8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (2)
#18751458 at 2023-04-25 18:34:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23009: Suddenly Sudan Edition
South Africa wants to quit International Criminal Court
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the governing party's decision is based on the "unfair treatment" of certain countries by the tribunal
South Africa has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday, citing the tribunal's "unfair treatment" of certain countries as the reason for the move.
The decision, according to the president, was reached by the African National Congress (ANC) party after a weekend meeting.
"Yes, the governing party has taken that decision that it is prudent that South Africa should pull out of the ICC," Ramaphosa said following a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, who is on a diplomatic visit to Pretoria.
South Africa first attempted to withdraw from the ICC in 2016, but the move was revoked following a High Court ruling that found it was unconstitutional.
That decision came after the country was found to have violated its obligations to the ICC by failing to arrest former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir during his visit to the country in 2015 for an African leaders' summit. The former Sudanese leader was facing genocide charges before the court relating to the long-running Dafur conflict.
The latest withdrawal announcement follows the issuance of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin by the ICC in March. The court has accused Putin of the "unlawful deportation" of children from "occupied areas of Ukraine."
The charges relate to what Russia says were efforts to evacuate civilians from the predominantly Russian-speaking region of Donbass, which was being heavily shelled by the Ukrainian military.
South Africa, which is set to host leaders from the world's largest emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - at the BRICS summit in August, would be obliged to enforce the ICC's warrant for Putin's arrest as a signatory of the 2002 Rome Statute.
Asked on Tuesday if Pretoria would arrest Putin, Ramaphosa said the matter was "under consideration." His party secretary Fikile Mbalula said, however, that Putin was welcome in the country any time and that the ICC only serves the "interests of a few."
Earlier this month, Ramaphosa announced that he would send a delegation to Washington to clarify his "non-aligned" stance on Putin and the situation in Ukraine.
https://www.rt.com/africa/575327-south-africa-icc-quit/
#8659433 at 2020-04-02 09:48:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: #11088 Operation True Colors, Karma WILL Repay (You) Edition
https://www.algoafm.co.za/domestic/unauthorised-flight-with-single-passenger-on-board-lands-at-or-tambo
A private chartered aircraft with a single passenger on board made an unauthorized landing at the OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the Transport Ministry Ayanda Allie Paine says the flight from Harare, Zimbabwe landed mid-afternoon.
The passenger, who is an Italian national with a South African passport was not allowed to enter the country and the man and his crew were ordered to leave.
The individual initially refused to leave but after intervention from SAPS the aircraft left the South African airspace on Wednesday night.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has called for a full investigation into the incident.
The Department, working closely with its aviation entities, is reviewing the applicable protocols to ensure that only flights with the necessary approval are allowed to enter the South African airspace.
This requires seamless coordination between the Department of Transport, the Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) and the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA).
8chan/8kun QResearch SOUTH AFRICA Posts (11)
#19635994 at 2023-09-30 02:29:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
Final ANC Bun
>>18801509 President Ramaphosa reveals that a health revolution is on the way (video)
>>18924476 "Killer cholera hits amid decade-long bickering over Hammanskraal water crisis – and tender scandals"
>>18924486, >>18924491 Life in the Time of Cholera – the SA reality as ANC governance falls behind 19th Century civilization (Parts 1&2)
>>18935795 Proposed water licensing regulations requiring up to 75% black South African shareholding place tenuous food security at further risk
>>19022249, >>19022252, >>19022254, >>19022282 'Section 194 Inquiry won't be distracted by gossip,' says ANC MP on Mkhwebane extortion claims
>>19022282 "The biggest corruption scandal to hit SA's Parliament" - Mkhwebane shares alleged bribe clips (video)
>>19195134, >>19195139 ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses 26th ANC Youth League National Conference (Parts 1&2) (video)
>>19195492 ANC - "VIP'S OF VIOLENCE" c.1987 (video)
>>19200197 The ANC Method Violence 1986 (video)
>>19227479, >>19227494 George Soros and South Africa's transition from Apartheid to Robbery Capitalism (Parts 1&2)
>>19227501 The Looting of Africa under corrupt African leaders? George Soros Open Society
>>19227551 Who are the Menell Family? EFF question links to Ramaphosa – Urban Foundation
>>19227563 Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Memorial for Clive Menell
>>19227574, >>19227581, >>19227585 Mandela and Zuma gold mine 'exploiting workers (Parts 1-3)
>>19227639 Nelson Mandela Foundation says farewell to a long-serving mentor Irene Menell
>>19239671, >>19239695, >>19239698 Afrika Tikkun
>>19278931, >>19278957 Jeff Koorbanally on the Rupert family and Project Spider Web - influencing policy in S Africa (Parts 1&2) (video and pdf)
>>19284433, >>19284437, >>19284441 Document: Memorandum of Understanding in the matter between; Dated: February 1993 (Parts 1-3)
>>19284461, >>19284467, >>19284474, >>19284475>>19284480, >>19284487, >>19284490 Project Hammer (Parts 1-7)
>>19284657, >>19284667, >>19284687, >>19284691 Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe's invitation to UDF40 (Parts 1-4)
>>19284761 Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate's hand in economic policies
>>19290248, >>19290278, >>19290288 Richard Goldstone
>>19292545, >>19292580, >>19292590, >>19292600, >>19292657, >>19297459 Popo Molefe, AZAPO, & UDF
>>19315162, >>19315164, >>19315168, >>19315171 Carl Niehaus (video)
>>19321213 South Africa's ANC controls eight of nine provinces - why the Western Cape will remain elusive in the 2024 elections (video)
>>19321244, >>19321269 Illegal guns fuel violent crime, wreak deadly havoc in South Africa (video)
>>19329984 "Why Won't Mandela Renounce Violence?" 1990 (video)
>>19482177 ANC remains committed to reform and development, says Ramaphosa
>>19482521, >>19482541 Fikile Mbalula reacts to Ace Magashule's new party" - African Congress for Transformation (ACT) (video)
>>19482589, >>19482605 List of Former ANC members establishing/re-launching parties (Parts 1&2)
>>19505771 South African Communist Party, "a strong faction within the ANC"
>>19505829, >>1955835, >>19505844, >>19505882 The truth about the Xhosa Nostra (Parts 1-5)
>>19506209, >>19506215 Davos 1999 – Nelson Mandela: WEF integrated ANC members when they were still in exile (video)
>>19524661, >>19524667 This is what sparked violence between ANC and IFP in late 80s, early 90s (video)
>>19542397, >>195424147 Mkhwebane's fate sealed, becomes first public protector removed from office (video)
>>19561102 ANC, EFF eyeing political points, using Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi's death for political gains
>>19607319, >>19607326, >>19607357 ANC leader Ramaphosa and the tidy legacy of Lonrho's Rowland
>>19613032 Apartheid intelligence agents were amalgamated into the 'Rainbow Nation', South Africa
>>19617552 Solidarity fights to stop ANC "capture" of schools (video)
#19552217 at 2023-09-14 22:43:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
Updated ANC Bun
>>18801509 President Ramaphosa reveals that a health revolution is on the way (video)
>>18924476 "Killer cholera hits amid decade-long bickering over Hammanskraal water crisis – and tender scandals"
>>18924486, >>18924491 Life in the Time of Cholera – the SA reality as ANC governance falls behind 19th Century civilization (Parts 1&2)
>>18935795 Proposed water licensing regulations requiring up to 75% black South African shareholding place tenuous food security at further risk
>>19022249, >>19022252, >>19022254, >>19022282 'Section 194 Inquiry won't be distracted by gossip,' says ANC MP on Mkhwebane extortion claims
>>19022282 "The biggest corruption scandal to hit SA's Parliament" - Mkhwebane shares alleged bribe clips (video)
>>19195134, >>19195139 ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses 26th ANC Youth League National Conference (Parts 1&2) (video)
>>19195492 ANC - "VIP'S OF VIOLENCE" c.1987 (video)
>>19200197 The ANC Method Violence 1986 (video)
>>19227479, >>19227494 George Soros and South Africa's transition from Apartheid to Robbery Capitalism (Parts 1&2)
>>19227501 The Looting of Africa under corrupt African leaders? George Soros Open Society
>>19227551 Who are the Menell Family? EFF question links to Ramaphosa – Urban Foundation
>>19227563 Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Memorial for Clive Menell
>>19227574, >>19227581, >>19227585 Mandela and Zuma gold mine 'exploiting workers (Parts 1-3)
>>19227639 Nelson Mandela Foundation says farewell to a long-serving mentor Irene Menell
>>19239671, >>19239695, >>19239698 Afrika Tikkun
>>19278931, >>19278957 Jeff Koorbanally on the Rupert family and Project Spider Web - influencing policy in S Africa (Parts 1&2) (video and pdf)
>>19284433, >>19284437, >>19284441 Document: Memorandum of Understanding in the matter between; Dated: February 1993 (Parts 1-3)
>>19284461, >>19284467, >>19284474, >>19284475>>19284480, >>19284487, >>19284490 Project Hammer (Parts 1-7)
>>19284657, >>19284667, >>19284687, >>19284691 Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe's invitation to UDF40 (Parts 1-4)
>>19284761 Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate's hand in economic policies
>>19290248, >>19290278, >>19290288 Richard Goldstone
>>19292545, >>19292580, >>19292590, >>19292600, >>19292657, >>19297459 Popo Molefe, AZAPO, & UDF
>>19315162, >>19315164, >>19315168, >>19315171 Carl Niehaus (video)
>>19321213 South Africa's ANC controls eight of nine provinces - why the Western Cape will remain elusive in the 2024 elections (video)
>>19321244, >>19321269 Illegal guns fuel violent crime, wreak deadly havoc in South Africa (video)
>>19329984 "Why Won't Mandela Renounce Violence?" 1990 (video)
>>19482177 ANC remains committed to reform and development, says Ramaphosa
>>19482521, >>19482541 Fikile Mbalula reacts to Ace Magashule's new party" - African Congress for Transformation (ACT) (video)
>>19482589, >>19482605 List of Former ANC members establishing/re-launching parties (Parts 1&2)
>>19505771 South African Communist Party, "a strong faction within the ANC"
>>19505829, >>1955835, >>19505844, >>19505882 The truth about the Xhosa Nostra (Parts 1-5)
>>19506209, >>19506215 Davos 1999 – Nelson Mandela: WEF integrated ANC members when they were still in exile (video)
>>19524661, >>19524667 This is what sparked violence between ANC and IFP in late 80s, early 90s (video)
>>19542397, >>195424147 Mkhwebane's fate sealed, becomes first public protector removed from office (video)
#19482541 at 2023-09-03 15:13:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
>>19482521
>"Fikile Mbalula reacts to Ace Magashule's new party" - African Congress for Transformation (ACT)
#19482521 at 2023-09-03 15:08:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
"Former ANC SG Ace Magashule launches new political party - African Congress for Transformation" - https://youtu.be/yCRaOBr_Zts
"Fikile Mbalula reacts to Ace Magashule's new party" - African Congress for Transformation (ACT)
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/Fikile-Mbalula-reacts-to-ace-magashules-new-party-30-august-2023/
30-08-2023 13:21
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula was quick to react to the news of his predecessors new political party- the African Congress for Transformation (ACT).
Two months after his expulsion, former ANC SG, Ace Magashule has launched his own political party at an event in Soweto on Wednesday.
Mbalula CRITICISES MAGASHULE
During the media briefing, Magashule introduced the party's interim leaders, with representation from every province, meanwhile Mbalula was airing his views on his social media account.
In one of his tweets Mbalula says, "Ace Magashules chapter finally closed in the ANC It has being long, but finally we are here."
Magashule refused to be drawn into talking about his former party the ANC or any other party. The former Free State Premier eluded to his party will be fighting for transformation, equality, an end to corruption amongst other.
Mbalula then went as far as calling Magashule umdlwembe meaning 'a delinquent'.
Magashule was shown the door at Luthuli House in June after failing to apologise for his misconduct. He was also given a chance to explain when he should not be expelled, and he failed to do so.
Former Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza was revealed as the party's leader in the Eastern Cape. It came as no surprise that Mbalula had no kind words to say.
There is bad blood between Mbalula and Ntlemeza, dating far back to 2017, when Mbalula as Minister of Police and Ntlemeza as the head of the Hawks came at loggerheads, leading to Mbalula firing Ntlemeza.
https://ewn.co.za/2023/08/30/ex-anc-member-ace-magashule-unveils-new-political-party-act
He's roped in former Hawks head, Berning Ntlemeza, and a number of ANC councillors to join his movement.
"This new party is going to work with all progressive strictures, and in October we will go to a conference and unveil our manifesto, and you will see the leadership of this organisation."
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/ace-magashule-expelled-from-ancjohann-rupert-next-political-party-27-june-2023/
Former African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Ace Magashule has accused wealthy businessman Johan Rupert of being behind his expulsion from the ruling party.
#19335139 at 2023-08-10 18:49:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
>>19335103
>>19335108
>>19335117
>>19239698
>>19284475
Old Mutual
>>19278851
>Standard Bank
More on Santaco
https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/357071/the-company-cashing-in-on-south-africas-minibus-taxi-industry/
26 Nov 2019
Santaco is the only government-recognised representative body of the minibus taxi industry.
https://sataxi.co.za/santaco-acquired-25-stake-in-sa-taxi/
19 November 2018
THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL TAXI COUNCIL (SANTACO) ACQUIRES 25% STAKE IN SA TAXI FOR R1.7 BILLION IN A HISTORIC TRANSFORMATIONAL OWNERSHIP TRANSACTION
SA Taxi, a major subsidiary of Transaction Capital, is a vertically integrated business platform that provides a comprehensive financial, insurance and allied services offering to minibus taxi operators. Today SA Taxi and SANTACO (a national body which represents the interests of its members who are individual minibus taxi operators) announced a unique transformational equity partnership transaction whereby SANTACO will acquire a 25% interest in SA Taxi.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-09-sa-taxi-industry-lost-in-the-boardroom/
In 2018, Santaco and SA Taxi announced a much-welcomed Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) deal. The transaction was hailed as long overdue as it gave the minibus industry a stake in a value chain worth billions of rands.
Santaco, through a special purpose vehicle, acquired a 25% stake in the share capital of SA Taxi. The deal, valued at R1.7-billion, was largely funded by Africa's largest lender, Standard Bank, and FutureGrowth Asset Management, a member of Old Mutual Investment Group. About R1.2-billion came from the former and the latter, and was used to buy 15.7% of ordinary shares in SA Taxi. The remaining R500-million for the 9.3% of ordinary shares was funded via vendor finance from JSE-listed Transaction Capital, the majority shareholder of SA Taxi.
https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2023/08/07/taxi-mafia-terror-andrew-kenny
The ANC has destroyed most public transport for the black working-classes. It has wrecked passenger rail. It does nothing when criminals, almost certainly part of the taxi mafia, attack buses and shoot their drivers. Last year there were over 150 violent attacks on long-distance buses, mainly in the Eastern Cape. The taxi mafia was believed to be responsible for most of them. Fikile Mbalula, then Minister of Transport, was asked by Intercape, a bus company, to take action against the criminals. He refused. They took the matter to court, and the court ordered Mbalula to take action. He appealed against the court decision. Why? Was he just another ANC coward, scared of the thugs in the taxi industry? Or could it be that he had interests in the taxi industry? I don't know. (There is no doubt that the police are behind many of the cash-in-transit robberies. Maybe other ANC instruments of state power also have interests in organised crime.)
What I do know is that as railways and buses have become less available, the working-classes are forced to depend on mini-bus taxis for transport. Uber drivers, whom I have always found reliable, safe, and law abiding, are also likely to be threatened by the taxi mafia.
I believe in capitalism, and the minibus taxis have some capitalist features. They receive no subsidies from the state; they stand alone. But they negate the two crucial features of successful capitalism: they don't allow the rule of the law or the free market. They break the law and kill competitors. Now they are in financial trouble. Transaction Capital, a company whose main business was providing finance for the taxi industry (and whose second business is We Buy Cars) is in big trouble now when the taxi companies cannot afford to take out and repay loans. This is because of South Africa's economic decline under the ANC and the ravages of the dreadful Covid lockdown.
One of the things that strikes me so dramatically about the minibus drivers is their hatred. They exude menace. They are very vengeful. Their awful behaviour is more than a desperate attempt to earn some money; it is also an attempt to dominate and be feared. I have heard numerous stories of people who hooted when a minibus cut them off, and were then followed by the taxi and cursed and even beaten up.
#18924491 at 2023-05-30 12:38:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
>>18924486
"Life in the Time of Cholera - the SA reality as ANC governance falls behind 19th Century civilization" - 2 of 2
https://www.biznews.com/health/2023/05/29/cholera-anc-failure
29th May 2023
Forced upon the nation
In South Africa, the ANC has forced upon the nation policies such as racial affirmative action, employment equity, transformation, cadre deployment and BEE, which it knows full well are ruinous. It knows that these policies have ruined education for the great mass of our people. ANC ministers would not dream of sending their own children to schools with affirmative action teachers, 92% of whom were black (in line with the Employment Equity Act, which the ANC has recently strengthened). BEE procurement has helped to ruin Eskom, but the ANC keeps pushing it harder and harder. From what we know about the tragedy at Hammanskraal and here, some of the facts seem as muddy as the water the local people have to drink; these ANC policies are largely responsible for the loss of life.
Hammanskraal is a large peri-urban municipality in the north of Gauteng. It falls under the Tshwane local authority, which was ruled by the ANC until 2016 when a DA-led coalition took over. It has a long history of failing water supply and sanitation. In 2008, sewage from the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant (RWWT) in the Tshwane municipality began flowing into the Apies River. Nothing much seems to have been done about it then. In 2011, the ANC closed the Temba Water Purification Plant. In 2019, Thembeka Mphefu, a Tshwane official and the divisional head of supply chain management, awarded a tender worth R295 million to upgrade the RWWT to a consortium of three companies, all owned by a businessman, Edwin Sodi, described as "an ANC benefactor". Had Mr Sodi completed the work as he promised, the water at Hammanskraal would this month have been safe to drink, and 21 people would not have died. He did not do so and did not have the competence to do so.
According to a tweet by Koketso Resane on 23 May 2023, published in The Citizen, "Instead of using the money to upgrade the plant and ensure Hammanskraal residents get clean water, Edwin bought additional luxury cars, paid ANC salaries, and bagged Kefilwe Mabote as his side." (Please google "Kefilwe Mabota images".) In other words, he acted in full compliance with BEE procurement, which President Ramaphosa has recently confirmed he supports. I notice that Comrade Fikile Mbalula blames the DA for the Hammanskraal tragedy.
Will the ANC reverse its ruinous racial policies and allow the poor people in the municipalities to receive the best services at the lowest prices from the most competent and honest suppliers and contractors, regardless of their race or political connections? Will it consider the provision of clean water and good sanitation to all the people to be more important than racial ideology and favours to rich cronies? I don't think so. Just listen to Fikile Mbalula in the Hard Talk interview, and you won't think so, either. Stalin thought that achieving socialism was more important than feeding starving people. The ANC thinks that racial ideology and enrichment of the few are more important than the welfare of the many.
#18924486 at 2023-05-30 12:36:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
>>18924476
"Fikile Mbalula here in interview with HardTalk's Stephen Sakur" - https://youtu.be/NwwK9qcJnrM
"Life in the Time of Cholera - the SA reality as ANC governance falls behind 19th Century civilization" - 1 of 2
https://www.biznews.com/health/2023/05/29/cholera-anc-failure
29th May 2023
The cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, which has killed 21 people so far, is not only tragic but an ominous sign of the continuing disintegration of the South African state. Under the ANC, one after another of the nation's essential services has fallen to pieces.
In his appalling interview on Hard Talk on the BBC last week, Fikile Mbalula, Secretary General of the ANC, said that electricity was the "one single failure" of 29 years of ANC rule. The interviewer, Stephen Sackur, did not even pick him up on this preposterous claim. Electricity is but one of a multitude of failures which is ruining our country, and by no means the most important one. Failures in education, crime prevention, and unemployment are all more important than our collapsing electricity supply, although none of them have the sudden, spectacular effects of load-shedding. Perhaps most important of all is the ANC's failure to maintain two of the greatest needs of civilisation: clean water and good sanitation.
Cholera can be treated simply by giving the patient water with suitable salts, cheap and plentifully available, either by drinking or by injection. It is an utter disgrace that anyone in the world today should die of cholera. In South Africa this month, over twenty people did so at Hammanskraal, in the richest province in South Africa, purely as a result of misgovernance.
The ANC's manifold failures - in education, crime prevention, health, water and sanitation, railways, ports, municipalities, railways, and employment - are caused not only by corruption, incompetence, neglect and arrogance but also by deliberate policy. The ANC has deliberately forced upon the nation policies it knows are ruinous and to which it would never dream of submitting itself. Consider somewhat similar failures in another country far away a century ago.
One of the world's worst epidemics of malaria happened in Russia in 1922, spreading as far north as Archangel on the Arctic Circle. Nowadays, it would have been blamed on climate change (in the freezing cold!), but actually, it was caused by the collapse of Russian health services following the brutal disruption of the communist revolution and the civil war. (Malaria decimated the European population during the horrible cold of the 16th and 17th Centuries and probably killed Cromwell.) But an even worse loss of life, this time by starvation, was caused by deliberate communist policy.
#13542562 at 2021-04-29 17:59:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #5: RIP President Magufuli Edition
"Ramaphosa says 'an ex-president' objected to his State Capture Inquiry appearance"dated 28-04-2021 at https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/cyril-ramaphosa-opening-statement-state-capture-inquiry-what-president-zuma/
Cyril Ramaphosa's first few words with the State Capture Inquiry could be some of the most revealing: That was quite an opening statement…
Cyril Ramaphosa has shared an opening statement with the State Capture Inquiry, and his first port of call was to throw shade at an unnamed former president - but you can perhaps guess who that is...
'ONE FORMER PRESIDENT OBJECTED TO MY STATE CAPTURE INQUIRY APPEARANCE' - CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
The 68-year-old, appearing at the Zondo Commission for the very first time, made it clear that he was happy to assist the panel when it comes to shedding more light on state capture. This is a marked difference from the last president who took to the hot-seat, and Jacob Zuma faces a possible jail sentence for skipping proceedings. Ramaphosa started by saying:
"I am here to assist the Zondo Commission. When I confirmed I was appearing, I spoke to a colleague of mine - a former head of state. His reaction was 'ah, how can you do that?' - I told them that THIS is how democracy works. None of us should shy away from appearing at these Commissions. I am here in my capacity as the ANC leader."
"The State Capture Inquiry is an instrument to understand the nature and extent of state capture and to hold those responsible to account, and to take the necessary measures to ensure these events never happen again in South Africa. State capture has eroded the values of our Constitution, and if allowed to continue, it would threaten our entire future."
'CORRUPTION NOT A UNIQUE FACTOR TO SOUTH AFRICA', ZONDO COMMISSION TOLD
However, Ramaphosa is still trying to implement some form of damage control. Cyril cannot openly admit his party is dodgy, and he spent most of Wednesday trying to find the right balance - and pointed to previous 'corrupt regimes':
"The ANC knew the State Capture Inquiry would cause us great pain in the public eye. But the party believes that all members must assist the Inquiry. I'm not here to make excuses, nor will I defend the indefensible. Corruption is not a new phenomenon in South Africa - apartheid was both morally and financially corrupt."
"We recognise that some party members have been complicit in corruption. We have articulated these issues openly and publicly. But recognising these facts doesn't make the ANC uniquely corrupt. Various other organisations also have to confront this issue. South Africa is also not the only country in the world that has to deal with corruption."
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA REVISITS 'FIRST ALLEGATION' OF STATE CAPTURE
The President also confirmed what he believed was the first muttering of 'state capture'. That came way back in 2011, when Minister Fikile Mbalula raised some concerns about the influence of the Gupta brothers.
"It is worth mentioning that one of the earliest claims of state capture involving the Guptas came from a statement shared by Fikile Mbalula in 2011. However, this complaint was not taken any further by the ANC. At the time, no specific concerns about the 'capture of our state' were. But, over time, these allegations piled up."
"As the volume of evidence mounted, the issue of state capture became a focal point of discussion. Those guilty of corruption seek to keep their actions hidden. In the face of vehement denials, it is difficult to confront these figures."
#13525827 at 2021-04-27 19:28:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #5: RIP President Magufuli Edition
"Chris Hani - and my part in South Africa's downfall" - Part 2- https://nicborain.com/2011/04/11/chris-hani-and-my-part-in-south-africas-downfall/
Only a precious few have managed to resist the seemingly irresistible pull towards corruption and greed. You watch all of your friends and comrades become part of that system (the same system that laid its eggs in the ANC that would later hatch into the Arms Scandal and worse), the memory of the ideals that drove you become vague ... everyone else is doing it, what is the point in me hanging on while they are all busy with the business of securing themselves for life?
It was Tokyo Sexwale who wept beside Chris Hani's body on 10th April 1993 outside the house in Boksburg. There was something about Chris that reminds me of Tokyo Sexwale (who I do not know personally but seems to exude a similar charisma that makes one think of a suspiciously charming pirate).
Reading Mandy Wiener's Killing Kebble over the weekend and getting the insight provided by Fikile Mbalula flattening a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue in Kebble's home ... Mbalula and his ANC Youth League comrades treating the servants with extreme arrogance, trashing the house like spoiled children ... it is difficult not to be filled with a sense of loss and longing.
Mbalula was 9 18 (oops) years old when I sat with Chris Hani in Lusaka planning how best to drive wedges into Apartheid's army and win any potential enemies to our side.
I don't know for sure what he would have thought of this thrust to catapult the "new generation" of leadership into power in 2012 - including, horrifyingly, Fikile Mbalula for Secretary General.
But I suspect he would have drawn the line here. The ANC is not yet in the hands of Mbalula and his cronies - who are so reminiscent of Joe Modise, only slightly more refined.
There have always been heroes in the liberation movement who fought the tendency towards cronyism and rent-seeking abuse. I thought Chris Hani was in the process of becoming one of those when I worked with him in the late 80's.
Like James Dean and Jesus Christ, Chris Hani's virtues are frozen as an historical artefact.
There is a part of me that is relieved he will never be tried and found wanting.
(Note: my friend the fabulous artist Isabel Thompson helped organise that conference and my fellow Bruce Springsteen fan and mentor to so many of us Gavin Evans took the pics and posted them on facebook which is where I found them.)
#13390568 at 2021-04-09 13:56:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #5: RIP President Magufuli Edition
"ANC Youth League to make a comeback, task team appointed" after being dissolved in 2019- https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/anc-youth-league-to-make-a-comeback-task-team-appointed/.
The ANC Youth League leadership was dissolved in 2019 after members embarked on demonstrations, claiming the ANCYL NEC was too old and way beyond the age limit
The African National Congress (ANC) has released the names of the ANCYL National Youth Task Team. The team has essentially been tasked with resuscitating the ANC Youth League - by means of strengthening and consolidating existing structures of the youth league and to build new ones in consultation with regions and provinces.
The appointments were announced on Thursday, 08 April 2021.
"The ANCYL NYTT will primarily serve as a National Congress Preparatory Committee charged with the responsibility to prepare the ANCYL for conference... It is also charged with the responsibility to develop and roll out a programme of action, bringing together young people from different facets as a build-up to the envisaged elective conference," the party said.
Some of the appointments to the ANC Youth League Task Team include Nomceba Mhlauli, currently a spokesperson in the Ministry of the Presidency, Fasiha Hassan, member of the Gauteng legislature, Joy Maimela and Thuthukile Zuma, the daughter of former president Jacob Zuma.
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule introduced Mhlauli as the convener of the newly established team, while Maimela will be its coordinator.
The ANC Youth League leadership was dissolved in 2019 after members embarked on demonstrations, claiming the ANCYL NEC was too old and way beyond the age limit required to serve.
The ANC Youth League has long been considered a breeding ground for future leaders of the ANC. The movement, dubbed the "Young Lions" has produced a number of political bigwigs in the ruling party, including Fikile Mbalula and Malusi Gigaba.
"The ANC is determined to rebuild the ANCYL and restore its vibrancy so that it can continue to fulfill its historic mission. In the 1940s, the ANC was revitalized and became more militant in its actions and articulations. A key reason for this was the influence of the ANC Youth League whose leadership included giants such as Anton Lembede, its first president, Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu," the ANC further said.
"Today, as we seek to consolidate the gains of our liberation struggle, the ANC continues to look up to its youth to once again play a leading role in the national effort to confront the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality"
The ANC said its national officials have already met with the leadership of the NYTT and expressed overall support in their work of rebuilding and restoring the ANCYL.
#10548843 at 2020-09-06 20:29:16 (UTC+1)
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"Nationalizing and Globalizing the Police | Behind The Deep State" - https://youtu.be/W8OrbaCtNGk
The following article, "SA, Chinese police strengthen crime fighting partnership" at https://www.sanews.gov.za/world/sa-chinese-police-strengthen-crime-fighting-partnership states;
"Pretoria - South African and Chinese police have strengthened the ties between them and vowed to help each other fight crime.
Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula met with the People's Republic of China's Vice Minister of Public Safety Chen Zhimin on Friday where the two signed minutes of talks relating to police operations between the two countries after their discussions.
The talks focused on intensifying transnational crime combating operations but also explored lessons China and South Africa could learn from each other's security models."
"South Africa gets 13th Chinese police co-op unit, language center" - https://www.africanews.com/2018/11/02/south-africa-gets-13th-chinese-police-co-op-unit-language-center/
"China's Strategic Aims in Africa." - https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/congressional_testimony/ts200508_JDevermont.pdf states;
"China is both a historical security partner and a new power in sub-Saharan Africa. Beijing, for instance, was the primary source of aid for the Tanzanian military in the 1960s. This included small arms, trucks, antiaircraft guns, medium tanks, patrol boats, and landing craft. China also supported many of the region's ruling parties during their fight for independence in the 1970s, including FRELIMO in Mozambique and ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe. In the past three decades, Beijing's security engagement in the region has expanded and deepened in line with its broader "going out" strategy initiated in the late 1990s. China has ramped up its participation in multilateral peacekeeping operations, strengthened its bilateral security partnerships, and tapped its private sector companies to secure security contracts.
China has shifted from a minor to major player in UN and African Union (AU) peace operations in the past two decades."
"According to one study, a senior African officer, who attended both U.S. and Chinese professional military education programs, recalled that the Chinese curriculum promoted a narrative of U.S. neo-imperialism in Africa. These investments have paid off for the Chinese government; former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, for example, received training from the PLA National Defense University before ascending to power in 2001. China also uses its contributions to peacekeeping and burgeoning relationships with African governments to argue for more senior positions at UN bodies and galvanize support for Chinese political positions."