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The media's attack on Francesca Albanese and South Africa ain't just coming from nowhere. It got funders working behind the scenes, and you can bet your last rand on it. Once again, they're showing us the real rules of the game: Dare to be a proper sovereign country? Haibo, that's dangerous. You want to stand up for humanitarian law on the world stage? You'll pay the price, no question. Want to stay neutral? Fine, but if you trade with BRICS, EU or whoever, you'll still cough up the tolls, no mercy.
And all this drama's unfolding right before the G20 summit. Let the United States chase our dusts, we're not sitting around waiting for them here in Mzansi!
#StandwithFrancesca #HandsOffSA #NoVisasForAmericanDiplomats
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Serei eternamente grato ao povo brasileiro. Cada gesto de confiança, cada voto e cada passo dado em defesa da democracia valeram a pena. A emoção dessa caminhada fortalece a certeza de que ainda temos muito a construir juntos.
Essa vitória não é um ponto de chegada, mas a renovação do nosso compromisso com o Brasil, com a justiça social, a soberania e a esperança de um futuro melhor para todos.
A caminhada continua, com compromisso com o nosso povo ainda mais forte.
Muito obrigado, Brasil! Essa vitória é nossa!
Viva Cde @LulaOficial ✊🏾
Serei eternamente grato ao povo brasileiro. Cada gesto de confiança, cada voto e cada passo dado em defesa da democracia valeram a pena. A emoção dessa caminhada fortalece a certeza de que ainda temos muito a construir juntos.
Essa vitória não é um ponto de chegada, mas a renovação do nosso compromisso com o Brasil, com a justiça social, a soberania e a esperança de um futuro melhor para todos.
A caminhada continua, com compromisso com o nosso povo ainda mais forte.
Muito obrigado, Brasil! Essa vitória é nossa!
The Africa and African Diaspora Conference opens in Ekurhuleni on Monday, 26 October, under the theme "The return to Africa". International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola, former president Thabo Mbeki and former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf are expected to address.
The University of Fort Hare has fired VC Professor Sakhela Buhlungu for serious misconduct. An independent inquiry found him guilty of appointing two senior executives without council approval and making disparaging public statements that brought the institution into disrepute.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced two months of fuel levy relief to ease record pump prices. The levy will drop by R3 per litre on diesel and R1.50 on petrol from 4 November to 1 December, with smaller cuts continuing until 5 January 2027.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will expand trade with China and India to protect against deteriorating US relations. He cited China's zero tariff treatment for African exports, with South African apples and wine among the first products to benefit
In these perilous times, with economic strangulation now official US policy, President Ramaphosa's decision to take advantage of growing tariff-free access with China and India, to protect against deteriorating relations with the US, is laudable.
Mbeki has denied any secret deals with apartheid era generals, telling the Khampepe Commission he only met them when they approached the ANC over amnesty. He blamed the NPA for delays in post TRC prosecutions and dismissed claims that his gov suppressed cases as disingenuous.
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News24, like much of Washington's propaganda machine, amplifies US pressure narratives without asking what South Africa's leverage is.
The "tick, tick, tick" headline here treats South Africa's possible AGOA removal as an economic catastrophe.
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so the duty-free advantage is eroding whether we stay on the list or not. Panic is not the answer.
AGOA matters, but so does South Africa's position as the continent's most industrialised economy and sovereign gateway to African markets the US cannot access elsewhere.
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The reality is, AGOA runs to 2028, and the US President holds annual authority over eligibility, making the threat a recurring lever rather than a single deadline. A 12.5% Section 301 tariff already applies to most South African goods
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so the duty-free advantage is eroding whether we stay on the list or not. Panic is not the answer.
AGOA matters, but so does South Africa's position as the continent's most industrialised economy and sovereign gateway to African markets the US cannot access elsewhere.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has attributed the fuel price hikes to global factors, saying government is seriously looking at ways to lighten the load on consumers.
The Concerned Citizens of South Africa (CCSA) has given government 14 days to cut fuel prices by 50 percent or face a three day national shutdown. The group plans protests in major cities on Monday and says it will mobilise truck and taxi associations if demands are not met.
