Johann Steynberg, founder of the Mirror Trading International Ponzi scheme, may reportedly have faked his demise. While under house arrest in Brazil and facing extradition to South Africa, he apparently died from acute respiratory failure. Craig Warriner, another major fraudster, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his BHI Trust Ponzi scheme. Both cases underscore the extensive financial damage caused and serve as a warning against "too good to be true" investments.

I’ve written before about the power of one, and this has never been more evident than right here on our doorstep. It’s all about individual actions inspiring collective responsibility.
Our role in building a better future for our country is bigger, and extends far further, than simply voting in an election. 

A recent report from Reuters says that “Italy's mafia rarely dirties its hands with blood these days. Extortion rackets have gone out of fashion and murders are largely frowned upon by the godfathers.”

SARS stats show that over the past five years, more than 40,500 taxpayers have ended their tax residency in South Africa. 
Every year we lose hundreds of healthcare workers, teachers, accountants and other professionals. 
Tony Healy, a labour consultant, believes most skilled people leave South Africa because of crime, security, corruption, an incompetent government, and a deteriorating outlook for the country.

In 2019 alone, loadshedding cost our country R120 billion and one million lost jobs. Businesses are closing in their thousands, unable to withstand the double whammy of the Covid pandemic and relentless, crippling power problems.
There is as yet, no end in sight.
Much of the blame for the crisis can be laid squarely at the feet of the Zuma administration.