Tue May 21 00:13:27 SAST 2013

Officials get R800m from tenders

Jul 25, 2012 | Hlengiwe Nhlabathi Political Reporter | 81 comments

MUNICIPAL officials and their families have pocketed more than R800-million of taxpayers' money in the awarding of tenders at various municipalities around the country.

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Jul 25, 2012

Pointman

The figure could just be the confirmed amount. The actual amount might be astronomical. No wonder the ANC wants letgislation to gag the media.

The day is soon coming when they will dispense with tender rigging altogether and loot the treasury directly - because they can. Wake up citizens.
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Jul 25, 2012

Traveljunie

viva ANC!

keep voting ANC, they are obviously to stupid to stop tender corruption, so we can all go on moering each other with Möet just like Juju.
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Jul 25, 2012

MommaC

"...part of R11-billion mentioned in the report as having been spent in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure"

JASSIS !!!!
Hulle kan mos geld vreet ne?
What is the bet that completely NOTHING happens about this?
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Jul 25, 2012

guiliano

Is this what we are voting for? this is a shame.
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Jul 25, 2012

SOLUTIONS

As I said yesterday, people voting for the anc must please go for a brain scan. If you go for a brain scan and there is nothing, please shoot yourself or ask for guidance because you obviously cant make decisions yourself.

OUT WITH THE anc
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Jul 25, 2012

Traveljunie

Yes Momma that money could have been used for our tolls, schools. . . . .aaagh fak it whatever, these people do not give a sh!t.

That is nearly R2200 each for every one of the 5milj odd tax payers in the counrty.
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Jul 25, 2012

MommaC

Oh, by the way, the City of Cape Town also failed to get a clean audit report.

So much for the idea that any political party is worthy of a vote.
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Jul 25, 2012

phalaphala

ANC OFFICIALS WHO CARES THE MONEY IS IN GOOD HANDS
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Jul 25, 2012

Kgaoza606

Limpop Premier Castle Mathale got his 20% share of the R80 million, Juju, maybe 15%...
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Jul 25, 2012

Arewanga

That's y i will never vote ANC if the president is still Zuma, stupid president. He must just open his own taxi rank and leve this government alone.
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Jul 25, 2012

spatch

Sooner, rather than later, the econmy collapses and everyone goes home to their mud huts in the rural villages where they die a slow painful death from starvation and related diseases.
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Jul 25, 2012

hulas

11 Billion has been squandered by anc cadres.On top of that municipal managers will be smiling all the way to the bank because their bonus are guaranteed.Until the majority of voters realise that anc is bad for our country money will always disappear from public purse.
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Jul 25, 2012

Doculam

I reckon that the leaders in government (all levels) sit together on weekends with their Johnny Walker in hand and tell each other how "they" fought for every ones freedom and now its payback time.
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Jul 25, 2012

hulas

One hopes the so called anc integrity commitee will spring into action and recover this money...
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Jul 25, 2012

zino

here is the report whats next?
nothing however for AG is a job well done for compiling this report hence he will get a good bonus even though actions wont be taken against those who are on the wrong.
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

"This is according to auditor-general Terence Nombembe's 2010/11 consolidated report on the performance of local government. It reveals that the municipal workers either owned the companies that received the tenders or they were friends or family of those companies."
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This is exactly what the leadership of the ruling party inspires; so why should we expect any better from the employees who look up to these people?
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

@SOLUTIONS
You know what? Whilst I share your frustration of people who keep voting the ruling party in power; insulting them would not change their mind for them. There are multiple reasons why people vote for the ruling party and most of them are indeed sentimental rather than logical. But your approach to this issue may also a contributing factor why many blacks would continue this way, so please tone down!!!
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Jul 25, 2012

Rragwe

it is time that the tender process must come to an end,private companies mus be appointed on each an every project
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

IM BACK!!!

* Well done to KZN for achieving the highest clean audit in South Africa. WCape, better pick up your socks.


Are these the same corrupt officials reported here that got given "Final Warnings"?
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

@Rragwe
it is time that the tender process must come to an end,private companies mus be appointed on each an every project
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Let me tell you something; private sector is very corrupt as well; the only difference is that people there do not receive the same publicity that government is receiving. Having said that I must hasten to state that I am not by any means promoting corruption. There is necessarily nothing wrong with tenders if the necessary checks and balances are performed prior to the tender being issued to confirm that it is issued to a legitimate company and no nepotism was involved and such a company would be able to deliver on its mandate and clearly outline what are the consequences of such a failure. The problem today is the wrong application of a possibly very good idea.
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Jul 25, 2012

hulas

Sinudeity_:I am frustrated that you are back,I was under the impression that you are gone forever like Jaja queen and Mabbeza Eastern Cape .
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Jul 25, 2012

Mellow

And they keep voting for them well they'll keep fcking them up pity the rest of us have to suffer in the process as well... ANC ANC ANC the sooner ppl wake up the better.
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

hulas - You can never keep a good man down :P
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Jul 25, 2012

malemaforpresident

Get connected Walala wa limala baba get your share also what are you waiting for manna from heaven?
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Jul 25, 2012

malemaforpresident

This is part of economic freedom wake up
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Jul 25, 2012

Lehido

Zuma included
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

malemaforpresident - "This is part of economic freedom"

Part of economic oppression dude. No money, no services. No economic freedom.
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

Im abit confused though, what does a malema supporter know about economic freedom?
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Jul 25, 2012

malemaforpresident

@Sinudeity
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CHIEF YOU SNOOZ YOU LOOSE
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

malemaforpresident - You mean theft? This is corruption dude. This is a handful of cadres, enriching themselves at the cost of thousands of other people.
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

malemaforpresident - In fact, a few of these cases of corruption happened in the WCape... You still saying 'snooze you lose'?
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Jul 25, 2012

xhosagirl

giving this report time and again wont stop this fraudsters of stealing our money, the question is how are we gonna recover the money? we want our tax money back
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Jul 25, 2012

malemaforpresident

Sinudeity_
malemaforpresident - In fact, a few of these cases of corruption happened in the WCape... You still saying 'snooze you lose'?
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Chief i have got few millions in my account but Terrence wont arrest me get real baba
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Jul 25, 2012

SOLUTIONS

MGEEZ
@SOLUTIONS
You know what? Whilst I share your frustration of people who keep voting the ruling party in power; insulting them would not change their mind for them. There are multiple reasons why people vote for the ruling party and most of them are indeed sentimental rather than logical. But your approach to this issue may also a contributing factor why many blacks would continue this way, so please tone down!!!
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Your perception, I don't care, my comment was guidance, public blog, if you don't like it, cheers.
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Jul 25, 2012

sabza007

11 Billion Rand !!! You can buy Zimbabwe , Swaziland and Lesotho with that money with everything in it.
Seriously though, this is too much. What I hate about some Senior officials in the ANC is that they don't make noise about these corruption cases because they are part of it. The person who makes noise about corruption is Zwelinzima Vavi, he must fear for his life.


Jail term is the solution to those found guilty. This thing that they will be disciplined ''internally'' and made to repay back this money is utter rubbish. We want to see Red Ants and Asset Forfeiture Unit seizing properties of those found guilty.
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

malemaforpresident - You keep your corrupt millions, and I will keep my gold mines :P
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Jul 25, 2012

Madlenya

I might be misconstrued sacarstic but my concern is that it is not divulged whether tenders' mandate were satisfactorily implemented? Tender awarding is not a one person decision but protocol adherence. If this is compromised all the stakeholders should be liable of sabotage too. The stakeholders of tender processing should press the alarm before its too late, to avoid one dirty finger dirtens the rest on auditor's findings.
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Jul 25, 2012

xhosagirl

People who are busy voting ANC are those babymakers who depend on grants forgetting that is our tax money supporting their lazy asses
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

@SOLUTIONS
MGEEZ
@SOLUTIONS
You know what? Whilst I share your frustration of people who keep voting the ruling party in power; insulting them would not change their mind for them. There are multiple reasons why people vote for the ruling party and most of them are indeed sentimental rather than logical. But your approach to this issue may also a contributing factor why many blacks would continue this way, so please tone down!!!
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Your perception, I don't care, my comment was guidance, public blog, if you don't like it, cheers.
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Apparently being rude is your strength (unfortunately that is my weakness); indeed this is a public blog and that should mean public decency; but then again considering your area of strength, what would you know about that? Did you ever read the rules for partaking on the public blog? I suggest that you do. You call what you wrote guidance??? I wonder where did you grow up and which schools you went to what society bred you; where people are taught to shoot people whom they disagree with or alternatively have brain scans performed on them? Perhaps you should read the meaning of the word guidance as you are reading the rules of blog.g.ing here.
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Jul 25, 2012

spatch

R11 billion is the drop in the ocean. Hardly worth mentioning.

But when you do the math you will find that since 1994 R4'ish Trillion has dissapeared into hidden pockets.....


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Jul 25, 2012

ModiseP

I was telling myself were is Municipal burget.The Municipal burget is in the pocket of the leadership in a big way.Leadership distributed Municipal burget amongst his relative in a big way.Delivering need thorough administration and to be honest,administration is not Pap and Vleis.It need theory and experience of particular job.You come with your theory,you won't make it but experience make it.Politicians are not administrators and forced themself to administration intention to benefit out of taxpayers money.That's what auditor general report says.
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Jul 25, 2012

malemaforpresident

Sinudeity_
malemaforpresident - You keep your corrupt millions, and I will keep my gold mines :P
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in my home soil bloody thieves tsheek
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

malemaforpresident - Snooze you lose :P
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Jul 25, 2012

Buc4life

Good Morning All
Remember that conference about 2nd transition. Our president said that service delivery protests are caused by inequalities. WTF? The municipalities are rotten to the core. Basic services are supposed to be provided by the municipalities, but most of them seem to be helping themselves with public funds. There was an interesting article in some article I read. the writer asked; should everything be tendered? This was in response to the Limpopo textbook crisis. The government is tendering services some of which they could do themselves. It is ludicrous.
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Jul 25, 2012

s.cold

there is nothing new here
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Jul 25, 2012

Fred55

The ANC is rotten from head to toe and must be voted out or this country will looted until it becomes a destroyed and failed state.

We are getting very close. Can we afford another 4 years of ANC pillaging of our tax money and resources for another 4 years after 2014-another 6 years????

Getting rid of Zuma and his cronies is not going to help.

Only when the ANC is voted out of power and cadres and corrupt state employees, politicians and tenderpreneurs start going to jail for long terms will the rot stop.

Am I wrong? Do people honestly believe that the ANC has the political will to pull this country straight or that it even cares?


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Jul 25, 2012

UKUFA!

Soooo this is what they call economic freedom.
Amandla
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Jul 25, 2012

MicaParis

Its a matter of doing nothing and looking good whilst doing it. So many words, and very little action to indicate their meaning. The pomp and fanfare that accompanied by political heads, pales significantly at the disdain and ignominy that welcomes these audits. Damn! Its like throwing all ones seed into the sea, repeatedly, and then coming back to be surprised by no results, time and time again in a perpetual
manner. Is it so hard for our politicians just to learn to grow up? Are they so comfortable in their retarded positions? Do we think, at all, or just utter a lot of rubbish without meaning, hoping that someone will help make sense of our nonsense? Watering a stone in anticipation of greener pastures will never take our poor masses anywhere as nobody really cares about civilians or do you believe Comrades on their antic of a ''better life for all'' no it is a ''better life for them and their families''
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

Buc4life
Good Morning All
Remember that conference about 2nd transition. Our president said that service delivery protests are caused by inequalities. WTF? The municipalities are rotten to the core. Basic services are supposed to be provided by the municipalities, but most of them seem to be helping themselves with public funds. There was an interesting article in some article I read. the writer asked; should everything be tendered? This was in response to the Limpopo textbook crisis. The government is tendering services some of which they could do themselves. It is ludicrous.
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Good morning; Government is suppose to go on a tender for any amount of half a million and more. They are not suppose to go on a tender where such services could be provided for internally. The tendering itself is not the problem; but the application of this process is. i think that tendering could add a lot of value and assist in efficient service delivery if properly implemented. the real problem here is the cadres who give tenders to the comrades or get kick backs from the same. This problem is compounded by staff who (due to their lack of good moral values) collude with these comrades to defraud the system. But above all; the main contributing factor is the fact that 9/10 nothing will be done to the perpetrators of these ills!!
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

MGEEZ - "The main contributing factor is the fact that 9/10 nothing will be done to the perpetrators of these ills!!"

Thats not true!

They were given "Final warnings".
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

@Sinudeity_
MGEEZ - "The main contributing factor is the fact that 9/10 nothing will be done to the perpetrators of these ills!!"
Thats not true!
They were given "Final warnings".
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Hahahahahahahaha; if you wanted to make me lough, you have been successful!!! Surely you do not believe that is commensurate to the offense, do you? You certainly got me loughing though I'll give you that one>
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Jul 25, 2012

Maratachelete

I give up,the African National Crisis is at it again,and I'm not surprised there,because if they are found out,they will be suspended with full pay and benefits,so it will be a sabbatical for them,as always.
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

MGEEZ - :)

Dont worry, if it was up to me, corrupt politicians would face the firing squad.
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

@Sinudeity_
MGEEZ - :)
Dont worry, if it was up to me, corrupt politicians would face the firing squad.
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That now would be a good deterrent; however in our country it would be unconstitutional!!!
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Jul 25, 2012

MTTPA

The ANC GOV of today don`t care about the poor. they should costitude the law that says no more tenders and cotracters but to destribute that money in farms to create jobs. they must as well dectate the to the companies how much money to pay the workers. food in the market be reducest to meet the poor.
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Jul 25, 2012

mthosam

what a stupid pomposity, they call it fancy for steal from us. they even boost in public, take it to broadcaster and say " we have looted R800 M, we have double our effort, no one will touch us. very stupiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid. where are Pro bonos and NGOs to take up this mess to court?.

South Africa need individuals companies (law firms) wealthy individual (sophomores) to correct the situation. we fail I see assassinations, political serial killers, then civl war. we cannot affort to fold hands.
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Jul 25, 2012

Bebesocs

I wonder why does Sowetan not expose those fat cats of OR Tambo municipality in Mthatha, over the weekend I read one paper talking about the situation in that town, where the municipality did not pay the workers and they did not make means to clean the town and they knew that visitors are coming because it is Mr Mandela's birthday, Mr Alexander reported that they are trying but the municipality led by Mr Mncube is not pulling to such an extent that he returned R560 million back to Pretoria instead of cleaning the town or buying the trucks that collect refuse. To my opinion he returned (Mncube) that money after he has taken a good share for himself, How can that municipality not clean the area knowing that people like Mr Clinton are coming to town, how can they allow those Pakistanians leave their refuse in the streets? The whole town is in anarchy, dogs, cats, people are walking up and down disregarding the traffic lights. That councillors in Mthatha have ulterior motives how can they boycott Madiba's birthday? How can they not prepare the town for the visitors? The corruption in that municipality is more than that of Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal, I wish Mr Nombembe can investigate, and Thuli Madonsela need to investigate those fat bastards. Those are the people who put in our faces that ANC is non-functional, most of the people in those offices were never ANC members thats why they left the town like that.
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Jul 25, 2012

Msiphos00

I have to apply for work at the Municipality
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Jul 25, 2012

Impela

SOLUTIONS
As I said yesterday, people voting for the anc must please go for a brain scan. If you go for a brain scan and there is nothing, please shoot yourself or ask for guidance because you obviously cant make decisions yourself.

OUT WITH THE anc
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In with who?
I still believe that people are generally intelligent enough to know who to vote for without being coerced through insults. Smart campaigning is likely to win votes rather than arrogance of suggesting majority voters are brainless. Those insults win no votes believe you me, they do the exact opposite of what you desire. And you ARE supposed to be smart!!!!
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Jul 25, 2012

SOLUTIONS

MGEEZ
Apparently being rude is your strength (unfortunately that is my weakness); indeed this is a public blog and that should mean public decency; but then again considering your area of strength, what would you know about that? Did you ever read the rules for partaking on the public blog? I suggest that you do. You call what you wrote guidance??? I wonder where did you grow up and which schools you went to what society bred you; where people are taught to shoot people whom they disagree with or alternatively have brain scans performed on them? Perhaps you should read the meaning of the word guidance as you are reading the rules of blog.g.ing here.
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If you don't like my posts don't read it, easy as that, I said nothing about people shooting people, please read my comment slowly again. Here is some guidance to you, go for a scan.
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Jul 25, 2012

SOLUTIONS

Impela

I still believe that people are generally intelligent enough to know who to vote for without being coerced through insults. Smart campaigning is likely to win votes rather than arrogance of suggesting majority voters are brainless. Those insults win no votes believe you me, they do the exact opposite of what you desire. And you ARE supposed to be smart!!!!
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Done my research, telling someone something long enough they start to believe it and change their ways. funny isn't it, and you tried to sound smart.
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Jul 25, 2012

mabeno

Mnxim!!!
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Jul 25, 2012

My5cent

@MommaC
Oh, by the way, the City of Cape Town also failed to get a clean audit report.

So much for the idea that any political party is worthy of a vote
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Please read the following:

http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=314505&sn=Detail&pid=71616

Especially the part of making the opposition chair the committee looking into some of these findings ;)
Now that's how a government should work. Open book. BTW. City of Cape Town only had findings. They got their 8th consecutive unqualified audit report (unqualified is good even though it doesn't sound like it lol )

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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

@SOLUTIONS
As I said yesterday, people voting for the anc must please go for a brain scan. If you go for a brain scan and there is nothing, please shoot yourself or ask for guidance because you obviously cant make decisions yourself.
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If you don't like my posts don't read it, easy as that, I said nothing about people shooting people, please read my comment slowly again. Here is some guidance to you, go for a scan
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I think that you have serious issues than i initially thought!!! The two statements above comes from you and for some reason known to you in the second one you claim that you said nothing about people shooting people!!!! Yet your first paragraph above clearly states that
"If you go for a brain scan and there is nothing, please shoot yourself or ask for guidance because you obviously cant make decisions yourself."
I think you need to take your own advise!!!
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Jul 25, 2012

Onestone

all of them are stealing from the rest... cANCer sucks you can not believe..... you idiots!!! keep on voting for the stupid, incompetent anc... who ever votes for the anc is stupaad, braindead and even a bread has more brains than you do!!
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Jul 25, 2012

Mzabalazo

Unfortunately all this does not mean much to the rest of us South Africans, corruption is an accepted thing, actually it is normal, that will be proven ion election day, all the corrupt thugs will be voted back
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Jul 25, 2012

MicaParis

@SOLUTIONS
As I said yesterday, people voting for the anc must please go for a brain scan. If you go for a brain scan and there is nothing, please shoot yourself or ask for guidance because you obviously cant make decisions yourself.
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Apartheid agents and advocates never end even in the new era of democracy!! Paul Kruger will never resurrect unfortunately! Now I guess you understand who should under go that kind of scan! It must be non other than children who were born in 1990 like you! You are very intelligent and suitably smart to be a black South African Youth!
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Jul 25, 2012

SOLUTIONS

MGEEZ
@SOLUTIONS
As I said yesterday, people voting for the anc must please go for a brain scan. If you go for a brain scan and there is nothing, please shoot yourself or ask for guidance because you obviously cant make decisions yourself.
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If you don't like my posts don't read it, easy as that, I said nothing about people shooting people, please read my comment slowly again. Here is some guidance to you, go for a scan
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I think that you have serious issues than i initially thought!!! The two statements above comes from you and for some reason known to you in the second one you claim that you said nothing about people shooting people!!!! Yet your first paragraph above clearly states that
"If you go for a brain scan and there is nothing, please shoot yourself or ask for guidance because you obviously cant make decisions yourself."
I think you need to take your own advise!!!
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lol lol lol, I can see you are in need of a scan, please read my comment slowly, once again like everyday you are making your name a.ss with not reading the content. My sentence, "please shoot yourself or ask for guidance" where did I state people must shoot people, your comment, "where people are taught to shoot people" .. Now please, where did I say people must shoot people. Now go for that scan, small boy.
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

Ja, if its not people hitting on each other, its people fighting about silly little things.


Sowetan :P
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Jul 25, 2012

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MicaParis

You are 100% wrong, it is not about apartheid agents but people looking for democracy. People do not understand that you can vote a government out that is full of corruption, how big an idiot must one be not to realise these people are stealing from you and the poor. Must they first come into ones house and take your tv in front of you before you realise that they are stealing from you.

If someone is taking your tv without consent you will bliksem them, why does the people not do it with the anc and bliksem them with their votes.
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Jul 25, 2012

Sinudeity_

SOLUTIONS - Zuma said one true thing three weeks ago:

"South Africans dont understand democracy".
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Jul 25, 2012

Dikmol

I'm tired of this. I'm never voting the ANC ever again. This is the promise of a better life for all.
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Jul 25, 2012

SOLUTIONS

Sinudeity_
SOLUTIONS - Zuma said one true thing three weeks ago:

"South Africans dont understand democracy".
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I heard that, I actually thought that he came to his senses and in a hidden message with his words told the people to vote for another party because the anc can just not handle running the country. I wonder how many followers got that.

If everything has gone completely to the dogs he is going to say, "but I told you so in that message"
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Jul 25, 2012

KEKGATHETSE

ke kgathetse
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Jul 25, 2012

child4real

Ok people of this country.seemingly we are having a problem and we are acknowledge its presence. For us to now go back to where the problem started is not going to help,but if there will be any solution are we willing to accept it,or isn't it time for a change in our mind set regarding the political status of the country?
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Jul 25, 2012

BraSipho

Never ANC never again!!

All a bunch of thieves and some are rapists!!
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Jul 25, 2012

Phuphethakatha

@BraSipho
Never ANC never again!!
All a bunch of thieves and some are rapists!!
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From the first citizen, right from the state prez down...
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Jul 25, 2012

MGEEZ

@SOLUTIONS
lol lol lol, I can see you are in need of a scan, please read my comment slowly, once again like everyday you are making your name a.ss with not reading the content. My sentence, "please shoot yourself or ask for guidance" where did I state people must shoot people, your comment, "where people are taught to shoot people" .. Now please, where did I say people must shoot people. Now go for that scan, small boy.
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You do not get it do you? Insulting others does not make you any better than those whom you R insulting. I asked you to read the rules for blo.gg.ing and hirtheto its evident that you have not bothered to. To stimulate a meaningful debate you have to refrain from using vulgar and derogatory terminology. Which ever technicality that now you think you are hanging on; you did say that people must go for a brain scan; you did say that they should shoot themselves (yes you never said each other); but I did not expect you to turn that into an argument because it never was a point and you know that. But if it makes you feel good; keep insulting people; but guaranteed you will not achieve anything by doing that, instead the ruling party will win again, precisely because there are too many people like you around, who can not argue but resort to insults and condescending attitude!!!
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Jul 25, 2012

jnrb

@ MicaParis
"Do we think at all, or just utter a lot of rubbish without meaning, hoping that someone will help make sense out of our nonsense?"

I quite like that.

However, here the plan is simple: The ruling elite will look after themselves, friends and family. The ignorant masses are only good for their vote at election time when you can buy them with empty promises. As for the rest of the time, it is important that the ignorant masses remain ignorant and uneducated – that allows the ruling elite to have an advantage over them and do the necessary looting without too many uncomfortable questions being asked. Just look at the recent textbook fiasco as one example. I rest my case.
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Jul 25, 2012

MicaParis

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MicaParis

You are 100% wrong, it is not about apartheid agents but people looking for democracy. People do not understand that you can vote a government out that is full of corruption, how big an idiot must one be not to realise these people are stealing from you and the poor. Must they first come into ones house and take your tv in front of you before you realise that they are stealing from you.

If someone is taking your tv without consent you will bliksem them, why does the people not do it with the anc and bliksem them with their votes.
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I share your sentiments very well Comrade SOLUTIONS, but the question is , Do we have a perfect replacement for the caANCer, we were born in the ANC , our vision is to make it better by getting rid of Comrades like Yenkeni, Mathale, Masemola, famous Angie and Malema, sure enough we will get it right. We cannot vote ANC out of power thereby going from bad to worse, that will be foolish my Chief!
We clearly does not have no relevant quality and brilliance to succeed the ANC, you cannot surely tell me about Lindiwe ''buyme icecream and lolipop'' Mazibuko and Hellen ''apartheid product'' Zille and say they will be our democratic top managers! Some of us are very clever enough to ignore voting for DA even if our beloved brothers keep on shitting on us.
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Jul 25, 2012

Impela

Impela

I still believe that people are generally intelligent enough to know who to vote for without being coerced through insults. Smart campaigning is likely to win votes rather than arrogance of suggesting majority voters are brainless. Those insults win no votes believe you me, they do the exact opposite of what you desire. And you ARE supposed to be smart!!!!
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Done my research, telling someone something long enough they start to believe it and change their ways. funny isn't it, and you tried to sound smart.
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Research? You? The funny thing is that you did your research!
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