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Foreign AffairsRe: Trump Suggests Palestinians Should Leave Gaza Permanently by RandDigital: 3:11am On Feb 05, 2025
Xisnin:
Why will the "world" unite against US specifically?

Countries are not run based on emotions but pragmatic considerations.

The "world" doesn't exist as you imagine it.
Many neighboring countries are even enemies to begin with.

Whether China rises or not, BRICS strengthened or not, it won't help Palestinians one bit
in terms of security.
China will not go to war on behalf of another country or territory for war sake. It is not like the west.

In fact, majority of funding for Palestine comes from those who you consider their major enemies,
that is, the west.
China has certainly been the more mature since the Trump attacks. A more powerful XI will definitely tame this unhinged Trump and his white supremacist radical followers. They're drunk on power.

Palestinian and other world issues would persist, but surely Trump is adding fuel to the fire.
Foreign AffairsRe: Trump Suggests Palestinians Should Leave Gaza Permanently by RandDigital: 3:07am On Feb 05, 2025
bepositive11:
Trump is making a lot of people hate the US. Even their closest allies the Canadians now hate them too. Europeans are following.

Only 2 weeks into his term. Only God knows everything the world would see by the end of his term.
It's gonna blow up in their faces - global sentiment is gonna move elsewhere away from the US. Life after Trump is uncertain for Israel, they'll never find peace.
Foreign AffairsRe: Ramaphosa And Elon Musk Discuss ‘Misinformation’ After Trump Aid Threat by RandDigital(op): 3:03am On Feb 05, 2025
Righteousness2:
Only a fool will curse his MAKER AND CREATOR!
Only one destined for destruction will insult the ONE who owns and powers the breath in him.

The foolishness of GOD is wiser than the wisest of you and your ramphosa.
You are a mere dust!
Be careful before you Destroy yourself for ignorance and folly.
My god stands for peace and diplomacy, your god stands for the crap Trump stands for - misinformation, lies, white supremacy, chauvinism & hypocrisy.

He's expropriating Gaza for white Israelis while sanctioning SA because he wants 10% of the white population to own 90% of the land.

Don't be a fool - wake up, Trump ain't your friend.
Foreign AffairsRe: Ramaphosa And Elon Musk Discuss ‘Misinformation’ After Trump Aid Threat by RandDigital(op): 2:52am On Feb 05, 2025
Righteousness2:
TALKING TOTAL RUBBISH IN BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS.
What you no nothing about with zero evidence, you just rant about like your ranting Ramaphosa.
Check frontpage - "Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza".

Same Trump that want Greenland and Panama is speaking against fathom land seizures of white land in SA.

I curse the hypocritical god you & trump worship - he's a fraud.
Foreign AffairsRe: Trump Suggests Palestinians Should Leave Gaza Permanently by RandDigital: 2:47am On Feb 05, 2025
Can't the world just unite against US and Israel. Surely, they'll lose. This is why we need to strengthen BRICS. This is the year i finally support the rise of China.
Foreign AffairsRe: Ramaphosa And Elon Musk Discuss ‘Misinformation’ After Trump Aid Threat by RandDigital(op): 2:33am On Feb 05, 2025
Righteousness2:
Show Proof of Israeli seizure
Are you for real? Golan Heights in Syria, flattening of Gaza , limiting Palestinians to Northern Gaza, Trump proposal to resettle Palestinians in Egypt and Jordan. Etc, etc of decades of Israeli occupation and impunity. Face reality.
Foreign AffairsRe: Ramaphosa And Elon Musk Discuss ‘Misinformation’ After Trump Aid Threat by RandDigital(op): 2:06am On Feb 05, 2025
Righteousness2:
Ramaphosa should quit making noise.

What goes around comes around.

He is accusing trump of the Exact stuff he was doing against GOD'S COVENANT NATION, ISRAEL.

He should quit all the ramblings
Show proof of land seizures in SA. I'm waiting...

There's undeniable proof of Israeli seizures of Palestinian land over decades and now with impunity.
Foreign AffairsRe: SA Minister Suggests Withholding Minerals From US Following Trump Threat - VIDEO by RandDigital(op): 1:57am On Feb 05, 2025
NothingDoMe:
Entitlement mentality. Do you give America free Minerals?

Very very small yansh dey shake. 😂
Mantashe knows the real reason US gives aid to Africa, and he's capitalizing on it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Elon Musk Wants To Export White South Africans To The U.S by RandDigital:
Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr211EKedVQ

Elon musk wants to export white South africans to the U.S because Blacks Africans are persecuting them
I gave this guy triple 👍👍👍. White worshipping Nigerians coming for him! Only racist Australia is comfortable with racist white South Africans. Trump & Musk can have them - Ramaphosa about to expose their white supremacist agenda.
Foreign AffairsRe: SA Minister Suggests Withholding Minerals From US Following Trump Threat - VIDEO by RandDigital(op):
helinues:
See SA wey dey form king Kong

grin cheesy
Your Tinubu would never dare. Sit down. Email me your sobbing letter org.za. We'll represent all you spineless Waste African Cow-ntries.
Foreign AffairsRamaphosa And Elon Musk Discuss ‘Misinformation’ After Trump Aid Threat by RandDigital(op): 7:53pm On Feb 04, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ddLvkxUI_I?si=8zxkXgmYiidTH8yn

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday.

“In the process, the President reiterated South Africa’s constitutionally embedded values of the respect for the rule of law, justice, fairness and equality,” it said.


The presidency said the pair spoke on Monday, a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut off aid to South Africa over the alleged mistreatment of White farmers in the country.

In a blistering post on Truth Social, Trump said he would halt funding until there was a full investigation into allegations that “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.”[/b

Trump said “massive” human rights violations were happening in South Africa “for all to see,” without giving details or providing evidence.


Ramaphosa on Monday denied that South African authorities were “confiscating land” and said his country was looking forward to working with the Trump administration “over our land reform policy.”

Trump’s complaint, which he also made in 2018 during his first term in the White House, refers to South Africa’s complex land reform.

During South Africa’s apartheid era, racist policies forcefully removed Black and non-White South Africans from the land for White use. Since South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, there has been a land redistribution and restitution provision in the country’s constitution.


However, unemployment and poverty remain acute among Black South Africans, who make up around 80% of the population, yet own a fraction of the land.

Last month, Ramaphosa signed a bill into law providing new guidelines for land expropriation, including enabling the government to expropriate land without compensation in certain cases.

Musk, a South African-born billionaire and head of the US’ new Department of Government Efficiency, had previously criticized Ramaphosa’s new policy.

In a post on X, the website he owns, Musk on Monday accused Ramaphosa of having “openly racist ownership laws.”

Ramaphosa had said earlier that, like the United States and other countries, South Africa has “always had expropriation laws that balance the need for public usage of land and the protection of rights of property owners.”

Responding to Trump’s aid threat, Ramaphosa said that, other than a major HIV/AIDS relief program, the US did not provide significant funding to South Africa.

Foreign AffairsSA Minister Suggests Withholding Minerals From US Following Trump Threat - VIDEO by RandDigital(op):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpRbtyEj10I?si=O6RioFaxrOtAEUmA

“Let us not immobilise all of Africa. Let’s just hold mirrors to the US. If they don’t give us money, we won’t give them minerals”.

These were the cutting words of South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe following threats from the United States’ president, Donald Trump.

Trump has threatened to withhold funding from South Africa following the signing of the Land Expropriation Bill two weeks ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZM0QzYT6Aw?si=TfCfGmRQXgmTX88R

But it seems SA is not going down without a fight.

Mantashe was speaking at the 2025 African Mining Indaba being held in Cape Town this week, where he suggested that SA would not allow itself to be bullied.

“If as a continent we are frightened and we fear everything, then we are going to collapse. But we will collapse with minerals at our doorstep,” he said.

He reminded his audience that Africa was the world’s richest mining jurisdiction.


The presidential spokesperson distanced government from the Minister's remarks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd8PTjahiZs?si=bg_6hX3l0d26aGa8


US BUYS SA’S MINERALS

According to the US Office of Technology Evaluations, the United States imports a variety of minerals from South Africa, with a significant focus on precious metals.

In 2021, the US’ imports from South Africa were valued at R298.86 billion ($15.7 billion), with the top commodity sectors being stone, glass, metals, and pearls (66.3%), base metals, iron, steel, tools (8.8%), and chemicals, plastics, rubber, and Leather products (8.1%).

Platinum group metals are a significant export from SA to the US.


US POISES ITSELF AS HUB OF HIGH-TECH AND NEEDS SA FOR THIS

The US has branded itself as the centre of high-tech production. This needs platinum group metals, which are essential for various high-technology applications.

In 2021, platinum group metals accounted for almost half of South Africa’s exports to the US.

If South Africa were to cease supplying these critical minerals to the US it could have significant implications on high-technology production. A disruption in this supply could also pose risks to US national security and affect various industries dependent on these materials.


AGOA

And while the US may also threaten to dissolve its African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the US could suffer more than SA might.

The AGOA is a US trade policy that allows certain African countries, including South Africa, to sell goods to the US without paying import taxes (duties).

While it allows SA businesses to sell a wide range of products in the .S without extra costs, The U.S. gets access to valuable South African products (especially minerals like platinum and manganese) at competitive prices.

The US is allowed to remove SA from the agreement if it feels the country is not respecting human rights – as it does in the case of the Expropriation Bill.

Foreign AffairsRe: South African President Fires Back At Trump: 'stay Out Of Our Issues!' (Pix/Vid) by RandDigital: 8:59pm On Feb 03, 2025
Rebuker:
A statement from Pretoria came after Trump, on Sunday, threatened to cut future funding to South Africa over alleged land confiscation and the mistreatment of "certain classes of people."
This is an old video from 2018 during Trump's first term. Today's written statement was more diplomatic.

Foreign AffairsRe: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital(op): 2:01am On Jan 20, 2025
calaway:
SAns also engage in criminality to a larger proportion like every where else........but SA must be thankful for the freedom and preserve it.
Engage these stats some more. It's clear you're in denial.

Foreign AffairsRe: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital(op): 1:51am On Jan 20, 2025
calaway:
Wow how time has changed a lot of things......I remember when there was apartheid in SA it was very painful for Nigerians to bear including my baby self, Nigeria lead a global crusade to liberate our black brothers.....when the chips are down really we only have each other....it was an uphill task as the western world turned a blind and even supported the oppression of our brothers in their own land including isreal..... Nigeria ponsored the education of very many SAns and even ensured their well being. That was why after Mandela was sworn in as president his first official tour was to Nigeria to say THANK YOU......young SA will never know what their grandparents went through and the sacrifices and role Nigeria made and played for the life of freedom they enjoy today.

I know the SA youth of today don't even know Eddy grant or sunny okosun they are oblivious of the huge efforts Nigeria put in for the freedom the enjoy today.
Indeed how times have changed. Africans engaged in all sorts of criminality in SA. Stats don't lie.
Foreign AffairsRe: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital(op): 1:07am On Jan 20, 2025
nothingspoil70:
No Nigerian? Why are we being marginalised?
Don't cry, una is #1 drug dealers and everything else wahala🏆
Foreign AffairsRe: 'They Must Die Like Rats', SA Politician On Illegal Miners - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 1:05am On Jan 20, 2025
JaceBlaze:
It was Winnie and other comrades that kept Mandela's name alive.We even had our local musicians singing songs about him.You are just hurt and finding it hard to cope with the fact that yall are irrelevant to us and our history to the point of making shit up as you go.


I live in the best country in all of Africa. I drive in the best roads in Africa.So how are we stagnated?

You live in the tribal hotbed and open defecation capital of the world.All this shit you talking is all projection.You and I know if given a chance to relocate and leave that shithole you will,without hesitation
jump on the oppotunity with a drop of a hat...quit the empty talks,dude grin😌😌
Ouch! They already are. Why do you think they're so hurt SA is rejecting them?😂😂😂
Foreign AffairsPolice: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital(op): 12:50am On Jan 20, 2025
Only 26 South Africans were among the almost 2,000 zama zamas (illegal miners) who resurfaced alive from the Stilfontein illegal mining operations.

SA Police Spokesperson (SAPS) national spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said their operation at the Buffelsfontein shaft 11 that started on Monday led to the retrieval of 246 people and 78 bodies.

Breakdown of the nationalities of those retrieved (since last Monday):

Mozambican: 128
Lesotho: 80
Zimbabweans: 33
South Africans: 5


Mathe said between August 18 2024 and Wednesday, 1,905 zama zamas had resurfaced.

The majority of them — 1,125 — were Mozambicans, followed by Zimbabweans (465) with 200 being from Lesotho. There were only 26 South Africans.

The other two were a Malawian and a Congolese.


The total number of bodies recovered was 87.

“Of the illicit miners arrested nine are still in hospital under police guard,” Mathe said.
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-01-16-stilfontein-in-numbers-only-26-of-the-almost-2000-zama-zamas-are-south-african/

Foreign AffairsRe: 'They Must Die Like Rats', SA Politician On Illegal Miners - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 12:39am On Jan 20, 2025
JASONjnr:
Lol.... We sell drugs to knuckleheaded South Africans who makes the demand...

And we also sell stolen phones to Eastern cape poverty driven xenophobic bastards.... The same lazy black South Africans who steal the phones to sell to Nigerians also come to Nigerians to buy the the stolen phones.

You guys are the real perpetrator of crimes in your country but you always point fingers to other nationals....
This will stick in the ICJ following the impending genocide. You so dumb, you incriminated your criminal blodas 😂😂😂😂

I've got the screenshot, no need deleting your boastful admission.
Foreign AffairsRe: 'They Must Die Like Rats', SA Politician On Illegal Miners - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 12:37am On Jan 20, 2025
JaceBlaze:
?? I believe you meant to quote someone else😁
Oopsie, yes. Askisi buddy 🤭😂😂😂
Foreign AffairsRe: 'They Must Die Like Rats', SA Politician On Illegal Miners - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 1:13am On Jan 19, 2025
JaceBlaze:
Oh please name them.I want to debunk every myth your thieving politicians made up.
Mandisa, WTF? You mean Madiba. You cant even spell apartheid or pronounce it, but you know how to sell drugs and stolen phones? Kingcold
EducationRe: SA Boy Goes Viral For Wrapping School Books With KFC Packaging - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 1:04am On Jan 19, 2025
free2ryhme:
You people are the white SA solution to lack of pig feed. problem solved

Imagine your only chance for a meal is scavenging for discarded food at a pig farm.

pathetic.
😂
Lol, lame change of tactic! 😂😂😂

My guy, accept a cookoff against a "South African slave". It will solve everything. NIGERIANS YOUR BROTHER IS HUNGRY O 😂😂😂
Foreign AffairsRe: 'They Must Die Like Rats', SA Politician On Illegal Miners - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 8:21am On Jan 18, 2025
Sonnobax15:
lipsrsealed
South Africans are definitely the worst set of blacks God ever created angry
I applaud the Honourable Kenny Kunene for defending the integrity of the State, its borders and mineral wealth against terrosists✊🏽Amandla!
Foreign AffairsRe: SA Man Charged For Pouring Beer Into A Fish's Mouth In Viral Video - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 8:19am On Jan 18, 2025
Sonnobax15:
lipsrsealed
Oh Mandela why angry

Why did thou sacrifice your life just to free these bunches of dimwits? angry

I hope the xenophobic werey didn't mistake the fish to be a Nigerian,cuz south African men with their obsession for Nigerian men is beyond imagination angry
You're the one with the obsession for SA men. Who mentioned nigerians anywhere in those pics or write-up?
Foreign AffairsSA Man Charged For Pouring Beer Into A Fish's Mouth In Viral Video - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 7:53am On Jan 18, 2025
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) in South Africa said it will be laying criminal charges against a man who was seen in a recent viral video pouring an alcoholic beverage, suspected to be beer, down the mouth of a fish identified as a common carp.

The NSPCA said it has since tracked the man who posted the video on TikTok under the handle, Lethabo_Sebapo.

"(He) has been tracked, and contacted, and the compilation of a docket is in its final stages," said NSPCA spokesperson, Jacques Peacock.

In the video, the man is seen laughing and holding a fish in one hand while pouring beer into its mouth.

While he's in the act, people are laughing in the background while the man appears entertained throughout the video.


Peacock said the man admitted to the act and stated that his motivation was only for fun.

He added that the man will face criminal charges under the Animals Protection Act 71 of 1962.

"Since the rise of social media platforms like TikTok, the NSPCA has seen an alarming increase in videos depicting animal cruelty. Much of our Inspectors' time and resources are now taken up by tracking and investigating the sources of such videos.

"The NSPCA is heartened by the widespread condemnation of the man's actions, which reflects the compassion many South Africans feel for animals - including fish, who are often overlooked in their capacity for sentience and suffering.

"We hope this prosecution will serve as a strong deterrent, discouraging individuals not only from publishing acts of animal cruelty as a form of entertainment but also from committing them in the first place
," added Peacock.
https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/viral-video-leads-to-nspca-charges-against-man-who-was-pouring-beer-into-a-fishs-mouth-91a8a42f-65dd-41e6-be3d-ebf8ceb74acf

Foreign Affairs'They Must Die Like Rats', SA Politician On Illegal Miners - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 7:24am On Jan 18, 2025
Patriotic Alliance (PA) party deputy president Kenny Kunene has drawn widespread criticism for his remarks about undocumented foreign nationals who died while engaging in illegal mining in Stilfontein, North West. Kunene stated his party has no sympathy for those involved, describing their actions as a theft of South Africa’s mineral wealth.

“I have no sympathy for those who have died stealing the wealth of our country. They have committed a crime by entering this country illegally,”
Kunene said during a panel discussion on Newzroom Afrika on Thursday night.

Kunene linked illegal mining to broader criminal behaviour, including incidents of gender-based violence. “You saw in the West Rand, Gauteng, where they raped young women who were trying to make money with what God has given them as talent. They are raping in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, and the Free State. These are criminals,” he said.

He added: “I have absolutely no sympathy. They must die like rats underground there, all of them. They must burn in hell.”

Kunene, who also serves as the City of Johannesburg’s member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for transport, argued that both illegal miners and those purchasing illicitly mined gold are committing treason, endangering South Africa’s economy.

“A sober country, with a sober leadership, would treat this matter as treason. Yet here, we are being told to sympathise with criminals collapsing our economy. As the Patriotic Alliance, our stance is clear: these illegal foreigners must be deported. But those arrested at Stilfontein must be charged with treason for stealing our country’s wealth.

“After serving 40 or 50 years in prison, they must then be deported. Serious countries do not treat this matter as lightly as our government. These are serious criminals. I will not sympathise with them. In fact, I am hoping God kills all of them; they must burn underground and in hell.”


Kunene claimed the stolen resources could have been used to fund social services, including free education.

“Our pensioners are being paid peanuts, yet criminals are stealing the wealth of our country that could finance living pensions. I am not going to sympathise with these people.”

However, his remarks sparked backlash during the panel discussion. Fanon Moema, spokesperson for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in North West, condemned Kunene’s comments as “irresponsible and careless.”

Criminal activities are criminal activities irrespective of who is committing those criminal activities. Even if it is established that over 90 percent of foreign nationals who are involved in this illicit mining, you do have South Africans who are involved in illicit mining, both underground and on the surface. Let me tell you how, through a programme of search and seizure by South African Police Service, they discovered that there are goods that are being provided to those illicit miners underground by South African citizens," said Moema.

“Crime has no nationality, crime is crime. Those who are involved in these criminal activities must not enjoy any immunity. They must face prosecution. To limit that and say they are foreign nationals found there and so forth is quite careless. You do have our people from South Africa who are involved in illicit economy, selling goods that those who are doing business buy the stock and go underground. Once the stock is depleted, they go out and get more stock."

He said the illicit mining is the work of organised syndicates involving people of different nationalities.

“You cannot just limit this to nationality or citizenship. We must deal with this matter as an issue of syndicates,” said Moema.

He said some of the people involved in the illegal mining as young children in their teenage years. The miners, according to Moema, were trafficked into South Africa.

EducationRe: SA Boy Goes Viral For Wrapping School Books With KFC Packaging - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 2:39am On Jan 18, 2025
KingCold:
rotten tomatoes are nothing bro
This free2ryhme is even chowing rats, its too obvious why we doesn't wanna showing his kitchen and home 😂😂😂
EducationRe: SA Boy Goes Viral For Wrapping School Books With KFC Packaging - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 1:50am On Jan 18, 2025
KingCold:
rotten tomatoes are nothing bro
They're eating dogs 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮
EducationRe: SA Boy Goes Viral For Wrapping School Books With KFC Packaging - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 1:48am On Jan 18, 2025
free2ryhme:
You people are the white SA solution to lack of pig feed. problem solved

Imagine your only chance for a meal is scavenging for discarded food at a pig farm.

pathetic.
😂
Lol, now I'm scavenging for food at a pig farm? 😂😂😂 The same guy who can't post what he he east coz its worm infested 😂😂😂 It's clear you're eating worms my guy otherwise you'd accept my cookoff challenge 😂😂😂

Accept my cookoff challenge you hungry thing😂😂
EducationRe: SA Boy Goes Viral For Wrapping School Books With KFC Packaging - PICTURES by RandDigital(op): 7:50am On Jan 16, 2025
free2ryhme:
"..residents of South African community northeast of Johannesburg often visited a nearby pig farm to scavenge for discarded food"

The real hunger is right in your backyard, with your people’s food ending up as pig feed.


😂😂

https://www.trtworld.com/discrimination/white-farm-owner-shoots-black-women-feeds-bodies-to-pigs-in-s-africa-18216003
Why you running away from our cook off? Don't you have food or you eat rotten pepper and tomatoes?😂😂😂

Foreign AffairsRe: SA Deploys Big Machinery To Rescue Illegal Miners Following Court Order - PHOTOS by RandDigital(op): 1:01am On Jan 16, 2025
NothingDoMe:
Lol. You completely missed the jab about the SA court. No issues; I'll attend to you later. 😄
Yes, go read about the separation of powers. Something that doesn't exist where you come from judging from your shambolic election results.
Foreign AffairsRe: SA Deploys Big Machinery To Rescue Illegal Miners Following Court Order - PHOTOS by RandDigital(op): 12:32am On Jan 16, 2025
NothingDoMe:
Well the courts are a part of the government so I have nothing against your salutation. 😄
You failed to hurl SA to any court for xenophobic violence so i won't be losing any sleep tonight😂😂😂

Not even you sending SA to small AU tribunal 😂😂😂

Sit down. Who's next?

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