The government may be aiding and assisting the commission of an internationally wrongful act by selling millions of weapons worth billions of rands to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Outa Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was supposed to present his ideas to parliament this month, but that also hasn’t happened. An E-toll gantry is seen along the N1 near Roodepoort, 28 February 2021. Picture: Michel Bega
Here’s a brief timeline of the e-tolls fiasco
6 March, 2019: The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) decides at a board meeting that it will no longer pursue criminal action against motorists with outstanding e-toll debt.
8 August, 2019: Sanral advertises a tender for a new six-year contract to collect e-tolls. This in reaction to the fact that the existing contract, with Electronic Toll Collections (ETC), is about to expire on 2 December, 2019.
At least 56,000 people – that we know of – have died since Covid-19 hit South Africa in early 2020. We can only imagine how many of those lives could have been saved if they had had access to credible public health information from government.
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni (Photo: Waldo Swiegers, Bloomberg)
Government says is working on fixing the numerous problems at Brand SA, the state-owned enterprise meant to promote South Africa’s image
Former general manager Petrus de Kock says the SOE is on the verge of collapse, as there is no executive committee and several vacant executive positions.
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the job to fix Brand SA began under then Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, who died in January.
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government is working on fixing the numerous problems at Brand SA, the state-owned enterprise meant to promote South Africa’s image.
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