BREAKING: The Hawks & Bidvest ProteaCoin have arrested an alleged kingpin of a fuel theft syndicate that has been targeting the Transnet fuel pipeline. The 35 year old was arrested in Pretoria after two alleged accomplices were caught with 8000 liters of fuel in Vrede.
I'm really excited to join the Newzroom Afrika team. Looking forward to bringing you insightful and in-depth coverage on
#NewzroomAfrika
channel 405. Send us your stories. Tune in!
Every South African, at a certain point, sees the ANC for what it is, and stops seeing what they hope the ANC could be/should be. As journalists, it's very important we report on what it is, and not on what is should be or what we want it to be. The ANC is not ours. SA is ours.
Another devestating story on tonight at 7PM. I really struggled to stay composed while filming.
It's hard to accept people are starving and that govt isn't helping.
In the Eastern Cape,
@GiftoftheGivers
feeds nearly 23 000 people per day. Corene Conradie is the regional coordinator and says malnutrition in the province should be declared a state of disaster. Join
#CarteBlanche
this Sunday 7pm on
@MNet
channel 101 for the full story.
South Africa has lost one of its finest broadcasters. Truly, a man of the people. A kind hearted, considerate storyteller. Derek Watts genuinely cared about this country.
My condolences to colleagues at
#CarteBlanche
and all South Africans who knew and loved him.
I am finally Covid-19 free. I emerge from isolation nearly unscathed, with a weaker sense of smell 😤 Thank you all for your prayers and concern. JAH guide always.
Happening Now: Former DDG of mineral resources dept Joel Raphela is being rushed to hospital after he appeared at Randburg Magistrates Court on corruption charges. Raphela is struggling to speak or walk. He's accused of R100m corruption involving Optimum and Tegeta.
Disembarked at Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland after 26 hours on the tarmac and 13 hours in the air.
Frustrated but relieved.
Not clear if we'll make it to St Petersberg in time for the African Peace Mission meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
🙏🏽
BREAKING: A man has been shot dead in
#Tashas
at Rosebank mall in an apparent hit. Eyewitnesses say two men entered the popular restaurant and fired multiple shots at the businessman before fleeing on foot through the Rosebank Firs.
#eNCA
Hate him or love him, CJ Mogoeng is prepared to accept the consequences for publicly expressing his faith, does not hide his truth, or backbench his beliefs. He refuses to dilute his strong views for the public. In an age of deception and half truths, I respect that. I really do.
I didn't see a "clash" in
#Brackenfell
. I saw EFF members being assaulted by residents of Brackenfell after one of the fighters beret was snatched off his head and he tried to get it back. No "clash" of opposing sides charging at each other. Show me that clash video.
Finally back in SA. Never been this happy to arrive in Pretoria.
I have a lot to say about this trip. Hope to publish something soon and share my reflections on
#Newzroom405
this week.
I'm disappointed at the attack on Rastafarians by our media colleagues in the Sunday Times today. Such a headline, at a time when South Africa's position towards cannabis and Rasta culture is becoming more progressive, sets us back in the fight against perception.
Now on SAfm retired SANDF general Mojo Motau denies he is behind unrest in SA or is taking part in it. He says he doesnt know and has never met or spoken to Thulani Dlomo. Says he won't sue DM SSA minister Zizi Kodwa for claiming he is behind it, cos Zizi is broke.
@AldrinSampear
BREAKING: Former Crime Intelligence head Richard Mdluli has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.
3 YEARS -kidnapping.
1 YEAR - assault (to run concurrently)
2 YEARS - assault GBH.
Duarte says if branches nominate someone for leadership who has been criminally charged, the branches right to elect such a person will be respected. But once that person has been elected they will be expected to step aside immediately after their election.
#ANCNEC
Another black farmer in the area says since January 5 black farmers (one a commercial farmer with more than 5000 hectares of land and a big business) have been killed. He says not even one police officer came to meet with black farmers. No media. Nothing happened.
#FarmAttacks
A giant of South African journalism. One of a kind. Thank you for setting the standard so incredibly high. For the masterful storytelling week after week on
#CarteBlanche
.
Rest in Peace Mr Derek Watts. You paved the way. My condolences to the Watts family. 😭🙏🏾
One of the kindest, most generous professionals to ever do it. The room disappeared when he spoke to you. Even as a colleague, he made me feel like I was Mother Theresa. Condolences to Belinda and his children, Tyrone and Kirstin.
Just voted at Buccleuch Primary, the line is moving incredibly slow. 3 hour wait time for most. IEC officials struggling with signal on the iPads. Generally processing everyone very slowly.
Proud to have made my mark!
PS - take your baby, skip the queue!
#SAelections2024
South African doctors clubbing together to set up a private hospital to prioritise patients over profits.
We are an incredible bunch in SA. The best of the best while going through the worst.
#CarteBlanche
JUST IN: South African president Cyril Ramaphosa confirms that SANDF troops are in northern
#Mozambique
's Cabo Delgado province trying to secure the town's of Pemba and Palma, and are evacuating South Africans from the area. Ramaphosa spoke outside Methodist church in Soweto
A
#SchweizerReneke
resident confronts members of AfriForum who arrived at the school this morning over racism and parents bringing guns onto the school property.
@eNCA
JUST IN: Former president Thabo Mbeki has written to ANC deputy pres Paul Mashatile to question why ANC rejected the Phala Phala report in parliament, among other matters. In the signed letter,
#Mbeki
says the way the ANC voted suggests there is something to hide.
#Newzroom405
PA West Rand leader Bruce Nimmerhoud, in the dock, sent voice note in which he allegedly incites violence: "When we take over West Rand on Friday Gauteng province will know we are serious... comrades I'm asking u please block off the roads... N14 R28 and Main Reef road."
BREAKING: The teacher of the
#SchweizerReneke
primary school class where pupils were allegedly separated based on their race has been suspended with immediate effect, says NW Education MEC Sello Lehari.
@eNCA
20 people have been suspended here at
#Tutuka
which includes the power station general manager and senior managers. In 2020 there were three weeks when
#Tutuka
wasn't sending out a single megawatt, while 2000 people worked here. Update on suspended managers expected soon.
Cyril Ramaphosa is chased away from a door to door visit in Duncan Village by Nini Zenzile. Her son was involved in a crime and police failed to help her despite opening a case.
#ANC106
Tonight on
#CarteBlanche
we reveal how foreign nationals are smuggled into Johannesburg and how some of them end up being trafficked. We visit the Randburg CBD where it's all happening in plain sight.
Don't miss it!
The blame for how dangerous it is getting into and out of Ellis Park falls squarely on the City of Johannesburg.
What are public representatives for, if not to protect and develop these important areas in the city?
#EllisPark
#CarteBlanche
The President of South Africa is openly running a business; making money privately. So, what motivates the buyers at today's auction? Must be the Stud Breeders Society's exceptional quality of animals and definitely not the fact that the seller is head of state. 🤷🏾♂️ God bless us.
JUST IN: President Cyril Ramaphosa says he only learnt about former president Jacob Zuma's release on medical parole after the decision was taken by DCS commissioner Arthur Fraser. He was responding to question on whether he gave the green light.
Thousands of people line the streets of Braamfontein waiting for the
#Springboks
world cup trophy parade. Students, professionals, scholars and even matrics. The vibes are electric in Braam.
Anton Koen, the security analyst who posted the
#VIPProtection
police brutality video, tells
#CarteBlanche
he received threats that he would be "dealt with" after making many "enemies".
#Ramaphosa
says there is no evidence to suggest white people are disadvantaged by affirmative action and bursary schemes. He says the evidence shows it's almost still as good as it was, for them, under apartheid.
#SonaReply
Nqaba Bhanga fighting against Gqeberha's decolonisation.
Like Ngqika going to the Dutch for help to fight Ndlambe then both of them losing land? Like the Mfengu & Gqunukhwebe fighting alongside British against Maqoma/Sandile in the Waterkloof?
Go ahead, Nqaba Bhanga. We see u
HAPPENING NOW: Businessman Deon Pillay, accused of paying a R1 million bribe to secure an R8. 5 million tender from
@CityofJoburgZA
is appearing in court on charges of fraud, theft and contravening prevention of organised crime Act.
#Corruption
A model of the
#Mooikloof
Mega City Developmemt, on Garsfontein road, Pretoria East. It's social housing in an affluent area of the capital city. It's meant to undo Apartheid spatial planning and design.
President
@CyrilRamaphosa
receives briefing from CEO Stephen Brookes on the new development which addresses the spatial and social inequality of the South African urban fabric, providing access to lifestyle services previously inaccessible to individuals in lower income groups.
#Ramaphosa
: The return of the land to the people from whom it was taken is a task for all of us. This is a collective task. It’s not the task of the ANC alone. It belongs to all of us. Julius, Mmusi and Mr. Lekota, it’s your task as well.
#SonaReply
#PublicProtector
Mkhwebane says there is possibly a strategy underway to bankrupt her and therefore make her unfit to hold office as PP because it's difficult to remove a PP: "But we will continue with our work and if I perish, I perish."
Goldman Sachs CEO Colin Coleman ends his discussion with president
@CyrilRamaphosa
by saying the investor community fully supports him. This after a candid chat about Ramaphosa's vision for the SA economy. What an endorsement. I don't think that ever happened in the Zuma era.
As we suspected, we won't be going to Russia and the attempt at covering the African Peace Mission to Ukraine & Russia ends with us staying in Warsaw for two nights before flying home.
Security says we couldn't get clearance to fly over Hungary -- to go to Russia.
😵
🙏🏽
An amount of R250 000 was paid into the private account of Phumulo Masualle. Mthembu (head of EC treasury) approved the payment of public funds into a private account in violation of the PFMA. Her conduct was improper and constitutes financial maladministration.
#MadibaFuneral
High court finds
#EFF
SARS statement, alleging
#TrevorManuel
had a corrupt relationship with Edward Kieswetter, is defamatory. EFF ordered to apologize to Manuel on Twitter and in a statement, pay Manuel R500 000 in damages and are interdicted from making similar remarks. 💥
Good morning from
#Mooikloof
mega city development in Pretoria East, President Cyril Ramaphosa is launching. Balwin Properties is developing 50 000 units (studio and family) that will sell from between 499K and 899K.
Tonight
#CarteBlanche
was able to expose the mistreatment of special needs children by the South African state.
This is because of the unrelenting commitment of
@TarryLee
who is determined to bring change to Ikhwezi Lokusa.
The gunfire salute continues at
#KebbyMaphatsoe
funeral. Semi-automatics, glocks and pistols. Could there be a few of Prinsloo's Z88s being fired here as well? Hard to tell.
#SchweizerReneke
The school says the pupils were separated based on language (Afr/Eng), not race.
That's the same reason Curro Roodeplaat gave when the same thing happened a few years ago.
@eNCA
As South African journalists we are holding a vigil for our colleagues who have been killed in targeted attacks by the IDF in Gaza.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
BREAKING: South Africa Constitutional Court orders parliament to change legislation in 24 months to allow cultivation, possession and use of cannabis in private or a private place. Court declares sections of the drugs and trafficking act invalid.
#dagga
big day 4 da HERB!!🌲🌲🌲
JMPD and Joburg EMS are in the city centre where they have already confiscated 4 bakkies full of fireworks from vendors selling or storing it illegally.
#Fireworks
.
This is such an incredibly important story. It shatters any preconceptions that Russian billionaires are somehow more caring and will act in the interests of the poorest South Africans.
Tonight on
#CarteBlanche
A Russian oligarch and the fourth largest manganese mine in SA… Why are poor villagers receiving food parcels instead of annual dividends? That's
#CarteBlanche
this Sunday at 7pm on
@MNet
channel 101.
@MasaKekana
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;
Psalms 121:1-3 N
#TshelaThupaRally
EFF president Julius Malema arrives to thunderous applause and cheers from EFF supporters at Orlando Stadium. Photojournos and broadcasters jostling for space as usual. There's gotta be a better way to manage this.
JUST-IN: The judge's office has confirmed that judgement in the
#KarimaBrownvsEFF
application will not be handed down before the elections. Judge Dippenaar has asked for further submissions from both parties.
Depressing footage of the state of Knysna from the air and in the water now on
#CarteBlanche
It's clear the council is in dissary and it's causing water shortages and sewage spills; dangerous for a tourist town.
Why would the DA settle for parliament when the objective of the DA has always been federalism? This moment is best suited to negotiate for devolution.
The DA didn't contest to make laws, it contested for executive power. Control over police, railway and ports in WC.
MKMVA members march into the marquee while Gwede Mantashe is still busy speaking. They're singing in support of fmr presdient Jacob Zuma, pointing at Mantashe. Many of these MKMVA members are unhappy with Mantashe cos he supported their disbandment and is seen as against JZ.
JUST IN: ANC in Tshwane confirms its "junior cllrs" were called into a meeting with mayor Randall Williams where he lobbied them to support the proposed R26bn alternative energy contract for the city. ANC says its cllrs rejected this request.
#Tshwane
Correction: The South African wine industry wasn't born. It was created through the seizure of Khoe land and the expulsion of Khoe and their livestock from land they had used for generations.
𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 🇿🇦 🍇
On this day, 362 years ago, the South African Wine Industry was born. This is the world’s only industry with an official birthday (2 February 1659).
Ian Cameron from Action Society just said something that encapsulates the problem in SA.
"Now we have to tell the whole world just to get a murder case investigated,"
#CarteBlanche
When it's one state entity selling to another - is this reasoning sensible?
Surely the cabinet should be lobbying for the state to always buy at the best price? The lowest price?
According to Minister Gwede Mantashe, government cannot be transparent about PetroSA's diesel contracts because "it's trading with fuel" which is a "highly-contested field in the market". Is this enough reason to keep multi-billion rand deals under wraps?
#CarteBlanche
Malema warns Maimane that the DA's stay in the metros will be determined by your attitude towards expropriation of land without compensation. "Anyone opposed to exproproation without compensation is an enemy of our people"
#SonaDebate
De Lille: People with a combined monthly household income of R8000 will qualify to afford a house here. The government subsidy is available to individuals who earn between R3000 and R22 000 a month. All civil servants will be able to afford a home here or nearby.
#Mooikloof
JUST IN: Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse confirms Action SA has asked for the creation of a deputy mayor position in the COJ which will be occupied by an Action SA candidate.
#JohannesburgCoalitions
Viktor Vekselberg's United Manganese Kalahari mine picked up the bill for the ANC's Nasrec conference in 2022. Between UMK and its partners Majestic Silver Trading and Chancellor House, the ANC received 55 million over 2 years.
All while beneficiaries suffer.
#CarteBlanche
#Takealot
has a lot of questions to answer about the alleged counterfeit products on sale on its website. Not just from customers - sellers too.
#CarteBlanche
#PublicProtector
Mkhwebane says she's noted this mornings
#ApartheidFlag
judgement in favor of Ernst Roets and Afriforum, and it seems SA judges have a long way to go.
JUST IN: Dr Murunwa Makwarela has been reinstated as
#TshwaneMayor
with immediate effect, after providing a certificate of rehabilitation in response to claims that he was an unrehabilitated insolvent. City Manager Johann Mettler has withdrawn the notice of vacancy.
#Newzroom405
#Ramaphosa
says PP violated the PP act by failing to provide him with an opportunity to comment on the remedial action. He says he will seek an urgent judicial review of the report.
#GavinWatsonMemorial
Mokonyane thanks the Watson family on behalf of the ANC. "Thank you for taking some members of the ANC to university. For building them houses when they came back from exile, for taking their kids to school. Thank you."