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jamesversion:
Why don't you charge Russia for what they're doing in Ukraine? Pussies.

We wanna start with your darling Israel, you said they were untouchable. Well look who's crying now. Russia is our buddy, they were with us during the struggle for our liberation - Israel was supporting our oppression. It's payback time.

Shinjawestern:
Israel should just drop a little bomb in southafrica..

Alot of terrorists in southafrica

Death to all head slamming mohammadian terrorists and their supporters

While you're scared of Israel, we're not.

ablejesus26:
The only person wailing unnecessarily here is You. Posting pictures that won't cut a chase in the reality of what We have at hand.

The Israeli government sounded it as clear as the sound of a bell that They would sure do anything to protect and defend themselves from senseless attackers,now they are living up to their promise You are wailing bitterly.

Don't go throwing bomb at them and killing people senselessly next time.

And we promised we'll get Israel charged with genocide🇿🇦 - something that will stain them forever (and we're living up to that promise). Israel signed up to international treaties including those related to war and not implementing collective punishment on innocent people. A whole 2 million people in the Gaza strip targeted indiscriminately and you think thats ok? No more crying acting as holocaust victims when you yourself are responsible for genocide🇮🇱. The tables have turned.

Floky215:
What flame...!!?
The joke is on you people when the Islamist bombs begins to explode in Johannesburg and Pretoria...!!

Your stupidity by then would be cured...!!

You can get some clue from the Mozambicans ..!!

Never seen people as stupid and foolish as the South Africans..!!

You think you know, want to be politically correct or get back at Israel cos of Apartheid by been stupid, well its your call..when it starts I hope you guys won't cry to UN...!!

Wishful thinking. SA has a large muslim population that has lived peacefully with all of us. Not our fault you continuously mismanage your affairs in Nigeria to an extent that you created conditions fertile for Boko Haram and ISIS. Now that's "stupidity and foolishness". Your problem, not ours. Keep wailing.

DabuIIIT:
The late Mandela real turned their brains before passing away.
Those whites should wash off their hands off those Zulus and their nonsense.

The same whites who'll be keenly representing SA against Israel? Keep wailing, white worshipper! Where were you when Israel was busy supporting apartheid in SA and the Palestinians were supporting the 'Zulus'? Comment on things you know or forever limit yourself to the romance section.

jamesversion:
Waste of time, resources & energy.

Keep wailing.

christejames:


😂 😂 😂 😂 🤣🤣🤣

Hilarious country

You mean country of action and not lip service. Stay tuned next weekend as i post that former holocaust victims are now charged with genocide. Bring stacks of tissues coz your wailing will be non-stop and infinitely continuous.

christejames:
Xenophobic country

It's coming home ; unrest I mean... 😅

Keep wailing from the sidelines. Israel's gonna see flames next week Thursday and Friday.

Holocaust wailers will soon themselves be charged with genocide. What an embarrassment!

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South Africa has filed an application at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to institute proceedings against Israel . The application to the world court concerns alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Genocide Convention in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The hearing is scheduled to be heard in The Hague next Thursday and Friday.

Great team to represent SA, say analysts.

International law experts are pleased with the team, saying the counsels representing South Africa are some of the best.

Wits University’s international law analyst Patrick Kadima viewed the legal team as an “A-team” with lawyers who have their own individual brilliance making the case more interesting.

Speaking to TimesLIVE, he said the team indicates government’s seriousness in taking on Israel at the ICJ.

“The senior counsel team is composed of brilliant lawyers, some of whom have worked on complex international law matters. For example, Prof Dugard is regarded by most of us as the father of international law in South Africa. He has contributed extensively to the field at home and abroad and I can boldly say his contribution is inestimable. His impact, both in the academy and in international organisations, speaks for itself,” he said.

Associate professor in public law at the University of Cape Town Prof Cathleen Powell said the team consists of some of the best local and international expertise in international law.

“This includes some superb counsel. I may be omitting some of the best examples, but Ngcukaitobi and Du Plessis are obvious candidates for this description. I think South Africa has assembled an extremely strong team. I am not sure which of them is responsible for the application submitted to the ICJ, but that shows a thorough, comprehensive approach with detailed knowledge and understanding of the relevant rules. It’s an excellent start,” she said.

Kadima also pointed out Du Plessis for his wide contribution to international law matters, which he found to be a perfect fit for the ICJ challenge. The junior counsels also have impressive experience, he said.

“On the externals, one notices the two counsels hail from chambers in Britain who are known to be leaders in international law matters and human rights matters. Prof Lowe is known to be an authoritative voice in international law circles, having argued complex matters before the ICJ and widely published on these issues.

“All in all, I don’t think there could be a better team than this, given the importance of the case. The papers filed in the court speak to the brilliance of the team. Fantastic.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_8lvoMRrKE?si=icnXcLv3HE2yZyFU

MEET THE TEAM:

1. John Dugard SC

Dugard, a former professor of law at the University of Witwatersrand and director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, is one of South Africa’s top international law advocates locally and internationally.

Since 2001 he has served as special rapporteur to the UN Commission on Human Rights on the Palestinian Territory and has been a member of the board of trustees of Law for Palestine since 2020.

2. Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC

Ngcukaitobi was behind the application brought before the Constitutional Court to find Zuma in contempt of court for failing to testify before the state capture inquiry. The advocate was successful and Zuma became the first former head of state in democratic South Africa to be imprisoned.

3. Adila Hassim SC

Hassim, who was admitted to the Johannesburg Society of Advocates in 2003, is also the co-founder of the anti-corruption organisation Corruption Watch and serves on its board.

During the inquest into the deaths of mental health patients at Life Esidimeni, Hassim represented the law centre Section 27 and the 44 families of the 144 deceased.

4. Tshidiso Ramogale

Ramogale completed his pupillage under the mentorship of senior counsel on the team Ngcukaitobi. He also worked as a clerk for justice Sisi Khampepe of the Constitutional Court and was a legal officer at the SAHRC.

He is a human rights lawyer who obtained his law degree from the University of Witswatersrand and, according to Harvard, his work includes securing the release of people who were unlawfully arrested by police, prevented unlawful evictions and protected the rights of the elderly and disabled.

5. Max Du Plessis SC

Du Plessis is an advocate affiliated with the Thulamela Chambers, and for many years he was an associate fellow in international law at Chatham House, the Royal Institute for International Affairs in London.

As an international lawyer, he advises international organisations, government and non-government organisations and has appeared or advised on matters which are before the International Criminal Court (ICC), the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, the SADC Tribunal and the East African Court of Justice.

6. Sarah Pudifin-Jones

Sarah Pudifin-Jones, a summa cum laude law graduate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, was among the top law students at the university and completed her LLM and MPhil at Cambridge University.

She has been involved in high-profile matters before the Constitutional Court including joining Du Plessis in an application to order Zuma to comply with and implement the findings and remedial action in the public protector's report on his homestead in Nkandla.

7. Lerato Zikalala

Zikalala is a Rhodes University alumni where she obtained her LLB degree before completing her LLM at the University of Notre Dame, specialising in international human rights law.

Zikalala sits on the board of Lawyers against Abuse, an organisation that fills the gap between the law and the way it is experienced by victims of gender-based violence.

TWO EXTERNAL ADVOCATES:

8. Vaughan Lowe KC

Lowe is a practising advocate at the Essex court chambers in the UK, specialising mainly in international law, with cases heard before the ICJ and the European Court of Justice and courts in England and Hong Kong, among many others. He has sat as an acting judge on the European Court of Human Rights and served as the nominated UK judge on the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal.

8. Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC

Words including “compelling”, “persuasive” and “tactically brilliant” are used by the UK legal fraternity to describe Ní Ghrálaigh, who is a senior advocate at the bars of Ireland, England and Wales. She is also on the ICC’s list of counsel and has extensive experience in human rights law, public international law, criminal law and public law.

Title should be ''CAF GIVES RIGHTS TO EUROPEAN BROADCASTER'.

Africans should boycott CAF.

PressMyButton:
You jumped in bed with Putin and shut your eyes on the genocide against the Ukranian people.
Is South Africa ever a serious country?

We'll find out after Netanyahu is declared a war criminal - which he will. And you'll cry for him as a white worshipping Nigerian.

Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague to contest South Africa's genocide accusations over the war with Hamas in Gaza, an Israeli government spokesman said on Tuesday.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEQSS4IEsCM?si=ZQaF0iG2QDBQXqr0

South Africa asked the ICJ on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown against Hamas.

"The State of Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice at The Hague to dispel South Africa's absurd blood libel," spokesman Eylon Levy told an online briefing.

"We assure South Africa's leaders, history will judge you, and it will judge you without mercy," Levy said.

SA reported Israel to both the ICJ (UN World Court) & ICC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMRbdjmdAM?si=Vf_k4j3x57Abw5Mb

South Africa has for decades backed the Palestinian cause for statehood in Israeli-occupied territories. It has likened the plight of Palestinians to those of the Black majority in South Africa during the apartheid era, a comparison Israel strongly denies.

The ICJ, sometimes known as the World Court, is the United Nations venue for resolving disputes between states. Israel's foreign ministry has said the suit was "baseless."

Lawyers representing South Africa are preparing for the hearing scheduled on Jan. 11 and 12, Clayson Monyela, a spokesperson for South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation, said in a post on the platform X.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0zI9BDnCyI?si=xifEqQ-jLSm_XBlS

The war was triggered by a cross-border attack by Hamas Islamist militants on Oct. 7, which Israel says killed 1,200 people.

Israel responded with an air and land assault that has killed more than 22,000 people, Palestinian health officials say. While its casualty figures do not differentiate between fighters and civilians, the ministry has said that 70% of Gaza's dead are women and those under 18. Israel disputes Palestinian casualty figures and says it has killed 8,000 fighters.

Levy listed a series of measures Israel's military has taken to minimize harm to non-combatants.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVyQ4yR92pM?si=PC66fiHwLBedllc9

He said Hamas bore full moral responsibility for the war it started and was "waging from inside and underneath hospitals, schools, mosques, homes and UN facilities", Levy said.

He added, without elaborating, that South Africa was complicit in Hamas' crimes against Israelis.

Hamas denies using Gaza's population as human shields.

Congratulations Fergie001! I know you from foreign section ⭐

allthingsgood:
It’s exactly the same. SA also had many people fighting to ensure the apartheid continues. People like you. But today, those same people are pretending to be the heroes. Mandela that they praise today, was once considered by US to be a terrorist. Go and read your history books.

😂😂😂😂

SpatialKing:
Same court they don't believe in

You should've read the article. There's a difference between ICC and ICJ (the UN World Court).

StrongAlphMale:
I don't engage black SA in a conversation, tell a white sane SA to quote me

Japagerian hunger pains making you hallucinate. I'll double the one bag of rice palliative Tinubu promised you.

StrongAlphMale:
Isreal should file a petition against SA for xenophobic attacks against Africanas. Mumu south Africa

Trying hard to get the attention of isreal and isreal no send their Papa

Why would SA seek Israeli attention - educate us o. As far as i know Israel knows very well SA doesn't like it because it supported SA apartheid, and now practicing it with the Palestinians.

allthingsgood:
Because SA suffered the same fate and only got saved by others who carried it on their head!

Exactly. I don't understand how people here reason - very myopic, village champions. Solidarity with other nations is always needed in international diplomacy.

bhella10:
Like our Hoebidient like our Zulu brothers. Carry another person load for head while his own load dey ground. I think they call it Afghanistanism

Look at the extremely low levels of reasoning in Japageria 🇳🇬. You think SA spends all its GDP on Palestinian issues or even 0,000001% for you to say it can't carry its own load?

Remind us, what's Nigeria's foreign policy outside of Ecowas & white worshipping?🤣🤣🤣 Even Niger and Burkinabe coup leaders bully you - what more of Israel (you can never dare face)? You could learn a thing or 2 from your "Zulu brothers" about growing some ⚽⚽⚽

Chepos1:
Why cry more than the bereaved?

The same can be asked of the US which is Israel's biggest cheerleader.

South Africa has launched a case against Israel at the UN’s international court of justice (ICJ) accusing the state of committing genocide in its military campaign in Gaza.

The ICJ, also called the World Court, is a UN civil court that adjudicates disputes between countries. It is distinct from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which prosecutes individuals for war crimes.

As members of the UN, both South Africa and Israel are bound by the court.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK_drm0Incs?si=DG_m0ZmkStSl39dD

Israel responded to the allegations “with disgust”, calling South Africa’s case a “blood libel” and urging the ICJ to reject it.

Any case at the ICJ is likely to take years to resolve, but South Africa has called for the court to convene in the next few days to issue “provisional measures” calling for a ceasefire. In March 2022, the ICJ ordered Russia to halt its offensive in Ukraine, an order which was supposed to be legally binding, but Moscow ignored it anyway. Any such ruling however is likely to significantly sway international public opinion.

“The acts and omissions by Israel complained of by South Africa are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group,” the South African application to open proceedings said.

“Provisional measures are necessary in this case to protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the Genocide Convention, which continue to be violated with impunity.”

“Genocidal intent is assumed to be the most difficult element to prove, but Israelis in charge of prosecuting this conflict have made a plethora of statements that easily prove the requisite intent to ‘destroy in whole or in part’ the Palestinian population in Gaza,” said Susan Akram, director of the international human rights clinic at Boston University.

As examples, Akram pointed to Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant’s reference to Palestinians in Gaza as “human animals” and Israeli army Major General Ghassan Alian’s subsequent statement that: “Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity and no water [in Gaza], there will only be destruction. You wanted hell, you will get hell.”

Iva Vukušić, assistant professor in international history at Utrecht University, said: “With over 21,000 dead in Gaza, [the South Africans] believe it is time to let a court look at what is going on. The Genocide Convention allows them to do that, because states, globally, don’t have a lot of places to ‘go to’ in these kinds of situations, especially with the Security Council being as polarised and dysfunctional.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09nCK4wNZIM?si=1YLk-JblSip3th38

The international criminal court (ICC) is already investigating possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both Hamas and Israel. While the ICC can prosecute individuals, the ICJ is an arena for adjudicating conflicts between states.

“The ICJ’s provisional measures are legally binding but enforceability is always the problem,” Victor Kattan, assistant professor in public international law at the University of Nottingham, said. “Ultimately, enforcement always returns to the political organs of the UN and they are paralysed. But it’s still symbolic and it’s embarrassing, I’d imagine, for Israel to be facing a genocide claim, given its history.”

Lior Haiat, the spokesperson for Israel’s foreign ministry, issued a swift rejection of South Africa’s case on social media.

“Israel rejects with disgust the blood libel spread by South Africa in its application to the international court of justice,” Haiat said on X, formerly Twitter. “South Africa’s claim lacks both a factual and a legal basis, and constitutes a despicable and contemptuous exploitation of the court.”

“South Africa is cooperating with a terrorist organisation that is calling for the destruction of the State of Israel,” he added, referring to Hamas, whose massacre of hundreds of Israeli civilians on 7 October triggered the war in Gaza.

“I think it is fair to say that a lot of states now use appeals to the ICJ as part of their battles to control global narratives around wars and crises,” said Richard Gowan, UN director at the International Crisis Group. “Turning to the court and using the word ‘genocide’ is a powerful way to shape international debates about a conflict. But it is notable that the court has sadly failed to halt violence in Myanmar or Ukraine. There is a risk that the ICJ becomes just another platform for public diplomatic disputes and name-calling similar to the UN general assembly.”

Warl0ck:
lol
I was Neva banned stupid Kaffir
And who told you it's fake news?
They removed it because nairaland don't support referendum posts
Wannabastadd!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, but still they pushed it to frontpage until it gained 20k views before they deleted it?

Okey dokey 😏😏😏

Next time explain better how Capexit and white independence are linked in a province where coloured and blacks are the overwhelming majority, and then you wont get banned ok.

That's all i asked the powers-that-be and your frontpage thread was unceremoniously thrown into the fake news rubbish bin where it belongs.

(gunshot sound - phew phew!) 🤣🤣🤣

Warl0ck:
who is looking for visa to Sapafrica

I see your 1-month jail time is up for spreading lies about white independence in SA 🤣🤣🤣

Is your fake news thread back on frontpage or is it still serving time under lock & key? ☹️☹️☹️

The widespread radio success of Tyla’s “Water” has spilled over to Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart, where the single tops the list dated Dec. 16. “Water” rises from No. 2 to rule the chart after a 15% jump in plays that made it the most played song on U.S. monitored rhythmic radio stations in the week of Dec. 1–7, according to Luminate.

With its advance, “Water,” released on FAX Records/Epic Records, pushes last week’s champ, Drake’s “Rich Baby Daddy” featuring Sexyy Red and SZA, to No. 2 after its one week in charge. The latter’s coronation yielded Drake’s record-extending 39th No. 1 on the radio ranking.

“Water,” the breakthrough single for 21-year-old South African singer Tyla, has evolved into a radio smash in the past few weeks. Beyond its Rhythmic Airplay reign, the track sits at No. 1 for a third week on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, where it added 1% in plays in the last tracking week, and repeats at No. 3 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay for a second term thanks to a 4% boost in weekly audience to 18.3 million in listenership.

Plus, the single is making waves in the pop sector, holding at No. 19 for a second week on Pop Airplay with an 18% swell in weekly plays. Combined strength from rhythmic, R&B/hip-hop and pop radio powers “Water” 8-6 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, where it added 11% in audience to reach 48.5 million.

“Water,” which is nominated for a Grammy for best African music performance, also leads the streaming and sales-based U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a ninth consecutive week. The global hit will appear on Tyla’s forthcoming self-titled debut album, which will be released on March 1, 2024. To preview the project, the singer released three new cuts on Dec. 1: “Butterflies,” “On and On” and “Truth or Dare.”

Official video - Water by Tyla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoiOOiuH8iI?si=wLG3-N4O0ydkOJpg

Culture Wars

Before her rise to fame, the 21-year-old made a video proudly talking about her mixed-raced heritage on TikTok.

In it she slicks her coily hair into Bantu knots, while donning a traditional beaded necklace, with the words, "I am a coloured South African" splashed across the clip like a badge of honour.

The star says this means that she "comes from a lot of different cultures".

It is a simple video intended to share a part of herself with her audience. But instead, her racial identity has stoked flames across the internet, most notably, in the US.

Americans see the word as a slur, unlike Tyla's South African community, who see it as a part of their culture. In South Africa, it is a distinct identity that is officially recognised.

One US user on X, formerly known as Twitter, said: "We are not gonna call her coloured here and if she personally demands it, her career will end before it begins.

"She's trying to cross over into an American market, she won't be able to use that word here, she can use it somewhere else though."

Video: Americans come for Tyla over coloured identity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZGdMkb-L8?si=gtIrFKkn5sH6Y4_o

In the US, the word harks back to the Jim Crow era, when segregationist laws were instituted in the southern states to oppress black Americans after slavery was banned.

Water fountains, toilets and bus seats were marked "whites only" or "colored only".

This painful history of racial segregation mirrors that in South Africa before white-minority rule ended in 1994.

Apartheid was a political system with a racial hierarchy privileging white South Africans.

The Population Registration Act of 1950 required people to be registered into one of four racial categories - white, black, Indian or coloured. Another law designated residential areas according to race.

Michael Morris, head of media at the South African Institute of Race Relations, says the history of the coloured community is complex, but "quintessentially South African".

The community has disparate origins but was brought together under apartheid rules.

"Being a mixture of black, white, Asian, it was forged in the southern African geography in a way that no other can claim," Mr Morris told the BBC.

But because of this mixed heritage, the community was sometimes derided and dismissed in a system obsessed by categorisation.

Marike de Klerk, the late wife of apartheid South Africa's last president, once said of the coloured community in relation to the regime's segregation laws: "They are the people that were left after the nations were sorted out. They are the rest."

Out of this complicated history people like Tyla who identify as coloured have woven a rich cultural tapestry.

According to South Africa's latest census coloured people make up 8.2% of the population.

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A group of pro-Palestinian supporters protested at the Zara clothing store in Sandton City (Johannesburg) on Saturday over what they called its “insensitive” marketing campaign.

Zara International recently received criticism worldwide for its new campaign promoting its latest clothing collection. The campaign features a model standing in the middle of rubble surrounded by mannequins covered in white cloth or with missing limbs.

The visuals in the campaign are similar to scenes of those killed and affected by the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Several protesters gathered inside and outside the store holding flags, calling for ethical and responsible marketing practices while many yelled “Free Palestine”.

Many were dressed in black in sympathy with those killed in Gaza.

The group said the protest highlighted the insensitivity of the company's marketing campaign and the potential it has in minimising the plight of Palestinians.

They called for the immediate withdrawal of the controversial marketing images.

“We will continue to monitor Zara’s response and actions. Further measures will be contemplated to ensure that companies like Zara adhere to ethical and sensitive marketing practices,” said Sandton resident Fatima Mohamed.

“We are determined to make our voices heard as we stand together to ‘reject Israeli war glamour’.”

The protesters urged Zara to rather pledge support for the victims of the Gaza conflict and to engage with communities affected by the war.

Zara withdrew the campaign five days ago, saying it had heeded comments and “regrets the misunderstanding and reaffirm our deep respect towards everyone”.

A Sandton City representative said security was present at the demonstration on Saturday and the store was trading as usual on Sunday.

jamesversion:
South Africa is a dead end. Don't glorify your useless country.

If SA is useless i wonder what that makes nigeria 😱😱😱

jamesversion:
She has deactivated her account.

Looks like it. Japagerian men were on her case day and night looking for easy visa through love scam.

viodemus:
Even some poor African countries houses dey better pass Nigerian own.
who curse Nigeria like this?

Which country are you referring to here?

finallybusy:
Something is wrong with this boy.

Those that follow Thamsanqa around NL have bigger issues. Don't you think Adebayola Okoro-cockroach ☹️

Very common across Southern Africa. Its called samp.