical psychologists. Fully sponsored! Journalists have been threatened by communities, robbed, dodged rubber bullets, & discovered dead bodies. The psychological truma of this will have a lasting impact.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
Ok, what follows after condemning?
@MYANC
African National Congress
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@MYANC condemns in the strongest possible terms the behavior of its Member of Parliament (MP), Boy Mamabolo.
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
All it took for Nhlanhla Nene to resign as finance minster was revelations at the state capture inquiry that he met with the Gupta family. Meanwhile, Zizi Kodwa, Gwede Mantashe & others, who allegedly received benefits from state capture enablers, are hanging on to their jobs.
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Ray Mahlaka
2 years
Load-shedding inspired inequality. The widening gap between the haves & have nots; those who can buy themselves out of the electricity crisis by installing solar panels & those who cannot afford this costly exercise. @MYANC , what you have done to 🇿🇦& its people is unforgivable.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
Judge Dennis Davis says he has never "seen anything like this", referring to the fact that the SAA business rescue proceedings are now running for nearly seven months with no end in sight. Such proceedings, by law, shouldn't run for more than 3 months.
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5 years
Eskom should use the 21 day shutdown period to be aggressive in its maintenance of old power stations. Demand for electricity will be lower, the perfect moment to not screw up maintenance. #CoronavirusInSA #Covid19SA
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
I’m writing an article & including what Shamila Batohi said about the state capture project costing SA R1.4trn over the past 9 years. 1.4 FUCKEN TRILLION RAND. That’s a shit load of money. Opportunity cost is lost. Sorry for the profanities. The figure has hit me hard.
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4 years
OPINION: Jirre fok! The alleged state capture architects have engineered new careers in Parliament. They have gleefully moved on as if nothing happened. Spotted in Parliament committee meetings in recent weeks: Mosebenzi Zwane, Faith Muthambi, Sfiso Buthelezi.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
Gosh, don’t be a doos at shopping malls by shouting at grocery store till operators & other professionals in the service industry. Everyone is doing their best to accommodate you during a pandemic. Yes, long queues & slow service is incredibly frustrating. But don’t be doos.
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Media colleagues, I think there was consensus that Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s monologue-style pressers had no news value. Where do we draw the line with #JuliusMalema ? I think it’s prudent to draw the line when journalists are being attacked,hate & misrepresentation of facts are spewed.
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I'm gutted 💔💔. Mike was a lovely guy. A gentleman, & so patient. He'd never make you feel bad for asking stupid questions. In fact, he'd encouraged it. Journalists owe their careers to this man. A gem. We’ve lost our ‘uncle in the economics business’ -
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6 years
My distrust for politicians and SOE officials is going into overdrive. How the hell do all six electricity generation units at Eskom become faulty in seven hours. All damn six units! Something ain’t right. Something is fishy here.
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
Time after time, we tell you about the importance of investigative journalism. That such journalism is expensive to produce, should be funded & cannot be offered to the public for free. @PLMyburgh 's work on Digital Vibes underscores the above. His reporting has been vindicated.
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
Why is big business/CEOs afraid to call out the government for its mismanagement of the economy? Time after time, they lick the government’s ass & cower. I’m at Cyril’s investment conference. Parallel universe; everyone is excited about 🇿🇦. Nobody calls a spade a spade. Cowards!
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Not even engineers, a once critical profession for SA's economy & industrialization, are spared from joblessness. My Uber driver this evening is a qualified civil engineer. She has been unemployed for 4 years. She gave up searching for a job & became a driver. She's content.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Happy 7th birthday to the National Development Plan (NDP). Remember the NDP? The policy that wants SA to become a capable state & pencil economic growth of at least 5% every year? It was adopted by Parly on 15 August 2012. It’s gathering dust while SA launches NHI. Good luck 🇿🇦
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
OPINION: There's truly no convincing business case for saving SAA. Launching a new SAA requires R10.3bn in new money from the government but the airline is expected to have a negative cash flow position (cumulative) of nearly R60bn between financial years 2021 and 2025 😱😱😱.
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COMMENT: Iyoh, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is so underwhelming as a minister. How did we get here? Everything is about the fourth industrial revolution. It’s the panacea to all of SA’s problems. I sense she doesn’t even know the mechanics of the revolution. We’re in big trouble.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
It's astounding that some of the state capture enablers managed state entities/agencies with impunity & gleefully hounded out anyone who dared to question them. They now get to the #StateCaptureInquiry & want to be treated with kid gloves. Tsek!
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Ray Mahlaka
2 years
This Tourism SA monologue reminds me of that Nkandla fire pool presser with a sweating Nkosinathi Nhleko. The modus operandi is simple. Defend the madness at all cost, throw untested numbers around, waffle, show a modicum of emotion, & insult the public's intelligence.
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Ray Mahlaka
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The red berets and onesies always say that Brian Shivambu was not mentioned in Adv. Terry Motau’s VBS Bank heist report. “Give us evidence implicating Brian in the looting of VBS,” they always say with vigor. Well, @PaulivW delivers the evidence. Brilliant investigation 🙌🏾.
@dailymaverick
Daily Maverick
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SCORPIO: The Great VBS Heist: How the Shivambu brothers benefited even more By Pauli Van Wyk @PaulivW
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Ray Mahlaka
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OPINON: I worry about 🇿🇦's economy & welfare of people post #Covid19SA (if there's even such a thing). I wonder if @tito_mboweni , National Treasury technocrats, SARB, economic cluster, policymakers & business could host a similar #ProfKarim technical briefing but on the economy.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
And this is why we, media colleagues, have to be selective about featuring so-called newsmakers on serious issues. Duduzane, who has no medical & government policy expirience/authority, is opining about the pandemic & mechanics of a lockdown. What is his criticism backed by?
@TheCitizen_News
The Citizen News
4 years
Duduzane tells Zuma why total Covid lockdown was wrong, and civil unrest is coming
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Ray Mahlaka
6 years
Oh no, don’t lump all black people into your madness. Not this black.
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Ray Mahlaka
6 years
Why does the ANC ignore the best public policy minds? Jeremy Cronin has the best land reform solution. Instead of expropriating land without compensation rather focus on security of tenure i.e proving title deeds. But of course, the dumber you are in the ANC, the better.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
Haibo, how can you ask this question AFTER giving SAA R10.5 BILLION?
@tito_mboweni
Tito Mboweni
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Ok. Do we need a National Airline? Maybe that’s the question? Is it?
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Cyril Ramaphosa should add the following in his speech: my fellow South Africans, please remember that corruption is built into this economic recovery plan. It’s an important centerpiece of this plan. #EconomicRecoveryPlan
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Ray Mahlaka
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The book has hit a raw nerve. It validates your brilliant work @PLMyburgh . I picked up a copy of the book this afternoon. My thoughts so far? A riverting read!
@PenguinBooksSA
@PenguinBooksSA
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Furious discussions with security #AceMagashule #GangsterState
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
Moeletsi Mbeki: “The reality is, the ANC’s serious primary concern is to control state revenues. They see the state as the goose that lays the golden eggs. The debate within the party is about how the omelette is divided, not how it is made.”
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@RayMahlaka
Ray Mahlaka
3 years
You're such an awful human being. So vile! I cannot wait for your comeuppance and to gleefully report on it.
@DZumaSambudla
Hon. Dudu Zuma-Sambudla
3 years
Cape Town…We See You! Amandla ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽!!!
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@RayMahlaka
Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Oi, Is Ramaphosa smoking his socks? What a stupid thing to say. Politicians think the business rescue process is like a 21st birthday bash.
@XoliMngambi
Xoli Mngambi
5 years
[BREAKING NEWS] Pres Ramaphosa says government is “not in agreement” with SAA Business Rescue Practitioners canceling many domestic and some regional flights. He says a Minister will make an announcement soon. Are politics/politicians starting to meddle in the work of the BRPs?
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Ray Mahlaka
2 years
Hell, Eskom is probably the most racially transformed company in SA. Racial transformation even goes further in Eskom's mid-to-senior management level. Eskom is not the most transformed when it comes to gender. No woman has led the power utility or its board in decades. 2/2
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
A German friend tells me that South Africans are too obsessed with home ownership. He thinks it’s “crazy” to be tied to a bank mortgage for 20 plus years. “In Germany, we rent forever. Some of us even die without owning a property,” he says.
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@RayMahlaka
Ray Mahlaka
6 years
I’ll say it again. The only way for the ANC to self-correct will be for it to lose national elections in May. It cannot self-correct when it’s still in government and has levers of power. At the heart of its problems is the jostling for power and control of resources.
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Tolokazi
6 years
Ace Magashule SG of @MYANC confirming that Malusi Gigaba, Bathabile Dlamini, Mosebenzi Zwane and Nomvula Mokonyane are all in party list @TeamNews24
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
OPINION: It's really laughable to see Mosebenzi Zwane chair a Parliament committee on transport — a process of law and accountability. Accounta-f$%ken-bility! 🇿🇦🇿🇦is really alive with possibilities. A land where you can reinvent yourself.
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Ray Mahlaka
4 years
Ramaphosa says Covid-19 taxpayer funds will be returned where goods have been stolen or were over-priced. Can we start at the Andidikwe's Eastern Cape with this mess👇🏾.
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
OPINION: I'm so glad that voters continue to reject the African Christian Democratic Party. The party is rejected during every election cycle. There's no space under the democratic sun for a political party that is homophobic, provides a platform for hate & exclusion. Voetsek!
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
I have recovered from my meltdown. My eyes are bloodshot from crying like an infant. Mom & dad have received the Covid jab. My hard-work in isolating both from public life & people over the past year has paid off. I'm still weeping! Someone stop cutting onions.
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Ray Mahlaka
2 years
Eskom is in bigger trouble, especially at the top. With André de Ruyter gone, there is no permanent CEO. Eskom has no permanent head of generation. Jan Oberholzer, the COO, is set to retire in April 2023. There's probably an exodus at the middle to senior management level.
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@RayMahlaka
Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Time after time, the sleuthing by @amaBhungane & @SamSoleZA is vindicated by commissions of inquiries. The PIC inquiry has confirmed AmaBhungane’s reporting on how PIC funds were used to prop-up entities owned by Iqbal Survè & other politically connected individuals. Well done!
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
BREAKING: The high court has set aside Peter Moyo’s dismissal as Old Mutual CEO as unlawful. Old Mutual has been interdicted from appoint a new CEO. This means that Moyo gets his job back.
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
Now “sold out” should have been the title of the book. So fitting!
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Hon. Dudu Zuma-Sambudla
3 years
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Why is the media still giving him oxygen and a platform? Come on guys, as a subject, Andile is not news worthy. There is no value he adds to the election debate and analysis. #SAElection2019 #SAElectionResults
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eNCA
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BLF leader Andile Mngxitama says black people are tenants in South Africa. #ElectionResults #eNCANow Courtesy #DStv403
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
Praising fishes for swimming is so unnecessary and downright stupid.
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Ray Mahlaka
5 years
It’s nice to work for state-owned entities. Being awarded inflation-beating salary increases is the norm. SAA offered employees a 5.9% increase. I know many employees in the private sector who haven’t received a salary increase in years. Let’s not even talk about a year-end bonus
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Ray Mahlaka
3 years
Whoo, honey @mgigaba . Are you ok? A heads-up, you are mentioned several times in volume two of the State Capture report. Not in a good light. From Transnet to Denel. Eish!
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@RayMahlaka
Ray Mahlaka
3 years
Here's my Peter Matlare story. He was the CEO of Tiger Brands. I was to interivew him on the company's results. I was a young reporter. As it was my turn interview him, I fell & my belongings scattered on the floor. Peter helped me up & gathered my belongings from the floor.
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