Posts tagged with 'Africa'

 

Trump’s new security adviser speaks Afrikaans fluently

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Last week, Trump abruptly fired John Bolton, a vigorous proponent of using US military force abroad and one of the main hawks in the administration on Iran. Robert O’Brien has until now served as Trump’s envoy for situations involving US hostages abroad. He comes into the new job with backing from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior Republicans in Congress.

US President Donald Trump has chosen Robert O’Brien to replace John Bolton as his national security adviser.

Robert O’Brien learnt to speak the language while an exchange student in Bloemfontein during apartheid.

According to lobby group AfriForum’s deputy CEO, Ernst Roets, “O’Brien speaks fluent Afrikaans and AfriForum has interacted with him in the past”.

This is a reference to an interview with O’Brien AfriForum published in 2017, which the lobby group’s CEO, Kallie Kriel, also tweeted about on hearing of his new appointment.

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Magashule: SA economy is in the hands of the minority and unfortunately, they are white – White monopoly still exists

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ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule breathed new life into the party’s controversial debate on the concept of white monopoly capital when he said on Wednesday night that the economy was still in the hands of white people. He goes further by saying that if white monopolistic capital was redefined as monopolistic capital, students would have fought less aggressively against it.

Ace made the odd remarks at an event at the University of Witwatersrand, where he addressed students with the theme of building a foundation in the current political system. He says white monopoly capital exists and it is a reality that will not disappear. He again used the ANC rhetoric of the students who can now study after the freedom movements made it possible. He also took the opportunity to say that the EFF has no right to claim the concept of economic freedom since the ANC started it years ago as a pursuit.

According to Magashule, the economy is in the hands of the w
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WATCH | Meanwhile … in other news… HUGO is STILL trending ….

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Surely South Africans have a sense of humor …. amidst the land burning on one side …
And politicians who want to murder each other …. inexpensive food & gasoline ….. we can at least laugh & look forward to the World Cup.

Click here to watch video clip

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Afrikaner Barbarism the order of the day at DUT – 9 students set fire to security officer – Student grievances degenerate into lawlessness

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Rebellious students from Durban University of Technology wreaks havoc at the Steve Biko campus during a violent demonstration. They insist that the current security company be replaced. Lectures are currently suspended and nearly 34,000 students are unable to attend lectures. During the riot, 9 students were arrested after gasoline was thrown over a security guard and he was set on fire.

During the riot, two waiting rooms and the interview room were destroyed, and the 27-year-old security officer sustained serious injuries. The latter was rescued after a close escape when his colleagues saw the attack and he was rushed to hospital. Nine students between 20 and 30 years were arrested. The provincial commissioner of police strongly condemned the incident, saying that the involved students is charged with attempted murder, malicious damage to property and public violence.

It is worrying how students can justify their grievances through lawlessness and ass
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Spare the rod, spoil the child – Giving your child a hiding at home remains illegal!

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According to a ruling by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, corporal punishment in the future will be illegal in private households

The majority judges of the Constitutional Court claims that children can still be effectively disciplined without using moderate and reasonable chastisement, there are other means of enforcing discipline.

In November last year, the Constitutional Court heard an application by Freedom to Religion in South Africa (FOR SA) requesting that a 2017 Supreme Court ruling that corporal punishment in private households be set aside.

Daniela Ellerbeck, legal representative for FOR SA, said earlier that the Supreme Court ruling “will make criminals of well-meaning parents who love their children and only want the best for them”.

Ellerbeck said the Supreme Court ruling essentially meant that if a parent just gave their child a light blow to the hind, the parent could be arrested, prosecuted and convicted.<
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Julius Malema’s ‘dead white man’ tweet is hate speech, says SAHRC

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Julius Malema’s comments on Twitter will be referred to the equality court and the SAHRC will also investigate the EFF’s ban on media organisations amaBhungane and the Daily Maverick from their events.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Tuesday condemned recent comments attributed to EFF leader Julius Malema — at least at first sight — as amounting to hate speech.

They were referring to a video shared on his Twitter feed in which he paid tribute to the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.

The tweet, published on September 14 with the words “Rest in power #GUSHUNGO” featured a video with quotes by Mugabe. “The only white man you can trust is a dead white man,” read one of the quotes alongside a picture of Mugabe.

Malema later shared a message, accompanied by the words “Stratcom #GUSHUNGO”, from Twitter, saying it had “investigated the reported content and could not identify any vio
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7th Brics loan worth R7 billion to be granted to the SA National Roads Agency, controlled by ANC regime will probably not be used for optimal benefits for road users

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The “new Development Bank” known as Brics Bank, has approved the lending of R7bn to the state-owned entity Sanral.

This is the seventh loan to South Africa that Brics has granted, and the latest loans are considered another step closer to junk status.

The SA National Roads Agency (SANRAL), which initially intended to realize huge profits from e-toll, has failed miserably, and financial experts consider the entity as another state-run institution that does not raise the financial burden.

To date, Sanral has not been able to raise sufficient funds to keep national roads in good shape, and there is no concern that the R7bn will not be well managed so as to realize optimal benefits for road users.

The Brics countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa set up the Brics Bank to counter the IMF

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Panyaza Lesufi slams new Afrikaans university funded by Solidarity: ‘Don’t remind us of apartheid’ – Jealousy makes you nasty!

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The campus is part of the union’s education and employment projects worth R4,5 billion over the next five years. The project is set to cost about R300 million funded through donations from the community, the union said.

The university will be home to Solidarity’s accredited, Afrikaans private vocational training college founded on Christian values.

The campus is the first of the major projects the union would embark on over the next five years to boost education and employment to the tune of R4,5 billion.

The next project would be the construction of the Akademia campus where “world-class education will be offered through Afrikaans as the medium of instruction”.

“The strength of Sol-Tech and of this campus lies in the fact that it is being built by the community,” said Solidarity COO Dr Dirk Hermann.

“Every Solidarity member donates R10 to a building fund each month.

“Thousands of members of the public donate
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Kruger National Park a world-renowned tourist attraction, could be brought to a standstill by disgruntled workers over unresolved wage disputes

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Hundreds of SANParks workers are planning a second strike over unresolved wage disputes, not only at the Kruger Gate, but also nationwide, on September 20,2019.

The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers’ (Nupsaw) spokesman, Kagiso Makoe, said the union would embark on a national shutdown of SANParks facilities – on behalf of SANParks employees – and that they will be joined by the Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa), which is the majority trade union at SANParks.

Makoe confirmed that they requested a salary adjustment of 11,5 per cent. He said this is market-related, and they also want to standardise working hours to 40 hours per week, and 160 hours per month.

He confirmed that the planned strike will involve rangers, field workers, administrators and cleaners at SANParks. Earlier this year workers embarked on a similar strike following wage disputes.

Negotiations at CCMA shortly a
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AfriForum’s Ernst Roets not in contempt of court over apartheid flag tweet – Roets said he was posing an academic question with his tweet

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Johannesburg – The Equality Court on Tuesday ruled that AfriForum deputy chief executive Ernst Roets was not in contempt of court when he tweeted an image of the offensive apartheid flag.

Roets posted the image on Twitter soon after the Equality Court, sitting at the South Gauteng High Court, declared that the gratuitous display of the apartheid flag amounts to hate speech.

Judge Phineas Mojapelo said displaying the old flag constituted hate speech and discrimination based on race. He added that the apartheid-era flag be allowed for academic, artistic and journalistic use only if there was a need and permission to do so.

Roets’ offensive post prompted the Nelson Mandela Foundation to file bring an urgent application to the court.

However, Roets dismissed suggestions that he disrespected the judgment. Instead he said the court ruled the flag could be used for artistic, journalistic and academic purposes.

Roets said he wa
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