Mark Rosslee
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Mark Rosslee
@markrosslee
Focussed on how we achieve renewal in business
Port Alfred, South Africa Katılım Ekim 2009
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Eskom’s monopoly gives organised labour outsized power to demand above-inflation wage increases by threatening economic disruption.
dailyinvestor.com/energy/133220/…
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Eskom and the ANC clowns running SA: You’re not a utility, you’re a looting operation with power lines.
Taxpayers bail you out while your execs balloon staff costs from R35bn to R43bn in one year, R3.7bn incentives + R800m bonuses, for what? Keeping the lights off?
Technically insolvent by R50bn, Deloitte flags fake “savings” and criminal bookkeeping, yet you announce a fake “profit” like it’s a victory lap.
Private company? Liquidated yesterday. Instead you’re a zombie parasite sucking the sovereign dry. The “handshake” sale is a scam, R400bn wouldn’t even cover your debts. Just another taxpayer funeral.
Fire the board, jail the looters, or admit you’re running a failed state.
References:
Eskom FY2025 Annual Results: Payout and employee cost data.
Deloitte Audit Report FY2025: Qualified opinion and misstatements.
AGSA Briefing: Asset vs liability gap and insolvency. National Treasury: Debt relief and shareholder loan conversions.
The incompetent fools:
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“We have significant resources of coal. It be the height of folly to think that we can industrialize and abandon that strategic resource” - Minister of Electricity and Energy
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@grok @VuslatBayoglu @grok and over the last 30 years, what number of multiples of cpi do these increases represent
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Eskom's tariffs jumped 12.7% in 2025 and 8.8% for 2026—well above ~3-4% inflation—mainly to service R400bn+ debt, cover maintenance on aging coal plants, and recover costs after decades of underpricing pre-2008. NERSA approvals reflect the need for financial sustainability despite abundant coal resources.
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South Africa dominated with a total of **84 medals** (52 junior + 32 senior).
**Senior tally (top):**
- Egypt: 23 (11G, 6S, 6B)
- Algeria: 27 (10G, 8S, 9B)
- South Africa: 32 (9G, 13S, 10B)
- Tunisia: 5
- Zimbabwe: 9
**Junior tally (top):**
- South Africa: 52 (25G, 15S, 12B)
- Egypt: 39
- Algeria: 16
Many other nations picked up medals too across 41 participating countries. SA's young team shone bright!
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South Africa’s young swimming stars have landed back home with some serious hardware! The team dominated the African Swimming Championships in Algeria, bringing home an incredible 84 medals.
Video: Oupa Mokoena
#Swimming #Algeria #SouthAfrica @IOLsport
Read on tinyurl.com/bddekbut
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@Paratus2014 @grok clearly this should override or at least ensure this convention is adhered to in conjunction with CERD
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According to the UN Convention against Corruption, of which South Africa is a signatory, civil servants must be:
1. Hired, retained, and promoted on objective criteria;
and
2. Subject to codes of conduct and reporting requirements to enhance transparency and accountability in the management of public finances.
Considering the overwhelming and visible widespread corruption, municipal financial mismanagement, tender and procurement fraud, and the murder of whistle-blowers, liquidators, lawyers, investigators, etc: at what point do we acknowledge that SA is not remotely complying with its obligations?
@IanCameron23 @MulderCorn @GroenewaldPJ @geordinhl
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Mark Rosslee retweetledi
My restaurant might get shut down by authorities.
Reason - not selling Halal food
For years, we’ve worked hard to build our restaurant. We are now facing ongoing harassment, nuisances outside the restaurant, and repeated complaints to the local council aimed at shutting us down and threatening to revoke our premises licence.
We believe this pressure is connected to our decision not to remove our “Non-Halal” sign.
No business owner should face intimidation or coordinated attempts to destroy their livelihood because of their beliefs, values, or business choices. To everyone who has supported us, thank you.
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[12 May 2026 Portfolio Committee for Basic Education]
This morning, we appeared before the Portfolio Committee for Basic Education addressing and accounting for the Foundation Phase National Catalogue process.
These are my opening remarks.
The DG outlined the process the Department followed in this regard. I explained my oversight role as the Executive Authority and why I’ve requested National Treasury to further scrutinise the process as the rightful custodian of all procurement processes in the country.
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@markrosslee @GvanOnselen @OneNation70290 One missing from the list: "Lessons will be learned."
It pairs perfectly with the others as classic deflection. Anything else stand out to you?
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No, this is satirical exaggeration. South Africa's Air Force does have a real crisis—only 2 of 26 Gripen fighters are currently operational due to maintenance/budget woes. Minister Motshekga recently told parliament they need ~R5bn to restore more. No evidence she said they "fight on the ground" or evolved beyond planes.
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🇿🇦“Only Two of Our Fighter Jets Are Working Because We Fight on the Ground” — Motshekga‼️
Pretoria — Defence minister Angie Motshekga has reassured South Africans that there is absolutely no reason to panic over the country’s collapsing air force capability, explaining that South Africa has “evolved beyond unnecessary flying.”
Speaking during what was supposed to be a serious parliamentary briefing, Motshekga reportedly defended the fact that only two fighter jets are operational by reminding MPs that “wars in Africa mostly happen on the ground anyway.”
“We are an African nation,” she allegedly explained confidently. “Why must we spend billions making planes fly when our soldiers already know how to walk?”
The minister reportedly added that the remaining grounded Gripen fighter jets are not “broken,” but are instead participating in what she called a “long-term parking strategy.”
Military insiders say the South African Air Force now spends more time washing aircraft than flying them, with one pilot allegedly
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@MorningLiveSABC @SakinaKamwendo The report might have not told the full story, information suppressed, excluded or unknown at the time. The days of saying so are over and will you provide evidence in setting the report aside, not just challenging the legal basis.
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[QUESTION OF THE DAY]
What is your reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to take the ConCourt's independent panel’s report on review and not resign?
#MorningLive
#SABCNews
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🇬🇧 ANGELA RAYNER EMERGES AS POSSIBLE STARMER SUCCESSOR
Angela Rayner is reportedly making moves as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer.
She is now among the bookmakers’ favourites to become the next Prime Minister.
With global tensions rising, many Britons are stunned this is the level of leadership now being discussed for the UK.
British politics has become a complete circus and quite frankly this is nothing short of a national security threat.
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**Major changes from 2022 to 2026 London borough elections:**
- Labour: lost ~460 seats (1,156 → 696), controls dropped from 21 to 9 boroughs.
- Conservatives: +3 seats (404 → 407), now control 6.
- Greens: +261 seats (18 → 279), gained 3 councils (Hackney, Lewisham, Waltham Forest).
- Lib Dems: +63 seats (180 → 243), control 3.
- Reform UK: +79 seats (0 → 79), control 1 (Havering).
- 9 boroughs now under no overall control.
Big shift from Labour dominance.
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🚨🇬🇧London's Day of Reckoning Has Arrived‼️‼️
For years, Labour ruled London like it was untouchable and Sadiq Khan walked around City Hall acting like the capital was permanently his.
Not anymore.
These election results have sent a shockwave through London politics, and the panic inside Labour is now impossible to hide.
Working-class Londoners are angry.
Fed up with crime.
Fed up with ULEZ.
Fed up with being ignored while living costs spiral out of control.
And now voters are starting to hit back.
Labour is bleeding support on both sides:
* losing progressive voters to the Greens,
* while Reform UK gains momentum in outer London and among traditional working-class communities.
That should terrify Khan.
Because once Londoners stop believing Labour owns the capital... the entire political map changes.
This wasn't just a bad election night for Labour.
What's your opinion 👇👇
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In the 2026 London borough elections (all 32 councils, ~1,800 seats):
- Labour: 696 seats (controls 9 boroughs)
- Conservatives: 407 seats (controls 6)
- Green: 279 seats (controls 3: Hackney, Lewisham, Waltham Forest)
- Lib Dems: 243 seats (controls 3)
- Reform UK: 79 seats (controls 1: Havering)
- Others: 93 seats
9 boroughs now under no overall control. Big shift from Labour's previous dominance.
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