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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 8:54am On Jun 04, 2015

mzilakazi:
What does 800-hectare tells you? Very small land indeed. It is a farm and is privately owned land owned by Mr Somebody. The settlement is not even supported by majority Afrikaners, and it is now an old age home together with Orania. It is now supported by the government of SA because the constitution allows people of the same culture to inhabit together harmoniously on the same habitat.

However, you seem to fail to understand that, there are hundred of black only settlement in SA and why is it not an issue to you? Why don't you make it an issue that there are many black only settlement in KwaZulu?

eat dust!!! You said Kleinfontein is a farm. You are so low.

Kleinfontein and Eronia , its sister town are modern examples that apartheid is still on. Your black settlements are slummy cesspit which whites runaway from.

Now your IQ is as light as children's biscuit grin

. you claim kleinfontein is a private farm and that no black South African police can enter inside even for investigation.

Now tell me, where in the world a private property is beyond investigation by the police?

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 11:00pm On Jun 03, 2015

ddami:
i know u are on ur knees DUMBOrin and now u are begging so d insult can end 'cos I definitely had no conversation with u all I want 2 do z 2 kip insulting u.....next time when am talking 2 someone else u just don't fly,jump,run into it 'cos u will get more Dan dis...abstain 4rm dis moniker-ddami
now a sleeping ovation 4 u ...ur presence has bin noted as stupid, insignificant, irrelevant,and derailing
run chicken run run su u ve bin set free
*shines eye* searching 4 my next prey....

lol, the guy has been rendered ineffective by your e-punch. Have pity on jilingy wuzzy. grin

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 10:51pm On Jun 03, 2015

agaugust:
Dis one na soccer boot straight to the groin of South Africa, Soweto testiclez already leaking o

Zulus were bragging about peace Nobel prize for allowing 5% white own them body and soul...
When Soyinka was the first African literary Nobel laureate and Achebe has the most translated literature in Africa, and prof. Augustine was the only black in 9 man NASA aerospace safety panel. Black Nigerians doing Africa proud.

Zulu gave us xenophobia which is 10* worse than apartheid.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 8:48pm On Jun 03, 2015

mzilakazi:
Kleinfontein is a farm. yes. A vine farm owned by certain Mr somebody.

well I forgot, it is not like in primitive Nigeria.

All farms in SA have own schools, stores, etc.

more excerpt for you:[b]Although the Gauteng legislature has recognised Kleinfontein, a white Afrikaner-only settlement outside Pretoria, as a cultural community, the City of Tshwane won’t declare it a separate development.

The legislature’s decision comes after an investigation by its portfolio committee on community safety into an incident in which police officers were barred from entering the enclave, 30km south-east of the city in November last year, presumably because they did not fit the community’s entry requirements.

The findings of the investigation were reported in the legislature on Thursday, a meeting attended by one of Kleinfontein’s founders and the chairman of the Kleinfontein board, Jan Groenewald. He said the community co-operated fully with the legislature and said rumours that police were denied access to Kleinfontein were unsubstantiated.

The community is also in the process of applying to have Kleinfontein declared an independent legal entity within the City of Tshwane.

But while some have welcomed the acknowledgement of the settlement as a “cultural community” as a first step, the Tshwane mayor stressed that the city would not approve a whites-only township development within the capital city.

“It would be in contravention of the Bill of Rights for the City of Tshwane to approve a township development where residence was exclusive for a particular race group,” said the mayoral spokesman Blessing Manale.

In emphasising the supremacy of the constitution and the Bill of Rights, Executive Mayor Kgosientso Ramkgopa – who visited the settlement earlier in the year “to have a conversation with the community” – said every citizen had the right to “enter, remain and reside” anywhere in South Africa.

“We believe that there remains an open platform, medium and institutions for every South African to practise their legitimate cultural and religious rights, and to preserve and celebrate their heritage without demanding separate development and self-exclusion,” Manale said.

He described Kleinfontein as an informal settlement because it had not been formalised nor proclaimed as a formal township. There were about 40 such areas in the city. Groenewald attended the legislature meeting on Thursday. He said “rumours” that police were not allowed entry into Kleinfontein were unsubstantiated.

“… the investigation led to an excellent relationship between the Kleinfontein community and the legislature,” said Groenewald.

The 800ha co-operative turns 21 this year making it a year younger than its sister town, Orania. There are 450 shareholders in Kleinfontein with 300 homes and 1 000 residents – all of whom are white, Christian Afrikaners.

Those who live in Kleinfontein quote Article 185 of the constitution which defends the right to live with people of the same cultural group, language and religion.

The Freedom Front Plus welcomed the recognition of the Kleinfontein settlement as a cultural community, said Jaco Mulder, FF Plus member of the legislature in Gauteng.

Mulder, who was part of the investigation committee, said numerous misconceptions about Kleinfontein had now been cleared up.[/b]

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 8:34pm On Jun 03, 2015

mzilakazi:
Kleinfontein is a farm. yes. A vine farm owned by certain Mr somebody.

well I forgot, it is not like in primitive Nigeria.

All farms in SA have own schools, stores, etc.

[b]Behold your lack of dignity:Kleinfontein: A Place Where Only Whites Can Live, Oh Yeah, It is In Africa!

May 24, 2013 | Filed under: Africa , Featured | Posted by: Editorial_Staff

The entrance to Kleinfontein, being guarded by White militiamen

AFRICANGLOBE– About 30km south-east of Tshwane, South Africa’s capital on the N4 highway, there is a place you enter through a boom gate – similar to many other places in the city.

A security guard in full military attire greets you at the gate with a book for you to sign, and once you’ve stated your case you’re allowed in.

The system is similar to those at every other security estate in the city – except on the other side of this particular gate, you will see White faces only.

Welcome to Kleinfontein.

The White people who live here call it a “cultural community”, a safe haven for the white Christian Afrikaner.

The 800-hectare co-operative, started by Jan Groenewald, turns 21 years old this year and is one year younger than Orania – it’s sister town.

“It was started in 1992 when the founding members got that tingling feeling that the ANC would take over,” says Dr Pieter du Preez, who has lived here for five years and is a member of the board.

There are 450 shareholders in Kleinfontein with 300 homes and 1,000 residents – all White, Christian and Afrikaners.

“It is an Afrikaner homestead,” says Du Preez.

Once you have made it through the boom gate, you are greeted as Oom (uncle) or Tannie (auntie) by another security guard – also in military dress. He asks you who you are visiting and escorts you.

On the way to the office building, you are confronted with a large bust of Hendrik Verwoerd , the architect of apartheid.

Every White face along the way is smiling and they greet you in the “purest” Afrikaans.

Still, the place is eerily quiet.

“We have almost zero crime,” says Marisa Haasbroek, Kleinfontein’s volunteer communications officer.

The first stop after checking in at the office is the coffee shop.

You are treated to coffee and baked milktart by yet another smiling Afrikaner face. The smile broadens when they realise you are Afrikaans too.

The average age of a Kleinfontein resident is 60.

“Older people move here to retire because it is safe, quiet and we have a great care centre,” Haasbroek says over coffee.

When asked why there are few young people, she says it is too far outside Tshwane and the young do not want to drive so far to work.

“Older people do not travel as much,” she says.

Next up is a guided tour.

Kleinfontein a White Colony[/b]

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 7:11pm On Jun 03, 2015

mzilakazi:
Kleinfontein is a farm and thus is a private property and we respect right to private property and the same applies to Orania.

hello did you say kleinfontein is a farm? Such a low level scum.

A city that has it's own school, health care, sports and security ? Want source?

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 7:05pm On Jun 03, 2015*

mzilakazi:
Zulus are gifted on peace noble prizes. How many peace noble prize did flat head igbos won?

peace, no intellectual Nobel prize for Zulu? grin

Nigar, any where apartheid survived for 300 years will produce peace winners.

Each of every peace noble prize is a testament for Zulu docility. grin

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 7:02pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
Well dude we Whites consider ourselves South African and this thread is about who has the Strongest military, South Africa or Nigeria, it doesnt really matter which South African build what, the fact is South Africans build this country and its military, regardless of what colour they are, so you could continue on your way saying whites build this and whites build that, the fact is we are still South African and what we built or going to build belongs to every body in South Africa.

To be Honest its kind of sad how you always claim SA has better this and that, than Nigeria because of Whites, this clearly shows me that you have a major inferiority complex towards White people, luckily most of us in South Africa have know learned to get over our differences, it would be great if you could get over it to.

another apic lie.

There's no we.

Whites won't allow your ass in the city of kleinfontein. Not even a black S.A police can't enter that city

- if you are one why introduce BBE to arm twist and rob their companies?

Why are whites running away from Jo Burg into Sandton ?

- as soon as whites stop managing S.A including your military, you have been sinking since 1994....fact of life!!!

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:57pm On Jun 03, 2015

mzilakazi:
How many peace noble prize did flat head igbos won?

you can't answer grin

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:56pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
South Africa has won 7 intellectual Nobel Prices and 4 Nobel Peace Prices.

you didn't answer my question.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:55pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
Well dude we Whites consider ourselves South African and this thread is about who has the Strongest military, South Africa or Nigeria, it doesnt really matter which South African build what, the fact is South Africans build this country and its military, regardless of what colour they are, so you could continue on your way saying whites build this and whites build that, the fact is we are still South African and what we built or going to build belongs to every body in South Africa.

To be Honest its kind of sad how you always claim SA has better this and that, than Nigeria because of Whites, this clearly shows me that you have a major inferiority complex towards White people, luckily most of us in South Africa have know learned to get over our differences, it would be great if you could get over it to.

You are white behind your screen and keyboard.

Your mixed Zulu breath is oozing across this platform.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:53pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
Hahaha keep calling us stup1d its not like we have the most Nobel Prices in Africa, the best universities in Africa/World, the most technologically advanced country in Africa, the 32nd best infrastructure in the World ect ect ect

how many intellectual Nobel price have Zulu won. Don't count peace novel price for us or the Nobel price of Anglo dutch.

Tell us how many intellectual Nobel Price zulu have won.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:46pm On Jun 03, 2015

mzilakazi:
There were lot of South Africans on the list. SA is just about to produce three more black billionaires in the near future. The deputy President of RSA,, The former minister and one business man.

shut up about projections.

My source is April 2015 and only 1 billionaire is credited to Zulu kingdom.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:43pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
1 billionare? what about Johann Rupert, Nicky Oppenheimer, Christoffel Wiese, Koos Bekker, Desmond Sacco, Stephen Saad and Allan Gray

if we shall be generously inclusive we shall add the citizens of kleinfontein and say S.A has a total of only 7 billionaires including Patrice motsepe the only Zulu billionaire

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:31pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
Dude no need to apologise, I really don't give a sh1t if someone 1000s of km away insults me on an anonymous thread and neither should you.

This thread wouldn't have lasted this long if it was just for a serious discussions, in fact its one of the reasons I enjoy the thread, it makes it more interesting.

And although I condemn racist remarks, It really doesn't bother me as well, when for instance @Lezz makes racist comments about White Afrikaners I don't take offence, why? because I know he is most likely a small confidence lacking boy trying to sound relevant on an anonymous thread.

But thanks for the apology I do appreciate it , and remember if you have a bad day and you want to vent some anger, please come to this thread(Just stay on topic though), most of us really don't care if we are insulted.......well I don't anyway, so if you feel like insulting someone to vent some anger, you are more than welcome to insult me I really wont take offence.

I am Leslie and I troll with facts but for leisure.
Now let's get factual; realism is not racism and no one discusses South Africa without discussing race.

- whites built every single thing in S.A all of SA's bragging rights belong to the Anglo-dutch which are a flicking 5% of the population.

- you don't get this 5% whites coming on foreign forum and squatting for 5 years insisting they are better than all of Africa. They are all about their business.

- but you have full bred Zulu and half Zulu bred who are 85% of the population, have only 15% in the middle class and only 1 billionaire in S,A's 7 - you have them permanently on a forum sitting for 5 years and claiming they are the best in africa.

- who got a touchy inferior complex ? Zulus. So I ask what have your ancestors built in SA ?

- it was just 1994 the combined voices of Africa got you freedom and your gratitude is baseless bragging and xenophobia.

of all the tribes and people of Africa , only Zulu didn't build a country and only in South Africa you will find the majority if blacks suffering and handling every aspect of their economy and lives to a 5% group of settlers.

- so when we see them squatting here and making dumb claims, we oft times remind them while make debate here, we are all aware what's eating you.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 6:13pm On Jun 03, 2015

mzilakazi:
Bigger population=bigger poverty.

Bigger population=bigger responsibilien.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African_billionaires_by_net_worthty.

I have proved to you with credible sources that Nigeria does not produce large number of billionaires, Egypt and SA are.

SA has the largest number of millionaires in Africa, Our number of millionaires is more than double the number of millionaires Nigeria has. Fact!!!!

http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africanbusiness/2013/12/04/africa-dollar-millionaires-forecast-to-double

and I have shown you S.A has only 1 billionaire, name of Patrice mutsepe.

Egypt has 5 and Nigerian has 20. Niga, the owners of GLO, zenith, dangote, eco etc are individuals who are billionaires in Nigeria.

How many times do I have to tell you with credible sources that only 1 Zulu is a billionaire on the green planet?en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African_billionaires_by_net_worth

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 5:38pm On Jun 03, 2015

mzilakazi:
Chief, you must cut down on that stuff you are smoking. It is too strong for your flat head.

I'll think about it , but only because it's coming from a Zulu renowned for junky grin

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 5:32pm On Jun 03, 2015*

author=mzilakazi post=34388425]

Oh!!! Do you mean white South African? They are as well South Africans.

Life is not always about power this power that. What is most important is just to make your people happy. That's all.

If you have ever studied population dynamics you will know that increase in population create competition for resources which in actual fact could have been better if they were enjoyed by few people. The size of your family is a perfect example.[/quote]if you ever study population dynamics , you'll see that the big countries are becoming more prominent, powerful and drive growth in their regions.

Nigeria has 20% of Africa's population, so simply put, Nigeria has a lot of responsibility and role to play in Africa. The growth of Nigeria is the growth of Africa.

China is already the biggest consumer of luxury goods in the world.

Nigeria is producing more billionaires than any single country in Africa.

Bigger countries don't require external help to grow as do small countries.

With globalisation and world trade, countries with bigger population will determine world trade and economy.
When BBC says Nigeria is the most important country in Africa...

When former UN sec. gen., Kofi Annan says the destiny of Africa is in the hands of Nigeria ...they weren't stupid.

Yes, the anglo-dutch has laid some nice infrastructure and financial institution in south Africa but that alone doesn't cut it.

See what China is doing in the Asia Pacific, Japan can only stare....one of you southies mentioned Japan having the most powerful
Navy in the region, and I laugh at such naivety.
China is a monster that the entire region needs the US to checkmate. The influence of Japan is at an all time low.

Nigeria is 180 million strong while south Africa is 50 million. We have more standing army covers you 3 to 1.

Our reserve force covers you 3 to 1.

We have fuel which is the soul and blood of any warfare. You lack fuel it is a major concern for your army.

Economically, we would attract more foreign investment than you and our economic surplus will out number yours.

Come to look at it south Africa has been developing for over 300 years. You have no more surprises, no more marvelous growth rate. South Africa is an old lady. And yes the Anglo dutch settlers are dying to come to Nigeria, it will only make us out grow you more.

Check our how nearly all US and UK firms and services are heading to China grin

Nigeria is just 55 yes and has just begun scratching the surface of her potential and you guys are already this jittery and uncomfortable.

You ain't seen nothing yet.

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Family › Re: 13 Questions For Feminists by lezz(m): 4:13pm On Jun 03, 2015

Vivly:
I wonder what feminists are still fighting for. There's already gender equality. No constitution stops you from running for the highest political office in Nigeria and none stops you from marrying your agemate so you could have equal rights in marriage.
Some peeps just want to bother themselves with the feminist logic because it's the contemporary ish that makes them sound intelligent to their kind.
Goodluck NL feminists. You remind me of fishes that want bicycles.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 4:07pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
Thanks for proving my point, look at the FDI inflow, ours doubled from 2012-2013, yours decreased by $2000000000 in the same timeframe.

why not thank your own country , S.A.

2015, south Africa is saying, Nigeria and Mozambique are no 1&2 in Africa's receipts of FDI.
You are a lone south Africa screaming in the wilderness saying it isn't so. grin

Tell me, jillingy, where do you work?

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 3:28pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
why because you say so?

No , because this says so:https://en.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/south-africa/foreign-investment?&actualiser_id_banque=oui&id_banque=0&memoriser_choix=memoriser

Zulu, when I say CIA fact book is jackshit, you ought to say, "yeah".

Your own country says SA is 3rd on the list in FDI in Africa. Nigeria remains no 1.

I do this for leisure and you guys are entertaining goodtime.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 2:26pm On Jun 03, 2015

Patchesagain:
Last I checked he was posting facts and you were making long winded posts with no factual content.

If you disagree with a source, post a counter source.

If you want confirmation on the statement of another, request that they post a source to substantiate their claims.

Otherwise, dont argue.

my last glance indicated he was disputing a link from his own country that says S.A have one of the worst secondary schools in the world grin

You don't deserve a source,patchy-patchy.

Debating with you is leisure to me, you have lost your debate credibility a long time ago. angry

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 2:05pm On Jun 03, 2015

Patchesagain:
"It doesnt say what I want it to, thus it must be wrong"

Prove it or shut up

it says what you want to read, so you discard facts on ground . where is your sense?

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 2:01pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
Yes

inadmissible!!!

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 1:59pm On Jun 03, 2015

Patchesagain:
Fraudster?

I am not the one trying to fight the facts

you mean your co Zulu?

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 1:58pm On Jun 03, 2015

agaugust:
I don't take CIA world fact book seriously, we argued about it in 2013 here, it posts a lot of wrong data about Nigeria.

Some kind of unreliable library it is, even some serious South Africans here in 2013 disagree with the CIA factbook for saying South Africa is not a 3rd world country. LOL....South Africa is what? Europe? LOL

CIA-FACT-BOOK? NO

CIA FAKE-BOOK, YES
.

Lolz . america is one pain in the ass that knows so little about Africa. She channels all her resources to the middle east, Asia Pacific and NATO. The CIA rubbish book is not only factless, but also several years behind.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 1:36pm On Jun 03, 2015

jln115:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html

what's that ? Another south Africa self made link?

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 1:32pm On Jun 03, 2015

Patchesagain:
lol - lezz suffered a completely and utter meltdown

No one cares about your opinion.

Facts are facts.

I don't need a prophet to tell you feel me.
Fraudster.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 12:47pm On Jun 03, 2015*

jln115:
Actually according to the CIA world fact book our FDI increased from 171.6 billion in 2013 to 177.5 billion in 2014.Nigerias FDI increased from 76. 75 billion to 81.72 billion in the same time frame. You see not only do we have double the amount of FDI than Nigeria, but ours is also increasing at a faster pace, thus that gap will only widen.

jackshit!

CIA factbook my ass...sorry, yours. Your FDI is going down. Nigeria's is increasing.

Nigger, south Africa is saturated. You're forcing yourselves being what you are not destined to be, incapable of becoming.

Insecure morons, clinging to a notion that is unachievable.

Early 2014, I predicted the gradual falling away of south Africa. When I read the ISS report I had goose pimples all over because it all mirrored every single thing I have been saying.

Now hear another prediction and live see it come to pass:

If south afriAfrica goes to the moon

Builds a nuclear armor

Has the best military , she will never out power and out influence Nigeria or even become a global player.

Nigger, the 21st century and beyond belongs to the big countries. With globalisation it is even worse.

Boy, DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY !!!!

You think the rise and global clouth of China, India, Indonesia, Brazil , Nigeria are coincidences?

Zulu in this age, the whiteman is setting up factories, industries and giant firms to these countries as they now dictate the pace and growth of global economy.

Why the fvck do you think your masters , Anglo Dutch are queuing up in setting up shops in Nigeria , inspite of boko haram. Silly.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 10:25pm On Jun 02, 2015

jln115:
Nope

every thing in south Africa is declining. Economy, infrastructure, FDI, security, unemployment, government, etc. All these have been recording low numbers since 1994.

Tell yourself the truth so your children can learn.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 10:08pm On Jun 02, 2015

jln115:
"Nigeria has one of the highest FDI in Africa ."
Guess which country has the highest FDI in Africa.

NIGERIA.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 10:01pm On Jun 02, 2015

Patchesagain:
You tell me

This is an ISS report on Africa in 2015:[b] If Nigeria plays its cards right, it could become Africa’s only global superpower. It already has the continent’s biggest economy, a huge military budget and a fair record of regional engagement. By 2040 it will also be the fourth largest country in the world after India, China and the United States.

New research by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) shows that out of Africa’s “Big Five” powerful countries – Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Ethiopia – Nigeria is “the African country with by far the greatest capabilities” to play a global role.

The choice of the Big Five is based on the demographic, economic and military size of these countries, as well as their historical role as regional leaders, says the ISS.

South Africa is the only African member of Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and the G20, but it is not expected to grow in power and influence internationally and in Africa. Dr Jakkie Cilliers, executive director of the ISS and one of the co-authors of the report, says South Africans sometimes have the misguided impression that the country is a big military power and plays a major role in peacekeeping in Africa.

Spending on defence has, however, been drastically reduced, as shown in the recent defence review. It contributes fewer peacekeepers to United Nations missions than Ethiopia, Egypt and Nigeria.

“In fact, Algeria is spending the most on its military, Ethiopia is the major peacekeeper on the continent and Egypt has the biggest diplomatic power,” says Cilliers.

South Africa’s economy is not projected to grow nearly as much as the rest of Africa.

Population growths are much higher elsewhere on the continent, particularly in Nigeria, where it is projected to grow from 170-million to 320-million by 2040.

“South Africans don’t appreciate the huge size of Nigeria’s economy,” says Cilliers. Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow from $525-billion in 2014 to $4.2-trillion by 2040.

Added to South Africa’s woes are “legitimacy problems on the continent”[/b]

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