Energy Minister Mantashe takes a swing at mining execs who ‘insult the State’

Let's put it this way Gwede; if you were not in government, you would not get through the first round of any job application anywhere in the world, for any job other than a menial, entry-level function. You and your team are so absolutely useless at anything that creates value. The biggest barrier to entry in SA inc is your incompetence and corruption. You forget... the public can tell you what they think!

The best form of defence is attack. Deflect and deny. Tried and tested by you. 100% behind Neal Froneman once again. Even Andre de Ruyter, after months of treading on eggshells, has to eventually say we have loadshedding also because Gwede has not delivered delivered on his IPP promise. As per today's article on the useless Fikile Mbalula we hope a similar article can also be written about Gwede and Bheki.

@ Neal. If you are reading this, allow me to tip my hat to you. You are exactly whet South Africa needs. It would be great if more of the private sector CEOs could scrape up the courage to do the same. Instead we have craven obeisance.

As the ultimate measure of Mantashe's incompetence and just plain stupidity, dont forget his address, as minister of mining etc, at a mining conference in Australia in September 2019, when he punted a newly discovered mineral called hazenile. All great except that this mineral was fictitious and was first mentioned in an Aprils Fool article. Which makes mantashe the fool I suppose. Consider further that there were hundreds of mining professionals at that conference; as Mantashe spouted about hazenile, they must have been looking at each other, thinking and probably saying WTF. And then Mantashe has the gall to complain about mining executives insulting the state, his state!

An exerpt from EyeWitnessNews page. "Trade union federation Saftu has warned that South Africa is on a fast march to becoming a failed state. Acting president of the federation Nomvume Ralarala told delegates at the organisation's elective conference that the state was dysfunctional. "Today, you hear a minister announcing a R22 million flag and the next day you hear the president joking about the matter as if he was not part of the cabinet that approved the project. Tomorrow, you hear two ministers contradicting each other on the price of energy," Ralarala said. The federation's congress has now been wrapped up, with general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi voted back to the post" Now lets hear Mantashe complain about SAFTU insulting the state. Nevah!

Mantasha, Mbalula & Co use their big mouths' to cover their insufficiency and personal insecurities. They should be fired and replaced by persons who can do the job.

So, we the people who you nominally serve, who pay you to manage our country and at whose pleasure you remain in that position, are not permitted to criticise you? Hold on, I must remember this for the next time my boss has a problem with me (although he NEVER does). I suppose we shouldn't be surprised at this attitude though, seeing as no amount of malfeasANCe, corruption and arrongANCe seems to put off the voters. Has Jesus been sighted yet?

Insult the State? In God's name, how can one insult this sorry mess?

All these mining companies do is to exploit workers pollute the enviroment ans corrupt the politicians Look at the history of South Africa. Capitalism was introduced to South Africa by the British especially Rhodes. This involved wars of conquest, land dispossession (1913 Land Act) and the introduction of wage slavery. Rhodes was not a racist he despised working people but supported the British policy of creating a native elite who would support British imperialism. The native elite generally welcomed such a policy at first for example Ghandi. The Afrikaners refused to work for slave wages (As reactionaries demand of the working class in every country today) also they feared economic competition from British Monopoly Capital. This is why Apartheid was invented. This involved massive state intervention in the economy and high taxes to support a welfare state for the whites. Big business was happy with this as the government oppressed the black working class and banned trade unions. However by the 1980s things were going badly the black working class was revolting and had forced the government to legalise trade unions. Big business then set about befriending the native elite who had become antagonistic to capitalism as result of the apartheid policy. Globalisation has destroyed the countries industrial base and the only way for the elite to make money today is by fraud and corruption .

Where’s the insults? All everybody is doing is pointing out the obvious. We are a failed state where a small % of the population are taxed to poverty to make the ANC govt moola to fritter away and steal and enrich the bourgeoise class… then you get Kieswetter blowing his horn how SARs collected a a trillion rands of the backs of those taht actually work, put energy to turn the wheels of the economy that this govt has a history of botching… can’t wait for a new dispensation with govt working for the people.. ??