₦airaland Forum

motymop:
Just curious, how does this PR changes violent crime and poverty among blacks in SA?

Why single out black South Africans? You still paining from last night's WC lashing?

Skeyskey:
But the picture is real?

Seems so but lacks context - can't tell where he was. AI predicts he was at a government event.

Skeyskey:
Not a new thing. Our own presido was seeing Crossing street too

😂😂😂 I see you got jokes!

Google lens search suggests otherwise.

KingCold:
Stats speak for themselves not individual goals boss.. The current team is far better than this one.

Don't know how you summon the energy to debate Sepoko.

A TikTok user recently shared a video of South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa casually crossing a street in Johannesburg, sparking curiosity, surprise and cheers among bystanders.

Watch video:
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSDJ3SHAN/

The video, posted on Monday, has been viewed over a million times, liked over 70K times and garnered over 3K comments.

President Ramaphosa has been spotted numerous times taking walks along the beach or visiting malls.

jaxxy:
Of course they have. Black South Africans are doing quite well for them selves. I do know there are still challenges but it's still impressive sofar.

Just stop the xenophobia.

I was starting to get worried about you 👍🏽😂

The xenophobia issue is complex and spreading globally.

Lionessza6:
Hayi wena,don't make oga cry

We watered our pitch with their players' tears after the match 😂

seppuku:
Dont worry Mfethu, you will see me in the stadium in US and Mexico. I will be the one helping your fans translate from sesotho to English.

😂😂😂 You got jokes.

Just make sure you return to Nigeria after the WC. Don't let Trump's ICE on a wild goose chase looking for una 🇳🇬💩

seppuku:
Their players were shaking the whole entire match.

You drew against shakers - in a do or die match? Says a lot about the super chickens.

We'll send you postcards from the US 🇿🇦😎

What's your address?😂

jaxxy:
Nigeria was the Giant of Africa. We literally worked hardest to deliver South African blacks from the whites and ending apartheid era.

Be grateful.

Have black South Africans added to the country's development over the past 30 years - yes or no?

jaxxy:
The Facts about South Africa development and industrialisation are well documented we don't need a sage to tell us who's who and who did what.

So blacks have been sitting on their hands over the past 30 years of democracy, right? Like Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Botswana, etc have been sitting on their laurels as well? All countries Nigerians are desperate to japa to.

Lionessza6:
They think 1 Africa is all about migration ( and open borders ) . ....atleast that's the part that excites them when that topic comes up.

What an admission of failure to self-govern (this japa mentality). Now just waiting on SA and oyinbo Messiah

legitnow1:
IT IS NOW 1 AFRICA BECAUSE OF BENEFITS?

NO PROBLEM, THAT IS WAT WE PREACH.

We gave you benefits like malls, supermarkets, MTN and Dstv amongst many others, so we've been preaching 1 Africa for decades since we launched NEPAD 🇿🇦

Lionessza6:
Lol, you know them. That's why I mentioned that part to make them see that other African countries aren't sitting back making such outdated excuses, they're busy at work. Oh boy!. Now that's going to have a lot of nairalanders wishing us a second round of apartheid

Yep, no chance to oyinbo worship from Nigerians on this one

Congrats to Ethiopia - Egypt and Sudan can go to hell with their colonial era agreements over their unequal share of the water.

Lionessza6:
This is impressive ,I'm happy this didn't become another African elephant project with plenty of stories even with Egypt breathing down their necks. And there's no white people in Ethiopia

Yeah, if it was South Africa they would've said "thanks to the whites" . SA investing in Grand Inga Dam in DRC so our turn is coming soon

jaxxy:
Don't hippos belong in the water? Why are they roaming tge streets like pets?

ok there's a lake in the town.

When you don't cause animals stress then they don't attack you. In SA we understand that balance and the animals love us.

Commentor:
There's also a place on the way to the Cape of Good Hope where monkeys take over the roads

😂Dude I was thinking about that thread next - where they fight people for food. Stay tuned!

Video: Old news clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix-OowQFIjw?si=mpFYLRZ6IU8LyaG1

A video showing hippos casually roaming the streets of St Lucia has gone viral, leaving thousands of people amazed, amused and a little bit awed.

The video was shared by “Yvonne in the Bush“, a personal blog on Facebook.

The video:
https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=1483628776014451

“In 2012 I exchanged the Dutch city for the bush in South Africa. I live with my husband and son between the elephants, lions and other wild animals.”

She captioned her latest video, explaining what she had seen.

“Only in Africa can you find hippos, warthogs and monkeys in the middle of town! … St Lucia; the town where people and wild animals live together.”

St Lucia, tucked along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline, is unlike anywhere else. It’s the only town in South Africa that sits entirely within a World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Nature is woven into the fabric of everyday life here. And even though locals are used to spotting hippos on the estuary, grazing on golf courses, or wandering through neighbourhoods at night, Yvonne says her latest sighting was the most extraordinary yet.

“During our first night in the town we saw three hippos in the main street. I have seen hippos in town before, but never anything like this. It was by far the best hippo sighting in town I ever had.”

Her footage has everyone talking, not only because of the sight itself, but because of how close some people were willing to get. While hippos might look relaxed as they munch on lawns, they are still one of Africa’s most dangerous animals. Yvonne pointed this out in her post.

“As you can see in my movie people don’t keep the appropriate distance to these wild animals. People seem to forget that hippos are responsible for over 500 deaths each year.”

St Lucia is surrounded by water and the hippos come out mostly at night to graze. Locals even have a nickname for them, the “townies”, hippos that wander in for an easy meal of lush lawn grass. And it’s not just hippos. Yvonne says during her three-day visit, she also spotted warthogs running through the main road, monkeys tugging at shopping bags, honey badgers darting past and even small antelope. For her, that’s the real magic of the town.

“I love the atmosphere, the restaurants, the shops, the activities… but most of all I love the wildlife in town.”

This news sweet me o 😍😍😍🇿🇦

SA has the biggest population in that top5 and twice the size of Morocco. So, basically it's the best governed country in Africa if you use Nigerian logic of size 😏🇿🇦😎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRXGfhZUbtM?si=viw53U_ATdbns2_o

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) announced that one of its news presenters was taken off air following backlash from a recent interview with Dr Mamphela Ramphele over the Palestinian genocide.

This stems from an incident between SABC journalist and news anchor Juliet Newell and anti-apartheid activist Ramphele.

During the exchange, Newell questioned Ramphele's likening of images of starving Palestinians to the Holocaust, asking: "Do you not see this as provocative?"

"The Holocaust happened, and it will continue to happen in different forms...Do we have to wait for millions to die to call this what it is? If we wait for six million to die, then humanity has no right to call itself human. To be human is to feel the pain of every person as if it were yourself," Ramphele responded.

The interview prompted strong criticism from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and media activists, who accused the broadcaster of echoing Israeli talking points and downplaying atrocities in Gaza.

In a statement, the SABC confirmed it had taken action. "SABC News management took immediate action in line with the SABC's internal processes, and the presenter in question is currently not scheduled," the broadcaster said.

It added that its editorial policies were designed to maintain trust with the public. "The SABC's Editorial Policies are aimed at building trust with the public and in ensuring that our content, in all its formats, continues to resonate with the prescripts of our public mandate, and more so in providing universal access to credible content."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laM_1HOrlYw?si=qvBHdyD2DZkjFrRw

The exchange has since triggered criticism of the public broadcaster's handling of the war in Gaza. In an open letter, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) accused the SABC of biased reporting and sanitising atrocities.

"It is unacceptable that a public broadcaster would consistently adopt language that mirrors Israeli talking points, using phrases like 'allegations of genocide' or 'according to Gaza health ministry'," the PSC said.

The organisation emphasised that the crisis should not be framed as a conflict between equal sides.

"This is not a 'war', it is a genocide, marked by forced displacement of civilians, indiscriminate bombing of homes, journalists, and medical staff, and the intentional starvation and blockade of aid," the PSC stated.

The group also criticised what it described as censorship and institutional bias. "These editorial choices suggest institutional interference or censorship, shielding Israel from accountability and denying South Africans the right to accurate, unbiased reporting," it wrote.

In its demands, the PSC called on the SABC to uphold ethical standards. "As a publicly funded institution, SABC has a duty to report with integrity, accuracy, and balance. We call on SABC to accurately describe the situation in Gaza as genocide, provide full coverage of South Africa's ICJ case against Israel, and stop adopting the framing or talking points of foreign governments at the expense of truth."

KingCold:
Which "local airplane" is this? Whats the name of the plane? I can tell you for free.. there's no "South African plane" that looks like this.. our aviation can't allow such to even fly

Apparently titling your video Woensdag means it's Afrikaans so "therefore is SA" 😡😡😡. So ridiculous. Like SA regulations would ever allow this.

Even that so-called SA Lady doesn't look South African with that hairstyle.

Some other African stands at TICAD9

Following the controversy over Nigeria's undecorated and unmanned booth at Ticad9 in Japan, here's a look at a few of the other African booths at the conference.

drmorphine:
Namibia is not a bad choice to start with.
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Explain your research. Namibia is Rand denominated. Naira is almost 90-1 rand.

KingCold:
Notice how toned-down and muted their reactions are 😂

If it was a black South African we'd be on page 7 by now 😂😂😂

Tinubu has declared a day of mourning. White worshippers will be wearing black today.

KingCold:
who can mistake a white person for a Nigerian though?

😂😂😂

Samantha125:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-EtbWKw8F4?si=xeU9KZzC08aNZCjX
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Nigerian white worshippers devastated she's oyinbo😭. They came running to bash black South Africans 😂😂😂

ZeemsPropeties:
My point still stands. It's one thing to be located in an "affluent" area, it's another to get the loyalty of said affluent people. That's what the brand didn't get right.

My guy just admit to yourself Nigerians didn't have the means to afford Shoprite. That time Shoprite is at the lower end of supermarket brands in SA 😂😂😂