Public sector strike: "Workers of the world unite!"

Led by a communist crybaby, union workers in the South African government continue trying to shut the country down.

Westbury residents lose faith in South African police

Residents of Westbury in Johannesburg say the suburb is run by gangsters and crooked cops.

Striking government workers threaten to shut down SA economy

Public staff across South Africa may shut down our economy as part of a wage dispute.

A Chinese dawn is ahead for South Africa

 In recent years, the Chinese regime has made massive inroads into South Africa’s social fabric. They have influence over telecommunications and public infrastructure, as well as light and heavy industry. A pertinent example is how the state-controlled entity charged with maintaining our roads has just awarded several major construction contracts to Chinese firms instead of South African ones.

 

As reported by News24, “The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has stunned SA's embattled construction industry by awarding three of the five tenders it cancelled in June to Chinese firms. SA's construction industry is a third of the size it was a decade ago, mostly due to a decline in infrastructure spending by the state. Between 2018/19 and 2020/21, Sanral spent less than half of its government grant, and in 2021/22, it left R8 billion of its R21 billion budget unspent.

 

“Among the stalled tenders re-awarded last week was one for the Mtentu Bridge on the Wild Coast, which is to be one of the world's highest bridges and Africa's longest bridge once built. The R4 billion contract was awarded to the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) in a joint venture with a firm called Mecsa. The previous front-runner for the contract was 100% black-owned Concor.”

 

To be clear, China’s involvement in this country and on the continent more generally has nothing to do (in my view at least) with cross-cultural friendship. As I see it, the Chinese Communist Party recognises that our leaders are weak and corrupt, so there is great opportunity to strip this place of its still considerable resources. Gaining soft power through bribes and diplomacy is far more efficient than an overtly hostile takeover.

Another deadly weekend in South Africa

Multiple South Africans died violently in several attacks this weekend.

KwaZulu-Natal slow to recover from extreme flood damage

Many residents of KwaZulu-Natal are still struggling to access water following extreme flooding earlier this year.

Social media is becoming a curse

Inside the South African energy crisis

A deep dive into the failure of Eskom and how South Africa's power grid could be saved.