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I try to stay off social media. But this needs to be heard loud and clear: Mondli Makhanya | Beasts of no nation news24.com/news24/southafric…
The state is broken, but we dare not abandon the state - amaBhungane amabhungane.org/comment/comm…
De Ruiter’s immediate departure from #Eskom. Here is the show that caused all the trouble — My Guest Tonight With Annika Larsen enca.com/shows/my-guest-toni…
'Never too late for justice': Pikoli urges NPA to investigate 'blocking' of apartheid cases | News24 news24.com/news24/southafric…
This from the same @MbalulaFikile who cannot run a train, and whose qualifications to run a party are limited to the evening variety. I fear this will set us back on the coal path, but of course coal cannot happen for planning and financing reasons, so no new energy at all.
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I say it again. From New Dawn to Familiar Sunset. Brace yourself, SA.
From @amaBhungane the most convincing details yet of the coverup to protect the president. It is always the coverup that gets the president in the end. From New Dawn to Familiar Sunset, here we go again. Brace yourself SA. amabhungane.org/stories/2206…
DESNÉ MASIE: FTX crypto scandal is investment story as old as time businesslive.co.za/bd/opinio… #crypto #FTX via @BusinessLiveSA
Indeed a great victory for the Left. Though Lula has his smallanyana skeletons too, at least the trumpist destruction of social values — and indigenous forests — will be paused. Too bad the EFF have no similar redeeming features.
It's OFFICIAL: President @LulaOficial is elected as President of República Federativa do Brasil against the West’s imperialist support of his Fascist opponent Bolsonaro. We the progressive Left forces of the world embrace and celebrate this decisive victory! #LulaPresidente2022
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Clean Energy, Electric Cars Are Hitting Tipping Points for Global Mass Adoption bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-…
Steinhoff kingpin Markus Jooste’s assets seized — about time! Surprised there’s anything left to seize. businesslive.co.za/bd/nation…
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The collapse of old king coal part 2:how unrealistic targets created an energy crisis - amaBhungane amabhungane.org/stories/2210…
Absolutely gripping yarn from @sajournalist @amaBhungane. Takes us on a tour of political, technical and even psychological insight to explain why loadshedding is the new normal. Braced for part 2. amabhungane.org/stories/2209…
Indeed. Here @SamSoleZA and I broke the very first story on Chancellor House’s stake: mg.co.za/article/2007-11-23-…. From there it went further south: huge price escalations and delays, design faults and crap welding, and a US corruption conviction. And all but the ANC get blamed.
The absolute gall. Mbeki criticises Eskom for a crisis firmly rooted in his administration ignoring warnings to build new capacity; then heeding them with crazy mega-projects driven by corrupt benefit for his party’s funding vehicle, Chancellor House. businesslive.co.za/bd/nation…
The wheels of justice turned slowly but have ground exceedingly finely. This will make a huge contribution to transparency in SA political contestation. Well done @amaBhungane, @Dariomilo and his team at Webbers, and counsel @sbudlender and Tshidiso Ramogale.
This was a great victory. The fact that it was a unanimous judgment is testimony to the tactics, preparation and presentation of our legal team - and @amaBhungane's careful strategy of choosing cases to widen transparency and accountability. Viva!
Does it not make sense to detest natural resources (of the fossil kind) that are killing our planet, and embrace natural resources (of the green kind, with which we are even more abundantly blessed) that are our best current hope for a liveable future?
The truth and hypocrisy about desktop green energy is that they wabt South Africa to hate its natural resources, in favour of vanity green projects.
They don't call out this Hypocrisy from European nations...
Must read: If this does not put a final nail in Zweli Mkhize’s coffin then we can only be living in SA. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…