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Times are tough and work is scarce. Ask any job seeker in South Africa. But a number of our fellow countrymen and women – about 490 of them – have a job with unimaginable perks. Ever so often they get...
View ArticleThe birth of legislation
Any Bill, whether introduced by Government or MPs, must first be approved by the Cabinet. Once it has received the thumbs-up from Cabinet, the piece of draft legislation is published in the Government...
View ArticleBusiness Licensing Bill
Last week, StateCrafty told you about the birth process of legislation. This week we take a look at a new Bill which will soon make its way to the statute books. Does your business operate under the...
View ArticleWhy SA politics frustrates us
As South Africans we seem to celebrate mediocrity – at least as far as governance issues are concerned.
View ArticleState secrecy continues as CAR soldiers laid to rest
Will we ever know what really went down in the Central African Republic (CAR) where thirteen of our soldiers died and 27 were wounded in an attack by rebel fighters on March 23?
View ArticleReforming the South African electoral system
It’s more or less a year before South Africa enters the 2014 national and provincial elections and already political parties are in campaign mode and by the looks of it, electoral reform is going to be...
View ArticleBusiness Licensing Bill opposed
The department invited public comment on the Business Licensing Bill and by the looks of it, trade and industry minister Rob Davies is going to have an uphill battle getting the it passed into law – at...
View ArticleSecrecy Bill passed – gloves off
Finweek's parliamental spy, StateCrafty, saw the controvercial Secrecy Bill pass in parliament yesterday. There was outrage, sarcasm and subtle stabs at members of parliament (we get the idea that...
View ArticleThe curious case of the Waterkloof base
On Tuesday a private jet touched down upon the landing strip of the Waterkloof air force base – a national key point. But the passengers aboard the aeroplane were neither South African cabinet...
View ArticleKing Mswati and his happy following
"Tradition is alive and well, especially in Swaziland, where King Mswati calls the shots. Being an absolute monarch, means Mswati has the power to choose Swaziland’s prime minister and other top...
View ArticleAre we desensitised to unemployment statistics?
Stats SA’s most recent unemployment numbers announced early in May showed 4,6m people in South Africa are currently unemployed. Between the fourth quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, 100 000...
View ArticleStateCrafty: Voter apathy can be the death of democracy
From these numbers we can derive young urbanites are in all likelihood more discouraged about their future than their rural counterparts. These potential young voters are evidently sceptical of...
View ArticleStateCrafty: Punches in parliament
StateCrafty heard through the grapevine the Chief Whip took issue with the conduct of two MPs during the budget vote of the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. During the sitting an...
View ArticleStateCrafty: Mines, super taxes and the like
South Africa seems to think our mineral riches are so vast that mining companies will never give up on us. But StateCrafty has it on good authority that it’s not necessarily the case. The goose that...
View ArticleJuju’s own party? Oi vey!
StateCrafty is hesitant to risk an opinion on Juju’s latest endeavour, suffice it to say that the son who hails from Seshego in Limpopo province should never be underestimated. Not so long ago, his...
View ArticleMadiba: The words of a great man
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign. The...
View ArticleIt’s a good thing education is not a national priority
R171m goes a long way. For starters, one can build more than 3 000 RDP houses or 17 new rural clinics, or even four new schools.
View ArticleSTATECRAFTY: Give Angie a break
Nobody explained it more clearly than the DA leader Helen Zille who, herself, was a former MEC for education in the Western Cape. So, she has understanding of what the job entails. At a youth...
View ArticleSTATECRAFTY: More universities, fewer skills
Yep, we’re nearing election time again. One can tell, for starters, by the unusual urgency with which President Zuma and his comrades are trying to fulfill at least some of the promises they made...
View ArticleSTATECRAFTY: Nomura election predictions off the mark
THE ANC’s support in the 2014 election could drop to 56,2% from 65,9% in 2009, Nomura South Africa predicted last week. The global financial services group published some expectations for next year...
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