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The all from the ANC and government - also all SOE's. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan should be investigated following remarks by Deputy President David Mabuza that he, along with the Eskom board, misled President Cyril Ramaphosa about the power utility's load shedding debacle. This call was made by the legal think tank and lobby… Continue reading Gordhan (what future with Eskom) – Ramaphosa
Only 3 million people out of SA’s 56 million paid 97% of personal income tax in 2019. One of the first paragraphs in the annual tax report published by National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (Sars) gives one of the main reasons why public infrastructure is deteriorating and living standards for a… Continue reading TAX – South Africa – 2019/2020
South African plane carrying 67 people crashes, catches fire at Goma Airport in DRC. No one was injured during the incident and circumstances surrounding the crash were being investigated, said Dlamini. The aircraft was transporting 59 passengers and eight crew members from the UN mission when its left engine caught fire upon landing, said… Continue reading Goma Airport – SA Airforce plane crashed – C-130BZ
The Mt Weld Central Lanthanide Deposit (CLD) is one of the highest grade rare earth deposits in the world. Mt Weld also hosts the undeveloped Duncan (rare earth), Crown (niobium, tantalum, titanium, rare earths, zirconium) and Swan (phosphate) deposits. Lynas processes the CLD ore at the Mt Weld Concentration Plant to produce a rare earth… Continue reading Mt Weld Central Lanthanide Deposit
Sprawled across a spent volcano on the remote edge of the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia, the Mount Weld mine seems a world away from the U.S.-China trade war. But the dispute has been a lucrative one for Lynas Corp., Mount Weld’s Australian owner. The mine boasts one of the world’s richest deposits of rare… Continue reading Australia – REE – Lunas Corporation Mount Weld’s
Australia is a federation of six states which, together with two self-governing territories, have their own constitutions, parliaments, governments and laws. This infosheet is about the national or central government, usually called the Federal Government, Commonwealth Government or Australian Government. However, state and territory governments are also based on the same principle of parliamentary… Continue reading Australia – Federation (6 states)
The koala was sculptured using a fibreglass matting which was placed over the steel frame, then cold casting of bronze, consisting of 85-90% bronze, as well as fibreglass was then plastered on to the matting. In construction of the koala, the head and shoulders totaling 6 metres was built on the ground and then… Continue reading Victoria – Australia
Horsham Butter Factory Co Ltd was built in 1893 in Darlot Street near the Hamilton Street intersection, and for two or three years the business thrived, producing two to three tons of butter a week. The factory then declined due to the start of lamb exports and a decrease in dairy cattle herds. With the increase of hand-operated… Continue reading Horsham – Australia (1888) …
Rare earths-bearing minerals monazite and xenotime occur in many of Australia’s heavy mineral sand deposits and, up until the mid-1990s, monazite was produced from them and exported, mainly to Europe. A brief overview of these activities is given by Hoatson et.al (2011). Currently, REE occurring in heavy mineral sand resources make up around 6% of… Continue reading Rare Earth Elements (REE) – Australia
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on 7 January 2020 in Damascus on a visit during which he met President Bashar al-Assad at the Russian forces assembly location in Damascus. President al-Assad and President Putin listened to a military briefing by the commander of the Russian forces operating in Syria. President Putin offered congratulations to the… Continue reading Vladimir Putin – Bashar Al-Asad – Damascus
World production in 2013 of rare earth oxides was 110,000 tonne, with main production from China of 100,000 tonne, USA at 4,000 tonne and Australia at 2,000 tonne, mainly from the Mount Weld deposit in Western Australia. World resources are dominated by deposits rich in the minerals bastnasite, and monazite., with the largest resources… Continue reading Australia – Minerals – REE
Condolences to the families and friends. In the aftermath of the deadly Ukraine Flight PS752 crash, Canadians are left to mourn not just the loss of life, but the loss of the future so many of the victims had hoped to help build. The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 was en route to… Continue reading Ukraine Flight PS752 – Canadians-Iranese
Parliament, Thursday, 5 December 2019 – The Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution today agreed to have the draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill which aims to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 so as to provide that where land and any improvements thereon… Continue reading Parliament SA: Expropriation without compensation – Constitution
NATIONALISATION OF SPORT CLUBS - COMMUNISM - BOLSHEVISM - CONTROL OF ALL BUSINESSES - A new draft amendment bill by the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture is looking to bring all sports codes, clubs and fitness organisations under the direct regulatory control of the minister – which could mean bad news for South Africa’s… Continue reading Draft legislation – Sport, clubs and fitness organisations
Iraq's parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave as a backlash grows against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general, and President Donald Trump doubled down on threats to target Iranian cultural sites if Tehran retaliates. Deepening a crisis that has heightened fears of a major Middle… Continue reading USA – Iran – Iraq – Middle east
Iranians, Canadians, Ukrainians, Swedes, Afghans, Germans and Britons killed in crash. It is reported that an Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 had suffered an engine malfunction before it went down a few minutes after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport, an airport official has said. The engine caught fire when the plane was airborne,… Continue reading Ukrainian Boeing 737 – Iran
A growing number of airlines said they were avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace for flights to the region after Tehran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq. "As a precautionary measure and following news of air strikes underway, Air France has decided to suspend until further notice all flights through Iranian… Continue reading Airlines avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace
An Ukraine Boeing 737 comes down near Tehran - 176 killed . Three British citizens were among 176 passengers and crew killed after a plane crashed in Iran, leaving no survivors. Ukraine's foreign ministry confirmed that everyone aboard the Boeing 737 was killed after it came down shortly after it departed from… Continue reading Ukraine Boeing crashed in Tehran – Iran
Qassim Soleimani’s death may force a change in the Russian calculus involving Syria, Iran and Turkey. Iranian General Qassim Soleimani, killed last week by a U.S. drone in Baghdad, has been credited with persuading Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015, a claim the Kremlin denies. Regardless of the truth… Continue reading Qassim Soleimani – Syria – Iran – Turkey – Russia
Richard H. Black is a Republican member of the Virginia State Senate, representing District 13. He was first elected to the chamber in 2011. Black is not seeking re-election in 2019. Black was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 10th Congressional District of Virginia. He… Continue reading Virginia Senator Richard Black – Soleimani
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