Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi did it in dramatic style – dressed in military-like uniform and surrounded by masked police officers with automatic weapons, he called a press conference to accuse Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of having ties to criminal gangs.
The US has not only cut back bilateral relations with South Africa, but also boycotted it in global bodies like the G20.
“Elon Musk has captured the Presidency of the USA and has weaponized his office as an instrument to pursue his business interests globally. His nefarious influence must be opposed and undermined by all nations which respect their sovereignty and seek to maintain independence.”
Trump said he was bringing in the order because of South Africa’s new land law, which he says is violating people’s rights, and also because of its international court case accusing Israel of genocide.
“South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
The new law allows for expropriation without compensation only in circumstances where it is “just and equitable and in the public interest” to do so.
The election will be held on one day across South Africa’s nine provinces, with nearly 28 million people registered to vote at more than 23,000 polling stations. Final results are expected by Sunday.
For months, while thousands were dying in the pandemic, South Africans wondered why their long-promised deliveries of COVID-19vaccines from Johnson & Johnson had not yet arrived. The mystery was finally solved this week. Millions of doses of the J&J vaccine, produced at a South African factory, had been secretly shipped to wealthy European countries where […]
South African prosecutors on Monday announced a key step in their bid to extradite Indian-born brothers who were allegedly at the centre of a massive web of corruption. The three Gupta brothers — Ajay, Atul and Rajesh — are at the centre of a long-running probe into the embezzlement of state assets under former president […]
South Africa’s ex- president Jacob Zuma has made a last minute plea to the Constitutional Court, which sentenced him to 15 months in jail over contempt earlier in the week, to avoid that sentence. Zuma aligned himself with the two court Justices who adopted a dissenting view his sentencing as he filed an urgent application […]
Global kit manufacturer Umbro have announced a new long-term partnership with Kenyan Premier league champions The Mighty K’Ogalo—Gor Mahia FC. Umbro is pleased to announce a new long-term partnership the Kenyan Premier League's reigning champions, @OfficialGMFC pic.twitter.com/XDYlGsiAZA — Umbro South Africa (@Umbro_SA) January 16, 2020 The technical and management staff will be supplied with branded […]
According to a whistleblower site cnyakundi.com, a blog that has been exposing and following closely the case of Victoria Commercial Bank owner Yogesh Pattni who, according to the chief editor of the site, has been accused of alleged massive fraud and scam deals and in this case study, money laundering in the Republic of Kenya. […]
