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@MightiJamie hit the bullseye on this

@CommonSense_ZA Thanks!

@someoak2 We will cover data from Jhb in the next few days, watch this space

The DA is within striking distance of a historic majority in Tshwane. Polling results show that the DA and its mayoral candidate, Cilliers Brink, are within touching distance of winning a majority in the capital. However, it is more likely that the DA will need the support of other smaller parties to secure the mayoral chain in the city, and it is still possible that an ANC-led coalition could pip the DA and its allies at the post. Read the full analysis in The Common Sense. #TheCommonSense #SouthAfrica #Tshwane #DA #CilliersBrink #LocalElections thecommonsense.co.za/Politics/da-on…

@insidepols truly next level that ANC can still get 39% after even the water crisis

SRF modelled numbers are up, 56% turnout model: thecommonsense.co.za/polls/anc-lead…

@Em_Tempest @TimesLIVE this doc has 2025 dates: tshwane.gov.za/wp-content/upl…

@someoak2 @TimesLIVE Thank you, very useful!

ActionSA says water tanker contracts in question were awarded under Cilliers Brink as mayor. #google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-…

@Em_Tempest @TimesLIVE check the dates: easytenders.co.za/tenders/hhs-10…

@someoak2 @TimesLIVE

@joshmo_dev and that efficient

we need to stop using "memory safety" as an argument for why rust loads of languages are memory safe. not all of them are reliable

@JordiGriff actionsa mayor only came in October 2024. What was the spend unto Oct 24?

This picture really puts things in perspective on water tankering spending. 2023/24 - R140mil DA government 2024/25 - R777 mil ANC/EFF/ ActionSA govt😵😵😵😵 2025/26 - ANC/EFF/ ActionSA govt only 6 months already at R400million😫😫😫

@CilliersB is the long bar 1 March 2024 - 28 Feb 2025?

This graph shows spending on water tankers by the Tshwane Metro for formalised areas (that are meant to have piped water). What happened between the small bar (2024) and the big bar (2025)? The ANC took over the municipality with the help of ActionSA.

@JordiGriff @ME_Beaumont will wait for @RSASIU report

@ME_Beaumont Um Michael...... R32 million was paid to a company last year, 2025, to a company for water tankers, except the company didnt have water tankers. Catch up chap.

The contracts in question were awarded by the city led by Cilliers Brink and the DA in November 2023. Zero (repeat zero) subsequent payments have been made to these companies since. These DA awarded contracts now form part of an SIU investigation which ActionSA welcomes.

@ME_Beaumont @RSASIU must tell us what happened, not political parties.

@News24 @VoxTelecom

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@Hacksterio nice.

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@JordiGriff @SundayTimesZA shud be handed to the @RSASIU to investigate

Thank you to everyone that has been raising awareness on the Water Tanker scandal in Tshwane. It has rolled over from being the biggest story on Sunday into today and is also dominating broadcast media. The @SundayTimesZA journos are incredibly brave in tackling it.

@Linux247 used fwupdmgr get-devices, and get-updates to check my laptop. 3 "Updatable" entries, sadly no updates for them. Good effort tho, has to start somewhere.

@someoak2 You're right, those are the latest entries. You can check out all the supported vendors here fwupd.org/lvfs/vendors/ and you can use the search to look up a specific device to see if it gets firmware updates or not.

Fwupd 2.1.1 Linux Firmware Updater Released as a Massive Update lxer.com/module/newswir…

@Linux247 thanks. that list is tiny, sadly.

@someoak2 Here fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/

@mybroadband link from article: gov.za/news/media-sta… @MightiJamie

South Africa's richest province pilots digital system to stop corrupt officials from stealing so much The Finance MEC of Gauteng as revealed that the province is rolling out a new system to fight back against corruption of officials. mybroadband.co.za/news/governmen…

@SABCNews_Radio @MightiJamie

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@MightiJamie ANC buried it

Whatever happened to this story, did it lose momentum or was there political pushback? It looked like there was a big scandal about to be exposed. One which appeared to touch the highest levels of the connected and protected.