By nadere bestudering van die Freedom Charter is dit duidelik dat die ANC en sy kaders Suid Afrika gaan plunder totdat daar net ‘n beeld oorbly van ‘n land wat deur ‘n sprinkaanswerm toegesak is, kaalgevreet en skoongestroop van sy opbrengs en selfs sy vermoë om verder te produseer.

Wat vinnig en onomkeerbaar herverdeel kan word is natuurlik geld. Of dit nou deur korrupsie, bedrog, diefstal, wanbesteding of salarisverhogings geskied maak werklik nie saak nie. Dat daar egter elke jaar minder en minder vordering met dienslewering en instandhouding in Suid Afrika gemaak word, is vir almal waarneembaar.

Volgens Statistiek Suid Afrika is daar ook boonop ‘n waarneembare toename in armoede in Suid Afrika, maar dit verhoed nie die regime om hulle salarisse steeds aan te pas en ‘n glasie daarop te klink nie! Dat FW de Klerk in sy herdenkingstoespraak oor 2 Februarie 1990 se “politieke-pêrel-voor-die-varke” handeling bereid is om te sê: ...”there are some problems, said De Klerk. This includes rampant crime, corruption in high places, a hugely under-performing education system….” Dat hy, al sou hy dit geweet het, ten spyte daarvan steeds die 1990 toespraak sou gehou het, is betekenisvol! Die gevolge van elkeen van die “problems” (slegs ‘n paar van legio), wat hy hier noem is so skrikwekkend vernietigend dat die motivering vir só ‘n stelling beslis nie in blote oortuiging gevind sal word nie.

Article By: Megan Ellis

According to Statistics SA, more South Africans are living in poverty than in 2010.

The agency's latest report on poverty found that 21.5 percent of South Africans were living in poverty in 2014, Sapa reported.

This is an increase from 20 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the cost of food has increased.

The report found that it cost an average South African R355 a month to buy food in 2014, as opposed to the R321 it cost in 2010.

The austere poverty line, which indicates the threshold below which one has to sacrifice food for other basic items such as transportation, has also risen. "This line is revised upwards from R441 to R501, per person per month," statistician general Pali Lehohla said at the report's release. However the agency said that South Africans still have a relatively higher living standard when compared with certain other countries.

In South Africa, the food poverty line translated to $2.34 (R26) per person per day. However, the international line for extreme poverty translated to $1.25 (R14) per person per day. "This means that, on average, South Africans are enjoying relatively higher living standards compared to many populations across the world that live below $1.25 per day," Lehohla said.

Zuma and ministers salaries increase

Sapa | 29 January, 2015 20:24

This meant that Zuma would receive about R100,000 in back payments as his salary increased from R2.62m to R2.75m. File photo
Image by: ESA ALEXANDER

The increase in salaries of public office bearers has been approved and President Jacob Zuma's new salary is more than R2.7 million annually.

The Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers has made its recommendation on public sector salaries.

Public office bearers earning more than R1m will receive a five percent increase and officer bearers earning less than R1m will receive six percent from April 1, 2014.

This meant that Zuma would receive about R100,000 in back payments as his salary increased from R2.62m to R2.75m.

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's salary would increase from R2.47m to R2.6m, while ministers would receive R2.21m from R2.1m and the salaries of deputy ministers would increase from R1.73m to R1.82m.

The Speaker of National Parliament, Baleka Mbete, and Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng's salaries would increase from R2.47m to R2.6m.

Member of Parliament's salaries would increase from R933,852 to R989,883 while premiers' salaries would increase from R1.98mn to R2.08 m. Mayors would receive R1.15m, up from R1.09m.

Constitutional Court judges and Supreme Court of Appeal judges would receive R2.08m, up from R1.98m.

A judge in the high court and labour court would receive R1.69m, up from R1.61m while magistrates would receive R788,155, up from R743,542.

Traditional kings would receive R1.07m, from R1.02m.