Stop abusing taxpayers’ money
09 Jul 2010 0 Comments
Eskom is asking us to tolerate huge increases in the price of electricity, without being able to guarantee that the lights won’t be going off periodically for the next few years. Yet it and other state-owned entities (SOEs) have happily spent millions of rand on World Cup tickets for employees, customers, suppliers and other “stakeholders”.
Red card fat-cat soccer bonuses
30 Jun 2010 0 Comments
Sunday Times Editorial: South African football is about to receive a once-in-a-lifetime windfall because this country has hosted one of the most financially successful World Cups ever.
PetroSA spent R12,5m on World Cup tickets
29 Jun 2010 0 Comments
PetroSA splurged R12.5 million on 1, 000 tickets for the World Cup, while the Central Energy Fund (CEF) spent R140, 000 on seats at the world’s biggest sporting event, says Energy Minister Dipuo Peters.
Eskom’s R12m ticket splurge
25 Jun 2010 0 Comments
While Eskom is embroiled in heated wage negotiations that could lead to blackouts, the Mail & Guardian has established that the troubled power producer spent R12,6-million on football tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup — including some of the priciest tickets available.
Vuyisa Qabaka on Radio 786
24 Jun 2010 0 CommentsAn interview on Radio 786 where Vuyisa Quabaka discusses the issue of how much is being on Soccer World Cup tickets by government departments.
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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.
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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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