
Michael Waters
@WatersMichael67
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Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. Former Chief Whip at City of Ekurhuleni. MP 1999 - 2021, Cllr Khyalami Metro & Kempton Park/Tembisa Local Council.
Joined May 2011
Watch the video below and remind yourself of the broken promises made by Cyril.
President Jacob Zuma tasked me with turning around State owned entities including Eskom - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2015 Comment: It seems like South Africans are giving Cyril Ramaphosa a lifetime to do his Job. He has been fixing Eskom since 2015 ????
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1/ On 17 April 2024, Armand Swart, a Vereeniging engineer, was shot 23 times while arriving at work. Police first called it mistaken identity. In reality, it was tied to corruption. #TheShadowState
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Today, on SAPS National Commemoration Day, we remember the 27 men and women who died in the line of duty over the last year. Each name represents a life cut short in service of our communities: Sergeants TN Shandu, AW Mahoney, MH Nemahadani, MI Mokhonoana, WE Ntila, SM Mokoti,
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Being South African means being caught between a deep love for this incredible country and its people and deep rage and heartbreak at our corrupted government’s failure to protect and ensure justice for all of us. We deserve so much better than this.
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When people who expose criminality are murdered in hits - without those who paid for the killings being named, charged and convicted - our broken, corrupted law enforcement system puts targets on the backs of ethical auditors, lawyers, forensic investigators and journalists.
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In July 2024, forensic investigator Zenzele Benedict Sithole was executed while sitting in traffic in Johannesburg. Gunmen pulled up and emptied a revolver into his face. CCTV captured the murder Sithole was investigating a guns-for-hire syndicate within the Johannesburg Metro
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1/ On 19 March 2023, father and son liquidators Thomas and Cloete Murray were assassinated in broad daylight on the N1 near Johannesburg. Gunmen pulled up alongside their car and riddled it with bullets. Thomas died at the scene, Cloete in hospital. #TheShadowState
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Nineteen days before she was assassinated in August 2021, Babita Deokaran filed a report exposing R850 million in suspicious spending at Tembisa Hospital. Three days after her murder, 6 hitmen were arrested. That is where progress stopped. The Hawks took over the investigation,
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1/ One of the most explosive revelations in @wicks_jeff’ The Shadow State is about Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. A man with 13 separate police investigations against him. Every case withdrawn. Yet in 2019 his company landed a R360m SAPS contract. How? #TheShadowState
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Thread: The murder of Bouwer van Niekerk raises disturbing echoes of earlier assassinations of lawyers and investigators who challenged corruption and organised crime. The killings of Cloete and Thomas Murray remain the most brutal example. IC 1/ Bouwer van Niekerk, a respected
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Instead of dishing out citizenship to the Guptas, we’re now dishing out accountability to corrupt officials. Home Affairs and BMA dismissed 54 crooked officials since July 2024, and using technology to close the loopholes exploited by syndicates. Speech: https://t.co/WSlAaLWaL5
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📺 Watch the DA’s Kevin Mileham expose NERSA’s admitted R54 BILLION blunder, a mistake that will now force you to pay more for electricity! The DA will not let South Africans carry this cost. We will fight to stop this unfair burden and ensure accountability. #DAatWork
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📺 Watch the DA’s Kevin Mileham expose NERSA’s admitted R54 BILLION blunder, a mistake that will now force you to pay more for electricity! The DA will not let South Africans carry this cost. We will fight to stop this unfair burden and ensure accountability. #DAatWork
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📺 Watch the DA’s Kevin Mileham expose NERSA’s admitted R54 BILLION blunder, a mistake that will now force you to pay more for electricity! The DA will not let South Africans carry this cost. We will fight to stop this unfair burden and ensure accountability. #DAatWork
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Piers Morgan puts trans athlete on the spot: "Sara, why do you want to be a cheat, I mean, seriously... Why do you want to be a cheat? That's what you're doing. You're cheating." https://t.co/paUjqR0IyV
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Businesses need to be free to grow and create jobs, rather than being forced to implement divisive, race-based quotas. This is why the DA’s court challenge against unfair race quotas continues in court! Fair access to jobs is essential. Read more here: https://t.co/fM4ZSJrFFS
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The DA is the only political party fighting ANC policy head on 🇿🇦 While the DA acts Others talk
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As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex, I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who aren’t involved with the HBO reboot of Harry
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🇿🇦Published in the Financial Mail. Source: National Treasury (NT) - only SARB and SAPO had no debt and no outstanding NT guarantees in the 2019/20 financial year - that’s how I left it, just saying …🇿🇦
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This is how mental illness is being shoved on children. This young woman has a very powerful message. Thank god for her stepmother!
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