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Cellphone giant MTN accused of bribing Taliban – indirectly MTN clients are subsidising this designated terrorist organisation

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MTN accused of paying protection money to the Taliban, a designated terrorist organisation known to have been working with al-Qaeda.

The company is among several multinationals facing a US lawsuit on behalf of killed or wounded US military in Afghanistan.

SUMMARY:
A civil lawsuit brought in the US says MTN paid protection money to the Taliban and actively helped its fighters from being detected by US counter-insurgency forces

The company, along with five other Western businesses, have been accused in a US court of having violated the Anti-Terrorism Act by paying protection money to the Taliban, a designated terrorist organisation known to have been working with al-Qaeda.

The Taliban was overthrown by US-led forces in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when the US accused Afghanistan’s ruling party of harbouring those responsible for the attacks. Those not killed went into hiding before launching a prolonged counter-insurgency
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Christmas Day births – Northern Transvaal 3 white babies were born and other 59 babies mainly black – an indication of who is responsible for the overpopulation in Africa

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On Christmas Day, Western Cape hospitals stood out to care for all the expectant women who gave birth one after another.

At least 91 births were reported that day, of which two are white births, which is also an indication of who is responsible for the overpopulation in Africa.

In the Northern Transvaal three whites were born on Christmas Day, and the other 59 were mainly black babies.

It is unknown how many were born in Natal and on the Rand, but unconfirmed reports state that minors are responsible for almost half of the cases reported.

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409 Farm attacks and 56 farm murders in 2019 – Slaughter of white farmers in SA increases, especially in rural areas

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The massacre in rural areas has increased in recent years, according to the latest available figures on farm attacks and murders.

Henry Geldenhuys, deputy president of the agricultural organization TAU SA, says that according to their statistics, there were 409 farm attacks in 2019 compared to 395 farm attacks in 2018, during the same period 56 murders on farms tenor 53 of the previous year. However, he continues by stating that the figures may be even higher as December is not over.

According to Geldenhuys, there were even farm attacks on Christmas Day in Harding respectively in KwaZulu-Natal, where a farmer was attacked with a knife, in Kakamas in the Northern Cape, where a family was attacked, and in Bapsfontein in Gauteng, where a farmer was assaulted. He says crimes such as murder, armed robbery and stock theft increase every year and when it comes to crime prevention, one can never be too paranoid, especially when living in the countryside and do
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SANDF confirms SA Air Force plane crash in Democratic Republic of Congo

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A South African Air Force plane crashed at Goma Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday afternoon.

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said the plane had been deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission (MONUSCO).

It was damaged after crash landing.

“The C130 from the South African Air Force was on its way back to Goma after delivering logistic supplies at Beni when the incident happened,” he said.

“Nobody was injured during the landing and a Board of Inquiry will be convened to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.”

Dlamini said more information would be released once it was available.

Videos on social media showed smoke rising from the plane.

Local news website ICI KIVU quoted UN spokesperson Mathias Gillman as saying that the left engine had caught alight.

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SA’s expected economic growth is adjusted to 0.9% for 2020 – ANC regime is responsible for SA being in such a mess

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The World Bank has just adjusted South Africa’s projected economic growth to 0.9% for 2020 amid the uncertainty surrounding Eskom and load shedding. The 1.3% growth that the World Bank initially predicted for 2019 has now also been adjusted to 0.4%.

In spite of these realities, the ANC clings to the ideology that got us into this troubled position. President Ramaphosa explains what their approach to state-owned companies, so-called strategic assets, will remain:

“As we do this, we are clear that the state will retain ownership of all those state-owned enterprises that are strategic. This is so that these entities are able to perform the crucial economic and developmental functions that the market would not own be able to perform. ”

The government certainly does not intend to relinquish comprehensive state control and trust the free market. In the end, they placed SAA with terrible objection in business rescue – largely th
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Convicted “racist”Vicki Momberg is suing the state for R8,5 million

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Speaking to News24 on Thursday, Momberg’s lawyer, Anesh Sukdeo said her client was suing the South African Police Service (SAPS), justice ministers, provincial and national police commissioners as well as the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), for R8.5 Million for the unlawful arrest and detention effected on her on November 6.

Sukdeo said the R8.5 million claim includes R2.5 million for her unlawful arrest and detention from November 6 to December 27 at a rate of R50 000 per day, R1 million for defamation, pain, suffering and anguish, R2.5 million for malicious legal proceedings and another R2.5 million for wrongful and malicious legal proceedings.

The lawyer said while the police claimed there was a warrant of arrest instructing Momberg’s arrest on November 6, that was not the case and instead they had an “apprehension order”.

“When we got to court and saw the magistrate that dealt w
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What does the ANC know about fitness? – Gyms and fitness trainers will be government regulated – and can be shut down – under a new draft plan

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Gyms and fitness trainers will be answerable to a new body that will be set up by the minister of sport, under a new draft law – with the power to close down gyms and suspend the registration of fitness professionals if they break the rules.

The Fitness Industry Regulatory Authority is one proposal in the draft National Sport and Recreation Amendment Bill published for public comment in December. The law is intended to give the minister of sport more direct control of sporting codes and to create various new bodies, including one to regulate “combat sport” and a Sport Arbitration Tribunal.

But the change with the biggest impact would be the fitness regulator, which under the current draft has wide powers and responsibilities that seem to cover pretty much anything resembling a gym, and anyone who helps others get and stay fit in exchange for money.

If passed, the law would allow the minister of sport, currently Nathi Mthethwa, to e
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Farm attack: House robbery, attempted murder, Waterpoort – 2020 not yet in full swing but white South-Africans are already being slaughtered and attacked by brutal savages

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A farm attack took place on the morning of 7 January 2020, in Waterpoort, Limpopo province of South Africa. A contractor on the farm Roux & Roos was wounded during the armed attack and was admitted for medical treatment. A Cruiser was also robbed. Waterpoort Reaction Group, Waterpoort Saps and Makhado K9, with the assistance of a private helicopter the tracks of the attackers were followed.

Alldays Reaction Team also assisted with all other Farmwatch members and trackers working on the farm as well as farmworkers from surrounding farms.

This was an extremely successful operation where Rural Safety Structures together with Saps proved that when there is co-operation, criminals will face justice. Two of the attackers were arrested, SAPS are still following up on suspect number three. Investigation by Saps is still continuing .

There is no other information available at this stage.

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Legal action demanded against KZN businessman after comparing people at a Richards Bay beachfront with baboons

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A businessman is in trouble after apparently comparing black people to baboons at a Richards Bay beachfront in a Facebook post.

Lorenzo Greyling, a KwaZulu-Natal businessman, allegedly made the statements on the Facebook group Selling Things in Richards Bay, after someone complained about the litter that was strewn on the beach after the 2019 uMhlathuze beach party.

“What do you expect from these barbarians? They don’t have manners, just like animals. Do you think a baboon or monkey picks up what he eats? No, they eat everything and just leave it on the floor, ”the post states. The placement was made on December 17 and has since been removed.

Slondile Mkhize, the speaker of uMhlathuze, now wants to take legal action against Greyling. He called on the Human Rights Commission to actually take action against Greyling and teach him “and others” to think twice before posting anything objectionable on social media.

“We are b
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Petrol price warning as oil hits $70 – Rising tensions between the U.S and causing considerable turbulence in oil markets

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Oil extended its dramatic surge, surpassing $70 a barrel in London for the first time since September, as Middle East tensions flared after the US assassinated one of Iran’s most powerful generals.

Futures jumped by another 1.4% on Monday as the US State Department warned of a “heightened risk” of missile attacks near military bases and energy facilities in Saudi Arabia.

President Donald Trump reiterated threats of retaliation should Iran “do anything” and vowed heavy sanctions against Iraq if American troops are forced to leave OPEC’s second-biggest producer.

The clash is fanning fears that a wider conflict could disrupt supply from the region, which provides almost a third of the world’s oil. Prices haven’t hit these levels since an attack on Saudi Arabia’s production facilities in September – which the US blamed on Iran – briefly halted about 5% of global output.

“Crude has some more risk pricing to do,” said
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