SA needs R75 billion fund for roads
29 May 2010 0 Comments
WHY THIS MATTERS: we already pay 175c per litre of petrol as a fuel levy which initially was meant to be used for road maintainance but which has now become part of the general fiscus.
Billions needed for SA roads
19 Apr 2010 0 Comments
The maintenance backlog for these roads is estimated at some R75bn. While no figure can be attached to the backlog in respect of gravel roads, their condition is certainly worse than that of the tarred roads.
Fund mooted for R75bn roads crisis
13 Apr 2010 0 Comments
This decision follows government’s national road audit, which showed that 80% of the country’s roads have surpassed their 20-year lifespan.
13 Aug 2010
Home Affairs staff question colleagues’ stay at hotels
Several angry KwaZulu-Natal Department of Home Affairs staff want to know why their bosses put colleagues up in posh Durban hotels even though they live in the city.
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Carbon-tax grab is arbitrary, dangerous and inflationary
The government claims this is an environmental measure aimed at reducing emissions and protecting the environment.
Continue reading03 Aug 2010
Apartheid kingships to be abolished
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has accepted a recommendation by a traditional leadership commission that SA lose six kingships
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