Newsi

14/04/2023

"DIRCO’s policy position on the Palestine issue appears to be led by the narrative offered by Hassan Nasrallah, chief of the Lebanese terror movement Hezbollah, which claimed on Thursday that recent world developments were serving “the axis of resistance” against Israel" says the SAZF.
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/the-worlds-only-jewish-state-under-attack

The SAZF calls on DIRCO to end their hostility towards Israel, by adopting a de-hyphenated approach to the conflict between Palestine and Israel, in a manner that correctly reflects the extreme suffering, loss of life and violence experienced by Jewish people at the hands of Palestinian extremists a...

03/04/2023

"These failures on the part of Google is startling, especially considering that in 2022, Google’s ad revenue was $224.47 billion dollars" ~ says Reactionary Times' Editorial Director Julio Rivera.
https://www.newsi.co.za/opinion/how-google-is-enabling-cybercriminals-via-malvertising

Hackers have recently been exploiting the Google ads platform to victimize individuals and entities in both the private and public sectors. Reports indicate that Google has been duped into running fake ads for products and services such as Adobe Reader, Microsoft Teams, OBS, Slack, and Thunderbird.....

28/03/2023

"South Africa remains a free society. It has a large economy with a resilient business community, a hardy agricultural sector and a sophisticated infrastructure" ~ Terence Corrigan, IRR.
https://www.newsi.co.za/opinion/thoughts-for-a-time-of-uncertainty

South Africa remains a free society. It has a large economy with a resilient business community, a hardy agricultural sector and a sophisticated infrastructure. It has an uncowed civil society, a diverse and pretty much unhindered political landscape, a free media and independent courts. It has avoi...

22/03/2023

Hamas and PIJ both are listed are designated as terrorist organizations by Australia, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/hamas-and-palestinian-islamic-jihad-representatives-speak-at-university-of-cape-town

Hamas and PIJ both are listed are designated as terrorist organizations by Australia, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

16/03/2023

"The does not use its billions of euros to create infrastructure and better the lives of the people. is a terrorist organization openly hell-bent on destruction. The people have been hijacked by these entities."
https://www.newsi.co.za/opinion/does-the-anc-actually-care-about-the-fate-of-palestinian-people

Would it not be wonderful if the ANC stood for, as it states, freedom for all, including the Palestinian people who want freedom from corruption and including the Israelis who want to live without fear of terrorism? With all the ANC is failing to deliver, an area of truth-telling and reconciliation....

13/03/2023

"..the President approves, in writing, all international travel for Ministers and Deputy Ministers, making Ramaphosa personally responsible for this wastage" ~ Dr Leon Schreiber MP.
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/minister-patricia-de-lilles-international-tourism-costs-taxpayers-r2-4-million-within-3-years

The R2.4 million spent by taxpayers on De Lille’s global jet-setting is made possible by chapter six of the Ministerial Handbook, a document for which there appears to exist no legal basis whatsoever even though it costs South Africans billions of Rands every year. The Handbook stipulates that the...

09/03/2023

"Central to this narrative is a rather dark impulse of division and exclusion. This is intrinsic to what we call populism, an approach to politics that posits an unresolvable struggle between the reprobate and the virtuous – and it’s an old technique, usefully deployed by the badly compromised" ~ Terence Corrigan.
https://www.newsi.co.za/opinion/a-land-claim-for-the-whole-of-south-africa

‘Symbolic support’ is how the HSRC described it. Data from Afrobarometer and the Institute of Race Relations support this in showing that land reform is a priority for a small part of the population. And this would be a good description of what the former President and his foundation are engaged...

07/03/2023

"The Minister of Electricity and of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, will add an additional R74 million to the public wage bill."
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/ramaphosas-reshuffle-adds-more-fat-cats-and-shows-no-accountability-says-da-leader-john-steenhuisen

"It is important to note that the new Minister of Electricity in the Presidency, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, nearly singlehandedly wiped out the City of Tshwane with a smart meter contract declared highly irregular by the Auditor General when he was the metro’s mayor. If Cyril Ramaphosa thinks that Ram...

02/03/2023

The animals are left to fend for themselves- no game rangers, no vets, no security. It is open to poaching & vandalism. Roaming game causes damage to crops & serious risk to motorists.
Major missed eco-tourism & jobs opportunity by this municipality.
www.newsi.co.za/environment/da-asks-spca-for-urgent-intervention-in-neglected-henk-joubert-nature-reserve

The reserve and its game are registered property in the name of the Tswaing Local Municipality. Sadly, the reserve is open to poaching and vandalism because it is not fenced securely. Roaming games not only cause damage to nearby crops, negatively affecting the businesses of farmers but also pose a....

27/02/2023

Of 's 3 477 clinics & hospitals, 32% achieved platinum status - which means 100% in the category for non-negotiable vitals, more than 80% in the vital category, more than 70% in essential & important categories.
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/only-55-of-health-facilities-have-achieved-ideal-status

Of the country’s 3 477 clinics and hospitals, only 32% have achieved platinum status, which means they achieved 100% in the category for non-negotiable vitals, more than 80% in the vital category, more than 70% in essential and important categories.

26/02/2023

The impassioned speech by DA EC Provincial Leader Andrew Whitfield, MP, showed a genuine determination to better people's lives.
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/changing-the-lives-of-south-africans-for-the-better-most-important-mission

The impassioned speech showed a genuine determination to better people's lives.

25/02/2023

When generation was untangled from the rest of the state-owned monopoly in China, between 2003 and 2006, new generation companies added over 237,500 MW to the Chinese grid.
https://www.newsi.co.za/opinion/south-africas-bailout-of-eskom-wont-end-power-cuts-splitting-up-the-utility-can-as-other-countries-have-shown

Here’s what happened when generation was untangled from the rest of the state-owned monopoly in China. Between 2003 and 2006, new generation companies added over 237,500 MW to the Chinese grid. That’s the equivalent of delivering nearly 10 Eskoms in three years.

23/02/2023

“We believe this information was a preparation for future lethal operations,” said U.K. Security Minister, Tom Tugendhat.
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/uk-security-minister-confirms-iran-mapped-jewish-targets

“We believe this information was a preparation for future lethal operations,” said Tom Tugendhat.

22/02/2023

"Digging South Africa out of the hole it finds itself in would be an opportunity for corruption with few peers – and given the fact that an election awaits around the corner (along with a sense that the enrichment prospects may be drawing to an end) the incentive for exploitation is large indeed" ~ T Corrigan.
https://www.newsi.co.za/opinion/action-not-empathy

President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address attracted a vast amount of commentary, almost all of it negative and cynical. For a country at boiling point, the event was watched not only for a sense of what his government intends to do, but for a sense of empathy with the frustrations of the p...

21/02/2023

Cape Town has proactively sought & been granted an exemption from National Treasury from ordinary procurement rules, that will allow it to pay businesses & residents cash for selling their excess back into the grid.
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/da-announces-the-solar-access-bill

In a groundbreaking move, the City of Cape Town has proactively sought and been granted an exemption from National Treasury from ordinary procurement rules, that will allow it to pay businesses and residents cash for selling their excess electricity back into the grid. The DA now wishes to bring the...

17/02/2023

Minister Lamola said this even though Dr Schreiber had quoted directly from the Commission, which found the practice to be unlawful, and from the Framework for the Professionalisation of the Public Sector, which says cadre deployment must be “ditched.”
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/justice-minister-defends-cadre-deployment

Minister Lamola said this even though Dr Schreiber had quoted directly from the State Capture Commission, which found the practice to be unlawful, and from the Framework for the Professionalisation of the Public Sector, which says cadre deployment must be “ditched.”

14/02/2023

"Citizens’ trust in government should be rebuilt by rooting out corruption and rendering much required public services. After six SONAs, the people of South Africa need you to act decisively, Mr President" ~ S Solomon.
https://www.newsi.co.za/opinion/2023-state-of-the-nation-address-a-balancing-act

Citizens’ trust in government should be rebuilt by rooting out corruption and rendering much required public services. After six SONAs, the people of South Africa need you to act decisively, Mr President.

13/02/2023

The average Ceres farm usually has an bill of R400 000 per month, but the bill skyrockets to over R1 million in permanent stage 2 , through the costs of to run .
https://www.newsi.co.za/news/blackouts-could-permanently-damage-more-than-181-000-hectares-of-permanent-crops-in-the-wc