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Anonymous 05/14/23 (Sun) 19:12:28 734ce2 No.18846292

>“Following today’s [Friday] meeting, the ambassador admitted that he crossed the line and apologised unreservedly to the government and the people of South Africa. South Africa is known globally for having one of the most stringent processes when selling arms to other countries [LOL!].

“How South African weapons are fuelling war crimes in Yemen” Part 1

https://www.newarab.com/analysis/how-south-african-weapons-fuel-war-crimes-yemen

03 May, 2021

Analysis: Despite attempts at oversight, Yemen is awash with weapons made by South Africa's arms industry.

As the country stood on the brink of democracy in November 1993, Nelson Mandela proudly promised that in the new South Africa human rights would be the "light that guides our foreign affairs." However, decades later, South African-made weaponry has been deeply involved in the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Reports confirm that the country's arms control body continues to approve weapons exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), central protagonists leading a military campaign in Yemen since 2015 that has been characterised by widespread human rights violations and war crimes.

A history of arms sales

In September 1994 - just four months after Mandela's inauguration - the ANC-led government was rocked by media reports that a large consignment of South African weapons had been sold by the government-owned arms company, Armscor, to war-torn Yemen.

As a central pillar of the apartheid regime, Armscor was established to circumvent the UN arms embargo imposed on Pretoria in 1977. Not only did Armscor arm apartheid security forces so they could internally crush resistance to apartheid, but it also supplied weapons to fuel destabilising wars throughout southern Africa in an effort to weaken support for South Africa's liberation movements.

Weapons of South African origin were involved in killing fields across the world, from massacres in the former Yugoslavia to genocide in Rwanda. Armscor's culture of impunity was inconsistent with the principles of a liberated South Africa, leading Mandela's government to swiftly investigate weapons sales.

A new beginning for SA's arms industry

Mandela's investigation transformed South Africa's weapons industry and precipitated the formation of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC). The NCACC was comprised of ministers from various government departments, including Defence, Justice, and International Affairs, with a mandate to ensure that South Africa did not become complicit in human rights violations.

In 2002, the government passed the National Conventional Arms Control Act, requiring arms companies to apply for export permits. Permits were granted only after the NCACC assessed each application, ensuring that weapons were not being sent to "governments that systematically violate or suppress human rights."

The purchasing country must honour an end-user certificate (EUC) and agree not to transfer munitions to other parties without South Africa's permission. Weapons were not to be sold to governments that violated EUC undertakings.

On paper, South Africa had a rigorous set of laws and institutions to ensure that its post-apartheid weapons industry could free itself from a sordid history of illicit arms trafficking to some of the world's most murderous regimes.

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Anonymous 05/14/23 (Sun) 19:13:07 734ce2 No.18846295

>>18846292

“How South African weapons are fuelling war crimes in Yemen” Part 2

https://www.newarab.com/analysis/how-south-african-weapons-fuel-war-crimes-yemen

03 May, 2021

The NCACC and Yemen

However, evidence suggests that 27 years into its democracy, South Africa's arms trade still bears a resemblance to its apartheid-era predecessor.

A new report [https://www.opensecrets.org.za/wp-content/uploads/Profiting-from-Misery.pdf] by South African civil society group, Open Secrets [https://www.opensecrets.org.za/who_we_are/], has exposed what appears to be an indifferent approach on the part of the NCACC to both human rights and regulation, and the lethal consequences of its failure to properly scrutinise weapons exports.

In 2015, more than 42% of South Africa's weapons exports went to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In 2016, that number climbed to 48.9%. In 2017 and 2018, over a third of all SA weapons exports went to the Emiratis and the Saudis.

Over this same period, there have been scores of publicly documented deadly air strikes by the Saudi and UAE-led coalition on Yemeni homes, schools, hospitals, markets, mosques, weddings, and funerals. In this time the NCACC has continued approving weapons exports to these countries.

Weapons gone astray

In violation of its EUC agreements, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been diverting South African weapons to militias in Yemen. Since 2015, SA-made weaponry has been documented on all sides of the conflict in Yemen.

Some weapons were produced by South Africa's state-owned manufacturer Denel, a descendent of Armsco; others by German company Hensoldt, which has production facilities in South Africa.

One of the most egregious diversions of South African weapons involves Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM), a joint venture between German arms company Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH and South African Denel.

There is compelling evidence from independent experts and the UN that the mortars used in a 2018 attack on a fish market and hospital in Hodeidah which killed 64 civilians – and which was deemed a war crime – had likely originated from RDM.

The National Conventional Arms Control Act and the UN Arms Trade Treaty require the NCACC to take diversion of weapons into account when considering export applications. However, the NCACC continues to approve arms destined for the Emiratis and the Saudis – serial violators of EUC agreements.

Assessing weapons applications

There is confusion about the information that the NCACC uses to assess weapons applications.

Jackson Mthembu was the chairperson of the NCACC until his death in January 2021. In August 2020, Mthembu told Open Secrets that the NCACC relied on the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), the State Security Agency (SSA) and Defence Intelligence (DI) for information and to flag concerns.

However, three months prior, Defence Committee chairperson Cyril Xaba, told parliament that the NCACC relies almost entirely on the media and public reporting for information.

Public reports from the UN, Yemeni and international NGOs have painstakingly analysed the devastation in Yemen and the role of the Saudi-led coalition, but have been widely ignored by the NCACC.

Mthembu also told Open Secrets that RDM's possible involvement in the Hodeidah attack "is of no concern to the NCACC" because information on the incident had not been directed to South Africa's UN Mission in New York.

Mthembu's response suggests that the legal and institutional frameworks established to ensure that South Africa's weapons trade is not complicit in human rights violations may not be functioning correctly.

The role of the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) is acutely aware of the devastation caused by the war in Yemen.

In 2019, Minister Naledi Pandor spoke about Yemen at the UN. In 2020, South Africa's representatives to the UN expressed concern at the human rights situation of Yemeni civilians.

DIRCO has not used its position within the NCACC to discourage the export of weapons to countries involved in the conflict in Yemen.

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Anonymous 05/14/23 (Sun) 19:13:36 734ce2 No.18846297

>>18846292

>>18846295

“How South African weapons are fuelling war crimes in Yemen” Part 3

https://www.newarab.com/analysis/how-south-african-weapons-fuel-war-crimes-yemen

03 May, 2021

A missed opportunity

In 2019, the NCACC briefly halted weapons exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Two years earlier, the NCACC had moved a clause requiring on-site inspections to the front page of its end-user agreements. Saudi Arabia, UAE, and several other countries, refused to sign the agreements [https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-11-23-south-africa-blocks-arms-sales-to-saudi-and-uae-in-inspection-row/], alleging that it violated their sovereignty.

A diplomatic spat followed and by the end of 2019 the NCACC had stopped approving weapons exports to these countries. South African weapons companies, however, used the threat of job losses [https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2019/11/27/south-africa-must-permanently-ban-saudi-weapons-sales] to lobby the NCACC to restore exports.

In May 2020, it was announced [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-defence-idUSKBN22P1EH] that on-site inspections could be performed through an unspecified 'diplomatic process'.

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Anonymous 05/14/23 (Sun) 19:15:51 734ce2 No.18846309

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>>18838646

“U.S. accusation a veiled threat?” – Very Interesting Discussion

https://youtu.be/dTF0QjwPxjw

May 13, 2023

U.S. Ambassador to SA, Reuben Brigety, has apologised for accusing the country of supplying Russia with arms. Professor Chris Landsberg, Chairperson of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at UJ, says the accusation is a strategic way to warn other African countries to not 'try what SA has done'.

3:34 – “It seems that, first of all, that message was not only done for America and by America. America was also speaking on behalf of NATO, the so-called leader of the so-called free world. It seems that the irritation with South Africa has now gone beyond that and it’s now reached in a point of alienation and what they did by single out the purported, the giant in Africa and do it such a brazen fashion was to send a message, not just to us but to the region and to all of Africa that any one of you dare do a think like this. Like South Africa… America is a dictatorship abroad. It adopts a posture of do as I say, don’t do as I do. But let me come to more serious implications. One of the ministers in the Presidency yesterday used very strong language that South Africa seems to want to almost induce Africa into “economic warfare”. I think that’s exactly what America is saying.”

7:59 – “The real issue here is… if there is any veracity of truth that we did give weapons to Russia then I’m telling you the implication is twofold; we have effectively become a member in this conflict/war then any future attempt to claim neutrality and non-alignment is blown out of the water. The attempt here was to delegitimize South Africa’s role in the world to create a credibility crisis for South Africa which I think it has. There’s a lack of confidence in our world affairs.”

10:00 – “We know that these comments have sparked a local outcry with questions being raised about the manner he chose to raise the concerns… There are still more questions than answers, like when there’s a state-of-the-art cargo terminal available at Cape Town’s port was a sanctioned Russian freighter allowed to dock at a South African Naval Base? especially because it’s such a tiny base… Just allow me a few seconds to respond but this is very key. Let me tell you what the Ambassador omitted to say yesterday. This is how propaganda works. He omitted to tell us… Last year, 2020, 2017, 2013, 2011 – South Africa did US Army SANDF military training camps in South Africa on our soil with America. Russia sends a ship, they take umbrage. They do exercises with China, they take umbrage. They want to choose for South Africa their friends. Why would the Ambassador omit something like that. What is key about your point it’s not just that this Russian Lady [R] docked there but that port there has so much strategic importance for the Americans… Nobody is focused on President Putin’s reaction overnight… While we focus on the Ambassador’s reaction, the Kremlin, not the Ambassador in Washington or in Pretoria, the Kremlin releases a statement saying, by the way, we had an extensive call, my friend Cyril Ramaphosa and I, and they release gory details basically saying the South Africans confirmed we are the ally; economically, politically and so on. Even they are cornering South Africa now and the idea that President Putin should join the BRICS summit in August virtually. Guess what President Putin said to our President, “You dare do that. There will be consequences from Russia as well.” There are prices and consequences for our choices… And the problem sits with us.”

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Anonymous 05/14/23 (Sun) 22:31:49 78f3c8 No.18847237

>>18846309

Something tells me the ANC were about to have a unanimous vote, with full EFF support, to go firmly with the other BRICS nations and tell the U.S. to shove the Agoa thing up their ass. Something also tells me when Blinken and Yellen visited they both went to use Agoa as "carrot and stick" leverage.

From this bread: >>18826325 Eskom expected to implement up to Stage 10 load shedding

From last bread:

South Africa #10 >>18231629

“South Africa loses permission to import nuclear fuel for Koeberg from the US”

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/477679-south-africa-loses-permission-to-import-nuclear-fuel-for-koeberg.html

25 January 2023

South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is examining how the suspension of a pact that enables it to import nuclear fuel components from the US will affect its sole atomic plant.

The Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the US and South Africa expired on Dec. 4.

That resulted in Westinghouse Electric Co. losing its license from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to export fuel-assembly components to Eskom’s Koeberg plant near Cape Town.

“Eskom is exploring the implications of the withdrawal of the US NRC approval for Westinghouse, and what is needed to enable them to continue supplying fuel,” the utility said in a reply to questions.

Eskom doesn’t anticipate that it will “have to establish new fuel contracts due to this current issue” and no nuclear fuel shortage is expected at Koeberg in the immediate future, it said.

The development may frustrate Eskom’s efforts to end record nationwide power outages that are crimping the economy. The matter may be raised with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who is visiting South Africa this week.

US President Joe Biden was poised in August to extend the existing agreement, but it was still allowed to expire.

South African Department of International Relations & Cooperation spokesman Clayson Monyela and an energy department spokesperson weren’t immediately able to comment.

The Westinghouse license authorizes it to export fuel components to Sweden for fabrication into completed assemblies, and for those to be subsequently shipped to South Africa for use in both of Koeberg’s reactors, according to the NRC order.

Westinghouse and France’s Framatome have been maintained as nuclear fuel suppliers for the plant, according to Eskom.

The US company has already delivered the material that will be loaded during maintenance on one unit that’s currently under way, while fuel for the second was provided by the French firm, it said.

“The contracts with Westinghouse and Framatome cover the fuel needed beyond these two outages,” Eskom said.

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Anonymous 05/15/23 (Mon) 08:18:19 78f3c8 No.18849431

US Unlikely To Sanction South Africa In Russia Weapons Dispute

Reuters May 14, 2023

May 14 (Reuters) – South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said his country had resolved a dispute with the U.S. over allegations that Pretoria supplied weapons to Russia, and South Africa is unlikely to face U.S. repercussions, Bloomberg News reported Godongwana said in an interview on Sunday.

“A number of actions were taken in order to ensure that our relationship with the US remains and that relationship should be normal and cordial,” the minister told Bloomberg in an interview in Cape Town on Sunday. “The Americans are not likely to respond with any anger tomorrow.”

U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety said last week he was confident that a Russian ship had picked up weapons in South Africa in December, in a possible breach of Pretoria’s declared neutrality in the Ukraine conflict.

South Africa’s government denied the claims. After a meeting between Brigety and South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor on Friday, the ambassador “admitted that he crossed the line and apologized unreservedly,” a South African government statement said on Friday.

A finance ministry statement on Saturday said, “Action was taken long ago once this matter was brought to the attention of South African officials” when U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen met with Godongwana in February.

When asked for comment, the U.S. State Department referred to a tweet by Brigety on Friday that said he had corrected “any misimpressions left by my public remarks.”

South Africa’s Finance Ministry did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

https://gcaptain.com/us-unlikely-to-sanction-south-africa-in-russia-weapons-dispute/

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Anonymous 05/16/23 (Tue) 16:36:25 734ce2 No.18856532

>US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety has apologised “unreservedly” after he admitted to “crossing the line” at a briefing he held on Thursday.

>This is according to the department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) which in a diplomatic démarche on Friday expressed the government's “utter displeasure” with Brigety's “conduct and statements”.

>>18849431

>South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said his country had resolved a dispute with the U.S. over allegations that Pretoria supplied weapons to Russia, and South Africa is unlikely to face U.S. repercussions, Bloomberg News reported Godongwana said in an interview on Sunday.

It is interesting that all the statements came from South Africa but no response from the US to reaffirm SA’s claims.

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Anonymous 05/16/23 (Tue) 17:16:20 734ce2 No.18856649

“Cosatu – ‘Farmers rape and murder their workers’: HRC – ‘It’s not a human rights violation’”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/cosatu-farmers-rape-and-murder-their-workers-hrc-its-not-a-human-rights-violation/

May 15, 2023

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) believes that Cosatu’s statements that farmers are murderers and rapists merely cause hurt feelings and do not amount to a human rights violation.

“With such a statement, the HRC has once again shown that they judge matters unilaterally and ultimately do little to protect or promote human rights, although this is their primary task,” said Bennie van Zyl, general manager of TLU SA. “We will certainly not let the matter rest, as our primary task is to protect the sustainability of farmers.”

TLU SA approached the HRC in March after Cosatu [Congress of South Africa Trade Unions] released a national statement [http://mediadon.co.za/2023/03/21/cosatu-human-rights-day-statement-2023/] on Human Rights Day claiming that farm workers are being exploited and abused throughout the country.

The statement further said that farmers rape, assault and murder their workers.

TLU SA indicated that the comments are generalisations and devoid of any truth. It also contributes to worsening the relationship between farmers and their workers and increases the incidence of farm attacks as it incites people – not necessarily farm workers – to violence.

TLU SA insisted that Cosatu should publicly apologise to all the farmers in the country and pay R5 million in reparation to victims of farm attacks.

However, the HRC rejected the complaint on 12 April 2023 and said the statement does not constitute hate speech.

In further discussions with the HRC, TLU SA again emphasised that such statements incite hatred and threaten their safety. The HRC, however, maintained that – although “the language used is not ideal”, – the statement is not hate speech and merely “hurtful”.

Meanwhile, the Appeals Court ruled in April that displaying the old South African flag, even in one’s own home, is indeed hate speech as it incites and promotes hatred.

“We would like to establish with the HRC how they distinguish between hurtful and hate speech,” said Van Zyl. “For us, displaying an old flag may be hurtful to some people, but certainly not hateful. On the other hand, statements that farmers rape, assault and murder their workers are hateful in the worst form.

“We would also like to know if it would be considered hate speech if TLU SA said Cosatu members are arsonists and criminals because one of their members was possibly involved in burning pack stores in Kirkwood.

“The problem – apart from the fact that the HRC clearly acts unilaterally and that some people’s human rights in the country are being treated more equally than others – is that the HRC wants to reason about terminology while people’s lives are being threatened.”

TLU SA has again written to the HRC regarding the issues mentioned above.

TLU SA further insists that the HRC should make the 37 000 pieces of evidence (complaints and case numbers) of assault, rape and murder against farmers available before dismissing the matter out of hand.

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Anonymous 05/16/23 (Tue) 17:17:06 734ce2 No.18856654

>>18856649

>TLU SA indicated that the comments are generalisations and devoid of any truth. It also contributes to worsening the relationship between farmers and their workers and increases the incidence of farm attacks as it incites people – not necessarily farm workers – to violence.

“Maclear farmer (74) tortured for 13 hours – Attackers make themselves dinner”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/eastern-cape/maclear-farmer-74-tortured-for-13-hours-attackers-make-themselves-dinner/

May 1, 2023

A farmer, Francis Davidson (74) was attacked in his farmhouse on 26 April 2023, at 18:00, by three attackers. He was held captive and brutalised by them for thirteen hours.

During the assault the attackers made themselves dinner, ransacked the home and only fled the following day at 07:00.

The attack took place on a farm in Maclear in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The three attackers gained entry to the home by forcing open the front door.

Francis Davidson was assaulted, beaten with a blunt object, burned with paraffin, dragged around the garden and tied up.

He was found on 27 April 2023, still tied up laying injured on the floor by a neighbour who went to investigate after family members could not reach him.

The attackers fled in the farmers bakkie with a number of household items.

The bakkie was later found in the Katkop area burnt out.

It was reported in the media that Davidson survived a farm attack seven years ago in the same house.

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Anonymous 05/16/23 (Tue) 19:47:38 78f3c8 No.18857412

>>18856532

U.S. says relationship with South Africa strong despite claim ally supplying arms to Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times - Monday, May 15, 2023

The State Department and the Pentagon on Monday were silent on allegations from the U.S. ambassador to South Africa that Pretoria is supplying arms to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine.

Officials at the State Department referred questions about the claims to the South African government.

“Our relationship with South Africa remains strong. We continue to be committed to the affirmative agenda of our bilateral relationship,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters. “There are a number of issues that we look forward to working with them on.”

Last week, Ambassador Reuben Brigety told local media in South Africa that U.S. officials were confident that the Lady R, a Russian-flagged ship that docked in South Africa, was filled with military hardware and bound for offensive operations in Ukraine.

“I will bet my life on the accuracy of that assertion,” Mr. Brigety said.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder declined to address the specifics of Ambassador Brigety’s claims, which have prompted a diplomatic row between both countries.

“This is something that we’re taking very seriously (and) it’s something that the U.S. government has raised and discussed with the South African government,” Gen. Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters on Monday. “The U.S. has strongly urged countries not to provide support to Russia’s war machine.”

Mr. Brigety later partly walked back his allegations following official protests from the South African government.

“I was grateful for the opportunity to speak with (South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor) and correct any misimpressions left by our public remarks. I reaffirmed the strong partnership between our two countries and the important agenda our presidents have given us,” Mr. Britety said on Twitter.

South African officials denied that they had violated their policy of not taking sides in the war in Ukraine.

“We have been firm on this point. South Africa has not been, and will not be, drawn into a contest between global powers,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

Sen. James Risch of Idaho, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defended Ambassador Brigety, saying the way he was treated by South African government officials “doesn’t reflect friendship or a neutral partner.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/15/us-south-africa-relationship-strong-despite-russia/

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Anonymous 05/17/23 (Wed) 12:20:58 72024b No.18860724

“Russia denies weapons were loaded onto the Lady R” – 1 of 2

https://mg.co.za/politics/2023-05-16-russia-denies-weapons-were-loaded-onto-the-lady-r/

16 MAY 2023

The Russian government has weighed in on the Lady R weapons saga, denying that South Africa had sent the country any weapons on board the sanctioned cargo vessel, as was claimed by US ambassador Reuben Brigety.

A statement on the Russian Federation’s official South African embassy website on Tuesday said that, according to media reports, Brigety had provided no evidence to support his allegations, which appeared to be an attempt to change Pretoria’s stance on the war in Ukraine.

In addition, the calibre and type of ammunition manufactured in South Africa was not suitable for the weapons used by the Russian Federation’s army, it said.

Brigety’s comments last week sent the rand into freefall and sparked a scramble by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration — which has appointed a retired judge to probe their accuracy — to limit potential damage to South Africa’s trade relations with the US.

The country has been at pains to maintain its non-aligned stance over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and has abstained in the voting in successive resolutions on the matter before the UN General Assembly.

According to the Russian embassy statement, Brigety’s unproven allegations were part of a campaign to force South Africa to abandon this stance.

“Appointing guilty parties at [its] own discretion and resorting to ‘megaphone diplomacy’ have become typical characteristics of US foreign policy. In this context, the words of the US official cannot be perceived otherwise than as an attempt to sway the independent sovereign state’s foreign policy,” the Russian embassy said.

“This comes as no surprise, as the US seems to have lost its ability to interact with partners on [an] equal basis long ago. One’s friendship with the US is only possible under US rules.”

The embassy said a campaign to “pressure” South Africa, co-ordinated with mainstream Western media, was “increasingly gaining momentum”.

“The reason for that is the country’s non-aligned position with regard to the Ukraine conflict, which proves unsatisfactory for the United States,” it said.

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Anonymous 05/17/23 (Wed) 12:21:27 72024b No.18860726

>>18860724

“Russia denies weapons were loaded onto the Lady R” – 2 of 2

https://mg.co.za/politics/2023-05-16-russia-denies-weapons-were-loaded-onto-the-lady-r/

16 MAY 2023

The embassy said the docking of the Lady R in Simon’s Town was “being used as a pretext” and was “totally fabricated and as false as the notorious tube presented by US state secretary Colin Powell at the United Nations Security Council, which was followed by a full-scale invasion of Iraq and cost the lives of one million Iraqis”.

According to the statement, the Russian military did not use the type and calibre of ammunition produced by South Africa, while the “miniscule” amount of arms and ammunition allegedly loaded onto the ship could not have influenced the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine.

The embassy said the US and other Western countries had supplied $100 billion in weapons to Ukraine since 2014 and had recently approved an additional $1.2 billion.

US mission spokesperson David Feldmann said his embassy stood by Brigety’s statement and had “nothing more to add”.

Addressing a state visit by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Cape Town on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said that he had presented an African Union peace proposal to both Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy during separate phone calls.

“Principal to our discussions are efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the devastating conflict in the Ukraine, its cost in human lives and impact on the African continent,” Ramaphosa said.

“In this regard, I presented the initiative on behalf of African heads of state, from Zambia, Senegal, Congo, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa. The two leaders agreed to receive the mission and the African heads of state, in both Moscow and Kyiv.”

Ramaphosa said he had agreed with both Putin and Zelenskiy “to commence with preparations for engagements with the African heads of state.”

He said that the UN secretary general had been briefed about the initiative and had welcomed it.

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Anonymous 05/17/23 (Wed) 12:23:44 72024b No.18860733

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>>18860726

>Addressing a state visit by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Cape Town on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said that he had presented an African Union peace proposal to both Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy during separate phone calls.

The article failed to mention that the Brazzaville Foundation facilitated this.

The timing is interesting. Soon after being accused of selling weapons to Russia, SA is on a peace mission to end the conflict.

“Joint Press Conference between PM Lee Hsien Loong and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa” – Cyril discusses Africa’s peace mission to end Russia-Ukraine conflict

https://youtu.be/LO_afcoF-to

May 16, 2023

10:26 – “I had the opportunity to brief Prime Minister Lee on South Africa’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. I informed him that over the weekend I had the opportunity to represent the views of a number of African leaders with regards to the peace mission that those African leaders have been talking about for quite a number of months and consulting amongst themselves with regards to how Africa can make a contribution to bring about a solution to the conflict in Ukraine and Russia… Group of African heads of states took the view that Africa does needs to put forward an initiative, a peace initiative, that would help to contribute to the solution of that conflict. Facilitated by the Brazzaville Foundation, we’ve been able to have these discussions. Principled to our discussion our efforts to a peaceful resolution to the devastating conflict in Ukraine. Its costs on human lives and the impact on the African continent. And in this regard representing various heads of government, I presented the initiative on behalf of these countries; Zambia, Senegal, Congo, Brazzaville, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa as well… This peace mission will contribute to the various other missions that are underway to bring a solution to that conflict.”

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Anonymous 05/17/23 (Wed) 12:32:03 72024b No.18860752

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>>18860733

>Group of African heads of states took the view that Africa does needs to put forward an initiative, a peace initiative, that would help to contribute to the solution of that conflict. Facilitated by the Brazzaville Foundation, we’ve been able to have these discussions.

Another “Plot for Peace”? [https://youtu.be/kvUVMZApJkw – embedded]

Are African leaders about to be made “heroes”?

https://africasacountry.com/2015/02/documentary-film-plot-for-peaces-selective-memory/

Jean-Yves Ollivier, the French businesman who claimed to have stage managed South Africa's transition, in a still from the film… Plot for Peace” tells the story of Ollivier, a French oil and coal trader, who intervened in southern Africa’s liberation wars. The film suggests that Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was the direct outcome of Ollivier’s game of cards, in which he used business contacts to bring together key players in the Cold War in southern Africa.

“Plot for Peace” was funded by the Ichikowitz Family Foundation. Ivor Ichikowitz (who Patrick Bond has called “Africa’s most aggressive arms dealing entrepreneur”) has been criticized for his close connections with the ANC, including Matthews Phosa (interviewed in the film about the ANC, Cuba, and Angola), Moeletsi Mbeki (former president Thabo’s brother) and Sandile Majali (best known for the Oilgate scandal).

Jean-Yves Ollivier founded Brazzaville Foundation

https://www.brazzavillefoundation.org/en/members/jean-yves-ollivier/

Jean-Yves Ollivier was, behind the scenes, the kingpin of the Brazzaville protocol [https://www.brazzavillefoundation.org/en/history/#protocole-brazzaville]. He is the only foreigner to have received South Africa's highest honors, first in 1987 for organising the first and most important regional prisoner exchange, and then from Nelson Mandela in 1995 for his contribution to peace. Jean-Yves Ollivier has made a career as a commodities trader in China, the Middle East and Africa and has engaged privately in international mediation, using his professional contacts in the service of peace. Among the many other peace mediations in which he has participated, Jean-Yves Ollivier played an important role in the negotiations that facilitated the departure of mercenary Bob Denard from the Comoros in 1989 and in the Sun City talks that led to power sharing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between President Joseph Kabila and four rebel leaders in 2002. He also played a role in the reconciliation between Uganda and Sudan, paving the way for the independence of Southern Sudan in 2011. Wanting to work in the philanthropic community, he founded Brazzaville Foundation in 2015.

Brazzaville Protocol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville_Protocol

The Brazzaville Protocol (Official name; Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola for the Conclusions of the Internationalist Mission of the Cuban Military Contingent)[1] mandated the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola, paving the way for Namibia's independence through the New York Accords.[2] Representatives from the governments of Angola, Cuba, and South Africa signed the protocol on December 13, 1988 in Brazzaville, Congo.

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Anonymous 05/17/23 (Wed) 12:35:09 72024b No.18860761

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>>18860733

>>18860752

>Brazzaville Foundation

“Meet the Brazzaville Foundation: The royal-backed UK charity accused of ‘laundering’ the reputation of an oil-rich African autocrat (…with a little help from Bell Pottinger)”

https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/prince-michael-brazzaville-foundation-bell-pottinger-jean-yves-ollivier-congo-sassou-nguesso-denies-reputation-laundering

15 May 2019

A Finance Uncovered investigation today reveals details about a royal-backed UK charity accused of bolstering the regime that runs one of Africa’s most authoritarian and kleptocratic countries.

The findings centre on the City of London-registered Brazzaville Foundation, fronted by the Queen’s controversial cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, as its patron.

It was established in 2014 to tackle environmental challenges, help broker peace in Libya and raise awareness about the scourge of fake medicines in Africa – all causes about which its trustees appear to be sincere and passionate.

But some Congolese experts and opposition activists exiled in Europe have viewed the charity with suspicion, believing some of its activities to be reputation-laundering vehicles for their country’s authoritarian president, Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Indeed, early versions of the charity’s website – since removed – described him as its “inspiration”.

These accusations are strongly denied by the charity, which says any suggestion it is “a tool to promote President Sassou-Nguesso’s interests is factually wrong and completely unfounded”.

But Finance Uncovered’s investigation into the charity’s origins have raised new concerns.

* It was set up by Jean-Yves Ollivier, a wealthy French commodities trader who has been a friend of Sassou-Nguesso for more than 30 years;

* He established it shortly after his company received a $60m windfall from an oil deal he brokered with Sassou-Nguesso;

* Ollivier and his company provided the bulk of the charity’s initial funding, largely through invoice offsets from his personal and company expenses;

* He set it up with the help of one of Britain’s most controversial PR gurus, Lord Tim Bell, who became a trustee;

* Bell’s now disgraced and defunct PR firm Bell Pottinger also advised Sassou-Nguesso on how to win a constitutional referendum the following year that extended his grip on power; and

* Ollivier once boasted that the charity would be attractive to its members as a networking platform with other business and political figures.

Duncan Hames, policy director of Transparency International UK, said: “There is a risk that charities could be used or recruited to help give an air of legitimacy to those who have abused their power. That charities might be used to burnish the credentials of kleptocratic regimes is particularly galling to those who are impoverished because of their crimes.”

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Anonymous 05/19/23 (Fri) 22:51:05 78f3c8 No.18873291

Russian Oil Finds Buyers in Asia

By Sharon Cho, Rakesh Sharma and Prejula Prem (Bloomberg) May 17, 2023

Russia is finding oil customers in Asia to replace sanctions-blocked European buyers — by clawing away at the market share of its energy allies.

From West Africa to the Middle East, producers in the OPEC+ alliance are feeling pinched as buyers in India and China — Asia’s top growth markets — scoop up cheaper Russian crude. The redrawn global oil trade map could be in place for years to come.

“There is every reason for the Middle East producers to be worried about losing market share in China and India to Russian barrels,” said Vandana Hari, founder of consultant Vanda Insights in Singapore. “There appears to be no end in sight to the trade flows shift.”

Prices for Russia’s flagship Urals grade plummeted last year as Europe shunned purchases in the fallout of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Asia’s powerhouses stepped into the void, helping to lift Russia’s seaborne crude exports to a post-invasion record in recent weeks.

India has historically relied on countries like Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to supply the bulk of its crude imports. Now those producers are feeling squeezed.

Since January 2022 — the month before Russia invaded Ukraine — India’s oil imports from the Middle East have plunged by 35% to about 1.9 million barrels a day in April, data from Vortexa Ltd. show. Shipments from West Africa slumped by the same percentage, to 228,000 barrels a day during the period.

Meanwhile, India imported a record 1.9 million barrels a day of Russian crude in April — compared with just 65,000 on a daily basis in January last year. Russia is now vying with the Middle East as the country’s top supplier.

“This is sustainable as long as Russian prices are low,” said R. Ramachandran, former director of refineries at Bharat Petroleum Corp. “There was little demand for Urals in India pre-Russia’s war on Ukraine.”

The price of Urals delivered to India — including shipping costs — was almost $12 a barrel cheaper than the global Dated Brent benchmark on May 15, according to data from Argus Media Ltd. The discount has narrowed by about $5 over the last two months.

China’s Shift

China has continued to receive a steady flow of oil from the Middle East, with shipments even rising slightly since January 2022, according to Vortexa data.

However, Asia’s largest economy has cut its intake of West African crude by more than 40%. Shipments dropped to 730,000 barrels a day in April, from 1.3 million in early 2022. Angola remains by far the region’s largest provider.

At the same time, China’s imports of Russian crude rose by 80% to about 1.5 million barrels a day since early 2022.

Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies aren’t the only ones seeing their share of Asia’s oil market diminish. US flows to India and European shipments to China — which include North Sea grades — have declined.

However, India and China typically rely on the Middle East and West Africa, home to major OPEC+ producers, for the bulk of their crude supply.

A glut of at least 35 million barrels of Nigerian oil due for loading through the end of next month has so far gone unsold, with a lack of Asian buying being a key cause of the buildup, according to traders.

Millions of barrels of West African crude have been stashed in commercial facilities at the Saldanha Bay hub in South Africa this year as Asia buys Russian oil instead, according to the International Energy Agency.

“The deliveries into storage appear to be West African barrels struggling to find buyers East of Suez (due to cheaper Russian crude) while Atlantic Basin refiners undergo maintenance,” it said this week in its latest Oil Market Report.

https://gcaptain.com/russian-oil-finds-buyers-in-asia/

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Anonymous 05/20/23 (Sat) 00:34:57 78f3c8 No.18873812

South Africa Gives Mooring Rights to Turkish Power Ships

By Antony Sguazzin and S’thembile Cele (Bloomberg) May 18, 2023

Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply electricity to South Africa, secured government permission to moor its ship-mounted power plants at three of the country’s harbors. A dispute with the port operator may delay or thwart one of the projects.

A so-called Section 79 notice granting the consent was issued by the Department of Transport in February, though it wasn’t initially publicly disclosed. The approval surmounted one hurdle the company needs to clear to install its gas-fired plants, after winning three-fifths of a tender for the supply of emergency power in 2021. Transnet National Ports Authority wants to use one of the mooring sites — a location known as A100 at the southern Port of Ngqura — for a liquid bulk terminal it’s relocating from the nearby city of Gqeberha.

The debate around the need for powerships has divided government ministers who are under pressure to ease record power cuts. Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe favors using the vessel-mounted plants and has the support of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, who told local broadcaster Newzroom Afrika on Thursday that Mantashe should be given carte-blanche to procure new capacity.

“It is a cabinet decision that Mantashe has got to find electricity for the country,” Godongwana said. “On what emergency measures he does, we give him flexibility to do that. If you ask me, I am fully behind that decision.”

Finding a new site for the ships in Ngqura would necessitate the filing of a new environmental impact assessment. That process could take as long as eight months, according to a person familiar with the situation, who asked not to be identified as the parties haven’t commented publicly on the negotiations. TNPA confirmed by email that it received the Section 79 notice, but didn’t answer a question about whether that gave it permission to host Karpowership’s vessels or compelled it to.

“The port development plan aimed at accommodating additional and much-needed liquid bulk-handling facilities at the Port of Ngqura’s A100 location will continue as planned,” TNPA said. “TNPA will continue to work with port stakeholders to ensure fairness and transparency in finding workable solutions.”

The Department of Transport confirmed that it had granted Karpowership access to the three ports for 20 years on Feb. 26. Karpowership declined to comment.

Shorter Contracts

Karpowership is in the process of submitting applications for environmental approvals to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment for the operation of a 450-megawatt powership in the northeastern port of Richards Bay and a 320-megawatt plant in the western port of Saldanha. A 450-megawatt plant is slated for the Port of Ngqura.

Karpowership’s plans, which were initially supposed to be implemented by August last year, have also been slowed by lawsuits and challenges from environmentalists.

The terms of the emergency power tender gave Karpowership and other bid winners 20-year supply contracts, attracting the ire of environmentalists who said South Africa would be locked into using a fossil fuel for their duration.

Godongwana said on Thursday that the contract period would be shorter. Formal talks about reducing the length have not begun, the person said.

Reducing the duration may ease complaints by environmentalists, but would likely boost the cost per unit of electricity produced. The initial cost was worked out a time when gas and other costs were lower and the expenses incurred could also be amortized over a longer period.

https://gcaptain.com/karpowership-given-mooring-rights-for-south-africa-power-ships/

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Anonymous 05/21/23 (Sun) 05:30:03 78f3c8 No.18879754

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Rare Shipment Of U.S. Oil Heads To South Africa

Reuters May 20, 2023

HOUSTON, May 19 (Reuters) – A shipment of U.S. oil is headed to South Africa for the first time in two years and destined for a Glencore-owned refinery in Cape Town that has restarted operations after an explosion shuttered it in 2020, according to ship tracking data and a source.

U.S. oil exports this year hit a record 4.5 million barrels per day as competitive pricing for U.S. grades and China’s reopening after COVID-19 have fueled global demand for oil.

Tanker Sonangol Porto Amboim, carrying light sweet oil, left Corpus Christi, Texas, on May 16 for Saldanha Bay on the west coast of South Africa, according to ship tracking information from Refinitiv Eikon and energy data provider Kpler.

South Africa gets most of its oil from West and Central Africa as well as Saudi Arabia, according to Kpler data. But competitive pricing for U.S. crude and changes to oil flows since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have opened new markets. The last shipment of U.S. oil went to South Africa in May 2021, U.S. customs data showed.

The 850,000 barrel-cargo of West Texas Light was purchased by Swiss-commodities trader Glencore GLEN.L, a person familiar with the matter said.

Glencore’s majority-owned Astron Energy restarted production at its 100,000 barrel per day Cape Town refinery nearly three years after a deadly explosion shuttered operations and killed two workers.

Glencore declined to comment on the shipment. Astron confirmed that the refinery restarted as part of a phased process and was producing at its planned capacity.

Astron, which has the second-largest retail fuel network in southern Africa, receives its oil from tankers discharging in Saldanha Bay and transports the oil to the Cape Town refinery via pipeline, according to the refiner’s website.

https://gcaptain.com/rare-shipment-of-u-s-oil-heads-to-south-africa/

[ETA 10 June @23:00 Local Time]

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Anonymous 05/21/23 (Sun) 06:13:47 78f3c8 No.18879871

>>18879754 (me)

Same day that tanker departed, the head of that port resigned with no explanation. Might be a good idea to inspect that ship carefully before she docks

Port of Corpus Christi Head Abruptly Resigns

Reuters May 17, 2023

HOUSTON, May 16 (Reuters) – Sean Strawbridge, chief executive of the Port of Corpus Christi, the largest U.S. oil-export port by volume, resigned on Tuesday, the port operator said without providing any explanation.

Strawbridge, who was the port’s chief operating officer before taking over the top role in 2018, did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

During his tenure, he helped the port obtain federal funds to support a dredging of its ship channel to bring larger oil tankers to its docks.

Strawbridge had spoken a day earlier at the port at an event celebrating the future of energy and the port’s emergence as an export hub for liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Spokespeople for the Port of Corpus Christi said he had resigned but declined to provide any additional information or comment on a potential successor.

Under Strawbridge, the port’s operating revenue grew 76.5% to $162.3 million from 2017 to 2022, according to annual budget summaries, while operating expenses climbed 29%.

https://gcaptain.com/port-of-corpus-christi-head-abruptly-resigns/

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Anonymous 05/21/23 (Sun) 06:56:25 78f3c8 No.18879937

UK and US Sanction More Elements of Russian Shipping

MAY 19, 2023 3:32 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE

Western leaders starting their three-day G7 Summit in Japan announced a broad new wave of sanctions targeting Russia designed they said to further crippler the Russian economy and limit its ability to finance and pursue the war in Ukraine. While much of the shipping infrastructure has been under sanctions for more than a year, new elements are being included in the next wave of sanctions which also increases efforts touching on the energy, metals, defense, transport, finance, and other sectors. The United States is expanding its efforts into services ranging from architecture to engineering, construction, and manufacturing.

“Our collective efforts have cut Russia off from key inputs it needs to equip its military and is drastically limiting the revenue the Kremlin receives to fund its war machine,” said Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen detailing the U.S. portion of the new initiative. “Today’s actions will further tighten the vise on Putin’s ability to wage his barbaric invasion and will advance our global efforts to cut off Russian attempts to evade sanctions.”

The U.S. announced the most sweeping action listing over 300 individual elements targeting 22 individuals and 104 entities reaching not only deep into Russia but a total of more than 20 countries. Among the sectors the U.S. is targeting are future energy, military procurement and the elements used to avoid existing sanctions, metals and mining, technology, and a raft of individuals. The State Department designated or blocked the property of almost 200 individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft.

The sanctions specific to shipping and shipbuilding single out elements including FSUE Atomflot, a subsidiary of Rosatom that maintains a fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers. The effort also targets the development of the Arctic port of Indiga and Akvamarin Limited developer of the port. Four companies involved in the planning of the port were also added to the designated list while in shipbuilding they added Samusskiy Sudostroitelno Sudoremontniy Zavod, a Russia-based shipbuilding and repair company that has constructed up to 10 vessels intended to facilitate logistics and cargo delivery in Russia’s arctic region.

The U.S. is also targeting efforts between Russian and Iran that are expanding the logistic network. Khazar Sea Shipping Lines, an Iranian shipping company and a subsidiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, was designated with the U.S. citing over 60 port calls in Russia over the past year. Two other companies linked to the shipping trade with Iran were also designated.

Similarly, the UK government announced sanctions on 86 individuals and entities targeting sectors including energy, metals, the military, finance, and banking, as well as further elements in transport. Both the U.S. and the UK specifically cited examples of the thief and shipment of Ukrainian grain among their new sanctions. The UK cites examples of the targeted entities that have reportedly stolen grain and other agricultural goods from warehouses and fields in the temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine and shipped them out, marking them as Russian goods.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/uk-and-us-sanction-more-elements-of-russian-shipping

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Anonymous 05/28/23 (Sun) 19:24:59 17f2f6 No.18916764

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

“More of Interpol’s most wanted criminals found in SA” – Very interesting discussion

https://youtu.be/4kpmONpmSqo

There’s still a big focus on the links between organised crime and some people living in South Africa, after a man on Interpol’s most wanted list was killed in Constantia in Cape Town on Thursday. Timeslive journalist, Aron Hyman weighs in.

“Constantia killings: Bulgarian crime boss, wife, domestic worker shot execution-style “

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/crime/bulgarian-krasimir-kamenov-murder-constantia-cape-town/

26 May 2023

It has come to light that Bulgarian crime figure Krasimir Kamenov was allegedly assassinated alongside his wife, bodyguard and housekeeper.

Central figure of the Bulgarian underworld: Who was Kasimir ‘Karo’ Kamenov?

According to Euroactiv, Kamenov was a notorious figure in the former Bulgarian crime syndicate VIS-2, which held considerable economic and political sway before Bulgaria became a member of the European Union (EU) in 2007.

The syndicate also “specialised” in extortion, car theft and drug trafficking.

In April, Kamenov earned himself a place on Interpol‘s wanted list with a red notice for extortion, as well as his suspected involvement in the murder of former Bulgarian police boss Lubomir Ivanov, who was shot dead in Sofia in March 2022.

According to BNT, Kamenov was also being investigated for links to more murders, including that of VIS boss Meto Ilienski.

Return to ‘mafia years’

He was also recently implicated in a large-scale plot to discredit senior magistrates, including Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev.

Geshev commented on the news of Kamenov’s killing withthe words:

“For the past two years the prosecutor’s office has been saying what is happening now is that we are returning to the ‘mutri’ (thugs) years as a result of the war against the judiciary, the attempts to control the judiciary and the deliberate destruction of institutions in the interests of perhaps what the Bulgarian citizens call organised crime, mafia, oligarchy. I will not use stronger words.”

Bulgarian crime underbelly of Cape Town

• In February 2018, a Bulgarian couple was gunned down in the upmarket Cape Town suburb of Bergvliet. The husband was facing charges related to a credit card fraud syndicate.

• In 2021, three Bulgarian nationals were sentenced to 60 years imprisonment after being arrested with bricks of cocaine, with an estimated street value of R580 million, in Saldanha Bay, north of Cape Town.

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Anonymous 05/28/23 (Sun) 19:26:28 17f2f6 No.18916772

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“DA reacts to appointment of panel to probe docking of Russian vessel”

https://youtu.be/loBayS50WWE

May 28, 2023

Phineas Mojapelo will head the three-member independent panel to look into the circumstances surrounding the docking of a Russian vessel in the Western Cape last year. Mojapelo will be joined by Advocate Leah Gcabashe senior counsel, and Enver Surty as the other members of the panel. The panel has been given six weeks to conclude the investigations and will present the findings of the report to Ramaphosa. Member of Parliament and DA Shadow Minister of Defence, Kobus Marais weighs in.

3:09 – “Obviously then we need to know government’s involvement because we know that AB Logistics which is the logistical company belonging to Armscor was responsible for the handling of the freight and delivering of the rounds and shells from Russia to our ammunition depot.”

“SA’s arms control under global scrutiny following arms-to-Russia allegations”

https://www.biznews.com/intelligence/2023/05/26/sas-arms-control-under-scrutiny-russia-allegations

26th May 2023

Arms-to-Russia row raises doubt about South Africa’s compliance with arms control. It could face tougher scrutiny in future

The South African defence industry comprises state-owned entities such as Denel, Armscor and a division of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and private companies. Armscor, as the government’s acquisition agency, has its own logistical capability called AB Logistics. It is authorised to move sensitive, controlled, and hazardous military goods in support of the South African National Defence Force, South African defence industry companies and, in some cases, for foreign clients.

The defence force itself is not mandated to engage in arms transactions except through Armscor.

What this shows is that the investigation into the allegations of arms supply to Russia would involve public and private role-players.

Further compounding matters is the fact that the Lady R cargo ship docked at the time when Russia was preparing for participation in the joint military exercise with China and South Africa (Ex Morsi II) which took place in February 2023. It is not clear if its arrival was linked to the joint military exercise, which would be easy for government to clarify. Regrettably, this coincided with the first anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

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Anonymous 05/28/23 (Sun) 19:35:51 17f2f6 No.18916821

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>>18916772

>Phineas Mojapelo

“Phineas Mojapelo to head Ramaphosa's panel into Russian vessel matter” - https://youtu.be/2nmQo4S7C9E

“MOJAPELO, PHINEAS MATHALE DEON”

https://www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za/index.php/contact-us/58-acting-judges/mojapelo-phineas-mathale-deon

Personal:

11 June 1951, Polokwane, Limpopo province, South Africa

Married: Dr Setlola Lorna Esther Phoshoko-Mojapelo

Four Children: One son and three daughters

Three grandchildren: One girl and three boys

Education:

Matric: Tshebela High School

B Proc and LLB: University of the North (now Limpopo)

Attorneys Admission Board Exams

Profession:

Lecturer – 1 year at University of Limpopo

Admitted as Attorney of High Court of South Africa: January 1980

Acting Judge of the High Court, Pretoria: 1999 and 2001

Permanent judge of High Court of South Africa (then TPD): 27 January 2003

Deputy Judge President of WLD (now Gauteng Division, Johannesburg): 01 January 2005 - to date (2020)

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 December 2019 – 31 March 2020

Professional History:

Candidate Attorney: Webber Wentzel, Johannesburg: Jan 1978 – Dec 1979

Member: Law Society of the Transvaal: 1980 to Dec 2002

Member: Black Layers Association (BLA): 1980 to Jan 2003

Member: National Association of Democratic Laws (Nadel): 1987-1989

Examiner and Senior Examiner: Law Society of South Africa: +- 1988 – 2002

Secretary, BLA: 1985 -1991;

National President, BLA: 1991-1995

IBA Mission to Kenya re Threats to the Independence of the Legal Profession and the Judiciary: 1996

ICJ Mission to Sri Lanka re Threats to the Independence of the Judiciary: 1997

Board Member, BLA-Legal Education Centre: 1995 - 2006

Chair: BLA-Legal Education Centre Trust: +- 2001 – 2006

Commissioner: Judicial Service Commission: 1994 – 2002

Commissioner: South African Law Reform Commission: 1997/8 – 2000/1

LLD (Hon causa): University of Limpopo – 2007

Instructor/Trainer on Trial Advocacy for BLA and Motion Court for the Bar Council: 1996 -2019

Judicial Skills Training for members of Law Society: 2005 – 2018

Attended intensive course on Court Annexed Mediation, Utah, USA: Oct 2019 – Nov 2019

Publications on Legal Topics:

Doctrine of Separation of Powers in SA Context: Advocate 2013

Regular Column on History of the BLA – in several issues of African Law Review: 2017 - date

Papers on variety of subjects delivered over the years

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Anonymous 05/28/23 (Sun) 19:37:57 17f2f6 No.18916836

>>18916821

>Candidate Attorney: Webber Wentzel, Johannesburg: Jan 1978 – Dec 1979

Webber Wentzel – 1 of 2

https://webberwentzel.com/About-us/Pages/default.aspx

Webber Wentzel is an African firm founded in South Africa more than 150 years ago. We provide in-depth legal and tax services throughout the continent. Our alliance with Linklaters and network of deep relationships with Africa's leading firms allows us to draw on the highest quality and most business relevant pan-African advice - matching this to the needs of our clients. We have over the last 50 years worked on some of the most transformative and significant matters on the African continent.

We are committed to exceptional client service consistently delivered through every client experience. We have extensive experience in advising on matters spanning Africa's countries, regions and languages: our track record is testimony to this. We support our clients across Africa: we do this independently or working alongside our established and integrated network of alliance and key relationship firms. Whether you work with us independently or alongside our network firms, we deliver a 'single firm' experience. With our culturally diverse teams and African proximity, we have developed a fundamental understanding of the continent's multiple and varied legal systems and cultures. We also bring international perspective to our clients through our alliance with global firm. Linklaters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webber_Wentzel

Webber Wentzel was founded in 1868 and is the only large South African law firm to retain a traditional partnership organisation and not incorporate into a limited liability company.

Notable deals[edit]

• Transaction between The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller Plc and GFI to create the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Africa[28]

• Lead African legal adviser in the largest transaction ever to be done in Africa, AB InBev's take-over of SABMiller[29]

• Old Mutual[30] plc on its Managed Separation – African homecoming (listings on the Johannesburg, London, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe Stock Exchanges)

• Wal-Mart's acquisition of Massmart[31] – entry into Africa

• Mercer Africa's (Marsh & McLennan) acquisition of Alexander Forbes[32]

• Oceana Group's acquisition of Daybrook Fisheries in the USA[33]

• Gold Fields' 50:50 incorporated joint venture with Asanko Gold Inc.[34]

• Structuring of the African entities of General Electric[35]

• Tokio Marine Holdings' acquisition of Hollard[36] enabling it to acquire precious foothold in full-scale African expansion

• Pioneer Foods Group Ltd in respect of the firm intention offer by PepsiCo[37] Inc. to acquire the ordinary shares by way of a scheme of arrangement or standby offer valued at ZAR 25 billion

• USD 2,1 billion combination of the majority of Barclays' African operations with Absa Group – the largest cross-border African M&A transaction in 2013[38]

• Actis-backed Emerging Markets Knowledge Holdings' acquisitions relating to its tertiary education buy-and-build platform[39]

• The Carlyle Group (via its Sub-Saharan Africa Fund[40]) on various M&A transactions and fund structuring

• American Tower Corporation's acquisition of up to 723 of Telkom Kenya's transmission towers[41] – ATC's first entry into the Kenyan market, its fifth market in Africa

• Anglo American's restructuring of its shareholding in Anglo American Platinum and its interests in De Beers (combined deal value of ZAR 87 billion)

• Vodafone Group in respect of the disposal of its indirect 34,94% interest in Safaricom to Vodacom Group for ZAR 35 billion

• Woolworths on its takeover of Australian retailer, David Jones, valued at AUD 2,14 billion, and its acquisition of Country Road[42]

• Anglo American on the sale of the New Largo thermal coal project in South Africa to New Largo Coal[43]

• Sibanye Stillwater in respect of its US$500 million streaming transaction with Wheaton Precious Metals International[44]

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Anonymous 05/28/23 (Sun) 19:40:34 17f2f6 No.18916842

>>18916836

Webber Wentzel – 2 of 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webber_Wentzel

Notable cases[edit]

• In 1957 the firm advised Consolidated Diamond Mines of South-West Africa (CDM) in the Great South-West Diamond Case. CDM had been given exclusive rights to mine for diamonds in a diamond-rich area by the administrator of South West Africa, who subsequently conferred the right to Suidwes-Afrika Prospekteers. CDM successfully sued South West Africa to protect their sole right to mine.[6]

• In 1973 the firm successfully completed the case of Venkatrathnan and Another vs Officer Commanding Robben Island. In the case the court decided that prisoners were in principle entitled to study for tertiary degrees.[6]

• In 2004 the firm successfully challenged South African pharmaceutical price capping legislation in the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in terms of which pharmacists, when dispensing prescription medicine, could charge a fixed fee limited to 26% and capped at R26.00.[6][45]

Notable alumni[edit]

Notable alumni of the firm include:[6]

• Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group[46]

• Charles Augustus Wentzel, former Chief Magistrate of the Witwatersrand

• Henry Charles Hull, former board member of Anglo American Corporation and the first Minister of Finance (South Africa)[47]

• Sir Edward Solomon, former South African Senator and Minister of Public Works (South Africa)[48]

• Walter Webber, former Member of Parliament for the Labour Party in Troyeville, founder and champion of the Bantu Men's Social Centre and the Joint Council of Europeans and Natives.

• Ed Southey, President of the Law Society of the Transvaal (1985 and 1986) President of Association of Law Societies of Republic of South Africa (1991)[49]

• Stanley Sessel, former president of the Council of the Association of Law Societies

• Brett Kebble, mining magnate [murdered][50]

• Sheila Camerer, South African ambassador to Bulgaria[51]

• Nicky Newton-King, chief executive officer of the JSE Limited.

• Eric Pfaff, founder of the Maitland Group.[9]

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Anonymous 05/28/23 (Sun) 19:46:37 17f2f6 No.18916863

>>18916772

>“Obviously then we need to know government’s involvement because we know that AB Logistics which is the logistical company belonging to Armscor was responsible for the handling of the freight and delivering of the rounds and shells from Russia to our ammunition depot.”

Armscor continues business, from Apartheid to now.

“The Secretary: How Middlemen and Corporations Armed the Rwandan Genocide” – Armscor 1 of 2

https://www.opensecrets.org.za/the-secretary-report/

May 11, 2023

Excerpts

Rather, declassified archival material shows how for years apartheid South Africa and its allies—some of them permanent members of the UN Security Council—circumvented the arms embargo using a complex network to launder cash for arms and to create end-user certificates. Zaire, in particular, served as a central node for the transit of weapons bought illegally by the apartheid regime for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) in Angola.18 This relationship was also exploited for Mobutu Sese Seko’s suppression of opposition in Zaire; for meetings between South African envoys and representatives of Gabon’s Omar Bongo and Equatorial Guinea’s Obiang Nguema Mbasogo; and to aid Hissene Habre’s coup in Chad.19

State-owned arms company Armscor sold infantry weapons worth millions to the Rwandan government between 1980 and 1992.21 Between 1990 and 1993 alone, South Africa was estimated to have sold arms worth $32 million to Rwanda.22

With regard to the Rwandan civil war and genocide, there are two documented arms sales between South Africa and Rwanda: one in 1992 between Armscor and the Rwandan government and the other in May 1994 (which is the subject of this investigation). The weapons Armscor sold to Rwanda in 1992 were used not only in the civil war but also in the genocide.

Ehlers’ selection as a secretary of PW Botha, the ‘Big Crocodile’, was no coincidence. The young man’s military experience, exposure to state secrets, and ties to the apartheid power elite had groomed him to become part of the regime’s inner circle. He would be Botha’s side when he was developing strategy and consulting with foreign dignitaries.

In late 1989, Ters Ehlers lost his position. PW Botha was ousted as leader of his beloved National Party, and within months, his cabinet was successful in evicting the ailing Botha, who had suffered multiple strokes, from the presidency too.

The 42-year-old Ehlers left his offices at the Union Buildings in Pretoria carrying a little black book that was second to none. His decade as handlanger or assistant to Botha had set him up for life. He, like many securocrats, would leave government to privatise his services. Ehlers packed up his navy uniform and set up shop as a fixer and middleman in the dangerous and dirty world of highly lucrative arms deals. Ehlers became part of what Human Rights Watch, in a report published in 2000, described as South Africa’s ‘old-boy network’ spanning national defence and private business and drawing on experience gained dodging apartheid arms embargoes. This network would go on to run the arms trade in Africa and globally, which included dealing with some of the world’s worst human rights offenders.

In 1990, Ehlers made a seamless transition from the security state to one of its most curious, secret front companies—the Seychelles-based GMR. Named after Italian Giovanni Mario Ricci, GMR was a sanctions-busting front for the apartheid regime from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.13 Ehlers was tasked with taking over the reins of GMR from Craig Williamson, who he knew well from his days in Botha’s presidency.14 This relationship with GMR is important for our understanding of Ehlers’ role in the arms sales to Rwanda during the genocide as those weapons transited through the Seychelles in 1994.

In June 1994, as South Africa settled into a tenuous peace in its second month as a democracy and the genocide in Rwanda reached an alarming crescendo, Ehlers was facilitating a secretive and circuitous arms transaction. He travelled from South Africa to the scenic Seychelles islands to buy weapons, which were sold on to a Rwandan colonel, who provided a falsified end-user certificate (EUC) from then Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC).

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Anonymous 05/28/23 (Sun) 19:47:43 17f2f6 No.18916868

>>18916863

“The Secretary: How Middlemen and Corporations Armed the Rwandan Genocide” – Armscor 2 of 2

https://www.opensecrets.org.za/the-secretary-report/

May 11, 2023

The arms travelled to their destination— Rwanda—with Colonel Théoneste Bagosora on a DC-8 plane registered in Zaire.6 Bagosora was an official in the Rwandan ministry of defence and a leader of the Interahamwe,7 the extremist militia considered to be the main perpetrator of the genocide. This circuitous trip was undertaken twice, and was unsuccessful the third time, as the media and people in the Seychelles learned that the arms were supporting the ongoing genocide in Rwanda.8 This arms sale was in explicit contravention of United Nations (UN) sanctions on the sale of weapons to the genocidal Rwandan regime.

Using declassified records from South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) cables and faxes; and police affidavits, witness testimonies, and other documents of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, we show that Ters Ehlers and Théoneste Bagosora facilitated and perpetuated crimes against humanity and genocide in Rwanda in June 1994—a genocide that claimed the lives of over 800,000 to one million people in just 100 days.14

Among the documents Ehlers showed us, there was one he said he is very proud of—it is his certificate, signed by President Nelson Mandela, appointing him as honorary consul of Colombia.

He says that this was the result of work he conducted for the Colombians at the behest of a good friend who held an ambassadorial post at the UN in Geneva. This friend told him that Colombia was ‘struggling with Armscor’. While Armscor and Colombia had a relatively good relationship and Colombia already bought lots of ammunition from Armscor, the South African state-owned arms company was reluctant to sell a Mirage aircraft part that it had developed, which cost half of what it did in France and lasted five times longer.

To assist the Colombians, Ehlers called the chairman of Armscor. Later, in 1995, ‘the friend in Geneva’ called to say that the Colombians had managed to secure the deal with his help. Two months later, the Colombian ministry of foreign affairs offered Ehlers an honorary consul position in South Africa, as Colombia did not have an embassy in South Africa at the time.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:27:01 72024b No.18924452

>>18879754

>>18879871

Glencore has interests in Corpus Christi…

Glencore Subsidiary Buys Sherwin Alumina at Bankruptcy Auction

https://aluminiuminsider.com/glencore-subsidiary-buys-sherwin-alumina-at-bankruptcy-auction/

APR. 25, 2016

Texas’ Corpus Christi Alumina (CCA) purchased the assets of Sherwin Alumina at auction last week, winning the bid with a US$54 million offer. Both companies are subsidiaries of Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company Glencore plc.

Although the Port of Corpus Christi submitted a bid, court filings indicated that Sherwin had a pre-existing plan to sell to CCA when it (Sherwin) filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in January. The plan involved Sherwin selling CCA the entirety of its assets in exchange for forgiveness of US$95 million of debt, plus US$250 thousand in cash. Another Glencore company has given Sherwin US$40 million to continue operating during bankruptcy proceedings. Sherwin was able to accept a higher bid if one was offered, but this arrangement is part of a plan to move Sherwin through bankruptcy quickly and in a debt-free condition.

The next step in the plan is to take the plan back to bankruptcy court. The court, namely the US Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas in Houston, will set a date to consider the plan within the next several days or weeks.

The firm is also in negotiations with labor at the plant, but according to a spokesman for US Steelworkers, which represents the plant’s labor force, said it is too early to tell what the sale might mean for labor negotiations. Negotiators are planning to meet with Sherwin’s attorneys this week in an effort to come to an amicable conclusion to talks that have gone on for over one-and-a-half years.

If negotiations fall through, USW’s representatives said that they will work towards separating workers from the plant and securing any back payments Sherwin may owe them. That would allow them to re-apply with Sherwin, but not as members of USW. The union’s attorneys are also working to insure that any agreements made with Sherwin will remain in force once the company’s ownership is settled.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:27:51 72024b No.18924456

>>18924452

“Power plant at old Sherwin Alumina site to resume operations”

https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2019/05/02/power-plant-old-sherwin-alumina-site-resume-operations/3650943002/

May 2, 2019

A shuttered power plant on the old Sherwin Alumina property in Gregory is planning to restart operations in June.

The natural gas plant was built in 2002 to provide energy to its partner, Sherwin Alumina, said David Knox, a spokesman for NRG Energy Inc. It was "mothballed" in 2016 when Sherwin Alumina filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations, he said.

Now that some issues related to that bankruptcy filing have been resolved, work is underway to get the power plant back up and running as a combined cycle facility by early June 2019, according to a news release.

"I am pleased to announce the return to service of this highly efficient natural gas plant," said Mauricio Gutierrez, president and CEO of NRG, in a statement. "The Public Utility Commission of Texas' recent actions to further strengthen the ERCOT market reinforced our decision to return Gregory to service ahead of summer, providing additional reliability to our customers and Texas' growing economy."

The Sherwin Alumina property has been undergoing environmental remediation since the company entered into bankruptcy. And while the plant is situated on the property, it is not located within the old Sherwin Alumina facility or on the land being cleaned up, Knox said.

The NRG plant is capable of powering about 77,000 homes on the hottest days of the year at full power, the release states.

The plant will also undergo some revamping, as it shifts away from providing steam to the Sherwin Alumina plant, Knox said. It will have eight full-time employees.

"Instead of doing that steam out (to the plant), it just focuses all that steam on the steam turbine and generating that power," he said. "Without the primary customer, we needed to have the economics work."

After its closure, the Sherwin Alumina site was put under the ownership of Corpus Christi Alumina, a subsidiary of Sherwin Alumina's Swiss-based parent company, Glencore Holdings. A representative with Glencore declined to comment when contacted by the Caller-Times on Thursday.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:29:47 72024b No.18924464

>>18879754

>>18924452

>>18924456

Its business as usual eventhough…

“Bribery Scandal To Cost Glencore $1.1 Billion, While Billionaire Execs Avoid Blame—For Now”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2022/05/26/bribery-scandal-to-cost-glencore-11b—billionaire-execs-avoid-blame-for-now/?sh=11642fa1625a

May 26, 2022,11:44am EDT

Below are excerpts

Marc Rich, the legendary commodities trader, fled the United States for Europe in 1983 after being indicted for trading Iranian oil during the 1979 hostage crisis and evading $50 million in taxes. From Switzerland, Rich continued to operate Marc Rich & Co. until selling the trading house to his protégés in 1994. By the time President Bill Clinton pardoned Rich on his last day in office in 2001, the company had been renamed Glencore International. Rich died in 2013, age 79, a billionaire and a free man—an example that Glencore’s next generation of fat cats now seek to follow.

Including Rich (and his longtime right hand Pincus Green, now retired with an estimated $900 million) the company has birthed at least nine billion-dollar fortunes. The richest of the Glencore gang is former CEO Ivan Glasenberg, at $8.9 billion, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire rankings. Others include Daniel Maté, 58, a metals trader worth an estimated $3.6 billion, and oil trader Tor Peterson at $2.7 billion.

All three left the company in the past two years, but neither they nor other billionaire executives have yet been fingered in the Department of Justice investigation into Glencore’s misdeeds, resolved this week with the company’s admissions of guilt and $1.1 billion in fines.

According to a statement from U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, the execs likely knew something: “With approval and knowledge of top executives,” Glencore traders for more than a decade until 2018 made illicit payments seem customary. Glencore admits now that its traders bribed foreign officials to secure contracts and cargoes, bribed bureaucrats to avoid audits, and bribed judges to make lawsuits disappear. Its fine under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act will amount to $430 million, with forfeiture of $270 million of ill-gotten gains.

Two Glencore traders have so far pled guilty and are soon to be sentenced. First, Emilio Jose Heredia Collado of California admitted to conspiring to manipulate the price of marine fuel oil in the ports of Los Angeles and Houston. (Those shenanigans will cost Glencore a fine of $341 million and the forfeiture of $144 million in profits.) Second is the government’s star witness, Anthony Stimler, formerly a senior oil trader overseeing West Africa. Stimler last year pled guilty to bribery and money laundering. He has reportedly shown remorse, and has been helping to elucidate for prosecutors the details of how Glencore, via “dozens of agreements” paid millions in bribes to Nigerian officials.

In 2014 Stimler, according to DOJ filings, was told to contribute an “advance” of $300,000 toward the reelection campaign of a Nigerian official. The payment flowed via wire transfer from a Glencore bank account in Switzerland through a New York bank to a Nigerian-owned account in Cyprus. In 2015 in order to get the opportunity to buy cargoes of oil from Nigeria, Glencore was required to submit $50,000 per cargo as an “advance payment.” According to court documents, Glencore made illicit profits of $124 million due to the scheme.

Other details include $147,000 in “Operation Carwash” payments made to three Brazilian officials at state-controlled oil giant Petrobras, which were disguised as a “service fee” of 50 cents per barrel of Brazilian oil that Glencore bought. All told, Glencore allegedly made $40 million in illicit payments to Brazilian officials.

In Venezuela, Glencore paid government-connected intermediaries $1.3 million in order to speed up $12 million in late payments that Petroleos de Venezuela owed the trading house under oil contracts.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, when a lawsuit alleged that Glencore had breached a contract and owed $16 million in damages, a company intermediary had a private meeting with the judge presiding over the case, paid a bribe of $500,000 disguised as a fake invoice for legal work, and the lawsuit went away. In DRC, Glencore admits to paying $27.5 million in bribes.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:33:26 72024b No.18924476

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>>18816485

>>18826327

>Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

“Corruption blamed for Hammanskraal water crisis”

https://youtu.be/Ef6adU4rrbw

May 25, 2023

Former Tshwane MMC for Utility Services, Abel Tau says the Hammanskraal cholera water crisis, which has claimed 17 lives so far, could have been avoided years ago if corruption was not rife and political leaders paid attention to the cries of the community. This comes after the Special Investigation Unit revealed that it has enough preliminary grounds to probe a tender for the upgrade of the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hammanskraal.

The tender in question was awarded to controversial businessman Edwin Sodi and later revoked by then-MMC Abel Tau. He unpacks this further.

“Killer cholera hits amid decade-long bickering over Hammanskraal water crisis – and tender scandals” [including the new Minister of Electricity, ANC’s Kgosientsho ‘Sputla’ Ramokgopa”

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-23-killer-cholera-hits-amid-decade-long-bickering-over-hammanskraal-water-crisis-and-tender-scandals/

23 May 2023

The cholera outbreak has killed 15 people so far in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, where water issues have long been used as a campaigning tool by political parties to gain votes and control in the metro.

Thirteen years ago, it was reported that the Department of water affairs had declared the Apies River a disaster area after raw sewage had been pouring into the river located near the Rooiwal sewage treatment plant. That was in 2010.

In response to AfriForum’s petition calling on the Tshwane council to resolve the issue, the then council led by former mayor and now Minister of Electricity ANC’s Kgosientsho ‘Sputla’ Ramokgopa earmarked R11-million for maintenance and upgrading of the treatment plant.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:36:25 72024b No.18924486

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>>18924476

“Fikile Mbalula here in interview with HardTalk's Stephen Sakur” - https://youtu.be/NwwK9qcJnrM

“Life in the Time of Cholera – the SA reality as ANC governance falls behind 19th Century civilization” – 1 of 2

https://www.biznews.com/health/2023/05/29/cholera-anc-failure

29th May 2023

The cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, which has killed 21 people so far, is not only tragic but an ominous sign of the continuing disintegration of the South African state. Under the ANC, one after another of the nation’s essential services has fallen to pieces.

In his appalling interview on Hard Talk on the BBC last week, Fikile Mbalula, Secretary General of the ANC, said that electricity was the “one single failure” of 29 years of ANC rule. The interviewer, Stephen Sackur, did not even pick him up on this preposterous claim. Electricity is but one of a multitude of failures which is ruining our country, and by no means the most important one. Failures in education, crime prevention, and unemployment are all more important than our collapsing electricity supply, although none of them have the sudden, spectacular effects of load-shedding. Perhaps most important of all is the ANC’s failure to maintain two of the greatest needs of civilisation: clean water and good sanitation.

Cholera can be treated simply by giving the patient water with suitable salts, cheap and plentifully available, either by drinking or by injection. It is an utter disgrace that anyone in the world today should die of cholera. In South Africa this month, over twenty people did so at Hammanskraal, in the richest province in South Africa, purely as a result of misgovernance.

The ANC’s manifold failures – in education, crime prevention, health, water and sanitation, railways, ports, municipalities, railways, and employment – are caused not only by corruption, incompetence, neglect and arrogance but also by deliberate policy. The ANC has deliberately forced upon the nation policies it knows are ruinous and to which it would never dream of submitting itself. Consider somewhat similar failures in another country far away a century ago.

One of the world’s worst epidemics of malaria happened in Russia in 1922, spreading as far north as Archangel on the Arctic Circle. Nowadays, it would have been blamed on climate change (in the freezing cold!), but actually, it was caused by the collapse of Russian health services following the brutal disruption of the communist revolution and the civil war. (Malaria decimated the European population during the horrible cold of the 16th and 17th Centuries and probably killed Cromwell.) But an even worse loss of life, this time by starvation, was caused by deliberate communist policy.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:38:03 72024b No.18924491

>>18924486

“Life in the Time of Cholera – the SA reality as ANC governance falls behind 19th Century civilization” – 2 of 2

https://www.biznews.com/health/2023/05/29/cholera-anc-failure

29th May 2023

Forced upon the nation

In South Africa, the ANC has forced upon the nation policies such as racial affirmative action, employment equity, transformation, cadre deployment and BEE, which it knows full well are ruinous. It knows that these policies have ruined education for the great mass of our people. ANC ministers would not dream of sending their own children to schools with affirmative action teachers, 92% of whom were black (in line with the Employment Equity Act, which the ANC has recently strengthened). BEE procurement has helped to ruin Eskom, but the ANC keeps pushing it harder and harder. From what we know about the tragedy at Hammanskraal and here, some of the facts seem as muddy as the water the local people have to drink; these ANC policies are largely responsible for the loss of life.

Hammanskraal is a large peri-urban municipality in the north of Gauteng. It falls under the Tshwane local authority, which was ruled by the ANC until 2016 when a DA-led coalition took over. It has a long history of failing water supply and sanitation. In 2008, sewage from the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant (RWWT) in the Tshwane municipality began flowing into the Apies River. Nothing much seems to have been done about it then. In 2011, the ANC closed the Temba Water Purification Plant. In 2019, Thembeka Mphefu, a Tshwane official and the divisional head of supply chain management, awarded a tender worth R295 million to upgrade the RWWT to a consortium of three companies, all owned by a businessman, Edwin Sodi, described as “an ANC benefactor”. Had Mr Sodi completed the work as he promised, the water at Hammanskraal would this month have been safe to drink, and 21 people would not have died. He did not do so and did not have the competence to do so.

According to a tweet by Koketso Resane on 23 May 2023, published in The Citizen, “Instead of using the money to upgrade the plant and ensure Hammanskraal residents get clean water, Edwin bought additional luxury cars, paid ANC salaries, and bagged Kefilwe Mabote as his side.” (Please google “Kefilwe Mabota images”.) In other words, he acted in full compliance with BEE procurement, which President Ramaphosa has recently confirmed he supports. I notice that Comrade Fikile Mbalula blames the DA for the Hammanskraal tragedy.

Will the ANC reverse its ruinous racial policies and allow the poor people in the municipalities to receive the best services at the lowest prices from the most competent and honest suppliers and contractors, regardless of their race or political connections? Will it consider the provision of clean water and good sanitation to all the people to be more important than racial ideology and favours to rich cronies? I don’t think so. Just listen to Fikile Mbalula in the Hard Talk interview, and you won’t think so, either. Stalin thought that achieving socialism was more important than feeding starving people. The ANC thinks that racial ideology and enrichment of the few are more important than the welfare of the many.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:53:51 72024b No.18924517

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>>18916863

>Rather, declassified archival material shows how for years apartheid South Africa and its allies—some of them permanent members of the UN Security Council—circumvented the arms embargo using a complex network to launder cash for arms and to create end-user certificates. Zaire, in particular, served as a central node for the transit of weapons bought illegally by the apartheid regime for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) in Angola.18 This relationship was also exploited for Mobutu Sese Seko’s suppression of opposition in Zaire; for meetings between South African envoys and representatives of Gabon’s Omar Bongo and Equatorial Guinea’s Obiang Nguema Mbasogo; and to aid Hissene Habre’s coup in Chad.19

Mobutu Sese Seko Connections

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/10/where-concorde-once-flew-the-story-of-president-mobutus-african-versailles

Tue 10 Feb 2015 07.58 EST

In 1963 he was invited by president John F Kennedy to the White House and effectively recruited to the capitalist side in the cold war’s African battleground. Two years later he declared himself head of state, renamed his country Zaire, renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Koko Ngbendu wa za Banga (meaning “the all-powerful warrior who, because of endurance and an inflexible will to win, will go from conquest to conquest leaving fire in his wake”) and adopted his infamous leopard-skin hat.

America, his patron, appeared willing to bankroll or turn a blind eye to any excess. Mobutu rapidly set the tone for his rule by ordering the public hanging of four former ministers at a sports stadium for an alleged coup plot.

There was no greater symbol of excess than Gbadolite and its palaces, for which he hired the Tunisian-born French architect Olivier Clement Cacoub and Senegal’s Pierre Goudiaby Atépa.

Guests over the years reputedly included Pope John Paul II, the king of Belgium, French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros Ghali, self-declared emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, American televangelist Pat Robertson, oil scion David Rockefeller, businessman Maurice Tempelsman and William Casey, director of the CIA.

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970909/09090471.htm

His country was a lonely outpost of anti-communism on a continent rife with post-colonial socialism. The CIA helped him rise to power in the 1960s, and American aid was vital to his rule. President George Bush praised him in 1989 as ``one of our most valued friends.''

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 12:58:19 72024b No.18924528

>>18924517

Keep in mind…

Maurice Tempelsman, De Beers/Oppenheimers/US Connections

https://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/transcripts/1209.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20210301035453/https://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/transcripts/1209.html

NARRATOR: Maurice Tempelsman is an independent diamond dealer and a key intermediary for De Beers.

Mr. ASKIN: In a matter of, oh, 10 days, Maurice Tempelsman holds consultations in Brussels with key officials. He meets with the U.S. embassy in Kinshasa, has consultations with the U.S. State Department, speaks with Mobutu, flies on to go meet with Mr. Oppenheimer of De Beers in South Africa in what, according to what is certainly shown by a number of declassified U.S. State Department documents to be an attempt to stitch together a relationship between the De Beers empire and the Mobutu regime. So it's very clear that from the very beginning of the Mobutu regime Tempelsman had an important role in, to put it most charitably, advising and guiding Mobutu on how to deal with companies like De Beers.–

NARRATOR: The Oppenheimers, through Tempelsman, arranged to have the exclusive supply of diamonds shipped to their offices in London. De Beers has done well on Zaire's diamonds. So has President Mobutu.

Is it coincidence?…

http://whale.to/c/maurice_tempelsman.html

Belgian-born Maurice Tempelsman has a long and bloody history in Africa. When Congo’s first Premier, Patrice Lumumba, pledged to return diamond wealth back to the newly independent Congo in the early 60’s, Tempelsman, who began with De Beers in the 1950’s, helped engineer the coup d’etat that consolidated the dictatorship of 29 year-old Colonel Mobutu, and the coup against Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah; diamonds were at stake in each.

“I believe this was the beginning of what we now know of as conflict diamonds in the Congo,” says blood diamond expert and investigative journalist Janine Roberts, author of the book Glitter and Greed: The Secret World of the Diamond Cartel. “From then on diamonds would be extensively used to discreetly fund wars, coups, repression and dictatorships, in Africa.”

Maurice Tempelsman is Chairman of the American Jewish Congress, a Zionist pressure group that claims it works closely with the Israeli military. SEC filings show that LKI directors are high-rolling Zionist lawyers and investment bankers: one director belongs to the law firm that once represented President Kennedy—another Tempelsman friend. LKI is also connected to the euphemistically named United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The Tempelsman empire remains rock solid behind Leon Tempelsman & Sons, De Beers, and Lazare Kaplan International—supplier of Tiffany’s and Cartier’s diamonds. A client of Adelai Stevenson’s law firm during the first Congo crises (1960-1970), Tempelsman later hired Lawrence Devlin, a CIA station chief responsible for covert operations in Katanga, to maintain the Mobutu diamond/cobalt connections into the late 1980’s.

Tempelsman is the deep pockets of the Democratic party, a regular supporter of the campaigns of John Kerry (D); Ed Royce (R); Tom Daschle (D); Barack Obama (D); Maxine Waters (D); John Rockefeller (D); Richard Gephardt (D); Howard Wolpe (D); Patrick (D) and Edward Kennedy (D); and the 1988 win of George H.W. Bush.

Tempelsman contributed some $500,000 to Clinton for president, and he is backing Hillary (D)… Botswana’s President Mogae attended the 1999 Attracting Capital to Africa Summit in Houston (TX), organized by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), the “who’s who” of multinational corporations. CCA chairman Maurice Tempelsman organized the summit, where 10 African heads of state met with half of Clinton's Cabinet and 200 corporate representatives.[26] Tempelsman and the CCA organized the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Africa in 2001, featuring DRC President Joseph Kabila, coordinated with an Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) meeting involving President G. W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powel.

Maurice Tempelsman was Jackie O’Nassis Kennedy’s lover and he reportedly courted Madeline Albright.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 13:38:08 72024b No.18924629

File: 1aaac2a13daa613⋯.jpg (20.11 KB,376x299,376:299,alessandra_berridge.jpg)

>>18916821

>Phineas Mojapelo [Candidate Attorney: Webber Wentzel, Johannesburg: Jan 1978 – Dec 1979] to head Ramaphosa's panel into Russian vessel matter

>>18916836

>Webber Wentzel

>>18916842

>Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group[46]

“Alessandra Berridge - Executive Vice-president, Commercial and Partnerships” at De Beers Group and was a partner at Webber Wentzel

https://www.debeersgroup.com/about-us/leadership#alessandra-berridge

Alessandra was appointed Executive Vice-President, Commercial and Partnerships, in February 2018.

Skills and Experience

Alessandra was Lead Legal Counsel for Anglo American from 2013 to 2018, leading on mergers and acquisitions and strategic transactions. Previously, she was Group General Counsel for De Beers Group from 2008. She has also served as a director of De Beers UK, De Beers Group Services and De Beers Marine.

Before joining De Beers, she was a partner at Webber Wentzel, Africa’s largest law firm.

Alessandra is a qualified lawyer with a BA in English, Philosophy and Law and an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is also an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

External Appointments

None.

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Anonymous 05/30/23 (Tue) 13:51:40 72024b No.18924675

>>18924528

>Botswana

>>18924629

“Botswana says it is still keen on De Beers partnership, confident of new deal”

https://www.miningweekly.com/article/botswana-says-it-is-still-keen-on-de-beers-partnership-confident-of-new-deal-2023-05-30

30th May 2023

Botswana wants to maintain its partnership with De Beers and is confident that ongoing negotiations for a new diamond sales agreement will succeed, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Botswana is negotiating a new sales deal with Anglo American's De Beers ahead of the expiry of its current agreement, signed in 2011, later this year.

President Mokgweetsi Masisi's threats to walk away from the negotiations if Botswana fails to secure a bigger share of rough diamonds produced by Debswana, their 54-year-old diamond mining joint venture, have fueled speculation that the government may end the relationship.

But in a statement, government spokesperson William Sentshebeng said the negotiations between the government and De Beers "are ongoing, and we are confident that they will result in a deal that will benefit both parties".

Botswana's share of Debswana's output increased to 25% in 2020 from 10% in 2011. Although Botswana has not publicly stated what share it is seeking in the new deal, it is believed to be as high as 50%.

Sentshebeng said talks to renew De Beers' diamond mining rights, which are due to expire in 2029, were also being held well in advance to allow for critical investment decisions.

De Beers and Botswana plan to invest in capital intensive expansion projects at their two largest mines, Jwaneng and Orapa, to extend their lifespans by another 20 years.

In March, Masisi's announcement that Botswana will take up a 24% stake in Belgian gem cutter and trader HB Antwerp was seen as an attempt to reduce De Beers’ dominance over the country’s diamond industry.

But Sentshebeng said Botswana's partnership with HB Antwerp was meant to secure a stake in diamond processing and value addition.

“The partnership with HB Antwerp will not affect or replace the partnership with De Beers, which is premised on mining and selling rough diamonds,” Sentshebeng said.

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Anonymous 05/31/23 (Wed) 02:50:29 78f3c8 No.18927938

>>18924464

>trading Iranian oil during the 1979 hostage crisis

Absolutely no way Glencore does not have fingers in the "ghost fleet" moving sanctioned Russian oil.

Oh wait, moving Iranian oil to Venezuela? Have they not done that one since 1979?

Would any anons be surprised to have a ship full of Russian iron ore show up in say Durban and then sail on to Europe with the cargo manifest stating the cargo was from Glencore and originated in South Africa?

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Anonymous 06/01/23 (Thu) 18:04:03 bf6b77 No.18935782

>>18927938

Glencore is deep in Russian oil.

“Glencore to honour pre-existing Russia contracts, no new deals”

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/glencore-honour-pre-existing-russia-contracts-no-new-deals-2022-03-30/

March 30, 20228:15 AM EDT

LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Global mining and trading Glencore (GLEN.L) said on Wednesday it had "no realistic way to exit" its stakes in Russian company En+ Group and state oil firm Rosneft (ROSN.MM) after reviewing its business ties.

The London-listed miner added in the statement that it would "not enter into any new trading business in respect of Russian origin commodities unless directed by the relevant government authorities".

On March 1, the Swiss company said it was reviewing its business activities in Russia.

Eventhough…

“Glencore sells stake in Russia's Russneft to cap 20-year partnership”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-glencore-sells-stake-russias-071110826.html

February 15, 2022

MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Glencore has sold out of Russneft, capping two decades of investments which saw the Swiss commodities firm trading millions of barrels of the Russian group's oil even as it witnessed some of Russia's top corporate and political battles.

Glencore had helped [Mikhail] Gutseriyev build Russneft from scratch since the early 2000s into a top-10 Russian oil firm by funding the firm's expansion in return for oil export rights.

The deal allowed Glencore, one of the top three global oil traders, to market large volumes of Russian oil.

Glencore remained a shareholder in Russneft during decades of turbulence surrounding the firm, including Gutseriyev losing control, fleeing Russia to London in 2007, and returning home later to become a loyal Kremlin partner again.

Other challenges included Russneft's billions of dollars of debt to Russian state banks, as well as bankruptcies at other financial institutions founded by Gutseriyev.

Keep in mind…

“Glencore Poised to Become Largest Russian Oil Trader”

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Glencore-Poised-to-Become-Largest-Russian-Oil-Trader.html

Feb 02, 2013, 6:00 PM

An unprecedented deal between Russia’s state-controlled Rosneft and Glencore (GLEN:LN)—the world’s largest oil trader—gives Rosneft much-needed cash and positions Glencore to become the world’s largest trader of Russian oil. This is no small deal for a foreign company in Russia.

The deal—sealed in late Decemberwill first see Glencore and another trading major, Vitol, pay Rosneft $10 billion in advance for future Russian oil.– Under the deal, What does $10 billion buy Glencore and its deal partner Vitol? Quite a lot: they will take 67 million tons of Rosneft's oil exports for the next five years.

The cash will help Rosneft recoup after acquiring TNK-BP.

To many analysts, this is a perfect marriage of one of the world’s largest producers and the world’s largest trader. And no one expected the deal to close so quickly. Glencore had long attempted such a move but had failed repeatedly to make it happen. Apparently, though, some shaky relationships have recently been strengthened; namely that between the circle around Russian President Vladimir Putin and a Russian aluminum tycoon, Oleg Deripaska, who has close ties to Glencore.

Where does this put Glencore? At the top of the Russian oil trading list. The Russian oil futures represent almost one-tenth of Glencore’s entire global holdings of 2.5 million barrels per day.

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Anonymous 06/01/23 (Thu) 18:05:20 bf6b77 No.18935789

“Second Major Railway Grinds To Halt In South Africa”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/second-major-railway-grinds-halt-south-africa

Thursday, Jun 01, 2023 - 06:55 AM

The precise question one needs to ask is: What the hell is continuing to unfold in South Africa? An economic crisis is worsening, and extended rolling blackouts have been the norm over the last several months, but in the last week, multiple major railways have ground to a halt due to rampant theft of power cables.

Bloomberg said a 535-mile rail line used to haul iron ore and manganese from Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.'s giant Sishen mine in the Northern Cape province to west coast ports was paralyzed on Tuesday after criminal organized gangs stole power cables used to power electric locomotives.

Transnet SOC Ltd., the state-owned entity that operates the line, wrote in a statement:

"Security teams were immediately activated and are working with law enforcement agencies, stakeholders and customers to curb this security threat.

"Our employees will be working around the clock to get services back to normal and get customers' cargo moving as soon as possible."

The 535-mile rail line is the second to be vandalized by theft within a week. This time last week, a 428-mile rail line from the Port of Durban to Gauteng province had capacity significantly reduced due to "theft, vandalism, and rail damage" by gangs.

Meanwhile, this morning, South Africa's rand hit a new record low against the dollar due to rising diplomatic tensions and worsening economic risks.

The rand touched 19.9204 per dollar, just shy of the 20 handle.

Bloomberg noted:

The latest setback for investors is the government's plan to provide diplomatic immunity to attendees of BRICS meetings as it prepares to host Russian President Vladimir Putin at an August summit. That's added to power cuts that are hurting the economy, concerns over China's growth, and renewed gains in the US dollar.

And it's been about a week since the African National Congress, a social-democratic political party in the country, warned that the country could become a "failed state."

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Anonymous 06/01/23 (Thu) 18:07:11 bf6b77 No.18935795

>>18935789

>And it's been about a week since the African National Congress, a social-democratic political party in the country, warned that the country could become a "failed state."

South Africa is already in a failed state when laws like this are passed. The key point in this article, “the proposed regulations exempt mining companies”

“Proposed water licensing regulations requiring up to 75% black South African shareholding place tenuous food security at further risk”

https://agrisa.co.za/media/proposed-water-licensing-regulations-requiring-up-to-75-black-south-african-shareholding-place-tenuous-food-security-at-further-risk

1 Jun

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) recently published draft revised Regulations regarding the Procedural Requirements for Water Use Licence Applications and Amendments for comment. According to the draft regulations, certain enterprises applying for water use licenses to take or store water, will in the future have to allocate shares of up to 75% to black South Africans in order for such water use licenses to be granted. The consequences for food security and the sustainability of the agricultural sector should these regulations be passed in the current form cannot be understated – they would have a devastating impact on the sector and its ability to provide the country with a secure supply of food. This is because focussing solely on ownership, to the exclusion of all other relevant factors, will mean the loss (or partial loss) of water resources for numerous currently viable commercial farming enterprises.

Similar requirements are also prescribed in the draft with respect to so-called “stream flow reduction activities” (essentially commercial forestry plantations). The regulations also make provision for hydraulic fracturing (which is a further risk and threat to food security).

The prescribed minimum black South African shareholding requirements of 25%, 50%, or 75%, required for a water use license to succeed depends on the volume of water abstracted or stored, or the area covered (in the case of commercial forest plantations).

The proposed regulations are seen as the DWS’s most radical and sweeping effort to date toward changing the demographics with respect to water use in South Africa. The agricultural and forestry sectors appear to be the primary target of the proposed regulations. The agricultural sector accounts for approximately 60% of South Africa’s total water use. It is worth noting that the proposed regulations exempt mining companies, the state and state-owned entities, as well as 100% black-owned entities.

“Agri SA is of the view that the proposed regulations will have a devastating effect on South Africa’s commercial agricultural sector if adopted in their current form,” says Janse Rabie, legal and policy executive at Agri SA. “It is well known that the DWS envisages compulsory licensing of existing lawful water uses in the near future (a fact which is emphasised by regulation 13 of the proposed regulations). By far the greatest number of agricultural water uses are exercised in terms of historic existing lawful water uses.”

Concerningly, the draft regulations would seem to be attempting to replace the current suite of considerations which apply to granting water licenses with ownership demographics. In terms of section 27 of the National Water Act, the DWS must take all relevant factors into account when issuing a water use license. This already includes the need to redress the results of past racial and gender discrimination.

“Section 27 of the National Water Act however also contains at least 10 other considerations that the DWS (as being the responsible authority for granting water use licenses) needs to consider before granting any application for a water use license. What the proposed regulations seek to achieve is to make BBBEE the sole consideration for granting licenses,” says Rabie.

By contrast, Rabie stresses that this effort by government cannot have come at a worse time for the sector and the economy, which is already reeling from the impact of load shedding, rural crime and deteriorating public infrastructure.

The commentary period on the proposed Revision of Regulations regarding the Procedural Requirements for Water Use Licence Applications and Amendments will expire on 18 July 2023.

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Anonymous 06/01/23 (Thu) 18:09:38 bf6b77 No.18935804

File: a7d63702deeefa6⋯.pdf (129.6 KB,DH_Race_law_.pdf)

File: c22c878b263a21d⋯.pdf (48.36 KB,Attachment_Executive_Summa….pdf)

>>18935795

>“Proposed water licensing regulations requiring up to 75% black South African shareholding place tenuous food security at further risk”

“Solidarity to companies – you do not have the right to obey injustice”

https://solidariteit.co.za/en/solidarity-to-companies-you-do-not-have-the-right-to-obey-injustice/

Thursday | 01 June | 2023

Solidarity today wrote to at least 2 000 of South Africa’s major companies, asking them to record their protest against the government’s latest race laws.

Companies are requested to collectively refuse to implement the Act, to exert political pressure on the government and to join the legal battle.

Solidarity Chief Executive writes that now is not the time for blind obedience, but it is time for positive protest. This will be for the good of everyone in South Africa.

According to the letter, companies that obey this new injustice are not only complicit in the injustice but also in the deepening crisis in the country. The letter also points out that companies do not have the right to obey injustice.

It is also pointed out in the letter that the new Act deprives employers of the right to do business and employees of the right to work.

Therefore, as Hermann writes, the onus to stop the Act and the regulations rests largely on businesses.

Hermann further states that these regulations make South Africa the most racially regulated country in the world. These regulations place employers in an impossible position. They are unimplementable, but will become law.

Continuing, the letter reads: “Flip Buys, chairperson of the Solidarity Movement, writes in a column that the new racial laws should not be seen in isolation from the broader disasters the government has wrought upon the country. It is the very same ideology that has led to the country’s decay, the impunity of corruption, the crime crisis and economic collapse. Companies that support these racial laws should not complain about the energy crisis, municipal decay or about the risk of the US kicking us out of the AGOA agreement. This is just another piece of the same puzzle.”

The new race law and the regulations give the Minister of Employment and Labour the right to identify sectors and to set race quotas for these sectors that can be imposed on employers.

The minister has published 60 pages of regulations prescribing in detail to employers what their race numbers should look like.

“Redressing imbalances or creating more jobs is a legitimate goal but the focus is not on redress or jobs but on race – even if it is at the cost of jobs,” Hermann writes.

Here, https://solidariteit.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06cebdddb93ed5ecee55f281f&id=ac40cca4e8&e=1320ada9cf, is the letter to employers, and here, https://solidariteit.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06cebdddb93ed5ecee55f281f&id=f90671b3cf&e=1320ada9cf. is the report’s executive summary. See attachments

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Anonymous 06/01/23 (Thu) 18:11:16 bf6b77 No.18935811

>>18935804

>Here, https://solidariteit.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06cebdddb93ed5ecee55f281f&id=ac40cca4e8&e=1320ada9cf, is the letter to employers

The letter also states;

Two injustices are at stake here. The first is the injustice done to white, coloured and Indian persons, relegating them to second-class citizenship.

The second injustice is that there are still many companies in the country that accept this injustice as “just” and normal.

The onus to stop the Act and the regulations rests largely on companies.

In light of this, we kindly request you to:

• Not implement this Act and the regulations as the implementation thereof will condone it;

• Put pressure on the government to withdraw the Act and the regulations;

• Bring an application against the Act yourself, or be admitted to the litigation as a friend of the court; and to

• Make a contribution towards Solidarity’s litigation if you cannot bring an application yourself.

This is going to be an epic and expensive court battle for the benefit of everyone across traditional boundaries.

Now is not the time for blind obedience but for positive protest.

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Anonymous 06/10/23 (Sat) 14:55:04 d9322e No.18982897

>>18846295

>However, evidence suggests that 27 years into its democracy, South Africa's arms trade still bears a resemblance to its apartheid-era predecessor.

>In violation of its EUC agreements, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been diverting South African weapons to militias in Yemen. Since 2015, SA-made weaponry has been documented on all sides of the conflict in Yemen.

>One of the most egregious diversions of South African weapons involves Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM), a joint venture between German arms company Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH and South African Denel.

>>18916772

“President Ramaphosa must expand Lady R probe to include Nato” – Part 1

https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/analysis/president-ramaphosa-must-expand-lady-r-probe-to-include-nato-def71913-5d75-4c40-84b6-a39c63828ca6

Published Jun 6, 2023

I am not privy to the cost implication of the inquiry to the taxpayer, save to allude to the historically exorbitant fees out of the fiscus every time an initiative of this nature is undertaken. But, still, that is the lesser of my concerns.

In fact, that at hand is of utmost importance in SA’s foreign policy practice is an understatement. Any slight finding that could give credence to Brigety’s publicly discredited allegations will be of dire consequences to Pretoria.

Already, US-SA relations are at their lowest in history, aggravated by SA’s non-aligned stance in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The US has failed to prevail over SA to take their side against Russia, much to Washington’s exasperation with Pretoria’s seeming stubbornness.

I have earlier argued against the narrow terms of reference awarded to the Commission. As a self-declared non-aligned sovereign state, methinks the Ramaphosa administration should have extended to the terms of references to cover, among others, whether any of the Nato states has supplied SA-sourced weapons or military equipment to Ukraine without the requisite permission of SA.

There have been reports – hitherto unchallenged – that Estonia has supplied its batch of SA-purchased Mamba 4x4 Armoured Personnel Carrier vehicles to Ukraine as part of the US-led Nato appeal for the armament of the Kyiv’s Zelensky administration.

According to international law, an “End User Certificate (EUC) is required prior to the export, or re-export, of conventional arms, irrespective of origin.”

Estonia has had no permission from SA to re-export the Mambas to Ukraine. SA could never have granted such a permission as Pretoria’s stance is non-aligned in the conflict.

Yet, there has been no threat of consequences looming against Estonia, ostensibly insulated from reprisals by its Nato membership.

Apart from the Estonian example of how SA’s rights were likely violated under international law, there are further examples where Nato states could be doing just the same at this very moment – with impunity.

For example, last December Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM), a consortium that comprises SA’s arms’ manufacturer Denel, won a multimillion-euro contract to build an explosives factory in Hungary, a Nato state.

DefenceWeb reported that in terms of the deal – signed on December 15, 2022 – a new plant would be built this year and production expected to begin in the next few years.

The new plant is expected to produce explosives that can be used for artillery, tank and mortar ammunition, among others.

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Anonymous 06/10/23 (Sat) 14:55:41 d9322e No.18982901

>>18982897

“President Ramaphosa must expand Lady R probe to include Nato” – Part 2

https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/analysis/president-ramaphosa-must-expand-lady-r-probe-to-include-nato-def71913-5d75-4c40-84b6-a39c63828ca6

Published Jun 6, 2023

Rheinmetall explained in interviews that their undertaking in Hungary “is in response to the shortage of explosives resulting from strong demand for ammunition in Europe and Nato”.

RDM specialises in “the development, design and manufacture of large and medium calibre ammunition as well as plant engineering”. The consortium at whose centre is SA arms manufacturer Denel, a state-owned entity, is credited with establishing “filling plants in three dozen different countries over the last three decades”.

RDM’s “Assegai family of artillery ammunition can be fired from any Nato STANAG-compatible artillery system, including the PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer”. Germany has supplied “a number of PzH 2000s to Ukraine, which is using them against Russian forces”. Furthermore, the system is in service in Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Lithuania, Hungary, Qatar and Croatia.

Another company that ought to come under the government’s scrutiny is explosives and landmines specialists, DCD Protected Mobility – a Boksburg-based company near OR Tambo International.

DCD’s general manager Cornelius Grundling was quoted as follows: “The company’s flagship product, the Husky – also known as the Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector (VMMD) – is in service in 17 countries around the world, including Nato nations.”

Furthermore, “DCD Protected Mobility has a long-standing partnership with the US-based AirBoss Defense Group (ADG),” through which the Husky Mine Detection System is marketed and supported, according to the company.

My argument is that, if the government’s primary concern is the claims by Brigety, so be it. Let’s accept that the US claims triggered the probe. However, in the light of plausible claims that SA-manufactured ammunition supplied to Nato countries are freely forwarded to the battlefield in Ukraine is a grave matter that cannot be ignored.

Non-aligned means SA is not involved in the conflict – on either side – directly or indirectly. Nato countries cannot be at liberty to flaunt the international rules, practices and laws in their Russophobia-inspired aid to Ukraine by doing as they please about SA-acquired arms.

Since the facts about SA weapons-manufacturing companies’ likely involvement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict are public knowledge, methinks officials in the Presidency or elsewhere in the government should flag this probable transgression of international law. A probe led by the retired judge should have its powers expanded, and terms of reference widened, so that the government establishes facts about the extent of the country’s involvement – if any, in the conflict.

A holistic enquiry will likely answer most, if not all the curious public interest-related questions, instead of partial accountability.

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Anonymous 06/10/23 (Sat) 15:04:46 d9322e No.18982942

>>18982897

>>18982901

>Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM)

Rheinmetall’s atrocities date back to WWII

https://www.opensecrets.org.za/report-profiting-from-misery-south-africas-complicity-in-war-crimes-in-yemen/

March 3, 2021

Before we turn to the evidence against RDM, it is necessary to explore its history and that of its majority shareholder, Rheinmetall. Doing so reveals Rheinmetall’s dubious history in Germany, as well as close and intricate ties with the apartheid-era military establishment.

Today, Rheinmetall AG is a corporate giant, earning more than €6 billion in revenue in 2019 and employing more than 25 000 people around the world. Looking back, Rheinmetall AG (Rhine Metal in English) was founded in April 1889 in Düsseldorf on the banks of Germany’s Rhine River. This was the centre of Germany’s booming industrial heartland, the Rhineland, where locally mined coal and iron ore fuelled the massive foundries that would build Germany’s imperial war machine.3 Starting as a small factory, it grew to become one of Germany’s biggest arms manufacturers.

By 1936 when Hitler’s Nazi Party was in full control of the German economy, Rheinmetall merged with one of the most important train and engine manufacturers in fascist Germany, August Borsig GmbH, to become Rheinmetall-Borsig AG. Just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, all German arms factories – including Rheinmetall-Borsig – were brought under the direct control of the armed forces of Nazi Germany.4 During the six-year long war Rheinmetall-Borsig was the second biggest supplier of weapons to Hitler’s war machine.5

Between 1939 and 1945, Rheinmetall used the German concentration camp system to exploit prisoners. Through slave labour inmates were forced to manufacture weapons, set up underground arms production facilities and supplement other Rheinmetall factories.6 The Nazi state’s hundreds of slave labour camps across Europe provided free labour to large German companies like Rheinmetall which generated enormous profits from the exploitation of prisoners in concentration camps.7 Rheinmetall was not the only German arms corporation to have exploited slave labour during the Second World War, but it is known as one of the ‘greatest offenders’.8

Rheinmetall also had close ties to the SS, Hitler’s paramilitary organisation, and was involved in the exploitation of prisoners in Auschwitz, where nearly 1.1 million people were murdered as part of the Holocaust. The company enslaved more than 5 000 concentration camp inmates, and itself had camps in Sömmerda, Hundsfeld near Breslau and Unterlüss.

After the war, proof of Rheinmetall’s complicity in gross human rights violations surfaced. Rheinmetall was unapologetic and evasive. It denied the accusations and refused to offer compensation to survivors of slave labour camps. Author Tom Hoffman writes that in general, Rheinmetall acted immorally in their rejection of any restitution for their proven use of slave labour during the war’.10

South Africa’s history and continued struggle for justice is a searing reminder of the complicity of arms companies and foreign governments that capitalised on apartheid. While the UN Security Council enforced a mandatory arms embargo against the regime in 1977, a range of states and companies defied this and lined up to sell weapons to it – at a premium. They made a fortune from propping up a crime against humanity.13 Many companies and states are doing the same today in regard to Yemen.

Rheinmetall was one of these key German suppliers. Starting in the 1970s, and using fraudulent export declarations, Rheinmetall illegally exported weapons to the regime. This included the illegal export of an entire munitions factory that produced 155mm extended range projectiles needed by apartheid security forces for their wars in southern Africa. The Rheinmetall-made plant was set up in Pretoria and started operating in 1979, producing up to 100 rounds of ammunition per hour.18 The production and export of munitions factories would remain an enterprise of the company for decades to come.

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Anonymous 06/10/23 (Sat) 16:02:07 d9322e No.18983193

>>18982901

>Rheinmetall explained in interviews that their undertaking in Hungary “is in response to the shortage of explosives resulting from strong demand for ammunition in Europe and Nato”.

>RDM specialises in “the development, design and manufacture of large and medium calibre ammunition as well as plant engineering”. The consortium at whose centre is SA arms manufacturer Denel, a state-owned entity, is credited with establishing “filling plants in three dozen different countries over the last three decades”.

“‘If this was about a bailout, they would be here’: Denel board snubs Scopa“

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/parliament/denel-board-snubs-scopa-june-2023/

6 Jun 2023

The financially embattled Denel pulled a no-show on Tuesday at a meeting with parliament’s Standing Committee of Public Accounts (Scopa).

The state-owned enterprise (SOE) was scheduled to appear before Scopa on Tuesday to explain why it did not table its annual report, and to provide an update on its liquidity crisis.

The committee was also expected to receive an update on the investigations conducted by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) at Denel.

But the meeting was adjourned after Denel’s board snubbed Scopa, leaving members of the committee frustrated.

Delays accountability

At the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting, Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa indicated that he was notified that Denel board chairperson Gloria Serobe was abroad.

However, he was informed that there would be other board members available, although Denel Group interim CEO Mike Kgobe was present at the meeting.

Hlengwa said the Denel board’s no-show was disrespectful and unacceptable.

“The accounting authority of Denel is the board, not the executives,” he said, adding that the meeting cannot proceed without the board.

Another DA MP Benedicta van Minnen also expressed her frustration with Denel, pointing out that Denel has received a total of R9 billion in bailouts over five years.

Denel restructuring

Denel is currently under a restructuring process carried out by the Department of Public Enterprises amid allegations of malfeasance against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, City Press has reported.

Denel was granted a R3.2 billion bailout by the National Treasury in February to help turn around the state arms manufacturer within the next two years.

Denel is also reportedly being sued for R112 million by Armscor over contract failure.

The company was awarded a contract, worth R8 billion by Armscor for the full-scale production of new-generation 8×8 Badger infantry combat vehicles in 2013.

The tender is at risk of being cancelled and could cost taxpayers R7.4 billion.

https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/denel-board-snubs-scopa-meeting-d14e225d-cf50-48fd-9d05-da31981a9099

Hlengwa said they would reconvene next Wednesday and that the board would have to explain at the next meeting as to why the cost incurred by the MPs, Department of Public Enterprises and Special Investigating Unit should not be borne by them personally [with taxpayer funds].

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Anonymous 06/11/23 (Sun) 18:56:49 17f2f6 No.18988979

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>>18846309

>While we focus on the Ambassador’s reaction, the Kremlin, not the Ambassador in Washington or in Pretoria, the Kremlin releases a statement saying, by the way, we had an extensive call, my friend Cyril Ramaphosa and I, and they release gory details basically saying the South Africans confirmed we are the ally; economically, politically and so on. Even they are cornering South Africa now and the idea that President Putin should join the BRICS summit in August virtually. Guess what President Putin said to our President, “You dare do that. There will be consequences from Russia as well.” There are prices and consequences for our choices… And the problem sits with us.”

“Ramaphosa expected to go to Moscow in an attempt to convince Putin to attend BRICS summit virtually”

https://youtu.be/8otzNx7vUK0

Jun 11, 2023

As the 15th BRICS summit draws closer, President Cyril Ramaphosa is reportedly expected to travel to Moscow in a last ditch attempt to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the gathering virtually. The summit is meant to be held in South Africa this August. According to Business Day, cabinet ministers considered moving the summit to China to get round the problem of Putin’s arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. Can this matter be resolved in time? Conflict resolution expert Dr Kingsley Makhubela weighs in.

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Anonymous 06/11/23 (Sun) 18:58:09 17f2f6 No.18988989

>>18988979

“BRICS expansion will accelerate creation of a new world order”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/opinion/brics-expansion-will-accelerate-creation-of-a-new-world-order-33823bde-beea-4250-8354-1411a5a5a0e5

SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2023

Excerpts

In preparation for the 15th BRICS Summit in August, the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs met in Cape Town.

About 14 countries, some of whom have expressed their desire to join BRICS, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Bangladesh, and Uruguay, were invited to the meeting.

The ministers deliberated on key global issues, including strengthening multilateralism, the implementation of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, international trade and finance, climate change negotiations and violent conflicts, among other things.

The ministerial meeting of the respective countries’ top diplomats helps set the agenda for the summit and ensure that bloc members are aligned on important global issues.

The upcoming summit will be important, because it will potentially change the structure and size of the bloc by admitting new members, most likely Iran and Argentina, who have long submitted formal applications to join the group.

With a combined GDP of $847 billion and a combined population of 133 million people, Argentina and Iran will sure add immense strategic value to the group. Their addition will strengthen the BRICS’ case for de-dollarisation and also further shift the global economy towards a South-South orientation through increased volumes of trade, technology transfers, and investments.

The meeting discussed pertinent and critical issues affecting the global economy and security. These include strengthening multilateralism especially by elevating the central role of the United Nations (UN) as the main platform for sovereign states to co-operate in delivering global public goods.

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Anonymous 06/11/23 (Sun) 19:02:45 17f2f6 No.18989009

“Secrecy surrounding Lady R probe questioned”

https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/secrecy-surrounding-lady-r-probe-questioned-d477c1ba-bea3-4078-943f-846c4cb25092

Published Jun 6, 2023

The DA said it has submitted an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (Paia) to obtain the panel’s terms of reference, while the party is obtaining legal advice to “challenge Ramaphosa’s plan to hide the report once it is complete”.

This comes after The Presidency said the terms of reference for the inquiry would not be gazetted nor published as the investigation covers issues of national security and classified information, which is protected from disclosure.

The panel has been tasked to establish persons who were aware of the cargo ship’s arrival, and, if any, the contents to be off-loaded or loaded, the departure and destination of the cargo. The panel will also evaluate whether constitutional, legal or other obligations were complied with in relation to the cargo ship’s arrival, its stay, the loading or off-loading of its contents, and its departure.

DA leader John Steenhuisen said hiding the panel’s findings will completely undermine the ability of prosecutors and the public to hold guilty parties accountable for any violations of the law. “Hiding the findings of the report will only further damage South Africa’s international standing, as it will create legitimate fears of a cover up.

“The fact that Ramaphosa has suddenly announced his intention to hide the report from the public suggests he has already become aware of incriminating information that he wants to hide from public view to protect his ANC government.”

Legal expert Mpumelelo Zikalala said questions will be raised about the attempt to classify material before the panel has started its work. “You cannot hide anything by simply saying it is a matter of national security because there is significant public interest in this.

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Anonymous 06/13/23 (Tue) 16:26:19 734ce2 No.18999686

“SA Presidency acknowledges receipt of call for farm murder commission”, “Eight farmers murdered in a week.”

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/sa-presidency-acknowledges-receipt-of-call-for-farm-murder-commission/

12th Jun 2023

The latest spate of farm killings has seen renewed calls for action including a commission of inquiry and an appeal to the national agricultural community to “intensify” security and readiness.

Since the start of June there have been at least eight farm related murders reported in Limpopo and Western Cape.

The call for a commission of inquiry was made to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa by Noko Masipa, Democratic Alliance (DA) Shadow Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister. Her letter was acknowledged by The Presidency on the same day it was electronically sent.

Part of the Masipa letter reads: “Despite the frequency of farm attacks and murders, the DA and indeed the whole of South Africa, remain perplexed not much is being done to protect our farmers from criminal elements terrorising rural communities. Lawlessness has taken root on our farms and in rural communities but nothing is done to deal with the scourge decisively”.

“If we continue to pursue rural crime prevention as a separate activity from food production value chain, we continue to expose farmers and rural residents to criminal networks,” she warns the South African number one.

Pieter Groenewald’s Freedom Front Plus (FF+) maintains farmers are under siege and cannot be blamed “if they take the law into their own hands to protect themselves”.

“Eight farmers murdered in a week. That is the same number as was murdered in the first three months of this year, according to the latest SA Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics. Government is too quick to label farm murders as ordinary criminality. This excuse has been held up for far too long now,” Groenewald said, adding “burning farm murder victims alive does not amount to ordinary criminality” and pointing out the use of AK-47assault rifles should not qualify for the SAPS “ordinary criminality” descriptor.

While nowhere near the official SAPS statistic of close to 70 murders a day in South Africa, FF+ statistics show one farm murder for every eight rural attacks over the past four years.

He warns: “If the police do not take swift, decisive action to address farm attacks, it should be no surprise if farmers increasingly start taking the law into their own hands”.

AfriForum, long a vociferous campaigner for improved policing in South Africa’s agricultural sector, also made its voice heard in the wake of the latest attacks and deaths.

“AfriForum urges farmers and rural residents to urgently become part of local neighbourhood or farm watches. The only way to curb these horrific attacks is for communities to mobilise and step up preparedness,” Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum community safety spokesman, said.

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Anonymous 06/13/23 (Tue) 16:26:48 734ce2 No.18999691

>>18999686

“‘Farm attacks and farm murders are being driven by false narratives’”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/farm-attacks-and-farm-murders-are-being-driven-by-false-narratives/

June 7, 2023

The recent wave of farm attacks that have plagued the country in the past eight days can most likely be attributed to inflammatory remarks from organisations such as Cosatu, which believe that farmers are rapists and murderers, fueling animosity towards farmers.

According to TLU SA’s statistics on farm attacks and murders – tracked since 1990 – there was a slight decrease in these crimes in May of this year compared to the same period in 2022. This was also reflected in the crime figures released a week ago. However, the past week’s attacks indicate that there must have been a catalyst somewhere.

“We once again appeal to the Human Rights Commission to consider ‘offensive’ statements against farmers in a more serious light,” says Bennie van Zyl, the CEO of TLU SA.

“Farmers cannot rely on the police or the government to protect us. Getting a quick response from security companies in rural environments is also not as easy as in cities. Therefore, we are reliant on ourselves to secure our communities and change the narrative about farmers – that they assault workers, have lots of money, and stole the land.”

TLU SA is continuously involved in rural security projects and readily provides input and advice on improving the system.

“We will continue to build relationships with the police on a rural and personal level to establish a security network,” says Van Zyl.

“We have experienced several foot soldiers in the police who still believe in what they do and try to perform their duties properly under tough circumstances. We sympathise with the challenges that hinder them, such as poor top-level management, a shortage of basic resources like reliable vehicles, and a lack of experienced specialised forces. However, this impacts the safety of farmers, their families, workers, and ultimately food production.

TLU SA urgently appeals to President Ramaphosa and the rest of the cabinet to dismiss the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, and officials who fail to fulfil their duties properly and replace them with driven, loyal, diligent, and experienced officials who are up to the task of combating crime.”

Read: Cosatu – ‘Farmers rape, assault and murder their workers’ – TLU SA files hate speech complaint - https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/cosatu-farmers-rape-assault-and-murder-their-workers-tlu-sa-files-hate-speech-complaint/

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Anonymous 06/13/23 (Tue) 16:27:38 734ce2 No.18999696

>>18999691

>TLU SA urgently appeals to President Ramaphosa and the rest of the cabinet to dismiss the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, and officials who fail to fulfil their duties properly and replace them with driven, loyal, diligent, and experienced officials who are up to the task of combating crime.”

“BRICS Summit: Police Minister and SAPS high level delegation visit China”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/brics-summit-police-minister-and-saps-high-level-delegation-visit-china/

June 12, 2023

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele has successfully wrapped up a five day official visit to the People’s Republic of China, ahead of the upcoming 15th BRICS Summit to be hosted in Johannesburg in August 2023.

Minister Cele led a delegation of senior officials from the South African Police Service (SAPS) headed by the Deputy National Commissioner of the SAPS, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili.

The official visit to the People’s Republic of China saw the South African and Chinese police delegations, discuss among other policing matters, the strengthening of China-South Africa practical law-enforcement cooperation and collaboration.

The three city tour to Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai was characterised by engagements with various key safety and security role players of China.

China’s Minister of Public Security, Wang Xiaohong hosted Minister Cele and the South African delegation on 8 June 2023.

High on the agenda of the fruitful engagement was the establishment of a formal and rigorous policing exchange program of personnel capabilities and training between the two countries.

The two Ministers also reflected on security preparations of the 15th BRICS summit to be hosted in Johannesburg, where President Xi Jinping will join other head of states and attend the summit in August.

Transnational and environmental crimes, the collaboration to deal with violent crimes in South Africa, through technological interventions and the safety of nationals residing in both countries also featured high on the agenda.

“We have no doubt that the fruitful security and safety discussions on this trip will be cemented and put into action in the shortest possible time. While we share a rich history with China and have had several cooperations with our law enforcements over the years, we are encouraged by the new avenues being explored to boost South African techniques in law enforcement with our Chinese counterparts. The first price for both our countries is a revived policing partnership that will translate to the safety of citizens and the improvement of policing through technology, specialised skills and modernised South African police service that is people orientated.”

Engagements with the management and senior officials from the Chinese Department of Public Safety and the China People’s Public Security University (CPPSU) ranked the most elite police academy in China; also formed part of the five day official visit. Members from SAPS specialised units such as the National Intervention Unit (NIU) and Special Task Force (STF) recently received combat and educational training and graduated from the University.

Minister Cele and the South African delegation also throughout the week in the People’s Republic, visited police stations in Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai.

The delegation noted the country’s police station models which serve as one-stop service centre points for residents promoting transparency and an open-door policy between police and the communities they serve.

SAPS Newsroom - https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetail.php?nid=46616

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Anonymous 06/13/23 (Tue) 16:28:46 734ce2 No.18999706

“US Cracks Down On Entities Training Chinese Pilots, Including Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group” - South Africa mentioned

https://zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-cracks-down-entities-training-chinese-pilots-including-princes-frontier-services

TUESDAY, JUN 13, 2023 - 06:55 AM

The Biden administration is going after China's ability to train pilots abroad, particularly while utilizing NATO or Western resources. On Monday the Biden administration added 43 entities to an export control list involved in training programs for Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) pilots.

Front and center on the list is Frontier Services Group Ltd, which is the Hong Kong-based security and aviation company founded and led until April 2021 by Erik Prince, also the founder of the now defunct and infamous Blackwater private security firm.

Reuters reviews that the new listings "include Frontier Services Group sites in China, Kenya, Laos and the United Arab Emirates; TFASA units in South Africa, China, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom; and AVIC entities in China and South Africa."

The US Bureau of Industry and Security said of its export control list that the entities are being targeted as they have been training PLA pilots using "Western and NATO sources." These have been deemed activities which "threaten national security."

Further, according to Reuters, some of the companies have hired elite pilots from the UK to teach Chinese military pilots.

"The Test Flying Academy of South Africa, a flight school under scrutiny by authorities in Britain for recruiting British ex-military pilots to train Chinese military fliers, was also added to the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List," per the report.

The listed companies are now blocked from receiving US exports for any activities seen as running counter to American interests.

Reuters also notes of the export control list that "Thirty-one Chinese entities in total were added to the list, some for acquiring U.S.-origin items in support of China's military modernization, such as hypersonic weapons development."

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Anonymous 06/13/23 (Tue) 21:36:00 3f4b2a No.19001584

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Gee weez

Don't let your daughters near england

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Anonymous 06/13/23 (Tue) 23:47:00 78f3c8 No.19002435

General Research #23331 >>19001992

13 Jun, 2023 15:58

Macron asks for invitation to BRICS summit – media

The French president would be the first Western leader to sit in on the gathering of emerging economies

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for an invitation to the upcoming BRICS summit in Pretoria, French newspaper L’Opinion reported on Monday.Macron’s recent attempts to win over his African counterparts have fallen flat.

He raised the possibility of attending the summit during a phone call with Ramaphosa earlier this month, L’Opinion stated, citing sources in the Elysee palace.

According to one “well-informed” source, Ramaphosa was non-committal. “Presence at this summit was mentioned during the conversation between the two leaders, but Pretoria gave no indication of whether or not to extend this meeting to other international leaders,” the source said.

If Macron were to attend the summit,he would be the first leader of a G7 nation to do so. BRICS leaders and Macron apparently share a desire to overhaul the global financial and geopolitical order, with Macron hosting a conference in Paris next week aimed at overhauling the financial system to better benefit the developing world. Ramaphosa is due to attend the conference, and a cordial meeting between him and Macron could set the stage for the French president to make history in Pretoria.

However,Macron’s relations with the rest of the BRICS bloc– Brazil, Russia, India, and China –are fractious at best, and Paris has sent mixed messages to these nations. For example, Macron has called for peace negotiations in Ukraine and put himself forward as a potential mediator, yet has backed a Ukrainian-drafted peace plan that Russia categorically rejects, while continuing to send heavy weapons to Kiev.

Likewise, Macron has asserted that Europe must not follow the US into a confrontation with China, and has opposed the opening of a controversial NATO liaison office in Japan.

However, he signed a joint communique with other G7 leaders last month labeling China “the greatest challenge to global security and prosperity in our time,” a position identical to that of the US.

Meanwhile in Africa, Macron’s condemnations of Russia have irritated France’s former colonies on the continent, who see Russia as a more reliable partner than their former master.

Since the term was first coined in 2001, BRICS has grown from an acronym into an informal alliance that has overtaken the US-led G7 bloc in its share of global GDP, has its own development bank, and counts Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Argentina among 19 prospective members.

https://www.rt.com/news/577963-macron-south-africa-brics/

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Anonymous 06/16/23 (Fri) 18:15:22 d9322e No.19017498

>>18816521

>“National Health Insurance Plan for South Africa” (2009) – “funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”

“Parliament has passed NHI Bill”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/parliament-has-passed-nhi-bill-539c6e6a-eadc-4f40-a1fb-49727a3208e1

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023

Health Minister Joe Phaahla says the adoption of the National Health Insurance Bill was to stop two trains travelling on parallel tracks heading for a crash.

But the situation can be rescued if they can be pulled together so that they complement each other.

This was how Phaahla described the role that would be played by the NHI in the country to end the two tier system in the healthcare system.

He said the current situation was not sustainable.

But opposition parties said they did not support the Bill as the healthcare system in the country was already facing challenges.

The Freedom Front Plus threatened the government with action if the Bill was signed into law after going through the National Council of Provinces and other processes.

But the ANC on Tuesday muscled through the National Health Insurance Bill in the National Assembly with a majority of 205 members against 125 votes from the opposition parties.

Phaahla said they need to adopt universal health coverage in the country.

He said the NHI Bill has been in the making for 12 years.

“Honourable members in simple terms what the NHI seeks to do is stop the two trains, that is, private health and public health travelling on parallel tracks but both surely going toward crashing while if they can be pooled together there is a good chance of complementing each other.

“The NHI seeks to pool resources of those who can only contribute to the fiscus through indirect means such as VAT and other collections and those of us who are able and are already making fragmented contributions into 81 different schemes into one pool which can purchase services from both the public health system and private providers from lowest level of care up to the highest,” said Phaahla.

The DA said it would be difficult to implement the NHI because in the UK the NHS system was already buckling under pressure with a backlog of 7.6 million people on the waiting list for hospital services.

The IFP said hospitals and clinics were already stretched to the limit and there were no doctors and nurses in public health facilities.

But Phaahla defended the implementation of the NHI saying it would provide equal access to healthcare services for all South Africans.

“What we have not been so successful with is the avoidance of replacement of race-based differentiation of access and quality by a class-based differentiation. As inequality has been growing in our country even cutting across race, access to quality health services has been a casualty with those who have private medical insurance consuming 51% of the national spending while constituting only 16% of the population, while 84% depend on 49% resources from the fiscus and services provided by the Public Health System only.

“This has led to a situation where the Public Health System is under tremendous pressure while private healthcare is over-servicing its clients leading to ever rising costs to the members of medical schemes while the investors are enjoying huge dividends including from the JSE,” said Phaahla.

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Anonymous 06/16/23 (Fri) 18:15:40 d9322e No.19017499

>>19017498

“Medical Association rejects NHI Bill in current form”

https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/medical-association-rejects-nhi-bill-in-current-form-b29c4502-1014-4cdd-b5d2-e1834e2c8edc

Published May 31, 2023

The bill, looks to give every South African the right to access comprehensive health-care services free of charge at accredited health facilities such as clinics, hospitals and private health practitioners.

Sama chairperson Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa said the association had been engaging the bill since 2007, and participated in all the stages of the submissions.

"While universal health coverage as envisaged in the objectives of the bill intends to improve the health and livelihoods of the citizens of South Africa, the bill in its current form sets up the health-care system for failure at the expense of further deterioration of the health and well-being of all who live in the country," Mzukwa said.

“In all those engagements we raised issues because we realised that we have a vision in the country that has to fit into the UN’s sustainable goals, especially on universal health coverage.

“We agree that our health-care system needs reform, but how that reform comes about is the debate we are engaging in.”

Mzukwa said one of the concerns was that there had not been any proof of concept in terms of piloting the NHI project.

“The pilot project between 2012 and 2013 had serious deficiencies as it did not talk about the reinvestment mechanisms, the private sector and contracting of general practitioners. There were many elements that were left out,” said Mzukwa.

He said the funding mechanism was open to corruption as it gave immense power to the health minister.

“If we allow the NHI to go without a watchdog, we are worried we will face the same corruption challenges we faced during Covid-19.”

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Anonymous 06/16/23 (Fri) 18:16:40 d9322e No.19017506

>>19017498

>>19017499

“Condemnation after Parliament accepts the new bill on National Health Insurance”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/condemnation-after-parliament-accepts-the-new-bill-on-national-health-insurance/

June 15, 2023

The civil rights organisation AfriForum strongly condemns parliament’s decision to accept the new bill on National Health Insurance (NHI).

The organisation has also already assembled a team of the country’s top legal experts, economists, and medical experts to oppose the legislation on all possible levels.

According to AfriForum, NHI is just one more of the castles in the sky that the ANC government has built with the aim of campaigning for votes in light of next year’s national election.

The current public health system is succumbing to its ANC inflicted wounds, yet government now wants to force all citizens to become even more dependent on the state with their culture of mismanagement.

The result will be that medical practitioners leave the country, patients die, and cadres are further enriched through corrupt medical contracts.

“People thought load shedding was bad, but this policy will lead to health care shedding,” says Jacques Broodryk, spokesperson for AfriForum.

“Besides, there is no way the already overburdened taxpayer is going to be able to finance the state’s new pipe dream. Do you think for one moment that the members of parliament who passed the legislation use government hospitals when they are sick? No, they use top private hospitals or even travel abroad for medical treatment,” concludes Broodryk.

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Anonymous 06/16/23 (Fri) 18:18:44 d9322e No.19017513

“‘Unapproved dangerous’ goods on plane spark diplomatic spat between Poland and South Africa”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/unapproved-dangerous-goods-on-plane-spark-diplomatic-spat-between-poland-and-south-africa-2b19c125-7fa9-49b5-8560-9e2687caa4b0

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023

Cape Town - The Foreign Ministry of Poland confirmed the detainment of a plane in Warsaw, which precipitated a standoff, attributing it to the presence of dangerous goods onboard for which the security team had no permission to bring into the country.

The Ministry indicated that thorough preparations had been undertaken for President Cyril Ramaphosa's trip to Poland on Thursday.

This trip was part of a peace mission by African leaders and was intended as a stopover en route to Kyiv, Ukraine. Ramaphosa arrived in Kyiv on Friday and toured various regions of the conflict before his meeting with his counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Polish Foreign Ministry highlighted that it had held several discussions with South African officials to adequately prepare for Ramaphosa's trip, aiming to address all necessary details for the visit.

However, the Ministry noted that the plane's detainment was due to it carrying dangerous goods.

"The plane had dangerous goods onboard, which the South African representatives were not authorized to bring in. Additionally, there were individuals onboard the aircraft whose presence the Polish side hadn't been informed of in advance," stated the Foreign Ministry.

“Racism allegations fly as South African plane with security forces denied disembarkation in Poland”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/racism-allegations-fly-as-south-african-plane-with-security-forces-denied-disembarkation-in-poland-d201c8f1-1c1e-4031-89aa-40abb932768b

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023

South Africa said on Friday a plane carrying the security personnel accompanying President Cyril Ramaphosa on a peace mission to Ukraine was held up in Poland, in an incident that sparked a diplomatic squabble.

A charter flight carrying security forces and journalists was blocked upon landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport on Thursday, with Polish authorities not allowing those on board to disembark, according to South African officials.

The Polish government said some of those on board did not have permission to carry weapons into the country and were thus not allowed to disembark.

"They were not given permission to leave the plane with their weapons. They considered that they would remain on board," said the country's deputy minister for special services, Stanislaw Zaryn.

Magwenya said South African officials were working to resolve the impasse, which earlier triggered an outburst from the head of Ramaphosa's security, who accused Polish authorities of racism – a charge Zaryn dismissed as "nonsense".

The plane left Pretoria early on Thursday, reportedly carrying about 120 people, in between security personnel and journalists.

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Anonymous 06/17/23 (Sat) 02:32:51 78f3c8 No.19019972

General Research #23354 >>19019916

Zelensky offers zero flexibility to African leaders

Ukraine’s leader has again rejected the offer to mediate an end to the conflict

16 Jun, 2023 22:12

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky brushed off the African Union peace initiative on Friday, insisting there can be no negotiations with Russia. The high-ranking delegation, led by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, visited Kiev and is headed to Moscow next.

“I have said clearly and many times during our meeting today that allowing any talks with Russia while the occupiers are still on our land means freezing the conflict, the pain and the suffering,” Zelensky said at the press conference afterward.

According to Zelensky, Russia “deceived” the world for years with the Minsk process and is trying to do so again. For peace to happen, he argued, “Russian troops need to leave our entire independent territory.”

The Franco-German proposal Ukraine had agreed to in 2015 was supposed to bring peace in the Donbass, but former German chancellor Angela Merkel admitted last year that its true intent was to buy time for NATO to arm Ukraine. Former French president Francois Hollande has confirmed Merkel’s account. Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted with disappointment, saying he believed for years that Berlin and Paris had been sincere.

Zelensky also told reporters that Ukraine was greatly helping African nations with food security and setting up “grain hubs” on the continent “with our partners,” accusing Russia of using hunger and social instability as a tool of political pressure.

The grain Kiev exported under the terms of the Black Sea Initiative, however, has mostly gone to the EU and ended up as animal feed. Meanwhile, the UN has failed to unblock the export of Russian food and fertilizer to Africa, which used to account for a far greater share of the continent’s needs.

The African Union mission got off to an inauspicious start in Warsaw, when Polish authorities held up Ramaphosa’s security detail. While in Kiev on Friday, the visitors were reportedly told to take shelter from incoming “Russian missiles.” Ukrainian authorities later claimed to have shot down six Russian hypersonic rockets.

“There's obviously some deliberate misinformation being spread here,”Ramaphosa’s spokesman Vincent Magwenya later told South African media, adding that the delegation didn’t hear any explosions or see anything out of the ordinary.

Zelensky has previously turned down the Vatican’s offer to mediate a ceasefire as well, telling the papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi earlier this month that he would only accept the terms of his own Ukrainian “peace formula.” The list of ten demands includes Russia’s withdrawal from all territories Kiev claims as its own, payment of reparations, war crimes trials and NATO membership for Ukraine. Moscow has dismissed it as delusional and said that any peace talks will be with Zelensky’s “masters” in the West, rather than their puppet.

https://www.rt.com/russia/578176-zelensky-african-union-peace/

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Anonymous 06/17/23 (Sat) 16:29:38 a70000 No.19022249

“‘Section 194 Inquiry won’t be distracted by gossip,’ says ANC MP on Mkhwebane extortion claims”

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/section-194-inquiry-mkhwebane-extortion-claims/

2 Jun 2023

Some MPs have come to the defence of the Section 194 Committee chairperson, Qubudile Dyantyi, amid allegations that he attempted to solicit a bribe from suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

Dyantyi, African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Pemmy Majodina and former minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson have been accused trying to extort funds from Mkhwebane to make her impeachment inquiry into her fitness to hold office “go away”.

While a case has since been opened with the police, National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula also advised Mkhwebane to formally file a complaint with the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests.

‘Fiction’

In a meeting on Friday, United Democratic Movement (UDM) MP Bantu Holomisa asked the committee to address the allegations hanging over Dyantyi before the inquiry resumed next week.

“It would be possible that on Monday the chairperson of the Ethics Committee, who has been approached by the public protector on the advice of the Speaker, comes and briefs the committee before we start.

“Perhaps the Speaker or the Ethics Committee, if they want, should also liase with the Hawks who I believe are investigating this matter so that we know [what happened] because these allegations are serious,” Holomisa said.

But ANC deputy chief whip Doris Dlakude urged the committee to refrain from getting involved.

“It will be unfair to get into a matter that doesn’t concern us,” she said.

ANC MP Boyce Maneli shared the same sentiments, saying the matter should be dealt with by the relevant structures unless it affected the committee’s work.

“I’m saying this without subtracting the fact that we are where we are because the committee has bent backwards to enter into a space that we believe that we should have not, but all of this was done because it had material implications for the continuation of this inquiry,” Maneli said.

Xola Nqola, also from the ANC, labelled the allegations as “fiction” aimed at tainting the inquiry as the process edges towards its finality.

“We are not going to allow ourselves to be defocused by gossip in the streets or any fictitious kind of activity that is happening out there.”

Dyantyi, meanwhile, highlighted that the committee would not stop any person from raising their grievances.

“There are always platforms, whether it’s the court and if there are serious allegations of corrupt activities and criminality, where those things must be sent to, whether it’s laying charges… they are within their own rights to do that,” he said.

‘Expose the whistleblower’

Speaking to the SABC on Thursday, Mkhwebane insisted that there was evidence to back up the allegations and this was given to the police when her husband, Mandla Skosana, opened a case of extortion last week.

The public protector also confirmed that she laid her complaint with the Ethics Committee, but expressed her dissatisfaction with the Speaker’s decision to decline her request for a meeting.

“I said I wanted to discuss with you as a whistleblower and privately I wanted to engage her and tell her and inform her what has transpired. She then as well said no I can’t meet with you, just refer the matter to the Ethics Committee.

“Now the worst part is that she went ahead to even expose the whistleblower. The letter is very clear, very clear that can you keep this, there’s a confidential and very sensitive matter I would want to discuss with you involving the members of the committee,” Mkhwebane said.

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Anonymous 06/17/23 (Sat) 16:30:58 a70000 No.19022252

>>19022249

>Tina Joemat-Pettersson have been accused trying to extort funds from Mkhwebane to make her impeachment inquiry into her fitness to hold office “go away”.

“Tina Joemat-Pettersson leaves a complicated legacy” – Part 1

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/tina-joemat-pettersson-complicated-legacy-june-2023/

6 Jun 2023

As tributes pour in for former Cabinet minister and African National Congress (ANC) MP Tina Joemat-Pettersson, she leaves a complicated legacy behind.

South Africa learnt of Joemat-Pettersson’s death at the age of 59 on Monday evening, sparking mixed reactions from the public as the former minister was no stranger to controversy.

Here’s what you need to know about Joemat-Pettersson:

Education

Born on 16 December 1963 in Kimberly, Joemat-Pettersson attended William Pescod High School before she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and History and a Higher Diploma in Education – both from the University of the Western Cape.

She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Executive Management in Education from the University of Cape Town (UCT).

Career

Joemat-Pettersson worked as a teacher before beginning her activism in the Azanian Students Organisation (Azaso) around 1985 and was later a member of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu).

She then became active in politics in 1994, campaigning for the ANC in the Northern Cape in the first democratic elections.

The ANC member was subsequently elected as a member of the Northern Cape legislature, where she served as the Education, Arts and Culture MEC for 10 years and was the Agriculture MEC for a term.

She also held various leadership positions in the South Africa Communist Party (SACP), where she was a chairperson in the Northern Cape in 1998, and in 2003 she was elected as the ANC provincial treasurer in her home province.

In 2009, she was elected to Parliament and was appointed as the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Minister.

Former president Jacob Zuma appointed her as Energy Minister in 2014.

Joemat-Pettersson further served as an ANC MP and chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police from 2019 until her death.

Fuel reserves scandal

Her tenure as Energy Minister came with some controversy, especially the 2015 sale of South African oil reserves, where she was found to have flouted the Public and Financial Management Act (PFMA) and other statutes.

Joematt-Pettersson allegedly approved a deal for the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) to sell 10.3 million barrels of the country’s oil reserves at a discounted rate.

She told Parliament that it was not a sale but simply a rotation of the stock, despite no new stock having been purchased.

However, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane later found no wrongdoing on Joemat-Pettersson’s part in a report on maladministration and misconduct allegations against her pertaining to the deal.

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Anonymous 06/17/23 (Sat) 16:31:26 a70000 No.19022254

>>19022252

“Tina Joemat-Pettersson leaves a complicated legacy” – Part 2

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/tina-joemat-pettersson-complicated-legacy-june-2023/

6 Jun 2023

Nuclear deal

Joemat-Pettersson during this time also signed an intergovernmental nuclear power deal with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom.

The deal would have seen Rosatom build reactors in South Africa with a total installed capacity of up to 9 600MW, but the agreement was declared unlawful and unconstitutional by the courts.

Sekunjalo scandal

Joemat-Pettersson was also involved in controversy in 2012 when she was at the centre of an R800 million tender.

As Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, she oversaw the granting of the multimillion contract to businessman Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Marine Services Consortium to manage the department’s fishery, research and patrol vessels. [Dr Iqbal Survé, Non-Executive Chairman of Independent Media, and Chairman of the Sekunjalo Group - https://www.iol.co.za/authors/dr-iqbal-surve, https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/dr-iqbal-surve-we-need-to-move-forward-together-as-wef-2023-starts-0d69e6f6-e4ac-406b-b7e1-aa77d01c6a51, https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/wef-2023-3-things-sa-must-do-now-for-tomorrow-says-surve-5e4a6816-f84f-4147-8eb9-d97a7e53eeea]

This despite the company having no experience in the field. The contract was declared improper and irregular.

She was then found guilty of maladministration by former public protector Thuli Madonsela in 2013 for her role in the matter.

Violated Ethics Code

In 2019, Joemat-Pettersson was found to have brought the ANC into disrepute following the release of a report by the public protector.

She was found to have violated the Executive Ethics Code when she spent over R150 000 to fly her two children and their nanny home from an overseas trip in 2010.

Although she was ordered to pay back the funds, the ANC’s integrity commission in April this year cleared her of wrongdoing.

Mkhwebane extortion allegations

More recently, Joemat-Pettersson was accused of trying to extort funds from Mkhwebane to make her impeachment inquiry “go away”.

The committee’s chairperson, Qubudile Dyantyi, and ANC chief whip, Pemmy Majodina have also been implicated.

Mkhwebane’s husband, David Skosana, has opened a case of extortion.

Skosana reportedly gave screenshots of WhatsApp messages purported to be between Joemat-Pettersson and himself to the police.

Mkhwebane has also reported the allegations to the Ethics and Members Committee.

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Anonymous 06/17/23 (Sat) 16:37:39 a70000 No.19022282

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>>19022249

>“‘Section 194 Inquiry won’t be distracted by gossip,’ says ANC MP on Mkhwebane extortion claims”

>>19022252

>South Africa learnt of Joemat-Pettersson’s death at the age of 59 on Monday evening

>However, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane later found no wrongdoing on Joemat-Pettersson’s part in a report on maladministration and misconduct allegations against her pertaining to the deal.

“"The biggest corruption scandal to hit SA's Parliament" - Mkhwebane shares alleged bribe clips”

https://youtu.be/lU3nco4-QGc

Jun 13, 2023

Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane released the clips to back up her claims that the late Tina Joemat-Pettersson, another ANC MP Pemmy Majodina and the chairperson of the Parliament's Section 194 inquiry Richard Dyanti tried to solicit a R600,000 bribe from her to make the inquiry disappear.

Remember

“Ramaphosa implicated in ‘money laundering’ and misleading parliament by Mkhwebane – report”

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/ramaphosa-implicated-in-money-laundering-and-misleading-parliament-by-mkhwebane-report/

9 Jun 2019

If a leaked preliminary report by the public protector is made final, the president may sit with an embarrassing black mark next to his name.

The Sunday Independent has reported that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found President Cyril Ramaphosa guilty of “inadvertently misleading” parliament over his R500,000 campaign donation from Bosasa in her preliminary report.

The paper has had access to the report, which they claim includes the bombshell that Ramaphosa and his campaign team may have become part of money laundering activities, since the donation from controversial Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson had gone through a number of intermediary companies to reach them. [Keep in mind, “Gavin Watson: Pathologist concludes he was dead before fatal crash – report” - https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/gavin-watson-death-cause-pathologist-report-how/]

Then

“Mkhwebane fights against suspension: Ramaphosa is ‘heavily implicated’”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/busisiwe-mkhwebane-public-protector-ramaphosa-suspension/

28-05-2022

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says President Cyril Ramaphosa should not suspend her, because HE is heavily implicated…

Then

“President Cyril Ramaphosa suspends Public Protector Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane”

https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-suspends-public-protector-adv-busisiwe-mkhwebane-9-jun-2022-0000

9 Jun 2022

President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in accordance with section 194 (3)(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, decided to suspend Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane from the office of the Public Protector effective 9 June 2022.

Section 194(3) (a) of the Constitution provides that the President may suspend the Public Protector (or any member of a Chapter 9 institution) “at any time after the start of proceedings by a committee of the National Assembly for [their] removal”.

Advocate Mkhwebane will remain suspended until the section 194 process in the National Assembly has been completed.

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Anonymous 06/18/23 (Sun) 15:25:36 bf6b77 No.19027267

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“Of parties and puppets | Carte Blanche | M-Net” – Another vote of no confidence for the new Johannesburg mayor scheduled for 20 June 2023

https://youtu.be/FaE71cgT8lM

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯.

Johannesburg is the economic hub of Gauteng. It’s a cosmopolitan metropolis that boasts the tallest building in the country; a symbol of wealth towering above Africa’s richest square mile. It should be the envy of every municipality. But poor service delivery, corruption and gross mismanagement have turned the City of Gold into neglected decay. And its troubles don’t end there… While Joburg falls into a state of disrepair, the elected political elite – entrusted with the care of the city – have been squabbling for power, leaving the municipality rudderless. Now, there’s a new, new sheriff in town – the third mayor in just the last five months. A man with virtually no digital footprint or discernible experience in running a multi-billion-rand municipal budget, Kabelo Gwamanda seems wholly out of his depth.

“CONFIRMED: Joburg Mayor ran dodgy funeral scheme”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-joburg-mayor-kabelo-gwamanda-latest-scheme-18-june-2023/

18-06-2023 09:36

All this comes just days before Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda is set to face a motion of no confidence against him in the council

The City of Johanesburg’s Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda’s seat is in jeopardy, now more than ever: Opposition parties in the council who have been calling for his removal could now have the ammunition they need to get rid of him as the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has reportedly confirmed to Sunday Times that he was at the centre of an illegal funeral scheme.

WHAT EXACTLY IS GWAMANDA ACCUSED OF?

Kabelo Gwamanda is accused of defrauding vulnerable people through his funeral insurance and burial scheme. Investigative journalism programme Carte Blance did a story on the allegations, which led to ActionSA filing a motion of no confidence against him.

The embattled mayor is said to have convinced his victims to make monthly contributions to this scheme, but they were unable to claim from it when the time came.

MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE THIS WEEK

The motion of no confidence against the mayor of Africa’s economic hub is schedule for Tuesday, 20 June 2023. ActionSA is believed to have met with the different political parties to lobby for its support when the motion is heard.

ActionSA reportedly reached out to the DA on 15 May 2023 seeking a meeting about all parties discussing the need for a motion of no confidence in the wake of the Carte Blanche allegations.

The DA reportedly failed to respond to these requests despite several parties in the moonshot pact discussions observing the importance of repairing the reputational damage to the confidence in our multi-party coalition project at a local level.

Gwamanda became Joburg’s mayor in the beginning of May 2023, following the resignation of his fellow Al Jama-ah councillor Thapelo Amad. There are concerns about the lack of stability in the City of Joburg, which many have attributed to the rows between the various political parties in the council.

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 13:45:52 bf6b77 No.19032117

>>18860733

>Facilitated by the Brazzaville Foundation, we’ve been able to have these discussions.

>>18860752

>>18860761

“Brazzaville Foundation: Behind the African Peace Mission Between kyiv and Moscow”

https://weafrica24.com/2023/05/17/brazzaville-foundation-behind-the-african-peace-mission-between-kyiv-and-moscow/

Published May 17, 2023

The announcement by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to send an African peace mission to Ukraine and Russia surprised many African diplomats, as preparations are being carried out by the Brazzaville Foundation, created and directed by the French Jean-Yves Olivier.

The announcement was made on Tuesday, May 16th by Cyril Ramaphosa. According to the South African president, Kyiv, and Moscow have agreed to host a delegation led by the heads of state of Zambia, Senegal, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda, Egypt, and the ‘South Africa.

It is therefore in parallel with the usual diplomatic frameworks that this mission project was set up. With, at the heart of its presidential networks, the Brazzaville Foundation was created in 2015 and chaired by the Frenchman Jean-Yves Ollivier. The businessman made his fortune trading commodities around the world, particularly in Africa, where he has forged strong ties with decision-makers over the past four decades. From former Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny to President of Congo-Brazzaville Denis Sassou-Nguesso via Angolan José dos Santos, Jean-Yves Ollivier is a regular at presidential palaces. “I devoted myself to business and politics caught up with me”.

Close to President Jacques Chirac, Jean-Yves Olivier worked in the shadows in South Africa during apartheid and then with Nelson Mandela, in the DRC, the Comoros, and even Sudan. In 2020, he also organized a conference in Lomé on the fight against counterfeit medicines with seven heads of state from the continent. “We know today that trafficking corrupts from the base to the highest level of the state, that it also feeds terrorism,” he said at the end of the event.

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 13:51:47 bf6b77 No.19032138

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>>19032117

“The arms dealer behind the African peace mission to Ukraine” – Part 1

https://mg.co.za/politics/2023-06-19-the-arms-dealer-behind-the-african-peace-mission-to-ukraine/

19 JUN 2023

Yoweri Museveni, infamously, manages his own Twitter account. Uganda’s 78-year-old president knows how to craft a viral tweet, but he does make the occasional mistake.

On 5 June, Museveni met on Zoom with six fellow African presidents. They were discussing their proposed mission to mediate Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

Also present, officially, was Jean-Yves Ollivier, a controversial French businessman who is claiming the credit for organising the African peace mission (“I will play Kissinger,” he told the Financial Times, referring to the notorious US diplomat who has been implicated in multiple alleged war crimes).

After the Zoom call, Museveni tweeted a screenshot of the video gathering. There, sharing Ollivier’s screen, was a middle-aged, greying white man, whose involvement had not previously been made public – and for good reason.

The man, whose name is Ivor Ichikowitz, owns one of the largest arms manufacturers on the African continent.

Ichikowitz’s Paramount Group sells weaponised drones, infantry combat vehicles, naval patrol ships and fighter jets, among other weapons systems.

Its clients include dictatorial regimes such as Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and the Republic of Congo. The group has been implicated in multiple corruption allegations – most notably in Malawi, where a scandal over a $145-million contract to supply patrol boats helped to bring down the government of former president Joyce Banda.

Ichikowitz denies any wrongdoing, saying that neither he or his company has ever been formally charged with corruption.

The murky nature of Ichikowitz’s involvement was highlighted when The Continent requested comment from a spokesperson for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is ostensibly leading the African peace mission, and was present on the Zoom call.

“It’s the first time I hear of Ivor’s involvement,” Vincent Magwenya told The Continent. “I’m not certain as to what will be Ivor’s role.”

Ichikowitz is a major donor to the African National Congress, Ramaphosa’s political party.

Ichikowitz and Ollivier’s Brazzavile Foundation did not respond to The Continent’s requests to answer questions for this story.

But Ollivier, in private correspondence seen by The Continent, said of the arms dealer’s role in the peace mission: “Mr Ichikowitz is for a long time a friend of the Brazzaville Foundation. In the present initiative, Mr Ichikowitz [has] offered pro bono resources, contacts, access and advice. He was officially [thanked] by the six heads of state during the 5 June Summit meeting for his contribution.”

[Take note: “Ichikowitz also owns Molori Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve bordering Botswana, dubbed the Camp David of Africa because of its popularity among statesmen and A-list celebrities alike, as well as the ultra-exclusive cliff top Moledi Gorge retreat in the Magaliesberg.” https://ivorichikowitz.com/industrialist/]

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 13:56:51 bf6b77 No.19032167

>>18879937

>>19022254

>Rosatom

>>19032138

“The arms dealer behind the African peace mission to Ukraine” – Part 2

https://mg.co.za/politics/2023-06-19-the-arms-dealer-behind-the-african-peace-mission-to-ukraine/

19 JUN 2023

Kremlin connections

The stated intention of the African peace mission is to end the war in Ukraine, but the mission is not off to an auspicious start.

By the time the delegation disembarked at the Kyiv train station on Friday morning, three presidents had already dropped out (Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the Republic of Congo’s Denis Sassou Nguesso and Museveni).

Ramaphosa was travelling with a reduced security detail after the bulk of his security was grounded at the airport in Warsaw. Polish police said they did not have the appropriate authorisations for their weapons. This claim is disputed by Ramaphosa’s security head, who said Poland was trying to “sabotage” the mission.

On arrival in Kyiv, the presidents – Ramaphosa, Azali Assoumani of the Comoros, Macky Sall of Senegal and Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia – were greeted by the sound of air-raid sirens and explosions.

These were caused by a Russian missile attack, which could have led to awkward questions on Saturday, when the African leaders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg. Russian authorities would have been well aware of the presence of four African presidents during the missile strike.

The revelation of Ichikowitz’s role, and his potential commercial interest, likely further complicated the negotiations. It is not known whether Paramount Group is selling weapons to either side in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, although at least one piece of military equipment produced by Paramount – a Marauder-type armoured vehicle – has been spotted with Russian forces on the front line, according to news website DefenceWeb.

Ichikowitz is known to be connected to at least one major oligarch who is close to Putin. Both Ichikowitz and the Brazzaville Foundation’s Ollivier spoke at the 2019 edition of the Rhodes Forum, described by some as “Putin’s Davos”.

The Rhodes Forum is organised by Vladimir Yakunin, a former KGB officer who later served as the president of Russian Railways. He has been under United States sanctions since 2014 due to his support for Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Australian sanctions on Yakunin describe him as “a close personal and financial associate of Vladimir Putin”.

Despite this, in 2020, the Brazzaville Foundation – of whom Ichikowitz has been an enthusiastic supporter and funder – announced a formal partnership with Yakunin’s think tank, the Dialogue of Civilizations, saying they “share many of the same objectives”. It has since said that this partnership “was never implemented”.

Ollivier’s ties to Russia are even closer, having served as an advisor to the state-owned nuclear energy company, Rosatom. This is the same energy company that was embroiled in a massive corruption scandal in South Africa under Ramaphosa’s predecessor, Jacob Zuma – a scandal that in part paved the way for Ramaphosa to take power.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, declined to comment specifically on the role of Ichikowitz and Ollivier.

He told The Continent: “When anyone in the world comes up with initiatives that ‘we will talk to Ukraine and Russia and settle everything’, we politely advise: if you want to actually help, and not pretend to mediate, so as not to take a position, focus on specific actions.”

This article first appeared in The Continent, the pan-African weekly newspaper produced in partnership with the Mail & Guardian. https://www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287178_f84c8a1a7c80467cb308746909192747.pdf?index=true

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 14:00:52 bf6b77 No.19032189

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>>19032138

>Yoweri Museveni, infamously, manages his own Twitter account. Uganda’s 78-year-old president knows how to craft a viral tweet, but he does make the occasional mistake.

>On 5 June, Museveni met on Zoom with six fellow African presidents. They were discussing their proposed mission to mediate Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

>Also present, officially, was Jean-Yves Ollivier, a controversial French businessman who is claiming the credit for organising the African peace mission (“I will play Kissinger,” he told the Financial Times, referring to the notorious US diplomat who has been implicated in multiple alleged war crimes).

>After the Zoom call, Museveni tweeted a screenshot of the video gathering. There, sharing Ollivier’s screen, was a middle-aged, greying white man, whose involvement had not previously been made public – and for good reason.

>The man, whose name is Ivor Ichikowitz, owns one of the largest arms manufacturers on the African continent.

Yoweri K Museveni Tweet about African ‘peace mission’ meeting

https://twitter.com/KagutaMuseveni/status/1665809455827632129

Jun 5, 2023

I thank President Cyril Ramaphosa for hosting the virtual meeting of the Presidents of the African Peace Initiative, in collaboration with the Brazzaville Foundation, to discuss how Africa can facilitate a peaceful resolution through open dialogue between Russia and Ukraine.

This war affects all of us, and it can get worse than it is now. It is threatening world peace plus the sanctions that have impacted banking & marine transport among others. Since we in Africa have our own perspective, we can share with them how we have solved our problems here.

Africa has good credentials in solving disputes, like that of South Africa (Apartheid), Congo, Somalia, etc.

I therefore pledge our support and contribution to the peace process through dialogue between Russia and Ukraine.

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 15:51:19 bf6b77 No.19032592

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>>19022254

>As Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, she oversaw the granting of the multimillion contract to businessman Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Marine Services Consortium to manage the department’s fishery, research and patrol vessels. [Dr Iqbal Survé, Non-Executive Chairman of Independent Media, and Chairman of the Sekunjalo Group - https://www.iol.co.za/authors/dr-iqbal-surve

Snapshot from https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/dr-iqbal-surve-we-need-to-move-forward-together-as-wef-2023-starts-0d69e6f6-e4ac-406b-b7e1-aa77d01c6a51

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 15:52:48 bf6b77 No.19032601

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“President Cyril Ramaphosa and Africa peace mission team back home”

https://youtu.be/KHwfyOc9xbI

The crew that was meant to accompany President Cyril Ramaphosa to the war-torn Ukraine and Russia is back home, after being stuck in Poland for their visit. The almost 120-member team comprising 11 local journalists and over 90 SAPS and SANDF members was denied passage to both Ukraine and Russia due to the nature of weapons they were carrying on their flight. They arrived home just after 9pm yesterday at the Waterkloof Airforce Base in Pretoria. Meanwhile, President Ramaphosa is also back in the country after what he described as a successful mission.

He was with six other African heads of state on the African Peace Mission to meet with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymir Zelenskyy.

“Cyril Ramaphosa hails ‘historic’ Ukraine peace mission after talks”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/cyril-ramaphosa-hails-historic-ukraine-peace-mission-after-talks-vladimir-putin-russia-breaking-19-june-2023/

19-06-2023 12:32

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday hailed an African mission to broker peace in Ukraine as “historic” upon returning from talks in Kyiv and Saint Petersburg that however did not yield any immediate results.

“This initiative has been historic in that it is the first time African leaders have embarked on a peace mission beyond the shores of the continent,” Ramaphosa said in a weekly newsletter on Monday.

On Monday, Cyril Ramaphosa said “one of the key achievements” of the mission “was the positive reception” it received from both sides, “which we found encouraging and which provides cause for optimism that the proposals will be given consideration.”

Both Zelensky and Putin have agreed to further engagements, he said.

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 15:59:59 bf6b77 No.19032638

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>The almost 120-member team comprising 11 local journalists and over 90 SAPS and SANDF members was denied passage to both Ukraine and Russia due to the nature of weapons they were carrying on their flight.

“Govan Whittles’ account of SA flight's grounding in Poland”

https://youtu.be/oLL-jV_JlpA

Jun 19, 2023

Questions continue to be raised about why President Cyril Ramaphosa's security team was blocked from proceeding from Poland to Ukraine and Russia. There are also calls from the EFF for the Polish embassy to be downgraded and the ambassador to be expelled from South Africa. Newzroom Afrika’s Govan Whittles unpacks how the drama unfolded.

2:11 – “As soon as we landed, the air traffic controllers at Chopin International Airport in Poland ushered the South African plane to the furthest edge of the terminal building… We were with the cargo planes… Then right next to our plane was the perimeter fence of the airport and as soon as we touched down, the Polish media were already set up with cameras outside the fence. Clearly they were told that we were about to land… Only about 7 hours later does the head of the presidential security call us to the front and say, “come see what’s happening. The police here, they’re threatening to confiscate our weapons if we offload them.””

6:59 – “To be fair, this trip of which the preparation was very secret and weren’t allowed to say anything about our intention to travel to this area. We were explicitly advised not to report on it beforehand. Remember, even in the presidential briefing by the spokesperson the day before we went, the spokesperson said the President was only going to Geneva for that International Labor Organization Summit. He didn’t mention that from Geneva he would fly to Pland to attend to the African Peace Mission. That’s the level of secrecy that was around this.”

10:34 – “–What happened here is that the invitation was extended to us as a lift on the airplane which was being chartered by the presidency. Not at our request but they had offered us a lift and said that we could cover the African Peace Mission.” [Interesting! It reminds me of “Plot for Peace” - >>18860752]

11:45 – “Right now, we’re waiting for a statement from the presidency. A lot has happened and there were serious infringements alleged by the presidential protection services for which we’re hoping the presidency will clarify. We’ve been told that they’re not going to do so. Until they do, the only official statement on record about what happened is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Poland which says that they didn’t have premits for the weapons and they didn’t have the correct documentation. Of course there are other geopolitical factors here which are obvious based on how we were treated. We’ll get into that at a later stage. We should also point out that most of the presidential protection services and police hold diplomatic passports. So the allegation that they didn’t have proper documentation is neither here nor there. There did appear to be some wrangling of political forces in the background probably linked to the question of where those were going and then we get into the discussion of Lady R but we hope to unpack that through the afternoon.”

12:48 – “I think it was in the Sunday Times where they alleged that there was a conversation that was had prior to this trip about the return of a prisoner from South Africa, a Polish prisoner. Were there murmurs about this at all during your time there?… No none that we were aware of. As far as we were aware, the negotiations between the South African presidential protection services and the police were hostile and didn’t achieve much if anything, and those kind of negotiations would have happened during the Presidential check-in with his Polish counterpart which we understand didn’t last for more than a half an hour which is highly unusual for President to check-in with his counterpart and then be back on the plane within 45 minutes. So there did appear to be tension from that moment and that needs to be explored because, of course, after our President visited the Polish President and then made his way to off to Ukraine, the negotiations to let us off the plane deteriorated significantly. With him was our International Relations Minister, Naledi Pandor who we confirmed didn’t have extensive discussions with the Polish counterpart during that check-in in Warsaw.–”

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 16:59:44 bf6b77 No.19032970

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>>19032601

>The almost 120-member team comprising 11 local journalists and over 90 SAPS and SANDF members

“SA security officials 'warned about Polish protocols on weapons'”

https://youtu.be/EBe_fJYom1M

Jun 19, 2023

Members of the Presidential Protection Service and journalists travelling with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the African Union peace mission to Ukraine and Russia were grounded in Poland at the weekend. A PPS member was also strip-searched by Polish police. They wanted to confiscate weapons from the chartered flight. Security officials were reportedly warned about custom requirements for transporting weapons via Poland. Security Expert Rory Steyn weighs in.

4:35 – “Well, it is completed unprecedented. I have never ever heard of that large a number of security personnel traveling with our President.”

6:05 – “Having done this previously, how much security detail did the former President or the first President [Mandela] of the democratic South Africa enjoy?… I’m going to decline to answer that question as I always do. You’re not the first one to ask me that. Out of respect for my colleagues that still do this work, it would be inappropriate of me to comment on the numbers around the President because I don’t want to compromise either their safety nor that of our President. So I’m going to decline to answer that… Suffice to say, I’ve never heard of 120 South Africa personnel leaving the shore of South Africa for any presidential cooperation.”

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Anonymous 06/19/23 (Mon) 17:00:40 bf6b77 No.19032975

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“SA hosts high-level foreign delegations”

https://youtu.be/NvHzHyty1yg

Jun 19, 2023

Today, the French foreign minister is in SA to hold meetings with International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor, while tomorrow there will be high-level delegations from Denmark and The Netherlands in the country. University of Pretoria's Roland Henwood weighs in.

0:11 – “Over the last 3 months or so, you may have noticed there’s been a really high number of State visits to South Africa. People from diverse places such as Finland and many other places coming through to Pretoria.”

0:27 – “It’s really a parade of people. So many of them from European countries to South Africa. Is there any particular reason why there have been so many state visists here so recently?… The answer lies probably in history and the fact that especially European countries have been heavily invested in South Africa over a very long time.”

2:14 – “One must remember that traditionally Pretoria holds a very specific and interesting position in global politics in that this is one of the best connected diplomatic capitals in the world, after Washington, the second most missions. [It] used to be, I’m not sure if it’s still that high.”

10:49 – “We’re not discussing much closer to home what could be a civil war in Sudan for example. Is that simply because of how important the Russia Ukraine conflict is? The impact on food prices? Was it just because some fo the Western Powers have been able to make it the most important thing for us to discuss?… I think it’s a combination of these factors that yes it is a key issue. It is redefining global politics. We cannot ignore that. Yes it is also important because influential and powerful governments are driving this but there are other reasons also. It’s important because media is focused on that. It’s more accessible, it’s more visible and probably much bigger than anything we’ve had in a very long time. The problem with Sudan is it’s an African conflict and that does not make it less important but that makes it less newsworthy. It’s very difficult to get access and information and to show that to the rest of the world. This is the interesting part, African media houses are also fixating on the Russia-Ukraine war and are ignoring what is happening in Sudan by and large.”

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Anonymous 06/20/23 (Tue) 15:03:52 17f2f6 No.19038359

“Protection services delayed before Russia peace mission (“due to aviation insurance exclusions”)” – 1 of 2

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2023-06-13-protection-services-delayed-before-russia-peace-mission/

13 June 2023 - 20:46

The multimillion-rand mission by six African heads of state spearheaded by President Cyril Ramaphosa to forge peace in the war in Ukraine hit a glitch this week.

The advance team of the presidential protection services was scheduled to leave for Russia via Poland to establish its security apparatus and personnel before the imminent mission to Russia but encountered difficulties due to aviation insurance exclusions for certain aircraft operators into Russia.

According to aviation sources closely involved in the aviation charter business, a passenger jet costing more than R20m sourced from a North African airline apparently was no longer available due to insurance limitations travelling into Russia.

An aircraft was then apparently sourced in the United Arab Emirates, but the departure is expected to be delayed because clearances required for such flights were by Tuesday morning still in process. By the afternoon, the chartered aircraft had not arrived in Johannesburg.

This could mean a delay in the placement of the protectors and the timely completion of a threat assessment before the presidential mission, as well as the intricate logistics involved in the mission to succeed.

The heads of state from Egypt, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as Ramaphosa are leading the peace mission. While it was expected to start soon, Ramaphosa was to depart on Tuesday night for Geneva where he will attend the World of Work Summit, hosted by the International Labour Organisation.

The SA Police Service (SAPS) in its response did not elaborate much due to “operational security” reasons, but confirmed that the flight was “on schedule”. It is understood that the flight was scheduled to leave Tuesday night with about 120 passengers and equipment on board.

Security concerns

At a media briefing on Monday, presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said the departure and flight details of the presidential peace mission would not be made public due to security concerns in a high-risk area.

It is also unclear how and where Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky will fit into the negotiations as the advance team at least will fly only to Russia and back — not to Kyiv, Ukraine.

“The presidential protection services team is heading over there to conduct their usual advance security threat assessment and planning exercise once dates are affirmed [before the presidential mission],” Magwenya said.

Police national spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said in response to Business Day’s questions that the charter of the team’s aircraft was not handled by the air force as it was only responsible for the air transport of the president and deputy president. The flight arrangements were therefore handled by the police.

The air force sources chartered aircraft as per a list of approved VVIP service providers on a government contract. Business Day understands from sources in the aviation industry that the service providers in turn need to find aircraft abroad for certain international flights if none is available in SA.

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Anonymous 06/20/23 (Tue) 15:04:22 17f2f6 No.19038362

>>19038359

“Protection services delayed before Russia peace mission (“due to aviation insurance exclusions”)” – 2 of 2

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2023-06-13-protection-services-delayed-before-russia-peace-mission/

13 June 2023 - 20:46

Need assurance

Even though Mathe said the service provider was on the approved Treasury database, the aircraft sourced in North Africa encountered problems with the airline’s insurers because of the flight’s destination.

According to Mathe, the issue of insurance was not the police’s problem, but that of the airline responsible for supplying the chartered jet. The police just needed to be assured that the airline complied with international aviation rules and regulations.

Most SA service providers “contacted the same airline [for aircraft] but inflated the price [quoted to the police] with almost 200% in profit”, Mathe said.

She confirmed the flight path was from SA to Poland, then on to Russia and back to Poland, back to Russia and back to SA.

Insurance for aircraft operators became an issue after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the subsequent sanctions issued by the US and the EU. Russia closed its airspace to countries that maintained sanctions against it while the same applied to restrictions on Russian-registered aircraft over Europe, the US and other countries that sided with the US and the EU.

About 500 commercial aircraft leased from EU and US companies and operating within Russia remain trapped in Russia after the sanctions were announced. Russia subsequently confiscated the aircraft refusing to allow them to fly back to its lessors, causing millions of dollar in losses.

While certain airlines and aviation operators still continue with scheduled flights in and out of Russia, some chartered aircraft are leased under different insurance restrictions and would therefore not be covered when flying into the four countries. Aircraft from the UAE continue to operate in and out of Russia without any restrictions.

The peace talks in Russia would only be announced on the day they started in Moscow, Magwenya said.

Ramaphosa will host a joint working visit by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen next Tuesday.

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Anonymous 06/20/23 (Tue) 15:04:53 17f2f6 No.19038369

Ramaphosa’s plane “failed to get clearance to fly over Italian airspace”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-president-cyril-ramaphosa-security-poland-latest-16-june-2023/

16-06-2023 05:29

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s peace mission has not been without drama as members of his security staff along with a number of South African journalists are stuck in Poland. According to several news reports, the flight, which left the country in the wee hours of Thursday, was flagged by aviation authorities after it failed to get clearance to fly over Italian airspace.

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Anonymous 06/20/23 (Tue) 16:03:44 d9322e No.19038744

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Naledi Pandor Interview – Netherland and Denmark visit, G20 Summit, etc.

It is interesting that activists tend to become Presidents or Prime Ministers.

https://youtu.be/dacKhcMkSP4

Jun 20, 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today host a joint working visit by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen in Pretoria. The Prime Ministers are on a two-day working visit to South Africa aimed at solidifying the three countries' relationship in the areas of green hydrogen, renewable energy and just energy transition. It is expected that South Africa and the Netherlands will sign the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on green hydrogen. The visit also brings a substantial group of investors to South Africa. The investors will take part in a joint business seminar. Let's now cross to our International News Editor Sophie Mokoena.

0:36 – “These countries are quite important to South Africa. These are countries that supported South Africa during Apartheid. When you look at Netherlands in particular, you know that it was the queen of the Netherlands in the 60s who took the decision that she was not going to visit South Africa under the Apartheid government… until South Africa was free. That is why the late President Nelson Mandela, when he was released in prison, the Netherlands was also part of those countries that were prioritized in terms of visiting those countries.”

9:28 – “The Prime Minister of Denmark is her first visit but I do know having met her before that she was a young lady of 12 involved in all the protests against Apartheid in her country and she shared with me as we walked from the airplane to the car that it was her dream to visit the country when it is free [for criminals] and she’s realizing her dream by being here.”

11:41 – “As South Africa prepares to assume the G20 Chair in 2025.”

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Anonymous 06/20/23 (Tue) 16:18:19 d9322e No.19038831

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>>19038744

>it is free [for criminals]

The South Africans struggle continues…

“Government only understands language of violence - Diepsloot residents” - https://youtu.be/rt43isBbVtA

“Eskom rescues technicians from dangerous Joburg areas”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/eskom-rescues-technicians-from-dangerous-joburg-areas-e6d135ba-371d-46c1-bbc5-f15931022e7e

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023

Eskom has withdrawn its technicians in the Diepsloot and Marlboro areas over the safety of its technicians.

The power utility issued a statement on Tuesday indicating that it had become unsafe for its staff members to resolve technical issues in the area.

"We will return to the areas when we deem it safe for our employees to operate. Their safety is important to us," the parastatal said.

Over the last few days, protests in the Dieplsoot turned violent as residents have vowed to wage war against high-levels of crime in the area.

In images that have gone viral, residents could be seen barricading roads with burning tyres and setting alight shacks which they say belong to criminals and drug lords.

Stalls belonging to some undocumented migrant vendors had to be closed down, with some of them being attacked by angry community members.

Meanwhile, in Marlboro, Eskom had already begun a process to remove illegal connections.

According to the utility, this was part of its initiative to "safeguard electricity infrastructure against overloading."

It said it was also doing this to prevent supply interruptions as well as any injuries and fatalities that may occur due to the illegal connections.

As a result, Eskom technicians have been targeted, prompting the utility halting its operations in the area.

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Anonymous 06/20/23 (Tue) 16:23:13 d9322e No.19038867

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“SELF-MANAGEMENT: State-resistant solutions for the future” [English subtitles]

https://youtu.be/s3rbcgu-iqI

Feb 16, 2023

“Surviving State Collapse: Lessons From South Africa”

https://zerohedge.com/news/2023-02-28/surviving-state-collapse-lessons-south-africa

TUESDAY, FEB 28, 2023 - 8:31

Working to advance that trajectory, the Biden Administration announced in May that it would prioritize Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia for refugee resettlement. With that in mind, it's worth paying attention to another country which prizes its diversity, the Rainbow Nation of South Africa.

In addition to its 80% African population comprised of several different ethnolinguistic groups, and its shrinking white population, South Africa also has a significant South Asian minority. Although cheerleaders of demographic change in the United States generally don't predict we will end up with a majority African population, if we commit to continued mass immigration, and the UN projections graphed by Steve Sailer below prove accurate, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

The rest of that post detailed the chaos engulfing South Africa at the time. Apparently things have gotten even worse there.

State Collapse In South Africa

The thread below details the state collapse occurring in South Africa now. Following that, we'll look at some steps Afrikaners are taking to survive it, lessons that may be useful to minorities (and future minorities) elsewhere.

6. * Sewage treatment works - more than half are offline. And those are working, aren't effective. https://t.co/GrZfs9aEvN

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

8. * Electrical grid - by now, most of you know that South Africa is going through "load shedding". Where the government turns off large parts of the electrical grid in order to avoid grid collapse. https://t.co/25AIThjJwu

This leads to every possible issue imaginable.

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

10. * Almost every single state run enterprise (SOE), is defunct. They're literally the spitting image of Zimbabwe. ESKOM - our only power producer - is dead in the water. Averaging a 50% or less power output. https://t.co/EdUrAAYqZA

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

12. * Our rail is dead. 1/4 of our freight, gone in not even 5 years. But it's worse now.. the rail just isn't there anymore. It's gone. Stolen. Every piece of available track, copper cable and scrap metal - gone. https://t.co/uzSzjWFeE2

https://t.co/isflc68nDH

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

14. Working roads, what's that? 😂 Our roads are basically just one giant pothole and nothing else. I don't want to repeat it, but our roads have collapsed. At some stage, they even ran out of tar to facilitate repairs. https://t.co/IEND13orNBhttps://t.co/MjqKdPQLNt

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

16. City Power - our biggest grid repairer - is almost non operational. They also no longer do Nightshift due to attacks on employees and lack of funds. They've also used up their budget for the year. https://t.co/xGYlNoWAnf

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

18. [Part 3: Societal collapse]

This is why we are where we are.

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

20. Looting is our national sport. Trucks are targeted (guerilla warfare style) and stopped on uphills. Objects are then placed behind the wheels so that the driver cannot escape. Looting then begins. https://t.co/cZfcrINHRuhttps://t.co/2cIU3F0quS

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

22. Crime. Read 👇

1 rape every 10 minutes.

80 murders every 24 hours.

3 - 4 kids murdered every 24 hours.

Average of 70 hijackings a day.

Average of 2500 home invasions every 24 hours.

At least 4 - 5 CIT heists every week. pic.twitter.com/HWPvw9xGxE

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

24. Societal collapse has led to the US government issuing a warning to international travelers in SA - stock up prepper style on food and water. https://t.co/6XaYMjbdsu

— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 28, 2023

The thread goes on to describe the breakdown in the healthcare system and other sectors, but a key point the writer makes is that the South African government has said it's not obligated to provide basic services such as power to its people. This highlights the problem of centralization, something the documentary below addresses.

"Self-Management"

"Selfbestuur" means "self-management" in Afrikaans. The main political point this short documentary makes is that you don't want to rely on a distant central government to provide the necessities of life for you: electricity, sewage treatment, policing, etc. That's been a problem in South Africa, where the central government is increasingly corrupt and incompetent.

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Anonymous 06/20/23 (Tue) 22:05:39 78f3c8 No.19040837

>>19038369

I'll say it

Washington leaned on Rome.

Washington does not want any peace they haven't brokered themselves. Washington certainly does not want any BRICS nation stopping the fighting to protect the biolabs and money laundering. Washington is greatly upset South Africa defies them on sanctioning Russia. Washington is greatly upset South Africa dares to hold naval exercises with Russia and China.

Washington is talking about investing in Africa and Asia. That's a nice carrot, but the Dollar is backed by "the full faith and CREDIT of the United States Government." Millions and billions of fancy paper or numbers in a SWIFT computer. The Ruble is backed by gold.

Ah yes, the stick. Threatening to pull AGOA funds and let's never forget denying the shipment of fuel rods for Eskom's reactors. Denying shipments of grains and fertilizers from Russia, and blaming Russia for it while saying how "humanitarian" they are.

Thank You for reading anons, rant over

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Anonymous 06/21/23 (Wed) 21:57:10 78f3c8 No.19047814

General Research #23390 >>19047755

21 Jun, 2023 16:02

NATO member threatens African aid cuts over support for Russia

The Finnish government’s approach is a classic case of coercive diplomacy, a South African politician has told RT

African countries that back Russia in the Ukraine conflictwill lose development assistance from Finland, the country’s foreign trade and development minister, Ville Tavio, said on Monday.

The new Finnish government led by Petteri Orpo is seeking to cut development aid by around $1 billion and redirect the savings. Tavio told national broadcaster YLE that “Ukraine will become a new recipient country.”

In a separate interview with The Times, the minister claimed his country’s “primary duty is to support Ukraine,” arguing that it is “morally wrong” for countries that support Russia’s “aggression” against Kiev to continue receiving development aid from Finland.

“Developing nations should focus on their internal development instead of endorsing Russia’s war. I am keeping an eye on countries that receive aid from Finland, but choose not to respectinternational rules-based orderand Ukraine’s state sovereignty,” Tavio said.

Although the minister did not name any countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, and Mozambique are Finland’s main partners in Africa, having received foreign aid from Helsinki for decades.

Several countries on the continent, including South Africa, have remained non-aligned in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, despite foreign pressure to back Kiev.

South African politician Themba Godi, a former member of the National Assembly, described it as a “disgrace” for the Finnish government to threaten African nations with aid cuts.

“It’s a classic case of coercive diplomacy where threats and blackmail are used to achieve certain positions,” Godi told RT. He added that “positions that countries take on the Russia-Ukraine conflict may not necessarily be informed by rational thinking and independent decisions but may be the product of blackmail.”

According to Godi, Helsinki’s stance only reinforces the view that countries that are US allies have no regard for Africans.

The continent’s nations, he added, are more drawn toward Russia and China as a result of bullying by Finland and others.

The new Finnish government has additionally outlined plans to tighten immigration rules and make it more difficult for foreign nationals to obtain residency or citizenship in the country.

https://www.rt.com/africa/578382-finland-african-aid-cut-threat/

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Anonymous 06/22/23 (Thu) 21:01:26 d9322e No.19053808

“Peace mission fiasco in Poland – FF Plus demands answers”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/peace-mission-fiasco-in-poland-ff-plus-demands-answers/

June 20, 2023

The FF Plus demands that Maj. Gen. Wally Rhoode must appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police to explain the fiasco in Poland involving President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security detail.

Maj. Gen. Rhoode, head of the presidential protection unit, was part of the security group denied entry into Poland.

According to the Polish authorities, there had been problems with documents and permits for goods and personnel.

According to a media report (News24, 18 June 2023: Ramaphosa’s protection team ignored warnings about Polish permits), air force officials had warned the “leadership” of the security contingency about this.

It seems that they were specifically informed about the documentation required to travel with certain goods and personnel. This warning was, however, ignored.

Still, Maj. Gen. Rhoode decided to have an impromptu media conference on the plane’s steps at the Chopin Airport and accused Poland of racism.

By making such rash statements, Maj. Gen. Rhoode entered the political arena.

It is not appropriate for a member of the police to make such statements, and he must be called to account.

Clarity must also be provided on why such a large security contingency was needed, and why they had taken weapons along.

I will ask the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, whether a permit was issued for the weapons, and he must also indicate how many weapons and how much ammunition was taken along.

What transpired here is to be expected when it comes to any form of planning by the ANC government.

It is, however, still an embarrassment for the whole of South Africa, and the country and its people deserve answers.

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Anonymous 06/22/23 (Thu) 21:02:24 d9322e No.19053812

>>19040837

It all appears to be a puppet show with smoke and mirrors.

The key players of the Brazzaville Foundation want to replicate their successes in South Africa’s transformation into a global one. I will not be surprised that this is part of the reason they invited journalists and had such a large personnel contingency to capture this ‘historic initiative’, as Cyril puts it. >>19032601

I will not trust BRICS either as its founding chairman of BRICS Business Council, Patrice Motsepe, is Cyril Ramaphosa’s brother-in-law, a mining magnet, heavily involved in the WEF and owns a digital bank, Tyme, which will most likely prove to be worse. We all know how these mining companies shaped the constitutions of supposed sovereign nations. Take for instance De Beers, sanctions were placed on South Africa during Apartheid but De Beers were not affected eventhough the segregation policies they implemented in the early 20th century became law later and they were headquartered in London. Also, they did business with Russia [USSR then] during the cold war. Now South Africa has more segregation laws against the minorities than there were against the bantus during Apartheid. The world fought against Apartheid or in other words ‘separateness’ but ‘separateness’ took a more sinister form causing the demise of the country. BRICS and the world are silent about these human rights abuses as if they condone it. Then hearing leaders referring to whites as white supremacists and pushing CRT in schools around the world gives me the impression that they want global Apartheid/separateness.

Are you aware that?…

“BRIC is originally a term that was devised by Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs in 2001 with the aim of grouping those nations which were expected to experience major 3 economic growth in the world by 2050. He first expressed this concept on his paper “Building Better Global Economic BRICs” (O´Neill, 2001). According to Goldman Sachs, the protagonism of those four nations will be such that the world would be forced to both devise a new organization within the forums of international economics and accept new members within the G-7 (which is already formed by the most developed countries in the world). However, O’Neill was referring to China, India, Brazil and Russia but he did not think nor intended to include South Africa within this group since he thought it had not the economic potential for being included within the BRIC (El Economista, 2012).” https://www.unav.edu/documents/16800098/17755721/DT-01-2019_South-Africa_ENG+%281%29.pdf

“After successfully hosting the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, it was a case of double celebration when the country was invited to join Brazil, Russia, India and China to be a member of the BRICS. Of course, compared to these economic giants, South Africa’s economy, population and growth prospects are quite small.” https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2012/03/brics-the-s-for-south-africa-represents-the-rising-a-for-africa/

Now…

>>18988989

>The ministers deliberated on key global issues, including strengthening multilateralism, the implementation of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, international trade and finance, climate change negotiations and violent conflicts, among other things.

>The meeting discussed pertinent and critical issues affecting the global economy and security. These include strengthening multilateralism especially by elevating the central role of the United Nations (UN)

I could go on but the previous posts and breads provide more information.

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Anonymous 06/24/23 (Sat) 16:39:21 d842e3 No.19064930

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“Covid Is Genocide - A Biological Warfare Crime - Dr. David Martin Speaks To The European Parliament”

https://youtu.be/GaD8qEWJglY

Jun 23, 2023

He references Pfizer.

18:41 – “Let’s read this because we have to read this into the record everywhere I go. “Until an infectious disease crisis is very real present and at the emergency threshold that is often largely ignored. To sustain the funding base beyond the crisis,” he said, “we need to increase the public understanding for the need for medical countermeasures such as a pan influenza or pan coronavirus vaccine. A key driver is the media and the economics will follow the hype. We need to use that hype to our advantage to get to the real issues. Investors will respond if they see profit at the end of the process.” Sounds like public health? Sounds like the best of humanity? No ladies and gentlemen, this was premeditated domestic terrorism stated at the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2015, published in front of them. This is an act of biological and chemical warfare perpetrated on the human race and it was admitted to in writing that this was a financial heist and a financial fraud. Investors will follow if they see profit at the end of the process.”

Watch it in full!… It’s just brilliant!

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Anonymous 06/24/23 (Sat) 16:46:27 d842e3 No.19064964

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>>19064930

>“Until an infectious disease crisis is very real present and at the emergency threshold that is often largely ignored. To sustain the funding base beyond the crisis,” he said, “we need to increase the public understanding for the need for medical countermeasures such as a pan influenza or pan coronavirus vaccine. A key driver is the media and the economics will follow the hype. We need to use that hype to our advantage to get to the real issues. Investors will respond if they see profit at the end of the process.”

This is not just in health… It’s all about profit and not humanity.

“BREAKING: BlackRock Recruiter Who ‘Decides People’s Fate’ Says ‘War is Good for Business’”

https://youtu.be/tgONwXR1Uwo

Jun 20, 2023

2:33 – “BlackRock, one of the world’s leading asset and investment managers which owns significant shares in companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Anheuser-Busch, Meta, Target, Proctor & Gamble, Comcast, CNN, Fox News and, yes, Pfizer.”

https://okeefemediagroup.com/breaking-blackrock-recruiter-who-decides-peoples-fate-says-war-is-good-for-business-while-spilling-info-on-asset-giant/

“The senators…are f***ing cheap – you got 10 grand, you can buy a senator,” Varlay remarked in what is arguably the most unabashed description of corruption and bribery from their own company we’ve ever heard. The extended soundbite from Varlay is below:

You can take this big f*** ton of money and buy people, I work for a company called BlackRock…It’s not who is the president it’s who is controlling the wallet of the president. You could buy your candidates. First, there is the senators these guys are fuckin cheap. Got 10 grand you can buy a senator I’ll give you 500k right now It doesn’t matter who wins they’re in my pocket.

Varlay doesn’t stop there, he goes on to describe what those in his line of work think of the tragedy of war saying its “real f***ing good for business”.

Ukraine is good for business, you know that right? Russia blows up Ukraine’s grain silos and the price of wheat is going to go mad up. The Ukrainian economy is the wheat market. The price of bread goes up, this is fantastic if you’re trading. Volatility creates opportunity for profit…

Varlay added that its “exciting when s*** goes wrong.”

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Anonymous 06/26/23 (Mon) 17:19:44 bf6b77 No.19077312

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“Illegal mining is economic sabotage – Mantashe” - https://youtu.be/CSGM-htlqpA

“Economic sabotage: Mantashe accuses Lesotho government after 31 illegal miners die in Free State mine”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/economic-sabotage-mantashe-accuses-lesotho-government-after-31-illegal-miners-die-in-free-state-mine-d4e9ed53-8dbc-49b3-95b2-3a3cb145b41d

Published Jun 23, 2023

Pretoria - As news broke on the presence of at least 31 bodies of suspected illegal miners, believed to be Basotho nationals, underground at the Virginia Mine in Free State, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe has accused Lesotho of interfering with South Africa’s economy.

Mantashe said officials of the Lesotho government have more information on the tragic incident, after survivors of the mining tragedy in Free State “ran to Lesotho to report” without informing any South African authorities.

Mantashe said on Thursday, Lesotho’s minister in charge of mineral resources was deployed to Welkom, Free State. He said the Lesotho minister “made a very strange suggestion”, that surviving illegal miners should be deployed to go underground and retrieve bodies of the deceased illegal miners.

“I asked him a very straightforward question: should we send people into a methane-infested shaft knowingly? What happens if more die, would you take responsibility? This incident, more than any other incident, has confirmed our view that this thing of illegal mining is actually economic sabotage, it is war on our economy and, therefore, those who died there are almost like soldiers dying in combat,” Mantashe said in an interview with broadcaster Newzroom Afrika on Friday.

“It is quite a serious matter and I don’t know why is the Lesotho government not seeing that this is quite dangerous, because they give us a lot of instructions, coming from the prime minister of Lesotho in trying to talk to the executives of Harmony (mining company [owned by Patrice Motsepe]) and everybody.

“I think it is a dangerous issue for neighbours to do that to one another. Lesotho must come partner with us in mining if they want to. They must come through the front door. We have done that with their water, we went there, met them, had a bilateral and we committed ourselves. The president has visited Lesotho and so on. They should do that,” said Mantashe.

He said Lesotho as a nation cannot be having “some strange relationship with illegal miners” operating in South Africa.

Earlier, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) said it received a report that at least 31 suspected illegal miners who are believed to be Basotho nationals, have lost their lives in a ventilation Shaft 5 Virginia Mine, in Welkom, Free State province.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho relayed this message to the High Commission of South Africa that, on May 18, 2023, a group of suspected illegal miners died in a mine ventilation shaft which was last operational in the 1990s,” said Makhosonke Buthelezi, spokesperson for South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

“Although information on this tragic situation comes sporadically, we are doing our utmost best to act on the information, including information regarding three bodies which have been reported to be retrieved and brought to the surface by other illegal miners.

“Working in collaboration with the previous owners of the mine, Harmony, the DMRE inspectors have assessed the situation and determined that methane levels at the mine ventilation shaft 5 are very high. As such, it is currently too risky to dispatch a search team to the shaft,” said Buthelezi.

However, the South African authorities are considering various options to speedily deal with the situation.

“Although this is a unique and strange situation, all relevant stakeholders will endeavour to ensure that the suspected deceased illegal miners are brought to the surface,” said Buthelezi.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 14:25:48 d842e3 No.19110654

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>>18916842

>Webber Wentzel

>Notable alumni of the firm include:

>Brett Kebble, mining magnate [murdered]

“Agliotti tells all in new book” - https://youtu.be/FiSjJ5uUVXc

“Agliotti dies on hospital operating table”

https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-times-1107/20230702/281569475173604

2 Jul 2023

Convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti, left, who turned state witness against late former police commissioner Jackie Selebi and stood trial for Brett Kebble’s 2005 murder, is believed to have died on the operating table of a Joburg hospital on Saturday.

According to a police source, his family rushed him to Olivedale Clinic in the morning where he later died. An inquest into his death has been opened.

A police officer stationed at Douglasdale police station, north of Joburg, said Agliotti, 66, who was required to report to the station for his parole, had recently been ill and seemed to be getting worse.

“He was required to check in and sign in and you could tell he was not well. At times he wouldn’t step out of the car when he came because he couldn’t walk,” said the officer.

Police spokesperson Lt-Col Mavela Masondo said he could not confirm the details surrounding Agliotti’s death. He declined to comment on social media rumours that Agliotti slipped and bumped his head on stairs at home and died of a brain haemorrhage in hospital.

“We cannot comment on the allegations until we receive a hospital report and until the inquest into Mr Agliotti’s death has been finalised,” said Masondo.

Agliotti was a key figure in the drug related prosecution of Selebi, with his evidence used to implicate and prosecute the former police boss, who died in 2015. Agliotti agreed to turn state witness against Selebi in exchange for a lenient sentence on drug trafficking charges.

He earned himself several nicknames in court, including being known as the “Landlord” for being a player in a drug syndicate, a name he insisted was misplaced.

Then there was Germiston magistrate Deon Snyman, who presided over a drug trafficking trial where he referred to Agliotti and his co-accused as “snitches, pimps, rats who would sell their soul to evade a long prison term”.

At the time of the Selebi court case, the state made a deal with three alleged drug dealers — Stefanos Paparas, his father Dimitri and their driver Stanley Poonin — who were acquitted by the Germiston magistrate’s court on the grounds that the evidence against them might be unreliable.

But perhaps Agliotti was best known for a quote from the late Selebi himself, who said about Agliotti: “He is my friend, finish and klaar”. Selebi was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

In November 2010, Agliotti was granted a discharge application that freed him from the four charges, including a count of murder for the Kebble slaying.

“I am relieved … justice was done, justice wasn’t only done, it was seen to be done,” he said at the time. “I am angry at the same time.”

Agliotti’s co-accused in that case, including Mikey Schultz, Nigel McGurk and Faizel Smith, who shot Kebble, received indemnity from prosecution after testifying against Agliotti.

Judge Frans Kgomo, who granted the discharge application, was unimpressed with the outcome, saying: “This case is about corrupt civil servants as well as politicians or politically connected officials wining and dining with the devil incarnate under shade of darkness.”

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 14:27:00 d842e3 No.19110660

>Convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti, left, who turned state witness against late former police commissioner Jackie Selebi and stood trial for Brett Kebble’s 2005 murder, is believed to have died on the operating table of a Joburg hospital on Saturday.

Kebble, Agliotti and Selebi Timeline

https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2023-07-02-glenn-agliotti-dies-in-joburg-hospital/

02 July 2023

TIMELINE

September 27 2005, 9pm - Brett Kebble was shot and killed in his Mercedes-Benz on a bridge over the M1 highway in Melrose, northern Johannesburg.

November 16 2006 - Glenn Agliotti was charged with Kebble's murder.

January 2008 - Former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi was arrested for corruption, based on his relationship with convicted druglord Agliotti.

July 26 2010 - Agliotti's trial begins in the Johannesburg High Court

August 3 2010 - Selebi is found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 15 years in jail.

November 4 2010 - Agliotti applies for the charges against him to be dismissed.

November 25 2010 - Agliotti is acquitted of murdering Kebble.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 14:43:16 d842e3 No.19110760

>Agliotti was a key figure in the drug related prosecution of Selebi, with his evidence used to implicate and prosecute the former police boss, who died in 2015. Agliotti agreed to turn state witness against Selebi in exchange for a lenient sentence on drug trafficking charges.

“Judge Joffe goes out with a bang” (Minutes after sentencing Jackie Selebi, “he announced his retirement")

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/judge-joffe-goes-out-with-a-bang-671898

Published Aug 4, 2010

It was Judge Meyer Joffe's last sitting in the Johannesburg High Court as a judge but it will be the one he is remembered for.

On Tuesday after presiding over one of the most high profile cases in recent South African history, Judge Joffe sentenced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi to 15 years in jail.

Minutes later he announced his retirement. He told a packed gallery that he had five minutes to vacate his office at the high court.

He is due to take up an executive director position at the South African Judicial Institute.

The institute was formed last year to train aspirant judges and would be temporarily housed in the CBD while its offices at Constitutional Hill are being built.

Despite this Judge Joffe indicated he would be available for Selebi's application for leave to appeal against his conviction and sentence if it was brought before him.

In October 2006, Judge Joffe was a presiding officer in the case of Thembekile Mankanyi, a South African gold miner, in his failed attempt to sue his employer AngloGold Ashanti, stating that he had developed the lung disease silicosis while working in the Vaal Reefs Mine.

Mankayi at the time sought R2.6 million.

Judge Joffe ruled against Mankayi.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 14:58:13 d842e3 No.19110853

>>19110660

“Judge Joffe fights back” – “defence's argument to have him recused from the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi “

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/judge-joffe-fights-back-463081

Published Oct 29, 2009

Judge Meyer Joffe on Thursday angrily challenged several aspects of the defence's argument to have him recused from the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi.

Visibly infuriated at times, Joffe fired a rapid line of questions at defence lawyer Jaap Cilliers about arguments made that the judge showed pro-State bias.

Cilliers also criticised the judge's handling of a City Press article on which the defence wanted to cross-examine State witness Glenn Agliotti.

The article detailed a secret tape which showed Agliotti talking to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in January 2008.

In the article, the journalist said Agliotti appeared "enthusiastic" in the recording in requesting a meeting with intelligence officials.

In previous testimony Agliotti said he was summoned to a meeting with intelligence later that month.

Joffe stopped a question from the defence to Agliotti about his "enthusiasm" which he said was merely about a journalist's impression, rather than factual.

"I allowed it to an extent that I felt was correct," replied Joffe.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 16:33:34 a70000 No.19111414

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>In October 2006, Judge Joffe was a presiding officer in the case of Thembekile Mankanyi, a South African gold miner, in his failed attempt to sue his employer AngloGold Ashanti, stating that he had developed the lung disease silicosis while working in the Vaal Reefs Mine.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 16:35:19 a70000 No.19111422

>On Tuesday after presiding over one of the most high profile cases in recent South African history, Judge Joffe sentenced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi to 15 years in jail.

>Minutes later he announced his retirement. He told a packed gallery that he had five minutes to vacate his office at the high court.

>He is due to take up an executive director position at the South African Judicial Institute.

“Meyer Joffe tipped for top job at judicial institution”

https://mg.co.za/article/2009-11-27-meyer-joffe-tipped-for-top-job-at-judicial-institution/

27 NOV 2009

The Western Cape legal fraternity’s hopes of seeing the back of Judge President John Hlophe appear to have been dashed after it emerged this week that the Jackie Selebi trial judge, Meyer Joffe, is the only contender for the South African Judicial Institute’s top job.

The Mail & Guardian can reveal that Judge Joffe — who has been at the centre of some controversy as the judicial officer presiding over the corruption trial of South African’s former top cop — is the only judge who will be interviewed on Friday for the executive director’s position.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 16:35:56 a70000 No.19111427

“Retired judge [Meyer Joffe] to lead inquiry into Gupta assets”

https://www.southafricanlawyer.co.za/article/2020/08/retired-judge-to-lead-inquiry-into-gupta-assets/

Monday, 31 August 2020

Retired Judge Meyer Joffe will chair a closed inquiry into how an estimated R1bn of assets, cash, high-value residential and commercial properties and mining equipment belonging to the Guptas’ Islandsite company allegedly vanished, says a Sunday Times report.

The disappearance is alleged to have occurred through questionable business rescue practices and irregular intercompany loans, property valuations and sales agreements.

Islandsite, which was placed in business rescue in 2018 after SA’s banks unbanked the Guptas, reportedly owed creditors R770m. These debts included: Bank of India (R31m); Sahara Computers (R467m); and the Gupta’s Westdawn (R200m).

Law enforcement sources investigating the family allege the Guptas used Islandsite to channel funds from questionable government contracts to buy a Midrand office building, a Cessna jet, luxury German cars and plush homes in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

Islandsite owns nearly R100m worth of residential and commercial properties as well as an estimated R500m worth of mining equipment which, through Westdawn, was leased to the Gupta’s Optimum Coal Mine.

Last week, Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Judge Joseph Raulinga granted Islandsite’s new business rescue practitioner, Mahier Tayob, permission to hold an inquiry into the company’s affairs.

Declining to name those who would testify in-camera at the inquiry, to be held in Pretoria in September, Tayob said they would be subpoenaed this week.

The Sunday Times says it understands they include bank executives, shareholders, lawyers, estate agents and executives of Gupta-linked companies.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 16:39:15 a70000 No.19111438

>>19110660

>Jackie Selebi

Remember this older post.

Prior to Jackie Selebi’s conviction…

“Browse Mole report a ‘mixture of fact and fiction’”

https://mg.co.za/article/2008-07-03-browse-mole-report-a-mixture-of-fact-and-fiction/

3 Jul 2008

Suspended head of the National Prosecuting Authority Vusi Pikoli had a feeling that the first version of the Special Browse Mole Report would cause trouble but didn’t do anything about it immediately because he was advised to ”file” it and his department already had a heavy workload.

”It was one of those documents that you wish you have never seen. I had this gut feel about this document, that this was going to cause trouble,” he said in Johannesburg on Thursday at the Ginwala commission of inquiry into his fitness to hold office.

The report was handed to him in March or April 2006 by former Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) [or Scorpions] head Leonard McCarthy [he worked for the World Bank after the scorpions were disbanded October 2008].

McCarthy said that because he was so busy, there was no harm in filing it away because he was going to give him a final report.

Although it already contained a number of conclusions ”on the face of it”, Pikoli considered it a ”mixture of fact and fiction”.

The report contained allegations of a foreign funded operation to bring African National Congress president Jacob Zuma to power.

One of the ”high profile” investigations that the DSO was working on was a corruption case against Zuma. The other was a corruption case against police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi.

When he read the final version in June/July he became angry and thought that ”if there was a time that Mr McCarthy was going to leave the DSO, it was going to be that time”.

It had clearly been produced by someone who had contact with ”old apartheid structures of intelligence”, he said, and not a single member of the DSO had the capacity to produce it.

He believed it was clearly an intelligence report, and not the mandate of the DSO, although it had some elements of organised crime in it.

Pikoli was suspended on September 23 last year on the grounds of a breakdown in relations with Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Brigitte Mabandla and that he did not fully appreciate maters of national security.

He believes it is because of the Selebi investigation. – Sapa

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 16:41:23 a70000 No.19111447

>>19111438

>Convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti, left, who turned state witness against late former police commissioner Jackie Selebi and stood trial for Brett Kebble’s 2005 murder,

“Cops obstruct Selebi investigation”

https://mg.co.za/article/2008-07-05-cops-obstruct-selebi-investigation/

5 JUL 2008

Police and National Intelligence Agency leaders appear to be waging a war of attrition against the National Prosecuting Authority and the Scorpions.

Evidence at Jackie Selebi’s court appearance and at the Ginwala Inquiry suggests acting police commissioner Tim Williams and NIA boss Manala Manzini have instituted a campaign to frustrate the Selebi case.

Selebi’s lawyers last week tabled a series of letters between Williams and acting National Director of Public Prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe as part of their unsuccessful application to oppose the postponement of Selebi’s case.

The correspondence shows Williams has blocked access by Scorpions investigators to crucial evidence needed for the Selebi prosecution.

In January and May Mpshe wrote to Williams asking him to facilitate the handing over of information in police hands, including:

• details of alleged mobster Glenn Agliotti’s role and payments as a police informer;

• police videos on which Agliotti is recorded;

• information on whether John Stratton, the Australian accused of planning Brett Kebble’s murder, was a police informer;

• the diaries of key players, including Selebi and members of crime intelligence, who interacted with Agliotti; and

• Selebi’s travel records.

Williams’s responses are sarcastic and hostile. In his first reply, he said the request was so ”vague and filled with discrepancies” that it was impossible for him to assist.

”My willingness at our informal meeting to assist you with a request for further material related to your already instituted prosecution of Commissioner Selebi did not amount to a willingness to conduct a further investigation on behalf of the DSO,” he wrote.

”I was under the impression, gleaned from media statements issued by yourself and your media relations officer — that you were already in a position to proceed with your prosecution against the national commissioner.

”Your request at this late stage is unreasonable and I would not want to become a reason for or a stumbling block preventing you from commencing with your prosecution without delay.”

On May 27 Mpshe repeated the request in more detail, providing explanations for how each piece of evidence would be useful to the prosecution.

Conveniently for Selebi, Mpshe’s correspondence and Williams’s reply were leaked to the media and some of it was published on June 22, allowing Selebi’s lawyers to write to the police on June 23 asking for it.

Contrasting starkly with their response to the NPA, the police sent Selebi’s lawyers the full correspondence on the same day, including Williams’s second reply, also dated June 23. Selebi may have seen the response before Mpshe did.

In his second reply Williams lectured Mpshe on the role of the crime intelligence division (CID), emphasising the prohibition on the disclosure of intelligence sources and methods.

He complained that the CID’s requests to the Scorpions for details of their investigation were denied: ”In fact the [Scorpions] deliberately misled the division regarding the extent of their investigation.”

Williams does not acknowledge that he knows key members of the CID are considered suspects in the Scorpions’ case. Williams states that as members of the investigation team were allowed supervised ”access” to informer documentation relating to Agliotti and others, this should suffice.

He would not provide the actual material, meaning it could not be used as evidence.

The same applied to video material, including a crucial 2003 recording in which Agliotti admits to crime intelligence boss Mulangi Mphego that he tried to get money from Kebble needed to pay Selebi.

Williams declined to say whether Stratton was a police informer, as this would disclose the ”secret services” of the SAPS. However, Mphego is known to have boasted to the media of Stratton’s status as his agent.

Also for reasons of ”secret service” Williams declined to make diaries available. On the subject of Selebi’s travel records, Williams complained provision of these would be a ”monumental task” but he would do his best to assist.

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 16:52:22 a70000 No.19111485

>>19111438

>The report was handed to him in March or April 2006 by former Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) [or Scorpions] head Leonard McCarthy [he worked for the World Bank after the scorpions were disbanded October 2008].

Correction, Leonard McCarthy worked for the World Bank prior to the Scorpions being disbanded.

Leonard Frank McCarthy, Integrity Vice President, World Bank Group

https://live.worldbank.org/experts/leonard-frank-mccarthy

In June 2008, Leonard McCarthy was appointed by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, to serve as Vice President of the World Bank. He heads the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), whose mandate it is to anticipate, detect, deter and prevent fraud and corruption in Bank Group-supported activities. INT impacts the work of the World Bank by ensuring that funds are used for their intended purposes, thereby contributing to the organization’s core mission of promoting development and reducing poverty.

Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Mr. McCarthy headed the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) in South Africa, specializing in crime analysis, investigation, prosecution, forensic accounting, asset forfeiture, and civil litigation. During his tenure, the DSO successfully prosecuted many entities involved in financial crime, organized criminal enterprises, grand corruption, urban terror and money rackets. In addition, the DSO generated millions of rands destined for criminal restraint, and interdicted drugs and other contraband worth billions.

Since joining the World Bank Group, Mr. McCarthy has spearheaded significant operational and organizational changes within INT that have increased its capacity to address fraud and corruption in a more concerted manner. Under his leadership, INT focuses on promoting creative solutions in investigations, integrity due-diligence, litigation, forensic audits and settlements, to solidify the lending environment and provide assurance to World Bank shareholders.

INT’s newly-created Preventive Services Unit analyzes insights gained from investigations, and disseminates good practices to other Bank staff and governments in the form of structural precautions, fiduciary mechanisms, detection tools and sound advice. The recent increase in cooperation efforts with international stakeholders, facilitates information sharing and joint action with other investigating institutions.

Previously, Mr. McCarthy held the position of Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, to which he was appointed by then President, Nelson Mandela.

He is a lawyer by profession and holds the following degrees: Baccalaureus Artium (BA), Bachelor of Law (B.Juris), and LLB (Bachelor of Laws).

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Anonymous 07/02/23 (Sun) 16:54:46 a70000 No.19111495

>>19111447

>Police and National Intelligence Agency leaders appear to be waging a war of attrition against the National Prosecuting Authority and the Scorpions.

>Judge Frans Kgomo, who granted the discharge application, was unimpressed with the outcome, saying: “This case is about corrupt civil servants as well as politicians or politically connected officials wining and dining with the devil incarnate under shade of darkness.”

>>19111485

“Scorpions were disbanded in October 2008 (3 months after Selebi trial) and was unconstitutional”

“Scorpions disbanding unconstitutional”

https://mg.co.za/article/2011-03-18-scorpions-disbanding-unconstitutional/

18 MAR 2011

The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that sections of the Acts that disbanded the Scorpions and created the Hawks were inconsistent with the Constitution. It has given Parliament 18 months to rectify the legislation.

The ANC and its allies were cautious in their responses to the ruling but opposition parties expressed enthusiasm.

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke delivered the majority judgment, prepared with Justice Edwin Cameron, which ruled that “the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation [the Hawks] is insufficiently insulated from political interference”.

The judgment was a narrow majority one, supported by five of the court’s nine judges.

Justices Johan Froneman, Bess Nkabinde and Thembile Skweyiya concurred with Moseneke and Cameron’s judgment.

A minority judgment, prepared by Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, found that the Hawks’ structural and operational autonomy was already secure.

Acting Justice Frederik Brand and Justices Mogoeng Mogoeng and Zakeria Yacoob concurred with him.

The Hawks is a unit in the South African Police Service that reports to the ministry of safety and security, and is therefore in effect directed by the executive.

The former Scorpions was a unit in the National Prosecuting Authority and so was nominally independent of the executive.

The Scorpions achieved a conviction rate of more than 90% and pursued high-profile cases, including the arms deal investigation that led to the conviction of Zuma’s former financial adviser, Durban businessman Schabir Schaik, on fraud and corruption charges.

The unit’s “search and seizure” methods were bitterly opposed by sections of the alliance and it was formally disbanded in October 2008 after Parliament adopted the National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Act and the South African Police Service Amendment Act.

The Hawks, which has all but shut down the arms deal probe, said it welcomed the judgment and “will be taking the necessary steps under the guidance of Parliament to give effect to the judgment”.

“The DA’s shadow minister for police, Dianne Kohler Barnard, said the Scorpions should have been retained. Disbanding them “was designed to shut down investigations into ANC politicians and allow [them] to continue to dispense patronage, as well as engage in corruption”, she said.”

Cope spokesperson Philip Dexter said the judgment put an onus on the government to “do the right thing” and the closure of the Scorpions had left a void in corruption investigations.

He cited police National Commissioner Bheki Cele, who “is implicated in wrongdoing. How can the Hawks investigate their own commissioner?”

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:51:06 78f3c8 No.19117473

ANC Bun

>>18801509 President Ramaphosa reveals that a health revolution is on the way (video)

>>18924476 “Killer cholera hits amid decade-long bickering over Hammanskraal water crisis – and tender scandals”

>>18924486, >>18924491 Life in the Time of Cholera – the SA reality as ANC governance falls behind 19th Century civilization (Parts 1&2)

>>18935795 Proposed water licensing regulations requiring up to 75% black South African shareholding place tenuous food security at further risk

>>19022249, >>19022252, >>19022254, >>19022282 ‘Section 194 Inquiry won’t be distracted by gossip,’ says ANC MP on Mkhwebane extortion claims

>>19022282 "The biggest corruption scandal to hit SA's Parliament" - Mkhwebane shares alleged bribe clips (video)

Brazzaville Foundation Bun

>>18860752 Jean-Yves Ollivier founded Brazzaville Foundation (video)

>>18860761 “Meet the Brazzaville Foundation: The royal-backed UK charity accused of ‘laundering’ the reputation of an oil-rich African autocrat

>>19032117 Brazzaville Foundation: Behind the African Peace Mission Between Kyiv and Moscow

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:51:20 78f3c8 No.19117475

BRICS Summit Bun

>>18988979 Ramaphosa expected to go to Moscow in an attempt to convince Putin to attend BRICS summit virtually (video)

>>18988989 BRICS expansion will accelerate creation of a new world order

>>18999696 BRICS Summit: Police Minister and SAPS high level delegation visit China

>>19002435 (from General Research) Macron asks for invitation to BRICS summit – media

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:51:37 78f3c8 No.19117478

Commodities Bun

>>18924452, >>18924456 Glencore Subsidiary Buys Sherwin Alumina at Bankruptcy Auction

>>18924464 Bribery Scandal To Cost Glencore $1.1 Billion, While Billionaire Execs Avoid Blame—For Now

>>18924675 Botswana says it is still keen on De Beers partnership, confident of new deal

>>18935782 Glencore to honour pre-existing Russia contracts, no new deals

>>19077312 Economic sabotage: Mantashe accuses Lesotho government after 31 illegal miners die in Free State mine (video)

Covid & Other Pestilence Bun

>>18842617 (from Canada #42) Secrets of Manufactured Consent

>>19064930 Covid Is Genocide - A Biological Warfare Crime - Dr. David Martin Speaks To The European Parliament (video)

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:51:50 78f3c8 No.19117482

Eskom Bun

>>18797342 Winter load shedding warning: From bad to worse – right back to bad

>>18797359, >>18797363 Andre de Ruyter to be served court papers in Germany: report (Parts 1&2)

>>18801277, >>18801280 South Africa prepares for Stage 9 load-shedding (Parts 1&2)

>>18810723 Jan Oberholzer discusses Jacques Pauw’s “distasteful article” [English Translation] (video)

>>18816313 “De Ruyter's claims on Eskom graft wild and untested" - News24 [Jacques Pauw] (video)

>>18816450, >>18816471, >>18816475 SA’s new third force poses a grave threat to democracy (Parts 1-3)

>>18816485 Ramaphosa deploys 900 soldiers to guard Eskom power stations

>>18819983, >>18819985 “Set aside Eskom judgment", says Pravin Gordhan (Parts 1&2)

>>18820086 SIU demands answers on appointment of intelligence operation by De Ruyter at Eskom

>>18826325 Eskom expected to implement up to Stage 10 load shedding

>>18826327 Agri SA bemoans impact of load shedding on Food Security

>>18826340 Countrywide blackout’: Botswana went dark on Monday

>>18826347 SASRIA will not pay claims related to grid failure (video)

>>18831021, >>18831026 MPs rap Eskom brass on the knuckles for forcing De Ruyter out instead of probing claims (Parts 1&2)

>>18835870, >>18835874 "Gordhan told De Ruyter to gather intelligence somehow," Scopa told (Parts 1&2; video)

>>19038831 Eskom rescues technicians from dangerous Joburg areas (video)

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:52:06 78f3c8 No.19117487

G4S Security Company Bun

>>18796453 “G4S vows to cooperate after contracts with DCS are terminated” due to the “the brazen prison escape of Thabo Bester” (video)

>>18796458 G4S: South Africa and History – Part 1

>>18796464 G4S: South Africa and History – Part 2

>>18796466 G4S: South Africa and History – Part 3

>>18796530 Public Private Partnerships of South Africa

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:52:19 78f3c8 No.19117488

Judge Meyer Joffe Bun

>>19110760 Judge Joffe goes out with a bang: Minutes after sentencing Jackie Selebi, he announced his retirement

>>19110853 Judge Joffe fights back: Defence's argument to have him recused from the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi

>>19111414 Judge Joffe was a presiding officer in the case of Thembekile Mankanyi, a South African gold miner, in his failed attempt to sue his employer AngloGold Ashanti

>>19111422 Meyer Joffe tipped for top job at judicial institution

>>19111427 Retired judge [Meyer Joffe] to lead inquiry into Gupta assets

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:52:46 78f3c8 No.19117492

Lady R Probe Bun

>>18830622 US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben E Brigety: “US had found that [Russian ship] Lady R was loaded with weapons.” (video)

>>18831050 Ramaphosa to appoint retired judge to probe Russian ship

>>18835928 US may have better insight about alleged weapons SA gave to Russia- Bruce (video)

>>18838646 (from General) 'It's a serious issue': White House responds to claims South Africa passed weapons to Russia

>>18846278 US ambassador to SA has ‘apologised unreservedly’: Dirco after demarche

>>18846288 SACP accuses Brigety of Reckless Behaviour due to his utterances (video)

>>18846309 U.S. accusation a veiled threat? (video)

>>18849431, >>18856532 US Unlikely To Sanction South Africa In Russia Weapons Dispute

>>18857412 U.S. says relationship with South Africa strong despite claim ally supplying arms to Russia

>>18860724, >>18860726 Russia denies weapons were loaded onto the Lady R (Parts 1&2)

>>18916772, >>18916821 DA reacts to appointment of panel to probe docking of Russian vessel (video)

>>18916821 Phineas Mojapelo to head Ramaphosa's panel into Russian vessel matter (video)

>>18982897, >>18982901 President Ramaphosa must expand Lady R probe to include Nato (Parts 1&2)

>>18989009 Secrecy surrounding Lady R probe questioned

Russia and Ukraine Bun

>>18835948 Why would Russia’s Kalashnikov make a NATO-friendly assault rifle? – AK-19

>>18835991 Cyril's Rubicon? RW Johnson on arms-to-Russia torpedo for SA's motor industry, AGOA, ARV supplies (video)

>>18860733 Joint Press Conference between PM Lee Hsien Loong and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (video)

>>18860752 Another “Plot for Peace”? Jean-Yves Ollivier founded Brazzaville Foundation (video)

>>19017513, >>19032638, >>19032970, >>19053808 Unapproved dangerous’ goods on plane spark diplomatic spat between Poland and South Africa (video)

>>19019972 (from General Research) Zelensky offers zero flexibility to African leaders

>>19032138, >>19032167 The arms dealer behind the African peace mission to Ukraine (Parts 1&2)

>>19032189 Yoweri K Museveni Tweet about African ‘peace mission’ meeting

>>19032601 Cyril Ramaphosa hails ‘historic’ Ukraine peace mission after talks (video)

>>19038359, >>19038362 Protection services delayed before Russia peace mission “due to aviation insurance exclusions” (Parts 1&2)

>>19038369 Ramaphosa’s plane “failed to get clearance to fly over Italian airspace”

>>19047814 (from General) NATO member threatens African aid cuts over support for Russia

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:53:24 78f3c8 No.19117497

Jackie Selebi Bun

>>19111438, >>19111485 Browse Mole report a ‘mixture of fact and fiction’

>>19111447 Cops obstruct Selebi investigation

>>19111495 Scorpions were disbanded in October 2008 (3 months after Selebi trial) and was unconstitutional

Violence and Crime Bun

>>18816337, >>18816392 Saps History – George Fivaz

>>18816405 Stratom: What it actually was and means

>>18819913 Wave of bombings hits Graskop and Hazyview

>>18856649 Cosatu – ‘Farmers rape and murder their workers’: HRC – ‘It’s not a human rights violation’

>>18856654 Maclear farmer (74) tortured for 13 hours – Attackers make themselves dinner

>>18935789 Second Major Railway Grinds To Halt In South Africa

>>18999686 SA Presidency acknowledges receipt of call for farm murder commission, eight farmers murdered in a week

>>18999691 Farm attacks and farm murders are being driven by false narratives

Webber Wentzel Bun

>>18916836 Webber Wentzel law firm (Part One)

>>18916842 Webber Wentzel law firm (Part Two)

>>18924629 Alessandra Berridge - Executive Vice-president, Commercial and Partnerships” at De Beers Group and was a partner at Webber Wentzel

>>19110660 Kebble, Agliotti and Selebi Timeline

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Anonymous 07/03/23 (Mon) 20:56:40 78f3c8 No.19117512

Notables are NOT Endorsements

passing 150

#11

>>18816521, >>18816539 National Health Insurance Plan for South Africa” (2009) – funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (video and .pdf)

>>18830125 Meet Dr Patrick Moore: Greenpeace co-founder who left the organisation hijacked by political left (video)

>>18830765 AfriForum wins order against Rand Water with costs

>>18846292, >>18846295, >>18846297 How South African weapons are fuelling war crimes in Yemen (Parts 1-3)

>>18916863, >>18916868, >>18924517, >>18924528 How Middlemen and Corporations Armed the Rwandan Genocide - Armcor

>>18935804, >>18935811 Solidarity to companies – you do not have the right to obey injustice (with .pdf)

>>18983193 ‘If this was about a bailout, they would be here’: Denel board snubs Scopa

>>18999706 US Cracks Down On Entities Training Chinese Pilots, Including Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group - South Africa mentioned

>>19017498, >>19017499, >>19017506 Parliament has passed NHI Bill

>>19027267 Another vote of no confidence for the new Johannesburg mayor scheduled for 20 June 2023

>>19032975, >>19038744 SA hosts high-level foreign delegations (video)

>>19064964 Okeefe Media Group: BlackRock Recruiter Who ‘Decides People’s Fate’ Says ‘War is Good for Business’ (video)

>>19064964 BlackRock Recruiter Who ‘Decides People’s Fate’ Says ‘War is Good for Business’ (video)

>>19117473 ANC Bun | Brazzaville Foundation Bun

>>19117475 BRICS Summit Bun

>>19117478 Commodities Bun | Covid & Other Pestilence Bun

>>19117482 Eskom Bun

>>19117487 G4S Security Company Bun

>>19117488 Judge Meyer Joffe Bun

>>19117492 Lady R Probe Bun | Russia and Ukraine Bun

>>19117497 Jackie Selebi Bun | Violence and Crime Bun | Webber Wentzel Bun

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Anonymous 07/05/23 (Wed) 12:06:11 d842e3 No.19126684

>>19110853

>“Judge Joffe fights back” – “defence's argument to have him recused from the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi “

Selebi’s attorney raised 3 issues to justify Judge Meyer Joffe’s recusal

“Selebi trial: Judge Joffe stands firm”

https://mg.co.za/article/2009-10-30-selebi-trial-judge-joffe-stands-firm/

30 OCT 2009

Earlier on Thursday, Cilliers listed the ways in which Selebi felt that Joffe had been biased against him. The first was that when Agliotti admitted to lying to the court Joffe did not raise the issue of the ”conduct of the prosecution” who ”had knowledge of the fact that their witness was lying”.

Cilliers’s next point was that chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel and his prosecuting team withheld important documents from the defence, which they then included in a bundle they had handed to Joffe.

”The prosecution acted with ulterior motive … they manipulated the evidence,” said Cilliers. ”You did not raise how it came about that the documents were put in that bundle.”

Joffe, appearing to be nearing the end of his tether, asked Cilliers: ”Mr Cilliers, how long have you been senior counsel? If you felt hard done by by Mr Nel’s conduct, why didn’t you tell me? I would’ve dealt with it. Why do you put it at my door and not raise it yourself … I’m being taken to task for not chastising Mr Nel. I’m putting it to you, why didn’t you raise the objection?”

The third issue revolved around a controversial City Press article of two weeks ago, which described a video that had been leaked to the newspaper by an unknown source. Joffe had not allowed Cilliers to complete cross-examining Agliotti on the article.

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Anonymous 07/05/23 (Wed) 12:22:39 d842e3 No.19126722

>>19126684

>The third issue revolved around a controversial City Press article of two weeks ago, which described a video that had been leaked to the newspaper by an unknown source. Joffe had not allowed Cilliers to complete cross-examining Agliotti on the article.

“Judge [Meyer Joffe] suggests City Press be investigated on Selebi tape”

https://www.news24.com/News24/Judge-suggests-City-Press-be-investigated-on-Selebi-tape-20150430

20 Oct 2009

SOUTH Gauteng High Court Judge Meyer Joffe has suggested that City Press be investigated on how it obtained a secret recording of a meeting Glenn Agliotti had with National intelligence Agency last year.

The meeting, held at a Sandton hotel on 4 January 2008, shows that Agliotti requested a meeting with then acting police crime intelligence head Mulangi Mphego because he had information he wanted to share with him.

Giving his testimony in the trial of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi, Agliotti had told the court that Mphego – who was at the January 4 meeting – requested a meeting with him which was held three days later.

However, video evidence seen by City Press reporters revealed that it was Agliotti – and not Mphego as the court heard – who requested the meeting.

In the video Agliotti said: “Look there are some things that I left out in the statement that I want to share with you. This is my brother (pointing at Mphego), and I’m willing to meet him again. You are a very busy man Mr Manzini. I really want to meet with Mphegs.”

Agliotti has testified that he met with NIA’s then-director general Manala Manzini and his deputy, Arthur Fraser, because he wanted a “better deal” for himself to stop his prosecution for the murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble.

Today Selebi’s lawyer, Jaap Cilliers, had begun asking Agliotti about the City Press article when state advocate Gerrie Nel objected, saying the witness could not be cross-examined on information contained in a newspaper. But Judge Joffe allowed Agliotti to answer a question on whether he remembered requesting the meeting with Mphego.

“It was later at night, I cannot remember or confirm. The only thing I can remember is that there was an arrangement for a meeting with Mphego,” Agliotti said.

When further questioning based on the article ensued, Nel objected and Cilliers suggested that, based on the City Press article, there was a video in existence which should be traced.

Judge Joffe said that the City Press reporter, Jackie Mapiloko, should be investigated on how she obtained the tape because “it is clear that someone is trying to improperly influence the court by leaking information” to the newspaper.

https://mg.co.za/article/2009-10-20-a-third-force-at-work-in-selebi-trial/

Cilliers maintained that the video was pivotal, as it will show Agliotti as a witness lacking credibility. ”The witness misled you when he tried to indicate how this meeting came about … The witness clearly stated in his evidence in chief how the January 4 and January 7 statements came about. This clearly contradicts his version.”

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Anonymous 07/05/23 (Wed) 12:24:07 d842e3 No.19126731

“AN APPLICATION BY ZIMBABWE MINING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF STUART ISAACS, SC AND MR. JUSTICE MEYER JOFEE AS ARBITRATORS”

https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/judgment/zmsc/2018/581/eng@2018-01-12/source

Below are excerpts

APPEAL NO. 208/2014

SCZ/8/207/2014

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ZAMBIA

HOLDEN AT KABWE

AMAPLAT MAURITUIS LIMITED 1 st APPELLANT

AMARI NICKEL HOLDINGS ZIMBABWE LIMITED 2nd APPELLANT

STAURT ISAACS, SC 3rd APPELLANT

MR. JUSTICE MEYER JOFEE 4™ APPELLANT

and

ZIMBABWE MINING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RESPONDENT

By a letter dated 22nd November 2010, Amaplat and Amari disputed ZMDC’s entitlement to terminate the MoUs and insisted that they remained legally binding.

The MoUs had arbitration clauses. As a result, Amaplat and Amari referred the matter to the International Court of I Arbitration (ICA) for arbitration. The ICA set up an arbitral Tribunal in terms of the Rules of that Court. The 3rd Appellant in the| first matter, Mr Stuart Isaacs, QC of the United Kingdom was nominated by the United Kingdom ICC National Committee as Chairman. The 4th Appellant in the first matter, Justice Meyer Joffe of South Africa, was nominated by Amaplat and Amari as co-arbitrator. Mr James Prince Mutizwa of Zimbabwe was nominated by ZMDC as co-arbitrator. On the 12th of May 2011, the ICA appointed Lusaka, Zambia as the seat of arbitration. Despite this, the matter was set down for hearing in Cape Town, South Africa, from the 13th of August to the 24th of August 2012.

The hearing commenced in Cape Town. ZMDC was suspicious of some of the questions posed by Judge Joffe to an Amaplat witness. They asked Judge Joffe to recuse himself. They also asked Mr. Stuart Isaacs, QC, to recuse himself, after he refused to determine a jurisdictional challenge brought by ZMDC. On the 27th of September 2012, the ICA dismissed the application asking Judge Joffe and Mr. Isaacs to recuse themselves.

1. A declaration that Judge Joffe and Mr. Stuart Isaacs, QC have conducted themselves in a manner that raised doubts as to their impartiality and that they demonstrated biasness or a perception of biasness;

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Anonymous 07/05/23 (Wed) 13:01:50 d842e3 No.19126855

>>19126722

>Agliotti has testified that he met with NIA’s then-director general Manala Manzini and his deputy, Arthur Fraser, because he wanted a “better deal” for himself to stop his prosecution for the murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble.

>>19126684

>a video that had been leaked to the newspaper

In both trials, they have the same players and leaked videos. Coincidence?

Even Judge Meyer Joffe came out of retirement to address the Gupta assets. >>19111427

Remember, the Zondo Commission and the media pushed the narrative; “South Africa's Jacob Zuma would do anything for the Guptas - Zondo report” - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61269603

>>19111438

>When he read the final version [Browse Mole Report] in June/July he became angry and thought that ”if there was a time that Mr McCarthy was going to leave the DSO, it was going to be that time”.

>It had clearly been produced by someone who had contact with ”old apartheid structures of intelligence”, he said, and not a single member of the DSO had the capacity to produce it.

>He believes it is because of the Selebi investigation.

>>19111447

>Police and National Intelligence Agency leaders appear to be waging a war of attrition against the National Prosecuting Authority and the Scorpions.

>Mokotedi Mpshe

Same players seen in both Selebi and Zuma’s trials

https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/2021-09-14-justice-malala-how-ramaphosa-created-the-arthur-fraser-monster/

14 September 2021

He [Jacob Zuma] was in fine fettle as he defied the law for days until he was taken in by his security detail at midnight on July 7. Until that day the man could offer a lusty rendition of Awulethe Umshini Wami (Bring Me My Machine Gun) at the drop of a hat.

The only long-term illness Zuma suffers from is an aversion to facing the law, getting his day in court and answering allegations against him linked to the arms deal and his role in state capture. To evade the law, Zuma will do absolutely anything, including what his benefactor Schabir Shaik did over 10 years ago — faking it.

No-one should be surprised by the arrogant announcement on Tuesday evening by Arthur Fraser, the correctional services commissioner and former director-general of state security during Zuma’s presidency, that he had overruled a recommendation that his former boss should not be released on medical parole.

We all knew that Zuma was going to walk the minute he was taken to the Estcourt prison. Why? Because Fraser, who oversaw every detail of the destruction of the state security agency that has been detailed at the Zondo commission, was in charge of the prisons service – and he has delivered for his former boss before.

Remember that the Mail & Guardian newspaper told us back in 2009 that the leaked secret recordings of conversations between former Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy and others, which Mokotedi Mpshe used to (wrongly) justify his dropping of corruption charges against Zuma, were leaked by Fraser. [Did Fraser also leak the Selebi recording?]

Giving Zuma a “get out of jail free” card for the second time was a cinch.

Ramaphosa’s ‘unity’ to blame

So what does this all mean?

No matter how anyone looks at it, the state capture cabal has won a significant victory. Ask any ordinary citizen today and they will tell you that in SA, there is nothing like the concept of “equal before the law”.

Indeed, many would declare that we are in full-on Animal Farm mode and that there is no equality across the entire society.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s belief that it is his job to keep the ANC united is at the heart of the problem. Fraser should have been showed the door as soon as Zuma was out of power. Instead, Ramaphosa shifted him to correctional services.

Tolerating crooks

Unity should not mean tolerance of criminality — but Ramaphosa has largely allowed the criminal element in the ANC to hang around. There is merit in keeping one’s enemies close, but there is no merit in giving them the space to undermine your administration and your country.

We know now that the July riots were orchestrated from the heart of the intelligence structures [soon after Zuma handed himself over to the police].

We know this because Ramaphosa fired the state security minister and brought the intelligence portfolio into his office, with an instruction to former minister Sydney Mufamadi to clean house. He didn’t do this for fun — it was because his initial play of leaving the intelligence structures in the hands of Zuma-ites was used against him [or the intelligence has full control of the country now and are running it].

Consider the secretary-general’s office at the ANC head office. Walking into that office was like stepping into the living room at the Gupta family home: it was a hotbed of Zuma acolytes.

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Anonymous 07/06/23 (Thu) 20:48:55 d9322e No.19134522

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

“WATCH | Motorist viciously assaulted by members of police's VIP Unit” - https://youtu.be/Uj_QP2DX1Bg

“SANDF union reveals how N1 highway assault victims were pushed off the road by VIP ‘blue light bullies’”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/sandf-union-reveals-how-n1-highway-assault-victims-were-pushed-off-the-road-by-vip-blue-light-bullies-fa125f31-4b95-4f3c-af7a-38f6ea5b3859

Published Jul 5, 2023

The SA National Defence Union has shed some light on the circumstances that led to the three men seen being brutally assaulted by a group of six VIP protection officers this week, saying they were pushed off the road and firearms were pointed at them while driving on the N1 highway in Joburg.

The union's secretary, Pikkie Greeff said the three victims - who are all attached to the SANDF - were boxed in and aggressively pushed to the side of the road by the VIP officers who were driving in two police-owned BMW X5s.

The VIP officers have since been revealed to be attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile, although he was not present in any of the cars when the incident took place earlier this week.

Greeff said one of the victims was a member of the union, while two others were still military trainees.

Greeff said the soldiers were travelling from Johannesburg to Pretoria when the incident, which has caused national fury against the blue lights brigade, occurred.

He said at least one of the VIP police officers pointed a firearm at the victims while they were being pushed off the road in their blue VW Polo with NKR (Ladysmith) licence plates.

He explained that the victims were boxed in by more SUVs and forced to stop on the left lane of the N1 freeway before being brutally assaulted and kicked.

Video of the incident showed the VIP officers attempting to smash the windscreen of the victims' car, upon failing to smash the windscreen, they broke the rear window and assaulted them as they lay on the ground.

The police watchdog, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) had interviewed the soldiers on Tuesday, and advised them not to speak to SAPS officers, while the Ipid investigation continues.

Ipid confirmed on Wednesday that it had opened a case of assault, malicious damage to property and pointing of a firearm against the SAPS VIP officers, at the Sandton Police Station.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe told television news channel eNCA that Ipid was leading the criminal investigation against the officers and they supported the Ipid investigation.

SAPS was also instituting its own internal disciplinary investigation on the matter.

Mathe said four VIP members involved in the incident had been identified and served with letters expressing an intention to suspend. She said they were expected to provide reasons as to why they should not be suspended.

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Anonymous 07/06/23 (Thu) 21:16:02 d9322e No.19134665

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“Adv. Paul Hoffman on Phala Phala report”

https://youtu.be/_6B3hcw5kPU

Jul 3, 2023

A report by Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that President Cyril Ramaphosa didn't violate the Executive Ethics Code in relation to the Phala Phala theft. Some opposition parties are now planning to challenge the findings, which have been described as illogical. Constitutional law expert Adv. Paul Hoffman says Gcaleka could have done better on the report.

“Acting public protector denies Phala Phala report was a 'whitewash'”

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-07-06-acting-public-protector-denies-phala-phala-report-was-a-whitewash/

06 July 2023 - 08:30

“I am confident the court would not find us biased. I am not worried that any malice would be found in the manner in which this report has been investigated.”

Unfazed acting public protector Kholeka Gcaleka said this as opposition parties threaten court action against her office’s report that found President Cyril Ramaphosa did not misuse state resources in the Phala Phala scandal.

The public protector investigated whether Ramaphosa had violated the executive ethics code for cabinet members and whether he abused state resources after millions of US dollars were stolen from his game farm in Limpopo in February 2020.

“The allegation that the president abused his power in using state resources by causing the PPS [presidential protection services] to be deployed to Phala Phala farm and to investigate a housebreaking with the intent to steal and theft at the said farm is not substantiated,” the report read [https://www.pprotect.org/sites/default/files/legislation_report/Phala%20Phala%20Final%20Report.pdf].

Speaking on Newsroom Afrika, Gcaleka said the report by her office was not biased in protection of Ramaphosa.

“This report has been well thought out. I am confident that this is a matter in which the public protector would not be found to have been biased, or to have dealt with the matter in an unbecoming manner.

“The court might arrive at a different decision — that is really up to the court but we are confident that we have done the best we could in line with the law,” she said.

The advocate said the report did not clear Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing relating to claims of the US dollars sale being fraudulent.

She said this was for the Hawks’ criminal investigation.

Gcaleka said her office did not investigate the sale transaction further as it was of a private entity and did not fall under her office’s mandate.

“We have made no findings on those matters. The president has not been cleared on whether there was anything untoward in respect of this particular transaction,” she said.

The EFF, DA , ATM and ActionSA have called for the report to be reviewed and set aside as they accused Gcaleka of protecting Ramaphosa.

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Anonymous 07/06/23 (Thu) 21:23:02 d9322e No.19134701

“Zuma 'likely' to appeal ruling against the private prosecution of Ramaphosa”

https://ewn.co.za/2023/07/06/zuma-likely-to-appeal-ruling-against-the-private-prosecution-of-ramaphosa

06 July 2023 06:51

JOHANNESBURG - It looks like former president Jacob Zuma will be appealing the Johannesburg High Court's ruling to set aside his private prosecution of President Cyril Ramphosa.

In December, on the eve of the African National Congress’s (ANC) national elective conference, Zuma instituted a private prosecution against Ramaphosa.

He accused him of being an accessory after the fact to contraventions of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Act, which he further accused State advocate Billy Downer of in a separate private prosecution.

This was because Ramaphosa had, according to Zuma, at least, failed to act on a complaint against Downer.

However, the court on Wednesday set aside the private prosecution as unlawful and unconstitutional.

Spokesperson for the Jacob Zuma Foundation Mzwanele Manyi said the former president’s legal team was studying the judgment and a way forward would be announced in due course.

In June, the Pietermaritzburg High Court set aside Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer and Karyn Maughan and Zuma has since lodged an appeal against the ruling.

“The likelihood is that this matter, too, will be appealed,” Manyi said.

If that happened, he said, the two appeals would likely be referred to the Supreme Court of Appeal and heard together, depending on what the court said.

In the meantime, Manyi said they believed their prospects of success were “more than good”.

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Anonymous 07/07/23 (Fri) 21:07:43 72024b No.19140862

>>19126731

Amari Holdings vs Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC)

“Zim assets face seizure”

https://www.newsday.co.zw/business/article/49900/zim-assets-face-seizure

Dec. 23, 2019

Companies linked to British Virgin Islands-based Amari Holdings won the right to seize assets worth US$65,9 million in compensation for Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC)’s cancellation of nickel and platinum ventures formed in 2007 and 2008.

The ruling by the International Court of Arbitration was made after a hearing in Lusaka, Zambia.

The development comes at a difficult time for Zimbabwe, with the government forecasting the economy will contract 6,5% this year because of crippling foreign-currency, fuel, wheat and power shortages. The State is seeking to convince investors from Cyprus, South Africa, Russia and Nigeria to spend billions of dollars developing its platinum reserves, the world’s third-largest. It’s also rich in gold, chrome and iron ore.

The dispute arose over plans Amari had to develop mines in Zimbabwe. The company formed platinum and nickel ventures with ZMDC that were 50% and 45% owned by the state company respectively.

Zimbabwe’s assertion that the deals were not appropriately approved by ZMDC officials and the Mines minister were rejected by the court.

Amari will seek to seize fixed assets owned by Zimbabwe and ZMDC both in the country and elsewhere and may also target shipments of diamonds and tobacco, Small-Smith said.

Amari was founded by Mike Nunn, the South African mining entrepreneur who established Tanzanite One Ltd to exploit the blue precious stone found only in Tanzania.

https://www.offshorealert.com/amaplat-mauritius-ltd-et-al-v-zimbabwe-mining-development-corporation-et-al-amended-complaint/

MAY 24, 2023

Amaplat Mauritius Ltd. et al v. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation et al: Amended Complaint

Amended Complaint “to recognize and enforce the judgment of the High Court of Zambia, at the Commercial Registry at Lusaka, dated August 9, 2019 … in favor of Plaintiffs and against Defendants Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation and the Chief Mining Commissioner, Ministry of Mines of Zimbabwe” in Amaplat Mauritius Ltd. and Amari Nickel Holdings Zimbabwe Ltd., both of Mauritius v. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, The Chief Mining Commissioner, Ministry of Mines of Zimbabwe, and the Republic of Zimbabwe at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Anonymous 07/07/23 (Fri) 21:09:15 72024b No.19140873

File: 33fdc41f22b1620⋯.jpg (16.84 KB,413x516,413:516,brd_michael_nunn.jpg)

>>19140862

>Amari was founded by Mike Nunn, the South African mining entrepreneur who established Tanzanite One Ltd to exploit the blue precious stone found only in Tanzania.

Michael Nunn – Non-Executive Director of Kropz

https://www.kropz.com/about-us/board

Non-Executive Director

Michael (Mike) Nunn is a South African mining entrepreneur and investor. Mike has founded and developed various businesses related to the mining industry in Africa. Mike is widely recognised as being the pioneer of the global tanzanite industry and was the founder of TanzaniteOne. Subsequent to his involvement in tanzanite, Mike established Amari in 2005, where he developed multiple mining businesses in various sub-Saharan African countries. Mike established Kropz in 2012 with the objective of developing a world class fertiliser business with a sub-Saharan African focus. Mike sits on the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

https://www.kropz.com/about-us/who-we-are

Kropz is an AIM-listed, Africa-based company focused on responsible rock phosphate exploration, mining and processing.

Solidly backed by its cornerstone investor, African Rainbow Capital [Patrice Motsepe], the company’s objective is to secure quality resources across the continent, to initially supply the global fertiliser industry with phosphate feedstock, supporting the invaluable contribution of this to agriculture and thus to food security worldwide.

In the short term, Kropz expects to begin production from its Elandsfontein project on South Africa’s west coast in Q4 2021, taking advantage of the current buoyant prices, together with the company’s access to excellent shipping routes to major international markets. Traders have already been appointed to market Elandsfontein’s production.

In the medium term, in line with its mission to become a significant contributor to greater food production to help feed Sub-Saharan Africa’s growing population, the company plans to augment Elandsfontein’s production with that from its Hinda Project in the Republic of Congo. There is potential to blend streams from the two to meet specific market requirements.

Together, Elandsfontein and Hinda could contribute 4-5% of the internationally traded rock phosphate market.

Our mission is to set a new standard in the green mining of fertiliser feed minerals and to develop a world class plant nutrient fertiliser production and distribution capacity that will meaningfully contribute towards feeding sub-Saharan Africa for generations to come.

https://www.kropz.com/environment-social-governance/esg

The company does so, recognising, delivering on and reporting about its environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsibilities and accountabilities.

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Anonymous 07/07/23 (Fri) 21:18:13 72024b No.19140923

>>19140873

>The company [Kropz] does so, recognising, delivering on and reporting about its environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsibilities and accountabilities.

>>18935795

>The proposed regulations are seen as the DWS’s most radical and sweeping effort to date toward changing the demographics with respect to water use in South Africa. The agricultural and forestry sectors appear to be the primary target of the proposed regulations. The agricultural sector accounts for approximately 60% of South Africa’s total water use. It is worth noting that the proposed regulations exempt mining companies, the state and state-owned entities, as well as 100% black-owned entities.

“Cape High Court to STOP KROPZ from further dewatering Elandsfontein aquifer for a dormant mine . . .” - 1 of 2

http://www.weskusontheline.co.za/2017/10/11/cape-high-court-stop-kropz-dewatering-elandsfontein-aquifer-dormant-mine/

OCTOBER 11, 2017

First it was tanzanite mining king Mike Nunn’s controversial Elandsfontein Exploration and Mining (EEM) company that applied for mining rights to access the sedimentary phosphate on a piece of farmland adjacent to the West Coast National Park. No sooner did they get the mining licence (in a most suspicious way) or the company changed its name overnight to KROPZ and launched a major marketing campaign with double spread “green” advertisements promising to fertilize the entire African continent . . .

The next moment it stated that the phosphate is actually earmarked for international markets in Asia, Brazil or Australia . . . and long before an environmental impact study was completed or a water use licence was granted, a multi-million rand infrastructure was erected in record-time on the Elandsfontein aquifer. This came despite public outrage and several pending court applications lodged by the West Coast Environmental Protection Association (WCEPA) in an attempt to save the sensitive environment and lagoon from an “illegal” mine that threatens the entire region’s underground water network . An investigation by Carte Blanche confirmed the irregularities and inconsistencies in the granting of the mining rights.

During the Easter holiday (April 2017) the Water Use Licence (WUL) was finally granted . . . against all odds and despite the worst drought in more than a century in the West Coast. In August the entire mining project was suddenly iced for an indefinite, extended period due to “technical, market, and regulatory problems” although the dewatering of the mine continued. Meanwhile persistent rumours prevail that the temporary delay is just the calm before the storm and that KROPZ is secretly attempting to extend its mining activities to sections within the West Coast National Park.

This fuelled the WCEPA into renewed action, and this week the environmental association filed an urgent interdict application to stop Kropz from unlawfully dewatering the Elandsfontein aquifer for a dormant mine.

The media release and attached court papers read as follows:

The West Coast Environmental Protection Association (WCEPA), represented by environmental law firm,Cullinans and Associates, this week launched an urgent interdict application in the Cape Town High Court against Kropz Elandsfontein (Pty) Ltd (Kropz) to stop the mining company from continuing to unlawfully dewater and recharge the Elandsfontein aquifer – a critical water source situated on the water stressed West Coast – while the mine’s water use licence (WUL) is suspended.

Kropz’s controversial Elandsfontein phosphate mine is located in the aquifer and borders the West Coast National Park, which includes the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area. Impacts on the 5 to 10 million year old aquifer have not been properly assessed by the mine, and may affect the Langebaan Lagoon, a Ramsar site and wetland of international importance; a significant tourist attraction; and a water body on which many scale fishers depend. The mining site cuts through a biodiverse and climate change resilient corridor which was earmarked for inclusion in the West Coast National Park, and the Lagoon is also one of the most sensitive biodiversity regions along the coast of Africa. The fact that the Lagoon is surrounded by the 32,000 hectare National Park makes it unique.

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Anonymous 07/07/23 (Fri) 21:18:32 72024b No.19140927

>>19140923

“Cape High Court to STOP KROPZ from further dewatering Elandsfontein aquifer for a dormant mine . . .” – 2 of 2

http://www.weskusontheline.co.za/2017/10/11/cape-high-court-stop-kropz-dewatering-elandsfontein-aquifer-dormant-mine/

OCTOBER 11, 2017

WCEPA’s urgent interdict application follows soon after it emerged that Kropz has twice alluded to SANParks executive committee members that it may request to have sections of the West Coast National Park deproclaimed in order to extend its operations into the Park; and that it had also approached the Department of Mineral Resources in this regard.

Kropz managed to obtain a mining right in January 2015 and was granted a WUL in April 2017. The WUL is currently under appeal to the Water Tribunal by the WCEPA, meaning that it is suspended by operation of law under the National Water Act. This renders Kropz’s continued dewatering and artificial recharging of the aquifer unlawful, and a criminal offence under the National Water Act and National Environmental Management Act.

Walter Anderson, Senior Associate at Cullinans & Associates, says: “The National Water Act provides that a water use licence is automatically suspended as soon as an appeal to the Water Tribunal is lodged. Kropz continues to dewater the aquifer despite having knowledge of the appeal suspending its WUL, and despite not having challenged the validity of the appeal in the tribunal or court. Kropz’s wilful and unlawful flouting of the principle of legality leaves WCEPA with no option but to approach the courts for urgent relief, in the public interest.”

Patrice Motsepe’s [President Cyril Ramaphosa’s brother-in-law] African Rainbow Capital owns a 25% share in the Elandsfontein mine, which is an initiative of the former Zimbabwean mining entrepreneur, Mike Nunn.

Read the court papers here (copy and paste into url):

https://email.mweb.co.za/service/home/~/?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=69956&part=2

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Anonymous 07/07/23 (Fri) 21:34:26 72024b No.19141022

File: 3d3661ba9055164⋯.jpg (15.09 KB,413x516,413:516,brd_lord_robin_renwick.jpg)

File: 8037248d669b5cf⋯.jpg (90.79 KB,870x754,15:13,Renwick_Malema_Hersov.JPG)

File: cf4b014f235eaea⋯.jpg (274.14 KB,1412x820,353:205,marianne_renwick_subbedm1.jpg)

File: c39b88f92113319⋯.jpg (52.22 KB,384x723,128:241,Robin_Renwick_Zweli_Mkhize.JPG)

>>19140873

>>19140923

Interesting to find Renwick on the board.

Lord Robin Renwick – Chairman of Kropz

https://www.kropz.com/about-us/board

Chairman

Lord Robin Renwick of Clifton is a former diplomat and served as British Ambassador to South Africa and the United States. He served subsequently as Deputy Chairman of the merchant bank Robert Fleming, then for fifteen years as Deputy Chairman of J.P. Morgan Europe. He has served on many boards including BHP Billiton, Fluor Corporation, SABMiller, British Airways and Harmony Gold [Patrice Motsepe]. He is currently a director of Stonehage Fleming and Senior Adviser to Richemont [Johann Rupert]. Lord Renwick chairs the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and sits on the Audit, Risk and Sustainability Committee.

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Anonymous 07/09/23 (Sun) 12:58:17 bf6b77 No.19149332

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>>19134522

“Ban the blue light mafia - Ian Cameron” - https://youtu.be/1Wt9jGHlSnQ [Jul 4, 2023]

“Motorists assaulted by VIP police allegedly prohibited by SANDF from speaking out”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/motorists-assaulted-by-vip-police-allegedly-prohibited-by-sandf-from-speaking-out-breaking-news-08-july-2023/

08-07-2023 11:16

The motorists assaulted by the police’s VIP unit on the N1 have allegedly been prohibited by SANDF to speak to anyone about the attack.

SANDF allegedly prohibited the motorists assaulted by VIP police on N1 from speaking out about the attack.

THE MOTORISTS WHO WERE ASSAULTED BY VIP POLICE ARE ALLEGEDLY PROHIBITED FROM SPEAKING OUT

Civil organisation Action Society is representing one of the victims in civil litigation to be pursued against the police.

The motorists who were assaulted by the police’s VIP unit on the N1 in Johannesburg have allegedly been prohibited by their employer, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), to speak to anyone about the attack unless a general is present.

The organisation’s Ian Cameron told the media this alleged order remained “even after hours in their personal capacity.”

According to reports, Action Society’s legal representative, Daniël Eloff, has challenged this order, saying it was an attempt to curtail the victims’ right to freedom of expression.

“In terms of South African law and the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the SANDF has no jurisdiction to inhibit the victims or any individual from expressing their views or recounting their experiences outside of work hours and off military premises,” Eloff said.

“More importantly, one would expect the upper echelons of the defence force to stand by its members, supporting them in their time of need rather than aiding in the protection of the alleged assailants from the SAPS VIP Unit.

“The truth must be brought to light, and the victims have every right to bring their personal experiences into public view.”

THE OCCUPANTS OF THE BLUE POLO INITIALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE BEING HIJACKED

This comes after the occupants of the blue Volkswagen Polo initially thought they were being hijacked, as the VIP officers had allegedly tried to ram them off the road.

Forcing the Polo to a stop on the side of the highway, several officers allegedly got out and tried to break the driver’s window with an assault rifle, according to Cameron.

In a video shared on social media, the men can be seen being dragged from the Polo.

A VIDEO OF THE ASSAULT WAS SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA

At least two of the VIP members start kicking the men as they lie on the ground.

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Anonymous 07/09/23 (Sun) 14:06:47 bf6b77 No.19149620

“Carping Point: There are so many things we will never know about that Ukraine trip”

https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/carping-point-there-are-so-many-things-we-will-never-know-about-that-ukraine-trip-4b36b922-9e99-4db2-b33b-416548c078cb

Published Jun 24, 2023

Johannesburg - And so, the SAA Airbus returned to OR Tambo, with its John Wick manifest of bodyguards and a handful of hacks who’d gone to cover President Cyril Ramaphosa’s peace mission to Ukraine and Russia. The aircraft eventually got as far Poland, being grounded in Warsaw where it remained, until the talks were over and it flew back.

Ironically, Ramaphosa managed to get to Kyiv and then to St Petersburg where, by most accounts, he was resolute and unequivocal with President Vladimir Putin. But who knows? Putin apparently ordered the live feed stopped just after Cyril the Meek made his opening remarks.

The ongoing war won’t be stopped overnight – and the African bid is just one of many, including the Vatican, that are trying to get the two countries to the table to start speaking. History reminds us though that everyone said the same about ending apartheid in South Africa. In the end it was a host of different events and initiatives, in which the non-aligned African states played quite a considerable role in breaking the impasse.

The biggest lessons for Ramaphosa, who wasn’t stuck on a stationary aircraft with rapidly filling chemical toilets for more than 26 hours, will have been salutary. Notwithstanding his own access to generators and load-shedding exemptions, it will have been interesting for him to learn that a country in the grip of a vicious war and subject to almost daily artillery and rocket barrages actually has electricity.

It would have been novel for him to ride on a train from one country into another – apparently the only safe way to Kyiv from Poland – on infrastructure that has withstood 15 months of war when Transnet has been rendered almost wholly dysfunctional under almost 30 years of the ANC and entire rail networks have been destroyed and/or built over.

Perhaps the most significant lesson would have been that he was safe in two capitals of countries at war, while his 120 protectors were stuck back in a third country, along with 13 crates of unspecified arms and material that spooked the Poles.

What was in those crates? We’ll probably never know, just as we won’t know what was loaded onto Lady R or if the US faked the moon landings on Area 51. We won’t know either why the President has put his safety in the hands of Wally Rhoode. Nominally a major general in the police, Rhoode never served as a police officer. It’s a bit like appointing a fan of Masterchef as the executive chef of a five-star hotel, when the only culinary skill they’ve mastered is the TV remote.

Rhoode appears to have been the architect of last week’s VIP protection shambles, ignoring advice from professionals in the Department of Defence and Dirco. In a way it’s not that surprising, not if you look at how he handled the Phala Phala scandal. That was obviously just a taster of things to come. The mind boggles about what the President’s “protector” could achieve on his next attempt.

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Anonymous 07/09/23 (Sun) 16:48:13 734ce2 No.19150447

>>19140862

>Companies linked to British Virgin Islands-based Amari Holdings won the right to seize assets worth US$65,9 million in compensation for Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC)’s cancellation of nickel and platinum ventures formed in 2007 and 2008.

>>19140873

>Mike established Amari in 2005, where he developed multiple mining businesses in various sub-Saharan African countries. Mike established Kropz in 2012

>>19140923

>>19140927

>>19141022

>Chairman of Kropz

>Lord Robin Renwick of Clifton is a former diplomat and served as British Ambassador to South Africa and the United States.

>>19126731

>The ICA set up an arbitral Tribunal in terms of the Rules of that Court. The 3rd Appellant in the| first matter, Mr Stuart Isaacs, QC of the United Kingdom was nominated by the United Kingdom ICC National Committee as Chairman. The 4th Appellant in the first matter, Justice Meyer Joffe of South Africa, was nominated by Amaplat and Amari as co-arbitrator. Mr James Prince Mutizwa of Zimbabwe was nominated by ZMDC as co-arbitrator. On the 12th of May 2011, the ICA appointed Lusaka, Zambia as the seat of arbitration. Despite this, the matter was set down for hearing in Cape Town, South Africa, from the 13th of August to the 24th of August 2012.

Both Amaplat Mauritius Ltd and Amari Nickel Holdings Zimbabwe Ltd have the same address in Mauritius

https://jusmundi.com/en/document/pdf/other/en-amaplat-mauritius-limited-amari-nickel-holdings-zimbabwe-limited-v-zimbabwe-mining-development-corporation-the-chief-mining-commissioner-ministry-of-mines-zimbabwe-expert-opinion-of-michael-m-mundashi-friday-16th-september-2022

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civil Action No. l-22-cv-0058-CRC

Amaplat Mauritius Ltd., c/o CKLB International Management Ltd., P.O. Box 80, Felix House, 24 Dr. Joseph Riviere Street, Port Louis 11602, Mauritius;

and

Amari Nickel Holdings Zimbabwe Ltd., c/o CKLB International Management Ltd., P.O. Box 80, Felix House, 24 Dr. Joseph Riviere Street, Port Louis 11602, Mauritius,

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Anonymous 07/09/23 (Sun) 16:51:59 734ce2 No.19150466

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>>19150447

Then watch and read this.

“How Zim political bigwig illegally moved funds to London”

https://youtu.be/0il6qAcZMow

A joint report by investigative organisation The Sentry, and non-profit organisation, Open Secrets, has revealed how Zimbabwean presidential advisor, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, illegally moved funds to London. It is alleged that South African and Mauritians played a critical role in assisting Tagwirei to move the millions. Head of Research at Open Secrets, Michael Marchant explains these findings.

“PRESS RELEASE| Fronts, False Invoices, and Offshore Financial Façades Raise Questions About Tagwirei Mine Purchase” – South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Cayman Islands, United Kingdom

https://www.opensecrets.org.za/press-release-fronts-false-invoices-and-offshore-financial-facades/

July 6, 2023

Below are excerpts

A joint investigative report by The Sentry and Open Secrets exposes how Zimbabwean presidential advisor and business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, the subject of numerous corruption allegations, was able to move suspect funds from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to the City of London using a combination of fronts, apparently false invoices, and offshore financial façades.

The report, “Fronts, Fakes, and Façades: How South African and Mauritian Enablers Helped Move Millions from Zimbabwe to Britain” focuses on three payments that secured Tagwirei’s purchase of two Zimbabwean mines—Bindura Nickel and Freda Rebecca Gold Mine. Tagwirei, already surrounded by corruption allegations at the time of the deal, sought to create an offshore empire built on Zimbabwean mining.

Tagwirei’s deal may not have been possible without enablers—South African company directors, a Mauritian management company agent, a Cayman Islands investment fund, banks in numerous jurisdictions, and the company administrators in the United Kingdom—that, wittingly or unwittingly, facilitated Tagwirei’s purchase of the two mines. Many of these actors knew that Tagwirei was behind the deal. Some designed structures that had the effect of obscuring his involvement. Others had enough information that they should have suspected he was involved and asked appropriate questions.

Michael Marchant, Head of Investigations at Open Secrets, said: “The role of professionals around the globe in facilitating dubious money flows, whether knowingly or unknowingly, is a key contributor to the outflow of resources from poor countries like Zimbabwe to rich ones like the United Kingdom. It is essential that we see swift and effective action by regulators to hold these enablers to account.”

The investigative report reveals how Tagwirei used Sotic International, a Mauritian company that documents suggest was his front, to buy the mines for $29.5 million (R431 million, £23 million) from ASA Resource Group (ASA), a bankrupt firm that was being run by British company administrators Duff & Phelps (now known as Kroll). These purchases were made in three payments with each stage involving behavior that raises questions:

• Sotic’s Zimbabwean subsidiary, Landela Investments, obtained hard currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) at a favorable exchange rate when cashing in a $60 million portion of a large Treasury Bill given to Tagwirei’s company, Sakunda Holdings, with Landela telling the RBZ that some of the funds were needed to buy Bindura Nickel.

• To get money into Mauritius from Zimbabwe for Sotic’s second £12 million payment, South African directors created invoices for exports that could not be found in Zimbabwe’s official customs records, raising questions as to whether trade misinvoicing, a technique commonly used in trade-based money laundering, had occurred.

• For the final £8.7 million payment, Tagwirei moved his money into Sotic via a complex offshore façade that had the effect of disguising the source of funds.

After Tagwirei was sanctioned and accused of corruption by the US government in 2020, control of the two mines shifted from Sotic to Kuvimba Mining, which in 2021 was 65% owned by the Zimbabwean state and 35% owned by companies and trusts linked to Tagwirei.

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Anonymous 07/14/23 (Fri) 20:18:12 a70000 No.19179689

File: 4bf578174bf6f75⋯.pdf (4.57 MB,FrontsFakesFacades_Digital….pdf)

>>19150466

Attached is the report

“Zimbabwe Investigation| Fronts, Fakes and Façades”

https://www.opensecrets.org.za/report-fronts-fakes-and-facades/

6 July 2023

In 2019, Zimbabwean presidential advisor Kudakwashe Tagwirei moved millions of dollars in suspect funds from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to the City of London. The funds were used to buy two Zimbabwean mines— Bindura Nickel and Freda Rebecca Gold Mine—for $29.5 million (£23 million) from a bankrupt firm being run by British company administrators Duff & Phelps (now known as Kroll). At the time of the purchase, accusations of corruption and cronyism had already been swirling around Tagwirei for years.

The report relies on almost 2,000 emails and documents, including financial records and correspondence, provided by a whistleblower. These documents and additional investigations reveal that the purchase of the mines involved behaviour that raises questions and may carry policy implications when it comes to deterring powerful and connected individuals from exploiting the international financial system.

Entities/individuals involved

ZIMBABWE

KUDAKWASHE TAGWIREI: The business tycoon and presidential advisor who used a front company in Mauritius to purchase Zimbabwean gold and nickel mines from a British company

SAKUNDA HOLDINGS: A fuel company owned by Tagwirei that received a favourable exchange rate for a Treasury Bill from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)

LANDELA INVESTMENTS: A company owned by Tagwirei that was the official purchaser of the gold and nickel mines. It also received a favourable exchange rate from the RBZ when exchanging a Treasury Bill.

RIMOSA TRADING: A Zimbabwean trading company that made payments to Sotic International in response to seemingly fake invoices, where no product was shipped, according to customs data.

RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE (RBZ): The Zimbabwean central bank. It exchanged Treasury Bills for Sakunda and Landela at a favourable rate.

KUVIMBA MINING HOUSE: The Zimbabwean company that received the gold and nickel mines in 2020 after the purchase was complete. The Zimbabwean government claims to own 65 per cent of Kuvimba.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOZEF BEHR: A commodity trader, formerly of Trafigura, who was one of the South African directors of and co-head of trading at Sotic International.

RONELLE SINCLAIR: An accountant who was one of the South African directors of and head of finance at Sotic International.

CHRISTOPHER FOURIE: A former metallurgist who was one of the South African directors of Sotic International and who managed the purchase of the mines on Tagwirei’s behalf. Fourie later became a whistle-blower.

REDFOX MANAGEMENT: A South African company that acted in an administrative role for Sotic International. A Redfox stamember generated an apparently fake invoice for Sotic International to provide to Rimosa Trading.

MAURITIUS

CAPITAL HORIZONS LIMITED (CHL): A company services agent headquartered in Mauritius, but with oces in South Africa and the UAE, that set up and administered Sotic International.

SHAAN KUNDOMAL: The CEO of CHL who also acted as a director of Sotic International.

AFRASIA BANK: The bank that provided banking facilities to Sotic International and to Kudakwashe Tagwirei.

LIGHTHOUSE TRUST: A trust set up by CHL (as trustee) with Christopher Fourie as settlor of the trust. It held Sotic’s shares until January 2020.

SOTIC INTERNATIONAL: The front company for Kudakwashe Tagwirei in Mauritius, administered by CHL and with various South African directors. It made the payments to Du‰ & Phelps for the mines.

UNITED KINGDOM

DUFFS & PHELPS: Multinational financial consultancy that acted as the administrators of ASA Resources. Duff & Phelps is now Kroll.

ASA RESOURCES: The UK-based firm that owned Freda Rebecca Gold Mine and Bindura Nickel but had declared bankruptcy and was in administration.

SHOOSMITHS: The law firm that acted for Duff & Phelps.

ROYAL BANKS OF SCOTLAND: The bank where Shoosmiths held a client account that received payments from Sotic for the mines.

UAE

ALMAS CAPITAL: The financial services company that also manages an investment fund in the Cayman Islands.

CAYMAN ISLANDS

ALMAS GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY FUND: The investment fund managed by Almas Capital which was used to facilitate a special loan that had the effect of hiding Kudakwashe Tagwirei as the source of the funds for the purchase of the mines.

SWITZERLAND

TRAFIGURA

Multinational commodity trading firm that previously had a joint venture with Kudakwashe Tagwirei and that now receives revenue from the mines to pay off an oil debt owed to it by the RBZ.

UNITED STATES

CITIBANK: The bank that acted as the correspondent bank for payments from Sotic’s account in Mauritius to the account of Duff & Phelps in the UK.

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Anonymous 07/14/23 (Fri) 20:21:20 a70000 No.19179698

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“Dashcam captures truck hijacking before suspect sets it alight from inside” - https://youtu.be/GOOU5l7UZ0E, Jul 12, 2023

“Highway truck attacks aimed at creating ‘mayhem and disruption’ – RFA”

https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/highway-truck-attacks-aimed-at-creating-mayhem-and-disruption-rfa-2023-07-10

10th July 2023

Armed gangs this weekend created havoc on the N3 and N4 highways by settings several trucks alight.

The first attack occurred on Saturday night on the N3 highway at Van Reenen’s Pass, when armed attackers forced six trucks to a halt, setting them alight.

Five trucks were then set alight on Sunday night on the N4 at Emgwenya, in Mpumalanga.

Armed attackers again forced the drivers out of the vehicles before setting them alight.

Both the N3 and N4 are busy freight corridors operated by toll concessionaires.

The South African Police Service says that these types of incidents have, in the past, been associated with attacks on foreign truck drivers. Now, however, it appears as if competition among truck operators may also be a factor.

The Road Freight Association (RFA) says it regards the attacks as a “coordinated attack on the road-freight sector”.

The road freight sector – trucks – carries 80% of the goods that are moved in and around South Africa.

RFA CEO Gavin Kelly says these “ruthless” attacks on the road-freight supply chain will have far-reaching effects.

While immediate short-term losses will run into millions of rands – including the costs of the vehicles, cargo and personal effects, repairing the road damage and deploying first responders, with additional costs in terms of freight delays and shipping penalties – the long-term impact will be seen in increased security costs, insurance premiums and toll fees, as well as a reduction in freight movement through South Africa and, ultimately, the closure of freight companies, which will lead to substantial job losses in the logistics sector.

“Who is behind this attack, and why?” asks Kelly.

“There was no looting of vehicles, and, thankfully, none of the drivers or staff on the vehicles were injured or killed.

“The targeted precision of the attack is worrying. This was well planned and efficiently implemented.

“At this point, no group has acknowledged that they are responsible.”

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Anonymous 07/14/23 (Fri) 20:22:36 a70000 No.19179707

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>>19179698

“Truck Attacks | Owner will no longer be able to keep employees” - https://youtu.be/U9Z7a5Wnwb0

2:11 – “I’m a South African as well, child of a former domestic worker and a farm worker during the Apartheid years. I’ve rebuilt my life to where it is but unfortunately it said that my own people are the one taking food away from my family, my children and those that are employed. It hurts me and this nonsense of this criminality must come to an end and its perpetrated by our own people. That is why I’ve taken a decision that I must come on live and indicate this thing… I had to give instruction to my team… that all of our trucks running South Africa… must go to the nearest police station and stop there until all this madness that is caused by our own people, it’s not caused by foreigners, it’s not caused by white people or Chinese. It’s caused by African people, black people like me who have suffered under Apartheid.”

“‘I hire South Africans only but my truck was also burnt’ - Gauteng truck owner”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/i-hire-south-africans-only-but-my-truck-was-also-burnt-gauteng-truck-owner-f08f6ed0-604b-4b5b-b23e-4fb27e29fa04

Jul 12, 2023

Businessman Bongani Philip has condemned the ongoing robbery of truck drivers and burning of the haulage trucks, after one of his trucks was destroyed in an arson attack by unknown individuals.

The seemingly co-ordinated fashion in which the trucks have come under attack, with armed assailants using at least two cars before setting the trucks alight, has raised questions, while the lack of crime intelligence has been questioned.

IOL has reported on a number of these incidents being recorded since the weekend.

Phillip who runs a successful coal export company LI Coal Clean Coal Gasification (Pty) Ltd, with a fleet of about 20 trucks, said the excuse that the trucking industry is targeted because it employs foreign nationals is false and misleading.

“I can tell you now, the grievances of these faceless individuals who we do not know who they are – but our black people know who they are – is based on false premise that the trucking industry is dominated or employing largely foreigners,” Phillip said in an interview with broadcaster Newzroom Afrika.

“We do have 20 drivers, all of those drivers are South Africans. This morning I have two drivers, with their families, who will find themselves unemployed. These drivers are from Eastern Cape and the families that are going to suffer are South African black people. There is not a single foreigner that we are employing in our business both in terms of export and in trucking,” Phillip said during the televised interview.

“We are employing South Africans because as we all know, you would have a cousin (who wants the job) what is called the black tax. There is no black person who can employ any foreigner when we know that we have a burden of black tax. We have zero foreigners that we are employing in our business.”

Phillip said he received information on Wednesday morning from his staff that one of his trucks was burn between Ermelo and Piet Retief in Mpumalanga while it was travelling to Richards Bay.

“We are an exporting company that is using our own trucking company as well to truck our coal to the port for exporting to various countries in Europe. As a company we were trying to assist some of the crisis happening within our rail industry in the country. We then took a decision to buy additional trucking fleet to assist in our business,” told Newzroom Afrika.

Phillip said the burning of trucks is a sad epoch in the history of South Africa.

“This is a sad story. You are talking here to a black child whose mother was a tea girl, and whose father was a farm worker, and who grew up knowing poverty very well. I grew up in the time of apartheid and it is very sad that we find that, given that background, we suffered under apartheid and suffering under the democracy again, we find ourselves being targeted by criminal elements,” he said.

He said the arson attacks are economic sabotage.

On Tuesday, IOL reported another three trucks had been torched in Limpopo, bringing to 14 the number of trucks destroyed. This followed attacks in KZN that saw two more trucks destroyed on Monday night.

Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed on Wednesday that at least 21 haulage trucks have been attacked and burnt in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces in recent days.

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Anonymous 07/14/23 (Fri) 20:24:07 a70000 No.19179713

>>19179698

Then this…

“Eskom confirms the return of Stage 6 load shedding “until further notice””

https://stuff.co.za/2023/07/12/eskom-confirms-stage-6-load-shedding/

July 12, 2023

Just like a bad rash you can’t manage to shake; Stage 6 load shedding has returned. Unfortunately, Eskom isn’t the type to make jokes — this is really happening. The news comes straight from the horse’s Twitter account, citing the increased shed to the loss of generating units overnight.

“Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented at 07:00 this morning [12 July] until 14:00,” the power-denier said. Don’t get too comfortable, because it followed that statement up with: “Thereafter, Stage 6 loadshedding will be implemented from 14:00 today until 05:00 on Thursday.”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/load-shedding-for-the-weekend-stage-6-13-july-2023/

13-07-2023 16:56

Eskom says Stage 6 load shedding will continue to be implemented over the upcoming weekend. Here’s the updated schedule below.

Eskom said it is obliged to carry generation reserves to cater for unforeseen events as the reserves were used on Monday and Tuesday to buffer the effects of the cold weather.

“Unfortunately due to the failure of additional generation units since Sunday, the reserves have been depleted and can no longer buffer the lingering effects of the cold weather and make up for the lost generation capacity. Therefore, Stage 6 load shedding will continue to be implemented over the weekend to replenish the depleted emergency reserves to permit a possible reduction in the stages of load shedding in the coming week,” the power utility said.

LATEST ON BREAKDOWNS

Eskom said breakdowns are currently at 17 679MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 3 090MW.

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Anonymous 07/14/23 (Fri) 20:50:52 a70000 No.19179843

>>19179698

Are these truck attacks test runs? It is interesting that they are happening just before the court ruling.

“ConCourt rules that Jacob Zuma must go back to jail to finish his sentence”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/concourt-rules-that-jacob-zuma-must-go-back-to-jail-to-finish-his-sentence-30a1e5cf-e54b-474e-bb64-4a08763ab94c

Published Jul 13, 2023

The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by the Department of Correctional Services, which wanted to appeal the ruling that effectively sent former president Jacob Zuma back to prison to finish his sentence.

His jailing sparked the July 2021 unrest that saw KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng businesses looted and burned, and over 350 people killed.

In a ruling on Thursday afternoon, the highest court in the land dismissed the main application by the department. It also dismissed the application to intervene, which was made by Zuma’s legal team.

It said both had no prospects of success, effectively sending Zuma back to jail without giving timelines for when that should happen.

“The Constitutional Court has considered the application for leave to appeal (main application) and the application to intervene.

“It has been concluded that the main application should be dismissed as it bears no reasonable prospects of success.

“Consequently, the application to intervene falls to be dismissed,” the ConCourt ruled.

Zuma was jailed in July 2021 for refusing to abide by the court’s directive to appear before the Zondo Commission and testify.

However, the then Commissioner of Correctional Services, Arthur Fraser granted him medical parole and freed him in September just three months into his 15-month sentence.

The DA, Helen Suzman Foundation and Afriforum challenged the decision in court and won when it was ruled that Zuma’s release was illegal.

The department said it was still studying the judgment.

“The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is studying the Constitutional Court judgment for the review application in relation to the medical parole placement for the former President, Mr Jacob Zuma.

“DCS is seeking legal advice and will comment further in due course,” It said in a statement shortly after the ruling.

The spokesperson for the Jacob Zuma Foundation, Mzwanele Manyi, said the right people to comment on are the department since it is the one that made the application.

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Anonymous 07/14/23 (Fri) 20:54:02 a70000 No.19179867

>>19179843

And what is even more interesting…

“Jacob Zuma will only return to South Africa once Russian doctors clear him – Foundation”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/jacob-zuma-will-only-return-to-south-africa-once-russian-doctors-clear-him-foundation-b5c7fe6f-c11e-410b-9153-19d6607009fa

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023

The Jacob Zuma Foundation has confirmed that former president Jacob Zuma travelled to the Russian Federation last week “for health reasons.”

In a statement on Friday, it said he would only return to the country “once his doctors have completed their treatment.”

“The JGZ Foundation has noted the media reports and speculations about the recent trip of our patron to the Republic of Russia.

“The foundation confirms that H.E President Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons, and he will be returning to the country once his doctors have completed their treatment,” the foundation said.

The foundation said Zuma travelled on a commercial flight and not in secret, as suggested in some quarters.

“Although the trip was private, it was not a secret as incorrectly suggested.

“H.E President Zuma and his team travelled on a commercial flight full of passengers.

“The Foundation wishes its patron good health and a safe return home whenever the doctors release him,” the foundation added.

The confirmation comes as the DA, one of the parties that challenged his September 2021 release on medical parole, says he must immediately return to his Estcourt prison cell to finish his sentence.

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Anonymous 07/14/23 (Fri) 20:54:55 a70000 No.19179871

“WATCH: Malema vouches for Zuma not to go back to jail, ANC in KZN appeals for restraint as anxiety mounts”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/watch-malema-vouches-for-zuma-not-to-go-back-to-jail-anc-in-kzn-appeals-for-restraint-as-anxiety-mounts-862514f5-2d39-4fad-8935-f4dabf507bf6

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023

As anxiety mounts across South Africa about what will happen next regarding the latest ruling of the Constitutional Court on former President Jacob Zuma, the leader of the EFF says the former head of state has served his sentence and it's enough.

Julius Malema also said Zuma is old and frail, and that should be considered.

His comments come after on Thursday the ConCourt dismissed an application by the Department of Correctional Services, which wanted to appeal the ruling that effectively sent former president Jacob Zuma back to prison to finish his sentence.

In a ruling on Thursday afternoon, the highest court in the land dismissed the department's main application. It also dismissed the application to intervene, which was made by Zuma’s legal team.

It said both had no prospects of success, effectively sending Zuma back to jail without giving timelines for when that should happen.

Commenting on the possibility of Zuma returning to jail, Malema appears to imply that President Cyril Ramaphosa must grant Zuma a presidential pardon.

Malema was interacting with editors in what was called a frank dialogue, chaired by JJ Tabane of eNCA.

He said before the July 2021 unrest, he met with Ramaphosa and told him that whatever happened, he should consider giving Zuma a presidential pardon.

“To say no one is above the law and all that, Zuma has served, it’s enough. Why do you still want to burn this country after a person has served? He has served, it’s enough,” he said, adding that when you are on parole it does not mean that you are free.

Malema insisted that a presidential pardon would help calm down the situation.

“Presidential pardon is proper, we must try and mitigate a situation where we avoid violence. We have seen 350 to 400 people Africans died in July.

"We don't want a repeat of that; we don't and if the president can intervene in the best interest of the country that's good because he is not using the presidential pardon to pardon his auditor or his own lawyer, it's not personal," Malema said when pressed about the matter.

Meanwhile, the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has reacted to the ruling, saying it is “engaging” with Luthuli House regarding the latest ConCourt judgment on former president Jacob Zuma. It appealed for “maximum restraint”.

In a statement on Friday, the party said: “Critically, hindsight is always the best teacher. In this regard, we believe that 2021 July Unrest has lessons of equal significance for all arms of the state, the ANC, opposition political parties, private sector, the media and society at large.”

The party said violence will reverse all the gains that have been made in rebuilding the economy that was battered by looting and violence in July 2021.

“These will reverse the gains we are making in rebuilding our economy. We need to lift thousands of people out of abject poverty and conditions of squalor. We must not fall into the trap of agents provocateurs who have emerged from the shadows and landed on the front pages of national papers using this Constitutional Court judgment. They want to see this country going up in flames,” the statement read.

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Anonymous 07/17/23 (Mon) 14:18:55 17f2f6 No.19195134

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>>19126855

>We know now that the [2021] July riots were orchestrated from the heart of the intelligence structures

>We know this because Ramaphosa fired the state security minister and brought the intelligence portfolio into his office, with an instruction to former minister Sydney Mufamadi to clean house.

>>19179843

>His [Zuma's] jailing sparked the July 2021 unrest that saw KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng businesses looted and burned, and over 350 people killed. [And they want him jailed again.]

>we suffered under apartheid and suffering under the democracy again, we find ourselves being targeted by criminal elements

>>19179713

Also Ramaphosa is inciting violence! He also shares that the Prime Minister of Denmark was an ANC Youth League member when she was 11, the start to her political career.

“ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses 26th ANC Youth League National Conference” – 1 of 2

https://youtu.be/iKsaIXmK6uE

Jul 2, 2023

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the closing remarks at the 26th ANC Youth League National Conference being held in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.

11:26 – “We are here after 8 years in a position where the young people of the African National Congress can take charge of reviving their organization. You are the heirs a very proud and distringuished legacy. You stand as the youth league and all of you as delegates here on the shoulders of giants of the liberation movement and you must stretch every muscle in you to ensure that you live up to the proud and militant traditions bestowed upon you by comrades such as Anton Lembede, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and the generation of Steve Biko who revived internal mass resistance in whose world the ranks of the ANC’s [military wing] uMkhonto we Sizwe. This includes the Young Lions of the 1980s who rose to the calls to revive the formation of the organizations… after the burning o fthe black consciousness student organization in 1977. Who spearheaded the education campaign… The young lions also include the thousands of who rose to the call to form youth organizations in every township and village that spearheaded the call to make our country ungovernable and Apartheid unworkable and who also formed the very militant youth organization, the South African Youth Congress in 1987. It also includes the generation who launched the ANC Youth League in 1991 in KwaNdebele [a Bantustan] who went on to defend the young people and communities to face a third force violence and ensure the young people participated in and supported the negotiations process, took part in the formulation of the RDP and ensured an ANC elections victory in 1994. It was this generation who contributed to crafting the youth policy architecture of our country today and I’m very pleased that you have veterans of the ANC Youth League here sitting on the stage… The young lions of 1944 wanted to change the nature of resistance from passive deputations to mass boycotts and a more militant program of action. Many of these young leaders would go on to become outstanding leaders of the ANC itself and succeeded in changing the very history of our movement and our country. So comrades, this is your history. This is where your organization has come from and indeed this is your legacy. You must own it. But it is also a legacy which you must strive to emulate. As you claim this legacy which you must own, your tasks were clearly set out in the 2017 strategy and tactics document which was adopted by the conference in 2017 which declared that the ANC Youth League has the responsibility of harnessing the energies of young people to learn vigor and dynamism to this process of social transformation. It acts as a school for imparting theory and practical experience to young people who align themselves with the policies of the ANC… The league must have… the humility to drink the well of the liberation mvoements collective experience… This is a very high standard.”

18:48 – “So you know the Youth League has also had a global image. A global image that goes way beyond the borders of our country. A few weeks ago I had an occasion to meet someone who is not a South African, who is Danish, who informed me that she became a member of the Youth League at the age of 11 when the ANC was still in exile and that was the first political organization that she joined and she joined it because of the values that the ANC Youth League stood for and she said continues to stand for. She became the Prime Minister of Denmark having first joined the ANC Youth League which offered membership at the time when it was still in exile.”

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Anonymous 07/17/23 (Mon) 14:19:58 17f2f6 No.19195139

“ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses 26th ANC Youth League National Conference” – 2 of 2

https://youtu.be/iKsaIXmK6uE

Jul 2, 2023

23:07 – “Like the generation of comrades Anton Lembede, Nelson Mandela, the Young Lions of the 80s who formed student organizations and contributed to making this country ungovernable and the 1991 generation who launched the Youth League, again you are called upon to define yourself what it means to be a vibrant, strong, autonomous, militant and disciplined ANC Youth League of the African National Congress.”

24:15 – “You must now emerge as an autonomous organization and you are free now to be the ANC Youth League and get out of the shadows of.. the ANC… but the political part has to be executed and must adhere to the policy, political programs and strategy and tactics as well as the ideological view of the African National Congress.”

29:05 – “You are also required as the ANC Youth League to mobilize for a decisive victory of the African National Congress in 2024. You are the motive force that we have longed to have to ensure that we bring out our people in their millions to support and to vote for the ANC to ensure an overwhelming victory of the African National Congress in 2024… To embark also on a huge membership drive and engage in political education to recruit young people. I want you to lay emphasis on political education.”

33:33 – “It is imperative that the Youth League at the national level participates fully in the structures of the Alliance especially the progressive Youth Alliance as part of the efforts that we need to take to strengthen progressive youth activism across society. This will play an important role of ensuring that youth debates become genuinely progressive and constructive… The yough league must also form part of and participate in International Progressive Youth Forum and ensure that the message of the ANC finds the response throughout the world. You must mobilize young for economic freedom, yes, and social change.”

36:36 - “This ANC government recognize that the State should create an environment for jobs to be created and that it does have an important role to create employment and other economic opportunities especially for young people.”

37:46 – “Remember that it was the youth of 1944 that came up with strategies, that came up with tactics to inject more activism in a struggle of resistance and in a struggle to bring an end to Apartheid.”

38:22 – Discuss the electricity crisis

39:56 – Discuss education

41:47 – Discusses the National Health Insurance.

46:35 – “The revival of youth structures represent a significant and fundamental pillar of overall renewal and rebuilding of our revolutionary movement. Without a militant, a vibrant and disciplined youth movement that is responsive to the needs of young people, the ANC may eventually lose the ability to grow and to renew itself. So therefore, I call upon you to return to the militancy of the ANC Youth League of the 1944 era. To go back to the militancy of the ANC Youth League of the 80s and the 90s. This is your heritage. That is where you belong. That is where we want to see the ANC Youth League returning to. We don’t want to see an ANC Youth League that is docile. We don’t want to see an ANC Youth League that is asleep during a revolution. You are the revolution.”

48:57 – “Yes, we have delivered on that January 8th statement. The ANC Youth League is back and the revived ANC Youth League is expected to be focused, to be revolutionary, to be militant, to be innovative in its ideas and we expect it to lead the young people of South Africa… Roar, young lions, roar! Roar, young lions, roar!”

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Anonymous 07/17/23 (Mon) 14:25:10 17f2f6 No.19195162

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>I had an occasion to meet someone who is not a South African, who is Danish, who informed me that she became a member of the Youth League at the age of 11 when the ANC was still in exile and that was the first political organization that she joined and she joined it because of the values that the ANC Youth League stood for and she said continues to stand for. She became the Prime Minister of Denmark

>>19195139

>This ANC government recognize that the State should create an environment for jobs to be created and that it does have an important role to create employment and other economic opportunities

And they do not mention this important part of her career in the below article. Will Greta Thunberg become the next Prime Minister of Sweden?

“Raisina Dialogue 2021: Inaugural Session Speech by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark” [Check the list of partners in the video at 0:19] - https://youtu.be/WAyUihaf4n4

“Curious to know more about Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen?”

https://www.yourdanishlife.dk/curious-to-know-more-about-danish-prime-minister-mette-frederiksen/

4. oktober 2021

Mette Frederiksen has been Prime Minister of Denmark since June 2019, the coronavirus crisis is her greatest challenge yet.

During the beginnning of the crises she became known as saying at the numerous press meeting beginning of March 202o that the crisis and epidemic was ” unchartered territory” and that she prefered to act too early rather than too late, to act sometimes without 100 percent verified scientific evidence, as she said at the time that:

“This virus is so aggressive and we have so little knowledge, this is a new situation and for some decisions we cannot wait for evidence based knowledge to make a decision, we have to act before it is too late.”

In Mette Frederiksen’s first opening speech in October 2019, she said that the Danish values she held in high esteem are; the trust in the Danish society, that people trust each other, that they feel safe and believe that the public institutions take care of them, these are elements she wants to protect and defend.

She said. “I pay my taxes and expect that others pay theirs as well, and when I get ill or am in need, I expect the welfare state to take care of me.” Mette Frederiksen is the leader of Socialdemokraterne (S), the Danish social democrats, mother of two (a daughter and a son) from a previous marriage, and was married last summer to Bo Tengberg, a film director.

Born in 1977 and hailing from Aalborg, she is the 4th generation in a social democratic family that has been active in both the trade union and the party

Mette Frederiksen was the first generation of her family to go to university, where she took a degree in business administration and social sciences, and a Master of Science degree in African studies.

She was an early bird, anyway, becoming a member of the social democrat’s youth organisation at the age of 15.

In 2001, she became member of the Danish Parliament when she was just 24 years old – the youngest member up until then.

Controversies around her person are few, but one stood out: she decided to send her daughter to a private school instead of the normal folkeskole.

This did not sit well with the electorate, especially not, as she had earlier in her political career judged those harshly, who sent their children to private schools. Doing so does not contribute to the unity of the society and in a way undermined it was her rhetoric.

After the elections on June 5th 2019, she started leading the negotiations with the three “red” parties, Enhedsliste, Socialistisk Folkeparti and Radikale Venstre in order to form a minority government supported by these three parties, with herself as Prime Minister.

The four parties have the sufficient 90 mandates Folketinget to form a majority (if they can continue to agree).

On 26th June 2019, she was named Prime Minister by the Danish Queen, head of a minority government of social democrats with the support of three smaller parties: Socialistisk Folkeparti, Enhedslisten and De Radikale Venstre.

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Anonymous 07/17/23 (Mon) 14:29:20 17f2f6 No.19195181

File: 82b06fa2cc1d7e5⋯.jpg (80.95 KB,938x600,469:300,Mette_Frederiksen_next_to_….JPG)

>>19195162

“Mette Frederiksen after Nordic summit: Europe and the United States should not be separated by even a single sheet of paper.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/14yy388/mette_frederiksen_after_nordic_summit_europe_and/

13 July 2023

There were big topics on the table when Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) today attended a two-hour meeting with US President Joe Biden and the other Nordic leaders in Finland's capital, Helsinki.

• "It was a very good meeting. Obviously, it was about NATO, because we've just come from the NATO summit in Vilnius and the joy that Finland is now a member and that Sweden is on its way," Mette Frederiksen told the press shortly afterwards. According to the Prime Minister, the meeting was also about Ukraine and "our continued support for their struggle", as she put it. Other topics on the agenda included climate, Africa, the Middle East and, not least, the regulation of artificial intelligence and other new technology, says the Prime Minister.

• Artificial intelligence and new technology will change the dynamics of conflicts - both outside our borders but also at home.

Artificial intelligence and new technology According to Mette Frederiksen, they spent a "surprisingly long time" talking about this and how the democracies in the USA, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and the host country Finland are doing.

• "We are some of the oldest democracies in the world, and we are all experiencing the same thing - more polarization, more suspicion, fake news and misinformation that is being spread deliberately. Suspicion of us as politicians," she says.

On the technology front, 5G and 6G networks and cybersecurity were also discussed. They agreed to strengthen cooperation in this area - and that new technology must be developed in a way that is "consistent with shared values and interests". And it must not be used to harm democracy or fundamental human rights and freedoms, according to the conclusion.

These rights were also discussed on a more general level. Here, the leaders emphasized that all people must be treated equally and respected.

• These values are indispensable for the resilience of our societies," reads the text from the countries following the meeting.

Continued support for Ukraine All agreed that they will continue to support the Ukrainians in the war against Russia - "as long as it is necessary". And they will work together to build "the broadest possible international support" to ensure peace in Ukraine.

On NATO, there was agreement that Finland and soon Sweden joining the alliance is a gain for the overall security of the alliance. The Nordic leaders thanked the Americans for their support in securing peace in both the Nordic Region and the rest of Europe.

In addition, they emphasized that they all need to do more together to fight climate change - including to "protect and preserve the Arctic and promote its sustainable economic development", as the summary from the meeting states.

Last but not least, Mette Frederiksen emphasized her enormous support for the American president.

In addition to saying that she thinks Joe Biden is a "fantastic president" and "really gets a lot through", she also emphasized the great importance the US has for Europe.

• "We have been a very, very close ally to the US for many years. It has lasted for decades and generations, says Mette Frederiksen.

• "I will not hide the fact that I am very pro-American and pro-transatlantic. Since the Second World War, it has hopefully been very, very clear to all Europeans that we cannot do anything without the Americans. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't be able to do something ourselves. But in my eyes, there must not be an A4 sheet between Europe and the United States.

And as long as Mette Frederiksen is Prime Minister, Denmark will not move away from the US, she assured.

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Anonymous 07/17/23 (Mon) 15:43:09 17f2f6 No.19195492

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

>>19195139

>"The revival of youth structures represent a significant and fundamental pillar of overall renewal and rebuilding of our revolutionary movement. Without a militant, a vibrant and disciplined youth movement that is responsive to the needs of young people, the ANC may eventually lose the ability to grow and to renew itself. So therefore, I call upon you to return to the militancy of the ANC Youth League of the 1944 era. To go back to the militancy of the ANC Youth League of the 80s and the 90s. This is your heritage. That is where you belong. That is where we want to see the ANC Youth League returning to. We don’t want to see an ANC Youth League that is docile. We don’t want to see an ANC Youth League that is asleep during a revolution. You are the revolution."

>The ANC Youth League is back and the revived ANC Youth League is expected to be focused, to be revolutionary, to be militant, to be innovative in its ideas and we expect it to lead the young people of South Africa… Roar, young lions, roar! Roar, young lions, roar!

>>19195162

It is fitting to repost this video to show how the militant ‘young lions’ rallied the people to support the ANC during the 80s.

“"ANC - VIP'S OF VIOLENCE" c.1987”

https://youtu.be/dZIZ9gVEpNI

3:54 – “The ANC is a terrorist organization. An international terrorist organization… made up of people such as the Joe Slovos of the world. People who have been trained in the Soviet Union as international terrorists, have been trained in Cuba and have been trained in the Middle East to carry out the most horrendous acts of violence that I have ever seen in my life.”

23:48 – “Sanctions will weaken Apartheid and this will be a contribution to our struggle. When you give solidarity to us, you are not helping some needy poor blacks in the jungles of Africa… You are promoting your own struggle in your own country because the liberation of South Africa will mean the weakening of international imperialism. [ANC Spokesman Franciss Meli addressing youth wing of German Communist Party and Marxist Student Alliance]”

26:40 – “I believe that I have made 3 discoveries, simple but overwhelmingly strong since coming to Africa. First that whatever the ANC started out to be, it can no longer promise South Africans anything more than bloodshed and suffering of the vilest kind. Whatever its most well-meaning supporters may once have hoped for or hope for still, should it succeed in its Marxist, Leninist revolutionary aims, all hope for a free democratic and prosperous society will be over. South Africa will become one more squalid bankrupt and ruthless tyranny of the kind that countenances no reform and no criticism. Africa already has an abundance of these… It is equally clear to me that we in the West have hardly begun to inform ourselves about South Africa… Too many of our political and moral leaders have accepted uncritically the authority and agenda of the extremists who have no proven mandate from the black people of South Africa. What I have learned has persuaded me that the imposition of trained sanctions will ultimately destroy the possibility of a politically and economically free South Africa. But far worse than that, we will have on our hands the malnutrition, illness, despair and death of what may become hundreds and thousands of children and their families. Can we find the courage to admit, we have been wrong?”

28:56 – “They [ANC] look to see who is in the road to their path to power and they are not about improving the conditions of people, they are about taking power.”

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Anonymous 07/17/23 (Mon) 17:43:14 78f3c8 No.19196275

Biggest African Port to Be Partially Privatized

By Antony Sguazzin (Bloomberg) — July 17, 2023

Africa’s biggest harbor will be partly owned and operated by the Philippines’ International Container Terminal Services Inc., a first for South Africa’s national ports company.

The company, known as ICTSI, has been selected as an equity partner to run and expand Durban Container Terminal Pier 2. Almost three quarters of the freight volume moved through the eastern port goes through the terminal and it accounts for 46% of South Africa’s total port traffic, according to state logistics company, Transnet SOC Ltd.

This agreement “is a key catalyst for repositioning the Port of Durban as a container hub port,” Transnet said in a statement on Monday.

South Africa is seeking to boost private participation in its ports, the poor performance of which is a drag on the economy. In a 2021 World Bank index of container port performance, Durban ranked 364th out of 370 and two other Transnet ports were in the bottom 10.

Transnet will own a 50% plus one share in a new company that will manage the terminal for 25 years and will seek to boost its annual capacity to 2.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUS, from two million, it said. TEUs are used to measure trade volumes at container ports.

Ultimately Transnet wants to boost Durban’s total container capacity to 11.4 million TEUs from 3.3 million.

ICTSI, which operates terminals across six continents, was one of six bidders for the contract, Transnet said. It didn’t specify whether ICTSI will pay for its stake or whether it will have to fund the expansion.

An announcement on the port of Ngqura will follow, Transnet said.

https://gcaptain.com/biggest-african-port-to-be-partially-privatized/

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:14:35 a70000 No.19200197

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

>>19195492

>It is fitting to repost this video to show how the militant ‘young lions’ rallied the people to support the ANC during the 80s.

>>19195139

Also this one…

“The ANC Method Violence 1986 [documentary]”

https://youtu.be/HMb3tEJZzg8

20:16 - “Anyone who has seen the confiscated videotapes of necklacing has first-hand evidence of what children can do and it’s horrifying, but anger about South Africa should be directed at those who encourage children to murder and mutilate and stand on the smoldering bodies and dance their savagery before the TV cameras.”

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:16:07 a70000 No.19200208

>ICTSI

“Murdered Papua New Guinea Ports Official Benefitted From Suspect Offshore Payments” - ICTSI

https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/murdered-papua-new-guinea-ports-official-benefitted-from-suspect-offshore-payments

2 March 2023

Below are excerpts

A Manila-based multinational paid millions of dollars into the offshore account of an Australian consultant around the time it won lucrative contracts to operate Papua New Guinea’s biggest ports.“Senior PNG Ports officials — including one who was recently killed — then received money and apparent benefits.” - International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI)

Key Findings

• Senior officials at Papua New Guinea’s state ports company received apparent financial benefits from an offshore bank account in Singapore controlled by an Australian businessman with a checkered past.

• The account set up by the businessman, Don Matheson, received millions of dollars from a Philippines-based ports operator, International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI).

• The funds landed around the time ICTSI received a lucrative contract from PNG Ports.

• Matheson’s Singapore company account sent money, which was apparently used to pay for perks for PNG Ports’ boss, Fego Kiniafa. They included a racehorse and medical equipment.

• Kiniafa was murdered last September in what police are treating as an unrelated case.

Kiniafa’s murder on September 17, 2022, shocked Papua New Guinea. Enraged, thousands of his tribesmen descended on the villages near the site of his death, torching over 400 homes and causing over 3,000 people to flee.

Kiniafa’s killing was also bad news for the flagship Australian infrastructure project he helped create. Australia had agreed to fund the project as part of what it calls its “step-up” in the Pacific to fend off China’s growing business and political clout in the strategic region.

Documents show that a Singapore company set up by Matheson received roughly $4.35 million in 2017 from a Philippines-based multinational ports operator, International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI). The funds landed around the same time ICTSI received lucrative contracts to run PNG’s largest terminals.

John Chevis, a former Australian Federal Police officer who advises Papua New Guinea’s financial authorities, said the transactions should prompt investigations to check for any kickbacks to influence PNG Ports, including in its contracts with ICTSI.

“It is critical that one is not going in blindly, that one is aware that when it comes to the state-owned enterprises, including PNG Ports, there has been a long track record of misappropriation [and] malpractice,”Paul Barker said.

Police initially treated Kinifa’s killing as a drunken brawl gone wrong. But OCCRP and the ABC learned that law enforcement are now investigating the possibility that his murder may have been planned in advance, and was possibly connected to his decisions as head of PNG Ports.

Kiniafa’s big-ticket deal with Australia deftly played off the rivalry between China and the West. China’s growing presence in the region had prompted Australia — a close U.S. ally that administered PNG until the country became independent in 1975 — to create a multi-billion-dollar development fund known as the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific.

The PNG port redevelopment is the largest single project in Australia’s regional financing plans. Just weeks before he was killed, Kiniafa told the ABC that the project had been born out of a conversation he’d had over coffee with Australian officials in PNG’s capital, Port Moresby.

In total, seven payments labeled as “professional fees” or “consultation fees” were sent from ICTSI to Coral Seas Planning Consultants between June and December 2017, the records show.

Right in the middle of these payments, in September 2017, PNG Ports and ICTSI finalized agreements for ICTSI to operate the country’s two biggest container terminals, in the city of Lae and at Motukea island near Port Moresby.

Shortly before his death, Kiniafa told ABC that ICTSI was chosen in a competitive bid of “around three to four serious contenders.”

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:17:31 a70000 No.19200217

>>19200208

“Terminal operator, ICTSI denies involvement in alleged shady deal in Onne Port”

https://businessday.ng/maritime/article/terminal-operator-ictsi-denies-involvement-in-alleged-shady-deal-in-onne-port/

May 10, 2021

The International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), a terminal operator in Onne Port located in Eastern Nigeria, has refuted the allegation making round linking the company to a shady deal involving the sale of some berths in Onne Port.

A statement by ICTSI signed by Hans-Ole Madsen, senior vice president of ICTSI, disclosed that the company was not owned or in any way affiliated with the Dangote Group of companies.

‘‘We would like to clarify that International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is a Philippine publicly listed independent company engaged in the operation of 33 ports on six continents of the world. ICTSI ranks as a top-10 port operator in the world,” Madsen said in the statement, which was sent to BusinessDay.

Recall that there was a recent report in the media alleging that ICTSI was a proxy owned by the Dangote Group and linked it to an alleged shady deal involving Hadiza Bala-Usman, the suspended managing director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA).

According to the report, last year, some coastline terminals, formerly operated by Integrated Logistics Services’ (INTELs) in Onne ports complex, Rivers State, were confiscated by the NPA under the management of Bala-Usman, and subsequently awarded to Dangote Group through a proxy company, International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) Nigeria Limited.

Meanwhile, Bala-Usman, who reacted to the allegation, described the report as false, without any foundation and a figment of some wild imagination of the news platform.

ICTS was established in December 1987 in the Philippines. Soon after consolidating and strengthening its flagship operations at the Manila International Container Terminal, the company launched an international and domestic expansion programme, and now, operates in many countries across the world, employing more than 7,000 people.

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:21:47 a70000 No.19200230

File: 00252f9ed33e20c⋯.jpg (427.02 KB,1920x942,320:157,ICTSI_Group_Corporate_Stru….jpg)

>>19200208

>>19200217

There is a website dedicated to exposing ICTSI

“ICTSI Profiting off Crippling Communities”

https://ictsi.exposed/en-gb#intro

This website is a summary of issues across the ICTSI’s global network based on publicly available evidence and original research.

https://ictsi.exposed/en-gb#crippling-communities

Enrique Razon, Chairman and President of ICTSI, is the third richest man in the Philippines. His personal wealth is equivalent to half of Madagascar's GDP, where workers at ICTSI's Toamasina terminal earn as little as US$40 a month and struggle to feed their families and send their children to school.

Razon stated to the Wall Street Journal that ICTSI profits off some of the poorest countries in the world. Despite labour rates that are some of the lowest in the world, ICTSI proudly references the higher than average tariffs and yields in its African operations. Their Annual Report makes clear that ICTSI has taken advantage of its monopoly or near monopoly status in Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to achieve significant yields:

“At these terminals, there are limited opportunities for competition from other port operators, other ports or other terminals within the same ports due to high barriers to entry. […] This means that there are few substitutes for the Company’s services, which allows [ICTSI] to maintain significant pricing power contributing to strong margins.”

This opportunistic price gouging by ICTSI punishes communities, as increased tariffs and container rates are passed on to end consumers through increased prices for imported goods, including food and other basic necessities.

Africa is a very good place for us. There is very little competition and they need the investment badly. Bottom line: Returns are best there with high yields in the handling business. To handle a box in our terminal in Yantai, [China], we charge about $45-$50. The same container in Africa easily goes for $200-$250.

Enrique K. Razon

Chairman and President of ICTSI

Source of attached image, https://investors.ictsi.com/our-company/group-corporate-structure

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:24:00 a70000 No.19200239

File: ac12f53c2eb5dd2⋯.jpg (18.71 KB,350x350,1:1,14_JS_0.jpg)

>Transnet

Johan Swart, ICTSI's VP, Head of Global Engineering - Equipment Maintenance – Previously worked for Transnet

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Prior to his current role, Mr. Swart served as Vice President for Maintenance at Global Container Terminals in Canada. From 2008 to 2015, he was Head of Engineering at APM Terminals in Ghana and Nigeria. He also spent 30 years working for Transnet Port Terminals in Cape Town and Durban, holding several positions such as Container Crane Commissioning Electrician, Technical Assistant – Electrical Engineering Container Cranes, Senior Technical Supervisor – Electrical Engineering Container Lifting Equipment and Technical Manager – Electrical and Mechanical.

Mr. Swart holds a National Technical Certificate in Electrical Engineering from Maitland Technical College South Africa and a Diploma in Electrical Engineering at Transnet Port Terminals, South Africa, among other certifications.

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:26:20 a70000 No.19200252

File: e8eebafa241c757⋯.jpg (23.35 KB,350x350,1:1,EKR_0.jpg)

Interesting to learn more about ICTSI’s leadership

Enrique K. Razon Jr., ICTSI’s Chairman and President, Executive Director

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Enrique K. Razon Jr. is the Chairman of the Board and President of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), a Philippine-based company involved in the management and operation of 34 ports and terminals in 20 countries. He is also Chairman of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (BRC), owner of Solaire Resort and Casino in Entertainment City and in Quezon City, Philippines. He is Chairman of Manila Water Company (MWC), the private concessionaire of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System that serves the more than seven million population of the East Zone of Metro Manila and the Rizal Province.

ICTSI, BRC and MWC are listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange.

Mr. Razon also chairs Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (Prime Infra) focused on environmentally resilient and socially relevant projects that help enable the Philippines and emerging economies move forward on their sustainable economic growth plans. Prime Infra develops and operates critical infrastructure in the renewable energy, water, and waste management and sustainable fuel sectors.

Prime Infra acquired a 45-percent operating stake in the Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project, which produces natural gas that supplies up to 20 percent of Luzon’s total electricity requirement. Prime Infra is the developer of the 1,400 MW Ahunan pumped storage hydropower plant, and the Terra Solar battery energy storage system project hailed as the world’s largest endeavor of its kind.

Recently, Prime Infra inaugurated phase 1 of the Wawa Bulk Water Supply Project, a national flagship infrastructure project that ensures water security in Metro Manila and Rizal Province. Upon completion of phase 2, the facility will deliver at least 518 million liters per day.

Mr. Razon sits on the board of most ICTSI subsidiaries worldwide and of several foreign and Philippine corporations. His other investments are in real estate, mining, oil and gas exploration, and leisure facilities including a golf course in the Philippines. Mr. Razon also chairs the ICTSI Foundation, Inc., which implements the ICTSI Group’s corporate social responsibility advocacies worldwide. He is also Chairman of Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc., which stages the Philippine Golf Tour, Southeast Asia’s largest professional golfing circuit.

Mr. Razon is a member of the US Philippines Society, ASEAN Business Club, and Philippines, Inc.

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:27:49 a70000 No.19200261

File: 1909d47c8033f02⋯.jpg (19.76 KB,350x350,1:1,CAB_2.jpg)

Cesar A. Buenaventura, ICTSI’s Independent Director

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Cesar is an Independent Director of ICTSI* since 2019. He is a member of Corporate Governance Committee, Audit Committee, Environment, Social and Governance Sub-Committee, Board Risk Oversight Committee, and Related Party Transactions Committee of ICTSI*.

Concurrently, he is an Independent Director of Manila Water Company, Inc.*; a Director of Semirara Mining and Power Corp.*, iPeople, Inc*, Petroenergy Resources Corp.*, Concepcion Industrial Corp.*,Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.*, DM Consunji Inc., and The Country Club; a Chairman of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Phils., Inc., and Buenaventura Echauz and Partners, Inc.; a Founding Chairman of Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc.; a Trustee of Bloomberry Cultural Foundation, and ICTSI Foundation, Inc.; and an Independent Trustee of Manila Water Foundation.

Cesar is a former Director of Philippine American Life Insurance Co., AG&P Co. of Manila, Ayala Corporation*, First Philippine Holdings Corp.*, Philippine Airlines*, Philippine National Bank*, Benguet Corporation*, Asian Bank, Ma. Cristina Chemical Industries, Paysetter International Inc., Maibarara Geothermal Inc., Manila International Airport Authority and Shell Group of Companies.

In 1991, Cesar was made Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Cesar received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of the Philippines and his Master’s degree in Civil Engineering majoring in Structures from Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1954, as a Fulbright scholar.

*Publicly Listed Company

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:29:05 a70000 No.19200264

File: 11588c9a246c956⋯.jpg (19.45 KB,350x350,1:1,CCE_2.jpg)

Carlos C. Ejercito, ICTSI’s Independent Director

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Carlos was elected as Independent Director of ICTSI* on April 21, 2022. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee, Nomination Sub-Committee, Remuneration Sub-Committee, Board Risk Oversight Committee and Related Party Transactions Committee of ICTSI*.

Concurrently, he is an Independent Director of Century Properties Group, Inc.* and Bloomberry Resorts Corporation*; and a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mount Grace Hospitals, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries.  

Carlos is a former Independent Director of Aboitiz Power Corporation* and Monte Oro Resources and Energy Corporation; and a former Director of United Laboratories Inc. and several of its subsidiaries, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, Ayala Greenfield Development Corporation, Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation, and Bonifacio Land Corporation.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, cum laude, from the University of the East, and completed the coursework for the MBA candidate from Ateneo Graduate School of Business. He also attended the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.

*Publicly Listed Corporation

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:29:49 a70000 No.19200271

File: 758dd95a9576feb⋯.jpg (19.97 KB,350x350,1:1,DMP_7.jpg)

Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta (ret.), ICTSI’s Independent Director

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Governance Sub-Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee, Board Risk Oversight Committee and Related Party Transactions Committee of ICTSI*.

Concurrently, he is an Independent Director of Bloomberry Resorts Corporation*, San Miguel Corporation*, Philippine Business Bank and Manila Hotel.

Chief Justice Peralta (ret.) was appointed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from October 23, 2019 until his retirement on March 27, 2021.  He served as Associate Justice of the Philippines from 2009 to 2019; Presiding Judge of the Sandiganbayan from 2008 to 2009; Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan from 2002 to 2008; and Judge in the Regional Trial Court – Branch 95 Quezon City from 1994 to 2000.

Chief Justice Peralta also provided work in the private sector as a General Manager for Ace Agro Development Corp.; a Senior Assistant Personnel Manager and Assistant Personnel Manager for Cosmos Bottling Corp.; and an Operations Supervisor for Wisdom Management, Inc.

Chief Justice Peralta completed his Bachelor of Science degree in San Juan de Letran in 1974 and his Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Santo Tomas in 1979. He passed the Bar Examination in 1980. On April 9, 2010 he received his Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa, from Northwestern University, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.

*Publicly Listed Corporation

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:31:04 a70000 No.19200276

File: 42196238d47e01d⋯.jpg (19.16 KB,350x350,1:1,JCI_0.jpg)

Jose C. Ibazeta, ICTSI’s Non-Executive Director

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Jose has been a Director of ICTSI* since December 1987. He is a Chairman of the Nomination Sub-Committee of ICTSI.

Concurrently, he is a Director of Prime Metro Power Holdings Corporation, Anscor Consolidated Corporation, AFC Agribusiness Corporation, Anscor Holdings, Inc., Minuet Realty Corporation, Phelps Dodge Philippine Energy Products Corporation and Vicinetum Holdings, Inc. He is also a Consultant to the Chairman of the Board of A. Soriano Corporation*; a Chairman and President of Island Aviation, Inc., and Pamalican Holdings, Inc.; a Founding Chairman and Director of Philippine Stratbase Consultancy Incorporated; and a Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and a Member of Compliance Committee of Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila.

Jose is a member of the Board of Trustees of ICTSI Foundation, Inc., Radio Veritas and St James the Great Parish Foundation.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1963 and his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco, USA in 1968. He completed all academic requirements and passed the comprehensive exams for an Master of Business Administration in Banking and Finance from the New York University in 1975

*Publicly Listed Corporation

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:32:48 a70000 No.19200280

File: b6bfd5f0d2f1672⋯.jpg (18.76 KB,350x350,1:1,SAP_0.jpg)

Stephen A. Paradies, ICTSI’s Non-Executive Director

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Stephen has been a Director of ICTSI* since December 1987. He is the Chairman of the Board Risk Oversight Committee; and a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Sub-Committee, Remuneration Sub-Committee, and Environmental, Social and Governance Sub-Committee of ICTSI*.

Concurrently, he is a Director of Sociedad Puerto Industrial Aguadulce S.A., Apex Mining Co. Inc.*, Union Investments Corp., Sureste Properties, Inc., Prime Metro BMD Corp., Prime Metro Power Holdings, Inc., Prime Metro Infrastructure Capital, Inc., MORE Palawan Power Corp., Amber Electric & Power Corp. and The Country Club Inc; the Chairman of Napagapa Beverages, Inc. and MORE Electric & Power Corp.; and a Trustee of Bloomberry Cultural Foundation, Inc. 

Stephen served as the Group Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Corporate Information Officer of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.; and was a Director of UnionBank of the Philippines.

He has received his Bachelor of Science Degree, Major in Business Management, from the Santa Clara University, California, USA.

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:34:08 a70000 No.19200287

File: e751f81cecfd887⋯.jpg (19.13 KB,350x350,1:1,AS3_3.jpg)

Andres Soriano III, Non-Executive Director

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Concurrently, he is the Chairman and Executive Officer of A. Soriano Corporation*; the Chairman and President of Anscor Consolidated Corp.; and the Chairman of The Andres Soriano Foundation, Inc., Phelps Dodge International Philippines, Inc., Phelps Dodge Philippines Energy Products Corp., Seven Seas Resorts and Leisure, Inc., and Pamalican Resort, Inc.  

Andres served as President and Chief Operating Officer of San Miguel Corporation; and was subsequently, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of San Miguel Corporation. He was also the Chairman of Coca-Cola (Philippines), Coca-Cola Amatil (Australia) and Nestle (Philippines).

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, majoring in Finance and International Business, from Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, USA in 1972.

*Publicly Listed Corporation

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 13:36:16 a70000 No.19200292

File: a700933db40adb4⋯.jpg (21.58 KB,350x350,1:1,CRG_0.jpg)

Christian Martin R. Gonzalez, Executive Vice President

https://www.ictsi.com/about-us/our-leadership

Christian is the Executive Vice President and Compliance Officer of ICTSI*. He is the Global Corporate Head of ICTSI Group and also served as Vice President, Regional Head - Asia Pacific.

Prior to his current role, he served as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Madagascar International Container Terminal Services Ltd. (MICTSL), which operates the port in Toamasina, Madagascar, and thereafter, appointed as the Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Region & Manila International Container Terminal.

When he first joined the ICTSI Group in 1997, he worked in various Operations departments before he was appointed as the Assistant Manager for Special Projects of ICTSI Ltd. He was named MICT Operations Manager in 2003. In 2006, he was designated as the Chief Operating Officer and later CEO of MICTSL in 2009. In 2010, he was designated as a Director of Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels, Inc. and The Country Club. In 2012, Mr. Gonzalez was appointed as the Head of ICTSI’s Business Development for Asia region. He was also appointed as the President of ICTSI Foundation, Inc. on April 15, 2016. He is currently the Chairman and President of Manila Harbor Center Port Services, Inc., Subic Bay International Terminal Holdings, Inc., ICTSI Subic, Inc.,President of ICTSI Asia Pacific Business Services, Inc., Chairman of Yantai International Container Terminal Limited and Victoria International Container Terminal Limited, Chairman and President of Intermodal Terminal Holdings, Inc., President of IW Cargo Handlers, Inc., and the Chairman of Cordilla Properties Holdings, Inc., ICTSI Far East Pte. Ltd., Mindanao International Container Terminal Services, Inc. and ICTSI Ltd.; President Commissioner of PT ICTSI Jasa Prima Tbk.; an alternate member of Sociedad Portuario Industrial Aguadulce S.A.; a Director of Bauan International Port, Inc., Davao Integrated Port & Stevedoring Services Corp.,HijoInternational Port Services, Inc., South Cotabato Integrated Ports Services, Inc., ICTSI Honduras Ltd., ICTSI (Hong Kong) Ltd., International Container Terminal Services Private Limited, Abbotsford Holdings, Inc., IWI Container Terminal Holdings, Inc., ICTSI Project Delivery Services Co. Pte. Ltd., ICTSI South Asia Pte. Ltd., Asiastar Consultants Limited, Manila North Harbour Port, Inc., Bloomberry Resorts Corporation*, Sureste Properties, Inc., ICTSI D.R. Congo S.A., Motukea International Terminal Limited, South Pacific International Container and Prime Metroline Transit Corporation; and a Commissioner of PT Makassar Terminal Services.

Christian is a graduate of Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) Business School, the graduate school of management of the University of Navarra, in Barcelona, Spain, where he received his Bilingual Master's in Business Administration. He is also a graduate of Business Administration from Pepperdine University in California.

*Publicly Listed Corporation

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 16:28:39 a70000 No.19201158

>>19200252

>Enrique K. Razon Jr., ICTSI’s Chairman and President, Executive Director

>He is also Chairman of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (BRC), owner of Solaire Resort and Casino in Entertainment City and in Quezon City, Philippines.

>>19200271

>Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta (ret.), ICTSI’s Independent Director

>he is an Independent Director of Bloomberry Resorts Corporation

This article can explain why they have a former Chief Justice of the Philippines as a director.

“Bloomberry Resorts Billionaire CEO Faces US Lawsuit Over Termination of Philippines Casino Deal”

https://www.vegasslotsonline.com/news/2021/03/30/bloomberry-resorts-billionaire-ceo-faces-us-lawsuit-over-termination-of-philippines-casino-deal/

March 30, 2021

• GGAM's Philippines subsidiary filed the lawsuit against Enrique Razon on Monday in New York

• The Bloomberry chairman and CEO terminated the Solaire Resort management deal in 2011

• A Singapore tribunal delivered its verdict in 2016, including a $296.6m arbitration award

• GGAM is yet to receive any funds and argues that Razon is hiding his assets in US companies

Enrique Razon, chairman and CEO of Bloomberry Resorts, is facing a lawsuit over the termination of a casino contract in Manila. The Philippine billionaire withdrew from an agreement regarding the operation of Solaire Resort and Casino in 2013.

A Philippines-based subsidiary of Global Gaming Asset Management (GGAM) filed the suit in federal court in New York on Monday. As defendants, it names Razon, two Bloomberry subsidiaries, and other US companies associated with the business tycoon.

plaintiff is seeking to confirm a $296.6m arbitration award handed down by a Singapore tribunal

The dispute relates back to 2013 when Bloomberry removed GGAM Philippines from the Solaire Resort’s management team. As a result, the plaintiff is seeking to confirm a $296.6m arbitration award handed down by a Singapore tribunal.

The lawsuit alleges that Razon is avoiding paying the funds to Las Vegas-based casino investment firm GGAM by hiding assets in the US.

WHAT LED TO THE DISPUTE

Razon and Bloomberry Resorts formed a five-year agreement with GGAM during the development of the Solaire Resort and Casino in 2011. This permitted GGAM to have a significant role in operating and managing the casino once it opened. Razon terminated the deal six months after the venue began operating.

Bloomberry Resorts and its subsidiary Sureste Properties claimed that the termination resulted from a lack of high-roller traffic. The companies argued that GGAM broke its management services agreement in failing to provide as many VIP gamblers as promised.

GGAM subsequently took its grievances to a Singapore arbitration tribunal, which ruled that Bloomberry was unjustified in its termination of the contract. The tribunal ultimately dished out the $296.6m award order in September 2016.

The Bloomberry subsidiaries attempted to overturn the court’s decision, describing it as “procured by fraud” and “in violation of public policy.” This resulted in another case in September 2019, which ended with an arbitration court confirming the original ruling.

RAZON HIDES HIS ASSETS

According to Bloomberg News, the New York lawsuit claims Razon has avoided paying the $296.6m arbitration award by hiding his assets in the US. It describes “a vast network of shell companies” used by Razon and his agents to conceal his holdings in the country.

The plaintiff adds that Razon has diverted assets from the Philippines to the US to benefit himself and his family. The Bloomberry owner has also allegedly taken action to prevent GGAM from selling its stake in the Solaire Resort.

Lawyers representing Bloomberry and its subsidiaries have consistently argued that the arbitration award can only be enforced by a Philippine court.

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Anonymous 07/18/23 (Tue) 16:30:42 a70000 No.19201175

>>19201158

Also

“New York court supports decision to dismiss case against Bloomberry Resorts in US$81 million hacker case” - The Bangladesh Bank heist

https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2023/06/01/new-york-court-supports-decision-to-dismiss-case-against-bloomberry-resorts-in-us81-million-hacker-case/

Thu 1 Jun 2023 at 06:14

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the Supreme Court to dismiss a complaint filed against Bloomberry Resorts Corp, owner and operator of Manila’s Solaire Resort Entertainment City, by Bangladesh Bank in relation to a 2016 hacking case.

According to details filed with the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, the latest decision was handed down on 20 May in support of the Supreme Court’s decision from April 2022 in which it determined the case did not have jurisdiction.

Bloomberry Resorts Corp subsidiary Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels, Inc.’s (BRHI) had earlier been named alongside Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation and Eastern Hawaii Leisure Company, Ltd, operator of Midas Hotel & Casino in Clark, in the suit, which accused all of conversion, theft and misappropriation; aiding and abetting the same; conspiracy to commit the same; fraud; aiding and abetting and conspiracy to commit fraud; conspiracy to commit trespass against chattels; unjust enrichment; and return of money received.

The case relates to US$81 million that was stolen from Bangladesh Bank by North Korean hackers in 2016 via 35 fraudulent instructions to transfer almost US$1 billion from the bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The US bank blocked the majority of those but not before five transactions worth a combined US$101 million were processed.

Bangladesh Bank eventually recouped US$20 million traced to Sri Lanka, however US$81 million transferred to the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) in the Philippines was transacted and lost, partially through casinos, including Solaire, where some of the funds were used to purchase gaming chips and play in junket rooms.

Bangladesh Bank has been looking to recoup at least some of the stolen funds ever since.

“What went before: The Bangladesh Bank heist”

https://pcij.org/article/4291/what-went-before-the-bangladesh-bank-heist

September 21, 2020

Excerpts below

It was the stuff of Hollywood suspense.

The stolen funds found their way into a major Philippine bank, converted into pesos by remittance companies, and disappeared in Manila’s smoky casinos.

The timing of the cyber-heist was elaborate. No one was looking — Bangladesh Bank was shut down for the weekend and it was Chinese New Year in Manila.

On the day of the transfer, an account was opened for “William Go DBA Centurytex Trading,” and received $22.73 million from the Lagrosas account.

The money was converted into pesos by Philrem and other remittance companies, and distributed to the bank accounts of Weikang Xu, Eastern Hawaii Leisure Co., operator of Midas Hotel and Casino, and Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc., which holds the gaming license of Solaire Resorts and Casino.

Also in March 2016, the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) filed a complaint against casino junket operators Kam Sin Wong and Weikang Xu, alleging that they should have flagged the funds transferred to their accounts as suspicious or stolen. The cases were dismissed by DOJ, citing lack of proof.

Go supposedly ordered Philrem to remit the total amount of $80.9 million to recipients including Bloomberry Hotel and Resorts Inc. ($29 million) and Eastern Hawaii Leisure Co. Ltd. ($21.2 million) owned by Wong.

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Anonymous 07/19/23 (Wed) 22:55:24 bd27f4 No.19208441

it's the future you choose

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Anonymous 07/20/23 (Thu) 00:30:10 78f3c8 No.19208910

General Research #23592 >>19208882

Major blast rocks South Africa’s largest city

19 Jul, 2023 21:11

A suspected gas explosion left a huge sinkhole in the central business district of Johannesburg, with multiple injuries reported

Several people have been injured following a suspected gas pipeline explosion in central Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city. The underground blast left a huge sinkhole on the street, damaging and overturning multiple cars.

Footage from the scene shows a deep crack in the ground, with vehicles scattered along the street in the city’s central business district.

https://www.rt.com/news/579989-johannesburg-explosion-south-africa/

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Anonymous 07/20/23 (Thu) 12:36:00 110cea No.19211403

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Anonymous 07/20/23 (Thu) 20:34:35 17f2f6 No.19213366

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“WATCH | The moment Joburg CBD exploded: A loud bang, billowing smoke, dust and absolute mayhem” - https://youtu.be/h8sPMug_NTE

“Joburg implements total shutdown of all pipelines in CBD to inspect infrastructure after explosion”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/joburg-implements-total-shutdown-of-all-pipelines-in-cbd-to-inspect-infrastructure-after-explosion-abb80a67-67dd-47c8-b10e-a932614a58bb

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2023

The City of Johannesburg has announced that all underground pipelines will be shut down to allow full inspection of existing infrastructure.

The existing underground pipeline on Bree Street (Lillian Ngoyi Street) includes infrastructure for Egoli Gas, Telkom, City Power, Joburg Water - who have sewer and water pipelines, and Sasol, to name a few.

All companies and public entities reported to the operations command centre that their infrastructure was in tact, but they have now all been told to restrict supply to ensure the necessary inspections to take.

During a media briefing from the command centre in Newtown, Joburg city manager Floyd Brink said natural gas reticulator, EGoli Gas, had been ordered to shut down its underground gas pipelines in the inner city within the next two hours.

Brink said Joburg Water and City Power had also been ordered to shut down their infrastructure in the inner city.

Brink explained that the cause of the explosion was likely from three possible scenarios.

What could have caused the Joburg CBD underground explosion?

“At this stage, our preliminary investigations have presented us with three possible scenarios for the explosion.

These are:

– an ignition of methane gas in underground storm water systems due to sewerage ingress;

– the ignition of natural gas, mixed with air in underground storm water drainage systems or service ducts;

– the ignition of gas from a gas pipe burst.

“At this stage only one of the above potential causes appear to be warranted, accidental leakage of natural into the service duct reaching explosion concentration levels of 5-15% and was ignited by a source unknown at this stage.

“The source of gas in the service duct is unknown. Investigations in this regard will continue to try locate the source over the next few days,” said Brink.

Brink said to mitigate against the services being shut down in the inner city, water tankers and mobile toilets would be provided for residents in the area.

He also said no evacuations were necessary as all buildings were still structurally sound after the explosion.

Brink said they were taking the step to shut down all underground infrastructure to allow technicians an opportunity to assess along the 400 metre pipeline which has been affected.

Brink also said technical teams would tomorrow use pressure fans to blow out any excess gas which remained before teams were expected to physically inspect.

“The digging and trenching to be done now will have to be done by hand until we are confident the site is safe and all hazardous factors are cleared,” he said.

City Power’s general manager for the service delivery centre, Charles Mohlaka, said they had already turned off the electrical supply into the area and would only restore it once the area had been declared safe.

Earlier, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi ordered the JMPD and SAPS to fence off the area with barbed wire to limit the number of people in the area.

Brink added that 250 law enforcement officers, which include 50 security officers, would be deployed to the area to ensure the area.

Brink said they were reluctant to bring in any heavy machinery yet and it was unclear how long it would take for the situation to return to normalcy on Bree Street and the inner city.

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Anonymous 07/20/23 (Thu) 20:37:30 17f2f6 No.19213377

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>>19213366

>the ignition of gas from a gas pipe burst.

“Confusion reigns as Egoli Gas denies Joburg CBD explosion was caused by gas leak”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/confusion-reigns-as-egoli-gas-denies-joburg-cbd-explosion-was-caused-by-gas-leak-d3eaed37-821a-4d33-b5c9-0624fe68f27c

Published Jul 19, 2023

Disaster management and emergency services are attempting to clear out residents, business owners and onlookers in the Johannesburg central business district (CBD) after an explosion rocked the city centre on Wednesday evening.

Egoli Gas has claimed the explosion was not the result of a gas leak. In a tweet, Egoli Gas said it believed “it is unlikely that the explosion in Jhb CBD, Bree Street, JHB was caused by a gas pipeline or leak. Our network has experienced no pressure loss which indicates the gas pipelines are intact. Our customers in the area continue to receive gas uninterrupted.”

Egoli Gas is a piped natural gas reticulator, servicing more than 8,500 customers across various markets in the Greater Johannesburg area with regulated servicing the Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal industries.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi told media on the scene that emergency teams were assessing the area where gas could still be smelled in the air even after 8pm on Wednesday night.

Lesufi said that it was extremely worrying that even though the gas explosion caused massive destruction to the tarred road and possible damage to the foundations of a number of high rise buildings in the area, onlookers were still in the area walking around.

He has further confirmed that Egoli Gas experts were on the scene still assessing where the gas explosion emanated from, what is the gas that is currently being inhaled by those in the CBD and how best to control the situation.

Lesufi said that some people in the area were complaining of headaches and chest pains and emergency services were treating them.

He said it was imperative that Egoli Gas experts find the gas line and close it soon.

City Manager Floyd Brinks said the area remains a risk and disaster however they were still waiting on a report from the initial assessment before they could report back to the public on the way forward.

He said, importantly, the assessors were assessing the structural integrity of the buildings to avoid further disaster.

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Anonymous 07/21/23 (Fri) 19:39:35 d9322e No.19218359

“Russian plane at Air Force Base and the Lady R – ‘ANC has not been playing open cards’”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/russian-plane-at-air-force-base-and-the-lady-r-anc-has-not-been-playing-open-cards/

July 20, 2023

The ANC has not been playing open cards with South Africa regarding the freight plane of a private Russian company, Aviacon Zitotrans, which landed at the Waterkloof Air Force Base on 24 April this year.

In reply to written questions by the FF Plus about the matter, the Minister of Defence, Thandi Modise, said that the flights from other countries that landed at Waterkloof in the last five financial years were all “government to government”.

From the reply it can also be gleaned that up until 28 March this year, no Russian aircraft had landed at Waterkloof during the past five financial years.

The first Russian aircraft – this one from the commercial aircraft company Aviacon Zitotrans – landed there on 24 April 2023.

According to media reports, this company is subject to sanctions by both America and Britain because it transported arms for the Russian army.

The FF Plus demanded answers from government about the landing by enquiring why Waterkloof was used and not an ordinary airport. In response, Minister Modise said that the plane was delivering diplomatic mail and it, therefore, had permission to land there.

A spokesperson of the SANDF, Brigadier General Andries Mahapa, confirmed that the plane was granted “diplomatic status” so it was allowed to land.

I will pose follow-up questions about this to the Minister. Including how it is possible that a private company subjected to international sanctions could be granted diplomatic status in South Africa.

This matter must be considered alongside the secrecy surrounding the Russian freight ship, the Lady R. America openly accused South Africa by claiming that arms had been loaded onto the ship when it docked at Simons Town on 8 December last year.

But like with Aviacon Zitotrans, all irregularities were denied.

Concerning the Lady R matter, former Judge Phineas Mojapelo and his panel have concluded their investigation into the incident and they now have two weeks to compile a report.

The FF Plus will insist that the report be made public.

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Anonymous 07/21/23 (Fri) 19:41:13 d9322e No.19218370

South Africa is the messenger again.

“Why Putin won’t go to South Africa for the BRICS summit in August” – Part 1

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/why-putin-wont-go-to-south-africa-for-the-brics-summit-in-august-8850401/

New Delhi | Updated: July 21, 2023 09:41 IST

ICC, an international court, has issued a warrant of arrest against Russia's President for alleged war crimes. South Africa accepts the jurisdiction of the ICC. India does not.

South Africa has said that President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not attend a scheduled summit of the BRICS grouping in Johannesburg from August 22-24. The decision has been taken by “mutual agreement”, South Africa, which has the BRICS presidency, said.

What is the significance of this development?

A difficult situation has been resolved for South Africa, which would have been theoretically obligated to arrest Putin for alleged war crimes if he had arrived in its jurisdiction.

South Africa had earlier sought an exemption from the obligation, arguing that arresting Putin would amount to a declaration of war, and could potentially scupper the efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine, a Reuters report said.

But why would South Africa be obligated to arrest Putin?

On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued “warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova”.

Lvova-Belova is the “Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation”.

The ICC, which is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, is an independent judicial body that began functioning on July 1, 2002, to prosecute the most heinous offences where a country’s own legal machinery failed to act — like in Rwanda and erstwhile Yugoslavia.

Unlike the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which deals with countries and inter-state disputes, the ICC prosecutes individuals — it “investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression”.

South Africa has said it is neutral in the war in Ukraine. But as a member of the ICC, it is in theory obligated to execute the warrant for arrest.

What has Putin done for the warrants to be issued against him?

According to a press release issued by the ICC at the time, Putin, 70, and Lvova-Belova, 38, are “allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation…and unlawful transfer” of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”, for which they have been charged under “Articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute”.

The Rome Statute, adopted in 1998, is the international treaty that established the ICC.

According to the ICC, “the crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022”, the day Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

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Anonymous 07/21/23 (Fri) 19:41:42 d9322e No.19218372

>>19218370

“Why Putin won’t go to South Africa for the BRICS summit in August” – Part 2

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/why-putin-wont-go-to-south-africa-for-the-brics-summit-in-august-8850401/

New Delhi | Updated: July 21, 2023 09:41 IST

But does the ICC have the authority to prosecute President Putin?

Russia has repeatedly said that it does not.

The ICC’s jurisdiction is limited to offences that occurred after it came into existence on July 1, 2002, and were committed either in a country that has ratified the agreement, or by a national of a country that has ratified the agreement.

Russia is not one of the 123 States Parties to the Rome Statute that recognise the authority of the ICC. The United States isn’t a signatory either, and it has over the years repeatedly and aggressively denounced the ICC.

China and India too do not recognise the ICC’s jurisdiction.

Even Ukraine is not a State Party to the Rome Statute. However, in 2014, it accepted “the jurisdiction of the Court over alleged crimes committed on its territory from 21 November 2013 to 22 February 2014” and then, in 2015, accepted the ICC’s jurisdiction “from 20 February 2014 onwards, with no end date”.

So is there a risk of arrest for Putin outside Russia?

Only if he travels to a State Party to the ICC — like South Africa — and only in theory.

This is the first time that the ICC has issued an arrest warrant against the head of one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir and Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi are the only other leaders to have been indicted by the ICC while serving as head of state, a Reuters report said.

The charges against Gaddafi were dropped after he was overthrown and killed in 2011. Bashir, who was indicted in 2009, remained President until 2019 and travelled to many ICC Member States during this period. Out of power, he has been tried in Sudan, but he has not been handed over to the ICC.

The ICC charged Kenya’s William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta before they became President of their country, but subsequently dropped the charges.

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Anonymous 07/21/23 (Fri) 19:46:24 d9322e No.19218388

>>19201175

“Why Countries Have[US] Fed Reserve Accounts”

https://www.casino.org/news/bloomberry-resorts-solaire-cleared-bangladesh-bank-heist/

Posted on: June 1, 2023, 10:56h.

Despite the $81 million heist that North Korean hackers carried out, the US Federal Reserve is considered one of the safest and most secure banking institutions in the world. Though information regarding the bank’s holdings is typically confidential, Reuters in 2017 reported that some 250 foreign central banks and governments keep more than $3.3 trillion of their assets at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The US Federal Reserve says it holds about half of the world’s dollar reserves. The purpose of establishing a reserve in the US allows foreign countries to more easily deposit, maintain, and transfer foreign currency around the world.

In 2019, the Bangladeshi government reported having about $39 billion in foreign currency reserves. Though Bangladesh is a small country, its 170 million residents rank eighth as the most populated nation in the world, putting it ahead of Russia, Mexico, Japan, the Philippines, Germany, France, and the UK.

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Anonymous 07/21/23 (Fri) 20:04:24 d9322e No.19218472

“Zuma extends his stay in Moscow”

https://www.pressreader.com/eswatini/times-of-eswatini/20230721/281943137366992

21 Jul 2023

JOHANNESBURG - Former President Jacob Zuma has extended his trip to Moscow as the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) decides whether he should return to prison.

News24 understands from two sources who have knowledge of Zuma’s trip that he was meant to return on Tuesday, but that he extended the trip.

He is seeking medical treatment in the Russian capital, although the details of his illness are unknown.

Fate

The DCS said on Wednesday that the department was yet to decide on Zuma’s fate. Jacob Zuma Foundation spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi confirmed that Zuma had not returned from Moscow.

“I don’t know when he will be coming back,” he said.

Manyi, who is also an EFF member of Parliament, said he did not know what Zuma’s health condition was.

Confirm

A source said Zuma planned to return next Wednesday, but Manyi said he could not confirm when the former head of state would return.

Last Thursday, the Constitutional Court dismissed the Department of Correctional Services’ application for leave to appeal a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling that Zuma should return to prison.

The apex court found the department’s appeal ‘bears no reasonable prospect of success’ and dismissed the application with costs.

Zuma was jailed in July 2021 after he was sentenced to 15 months for contempt of the Constitutional Court after he refused to obey an order to appear before the Zondo Commission.

However, hardly two months later, he was released on medical parole after then National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Arthur Fraser, overruled the Medical Parole Advisory Board’s (MPAB) recommendation that the former president did not qualify.

The DA, AfriForum and Helen Suzman Foundation asked the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to review Fraser’s decision and set it aside, which it did. Zuma and the DCS then appealed, but the SCA upheld the High Court’s decision.

The SCA found Zuma ‘has not finished serving his sentence’.

It said: “He must return to the Estcourt Correctional Centre to do so. Whether the time spent by Mr Zuma on unlawfully granted medical parole should be taken into account in determining the remaining period of his incarceration, is not a matter for this court to decide.”

“It is a matter to be considered by the commissioner (Makgothi Thobakgale). If he is empowered by law to do so, the commissioner might take that period into account in determining any application or grounds for release.”

After the Constitutional Court’s decision last week, the SCA’s ruling stands.

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:29:25 17f2f6 No.19227442

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“LGBTQ Movement Exposed: Shocking History Behind It” – George Soros supported and Malcolm X warned about the liberals

https://youtu.be/4XL4P2IZLxo

Jul 5, 2023

10:59 – “Who was the most responsible for the California Fair Education Act?… Equality California (EGCA], Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network [GLSEN], Human Right Campaign [HRD], National Center for Lesbian Rights [NCLR] and Tansgender Law Center [TLC]. And what do these organisations have in common?… They’re the same 3 donours… Gilead Sciences… Arcus Foundation… Gill Foundation…” George Soros is behind them… “As of June 2023, there are 6 states that make it mandatory to teach LGBTQ-related material in schools.”

16:47 – “Here’s what Malcolm X had to say about this many many decades ago. “The white liberal differs from the white conservative only in one way. The liberal is more deceitful, more hypocritical than the conservative. Both want power but the white liberal is the one who has perfected the art of posing as the negro’s friend and benefactor and by winning the friendship and support of the negro, the white liberal is able to use the negro as a pawn or a weapon in this political football game that is constantly raging between the white liberals and and the white conservatives. The American negro is nothing but a political football and the white liberals control this ball through tricks or tokenism, false promises of integration and civil rights. In this game of deceiving and using the American negro, the white liberals have complete co-operation of the negro civil rights leader who sell our people out for a few crumbs of token recognition, token gains, token progress.”

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:37:53 17f2f6 No.19227479

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>>19227442

>George Soros

>Malcolm X

What has Malcolm X and Steve Biko have in common? They both spoke against the liberal establishment and they both were murdered while the ‘heroes’ of the struggle have survived.

Take note

George Soros began his philanthropy in 1979, giving scholarships to Black South Africans under apartheid. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/george-soros

1994

Nurturing Democracy and Addressing Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa

As apartheid falls, the Open Society Foundations office in South Africa focuses on addressing injustices—and creating opportunities—in a country that has systematically discriminated against the majority of its citizens for decades. The Open Society Foundations spend more than $150 million in South Africa over the next 25 years to support reconciliation, legal reform, education, public health, and independent media. George Soros makes a separate pledge in 1995 of $50 million to help the government build housing for people living in makeshift shacks and overcrowded city dwellings.

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/our-history

“George Soros and South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to Robbery Capitalism” 1 of 2

https://hannenabintuherland.com/mideast/george-soros-and-south-africas-transition-from-apartheid-to-robbery-capitalism/

March 14, 2022

Below are excerpts

South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to Robbery Capitalism: South Africa’s transition from apartheid to polyarchy provides a devastating example of the power of capitalism to penetrate and dismantle a vibrant movement demanding massive social change and effectively harmonize them into a neoliberal social order.

As Ian Taylor reports, “[o]ne of the most active groups within the change industry” in South Africa was the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa — a group that later became known as the Institute for Democracy in South Africa.

The cofounders of this Institute, van Zyl Slabbert and Alex Boraine, represented what might be considered the “compassionate face of liberalism,” and prior to setting up their Institute (in 1986), both been part of the “corporate-funded Progressive Federal Party, an organisation that ‘bore the Oppenheimer imprint from the start’.” (4)

Despite their elite backgrounds, Slabbert and Boraine had initially failed to garner foreign support from the US leading liberal foundations, and it was only when they were introduced to George Soros, who immediately decided to support their venture, that the equally well-endowed American foundations reconsidered working with them. Slabbert recalled:

“We wanted $150,000 and he signed a cheque of $75,000. In the lift, Boraine and I passed the cheques to and fro in disbelief. Soros did not ask for any guarantee and said, in passing, that we could send him a report if we wished. We obtained the rest of the money from the ever-reliable Scandinavians and the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.”(5)

IDASA’s current chair, Njabulo Ndebele, is a former resident scholar at the Ford Foundation.

Ndebele is also a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation where he serves alongside current Open Society Foundation of South Africa board member (and former Rockefeller Foundation trustee) Mamphela Ramphele. (7)

Former board member of the Open Society Foundation of South Africa, Khehla Shubane, helped establish the Nelson Mandela Foundation, while also serving as the CEO of Business Map Foundation — a “research institution focusing on black economic empowerment and monitoring foreign investment patterns.” (8)

Since it was formed in 1995 “with core funding from South African businesses,” the Centre for Development and Enterprise has been headed by Ann Bernstein, who had previously served as the executive director of the Urban Foundation from 1989 until its demise in 1995. [With Anglo-American's Harry Oppenheimer as chairperson, and the doyen of Afrikaans business, Anton Rupert, as deputy, the U F (Urban Foundation) began operating early in 1977… Its initial finances came almost exclusively from the local business community, the biggest piece coming from Anglo-American itself. http://www.transformationjournal.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/trans018-019006.pdf]

More recently, from 2005 until 2006, Berstein served as a Reagan Fascell Democracy Fellow at the NED. Given the openly pro-corporate polyarchal agenda of Berstein’s Centre it is intriguing to note that their board of directors includes Ishmael Mkhabela.

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:40:56 17f2f6 No.19227494

“George Soros and South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to Robbery Capitalism” 2 of 2

https://hannenabintuherland.com/mideast/george-soros-and-south-africas-transition-from-apartheid-to-robbery-capitalism/

March 14, 2022

Below are excerpts

On top of being a board member of the conservative South African Institute of Race Relations, Mkhabela serves as the chairperson of the Steve Biko Foundation, which was ostensibly set up to commemorate the murder of a revolutionary activist and thinker, Steve Biko. Surely Biko himself would be most distraught with the manner by which his name is used to deflect criticism from polyarchal elites. Writing in 1970, before his murder at the hand of the state (in 1977), Biko said:

“Nowhere is the arrogance of the liberal ideology demonstrated so well as in their insistence that the problems of the country can only be solved by a bilateral approach involving both black and white.

This has, by and large, come to be taken in all seriousness as the modus operandi in South Africa by all those who claim they would like a change in the status quo. Hence the multiracial political organisations and parties and the “nonracial” student organisations, all of which insist on integration not only as an end goal but also as a means.” [SASO (South Africa Students Association) was formed in 1969, under the leadership of Steve Biko, with whom she (Mamphela Ramphele) later had a child. https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/dr-mamphela-aletta-ramphele] (9)

Certainly elite support of the Steve Biko Foundation is not new, and neither is it a recent phenomenon, (10) and the Foundation’s former director Xolela Mangcu is presently a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Such connections are no mere accidents, and they provide an elegant demonstration of the extent to which polyarchal ideology has been fruitfully propagated. As William Robinson, the leading critical theorist of the democracy-manipulating establishment, observes:

US “democracy promotion,” as it actually functions, sets about not just to secure and stabilize elite-based polyarchic systems but to have the United States and local elites thoroughly penetrate civil society, and from therein assure control over popular mobilization and mass movements (that is, correct the “flukes,” or “dysfunctions,” of democracy).

This is in distinction to earlier strategies to constrain social and political mobilization though a focus on control of the state and governmental apparatus. (13)

Leftist activists must collectively recognize this manipulative reorientation of the elite foreign policy-making community. If they continue to overlook the full extent of this change — as many doctrinal human rights groups and progressive media outlets continue to do — there will be little to prevent their activism from acting in the service of imperialism and polyarchy, not justice and grassroots democracy.

This situation is intolerable: how many people must be crushed before activists recognize that the revolution will not be funded? By capitalists anyway.

7. Another notable trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation is Irene Menell, an individual who had helped cofound the Urban Foundation (in 1977) with the aid of Anglo American.

9. Steve Biko, I Write What I Like (Heinemann, 1987), p.20. Biko adds: “Let me hasten to say that I am not claiming that segregation is necessarily the natural order; however, given the facts of the situation where a group experiences privilege at the expense of others, then it becomes obvious that a hastily arranged integration cannot be the solution to the problem. It is rather like expecting the slave to work together with the slave-master’s son to remove all the conditions leading to the formers enslavement.” (pp.20-1)

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:42:29 17f2f6 No.19227501

>>19227442

>>19227494

“The Looting of Africa under corrupt African leaders? George Soros Open Society”

https://hannenabintuherland.com/mideast/looting-of-africa-george-soros/

June 15, 2022

Below are excerpts

The Open Society Institute and related Soros enterprises fund and herd uncountable thousands of private groups and globalist agencies, seeking to overthrow African governments and seize natural resources, in the name of fighting tyranny and corruption.

One side of this nightmare is the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

It began when the George Soros organization known as Publish What You Pay, aided by propaganda from the Soros-funded Global Witness group, demanded that nations with valuable natural resources be compelled to turn over to mutinational cartels and to the British government, all records of their transactions on these resources — so as to stop bribes!

In 2002, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in Johannesburg, announced he had accepted this Soros proposal. In 2003 Blair formed the EITI as a London-based global agency, which would seek to pull in the United States and would attempt to enforce open domination over world resources.

Led originally by Anglo-Dutch Shell Oil, DeBeers, and Anglo American, EITI’s participating corporations now include include such mining companies as AngloGold Ashanti, Barrick Gold, BHP Billiton, DeBeers, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Gold Fields, Katanga Mining Limited, Newmont, Rio Tinto; and oil companies such as Chevron, ConocoPhilips, Eni, ExxonMobil, Hess, Pemex, and Petrobras.

In 2006, EITI’s governing secretariat was set up in Norway and placed under Soros management, with money from Open Society Institute and EITI board members from Soros agencies Publish What You Pay, Revenue Watch Institute, and Global Witness.

To launch EITI as a Soros arm, then-World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz (an architect of the Iraq catastrophe) came to Norway and did a press conference on the need to direct the “revenue stream from extractive industries” in “developing countries.” [Note; In 2000 she (Dr Mamphela Ramphele) became a managing director of the World Bank, based in Washington, DC, a post she held until end of 2004. http://mamphela-ramphele.com/]

“Conflict diamonds” have provided the propaganda power behind the Soros Initiative.

As world opinion was revulsed by accounts of genocidal wars over African diamonds, gems used as currency by mafias, mercenaries, and militias, the Soros group Global Witness, in tandem with the top diamond companies, shaped the issue of “blood diamonds” towards London’s objectives.

In 2000, the {World Diamond Council} was set up in Brussels, Belgium, led by DeBeers (historically Cecil Rhodes/Rothschild) of London and South Africa; by DeBeers agent Maurice Tempelsman, head of New York-based Lazare Kaplan diamond company; and by Israeli diamond billionaire Dan Gertler and his family. The World Diamond Council’s “reforms” of the industry’s looting are approved by Global Witness and are an integral part of the EITI’s agenda.

Belgian-born Maurice Tempelsman started out in the former Belgian Congo. After the 1961 murder of nationalist prime minister Patrice Lumumba, Tempelsman hired as his liasion to the replacement government the former CIA station chief there, Larry Devlin, who had been ordered to murder Lumumba but claims others did it. From his Congo base, Tempelsman participated in the work-up to the British coup against Ghana’s nationalist President Kwami Nkruma.

Tempelsman became the number one U.S.-based affiliate of DeBeers and London’s world diamond cartel. Tempelsman lived with President John Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, from the mid-1970s until her 1994 death.

A power in the post-JFK Democratic Party alongside Felix Rohatyn and George Soros, Tempelsman is a director of the National Democratic Institute component of the National Endowment for Democracy that funds Global Witness and many other Soros fronts.

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:50:07 17f2f6 No.19227551

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>Since it was formed in 1995 “with core funding from South African businesses,” the Centre for Development and Enterprise has been headed by Ann Bernstein, who had previously served as the executive director of the Urban Foundation from 1989 until its demise in 1995. [With Anglo-American's Harry Oppenheimer as chairperson, and the doyen of Afrikaans business, Anton Rupert, as deputy, the U F (Urban Foundation) began operating early in 1977… Its initial finances came almost exclusively from the local business community, the biggest piece coming from Anglo-American itself. http://www.transformationjournal.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/trans018-019006.pdf]

>>19227494

>Another notable trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation is Irene Menell, an individual who had helped cofound the Urban Foundation (in 1977) with the aid of Anglo American.

“Who are the Menell Family? EFF question links to Ramaphosa” – Urban Foundation

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/who-are-the-menell-family-eff-question-links-to-ramaphosa/

09-06-2020 16:05

The Menell family name was thrown in the midst of the battle as the red berets took aim at President Cyril Ramaphosa.

It was during his speech where he caught headlines by referring to South Africa’s number 1 as a “bastard”, accusing him of selling the country to the Menell family at the wake of its democracy.

WHO ARE THE MENELL FAMILY?

Ramaphosa will not have been born when a certain Slip Menell co-founded the Anglovaal Group in 1933.

The group started off as a mining company but has since branched off into other sectors, such as finance and industry.

The company thrived in the old South Africa and, as the apartheid rule approached its end, founded the Urban Foundation, which focused on, among other things, urban development, housing and education in black townships.

The foundation advanced the cause of education among black people, among other causes and had perhaps its greatest successes in Ramaphosa, who was in his early 20s when the two connected.

THE CYRIL RAMAPHOSA CONNECTION

The Urban Foundation is credited for transforming Ramaphosa from aspiring lawyer to mining magnate.

He was recruited by the foundation in 1977, a year after the Soweto uprisings – which the month of June is dedicated to, following the well-documented student protests.

At the time, Clive Menell headed the gold-mining conglomerate.

The connection with the Menell family brought him closer to what was then South Africa’s biggest workforce, the miners.

It is at the mining industry where he would embark on his journey as a unionist, as he promoted an alternative to potentially violent labour disputes while growing what remains one the largest unions among mineworkers in South Africa – the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).

His involvement with the Menell family would – at the dawn of democracy – spawn the new Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).

In his speech on Monday, Malema mentioned how Ramaphosa allegedly sold South Africa out to the family which, according to the EFF’s ideology, equated to giving the country away to its detested white monopoly capital.

This may have been through his close ties with Nelson Mandela, who had earmarked him as his successor prior to the ANC taking up power.

https://www.geni.com/people/Clive-Menell/6000000022514935219

Clive Mennell took over the family business (gold mining) in South Africa. He was friends with Nelson Mandela, and when he died, Mandela delivered the eulogy at his funeral!

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:52:28 17f2f6 No.19227563

>>19227551

>Clive Mennell took over the family business (gold mining) in South Africa. He was friends with Nelson Mandela, and when he died, Mandela delivered the eulogy at his funeral!

“Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Memorial for Clive Menell”

http://www.mandela.gov.za/mandela_speeches/1996/960804_menell.htm

4 August 1996

Clive Menell was a leader of great distinction and a person of rare quality. The rich contribution he made to our society and the imprint he has left on its history goes far beyond what is known by each one of us who had the privilege to work with him or to count him amongst our friends. It is only now, when we come together from the many walks of life that he touched, that the sum of his gifts can be felt.

Born into privilege of a kind that few people can ever know, he gave of his energies and talents not only in his inherited station, but also to the cause of changing our society and upliftment of the poor. The combination of vision with the capacity to give it practical effect made him a leader in many spheres.

Transformation in South Africa and global economic change have brought historic challenges to our business community - it will sorely miss the leadership of Clive Menell, who has helped guide it through this period of economic, political and social transition. Our economy needs leaders who can pursue the interrelated goals of competing in the global market-place and building a partnership of business, government and labour for growth, reconstruction and development.

Our young people are the nation's greatest asset, and education therefore has immense power to shape the character of our society. The small band of visionaries who established Waterford School were affirming, in a very practical and concrete way, and during apartheid's darkest years, that even those who were able to enjoy the privileges of the system could also align themselves with the oppressed for a non-racial future. My own childen, like those of many other friends of mine, studied at Waterford. Many of the school's students, some of them in leadership positions, are now helping to build our Rainbow Nation.

It was this same understanding of the importance of education for our future which led Clive to devote his energies to promoting student exchange that would bring educational opportunities to those denied it in their own country.

The plight of South Africa's children as a consequence of apartheid, is one of the most shameful blots on our country's history. I long cherished the vision of South Africans from every quarter of society joining hands to redeem that neglect. When the time came to make that a reality, in the form of the Children's Fund, Clive Menell's experience, and the time he unstintingly gave, were of immense value.

Many people, including myself, will sorely miss Clive. Our thoughts are with you, Irene, and the family, knowing that your loss is a much deeper one. But we do all take comfort in the knowledge that his life has helped make ours a better society, and that he will be remembered by so many with love and appreciation.

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:55:24 17f2f6 No.19227574

>>19227494

>Steve Biko, I Write What I Like (Heinemann, 1987), p.20. Biko adds: “Let me hasten to say that I am not claiming that segregation is necessarily the natural order; however, given the facts of the situation where a group experiences privilege at the expense of others, then it becomes obvious that a hastily arranged integration cannot be the solution to the problem. It is rather like expecting the slave to work together with the slave-master’s son to remove all the conditions leading to the formers enslavement.” (pp.20-1)

“Mandela and Zuma gold mine 'exploiting workers'” 1 of 3

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13275704

5 May 2011

A South African gold mining company owned by members of the Mandela and Zuma families is accused of exploiting its political connections to avoid punishment over its abuse of workers.

The company is also accused of profiting from selling mine assets it does not own - a claim it vehemently denies.

"I'm drowning in debts at the moment, and I don't have any food because I have no income," says Primrose Javu.

"We're living in a very, very bad condition here."

She is standing in the kitchen of her small three-room flat, proud of the furniture, TV and hi-fi she bought herself when she was getting paid for working hundreds of metres underground, in a gold mine.

But she knows it will not be long before the debt collectors come and take it all away.

"They can come to fetch it any time, because I am not getting any salary. This company called Aurora, they just ran away with our pay. We don't get anything."

Ms Javu's employer, Aurora Empowerment Systems, took control of two gold mines just outside Johannesburg around 18 months ago.

Today, South Africa's mining unions claim the company owes its workers more than 12m rand (£1.1m; $1.8m) in unpaid salaries.

Famous families

The managing director of Aurora is Zondwa Gadaffi Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela. The chairman is Khulubuse Zuma, nephew of President Jacob Zuma. Another board member, Michael Hulley, is the personal legal advisor to the president.

Despite having no previous experience in the mining industry, a high court-appointed liquidator gave Aurora control of two gold mines after the previous owner went bust. Aurora outbid seasoned mining firms with an offer of 605m rand (£55.5m; $92m).

Since then, the company has been at the centre of huge controversy in South Africa, with critics claiming that the company has committed multiple legal and regulatory infringements, but has escaped any kind of sanction because of the significant political connections of its senior management.

When Aurora took over the gold mines in October 2009, it promised steady jobs, decent housing and education bursaries for the children of its workers.

"All these things, all these beautiful promises - that worried me," reflects Frans Baleni, secretary general of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - South Africa's largest, most powerful union, and a close political ally of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).

"They started to seriously default on the payment of salaries in December 2009, and in the following year, 2010, for the first three months, they were not paying workers' salaries at all."

The BBC has repeatedly approached Aurora to request an interview with the company's senior management, but they declined to speak or issue a statement.

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:56:17 17f2f6 No.19227581

>>19227574

“Mandela and Zuma gold mine 'exploiting workers'” 2 of 3

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13275704

5 May 2011

Food for votes?

Many of the 5,200 mine workers employed at the two mines in Orkney and Grootvlei - to the south-west and east of Johannesburg respectively - have since been living on donations and food parcels provided by the unions.

Mamosa Nonyane was a former surveyor working on the Orkney mine.

"It's very painful to live on charity," she says.

Recently, the ANC also delivered food parcels to the workers at the Orkney mine. Ms Nonyane holds a plastic bag of maize meal, cooking oil and sugar, given to her by the party, but she is cynical about their motives.

"They are not helping us… they just want us to vote for them," she says, referring to the local elections taking place later this month.

It was recently revealed that Aurora's chairman had made a private donation of 1m rand (£91,400, $151,000) to the ANC, when his company is yet to pay outstanding wages to its workers.

The NUM has demanded the money be handed to the destitute miners, but the ANC has refused.

Former mine worker Primrose Javu is furious.

"Khulubuse Zuma gave one million rand to the ANC. For what reason? He gave it to them just to shut [them] up. They must shut their mouths. They mustn't say anything about these conditions," she says.

And indeed the ANC has been silent. Mr Baleni says there is one clear reason for this.

"Because of the names which are associated with this saga, we have got a barrier. The ANC has been very silent on this - not a single word, not a single statement."

'Daylight robbery'

At Aurora's Grootvlei operation there is an open hole in the ground, 400 metres deep, at the mine's Ndlovu shaft.

It is all that is left of what was one of the country's most modern mines, opened in 2008 at a cost of 40m rand (£3.6m; $6m) - a year before Aurora took control of it.

The mine has since been stripped bare and its headgear and machinery sold off for scrap, it is claimed, by Aurora themselves.

"What you see here is the best description of daylight robbery, because Aurora don't actually own the mine," says Gideon du Plessis, deputy general secretary of Solidarity - the union representing mainly white and skilled mine workers.

Since taking over operations in 2009, Aurora has never secured the financing to buy the mines outright as it had planned.

This is despite company chairman, Khulubuse Zuma, boasting to South African media that the company had "deep pockets" promising profits of "5 to 10 billion dollars" in the first 10 years of business.

"Some people believe Aurora were never interested in running a gold mine, and that from the beginning they realised there's a lot of money to be made in selling scrap and mining equipment," said Mr du Plessis.

The company has strongly denied they stripped the mines, and says the equipment was stolen by illegal miners - a significant problem in South Africa.

Mr du Plessis thinks it highly unlikely illegal miners would have had the trucks and equipment to completely dismantle a mine shaft, let alone do so without being caught.

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 15:57:30 17f2f6 No.19227585

>>19227574

>>19227581

“Mandela and Zuma gold mine 'exploiting workers'” 3 of 3

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13275704

5 May 2011

Tragic ending

The closure of the shafts at Grootvlei has severely affected the local economy in the nearby town of Springs, where local pawn shops are full of furniture, TVs, fridges, and even clothes, sold by former Aurora workers - black and white - struggling to make ends meet.

"We had to sell some of our curtains, our crockery, a lot of stuff," Susan Ferreira says, forlornly.

"It's things you get over the years, and it breaks your heart to do a thing like that, just to get some food on the table."

Mrs Ferreira's husband, Marius, worked at the Grootvlei mine, and like many others, saw his pay packet dry up over a year ago.

The Solidarity union says the company owed Mr Ferreira approximately 170,000 rand (£15,500; $25,600).

"He stressed a lot, and said he couldn't go on any more. And my husband took his life - he's gone."

Tears stream down Mrs Ferreira's cheeks.

"He said he's tired of life and he can't look after me like he did before, and he drank some poison. I didn't ever believe he'd do a thing like that. I was shocked."

Over the past couple of years, Aurora have made repeated public statements declaring a finance deal was 'imminent', and the problems will be resolved, but the money has never materialised.

The latest suggestion is that a Chinese state-owned company, Shandong Mining & Exploration, is to invest $100m (£60.6m) in the two gold mines.

While the mining unions and its members hope that this proposal comes to fruition in order to restore jobs, it will come too late for former miners like Mr Ferreira.

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Anonymous 07/23/23 (Sun) 16:09:54 17f2f6 No.19227639

>>19227442

> [Malcolm X] In this game of deceiving and using the American negro [and Africans in Africa], the white liberals have complete co-operation of the negro civil rights leader who sell our people out for a few crumbs of token recognition, token gains, token progress.

“[Nelson Mandela] Foundation says farewell to a long-serving mentor” - Irene Menell

https://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/foundation-says-farewell-to-a-long-serving-mentor/

23 November 2017

Below are excerpts

The Nelson Mandela Foundation was hoping to hang on to one of its greatest advisers, despite her retiring from the Foundation Board, CE Sello Hatang said on 22 November.

–Irene Menell was one of the first people Nelson Mandela asked to join the Foundation’s Board after he stood down from his presidency in 1999. She has also served on the Board of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and that of the READ Educational Trust in a life of service spanning more than 50 years.

“My logic was always to do what Mrs Menell would do,” said Hatang at a farewell ceremony for Menell, a recipient of the Order of the Baobab (Silver) for her community service and dedication to the educational empowerment of black youth. “Now that sounding board is gone, but we can still use your logic,” he said.

Menell was founding chair of the READ Educational Trust, established in 1979 to promote education for black children at a time when it was beleaguered.

“We’re all privileged to serve, not Madiba, but what he stood for – that very, very deep respect for human beings,” said Menell, using Mandela’s clan name, by which he is affectionately known.

Menell described Mandela as “the best fundraiser that the world has ever seen” and told of how his fundraising and the Foundation’s resultant grant-giving somewhat smothered the Foundation’s original mandate in its initial years.

Menell first met Mandela in the late 1950s, after she and her husband, mining executive Clive Menell, had helped to finance the 1959 staging of South Africa’s first all-black musical, King Kong. The show, incidentally, was restaged in Johannesburg this year.

“I’ve seen it three times,” said Menell. “The first time I thought, ‘Oh, this is not King Kong’ … The third time I loved it.”

The 1959 show was loved by Mandela, who reportedly saw it more than once. Some time after that the Menells were asked to host him in Cape Town, and did. Clive Menell and Mandela became firm friends.

“I don’t know what it was about them, but they did click very well,” Menell said. “It’s embarrassing, but Clive did not carry pictures of his children in his wallet. He carried pictures of Mandela.”

Menell’s community service ranges from the READ Educational Trust, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, to her more than 25 years as a manager in liberal politician Helen Suzman’s Houghton constituency. She is also patron of Afrika Tikkun, a youth development organisation, and other organisations.

As a parting, Menell told Foundation staff to “make your contribution in this very, very transitional and confusing world … Just be your best you. It’s a cliche, but it is not a bad one.”

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Anonymous 07/24/23 (Mon) 18:25:27 17f2f6 No.19233524

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“USA Is Sending Their Chief Warmonger To South Africa.” - https://youtu.be/SC3e1eAk2KU

“Lady with Cookies: Victoria Nuland Is Going to South Africa”

https://globaleuronews.com/2023/07/22/lady-with-cookies-victoria-nuland-is-going-to-south-africa/

07/22/2023

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland may soon pay a visit to South Africa. This is reported by Foreign Policy magazine.

“One of the State Department’s top officials Victoria Nuland … is expected to travel to South Africa in the coming weeks, while Democratic House member Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and an influential member of the Congressional Black Caucus, is mulling plans for his trip to South Africa next month,” the publication writes.

It is noted that the visitors are looking for ways to pressure South Africa to reconsider its relations with Russia.

A group of four U.S. lawmakers last month urged the Joe Biden administration to drop plans to hold a trade summit in South Africa because the event, among other things, could serve as “an endorsement… of South Africa’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” Foreign Policy reported.

“I wonder what the reaction of the South African leadership will be to the arrival of an envoy of chaos, carrying them an ultimatum… In her luggage she will certainly have cookies for potential protesters for freedom and democracy in South Africa,” Ukrainian Telegram channel ZeRada commented on the news.

Ukraine knows what they say – Ukraine knows well the taste of Nuland’s cookies from 2014. Until now, the bloody belching …

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 18:52:36 d9322e No.19239619

>>19227639

>Irene Menell

“Irene Menell (nee Manderstam)”

https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/irene-menell-nee-manderstam

Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary schooling in the United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and South Africa. After matriculating in 1949 at Kingsmead College in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), she enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1952 and followed up with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1954. While at university, her leadership qualities started blossoming as she served for two years on the Student Representative Council (SRC) and several committees (acting as chairperson of many of them) both on and off campus.

In 1954, Menell married mining executive, Clive Menell, and the couple went on to have five children together.

Menell was a founder member of the Liberal Party (LP) and was active in its Western Cape formations during her university years. Following the party’s closure, she joined the then Progressive Party (PP) and held numerous elected positions at national, regional, and constituency levels within the party and its successors. From 1981 to 1986, Menell was the deputy chairperson of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) caucus as well as chief spokesperson for the party on administrative matters and hospital services in Gauteng.

Menell spent more than 25 years under the late Helen Suzman, working as a manager for Suzman’s Houghton constituency in Johannesburg… From 1962 until Suzman’s retirement from Parliament in 1989, Menell was largely responsible for the efficient administration of the constituency party offices. In honour of Suzman’s immense contribution to South African politics, Menell initiated the publication of a collection of essays titled, Values Alive, which was presented to Suzman in 1990.

In 1977, she again was instrumental in the establishment of the Urban Foundation which she used to advance education among Black children.

In addition to serving as a trustee and executive member of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Menell has also served as the UCT’s chairperson of the board of trustees, the treasurer of the Medical Education for South African Blacks (MESAB), a member of the Broadcasting Monitoring and Complaints Committee of the Independent Broadcasting Authority [fact checkers?], a director of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, and was the founding executive director of the Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA), which is concerned with various human rights issues. Alongside her husband, she was responsible for the American Field Service Student Exchange Programme in South Africa.

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 19:01:59 d9322e No.19239652

>>19239619

>Following the party’s closure, [Irene Menell] joined the then Progressive Party (PP)

>Menell spent more than 25 years under the late Helen Suzman, working as a manager for Suzman’s Houghton constituency in Johannesburg.

>>19227551

“Harry Oppenheimer Obituary” – Supported the Progressive Party and Helen Suzman

https://www.economist.com/obituary/2000/08/24/harry-oppenheimer

Aug 24th 2000

Harry Frederick Oppenheimer, voice of reason, died on August 19th, aged 91

VISITORS from democracies to white-ruled South Africa would, if they were important enough, usually be received by the prime minister and then, to protect their reputation for fair-mindedness, meet Harry Oppenheimer. In 1960, Harold Macmillan, Britain's prime minister, had a talk with Mr Oppenheimer on the eve of his speech to a dismayed South African Parliament: “The wind of change is blowing through this continent.” In 1982, Mr Oppenheimer's guest was Henry Kissinger, America's ever-travelling fixer, then in South Africa to observe that the wind was gathering strength.

The Macmillans and the Kissingers of the world felt at ease with Harry Oppenheimer. After enduring a government lecture on white supremacism, it was comforting to dine with Mr Oppenheimer in his splendid home in Johannesburg with its Goyas and Degas and other emblems of good taste; and hear his liberal-minded views delivered in quiet Oxford English.

Mr Oppenheimer of course spoke with authority. His knowledge of economics had been honed in Oxford under Roy Harrod, a pioneer in the study of growth. He had succeeded his father as head of the Anglo American Corporation, vastly expanding its assets. It now had a stake in almost every large business in South Africa, and a very large stake in some, namely diamonds, gold and other desirable minerals.

Mr Oppenheimer was for ten years a member of Parliament for the United Party, which disintegrated when defeated by the Nationalists. Had it retained power, he would probably have become finance minister, and possibly prime minister.

After taking over Anglo American Mr Oppenheimer was content to keep politics as a hobby, supporting the Progressive Party and its sole member of Parliament, Helen Suzman. In the wider world he became known, through his chairmanship of De Beers, as the king of diamonds, and was a presence on lists of the richest people… What about gold, another great source of wealth for Anglo American? People bought gold, he said, because they were “too stupid to think of any other monetary system that will work”. Harry Oppenheimer had never forgotten his economics.

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 19:04:15 d9322e No.19239671

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>>19227639

>[Irene Menell] is also patron of Afrika Tikkun

“Afrika Tikkun”

https://afrikatikkun.org/who-we-are/#founders

Established in 1994, Afrika Tikkun NPC is a leading non-profit organisation, proudly homegrown in authentic South African values and both locally and internationally recognised for our commitment to holistically developing the lives of our young community members.

Many members of the Jewish community are active in fields such as counselling, training, community development and inter-group contact. A significant Jewish initiative in the area of reconstruction and development was the establishment of TIKKUN which is a community project to uplift the disadvantaged. TIKKUN, which is spearheaded by the industrialist Mr Bertie Lubner and Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, is the coordinating body of Jewish organisations involved in upliftment and is harnessing Jewish community resources, individual skills and expertise to fulfill its outreach projects. The operational sectors of TIKKUN cover Education, Agriculture, Business and Professions, Health, Welfare, Housing, Public Relations, Youth and Sport, Art and Culture. Limited progress has been made to date but these activities are being intensified. We are aware that the need for healing and for reparation in its broader sense are great and we would be happy to join further local and national initiatives in this field wherever this may prove feasible.

Recognising the moral imperatives governing human affairs, men and women of goodwill can face up to the challenge of our time and make the caring society a reality.” So it was from that idea that the word Tikkun was used to start an initiative that would harness the energies of those committed to building a new South Africa. The Chief Rabbi said that the concept of Afrika Tikkun was twofold – ideological while at the same time ‘brutally practical’. He saw his role as co-chairman of Afrika Tikkun as “the inspirer to continue the efforts… to create new avenues of help and get more and more of our community involved”.

https://afrikatikkun.org/who-we-are/

As the needs proliferated and the vision grew, the pair [Mr Bertie Lubner and Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris] reached out to like-minded individuals, namely Herby Rosenberg, Ann Harris, Arnold Forman, Jack Tworetsky and Benny Reich. By then, the impact of Afrika Tikkun was far-reaching, even to national icons such as the late and honourable Nelson “Madiba” Mandela.

https://afrikatikkun.org/legacy/

A story forged on a Tuesday. That’s how it started. Two visionaries after the same rainbow – Nelson Mandela and Bertie Lubner, founder of Afrika Tikkun – met on the second Tuesday of every other month to discuss the love they both shared for their country, South Africa. What transpired was a deep seated friendship, and a plan: to eradicate poverty by empowering the children and the youth of South Africa… When Nelson Mandela bore witness to an early Tikkun project in Orange Farm in 1996, he said he had “seen a miracle”. Through the work being harnessed by the good people of Tikkun, uTata (Mr) Nelson Mandela volunteered to become the Patron-in-Chief of Afrika Tikkun.

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 19:12:13 d9322e No.19239695

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>>19239671

>>18777741 Mervyn King Bun

>>18777730 Barloworld Bun

even Glencore

“Prof. Mervyn King | Virtual Address | The Conscious Leadership & Ethics Summit 2023” - https://youtu.be/WNV_DNM3s9E

3:49 – “It’s interesting that over the years that the Conscious Company has been running under the leadership of Brenda [Kali]… I include myself in it because I was with Brenda when it was founded.”

6:52 – “There’s no self-interest. [The conscious leader] cross the Rubicon of intellectual honesty and honestly apply their minds in the best long-term interests of this incapacitated entity, the company, which is the most important citizen in every country in the world.”

Afrika Tikkun: “Our Donors & Investment Partners” – Part 1

https://afrikatikkun.org/our-donors/

Our Investment Partners

Smart Media - https://www.smartmedia.co.za/

Betapoint - https://www.betapoint.co.za/

InfoSlips - https://www.infoslips.com/

Lynne Davis & Co. - https://lynnedavisandco.com/ [Gary Levinsohn (Academy-award winning producer, Saving Private Ryan) "No job or favor has ever been too big or too small for her to make both her clients and their customers feel special and understood".]

C-Corp International [Conscious Companies] - https://consciouscompanies.co.za/

Our Donors

TownshipFlevan - https://townshipfleva.co.za/

Department Social Development, Republic of South Africa - https://www.dsd.gov.za/

Joe Public - https://joepublic.co.za/

Apex Transformation Advisory - https://www.apexta.co.za/

Hero Ticket - https://www.heroticket.co.za/

Liberty - https://www.liberty.co.za/

Sasfin - https://sasfin.com/

TotalEnergies - https://totalenergies.co.za/

Belron - https://www.belron.com/

KFC - http://www.kfc.co.za/

Absa - https://www.absa.co.za/

Simply Chicken

Care for Education - https://www.carefored.co.za/

Barloworld - https://www.barloworld.com/

Maersk - https://www.maersk.com/

Executrac - https://www.executrac.co.za/

The Coca-Cola Company - https://www.coca-cola.com/za/en

AGT Food and Ingredients - http://www.agtfoods.com/

CKR - https://ckr.co.za/ [Founded in 1982 with its roots in Johannesburg, South Africa, CKR Consulting Engineers has grown to become one of the leading multi-disciplinary engineering firms in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. https://ckr.co.za/about-ckr]

NGK [Niterra South Africa (Pty) Ltd.] - https://www.ngksparkplugs.co.za/

ACS - https://www.acs.co.za/

RCL Foods - https://rclfoods.com/

African Bank - https://www.africanbank.co.za/en/home/

Huawei - https://consumer.huawei.com/za/

SASSA [South African government social grants] - https://www.sassa.gov.za/SitePages/HomePage.aspx

Dis-Chem Pharmacies - https://www.dischem.co.za/

Student Village - https://studentvillage.co.za/

Acer - https://shopacer.co.za/

Superiate - https://superiate.com/

Pick n Pay - https://www.pnp.co.za/

Boxer - https://www.boxer.co.za/

RB - https://r-b.org.za/

Stonehage Fleming - https://www.stonehagefleming.com/

Tshikululu Social Investments - https://tshikululu.org.za/

Do More Foundation - https://domore.org.za/

Telesure Investment Holdings - https://tihsa.co.za/

Renico Group - https://www.renicoconstruction.co.za/

Solidarity Fund - https://solidarityfund.co.za/ [The Solidarity Fund was formed as an expression of the courage and unity of South Africans who came together to face a new unknown enemy that was causing havoc across the world – the COVIC-19 pandemic.]

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 19:12:52 d9322e No.19239698

>>19239695

Afrika Tikkun: “Our Donors & Investment Partners” – Part 2

https://afrikatikkun.org/our-donors/

JSE - https://www.jse.co.za/

The Holder Family

CDH (Cliff Dekker Hofmeyer, Incorporating Kieti Law LLP, Kenya) - https://www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/index.html [With more than 260 lawyers & a track record of 169 years]

KFC’s Add Hope

Glencore International AG - https://www.glencore.com/

Allan Gray Orbis Foundation - https://allangrayorbis.org/

NLC (National Lotteries Commission] - https://www.nlcsa.org.za/

Constantia - https://www.constantiagroup.co.za/

Graham and Rhona Beck - https://grahambeck.com/legacy/initiatives/philanthropy-trusts

Khaliques - https://www.khaliques.co.za/

Western Cape Government - https://www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/social-development

Workonline Communications - https://www.workonline.africa/

Dis-Chem Foundation - https://www.dischem.co.za/

Oppenheimer Memorial Trust - https://www.omt.org.za/

RGA - https://www.rgare.com/

Eric & Sheila Samson Foundation - https://www.samsonfoundation.org/

Human Dignity Foundation - https://www.humandignity.foundation/

Nissan - https://www.nissan.co.za/

SLVR Soft - https://silversoft.co.za/

HSBC - https://www.hsbc.co.za/

Lancaster Foundation - http://lancasterfoundation.co.za/

MMI Foundation - https://www.momentummetropolitan.co.za/

Dimension Data - https://www.dimensiondata.com/ [Dimension Data and NTT are accelerating technology for good in Africa and around the world. https://www.dimensiondata.com/en-us/about-us]

World Jewish Congress - https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en

Australian Aid - https://ghana.embassy.gov.au/acra/2013AusAid.html [This is the link they provided.]

Alchemy - www.alchemy-brands.com

Indwe Risk Services - https://www.indwe.co.za/

WH Auctioneers - https://www.whauctions.com/#!/

Edcon - https://www.edcon.co.za/

Truworths - https://www.truworths.co.za/

Mini So

Lithuanian Development Cooperation - https://www.orangeprojects.lt/

Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of South Africa - https://il.mfa.lt/il/en/news/consular-mission-to-the-republic-of-south-africa-november-24-28 [Notice the logo at the top states, “Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the State of Israel”. Remember, “90% of all Jews in South Africa are Litvaks”, https://vilnews.com/2011-01-litvaks-in-south-africa]

Gautrain - https://www.gautrain.co.za/

Yes 4 Youth - https://www.yes4youth.co.za/for-youth

City of Johannesburg - https://www.joburg.org.za/

National Department of Basic Education - https://www.education.gov.za/

Datatec - https://www.datatec.com/ [Datatec is an international ICT solutions and services group operating in more than 50 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Through three core divisions, the Group offers Integration and Managed Services (Logicalis International and Logicalis Latin America) and Technology Distribution and Financial Services (Westcon International).]

Quan Wessels Creating Champions - https://quanwessels.co.za/

EXL - https://www.exlservice.com/south-africa

Old Mutual - https://www.oldmutual.co.za/ [Old Mutual was established in Cape Town in 1845 as South Africa's first mutual life assurance society… We now employ over 30 000 people and operate in 14 countries across two regions: Africa (South Africa, Botswana, eSwatini, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe) and Asia (China). https://www.oldmutual.co.za/about/]

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 19:14:37 d9322e No.19239702

“Controversial Extradition: Manuel Chang, Former Minister Handed Over to the FBI” – Part 1

https://southafricannews.co.za/manuel-chang-handed-over-to-us/

JULY 21, 2023

Ex-Mozambican Minister Manuel Chang Extradited to the United States

Former Mozambican Minister Manuel Chang Extradited to the US for Trial Amidst Controversy

The debate over the extradition of former Mozambican politician Manuel Chang has finally concluded, as he was handed over to the United States to stand trial for corruption and fraud charges dating back to 2013. The Justice and correctional services ministry of South Africa fulfilled the request from a US district court, surrendering Chang to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials.

Background: The “Hidden Debts” Corruption Case

During his tenure as finance minister in Mozambique, Manuel Chang approved $2 billion in loans from Credit Suisse Investment Banking and Russia’s VTB Capital bank, ostensibly for investments in a tuna fishing fleet and patrol boats. However, the investments turned out to be dubious, and numerous American citizens were defrauded after investing in the stock market linked to these projects.

The debate over the Trial Venue

Chang’s extradition has been a matter of intense debate within Mozambique, with arguments for and against conducting the trial in Maputo, the country’s capital. The Attorney General’s office (PGR) strongly advocated for his trial to take place in Mozambique, emphasizing that Mozambican citizens should be tried in their own country for offences committed on its soil.

Controversial Extradition Decision

However, sceptics of the Mozambican justice system point out that it is the first time a former minister has been extradited abroad since the country gained independence. Manuel Chang was arrested at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport in 2018, despite substantial evidence linking him to the “hidden debts” corruption case.

Constitutional Court Ruling

The extradition ruling by the South African Constitutional Court denied Mozambique’s appeal to bring Manuel Chang back to the country for trial, citing a lack of reasonable prospects for success in the appeal.

The “Tuna Bond” Scandal: The Full Scope of Government Borrowing

The full extent of the Mozambican government’s borrowing came to light in 2016 when the country defaulted on its sovereign debt, leading to an economic crisis known as the “tuna bond” affair and “the hidden debt scandal.” In a recent trial, 11 defendants, including the son of a former president, were convicted in connection with the scandal.

Activist’s Perspective: Hope for Justice

Adriano Nuvunga [https://acep.africa/staff/professor-andriano-alfredo-nuvunga/], of a civil society group, welcomed Chang’s extradition to the US, stating that it represents the triumph of justice over impunity. Nuvunga argued that trying Manuel Chang in the US would ensure a fair trial, free from any preferential treatment that he might have received in Mozambique due to his political connections.

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 19:15:08 d9322e No.19239704

>>19239702

“Controversial Extradition: Manuel Chang, Former Minister Handed Over to the FBI” – Part 2

https://southafricannews.co.za/manuel-chang-handed-over-to-us/

JULY 21, 2023

Manuel Chang’s Plea and Charges

Manuel Chang has pleaded not guilty to US charges related to his involvement in the bond fraud scandal that caused severe financial consequences in Mozambique. Arriving in New York on a private government jet, Chang proceeded to enter his plea before US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis [https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/content/judge-nicholas-g-garaufis] in Brooklyn

The US Allegations: A Severe Financial Crisis

The US prosecutors claim that Chang was part of a corrupt group that conspired with Credit Suisse bankers to plunge Mozambique deeper into debt through dubious maritime projects. They allege that at least half a billion dollars were misappropriated, with Chang individually acquiring $5 million in bribes.

The Lengthy Legal Battle: Credit Suisse Investment Banking’s Involvement

Should Manuel Chang be found guilty, he could be sentenced to up to 55 years in prison.

The case has also ensnared Credit Suisse, which paid nearly $475 million in 2021 to settle multiple investigations related to its involvement in the scandal. Several former bankers pleaded guilty to charges in the case.

Hopes for Revelation: Seeking Justice

Despite the controversial extradition decision, the hope remains that during the trial, Manuel Chang will reveal crucial information about those responsible for ordering the unconstitutional bonds and the whereabouts of the missing $500 million in Mozambique.

South Africa’s Extradition Act 67 of 1962

The Extradition Act 67 of 1962 [https://www.gov.za/documents/extradition-act-20-jun-1962-0000], outlines the processes and requirements for extradition requests, as well as the offences that can lead to an extradition request and the circumstances under which extradition can be granted. In addition to this, it offers safeguards and protections to individuals who are facing extradition in order to make certain that their rights are honoured.

Which Countries Does South Africa Have Extradition Treaties With?

South Africa has joined hands with several countries to strengthen international law and order. These partnerships allow for the smooth extradition of criminals or wanted persons, ensuring they face the consequences of their deeds.

Currently, South Africa has extradition agreements with the following countries:

• Algeria

• Australia

• Botswana

• Canada

• China

• Egypt

• India

• Israel

• Lesotho

• Malawi

• Nigeria

• Swaziland

• the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• the United States

Which Countries do not have Extradition Treaties with South Africa?

The following countries do not have extradition treaties with South Africa:

• Afghanistan

• Angola

• Bolivia

• Cambodia

• Costa Rica

• Dominican Republic

• Eritrea

• Iran

• Iraq

• Libya

• Mozambique

• North Korea

• Palestine

• Qatar

• Saudi Arabia

• Somalia

• Sudan

• Syria

• Venezuela

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Anonymous 07/25/23 (Tue) 19:23:28 d9322e No.19239737

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>>19239702

>Activist’s Perspective: Hope for Justice

>Adriano Nuvunga [https://acep.africa/staff/professor-andriano-alfredo-nuvunga/], of a civil society group, welcomed Chang’s extradition to the US, stating that it represents the triumph of justice over impunity. Nuvunga argued that trying Manuel Chang in the US would ensure a fair trial, free from any preferential treatment that he might have received in Mozambique due to his political connections.

Not sure how fair the trial will be. See the attached list of ‘Partners’ found at https://acep.africa/partners/.

PROFESSOR ADRIANO ALFREDO NUVUNGA, Board Member of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy

Prof. Adriano Alfredo Nuvunga, Ph.D., is a scholar and leading civil society activist in Mozambique.

He is the director of the Centro para a Democracia e Desenvolvimento (CDD), a civil society organization working on Democratic Development and Economic Governance in Mozambique, focusing on youth agency. Until May 2018, Prof. Nuvunga was the director of the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a reputable anticorruption civil society organization in Mozambique.

Prof. Nuvunga teaches Political Science and Governance at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Mondlane Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. He also teaches the Extractive Industries, Anticorruption and Human Rights Nexus at the Technical University of Mozambique (UDM).

His areas of expertise include Mozambique’s oil and gas sector; democratization and political governance; elections, anticorruption and youth empowerment. Prof. Nuvunga has published scholarly articles in journals. His next book with Dr. Nicholas Awortwi, examines the variances of governance in Africa.

He is a member of INCLUDE, the Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Anonymous 07/26/23 (Wed) 22:06:29 d9322e No.19247101

>>19239698

>National Department of Basic Education - https://www.education.gov.za/

Create the problem then provide the solution to the problem.

“Common Elements Treatment Approach to enhance psychosocial support in schools” by the Department of Basic Education and not the Health Department

https://www.education.gov.za/ArchivedDocuments/ArchivedArticles/Common-Elements-Treatment-Approach-to-enhance-psychosocial-support-in-schools.aspx

The DBE [Department of Basic Education] collaborated with the John Hopkins University, as well as the University of Johannesburg (UJ) to envisage the integration of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) in South Africa. The purpose of the recent 10-day training, which took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Arcadia, Pretoria, whereby 30 participants were trained, was to capacitate mental health professionals on CETA model techniques for them to eventually capacitate non-mental health professionals with the necessary skills to assist learners from backgrounds with limited resources, with mental health challenges.

COVID-19 has caused an increase in psychosocial problems faced by learners in schools daily. These psychosocial problems include: depression; anxiety; suicide; substance abuse; HIV and AIDS; bullying; and sexual violence, which increased during lockdown. Identifying these psychosocial barriers has also brought to light the lack of mental health professionals within the basic education sector.

For the CETA model to be successful, different school structures will need to be involved. The School Based Support Teams will play a critical role in identifying learners who will benefit from the CETA intervention.

“The CETA model is one of the programmes that we are supporting the Department with at a system level. It is a model that is integrated and that is provided by partners from CETA Global for a comprehensive mental health and a psychosocial support model. The CETA model provides social workers and psychologists with an opportunity to deepen their skills in identifying and treating common mental health conditions that learners are presented with in schools,” explained Dr Andile Dube, Education Manager for Quality and System strengthening at UNICEF.

Certificates of attendance were presented to participants after the training. As a way forward, Dr Granville Whittle, DDG for Social Mobilisation and Support Services at the DBE said: “These trainers will go into schools and train learner support agents, and those agents will then implement the CETA programme modality (treatment) in schools across the nine provinces. We are targeting 2,000 schools, therefore training 2,000 agents”.

Remember

This is the same person [Bill Gates] who, just six months before the outbreak of the [COVID-19] pandemic, organised a series of four role-playing simulations of a corona pandemic with very high-ranking participants.Event 201 was a simulation of a corona pandemic conducted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum and Johns Hopkins University in October 2019.

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/why-is-gates-denying-event-201

Don't forget…

>>18816521

>“National Health Insurance Plan for South Africa” (2009) – “funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”

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Anonymous 07/26/23 (Wed) 22:12:37 d9322e No.19247127

>>19247101

>It is a model that is integrated and that is provided by partners from CETA Global for a comprehensive mental health and a psychosocial support model.

CETA Global

First, they seem to have 2 web addresses; https://www.ceta-global.com/ and https://www.cetaglobal.org/

https://www.cetaglobal.org/about-us-index/#story

MISSION & VALUES

CETA Global envisions a world where everyone can access effective, holistic, and affordable behavioral and mental health care.

CETA Global provides a system of evidence-based [with 10 days worth of training], cost-effective, and culturally appropriate behavioral and mental health care proven to be sustainable and scalable throughout the world.–

Development funded by USAID Victims of Torture fund.

KEY FUNDERS & PARTNERS

Our work around the world has been possible in part by funding from international grant organizations, allowing us to work with top-notch partners that share our purpose and passion for effective, sustainable, and scalable mental health services to local communities. Some of our network of global supporters are listed below and continue to grow.

USAID from the American People

NIH, National Institutes of Health

International Rescue Committee

UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

NIH, National Institute of Mental Health

UKAID from the British People

Australian Government

HE2R0 (Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office), Wits Health Consortium University of the Witwatersrand [South Africa]

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Freie Universitat Berlin, Veritas Justitia Libertas

Wits University or University of the Witswaterand, Johannesburg

Grand Challenges Canada

SHARPZ (Serenity Harm and Reduction Programme)—Zambia

National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”—Ukraine

RESTART Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture—Lebanon

What Works—United Kingdom & Zambia

CETA | Common Elements Treatment Approach is facilitated by a multi-disciplinary team at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health exploring and addressing behavioral & mental health topics around the world.

https://www.ceta-global.com/our-clients-partners

CETA Global works with a diverse array of clients and partners including businesses, insurers, healthcare organizations, education providers and governmental and non-governmental entities to successfully manage mental and behavioral health challenges.

The CETA care system is utilized across diverse populations such as veterans, trauma survivors, internally displaced persons and refugees, aid workers, employees, health care professionals, and many more. It is successfully used for kids, families, adolescents, adults, and the elderly - and those in urban and rural settings.

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Anonymous 07/26/23 (Wed) 22:21:22 9c4b3b No.19247175

I hate niggers

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Anonymous 07/26/23 (Wed) 22:21:49 9c4b3b No.19247181

>>18778547

I really hate niggers

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Anonymous 07/27/23 (Thu) 16:07:56 78f3c8 No.19251267

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>>19247175

>>19247181

Q #4535

When you control the levers of news dissemination, you control the narrative.

Control of the narrative = power

When you are blind, what do you see?

They want you divided.

Divided by religion.

Divided by race.

Divided by sex.

Divided by political affiliation.

Divided by class.

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Anonymous 07/30/23 (Sun) 13:23:21 a70000 No.19267650

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

>>18860752

>Plot for Peace” tells the story of Ollivier, a French oil and coal trader, who intervened in southern Africa’s liberation wars. The film suggests that Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was the direct outcome of Ollivier’s game of cards, in which he used business contacts to bring together key players in the Cold War in southern Africa. According to the film, Ollivier’s crucial move was to organize the 1987 prisoner exchange of South African Major Wynand du Toit, who had been captured in Angola, in exchange for 133 Angolan soldiers held by the South African-supported UNITA. According to Ollivier, this exchange set in motion the wheels of negotiation that led to Mandela’s release three years later.

>https://africasacountry.com/2015/02/documentary-film-plot-for-peaces-selective-memory/

Wynand du Toit the key pawn for the ‘Plot for Peace’ shares that his capture was a ‘security leak’. This video gives one a good idea what ‘decolonization’ looks like. Wynand is now back in South Africa.

The Modern Trek|Carte Blanche (2012 documentary – Wynand du Toit and Congo

https://youtu.be/XS1SGgXiDCc

“In the next episode of Carte Blanche …”

https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/50291/in-the-next-episode-of-carte-blanche-

8 Nov 2012 00:00

Last year, in the hope of kick-starting an agrarian revolution, the Congo-Brazzaville government offered disillusioned South African farmers long leases on vast tracts of land in the remote south-west of that country. One of those who took up the challenge is former Recce and Angolan prisoner-of-war Wynand du Toit, who says he’s found home. Carte Blanche joined what’s become a very organised migration.

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:02:38 d842e3 No.19278851

“THIS IS REAL STATE CAPTURE AND CORPORATE CAPTURE IN SA SINCE LONG IN SA” (Part 1)

https://saspms.wordpress.com/2022/06/20/this-is-real-state-capture-and-corporate-capture-in-sa-since-long-in-sa/

The Editor

“Open letter”

I request this letter to be published in the best interest of the Public of this country & international banking communities of which this matter has relevance:

My name is Jeff Koorbanally (Private Forensic Investigator), I’ve been investigating SARB, SANLAM, ABSA/BARCLAYS, FNB, for fraud & theft, money laundering since 2009.

The biggest fraud, theft & money laundering ever committed by any country which is in access of over R2,5 Trillion. Crimes committed from 1985 to date, of which the Lifeboat/Gift to Bankorp revealed by Ciex report (Britain Company) is part thereof.

[1985 timeframe again; PW Botha’s Rubicon speech (https://ia902806.us.archive.org/1/items/pw_botha_rubicon_toespraak_august_1985/pw_botha_rubicon_speech_august_1985.pdf >>18519482), Wynand du Toit’s capture >>19267650, sanctions on South Africa, state-of-emergency declared in South Africa due to an increase in violence. “In 1985, the ANC called on township residents to make townships ungovernable by destroying the Black Local Authorities. Councillors and police were called on to resign. Municipal buildings and homes of collaborators were attacked.” https://www.anc1912.org.za/history/ Now Ramaphosa is inciting violence again. >>19195134 ]

[1985 – “Chairmen of leading corporate groups (Sir Timothy Bevan (Barclays Bank), Lord Barber (Standard Bank), Evelyn de Rothschild (Chair of Rothschild’s), George Soros, with representatives of Shell, Courtaulds, BP and Gold Fields and (from SA) Tony Bloom (Premier Group) and Chris Ball (Barclays), invited by Anthony Sampson to lunch at the Connaught Rooms, London, to meet with Oliver Tambo [ANC], in London. (Anthony Sampson, The Anatomist, p. 228)”. (https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/chronology-meetings-between-south-africans-and-anc-exile-1983-2000-michael-savage)]

This crime was masterminded by the under mentioned trio, with Govt bonds which were Open Ended, Tap Base & Bearer type, issued in several tranches in USD denominations, with the grand total of $36 billion Us Dollar:

Masterminds of crime

1. Dr Gerhardus Petrus

Christiaan de Kock

2. Dr Christian Stals

3. Barend Jacobus du

Plessis.

The main beneficiaries of this crime are:

• Rupert Family(Remgro & Associates)

*Oppenheimer Family( Anglo American & Associates

*UBS (Bankorp shareholders)

*Absa/Barclays (Executives & Shareholders

• Fnb bank(Executives & Shareholders)

• SARB (Old Executives & shareholders)

Main Accomplices to the crimes in the Democratic Govt, in terms of their non disclosure & cover up of all this, the most treasonous, serious largest financial crime ever committed by any country are:

Thabo Mbeki

Trevor Manual

Tito Mboweni

Maria Ramos

Elex Erwin

Pravin Gordhan

Nhlanhla Nene

Mcebisi Jonas

Thess crimes are holding our Democracy to Ransom with the potential of taking the Country down to zero, this was serious crime of money laundering into world stock markets in total violation of the Stock Exchange Securities Commission Act. Penalties for such crime is total suspension from Sovereign bond markets in addition heavy fines can be imposed with the Max of 4 times the value of the crime ($36bn x 4 =$144 billion). I’m on record with all the under mentioned institutions on this matter. What is stated in this letter is factual and none of these institutions or individuals can challenge me;

SAPS (dpci)

NPA

SARB

ABSA

NIA

SASS

SCOPA

AUDITOR GENERAL

FW De KLERK FOUNDATION

MBEKI FOUNDATION

FINANCE MINISTRY/TREASURY

FIC & OPPBARCLAYS PLC

BBA (UK) UK

SECURITIES COMMISSION

BANK OF ENGLAND

US SECURITIES COMMISION

INTERNATIONAL ORGERNIZATION OF. SECURITIES COMMISSION (IOSCO)

BANK OF INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (BIS) G20.

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:03:21 d842e3 No.19278852

>>19278851

“THIS IS REAL STATE CAPTURE AND CORPORATE CAPTURE IN SA SINCE LONG IN SA” (Part 2)

https://saspms.wordpress.com/2022/06/20/this-is-real-state-capture-and-corporate-capture-in-sa-since-long-in-sa/

In the best interest of the country as the official complainantt with these international institutions I put the complaint on hold and asked the President JG Zuma to intervene & resolve this matter in an amicable manner that does not sabotage or destroy our economy.

Obviously certain people must take the fall for they role in this crime, that refers mainly to Finance Ministry/Treasury & SARB.

This funded a political plot & an attempt for regime/leadership change is all its about.

President Ramaphosa is going nowhere till this matter is resolved.

We”re no longer going to be threatened by Junk Status & Market reaction or fluctuation of the Rand value, that’s nothing but financial political manipulation.

We have been on junk status since the political takeover, whereby we inherited a bankrupt country from the apartheid regime & they further imposed a huge liability on us all by their looting.

My response to the Richest Man in the country, Sir Johan Rupert is:

Your propaganda of being a victim and accusing the Guptas of being after you is a sick & stupid joke !

The propaganda of your claims that your Empires are losing money is an equally sick & stupid game.

Your denial of having an influence on ALL the media of which you are a shareholder & what they publish is the sickest joke and an insult to our intelligence, if this was not the case you would have intervened a long time ago especially in the vicious attempt to protect Pravin Gordhan and his captured Dept Treasury.

You correctly stated that you do not do business with the“ State” to exonerate yourself from any allegation of state capture, let me tell you something without fear or favor:

You and the Oppenheimers are the Masters of State Capture of our Democracy whereby our Treasury was captured in an Act of Financial/Economic Terrorism, which was done Warfare Style to destabilize and weaken our Security clusters & Prosecuting Authorities including our Judiciary system all done to retain a steel grip of Economic Control after it became clear that you were losing the Political Control in the Codesa negotiation.

I’m talking about Project “Grapevine” which later changed to Project Spiderweb initiated by Roelf Meyer & Prof Nel being operated & continue from your varsity.

You and the Oppenheimers were the funders thereof.

After Mbeki, Trevor, Mboweni allowed Anglo American to de-register as a S.A. Company you then became the Sole funder of Spiderweb Operation, your captured puppets are, Trevor Manual, Maria Ramos. Code names (King & Queen of Leaves) they in turn got Tito Mboweni & Gill Marcus captured and they too became co-opted into Project Spiderweb.

Currently Pravin Gordhan & Mcebisi Jonas are the protectors of your Spiderweb operation, we tried to break this web by referring the investigation to the Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela, to investigate you and your company, she decided to wash down the complaint and exclude you, then suddenly you offered her a job ! Why, as a reward for a job well done?

Lastly I want to make a plea to you Johan Rupert and your cohorts to do the right thing for the sake of our children’s children:

“PAY BACK THE BILLIONS YOU AND YOUR COMPANIES & COHORTS BENEFITED FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED CRIMES.”

Do it now while there is a chance of saving your empires, you & your puppets are going to jail!

We the People of South Africa are calling for the immediate removal of Pravin Gordhan & Mcebisi Jonas from the Finance Ministry as we cannot have duplicitous traitors in this, the most important Organ of State of our democracy, we’re no longer going to be held at Ransom by threats of junk status, market crashes, to hell with that.

Lastly the money stolen in the above matter is being used as foreign currency Buffer Capital/reserves by SARB in a dormant account antrcode 00004444 held at UBS Switzerland.

We the People, demand the return of all funds stolen by your organised crime syndicate to be returned to the country to boost our economy as agreed by the owners of the money the Surtie family from Lesotho.

Otherwise you’re all going down with your billions.

Who am I am, a forensic investigator, who investigates banks, ask your partners, the Rothchilds, I was part that busted HSBC for theft/money laundering of Moneys from dormant accounts to treasury, then smuggling money out with bank instruments (Drafts) which matter was reported to CIA & FBI.

Jeff Koorbanally CGMA/CIMA (Britain)

THIS IS REAL STATE CAPTURE AND CORPORATE CAPTURE IN SA SINCE LONG IN SA

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:05:09 d842e3 No.19278858

>>19278851

>Crimes committed from 1985 to date, of which the Lifeboat/Gift to Bankorp revealed by Ciex report (Britain Company) is part thereof.

“Former British spy's investigation 'revealed South African bank corruption'”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/02/former-british-spys-investigation-revealed-south-african-bank/

2 February 2017 • 9:06pm

A long-hidden, secret report by a former senior MI6 officer has triggered a financial scandal after allegedly uncovering evidence South African banks “looted the state” during the apartheid regime.

Banks in the country face calls to repay billions after the report allegedly found widespread corruption in the financial system and ties with a secretive white nationalist group.

The findings of Michael Oatley’s year-long investigation have only been revealed nearly 20 years later, after his work was leaked last month as part of a South African government watchdog’s report, https://mg.co.za/article/2017-01-13-00-absa-may-have-to-pay-back-apartheid-era-bailout-billions/.

Following a successful career in MI6, including a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process organising meetings with IRA chief Martin McGuinness, Mr Oatley set up an asset recovery agency called Ciex.

He approached Nelson Mandela’s post-apartheid administration in 1997 after a tip off that the white-only government had allegedly participated in a substantial bank fraud.

Ciex was given a contract to investigate and help recover public funds worth up to £1.5bn and allegedly discovered that the central Reserve Bank had during the 1980s made illegal and improper loans which were then reinvested at huge profit.

It also found alleged connections within the white banking community to the Broederbond, the secret Afrikaner organisation set up in 1918 [What about the other players?] to maintain white dominance. White-minority rule ended in 1994.

Despite the ANC being in power, the MI6 officer’s findings remained dormant for two decades until the Public Protector’s office was pressured to investigate. The findings have now been leaked to a South African newspaper.

The report alleged up to R2.25 billion (£134m) could be recoverable from Absa bank, owned by Barclays, because it received loans from Reserve Bank which were disguised a bailout.

Jeff Koorbanally, a forensic financial investigator, said: “Thanks to this MI6 officer we now know the depths the apartheid government sank to. This is huge as it has the potential to strike South Africa out as a trading platform as there has been a serious violation of world’s markets.”

Anti-corruption campaigner Paul Hoffman added: “The reality is that somebody owes South Africa taxpayers a huge amount of money.”

The report also said that the government could also seek international restitution from European banks where funds were moved.

The bank said it will give a full response to the report potentially offering confidential evidence.

In a statement Absa said: “This report contains several factual and legal inaccuracies. It has also perpetuated an incorrect view that Absa benefited from the bank bailout in question.”

The report comes after an Oxfam survey found that the three richest South Africans have the same wealth as 50 per cent of the bottom half of the population.

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:14:01 d842e3 No.19278897

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>>19278858

>The findings of Michael Oatley’s year-long investigation have only been revealed nearly 20 years later, after his work was leaked last month as part of a South African government watchdog’s report, https://mg.co.za/article/2017-01-13-00-absa-may-have-to-pay-back-apartheid-era-bailout-billions/.

>>19126855

>We know now that the July riots were orchestrated from the heart of the intelligence structures [soon after Zuma handed himself over to the police].

>We know this because Ramaphosa fired the state security minister and brought the intelligence portfolio into his office, with an instruction to former minister Sydney Mufamadi to clean house.

>>19022282

>“President Cyril Ramaphosa suspends Public Protector Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane”

“Strategy: Attack Guptas, shield ABSA [Jan 16, 2017]” - https://youtu.be/1VPZ-W5dq-M

“Absa may have to pay back apartheid-era bailout billions” (Part 1)

https://mg.co.za/article/2017-01-13-00-absa-may-have-to-pay-back-apartheid-era-bailout-billions/

13 Jan 2017

Below are excerpts

In Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s suggested remedial action she also proposes that the president should consider a commission of inquiry into apartheid-era looting of the state.

The damning preliminary report, which the Mail & Guardian has seen, has been sent to Absa, the South African Reserve Bank, the treasury and the presidency, as the head of government, which is implicated in the report.

Mkhwebane has provisionally found that the government breached the Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act.

The report has its roots in a 1997 investigation by Ciex, a covert United Kingdom-based asset recovery agency headed by former UK intelligence official Michael Oatley. Oatley allegedly approached the South African government to investigate and recover public funds and assets misappropriated during the apartheid era.

The government, through the South African Secret Service represented at the time by Billy Masetlha, contracted Ciex to investigate the allegations of large-scale looting of the state under the apartheid government.

The Ciex report, called Project Spear, looked into how R1.5 billion was offered to the Bankorp group of banks disguised as a distressed bank “lifeboat”. It also investigated R100 million given to Nedbank and several billions of rands siphoned offshore illicitly.

From 1985 to 1992, the apartheid government, through the Reserve Bank, provided Bankorp with a series of bailouts to offset bad loans that threatened the bank’s survival. One of these was a payment of R225 million a year for five years.

It was implemented in a very complex series of transactions, described as “simulated transactions”.

According to one investigation, these were deliberately engineered for secrecy, in one case using what amounted to a front company.

In 1999, Ciex suggested that the Reserve Bank should recover the billions from Bankorp, which had been taken over by Absa.

But according to the public protector’s preliminary report, the government failed to implement Project Spear, even though it had paid Ciex “for a period of six months amounting to 600 000 pounds, equivalent of R10 556 972.40”.

In 1999, the then head of the Special Investigating Unit, Judge Willem Heath, conducted a similar probe into Bankorp’s so-called lifeboat. Heath found the bailout was unlawful but advised against instituting a claim, saying it would lead to a run on the banks and would destabilise the sector.

In her preliminary report, Mkhwebane said neither Heath nor Davis was told of the Ciex findings, especially the suggestion that if Absa were to “stagger” repayments by paying in tranches, it would not affect the economy.

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:14:49 d842e3 No.19278903

>>19278897

“Absa may have to pay back apartheid-era bailout billions” (Part 2)

https://mg.co.za/article/2017-01-13-00-absa-may-have-to-pay-back-apartheid-era-bailout-billions/

13 Jan 2017

Below are excerpts

“[T]he [Reserve Bank] commissioned Judge Dennis Davis in 2000 to look into the same matter but not disclosing the Ciex preliminary findings in the Davis commission, which the then Reserve Bank governors Tito Mboweni and Gill Marcus were aware of,” reads the report.

In building her report, Mkhwebane refers to evidence provided by the former Reserve Bank governor, Dr Chris Stals, who placed responsibility at Absa’s door for repaying the Bankorp bailout.

The public protector said she also interviewed former president Thabo Mbeki, who said that the decision to recover the money would not have been taken by his office and would have rested with the minister of finance at the time (then Trevor Manuel) and the Reserve Bank.

Mkhwebane has provisionally found that “the conduct or failure of the presidency, national treasury and [Reserve Bank] to process the Ciex report … constitutes improper conduct, as envisaged in the Constitution, and maladministration”.

Report of the governor’s panel of experts, known as the Davis Panel,

February 2002

By a group headed by Judge Dennis Davis and including the heads of three chartered accounting firms, a British professor, a Swedish central banker and an International Monetary Fund adviser. Panel appointed in 2000 by Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni.

Finding: Bailing out Bankorp was justified in the interests of protecting the stability of the banking system, but “its form and structure was seriously flawed” and was exceptionally bad even by the standard of similar bailouts at the time. It “amounted to a gratuitous transfer of money”.

Special Investigating Unit decision,

November 1999

By the specialist unit tasked with digging up corruption, then headed by Judge Willem Heath. The unit was tasked with the investigation after a preliminary report by Ciex.

Finding: Towards the end of 1999 Heath announced that his unit had dropped its investigation into the Bankorp lifeboat. He said discussions with various banks foreign and local had persuaded the unit that moving forward with legal claims posed a serious risk of depositors making a run on banks generally and not only withdrawing their cash from Absa, so destabilising the banking system to everyone’s detriment.

He later said that charges should have been brought against the Reserve Bank, Absa and Sanlam for their roles in the matter. – Phillip de Wet

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:16:52 d842e3 No.19278910

>>19278851

>>19278852

>My name is Jeff Koorbanally (Private Forensic Investigator)

“Going behind arguably South Africa’s biggest economic, financial crime over the last +30 years”

https://africanewsglobal.co.za/going-behind-arguably-south-africas-biggest-economic-financial-crime-over-the-last-30-years/

11 May 2021

Below are excerpts

On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, Sam & Nicholas Attorneys [SNATT], a Cape Town-based legal practice, again represented its clients [Karima Abdul Razak Tayob Surtie and Edward Jeffrey Koorbanally] in a protracted matter that traces its genesis to the mid-’80s. SNATT is in the Western Cape High Court to file its Rule 30 application to set aside the PIC’s irregular step since the PIC brought an exception out of time. Given that the matter was postponed on Tuesday for court logistics, SNATT and its client will now await a subsequent court date where it will move to hear the PIC’s exception. The clients represented is Mrs Karima Abdul Razak Tayob Surtie, the recognised executrix of the Estate of the late Abdul Razak Tayob Surtie, a Lesotho Citizen. What then is the claim that Mrs Surtie is in court for as represented by her attorneys since 2019? At the heart of this case is the claim that more than U$36bn, yes you read correctly, that the late Mr Surtie inherited but never received instead became an intricate and meandering tale that details apartheid and democracy entities, Reserve Bank, Public Investment Commissioners / Corporation Barclays Absa and a slew of politicians.

The main entities implicated in this longstanding injustice and crime of over U$250bn are respectively: South African Reserve Bank (SARB) in particular Financial Markets Department and Subsidiaries (State–Owned), Public Investment Commissioners / Corporation (PIC), Corporation of Public Deposits (CPD), Barclays Bank PLC and ABSA Group Ltd.

This case equally so has the following as people of interest, against whom the allegations stand that they failed to investigate the matter, which may constitute a claim of a cover-up of the crimes rendering them as complicit in the crime. These are for the periods they served respectively in office: Trevor Manuel Finance Minister in his capacity as sole trustee of the PIC, Pravin Gordhan (Finance Minister ), Tito Mboweni (Governor of the SARB & Finance Minister), Gill Marcus (Governor of the SARB / ABSA Chairperson), Maria Ramos (DG of Treasury/CEO of ABSA), Lesetja Kganyago (Treasury / SARB), Lungisa Fuzile ( Treasury), Daniel Mminele ( Deputy Governor SARB), Johan de Jager (Head of Legal SARB), Yunus Carrim, (SCOF) Thembo Godi SCOPA Chair) and Baleka Mbete (Speaker of Parliament).

To appreciate the historical context, it becomes essential to appreciate the documented evidence of interactions across international entities that details at least four sovereign states South Africa, the UK, the USA and Lesotho.

Koorbanally thus, in August 2017, at the occasion of the ANC’s Policy Conference, resorted to confront Pravin Gordhan directly on this what he now concluded was blatant corruption. In this instance, Ramaphosa, among others, defended Gordhan, then deputy president of SA. It was argued the matter needed to be dealt with by Government, and Ramaphosa undertook to meet with Koorbanally after the ANC’s 54th Conference again, as is a notorious pattern of most mentioned in this account no action four years later. After being denied for three years in January 2018, Koorbanally finally met with SA President Jacob Zuma at his Mahlamba-Ndlopfu – Pretoria residence. Zuma committed to adding this matter into the terms of reference of the State of Commission for investigation. Koorbanally strangely was never called by the State Commission to present the account of ART Surtie as the beneficiary who until now is yet to access his inheritance albeit in late estate definition as led by Karima Surtie.

This case confirms apartheid era and democratic South Africa officials in cahoots in any circumstance anywhere in the world would be classified as grand scale corruption that details a litany of charges.

Questions concerning why those attached to the listed entities opted to be this reluctant to deal with the Koorbanally requests. At another level, what details the role of a crossbreed of SA Government presidents, ministers, politicians and officials in SARB, Public Investment Corporation, Corporation for Public Deposits (CPD). Equally so, the roles and interests of ABSA & Barclays Bank officials as cited in this grave injustice that may define the heinous crime.

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:17:49 d842e3 No.19278918

>>19278910

“Part 2: Surtie’s inheritance money converted to SA – Bonds immanent in ‘splits’ and ‘strips’ detailing an intricate concealment strategy initiated by apartheid players but perfected by democratic era Treasury to the benefit of hitherto an unknown group of beneficiaries”

https://africanewsglobal.co.za/surties-inheritance-money-converted-to-sa-bonds-immanent-in-splits-and-strips-detailing-an-intricate-concealment-strategy-initiated-by-apartheid/

14 June 2021

As legitimate as the claim for the Surtie family inheritance is, the truth is that the actual money as transferred for inheritance does not exist anymore. Therefore, the hunt for any real money is a hunt into oblivion since apartheid led Treasury converted it into SA- trading bonds. When we say money does not exist anymore, it is not any concession that it never existed.

The traced record immanent in bank accounts in the name of Lesotho based ART Surtie and subsequent allotted #00004444 particular account would show transactions of payments with an origin of UK Barclays to those as mentioned earlier made with intended Lesotho based beneficiary the late ART Surtie.

By 1985, the apartheid government suffering under the weight of sanctions and programmes of international divestment found itself literally bankrupt and seriously in need of money. It had access to this money of Surtie but recognised it could not steal it.

Instead, it created the enabling legislation to facilitate the conversion of such money into bonds to float for the betterment of the country, at least the country they defined. In this sense, some may argue their act was patriotic and noble.

Regulations related to interventions to the Currency and Exchange Act of 1993 details a set of periodic amendments from September 1985, including December 1985, March 1986, May 1987, May 1990, October 1933, and extended up to August 2001. The Government Gazette detailed in Regulation Gazette Nr. R1570 Proclamation dated 2 September 1985 confirming the then State President making regulations contained in Schedule 2: “No person shall with effect from 1 January 1986 until 1 March 1986 makes any payment to or in favour of foreign creditors accept payment in special restricted account except payments in respect of…”

This periodic adjustment of legislation equally occurred in marked epochs of apartheid, transitional and ultimately democratic era governments. That includes, as alluded to, subsequent legislative amendments as dated 22 October 1993, which notes an Extraordinary Gazette Nr. 2098 that details the initiative of the Government of National Unity in a transitional period. New legislation in line with Schedule 2, followed in the same vein and the letter of the law of the initial September 1985 amendment when it categorically states: “No person shall with effect from I January until 15 August 2001, makes any payment to any foreign creditor except payment into a special restricted account.” As a direct result of amendments to Act 9 of 1993, the maturity dates were now adjusted to 2006 and 2011, respectively.

Since 16 August 2001, no legal justification exists for the retention of funds in the restricted account.

According to Koorbanally, the ANC and its due representatives were nakedly aware, as duly informed by their apartheid National Party counterparts. That awareness detailed that the previous regime used Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana and the UK citizens. It is estimated that each of these constituted R36bn per individual with the UK based Bernard Blazer as the paymaster, who in all probability had twice the respective inheritance of those as mentioned earlier. One could surmise that the ANC players were told we played our part to ensure the country was bankrolled. It is now up to you to play your part since the likelihood of this ever being uncovered remains virtually impossible.

It became crucial to convert the asset’s ownership into the newly formed entity Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), created by Manuel under Mandela’s presidency. This entity now hosting the assets had another interesting singular authority in warm body trustee, namely the Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel. A process that continued from 1996 to 2004. It is claimed that equally so, the Minister of Finance was also the sole trustee of the Public Investment Commissioners (PIC).

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:21:16 d842e3 No.19278931

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“LIVE: Jeff Koorbanally on the Rupert family and Project Spider Web - influencing policy in S Africa” (Part 1)

https://youtu.be/Y8vmWIVrlUY

Originally called Project Grapevine and funded by the Rupert, Oppenheimer and Rothschild families - it was renamed Project Spider Web. In 2010 the Oppenheimer and Rothschild families stopped funding the project which was then taken over by the Rupert family. What control do the Rupert family have over the ANC? Tonight you will find out. We will also release Ramaphosa's CR-17 bank statement during the live stream - a document that has been concealed by court order in South Africa.

2:15-3:43 – Video of Nelson Mandela receiving his Knights of Malta robe.

7:56 – “That is the fact, if you Google “SEC Republic of South Africa” you’ll see that South Africa is actually a registered corporation at Wall Street. It’s not a country. It’s a registered corporation which means that everyone living in South Africa is basically an employee of that corporation… My understanding is that the CEO of the registered company know as South Africa is one Johann Rupert.”

18:52 – “Well basically what happened is that Surtie family alleged that at the time that they had money that would have come from Britain in 1984-85 has disappeared and they could not trace… I offered to assist in search of this money and that is how I subsequently was able to trace the money at ABSA… In terms of how I was allowed to claim… When I first found the account, I wondered what would have given them the power to block this account and I found out that there was a legislation that was done so therefore in terms of the Surtie claim the cause of action would have arose from what we call statutory causes which means it was by a legislation. Now that legislation limited my claim in a sense that I could only claim from the time the money was received in South Africa and exchanged in ZAR which was then subsequently invested into government bonds. So that limited my period of claim. So I had to claim the capital amount which at the time was US$36 billion exchange into ZAR at the time in June 1985… the exchange rate was in the region of R2.44 per dollar exchange.”

27:25 – “I understand from the PIC’s [Public Investment Corporation] website that they only have R2.53 trillion under investment so where’s the rest of it?… That’s a very interesting part and that is a ruse. Basically it is intended to mislead the public while at the same time the 2.5 that they are openly declaring and listing is also questionable as to how they would have ended up with such a lot of money but I’m going to to deal with that one a bit later.”

28:35 – “Is that undeclared money what they call dormant pension funds which is all the profits have been creamed off to pay the ANC with black economic empowerment shates and stugg like that?… Absolutely… These monies came from the same source which is the special restricted account which came into being 1985 which included the Surtie family, the [?] family, the[?] family and the Bernard Blazer family. Their monies was also block during that period and these are the monies that were then concealed and hidden in this dormant account which was found to be at Absa Bank.”

45:01 – “What is clear here is that PIC, Public Investment Corporation, the subsidiary Isibiya and government pension funds I used as entities of serious money laundering in this country by the likes of the Ruperts… The plan is this. Let them implicate themselves.”

47:34 – “The people in South Africa really are ignorant to the fact that this country is in serious danger. Being registered as a corporation that means more specifically with the [SEC]… any violation that may be found.. that means these countries have the right to sue the country which is registered as a corporation down to zero.”

1:07:39 – “They show those money as being invested as share into these companies and yet in their own financials, they don’t show any return of investment… So basically, it’s just a ruse to fool people. This money that were paid to this corporate were actually a gift and remain to be a gift by virtue it remained to be stolen money which the big corporates [Anglo-American, Remgro Group, etc.] of this country benefitted, this is including the banks of this country.”

1:09:56 – Scott reads a letter from someone in the UK [US SEC whistleblower] who is investigating Glencore’s role in getting Ramaphosa elected as president in 2018

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 15:27:23 d842e3 No.19278957

File: 729a269f1dfca31⋯.pdf (4.01 MB,CR17_Bank_statemennt_1.pdf)

File: 19cfa8637888526⋯.pdf (10.28 MB,KMBT_C224_20150821101636_P….pdf)

>>19278931

“LIVE: Jeff Koorbanally on the Rupert family and Project Spider Web - influencing policy in S Africa” (Part 2)

https://youtu.be/Y8vmWIVrlUY

1:25:29 – “He [Jacob Zuma] gave me an assurance, “I will on the 8th of February, I will actually announce it in my State of the Nation address.” … So I am here to say without any doubt that Zuma was quickly, uprecidentally removed from his position because he was going to spill the beans on the ANC and their involvement in concert with the Broederbond of stealing dead people’s money.”

1:28:10 – “Mandela sold the entire ANC.”

1:49:51 – “Let me talk about the money movement out of the Surtie account in 2020 to 2022 during the COVID period which was an ideal time to commit this kind of crime while everybody was worried about being affected… then you have monies being moved by Absa Bank through the national payment system of the Reserve Bank in hundreds of billions. The total for that period was 2.5 trillion… and yet no alarms went off.”

2:07:59 – “There is no 2 ways about south Africa going into blacklisting in terms of all the evidences now coming out and if we combine the evidence between myself and the British, authorities in the US, there’s absolutely no getting away out of this thing. South Africa is one the biggest money launderers”

2:23:53 – “What they didn’t see coming was that Brian [Molefe], instead of criticizing and blaming everything on the Guptas, he made a u-turn and started blaming Glencore for all [problems at Eskom]… [Glencore] owned Optimum Mine that was eventually bought by the Guptas. That’s how the Guptas got involved with Eskom in terms of the coal supply and the same Glencore was a company that gave Ramaphosa shares where he first opened his mining company, Shanduka.”

2:28:39 – “In 2022/21 there was a court made a ruling… I want to talk about that ruling because that was a misconception. The Surtie status of the case is currently before the Bloemfontein Appeals Court. We are appealing a judgment that was issued on the 6th of October 2022. A very dubious, bias, patent, error judgment, that’s it. In order for us to be successful with a claim, we need to first challenge the constitutionality of the legislation… That is why I took so long from 2011 to eventually launch a claim in 2019 because I knew there was certain part of the legislation that needed to be challenged and one of the last parts that needed to be challenged was the prejudice legislation on regulation which forbidded the money from being paid to Lesotho citizen.”

“Part One: Jeff Koorbanally on the Rupert family and Project Spider Web – influencing policy in S Africa”

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/28/part-one-jeff-koorbanally-on-the-rupert-family-and-project-spider-web-influencing-policy-in-s-africa/

2023-07-28

Originally called Project Grapevine and funded by the Rupert, Oppenheimer and Rothschild families – it was renamed Project Spider Web. In 2010 the Oppenheimer and Rothschild families stopped funding the project which was then taken over by the Rupert family. What control do the Rupert family have over the ANC? Tonight you will find out.

We will also release Ramaphosa’s CR-17 bank statement during the live stream – a document that has been concealed by court order in South Africa.

Part Two of this live stream: https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/28/part-two-jeff-koorbanally-on-the-rupert-family-and-project-spider-web-influencing-policy-in-s-africa/

Part three: https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/28/part-three-jeff-koorbanally-on-the-rupert-family-and-project-spider-web-influencing-policy-in-s-africa/

Download CR-17 bank statements: https://lovinglifetv.com/wp-content/uploads/CR17-Bank-statemennt-1.pdf

Our earlier live stream with Jeff exposing the Rupert family and the ANC collaboration: https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

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Anonymous 08/01/23 (Tue) 16:57:14 d842e3 No.19279341

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>Helen Suzman

>This is the same person [Bill Gates] who, just six months before the outbreak of the [COVID-19] pandemic, organised a series of four role-playing simulations of a corona pandemic with very high-ranking participants.

“Suzman on public health setbacks” [Mar 2, 2023] - https://youtu.be/QEoz15yuHlM

1:39 – “On the pandemic space we’re saying, the world as a whole having just come through this unprecedented crisis with millions of deaths, with trillions of dollars of economic damage and with, I say, the inevitability that there will be another virus and pandemic at some point, should be investing much quickly in a range of interventions. There should be a global health emergency core set up, ideally the World Health Organization.”

Mark Suzman, CEO, Board Member, Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation and Helen Suzman’s nephew

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/mark-suzman

Mark's upbringing in apartheid South Africa instilled in him a desire to use the advantages afforded to him to help tackle injustice and inequality. He began his career doing that through journalism, writing for the Johannesburg Star and then the Financial Times, where he covered international trade policy, welfare reform, and political issues, including the historic 1994 election of Nelson Mandela. In 2000, Mark joined the United Nations, where he was part of the effort to implement the Millennium Development Goals under the leadership of then Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He held multiple positions at the UN over his six-year tenure, including senior advisor for policy and strategic communications in the Office of the Secretary General, and policy director in the Office of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Program.

Mark joined the foundation in 2007 as director of Global Development Policy, Advocacy, and Special Initiatives. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as managing director of Country Offices, president of Global Policy and Advocacy, and chief strategy officer. In these roles, he built and oversaw the development of the foundation’s offices in India, China, Africa, and Europe, and managed the foundation’s relationships with government, private philanthropists, and civil society. He also implemented a new system for how the foundation measures impact and manages tradeoffs across its strategic priorities.

Mark holds a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Harvard University.

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/reflections-from-gates-foundation-ceo-mark-suzman

Feb 24, 2020

I started my career in journalism because, growing up in my native South Africa, I learned to cherish the truth. Being white meant I was spared the horrors of apartheid, but my family made sure I never looked away from them. My great aunt, Helen Suzman, spent her life trying to tear down the regime. She served in South Africa’s parliament for 36 years, many of them as literally the only voice opposing apartheid. She was brave and she was brilliant.

One thing I got to see was the end of apartheid and the election of Nelson Mandela as president in 1994. I had the opportunity to meet Mandela several times, and the lesson he imparted is that in many ways it takes even more bravery and brilliance to build a just new system as it does to tear down an unjust old one. That requires reaching out to enemies to build a new culture, one centered on equality for all.

In 2000, while working for the Financial Times in Washington D.C., I published a piece about the UN. The gist of it was that a lot of people thought the organization was too rigid and resistant to change. A few days later, I received call from the new head of the UN Development Program. Instead of calling me to complain, he offered me a job. “If you think the UN needs changing,” he said, “come help change it.” When I took him up on his offer, I was acting on what I’d learned from Mandela. I wanted to play a small part in creating big, lasting change. And during Kofi Annan’s tenure as Secretary General I had the opportunity to do just that, playing a part in the creation and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, which for the first time galvanized the global community around a set of concrete targets for dramatically improving health and wellbeing for all people, no matter where they live.

I moved eventually from the UN to the Gates Foundation, where I have spent 13 years working alongside thousands of partners and colleagues, including Bill, Melinda, and my predecessor as CEO, the incomparable Sue Desmond-Hellmann.

There is Helen, of course, and during a moment while I was driving in Cape Town along what’s now named “Helen Suzman Boulevard” in her honor, I reflected on how her influence has shaped me.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:33:22 734ce2 No.19284410

>>19278957

>Our earlier live stream with Jeff exposing the Rupert family and the ANC collaboration: https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

>>19278931

>These monies came from the same source which is the special restricted account which came into being 1985 which included the Surtie family, the [?] family, the[?] family and the Bernard Blazer family.

From 44:18 – Letter dated 15 November 1998, signed by Johan Myberg (was the CEO of Saambou), displayed on the screen

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

States as follows;

To: Mr A Rupert, Mr Nick Fourie, Mr P Blake, Mr B De Klerk, Mr G Laubsher [Intelligence agent]

To all Implicated,

As agreed, I have decided not pursue my interest in this saga and also under took not to act on my factual proof of all the finances that was distributed, as was agreed with Mr. Rolf van Rooyen.

With all the role players past and present, I made full disclosure of all the finances in house and abroad to all the interested parties involved.

The “Project Hammer” classified documents and all other past operations document has been moved to the agreed meeting places under the instructions and careful guide of Mr. Van Rooyen. I have also noted that all the financial aspects and the sale and negotiations around the gold and diamonds from the stocks from the homelands [Bantustans] and surrounding countries, were all redirected by the instructions of Mr. Stander. This information is just the tip of an iceberg and I can directly implicate so many names and corporations that had their hands in deposits that was looted from other institutions and private business owners from Botswana, Lesotho, Ciskei, and South West Africa [Namibia].

The reason for my letter to you now concerns the actuall investments and profits that was generated from Mr Abdul Surtie, Mr Sanjar Ravlin and Mr Sanuram Boogol. These funds was redistributed and was part of the huge cash injections on behalf of the old NP government and the newly elected government of the ANC with the old NP establishments. I was party to those dealings was assured of a smooth transition of these funds and that no harm or and sort of investigations will be instituted on us. But as things now stands, I have been inundated for information regarding the transactions and only a few names has been mentioned in some investigative reports and I now fear that the real fall guys will be myself and other in this regard.

Your response on these matters really caused me to action this letter and I am sure that there will be fall guys and I have no reason not to believe that our names will be mentioned and all those old and new government ministers and bank officials will be let off the hook.

I have made it my call to record the accounts that was used to conceal these investments and how payments was distributed to others and who collected their share of these funds.

Boland Bank: Account: 1368736001

Volkskas Bank: Account: 609142596

Citibank

Bankorp

Saambou

Trustbank

Also the moneys invested in Liberia.

I have all these information and I will not hesitate to go to the press with names and other bank acocunts of the billions that was stolen under yourself and other that was in this looting.

I was promised this money only for a few to block it off so they can line their own pockets.

I will implicate everybody from the 1989 meetings until 2001 settlement agreements reached.

Please respond with ugent reply.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:35:28 734ce2 No.19284421

>>19278957

From 49:04 – Document written by Jaap Marais to J Malherbe [currently non-executive director of the Remgro Group], dated 18 October 1990 – Part 1

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

The Treason you Allowed.

It is also wishful thinking, that there were those who tried to convince us to go along with these cash for peace schemes to assist in the greatest sorts of frauds against the very people wh[o] has supported our stance on self determination and to assist with their wealth to build on a country divided but is practice one in a model that self rule could prevail.

Remember that these 37 top level members of the ANC will be rewarded with those funds that was taken off the reserve bank and that of Lesotho and now named Namibia. It will always be on record that these moneys that was privately own but captured inside the reserve bank and controlled by the now lameness Broederbond conspirators was the hard earned Indian community in Lesotho and some in Namibia.

Where are these so called negotiations who hold all these powers to negotiated on behalf of the Boere-volk? Why were not one brave enough to openly criticise the new incoming establishments? Why did Barend Du Plessis and all the others in that inner circle negotiate in Lusaka and why did they have these meeting in Lesotho and other parts in Mozambique?

Let me be very frank and to all who have sold out with the blood of our people and to those who had nothing and came into the system as multi millionaires. They did not even own a car but those who had a battle going and who were on the strees, I can today guarantee that in years to come will still be fighting but not with a government but amongst themselves. Because they will find out of these billions that was divided and it will [be] a war of corruption.

I fully understand the stance of Mr Omar as he was to take on the justice portfolio in time to come and it was true what was expected of him. It would be in his best interest to make sure that none of these criminal elements be prosecuted but I can tell you the readers [k]now that Mr Boesak will become a scapegoat [to] them because of what he was aware of and the directions that was ordered by Malherbe and Rupert.

The day will come when the very sell-off will be exposed to all and regarding the bonds that was in distributed and was made to be securities for the people who can’t even count to a thousand but will become millionaires with just a signature from the reserve bank president and those government traitors and of course Trust bank, Volkskas, Saambou, Sanlam and the secret investment companies.

I will expose all the meeitngs and names as recorded.

This meeting, which was held on 1 August 1990 in Pretoria, was attended by:

South African Reserve Bank

Dr C.L. Stals – Governor

Dr J.A Lombard – Senior Depute Governor

Dr. B.P. Groenewald – Deputy Governor

Dr J.H van Greuning – Registrar of Banks

Mr S.S Walters – Secretary

And

Bankorp, Sankorp, Remgro, Richemont

Mr N. H Dalling – Chairman, Sankorp

Mr P.J Liebenberg – Executive Chairman, Bankorp

Mr M.J van der Merwe – Bankorp

Mr F. Strydom – Bankorp

Mr A. du Plessis – Sankorp

Mr A. Rupert – Remgro

Mr J. Rupert – Richemont

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:36:21 734ce2 No.19284424

From 49:04 – Document written by Jaap Marais to J Malherbe [currently non-executive director of the Remgro Group], dated 18 October 1990 – Part 2

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

SECRET – ENTIRE TEXT.

SUMMARY:

The full advance of all parties that has a viable interest in all current operations as discussed in the follow up meeting with regards to the actions of the “RB” and other financial institutions who will assist in the full distribution of the assets with the assistance of the minister and his special advisor’s on these important matters as agreed to.

Please ensure that the bulk of the actual investments be directed to the appropriate banking institutions as agreed on. There should be no leaks and minimum activities announced and all must seem as normal, transfer as per orders from the incoming parties.

As a matter of great concern to the Lesotho deals and their full co-operation, it must be clear that Mr AR Surtie and Mr Bernard Glazer be treated as to the way we did with the Botswana deals.

Once these acts are completed and all the current assets and moneys are transferred for safekeeping by the appointed bank, we will then advise all parties of actions taken and it must be stressed that no paper trails will exist within the new order as agreed with the settlements of leaders.

The current stock piles of precious metals and others valuable stones will be sealed and the intelligence agents who will set up the companies abroad has been advised to conclude all deals in anticipating the stocks of all the assets. Full amount disclosers will only be discussed at a later stage with the current leadership and the incoming leadership that will be advised and chaired by Mr A. Rupert.

With the banks being incorporated with the acceptance of Saambou bank, we will have the new heads of all these bank as advisor and they will play a very critical role in investments and other future potential deals. The following people will be added and all documentation must be disposed of as agreed. Mr Malherbe and Mr Strydom will be delivering all the aspects of the bond investments and the companies will be set up in conjunction with the Lusaka delegation.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:38:08 734ce2 No.19284427

>>19284424

From 49:04 – Document written by Jaap Marais to J Malherbe [currently non-executive director of the Remgro Group], dated 18 October 1990 – Part 3

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

The evils you are engaged in will be exposed for what they are:

South Africa has now been sold [to] the very people all once called enemies:

The people who has put their trust and faith in all of you has now been betrayed and the dealings behind closed doors with the ANC and all the other so called freedom movement are just a smokescreen to enrich your bank friends and a good number of political people you have cooperated in all these new dealings that was agreed to in Lusaka.

I made my stance very clear to everybody and I promise all of you that this whole enrichment scheme will be completely unveiled and the very people who are now beneficiaries of these so called group schemes will end up betraying each other and I can assure all of you that a financial war will be the next great war in this country and that your new found friends will turn on all of you.

I made it clear with Mr Gerhard De Kock that if he agrees with the agreements and I know he would not have bowed to that kind of pressure, then he could also find himself in great danger of being part of the great reserve bank theft by the new found thieves. Little did we know that he would pass away only to be replaced the very Stall who would then assist in the pure daylight robbery of the very assets from the bank. It was a well thought out plan to have a person in the bank who would direct the assets to the ANC and to organise them a wealth that some ahd to work for but what was now a promise to them.

The secret deals and moneys given to the Sanlam group and its owners was always going to the very source of transfer designed to conceal all the investments for the new dispensation and I can assure you that these allocations have alreadby been decided on. The gold reserves and other bonds that were allocated to all at the banks and of course to the Swiss banks for safe keeping is just a front and deals that was concluded in Lusaka and the most important one in Lesotho where I believe our county was sold.

It must be noted that when Bankorp was in trouble, it was always Sanlam who came to its rescue and now I understand how Sanlam was able to assist, because of its financial life it had at the reserve bank.

I had a strait meeting with Piet Liebenberg who was assured that he will never be implicated in the current situation at the banks and that he was to operate and take direct instruction from Anton. Then Sanlam approached the reserve bank for assistance for Bankorp but that was just to make sure they get the current fiancé they need to finance their sale fo the country to the ANC. Mr Barend approved this deal but he knew this was only a smokescreen to cover the actual amounts that was allocated to Sanlam. These deals has all been concluded and was only printed on certain dates to conceal its actual intentions and the real value of it.

Having all these facts based on direct interactions with all of you and knowing how you are all implicated in a system to steal the very reserves to keep our country going and selling your very souls, I have no choice but to distance myself from all these criminal and evil actions. There will be consequences for you after you give up this country as a I believe that all of you will be dealing in bad faith. There is no truth in these facts of negotiations and I think it’s a system designed to give the bankers and other a chance to take as much as possible form our society and the reserve bank.

The Broederbond sold out to the very things it has created and also when Anton tried to distance himself from it, he was in complete control and was at the forefront of the negotiations and all those transactions that will take place. Also it must be noted that the homelands and all the other countries around who had their moneys invested in the banks and also those that are holed up in the reserve bank, will lose it to your new found partners as a token of peace and enrichment to them.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:41:11 734ce2 No.19284433

>>19278957

From 1:06:00 – Document: Memorandum of Understanding in the matter between; Dated: February 1993 – Part 1

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

Mr Marinus Daling

Mr Johan Myberg

Mr Danie Cronje

Mr Barend Du Plessis

Mr Anton Rupert

Mr Gerrit Ferreira

Project (Files and Shares)

Opening remarks by the Hon. Minister.

Introduction of all the beneficiary names and co-operation regarding new transactions and deeds.

Mr. B. du Plessis.

The current matter at hand, has been duly discussed and agreed on by all relevant parties and new members. Allocations of all former, present and future proceeds will be duly distributed with the consent of the leadership as per agreements. All the names of recipients and parties will be awarded as per fiscal allowance and all inputs and other correspondence will be communicated via the elected members as per instruction by the leaderships.

It was also decided that a closed meeting of all the elected recipients will be informed of the offsets and investments arms are agreed. All documentation realting to these matters has been allocated to the reserve bank for concurrence and all the financial assistants to all parties will be agreed on once the full division of the investments have been calculated. It was also decided to finance the other newly elected members as per advise of the leaderships.

Remember that as agreed, we will have Ramaphosa as a non voting delegate at their conference to further our agenda and that as time goes on, we will have all our agreed plans and action in full operation. The main subject would be for him to become their SG so the our influence and orders in the organisation can be installed and carried out. He will make sure that Moisia gets into the position as organised and Gordon will be recommended to a position of influence as directed by the leaderships. These will all be steps that will be implemented and the leaderships has agreed on all these acts in principal.

The full amounts of transfers will be discussed at the next leadership meetings and it will be at the Groote schuur complex with the full agenda of the transfers and current and newly suggested parties. It must also be added that all the amounts runs into billions and extra care will be taken to assure all parties of a fair share and that no additions will be allowed to exist or no unauthorized transactions will be entertained as instructed by the full leadership. It was also deced that the bailouts of certain bank will be changed to rescue plan and that the other banks will assist in the set up of account and will assist all new parties with properties, vehicles and other needs as requested.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:42:14 734ce2 No.19284437

>>19284433

From 1:06:00 – Document: Memorandum of Understanding in the matter between; Dated: February 1993 – Part 2

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

“The ANC Delegation”

It has been decided in principal that the shares and all the other deposits will be decided between all parties as agreed by the full leadership. The accumulated amounts and other disposable assets will be listed and will be deposited into the agree accounts and companies as suggested by the Broederbond [Anton Rupert as leader] delegation. There will be accounts created for specific deposits and those deposits will be regarded as shares into the financial markets. The bonds will be administered by the newly formed bank [ABSA] and will be the source of the income as prescribed in our past meetings.

The reserve bank governor will stay int hat position as advised by the full leaderships to oversee the full effect of all transfers of assets and funds and will assist in the investment portfolios of all new parties. The principle agreement to pay the outgoing administration and to secure the exact opportunities for the incoming party will be implemented with immediate effect as agree by the leaderships.

There is also an agreement with all the external banks who hold large deposit to make certain changes and to act in a manner that satisfy all parties mention in the memorandum that was co signed by the full leadership of all concerned parties.

It has been agreed that the H Hughes account will be available to assist and distribute funds to the new establishment. Full details of the account has been given to the leaderships and a resolution on the matter was taken with the full acknowledgement of the banks.

It will be decide at a later date or by the leadership on how to deal with the Luxembourg gold refinery operations and the other smaller refineries. The new establishment will allow the reserve bank shareholders to advise on these matters and will also assist in the operations shut down.

Here are the incoming party “ANC” members who will take over the investments and other financial benefits as agreed by the full leadership:

1. Mr T Sexwala (who was one of the first on the scene when Chris Hani was murdered on 10 April 1993)

2. Mr Maharaj

3. Mr J Radebe (Nomination Provided)

4. Ms R Mompati

5. Mr Thomas Nkobi

6. Mr M Khumalo

7. Mr A Stofile

8. Mr M Phosa

9. Mr A Kathrada

10. Mr P Maduna

The other members will be advised at a later date of assistants in all financial matters and can be assured of future benefits. The Swiss Payment that was received in January, as agreed (R110m) will be shared amongst those members not listed or whose names will be included in the new revised settlements will share in the mentioned Swiss funds. Allocations of vehicles and other assets will be distributed in accordance with the agreed memorandum of understanding that was drafted by the Busines components.

–All those members who will not make it into certain government or other related institutions, will be incorporated into company boards with benefits as agreed by the leaderships and will hold certain positions to further the cause of other. It must be stressed that all the other members will be accommodated after 1994 as agreed by the leaderships.

Mr Barends will also inform the leaderships of the current trenches of cash flows to assist the leagues and other internal parts of the organisation.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:43:46 734ce2 No.19284441

>>19284433

>>19284437

From 1:06:00 – Document: Memorandum of Understanding in the matter between; Dated: February 1993 – Part 3

https://lovinglifetv.com/2023/07/07/live-jeff-koorbanaly-on-the-looting-of-pension-funds-in-south-africa-by-the-ruperts-and-anc-cabal/

Lesotho as the Republic of Lesotho.

All related funds from the Lesotho Republic will be distributed amongst the most senior leaders and will include those in the Broederbond Establishment.

The current funds in the Reserve Bank will be allocated to the beneficiaries list current with the local board and the must oversee the full redistribution of the all those funds.

–All leaderships agreed that most funds must be routed to international institutions and that such funds will be returned to South Africa after the new finance ministers appointment. The funds will still be guided as per transaction details prescribed to the fund holders and the incoming panel of a joint taks team from all sides will assist and set-up the beneficiary list.

Mr Rupert will guide the panel as instructed and will make all transactions via the insurance and bond related accounts and will liaise directly with the fund holders and will have full excess to the boards of the three banks and also that of the reserve bank.

It has also been agreed that the leadership of the UDF members and those in the church dominations, will be included on the advise of the ANC leadership.

Mr K Coetzee has agreed in principal that certain people be relocated as to the previous Lusaka Memo of Understanding and that those people under the guide of the London instructions must be incorporated to the Transvaal area as for safety and accommodation reasons.

Mr Hughes will be informed as to the direction of transfers and will be guided on this matter by the bank who holds the majority stock of transfers.

All other related matters regarding the new system to be introduced in the next few months will be implemented and as per instructions of by the full leadership, the bonds system and naming of the finance instruments will be altered to give excess to the new owners as was agreed.

This memorandum has been agreed to by all relevant parties.

1:30:18 – “This is the story to be told to the world… It’s only the beginning of the story to be told.”

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:48:33 734ce2 No.19284461

>The “Project Hammer” classified documents and all other past operations document has been moved to the agreed meeting places under the instructions and careful guide of Mr. Van Rooyen. I have also noted that all the financial aspects and the sale and negotiations around the gold and diamonds from the stocks from the homelands [Bantustans] and surrounding countries, were all redirected by the instructions of Mr. Stander. This information is just the tip of an iceberg and I can directly implicate so many names and corporations that had their hands in deposits that was looted from other institutions and private business owners from Botswana, Lesotho, Ciskei, and South West Africa [Namibia].

>Mr G Laubsher

>>19284437

>It has been agreed that the H Hughes account will be available to assist and distribute funds to the new establishment.

>>19284441

>Mr Hughes will be informed as to the direction of transfers and will be guided on this matter by the bank who holds the majority stock of transfers.

“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer Part 1

https://emacous.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/fw-de-klerk-and-covert-dealings-prior-to-the-1994-elections/

6 May 2017

Article by: Lethu Menziwa

SOUTH AFRICA THE INSIDE STORY

For 2 decades accusations against the FW de Klerk government have been flying about. Many people have been whispering about huge sums of money being paid over by Swiss Bank accounts to NP politicians and government operators to hand over the SA government to the ANC. For 18 years nothing could be proven, till now:

CITIBANK

Gen. Erle Cocke ran Nugan Hand Bank’s Washington office. In April 2000, Cocke gave a deposition running to 67 pages concerning his knowledge and involvement in Project Hammer.

Ten days later he died from Pancreatic cancer. His explosive deposition reveals him as a very significant and highly connected player in a world few of us are familiar with.

Cocke related in his statement how Citibank was used as halfway stop for dodgy financial dealings in ‘black gold’ through “Project Hammer”– some 30 accounts used.

Asked where these accounts were located, Cocke responded saying – “In almost one solid block at Citibank.”

PROJECT “HAMMER”

Project “Hammer” was a desperate undertaking by the USA gov. to rescue some of its major banks, who, by the end of the 1980’s, faced insolvency. These banks included Citibank, HSBC, Chase Manhatten and the Bank of New York. The project was designed to cipher gold and diamonds as collateral as an emergency buoy for the ailing banks and to put the USA’s economy on track again. It is at this stage that South Africa’s De Klerk government entered the fray – as major gold and diamond supplier, it was the easiest and cheapest way to rescue the USA banking sector. Only one small problem: South Africa was in political turmoil with the white rightwing challenging the NP government on all fronts.

The best smokescreen Citibank could think upon to move large amounts of money and gold bullion was: Create political instability (between the NP gov. and the ANC. Then create a political vacuum where dodgy gold and diamond deals could be done without too many questions (maybe even an interim NP/ANC gov. where the minimum control would facilitate covert gold and diamond movements). Project ” Hammer “involved the trading of $13.6 trillion in debentures resulting in a ‘fallout’ of about $1.1 trillion which was stashed in the Howard Hughes account in Credit Suisse. Obviously, in a project of this size, a lot of organizations had to be involved: The CIA, FBI, all the NSA agencies, Pentagon in the broadest sense of it and as such, the Treasury and Federal Reserve. Nobody got out of the act, and everybody wanted to get in on the act –for there was lots and lots of money to be made.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:49:23 734ce2 No.19284467

“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer Part 2

https://emacous.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/fw-de-klerk-and-covert-dealings-prior-to-the-1994-elections/

6 May 2017

EXECUTIVE OUTCOMES, SANDLINE and the STASI

Another individual who has played a considerable role in Project “Hammer,” was Rolf van Rooyen, who operated a number of business entities including one called ‘Oceantech’ and another called ‘Eastech’ International Bank. At one time Van Rooyen worked for SA Intelligence and is also believed to have been working for the CIA at the time Project “Hammer ” was in process. Of significance is the fact that Gen. Cocke and Van Rooyen knew each other, although Cocke says he only spoke to him on the phone but never ‘shook hands with him’.

During a police interview in Germany in 1995, Van Rooyen – when questioned about Project “Hammer ” responded:” If you are referring to Operation Hamer, it is an extremely large, very delicate operation in co-operation with the authorities of various countries in which Oceantech is involved..”

Working alongside Van Rooyen, was SA ntelligence operative Riaan Stander. Both Stander and Van Rooyen were board members of the “Eastcorp Syndicate” which boasted almost two dozen other companies in it’s stable. Included were Intercol Pty Ltd, Cavo Shipping – which conducted intelligence gathering missions for governments, and Bridge S.A. The latter was registered in Monrovia, Liberia.

According to Peter Goslar, once a close friend of Riaan Stander, other board members of Bridge S.A., were Colonel Tim Spicer and Mick Ranger of ‘Sandline’ fame. In a letter written to a Washington law firm involved in a lawsuit involving Project “Hammer“-, Goslar fingers Bridge S.A. – and hence Van Rooyen and Riaan Stander, as “part of the Executive Outcomes operation.” Eastech International Bank, was underwritten by a Mexican firm Ro-Mar Pharmaceuticals, a firm claiming to control over $100 billion in gold.

Van Rooyen and Stander entered Eastech into an agreement to purchase 5000 metric tones of gold at a discount of 4% from the Second London Fix. This gold was held in the free zone area beneath Zurich’s Kloten Airport. Interestingly, the contract, which ran to 6 pages, bears the official stamp of the Swiss Police, authorizing and validating the transaction. By 1995, Eastech International Bank had begun to hit the radar screen of regulatory authorities around the world that viewed it with suspicion, but by then it seems probable that much of Project “Hammer’s ” SA objectives had been fulfilled. Fearing the worse, Rolf Van Rooyen left S.A. and traveled to Germany. According to his one time friend, Peter Goslar, this is where he still lives albeit protected by former members of the East Germany’s Stasi spy-network.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:50:58 734ce2 No.19284474

>>19284467

“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer Part 3

https://emacous.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/fw-de-klerk-and-covert-dealings-prior-to-the-1994-elections/

6 May 2017

Rudolph Ignatius van Rooyen – born in Kroonstad on 29 April 1959

Last known address: Rheinstern Hotel 1610, Rheinstern, Dusseldorf, Germany.

Alias – Rolf Rondine.

Director – Eastech International Bank, established in China and underwritten by a Mexican Firm. Contact person – Miss Lin Ying, China.

Riaan Stander – Security director of Eastech

Steve Potnak – managing director of Eastech Bank

Steve Pansegrow – military intelligence officer supplying Eastech with intelligence reports. He also supplied highly confidential information to C1, in the names of Eugene de Kock and Pieter Botha. Pansegrow’s wife was a receptionist for Van Rooyen and Stander.

Irma Els – operator helping in Ifafa – Eastcorp.

Fanie Smith – operator who signed validation certificates for Eastcorp.

– Letter of credit no. 9022101 signed by Fanie Smith and honoured by the bank and with a revenue stamp of the Greek gov.

– Certificate of deposit of $5 million, stamped by the Greek Gov, signed by Fanie Smith.

– Certificate of deposit of $25 million, stamped by the Greek Gov, signed by Fanie Smith.

– Directors of Eastcorp and Intercol as at the registrar of companies: Roelf van Rooyen, Riaan Stander, Douglas Randall. Intercol: Eugene de Kock, Gen. Tai Minnaar, Pieter Botha. Policemen and members of military intelligence served on both Eastcorp and Intercol.

– Dr. HP Bauer – involved with operator “Rosie”, Dr. HJ Schuster – agent of FAS in the US, Julian Rosie – director of FAS in South Africa.

– Riaan Stander liased directly with intel. Officers fromC1 (SA Police), namely Eugene de Kock, Chappies Kloppers, Pieter Botha and Willie Nortje. They asked help from Eastech to infiltrate rightwing groups in Pietersburg and for help in the movement of large quantities of weapons.

– MAS 57/08/92 – Pretoria North Case ref, investigation officer – Lt. Col. AE Botha conducted and investigation into the irregularities, but it wasnever made public or brought to court.

In October 1998, a German intelligence operator forwarded a document marked “Top Secret” to Gerhard Laubsher of the S.A. National Intelligence Agency, marked MZ/HRB/10-10/98 ser. Noj/IBI citing the disappearance of $223 104 000 008 from the South African economy through ‘black gold’ dealings.

In the report the following 47 persons were named:

FW de Klerk, Hernus Kriel, Chris Stals, Japie Jacobs, Org Marais, Anton Rupert, Johan Rupert, James Cross, Christo Wiese (SARB), Christo Wiese (Boland Bank), Dr. Swanepoel, Dr. Groenewald, Mr. Potgieter, Alwyn Lombard, Jan Lombard, Barend du Plessis, Commisionar Blaauw (western cape), Simon Nothnagel, Simon and Peter Nassau, Giel Nieuwoudt, Ben Zuma, Anton Welch, George Hill, BB de Klerk, Chris Nissan, Kobus Kirsten,Van Deventer, Boet Claasen, Big John Smith, Willem Korden/Kordan, Daniel Julius, Jan Koch, John and Faize Adams, Peter Blake, Nick Fourie, Magistrate Liebenberg, Casiem and Shahida Brey, Peter Mopp, Riaan Engelbrecht, Peter Goslar, Detective Justin Swart, Charles/Lester Newton, Robert Ferguson and Wynand Louw:

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:52:01 734ce2 No.19284475

>>19284467

>>19284474

“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer Part 4

https://emacous.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/fw-de-klerk-and-covert-dealings-prior-to-the-1994-elections/

6 May 2017

The report quotes:

4.7 The RSA has in excess 3000 tons of gold in storage. We can identify that Cloten in Switzerland, Luxembourg and London are used extensively for stored gold.

4.8 The RSA has a small refinery in Switzerland and deals with an other small refinery in Luxembourg (owned by Italian members) to refine gold, remove the markings on the gold.

4.9 The RSA selling 550 tons of gold every year and approximately 50 tons of gold is stolen every year.

4.12 Some of this money is then recycled back in RSA.

4.13 Some examples: The recent announced merger of Goldfields and Gencor. The purchase of BOE, NBS, OK Bazaars etc. by Christo Wiese. Old Mutual Bibby Group. Gencor’s Billiton Group. Rembrands Richmond Group. Anglo Americans Miners Group.

6.3 High yield investments goes generally through Volkskas Bank, Nedbank, Boland andStandard-Chartered Bank RSA, all with approval from the SARB.

6.4 Arnold van Eck, offshore in –Imposses des Michandes, Veyreier du Luc, 74000 Anmecy-France, Bis Avenue D’Albigny, 74000 Anmecy-Le Veux, Adriaan (Riaan) Stander, Switzerland, 17 Rue de Levi, Crans Montana.

6.5 Van Ecks Associates, Clientel, Co. Directors are all well known military intelligence officers and political figures. Large sums of funds to almost $1.6 billion were handled and controlled by the Van Eck Syndicate on instructions of these politicians and intelligence officers – There are in RSA R37 million in farms unaccounted for. $40 million are being held in secret accounts in Van Ecks name. An unauthorized amount of$6 million was paid to Mrs. Van Eck. There are in RSA various assets of enormous value, belonging to Afri-Air, a total of at least R700 million.Overseas funding in $ 400 million, is also unaccounted for. A further amount of $ 7000 million unaccounted, controlled by Van Eck.

After scrutinizing some of Riaan Stander’s bank accounts, the following was found:

Adriaan Barend Stander

Selbornelaan 141

Lyttelton Manor, Pta.

Account name: Intercol Consultants (Pty) Ltd.

Volkskas bank – 0609-142-596, Verwoerdburg branch.

Account name: Intercol Consultants

Nedbank

Arcadia, Pretoria branch

Eastcorp South Africa

Bankcorp London

Swiftref – TBOAGB2L

90 Long Acre

London SC2E 9SF

Account name

Eastcorp main account – 01-38496030-4

El Rosario Trust account – (Eastcorp HQ) – 01-38497030-0

Anti Crisi (Eastcorp Technical Division) 01-38498030-5

Eastech International Bank SA

Boland bank

Swiftref: BOLBZAJC

Pretoria branch

Account name: Estech International Bank – 136 873 6001

Relevant bank official – Mr. L. Coetzee – Gen Man.

Eastech International Bank – Tacoma, Washington.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:53:18 734ce2 No.19284480

“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer Part 5

https://emacous.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/fw-de-klerk-and-covert-dealings-prior-to-the-1994-elections/

6 May 2017

Moving money between accounts is easy, especially when it is done with the blessing of the major banks and government, but moving gold and weapons around the globe is not so easy.

Enter one of the key players, shipping tycoon Tony Giordiadis, from Greece. Giordiadis had very close ties with Richard Carter (now corporate manager of BMW), the spokesperson for the SA President FW de Klerk. On May 11 and 12, 1990, De Klerk paid an official visit to Greece.Here he met with Pres. Caramanlis and Prime Minister Mitsosakies. De Klerk also met Tony Gordiakis at this time. Of Greek origin, but London based, Georgiadis shipped oil to SA in contravention of sanctions and developed close relations with members of the NP gov. to distribute money freely, Georgiadis opened a bank account in Liberia for Mallar Incorporated (it was also through this account that bribes to the tune of $22 million were paid to ANC officials during the Arms Deal).

Geordiadis’s father-in-law Lanaras once served as director of the shipping firm Alandis. The conspirators were faced by another huge obstacle – the loyal members of the Defence Force, Military Intelligence, National Intelligence Agency and the South Africa Police, who would immediately put a stop to the transactions, should they find out.

‘THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS’

De Klerk fired all loyal officers so that his collaborators could move freely. On December 19, 1992, FW de Klerk fired 23 senior army officers, including navy officers, who could pose a threat to his plans.

So great was the speed with which De Klerk acted that even the army’s public relations office was not informed of the press conference. In addition, many of the officers disciplined, were on holiday and were unaware of their suspension.

The axed officers included: Major-General Chris Thirion, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, who had a reputation of being one of the more progressive of the younger generation of generals, Major-General Hennie Rouw, Chief of Army Intelligence, Brigadier Ferdie Van Wyk, Director of Army Communications, who master-minded “Project Echoes,” Brigadier Tolletjies Botha, Director – Directorate of Covert Collection, which was raided in November by investigators of the Goldstone Commission, including UN personnel, Brigadier Oos van der Merwe,Director of Army Intelligence, Commander Jack Widdowson of the Navy. He named only three other officers, Colonel At Nel, Colonel Chris Prinsloo and Commandant Stephen Snyders, who were all put on “compulsory leave.”

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:55:33 734ce2 No.19284487

“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer Part 6

https://emacous.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/fw-de-klerk-and-covert-dealings-prior-to-the-1994-elections/

6 May 2017

This followed the purge of 19 police generals in August as part of a drive to bring the police” in line with the negotiation process. ” The further Indemnity Act pushed through parliament in August, needed to help ease officers out. The November raid on Military Intelligence’s Directorate of Covert Collection in November, by Goldstone investigators which provided the pretext for setting up the probe headed by Gen. Pierre Steyn.

A top-level meeting between senior Umkhonto We Sizwe and SADF officials in early August, brokered by the National Intelligence Service, which generally carries out the will of the cabinet. December’s ‘rationalisation’ measures which include the retrenchment of 6000 middle ranking officers followed. In just 5 months, De Klerk had opened the door wide, for his own operators to continue the sell-out.

“I have never before seen a government destroy its own power base, such as this one is doing” – said former chief of Military Intelligence, Gen. Tienie Groenewald, while the country is steadily moving towards complete chaos, the government has effectively neutralized the SADF’s intelligence capacities by removing the eyes, ears and nose of the defense forces.

The Greek shipping tycoon could now go about his business unhindered. Georgiadis was of course also implicated in the swindle with the sinking of the greek ship , Salem, off the African coast earlier in what was decribed by Loydds of Great Britian as “the biggest maritime swindle ever. “Salem – Lloyd’s pursues what may be the biggest maritime swindle ever – At 10:50am Greenwich time on Jan. 17, crewmen aboard the tanker British Trident, sighted a ship in distress off the coast of Senegal in Northwest Africa. The Salem, a 214 000 ton supertanker, registered in Liberia, was listing and dead in the water. By radio contact with the tanker, Trident learned that a series of mysterious explosions was responsible for the disaster. Indeed, a cloud of orange smoke billowed from the tanker’s deck. By 11:30 the disabled ship’s greek-born captain, Dimitrios Georgoulis, and his 22 crewmen, most of them Tunisians, had….”

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 13:57:01 734ce2 No.19284490

“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer Part 7

https://emacous.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/fw-de-klerk-and-covert-dealings-prior-to-the-1994-elections/

6 May 2017

Side note:

It was at this time that the whole Project “Hammer ” was put at risk by FW de Klerk’s impulsiveness. German operators learned that De Klerk was having an affair with Georgiadis’s wife, Elita (Lanaras’s daughter).

A memorandum was sent to the CIA, who decided to put a lid on the affair, until after the completion of Project “Hammer.

“Knowledge of the affair would not only open a can of worms, but it was not clear what Georgiadis’s reaction to the affair would be. It this only became public after another two years.

There would be a twist – Marike de Klerk.. When FW de Klerk divorced Marike to marry Elita, a clause was written into the divorce agreement that De Klerk would be able to censor any books or article Marike might decide to write – which indeed he did when he prevented the publication of a chapter titled Grotgesprek (cave conversation) in the autobiography titled “‘n Plek waar die son weer skyn.”

But Marike de Klerk was not done yet. Then, sadly, on 2 Dec. 2001, she was brutally “murdered” in her Dolphin Beach complex, Bloubergstrand apartment, hours after sending an undisclosed fax to Holland.

Curiously – the European Union paid R30 000 into the account of the murder accused – Mboniswa, channeled by the Foundation for Human Rights, for “DNA tests.”

Mboniswa stood trial in the Western Cape High Court and was found guilty of the murder, without taking the stand in his own defense.

What was to follow was the orchestrated and directed ‘political reform’ as was dictated to by foreigners of this country. The reform was steered by international banks/financiers as well as foreign intelligence agencies. The subsequent buy-out of South African politicians and role players, culminated in the demise of a country…

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 14:04:14 734ce2 No.19284525

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>I can tell you the readers [k]now that Mr Boesak will become a scapegoat [to] them because of what he was aware of and the directions that was ordered by Malherbe and Rupert.

>Remgro

J Malherbe (65), non-executive director of Remgro

https://www.remgro.com/ar2021/overview-of-business/directorate-and-members-of-committees.php

Appointed: 11 October 2006

Directorships: Mr Malherbe is a director of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited and Reinet Investments Manager SA. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked with a predecessor firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining Rand Merchant Bank

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 14:47:38 734ce2 No.19284657

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“UDF 40 : Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe’s invitation to UDF40” – Part 1

https://africanewsglobal.co.za/udf-40-celebrated-anti-apartheid-activist-cleric-and-former-patron-of-the-udf-dr-allan-boesak-responds-to-popo-molefes-invitation-to-udf40/

30 July 2023

By: Allan Boesak

Below are excerpts

My sincere apologies for responding only now to your invitation to join your group “UDF40” in your commemoration of the UDF and your “Call to Action” on August 20. Thank you very much for the invitation and for your patience. You honour me by inviting me to be a part of this event, which under different circumstances would have brought great joy to my heart. You and I had been comrades in the UDF, and shared so much of the dreams and hopes of our people, in those extraordinary times. I will, in return, honour you by trying to be as honest as I can. I am writing this letter, rather than talk on the telephone, so that I can be as clear as possible, and there would be no misunderstanding on why I will not be joining you in this effort, and in your celebrations of the UDF on August 20.

Across the country, there is virtually no disagreement on what South Africans are facing right now as a result of governmental mismanagement over thirty years, that something needs to be done urgently, and that our people need to be united and inspired toward action. However, I have been confirmed in my instinctive hesitation about the group you represent. That is the group you yourself have identified as the so-called “Defend our Democracy” group.

That refusal to take any responsibility at all, while the ANC is so obsessed with “collective decision making” when it suits them, is a political Pontius Pilate washing-of-the-hands attitude that has now become disastrously ingrained in the ANC. It is a prime example of the pseudo-innocence I talked about already in 1976: the feigning of ignorance while reaping the benefits of abusive power and systemic injustice. It is the fig leaf for political chicanery and moral recklessness that is the open door to that impunity that have destroyed our people’s trust in our democratic institutions from parliament to the courts. No wonder his was a “dawn” where the sun never rose.

Those who tried to do their constitutional duty were either publicly debased, intimidated, or suspended. Still, not a word.

It looks to me that you were not so much defending our democracy as defending Cyril. That is not about principle. It is about personal political and economic gain…Not just that Cyril Ramaphosa has to go, but that the ANC as a whole is enveloped by a culture that has put it beyond redemption; that in fact, the whole system chosen for our people in your secret talks with the old apartheid white capitalist class, is rotten to the core. Like apartheid, it cannot be reformed, it has to be irrevocably eradicated. I said this in 1983. It is even more true today.

But also, my Brother, as I look through the names you mention and names I know in this faction, I recognise those who, when the ANC with such unseemly haste decided to demolish the UDF, were singing loudest in that choir. I remember who they sent to me to convince me of the political rightness of that decision, how I refused, until they sent Madiba, under whose weight I eventually crumbled – a moment I still deeply regret. But they supported that position, because it would prove to be so rewarding. It is only a few weeks ago that I heard, for the first time after all these years, that the funeral of the UDF in Mitchell’s Plain was followed by a celebration party in the old Carlton Hotel. How fitting, and how ineffably sad. So I have to ask myself, are these the same people who are now calling for the revival of the UDF?

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 14:51:17 734ce2 No.19284667

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>I can tell you the readers [k]now that Mr Boesak will become a scapegoat [to] them because of what he was aware of and the directions that was ordered by Malherbe and Rupert.

>>19284441

>It has also been agreed that the leadership of the UDF members and those in the church dominations, will be included on the advise of the ANC leadership.

“UDF 40 : Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe’s invitation to UDF40” – Part 2

https://africanewsglobal.co.za/udf-40-celebrated-anti-apartheid-activist-cleric-and-former-patron-of-the-udf-dr-allan-boesak-responds-to-popo-molefes-invitation-to-udf40/

30 July 2023

By: Allan Boesak

Below are excerpts

Moreover, in these decades of ANC rule, many of those persons have taken governmental responsibility at one level or another, made decisions about policy to the detriment of the vast majority of our people. They have gained position, privileges and riches beyond imagination over these last thirty years, including those nine dark years. The darkness did not matter, as long as the bank accounts were swelling. Many of us came to the conclusion that these were efforts, not to defend our democracy, but their faction’s version of the ANC instead, and to protect the president, from whose favour so many blessings flow, in the process shamelessly exploiting, and betraying, the trust of the people, spitting upon their sacrifices.

Now, however, it seems that the game is up. The ANC can no longer hide the fact that it is a factionalised, paralysed party, mesmerised by greed, and hypnotised by its own delusions, chief of which is the myth that it can “correct itself.” But, as the Bible says, “Your sins will find you out.” As the 2024 elections draw near, the ANC has not only run out of ideas, or courage, or vision. It has outrun its nobility, in the process leaving the people behind, as in the picture drawn by the prophet Isaiah, almost three thousand years ago: “We grope like the blind along a wall … we stumble at noon as in the twilight…” All because “justice is far from us.”

For there was a time in South Africa forty years ago, when faith communities and educational institutions, universities and high schools, lecturers and students, workers and the unemployed, people from all walks of life, across the artificial barriers of skin colour, race, class, culture, religion, and language came together. We saw the world of apartheid through the eyes of those who suffered, and we rose up in resistance. Our protest was relentless and purposeful, and not in any way, as Adam Small cautioned us, a form of begging.

But that was before the days of euphoria and illusion. Before we told ourselves that a negotiated settlement signified the coming of the reign of God. Before we decided that honouring our people’s sacrifices was too much of a hindrance to the profitable deals made with the old white, apartheid, capitalist class. Before we were so mesmerised by the wizardry of Mammon and the intoxications of power that we forgot the subversive memories of struggle. That was before we began to use parliamentary privilege to disguise our crimes, turning the people’s House into a refuge for scoundrels. Before we left the battlefields of justice to hide ourselves in the draughty caves of kleptocracy, self-aggrandizement and instant gratification.

It is no wonder that we ended up where we are today, as a country, and as a people. We are a people severely diminished by politics without principles, leadership without vision, policies without commitment, and hence by failure after failure. We are drowning in corruption, and lies, and cover-ups. We are plagued by deceit and confounded by subterfuge. Our disastrous choices for neo-liberal capitalist economic policies have deepened the generational impoverishment of our people while creating new millionaires every second week it seems, by some crooked scheme or another, making us the most unequal society in the world today.

In 1985, in those state-of-emergency days, I made a poster of the words of African Church Father Augustine. ”A government that does not know justice is no more than a gang of robbers.” That was as true in the 5th century as it was in the 20th. It is as true now, in the 21st, under Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC. We are indeed ruled by a gang of robbers.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 14:55:44 734ce2 No.19284687

>>19284667

“UDF 40 : Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe’s invitation to UDF40” – Part 3

https://africanewsglobal.co.za/udf-40-celebrated-anti-apartheid-activist-cleric-and-former-patron-of-the-udf-dr-allan-boesak-responds-to-popo-molefes-invitation-to-udf40/

30 July 2023

By: Allan Boesak

Below are excerpts

So now, some in the ANC realise the enormity of that mistake, for that is the “spirit of the UDF” you are now all looking for. That, however, is the very spirit you have tried to banish, thirty two years ago. That is why there are some now regurgitating (in my presence!) the false claim that the UDF was, in actual fact, the “internal wing” of the ANC, its own child, so to speak. I find that repetition of the old National Party propaganda trope unspeakably cynical, for what does it make you when you are the one who killed your own child? And can people, who never speak of miracles, but rather of “the balance of forces” and their own cleverness, now claim to believe in something miraculous like a resurrection?

But even more importantly, a spirit has to find a home. I do not believe that the spirit of the UDF will find a home in the ANC as it is today. That spirit is indeed desperately needed, but it has to find a home within the people, like in 1983, from all walks of life, across the boundaries of race, pigmentation, religion, language and culture, and like in 1983, outside of institutionalised politics. Not connected to a factionalised, self-centered, vote-seeking but not people-serving political organisation that since its return has been smothering every possibility for a just, equitable, inclusive, truly non-racial, democratic society, when it reintroduced those despised apartheid racial categories that we had so marvellously overcome in the Black Consciousness Movement and in the UDF. Even to this day, with its new Employment Equity Amendment Act. Despite the clumsy gymnastics, so-called coloured people know exactly what that means. They have experienced it from the first mention of affirmative action, from denying and erasing their role in the struggle to pretending that they abandoned the ANC as soon as 1994 dawned. But they were at the heart and soul of the UDF and they don’t forget. Our people on the Cape Flats and in the far platteland may not be powerful and many are not highly educated, but they are not stupid.

As you can imagine, everywhere I go these days there are people reminding me of my speech at the launch. You’ve seen the clips going around, I’m sure. So I went back to remind myself of some of my words. Please indulge me if I repeat them here, for you and me both, since for me, they have remained a kind of pledge. “This country is our country, and its future is not safe in the hands of people – white or black – who despise democracy and trample on the rights of the people. Its future is not safe in the hands of people – white or black – who depend upon economic exploitation and human degradation to build their empires. Its future is not safe in the hands of people – white or black – who need the flimsy and deceitful cloak of ethnic superiority to cover the nakedness of their racism. Its future is not safe in the hands of people – white or black – who seek to secure their unjustly required positions by violent repression of the weak, the exploited and the needy. Its future is not safe in the hands of people – white or black – who put their faith simply in the madness of growing militarism. So for the sake of our country and our children, whether you be white or black, resist those people, whether they be white or black.” That’s exactly where we are today, and that is what I am still trying to do, as faithfully as I can.

As far as I could determine, you have not been able to convince the people as a whole that your agenda is anything but an effort to give life, credibility, and authenticity to the ANC, floundering in the stormy seas of its own hubris.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 14:56:53 734ce2 No.19284691

>>19284667

>>19284687

“UDF 40 : Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe’s invitation to UDF40” – Part 4

https://africanewsglobal.co.za/udf-40-celebrated-anti-apartheid-activist-cleric-and-former-patron-of-the-udf-dr-allan-boesak-responds-to-popo-molefes-invitation-to-udf40/

30 July 2023

By: Allan Boesak

Below are excerpts

Our people cannot be at home in an organisation that we loved and entrusted our power to, and that now leaves us at the ballot box, wondering why we have to choose between the lesser of multiple evils, instead of securing and consolidating our freedom. I say this because, at this moment, I have very little faith in other political parties as an alternative. Meanwhile, there is all this talk about “the grand coalition” with the DA. Desperation makes for strange bedfellows, but perhaps there is something more sinister afoot. Nonetheless, that will be a disaster, not only because the DA, where it governs, has a better record than the ANC, and with the ANC’s weak leadership will be the senior partner, whichever way one looks at it; but primarily in my view, because the DA is the most successful neo-colonialist project on the continent. Our downslide into neo-liberalist capitalist chaos will only continue, to the detriment of the vast majority our people.

So it pains me to say that for all these reasons, and more that I will not discuss here my dear Brother, I will not be joining you. But thank you for doing me the courtesy of inviting me.

Sincerely and with warm regards

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 15:18:12 734ce2 No.19284761

>Urban Foundation

>Lusaka [Zambia]

“Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies”

https://theconversation.com/harry-oppenheimer-biography-shows-the-south-african-mining-magnates-hand-in-economic-policies-205494

Published: June 1, 2023 4.39pm CEST

[Michael] Cardo’s reckoning is that Oppenheimer transcended his country’s parochial political arena to become a significant figure on the world stage. As chairman of both Anglo-American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines, he expanded their global reach and dominion.

Later, when liberals formed the Progressive Party, he [Harry Oppenheimer] lent them his firm support. He became the party’s main funder and power behind the throne.

Cardo characterises Oppenheimer’s liberalism as “pragmatic”, opposing the idea of a universal franchise. Instead, he favoured a common roll qualified franchise. On this basis, he met Albert Luthuli, leader of the African National Congress (ANC), to see if he would play ball (which he wouldn’t). Nonetheless, he gave discreet financial backing to the defendants in the Treason Trial which, beginning in 1956, saw 156 anti-apartheid activists, including Nelson Mandela, accused of treason.

Regarding himself heir to British colonialist and businessman Cecil Rhodes, he deplored the threat to civilisation represented by “primitive tribesmen”. Yet he had to accommodate Africa’s new heads of state if his ever-expanding commercial empire was to flourish. He struck up cordial relationships with both presidents Kenneth Kaunda (of today’s Zambia) and Julius Nyerere (of today’s Tanzania), despite questioning their socialist policies. Indeed, his fondness for Kaunda survived the latter’s (catastrophic) nationalisation of Anglo’s operations in Zambia in 1974.

Shocked by the Soweto uprising in 1976 and fearing bloody revolution and the installation of a Marxist government, he collaborated with fellow tycoon and philanthropist Anton Rupert to establish the Urban Foundation.

Even after his retirement in 1982, Oppenheimer’s influence did not wane. His views remained highly sought after, especially internationally. He exercised all the soft power at his disposal, through Anglo and his personal contacts with politicians locally and internationally.

His advice to prime minister and president PW Botha to inaugurate multiracial negotiations was ignored. But when Botha’s notorious “Rubicon” speech in August 1985 prompted a massive outflow of capital, he urged US companies to resist the disinvestment drive. Meanwhile, he backed initiatives for democracy which would not crash the economy.

All these efforts were capped by Gavin Relly, who had succeeded Oppenheimer as chairman of Anglo, meeting with the ANC in exile. Oppenheimer considered Relly’s initiative “unwise” (p. 375), yet he did not move to stop it. When the meeting was held at Kaunda’s safari ranch in Zambia, it was a roaring success. There was a friendly but robust exchange of views between the old white corporate elite and the new black political elite about the inevitability of liberal democratic governance (p.376).

Oppenheimer and Anglo now reached out to leading figures in the ANC to reshape their ideas on the economy. In Nelson Mandela they found a man who was willing to listen. Soon he became a regular dinner guest at Brenthurst. Yet, famously, it was not Oppenheimer and Anglo who shifted Mandela’s views on nationalisation, but the advice of Chinese and Vietnamese socialist leaders at the meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos in February 1992. Oppenheimer grew in confidence as his intimacy with Mandela developed, and the message that private enterprise was essential was getting home. He foresaw a new government with which business could work (p.399). Nonetheless, he had long since sent much of his money abroad! (p.401).

Their solution, pioneered by Anglo and Sanlam, the historically Afrikaans insurance company, involved the transfer of unbundled assets to ANC luminaries. They established the model later codified as Black Economic Empowerment (p.413). Ultimately, Cardo concludes, this gave rise to an undesirable form of “comprador capitalism” – the alliance between big business and dependent political elites– for which Anglo and Oppenheimer must share the blame.

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 15:55:57 734ce2 No.19284944

>>19284761

>>19239619

>Progressive Federal Party

UDF

>DA is the most successful neo-colonialist project on the continent

>>19239671

“Apartheid Israel’s links with Apartheid South Africa and Democratic Alliance (DA)” – “Apartheid Israel, Apartheid South Africa and the Harry Oppenheimer connection” – Part 1

https://uncensoredopinion.co.za/apartheid-israels-links-apartheid-south-africa-democratic-alliance-da/

January 29, 2017

Mxolisi ka Nkomonde outlines the links between Apartheid Israel, Apartheid South Africa and the Harry Oppenheimer connection….

Mmusi Maimane’s recent visit to Apartheid Israel has sparked controversy in South Africa prompting Palestine and the African National Congress (ANC) to castigate the Democratic Alliance (DA) and its leader. The visit came weeks after the United Nations Council Resolution 2334 which affirmed that “Israel’s establishment of settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, had no legal validity, constituting a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the vision of two States living side-by-side in peace and security, within internationally recognised borders”[1]. Palestine and the ANC have accused the DA of endorsing Apartheid Israel.

The DA has had ties with Israel since Israel was founded through its predecessors the Democratic Party later called Progressive Federal Party which then merged with Independent Party and National Democratic Movement in 1989 to form the new Democratic Party[2]. The links to Israel for the DA came with its main funder, Harry Oppenheimer who had accumulated vast wealth in South Africa through the exploitation of Black labour and land dispossession throughout colonial rule and later Apartheid.

Oppenheimer used Central Selling Organisation, an arm of De Beers, to help increase Israel’s market share of all cut and polished gem diamonds to more than 50%. All this while funding “liberal”political parties in South Africa which were “anti-Apartheid”[3].

Oppenheimer did not stop his duplicity with “liberal” political parties but also funded the “anti-Apartheid” movement through the United Democratic Front (UDF) and Urban Foundation[4] while a trustee at South Africa Foundation which funded various propaganda schemes for the Apartheid government in places like the United States[5] as a way of promoting Apartheid as “socially acceptable”.

Israel’s links to Apartheid South Africa were also solidified by the Afrikaner Nationalists who controlled the state. The steel producer Iskoor was 51 percent owned by Israel’s Histadrut Koor Industries through a front company in Switzerland called Talronics and 49 percent by the South African Steel Corporation. [6]

Histaldrut is a racist labour union based in Israel which also had links to Black labour unions in South Africa. In 1986, it met leaders of the newly-founded Black Trades Union Federation and the Congress of South Africa Trades Unions including Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was then general secretary of the powerful National Miners Union in 1986[7].

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Anonymous 08/02/23 (Wed) 15:56:27 734ce2 No.19284946

>>19284944

“Apartheid Israel’s links with Apartheid South Africa and Democratic Alliance (DA)” – “Apartheid Israel, Apartheid South Africa and the Harry Oppenheimer connection” – Part 2

https://uncensoredopinion.co.za/apartheid-israels-links-apartheid-south-africa-democratic-alliance-da/

January 29, 2017

On 18th of January 2017, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released 13 million pages of declassified documents online and within those documents there’s a document named “Israel’s relationship with Apartheid South Africa” dated 17 July 1986 which lists the following economic ties:

• South Africa is Israel’s leading trading partner in Africa with trade between the two amounting to $250million excluding military equipment and diamonds

• Israel imports almost 60% of its coal from South Africa

• South Africa’s large and affluent Jewish community is the largest per capita contributor to Israel

Such are the links between the two countries and the Oppenheimer family, that there’s a Holocaust Museum in Johannesburg while Israel has the Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum.

As South Africa rebuilds a new nation the question of relations with rogue states such as Israel should be on the agenda since the governing party given that the ruling ANC’s stance of solidarity with the Palestinians who face similar atrocities South Africa faced 23 years ago. It is after all, former President Nelson Mandela who said: “The people of South Africa will never forget the support of the state of Israel to the apartheid regime.”

Sources

[1] https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sc12657.doc.htm

[2] http://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/democratic-party-dp

[3] Sasha Polakow-Suransky – The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid

South Africa (Page 71)

[4] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/21/guardianobituaries.davidpallister

[5] Washington Post,15 February 1984

[6] http://www.jta.org/1987/08/14/archive/histadrut-leader-orders-all-firms-controlled-by-the-unionto-

end-all-trade-links-with-south-africa

[7] Sasha Polakow-Suransky – The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid

South Africa (Page 71)

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 12:37:13 d9322e No.19290248

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>>19284761

>he [Harry Oppenheimer] gave discreet financial backing to the defendants in the Treason Trial which, beginning in 1956, saw 156 anti-apartheid activists, including Nelson Mandela, accused of treason.

>>19227639

>Menell first met Mandela in the late 1950s, after she and her husband, mining executive Clive Menell, had helped to finance the 1959 staging of South Africa’s first all-black musical, King Kong. The show, incidentally, was restaged in Johannesburg this year.

>The 1959 show was loved by Mandela, who reportedly saw it more than once. Some time after that the Menells were asked to host him in Cape Town, and did. Clive Menell and Mandela became firm friends.

>“I don’t know what it was about them, but they did click very well,” Menell said. “It’s embarrassing, but Clive did not carry pictures of his children in his wallet. He carried pictures of Mandela.”

“Nelson Mandela is spared from a death sentence” – written by Richard Goldstone

https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/nelson_mandela_is_spared_from_a_death_sentence/

By Richard J. Goldstone

November 1, 2013, 9:45 am CDT

Nelson Mandela rose to prominence in the 1950s as a leader of the African National Congress, a key opposition group to the apartheid policy of the government in South Africa. In 1963, Mandela and several other ANC leaders were charged with planning to commit sabotage and overthrow the government. Convictions could have resulted in the death penalty.

The court was to hear arguments the next day on the constitutionality of the death sentence under our new Bill of Rights. Mandela’s words moved the 11 new justices (including this writer) who had just taken their oaths of office to contemplate how radically different our history would have been if the three judges who had found Mandela and his comrades guilty of sabotage had imposed the death penalty as requested by the prosecutor.

All but one of the defendants were convicted, but Judge Quartus de Wet stopped short of ordering their executions and instead sentenced them to life in prison.

https://www.nelsonmandela.org/uploads/files/12_June_sentence.pdf

On 12 June 1964 Judge Quartus de Wet sentenced Nelson Mandela and seven others to life imprisonment for sabotage. For many years people incorrectly referred to the Rivonia Trial as the Rivonia Treason Trial. This was because in his remarks Justice De Wet said their crime was ‘in essence one of high treason’.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 12:41:51 d9322e No.19290278

>>19290248

>>19284480

>Brigadier Tolletjies Botha, Director – Directorate of Covert Collection, which was raided in November by investigators of the Goldstone Commission

>>19284487

>This followed the purge of 19 police generals in August as part of a drive to bring the police” in line with the negotiation process. ” The further Indemnity Act pushed through parliament in August, needed to help ease officers out. The November raid on Military Intelligence’s Directorate of Covert Collection in November, by Goldstone investigators which provided the pretext for setting up the probe headed by Gen. Pierre Steyn.

“Hon.RichardGoldstone” – Part 1

https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/honorary-chairs/richard_goldstone

Former Judge, Constitutional Court

Richard J. Goldstone was born on the 26th October 1938. After graduating from the University of the Witwatersrand with a BA LLB cum laude in 1962 he practised as an Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar. In 1976 he was appointed Senior Counsel and in 1980 was made Judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court. In 1989 he was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. From July 1994 to October 2003 he was a Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Since the spring of 2004, Justice Goldstone has been teaching as a visiting professor of law at number of United States Law Schools including Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, NYU Law School, Fordham Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, and the University if Virginia Law School. During 2016 he also taught at the Central European University in Budapest and at Oxford University.

Justice Goldstone is a member of the boards of Physicians for Human Rights, and the Fordham University’s International Institute for Humanitarian Affairs. He is the chairman of the International Advisory Board of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. He chairs the advisory boards of the Brandeis University Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, the Institute for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. He is a member of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability. In April 2004, he was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Independent International Committee, chaired by Paul Volcker, to investigate the Iraq Oil for Food program. He is the Honorary President of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association. In 2008, he chaired a UN Committee to advise the United Nations on appropriate steps to preserve the archives and legacy of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In 2009. he chaired the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on possible war crimes and international human rights violations committed by any party in the context of the military action in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009.

From 1991 - 1994, he served as Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry regarding Public Violence and Intimidation that came to be known as the Goldstone Commission. He was the Chairperson of the Standing Advisory Committee of Company Law from 1984 to 2004. From 15 August 1994 to September 1996 he served as the Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. During 1998 he was the chairperson of a high level group of international experts that met in Valencia, Spain, and drafted a Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities for the Director General of UNESCO (the Valencia Declaration). From August 1999 until December 2001he was the chairperson of the International Independent Inquiry on Kosovo. In December 2001 he was appointed as the co-chairperson of the International Task Force on Terrorism which was established by the International Bar Association. From 1999 to 2003 he served as a member of the International Group of Advisers of the International Committee of the Red Cross. From 1985 to 2000, Justice Goldstone was National President of the National Institute of Crime Prevention and the Rehabilitation of Offenders (NICRO).

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 12:43:04 d9322e No.19290288

>>19290278

“Hon.RichardGoldstone” – Part 2

https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/honorary-chairs/richard_goldstone

From 1995 to 2007 he was the Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The many awards he has received locally and internationally include the International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association (1994) and Honorary Doctorates of Law from universities in South Africa, Europe, North America and Israel. He is an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple, London, an Honorary Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge, an Honorary Member of the Association of the Bar of New York, and a Fellow of the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs at Harvard University. He is a Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In October 2006 he shared with Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights. In May, 2007 he received the Richard E. Neustadt Award from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In January 2007 he received the World Peace Through Law Award from the Whitney Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies at International Law at Washington University in St. Louis. In May 2009, he received the International Justice Award of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and in December 2009, the Stockholm Award for International Justice.

He is the author of For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator, (2001) Yale University Press, and the co-author of International Judicial Institutions: the Architecture of International Justice at Home and Abroad (2008) Routledge.

He is married (wife Noleen) and has two married daughters - Glenda and Nicole. He has four grandsons, Jason, Sean, Ben and Jordan.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 12:46:38 d9322e No.19290307

>>19290278

>In 2009. he chaired the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on possible war crimes and international human rights violations committed by any party in the context of the military action in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009.

“Richard Goldstone: the judge who 'regrets' his Gaza report” - "Goldstone chose to specialise in corporate and intellectual property law"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/05/richard-goldstone-judge-gaza-report

Tue 5 Apr 2011 19.23 BST

Richard Goldstone is one of the most distinguished international jurists of his generation. A hero of the anti-apartheid left for his judicial dismantling of South Africa's racist laws, he also worked as chief prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. His reputation for independence of mind and integrity has earned him admirers around the world. Now 72, he has been called on to add legal lustre to United Nations-backed commissions of inquiry and courts examining conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Argentina, Iraq and Gaza.

That such a distinguished figure should revise one of his most controversial decisions has inevitably focused attention on his judicial past. It is a testament, perhaps, to Goldstone's sense of responsibility that he felt compelled to recant his opinions about the 2008-09 Israeli invasion of Gaza in public.

Born into a South African family of Jewish descent, he studied law at Witwatersrand University and graduated in 1962 in an era of racist repression. As a student, he campaigned against the exclusion of black students. On becoming a barrister, however, Goldstone chose to specialise in corporate and intellectual property law. When appointed in 1980 as the youngest supreme court judge in South Africa, he was already known as an opponent of apartheid. Liberal lawyers had advised him to work against the system from within. His rulings on white reserved areas rendered the Group Areas Act, a bulwark of segregation, almost unenforceable.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 12:51:34 d9322e No.19290355

Rumble embed. Click thumbnail to play.

Malema gets free coverage and farm murders continue…

“South Africa’s black party sings “kill the Boer (Whites), kill the White farmer”.” - https://rumble.com/embed/v311orf/?pub=4

““Elon Musk urges Ramaphosa to address Malema’s ‘Kill the Boer’ chant” – Part 1

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/elon-musk-asks-ramaphosa-to-call-malema-to-order/

31 Jul 2023 11:08 pm

The EFF leader's chanting of the controversial 'Kill the Boer, kill the Farmer' has now caught international attention.

South African-born Twitter owner Elon Musk has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to speak up amid the uproar over Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema‘s “Kill the Boer” chant.

The EFF leader is trending on social media following his party’s 10th-anniversary celebration at the FNB Stadium, where he chanted “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer”.

Malema’s chants have caught international attention, with Benny Johnson, an American commentator tweeting: “Shocking video shows South Africa’s black party singing ‘kill the Boer (Whites), kill the White farmer’. This is all downstream from the rotten secular religion of wokeness and CRT plaguing America today. You have been warned.”

Shocking video shows South Africa’s black party singing “kill the Boer (Whites), kill the White farmer”

This is all downstream from the rotten secular religion of wokeness and CRT plaguing America today.

You have been warned.

WATCH.

pic.twitter.com/P4T8XqSjMq— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 31, 2023

Johnson’s tweet caught Musk’s attention, who accused the EFF of calling for the genocide of white people.

Musk commented: “They are openly pushing for genocide of white people in South Africa. @CyrilRamaphosa, why do you say nothing?”

The EFF leader, seemingly unmoved, told Musk he was talking [expletive].

‘Kill the Boer’: Malema vs AfriForum

The Equality Court last August ruled that the singing of “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer” by EFF supporters in Senekal in October 2020 was not hate speech.

However, AfriForum is appealing the ruling.

“The matter was heard in the High Court and there was a ruling on the matter last year. The matter will also serve before the Supreme Court of Appeals in September,” explained Ernst Roets, head of policy and action at AfriForum, on Monday.

Laying criminal charges with the Police against Malema for his “Kill the Boer …” and “shoot to kill” utterances the weekend pic.twitter.com/c6RyZeJVqA— Pieter Groenewald (@GroenewaldPJ) July 31, 2023

“This ruling creates a very dangerous precedent. The ruling sends out the disturbing message that the incitement of heinous murders on a certain group – based on their identities – is acceptable and carries no penalty.

“The question is whether the singing of the song “Kill the boer, kill the farmer” is indeed hate speech.

“Given the fact that the case is still sub judice and in the process of going to court, Malema has no right to sing the song.”

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 12:52:03 d9322e No.19290356

>>19290355

““Elon Musk urges Ramaphosa to address Malema’s ‘Kill the Boer’ chant” – Part 2

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/elon-musk-asks-ramaphosa-to-call-malema-to-order/

31 Jul 2023 11:08 pm

Enters the Democratic Alliance

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen also announced on Monday his party would be filing charges against both Malema and the ANC government at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

“The first element of our UN case will focus on Malema’s repeated incitement of ethnic violence,” said Steenhuisen.

“The second element will charge the ANC national government before the UN over its years-long failure to take action against their one-time protégé even as brutal farm murders continue to escalate in the wake of Malema’s demagoguery.”

According to Steenhuisen, the charge will be laid in terms of Malema’s alleged violation of, at least, three key UN charters:

• The first is the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

• The second is the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.

• The third is Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

“In addition to turning to the international community, we will also file a complaint with Parliament’s ethics committee against Malema, in his capacity as a Member of Parliament.

“We are further obtaining legal advice on approaching the Public Protector and the courts. But it is also important that we are honest about one thing.

“For more than a decade, the SA state has utterly failed to use appropriate internal remedies to stop Malema.”

In response, Malema said: “Bring it on small boy, we are not the ANC.”

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 14:19:58 d9322e No.19290981

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>>19290248

>All but one of the defendants were convicted, but Judge Quartus de Wet stopped short of ordering their executions and instead sentenced them to life in prison.

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet father of Quartus de Wet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_Jacobus_de_Wet

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, PC, QC (11 September 1873 – 16 March 1960) was a South African politician, lawyer, and judge who was Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945.

Early life

De Wet was born and went to school in Aliwal North, and attended Victoria College in Stellenbosch.[1] He then went to Downing College at the University of Cambridge, from which he earned his LLB (First Class, with the Chancellor's Medal) in 1895. He was admitted as an advocate (the South African equivalent of a barrister) in 1896.[2] During the Anglo-Boer War he was military secretary to General Louis Botha, commandant-general of the Transvaal forces, and acted as an interpreter at the peace conference that ended the war in 1902.

Political career

After the war, de Wet joined Botha in politics, and was a member of the Transvaal legislative assembly from 1907 to 1910. He was a legal adviser to the Transvaal delegation to the 1908-1909 National Convention that drew up the Constitution for the Union of South Africa. In 1913, he was appointed a King's Counsel [UK]. He was also a founder member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns ("South African Academy for Science and Art") in 1909.

De Wet was a member of the Union Parliament between 1913 and 1929, serving as a member of the House of Assembly from 1913 to 1920 and a Senator from 1920 to 1929. He served in the South African Party government as Minister of Justice from 1913 to 1924. As such, he had to deal with the legal aspects of an armed Afrikaner uprising against the government in 1914, and the 1922 Rand Revolt.

Judicial career

De Wet was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 1932, a judge of the Appeal Court in 1937, and Chief Justice in 1939. As Chief Justice, he was required ex officio to act as Officer Administering the Government under a dormant commission, in the absence of the Governor-General, which he did for two and a half years, from the death of Sir Patrick Duncan in 1943 and the appointment of Gideon Brand van Zyl in 1945.

He was appointed a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1939.

Family life

De Wet was married twice. His first wife was Ella Scheepers, who is reputed to have composed the popular Afrikaans song Sarie Marais during the Anglo-Boer War. His second wife was Jakomina du Toit. He died in 1960. His son by his first marriage, Dr. Quartus de Wet, was also a judge, and presided over the 1963 Rivonia Treason Trial of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 14:44:55 d9322e No.19291145

>Letter dated 15 November 1998, signed by Johan Myberg (was the CEO of Saambou), displayed on the screen

>Your response on these matters really caused me to action this letter and I am sure that there will be fall guys and I have no reason not to believe that our names will be mentioned and all those old and new government ministers and bank officials will be let off the hook.

“The men accused of sinking Saambou” – “A third accused, Saambou's former chief executive, Johan Myburgh, died in December of cancer.”

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/the-men-accused-of-sinking-saambou-387846

Published Feb 2, 2008

Below are excerpts

When it became clear that Saambou Bank was in serious financial difficulty in 2002, it set off an unprecedented run on the bank by desperate clients who withdrew R1-billion of their savings.

Fearing they would lose their money, clients converged on the bank in droves, and precipitated the collapse of what was then South Africa's seventh biggest bank.

It was the country's biggest ever corporate collapse. Six years later, two of the bank's senior officials went on trial this week on 13 charges including fraud, theft and contravening the Companies Act, involving more than R690-million.

In the dock in the Pretoria High Court this week - in what could be the most complex insider-trading trial yet in South Africa - are Charles Edwards, the former director for personal banking at Saambou Bank, and Gerhardus de Clercq, the general manager of Saambou Holdings group finance and later of strategic planning. Both have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

A third accused, Saambou's former chief executive, Johan Myburgh, died in December of cancer.

Central to the charges against the men are that they prevented information on the failing financial status of Saambou Bank and Saambou Holdings from being disclosed to shareholders, depositors and investors.

The case against the men is so intricate that prosecutor Danie Dorfling, of the National Prosecuting Authority's Directorate of Special Operations, told the presiding judge that the court would fully comprehend the charges only once the state had led all its evidence.

Judge Willem van der Merwe, who presided over the Jacob Zuma rape trial, has the huge task of analysing all the evidence.

The trial could last at least six months, with an array of financial experts expected to take the stand.

While Edwards has chosen to keep mum about his defence, De Clercq claimed he was simply following orders. He said he was never a director, but a mere employee who did what he was told.

He added that he never took part in any decision-making regarding the implementation of any of the schemes referred to in the indictment, and claimed these decisions were made at management level.

In his day-long opening address, Dorfling said the factual basis for the pair's liability was in a number of financial structures created within Saambou Bank.

Evidence which will prove that the accused's involvement in financial transactions pertaining to these structures and the recording thereof in the financial records of Saambou Holdings and Saambou Bank was in a manner which the state contends was criminal, he said.

Dorfling said the state would seek to prove that the men conducted the business of Saambou Bank in a reckless manner, that they made false entries in the books of Saambou Bank and Saambou Holdings, and that they gave financial assistance regarding the purchase of shares of Saambou Bank, in contravention of the provisions of the Companies Act.

On September 22 2004 the NPA appointed forensic auditors KPMG to assist it in its investigation.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:13:59 72024b No.19292462

Project “Hammer” appears global. Take note of the below dates;

Fall of the Soviet Union – 16 November 1988 – 26 December 1991 [“Dissolution of the Soviet Union”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union]

George H..W. Bush becomes President - January 20, 1989 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush]

FW de Klerk becomes President of South Africa - 14 August 1989 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._de_Klerk]

Fall of the Berlin Wall – 9 November 1989 [“Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world”, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50013048]

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https://decryptedmatrix.com/bushs-project-hammer/

Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

BUSH’S PROJECT HAMMER

[Lee Wanta is not mentioned here but he was pivotal in the intelligence operations against the Soviet ruble from 1988!]

Deanna Spingola February 8, 2010

In 1989 President George H. W. Bush began the multi-billion dollar Project Hammer program using an investment strategy to bring about the economic destruction of the Soviet Union including the theft of the Soviet treasury, the destabilization of the ruble, funding a KGB coup against Gorbachev in August 1991 and the seizure of major energy and munitions industries in the Soviet Union. Those resources would subsequently be turned over to international bankers and corporations. On November 1, 2001, the second operative in the Bush regime, President George W. Bush, issued Executive Order 13233 on the basis of “national security” and concealed the records of past presidents, especially his father’s spurious activities during 1990 and 1991. Consequently, those records are no longer accessible to the public. [1] The Russian coup plot was discussed in June 1991 when Yeltsin visited with Bush in conjunction with his visit to the United States. On that same visit, Yeltsin met discreetly with Gerald Corrigan, the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve. [2]

Because of numerous Presidential Executive Orders, the ethically questionable Project Hammer was deemed legal. Of course, even Hitler’s acts were “lawful,” as he had manipulated the laws to accommodate his actions. Many of Reagan’s executive orders were actually authored by Vice President Bush or his legal associates, and it is possible that Project Hammer was created by Reagan’s CIA Director, William Casey, who had directed OSS operations through Alan Dulles in Europe during World War II. Prior to his OSS affiliation, Casey worked for the Board of Economic Warfare which allegedly targeted “Hitler’s economic jugular.” [3] Allen Dulles, brother of John Foster Dulles, was the Director of the CIA from 1953 to 1961. He was a senior partner at the Wall Street firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, which represented the Rockefeller Empire and other mammoth trusts, corporations and cartels.

Project Hammer was staffed with CIA operatives and others associated with the National Security apparatus. Covert channels were already in place as a result of other illegal Bush activities. Thus, it was a given (1) that the project would use secret, illegal funds for unapproved covert operations, and (2) that the American public and Congress would not be informed about the illegal actions perpetrated in foreign countries. The first objective was allegedly to crush Communism, a growing political philosophy and social movement that was initially funded by the usual group of international bankers who now supported their demise. To this end, the “Vulcans,” under George H. W. Bush, waged war against the Soviet Union. [4]

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:14:35 72024b No.19292465

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

The Return of the Vulcans

In their reincarnation in the administration of George W. Bush, the Vulcans functioned as a supposedly benign group, led by Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) member Condoleezza Rice, who attempted to augment and compensate for the Bush’s lack of experience and education concerning foreign policy during his presidential campaign. Rice had been President George H. W. Bush’s Soviet and East European Affairs Advisor in the National Security Council during the Soviet Union’s dissolution and during the German reunification (July 1, 1990). The resurrected Vulcan group included Richard Armitage, Robert Blackwill, Stephen Hadley, Richard Perle, Rabbi Dov S. Zakheim, Robert Zoellick and Paul Wolfowitz. Other key campaign figures included Dick Cheney, George P. Shultz and Colin Powell, all influential but not actually a part of the Vulcan Group. All of these people, associated with the George H. W. Bush administration, returned to powerful, strategic positions in George W. Bush’s administration.

Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz have been accused of being agents for the Israeli government. Investigations by Congress and the FBI have substantiated those allegations. Zakheim and his family were heavily involved in Yeshivat Sha’alvim, an educational organization in which students are taught to render absolute commitment to the State of Israel. [5]

Many of these individuals were also members of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) which was established in the spring of 1997 with the intention of promoting American Global leadership at any cost. The chairman and co-founder was William Kristol, son of Irving Kristol (CFR), considered the godfather of neo-conservatism which promotes the ideas of Max Shachtman and Leo Strauss, a noted Zionist and professor of political science at the University of Chicago. Kristol’s co-founder was Robert W. Kagan (CFR). Kristol is also the editor and co-founder, along with John Podhoretz, of the Weekly Standard Magazine, established September 17, 1995 and owned by Rupert Murdoch until August 2009. This “conservative” magazine is edited by William Kristol and Fred Barnes and promotes Middle East warfare and a huge military budget, a mentality that infects the most popular “conservative” talk show radio hosts. Kristol is a trustee for the Manhattan Institute which was founded by CIA Director William Casey and was staffed with former CIA officers.

The Vulcans had almost limitless financing from a cache known by several names — the Black Eagle Trust, the Marcos gold, Yamashita’s Gold, the Golden Lily Treasure, or the Durham Trust. Japan, under Emperor Hirohito, appointed a brother, Prince Chichibu, to head Golden Lily, established in November 1937 before Japan’s infamous Rape of Nanking, to accompany and follow the military. The Golden Lily operation carried out massive plunder throughout Asia and included an army of jewelers, financial experts and smelters. [6] While the Nazis also engaged in plundering the countries they invaded, they were not as organized and methodical as the Japanese. After the Allied blockade, Golden Lily headquarters were moved from Singapore to Manila where 175 storage sites were built by slave laborers and POWs. Billions of dollars worth of gold and other plundered treasures were stockpiled in these underground caverns, some of which were discovered by the notorious Cold Warrior, Edward G. Lansdale who directed the recovery of some of the vaults. Truman and subsequent presidents, without congressional knowledge, have used those resources to finance the CIA’s chaotic clandestine activities throughout the world. Much of the Middle East chaos is financed by those pillaged funds. A tiny portion of that treasure was the source of Ferdinand Marcos’ vast wealth. Marcos worked with the CIA for decades using Golden Lily funds to bribe nations to support the Vietnam War. In return, Marcos was allowed to sell over $1 trillion in gold through Australian brokers. [7]

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:15:17 72024b No.19292468

>>19292465

“BUSH’S PROJECT HAMMER AND THE 9/11 DECEPTION” 3 of 12

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

In July 1944, the leaders of forty-four nations met at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to plan the post-war economy and to discuss organizing a global political action fund which would use the Black Eagle Trust ostensibly to fight communism, bribe political leaders, enhance the treasuries of U.S. allies, and manipulate elections in foreign countries and other unconstitutional covert operations. Certainly, those politicos who managed the funds also received financial benefits. This trust was headed by Secretary of War Henry Stimson, assisted by John J. McCloy (later head of the World Bank) and Robert Lovett (later Secretary of Defense) and consultant Robert B. Anderson (later Secretary of the Treasury). [8] Anderson later operated the Commercial Exchange Bank of Anguilla in the British West Indies and was convicted of running illegal offshore banking operations and tax evasion. Investors lost about $4.4 million. Consequently, he was sent to prison for a token amount of time, one month. He was also under house arrest for five years. He could have received a ten-year sentence but Judge Palmieri considered Anderson’s “distinguished service” to the country in the “top levels of Government.” [9]

Between 1945 and 1947 huge quantities of gold and platinum were deposited in prominent banks throughout the world.

These deposits came to be known as the Black Eagle Trust. Swiss banks, because of their neutrality, were pivotal in maintaining these funds. These funds were allocated to fighting communism and paying bribes and fixing elections in places like Italy, Greece, and Japan. [10] Stimson and McCloy, both retired from government service, continued their involvement in the management of the Black Eagle Trust. Robert B. Anderson, who toured the treasure sites with Douglas MacArthur, set up the Black Eagle Trust and later became a member of Eisenhower’s cabinet. [11] In order to maintain secrecy about the Trust, Washington officials insisted that the Japanese did not plunder the countries they invaded. Japanese officials who wanted to divulge the facts were imprisoned or murdered in a way that made it look like suicide, a common CIA tactic. [12] The Germans paid reparations to thousands of victims while the Japanese paid next to nothing. Military leaders who opposed foreign policies that embraced exploitation of third world countries were suicided or died from mysterious causes, which includes individuals such as George S. Patton, Smedley D. Butler and James V. Forrestal.

The Vulcan’s effort to crush Communism and end the Cold War was largely funded by that Japanese plunder.

The Vulcans were resurrected when George W. Bush was installed as president in 2000, facilitated by election maneuvers, probably lots of payoffs, and Jeb Bush’s purge of Florida voters. They conducted other illegal operations, like securities fraud and money laundering. This entailed murder and false imprisonment to prevent penitent participants from divulging the activities of the group. During the process of accomplishing the main objective of destroying the Soviet Union, the operatives made massive profits.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:16:05 72024b No.19292472

>>19292465

>>19292468

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

In September 1991, George H. W. Bush and Alan Greenspan, both Pilgrims Society members, financed $240 billion in illegal bonds to economically decimate the Soviet Union and bring Soviet oil and gas resources under the control of Western investors, backed by the Black Eagle Trust and supported later by Putin who for the right price purged certain oligarchs.

The $240 billion in illegal bonds were apparently replaced with Treasury notes backed by U.S. taxpayers. [13] To conceal the clearance of $240 billion in securities, the Federal Reserve, within two months, increased the money supply to pre-9/11 numbers which resulted in the American taxpayer refinancing the $240 billion. [14]

The Takeover of Russia’s Oil Industry

BP Amoco became the largest foreign direct investor in Russia in 1997 when it paid a half-billion dollars to buy a 10 percent stake in the Russian oil conglomerate Sidanko. Then in 1999, Tyumen Oil bought Sidanko’s prize unit, Chernogorneft which allegedly made BP Amoco’s investment worthless. Tyumen offered to cooperate with BP Amoco on the development of Chernogorneft but BP Amoco was not interested. [15] In October 1998, Halliburton Energy Services had entered into an agreement with Moscow-based Tyumen Oil Company (TNK). Their efforts were focused on the four western Siberia fields, the first one being the Samotlorskoye field. [16] TNK has proven oil reserves of 4.3 billion barrels and possibly as many as 6.1 billion barrels, with crude oil production and refining capabilities of 420,000 barrels/day and 230,000 barrels/day, respectively. TNK markets gasoline through 400 retail outlets. [17] In 2002 Halliburton and Sibneft, Russia’s fifth largest crude oil producer, signed an agreement. Sibneft will use Halliburton’s new technologies to improve well construction and processing while Halliburton directs all project management. [18]

Tyumenskaya Neftyanaya Kompaniya (Tyumen Oil Company) was established in 1995 by government decree. It is now TNK-BP, the leading Russian oil company and ranks among the top ten privately owned oil companies worldwide in terms of crude oil production. The company, formed in 2003, resulted from the merger of BP’s Russian oil and gas assets and the oil and gas assets of Alfa, Access/Renova group (AAR). BP and AAR each own fifty percent of TNK-BP. The shareholders of TNK-BP own almost fifty percent of Slavneft, a vertically integrated Russian oil company. [19] This transaction was the biggest in Russian corporate history and was managed by Vladimir Lechtman, the Moscow partner for Jones Day, a global law firm with thirty offices and 2,200 lawyers worldwide. TNK-BP, Russia’s second-largest oil company employs almost 100,000 people and operates in Samotlor. [20]

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:16:49 72024b No.19292477

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Putin was financially rewarded by the collaborators and was happy to purge some annoying industrialists who stood in the way.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky was the manager of Yukos, the company that he built into Russia’s second-largest oil company after acquiring it for $168 million when his Bank MENATEP, the first privately owned but notoriously corrupt bank since 1917 and wiped out in August 1998, purchased it through a controversial government privatization auction in 1995. MENATEP was named as a defendant in the Avisma lawsuit which was filed on August 19, 1999. [21] The bank may have facilitated the large-scale theft of Soviet Treasury funds before and following the USSR‘s collapse in 1991. [22] His company had borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from western banks. [23] He was arrested on October 25, 2003 and sentenced in June 2005 to eight years on fraud and tax evasion charges. He was allegedly targeted as a political enemy by President Vladimir Putin who went after other big business owners who apparently made money by acquiring states assets. Yukos was sold piecemeal to pay off $28 billion in back tax charges. Yukos was seized and given to Rosneft. [24]

When Khodorkovsky was arrested, his secretive business arrangement with the Rothschild family was exposed as Jacob Rothschild assumed Khodorkovsky’s 26% control of Yukos while Khodorkovsky’s directorial seat on the Yukos board went to Edgar Ortiz, a former Halliburton vice president during Dick Cheney’s reign as CEO at Halliburton. Cheney, as President and CEO of Halliburton, automatically had an association with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). [25] In November 1997, Dick Cheney, in anticipation of imminent events, had appointed Edgar Ortiz as president of Halliburton Energy Services, their global division. [26]

The Yukos Oil Company merged with the smaller Sibneft Oil Company on October 3, 2003 which created Russia’s largest oil and gas business and the world’s fourth-largest private oil company. [27] On May 11, 2007 Halliburton announced they had made an agreement with the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University to open a new employee-training center in Russia to grow their business in that country and in the surrounding region. They are currently training students from five countries, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and the United Kingdom. [28] Halliburton was awarded a $33 million contract by TNK-BP to provide oil field services to develop the Ust-Vakh field in Western Siberia. [29]

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:17:47 72024b No.19292482

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

September 11 — Black Op Cover-up

Three top securities brokers had offices in the World Trade Center, Cantor Fitzgerald, Euro Brokers and Garbon Inter Capital.

Flight 11 struck just under the floors where Cantor Fitzgerald was located. Cantor Fitzgerald, with possible connections to the U.S. Intelligence apparatus, was America‘s biggest securities broker and apparently the main target. Within minutes, an explosion in the North Tower’s vacant 23rd floor, right under the offices of the FBI and Garbon Inter Capital on the 25th floor caused a huge fire from the 22nd through the 25th floors. At the same time, there was an explosion in the basement of the North Tower. [30]

A vault in the North Tower basement held less than $1 billion in gold, much of which was reportedly moved before 9/11. However, the government had hundreds of billions of dollars of securities which were summarily destroyed.

The Federal Reserve, untouched by the crisis at its downtown offices (as they had everything backed up to a remote location), assumed emergency powers that afternoon. The $240 billion in securities were electronically cleared. [31] Then, at 9:03, Flight 175 slammed into the 78th floor of the South Tower just below the 84th floor where Euro Brokers were located. [32] Brian Clark, the manager at Euro Brokers, heard numerous explosions, apparently unrelated to what he referred to as the oxygen-starved fire caused by the plane crash.

The September 11 attacks related to the financial improprieties during the preceding ten years which spurred at least nine federal investigations which were initiated in 1997-1998, about the same time that Osama bin Laden, after twenty years as a CIA asset, announced a fatwa against the U.S. The records of many of those investigations were held in the Buildings Six and Seven and on the 23rd floor of the North Tower. Those investigations were sure to reveal the Black Eagle Trust shenanigans. [33] Building Seven, not hit by a plane, collapsed at 5:20:33 p.m. but was vacated as early as 9:00 when evacuees claimed to see dead bodies and sporadic fires within the building.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:18:58 72024b No.19292486

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By 2008 and even earlier the covert securities were worth trillions.

The securities used to decimate the Soviets and end the Cold War were stored in certain broker’s vaults in the World Trade Center where they were destroyed on September 11, 2001. They would have come due for settlement and clearing on September 12, 2001. [34] The federal agency investigating these bonds, the Office of Naval Intelligence was in the section of the Pentagon that was destroyed on September 11. Renovations at the Pentagon were due to be completed on September 16, 2001. However, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the entity that often monitors war games, was hurriedly moved. If they were monitoring the simultaneous war games that morning, they would have realized that the games were used as a distraction from the actual assault.

Whatever hit the Pentagon struck the Navy Command Center and the offices of the Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot (CNO-IP). [35] There were 125 fatalities in the Pentagon; thirty-one percent of them were people who worked in the Naval Command Center, the location of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Thirty-nine of the forty people who worked in the Office of Naval Intelligence died. [36]

On September 10, 2001 Rumsfeld announced that the Pentagon couldn’t account for $2.3 trillion,

”We are, as they say, tangled in our anchor chain. Our financial systems are decades old. According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions. We cannot share information from floor to floor in this building because it’s stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible.” [37] It was forgotten the following morning. Accountants, bookkeepers and budget analysts who were in the section of the Pentagon being renovated met their unexpected deaths. The destruction of accounting facts and figures will prevent discovery of where that money went. I am quite certain someone knows where it is. Certainly this is not merely gross incompetence but private seizure of public funds. [38] At the time Rabbi Dov Zakheim was chief-financial officer for the Department of Defense. [39] In 1993, Zakheim worked for SPS International, part of System Planning Corporation, a defense contractor. His firm’s subsidiary, Tridata Corporation directed the investigation of the first “terrorist” attack on the World Trade Center in 1993. [40]

Certain National Security officials who had participated in the Cold War victory in 1991 thus comprised the collateral damage of the Cold War.

They, along with hundreds of innocent people were in the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. Their deaths were presumably required to conceal the existence of the Black Eagle Trust, along with the numerous illegal activities it had funded for over 50 years. This massive destruction, and the lost lives, constitutes a massive cover-up and continued lawlessness by the brotherhood of death, Skull and Bones, and their accomplices, the Enterprise. [41] The Enterprise was established in the 1980s as a covert fascist Cold Warriors faction working with other groups like Halliburton’s private security forces and the Moonies. Citibank is connected to the Enterprise, along with all the CIA front banks, Nugen Hand and BCCI.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:20:01 72024b No.19292490

“BUSH’S PROJECT HAMMER AND THE 9/11 DECEPTION” 8 of 12

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

Double Dipping

Alvin B. “Buzzy” Krongard was elected Chief Executive Officer of Alexander Brown and Sons in 1991 and Chairman of the Board in 1994. Bankers Trust purchased Alexander Brown and Sons in 1997 to form BT Alex Brown. Krongard relinquished his investments in Alex Brown to Banker’s Trust as part of the merger. He became Vice Chairman of Banker’s Trust where he personally interacted with wealthy clients who were intimately linked to drug money laundering. After a year of possible networking, Krongard joined (or as Michael Ruppert suggests, rejoined) the CIA in 1998 where his friend, Director George Tenet, concentrated his skills on private banking ventures within the elite moneyed community. Senate investigations verify that private banking firms frequently engage in money laundering from illicit drugs and corporate crime operations. [42] On January 28, 2000 the Reginald Howe and GATA Lawsuit was filed which accused certain U.S. bullion banks of illegally dumping U.S. Treasury gold on the market.

The lawsuit named Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, the U.S. Treasury, Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve, and Citibank, Chase, as defendants. Gerald Corrigan was accused of having private knowledge of the scheme. [43] Krongard became the Executive Director of the CIA, essentially the Chief Operating Officer, and the number three man on March 16, 2001. Krongard, while at the CIA, arranged for Blackwater’s Erik Prince to get his first contract with the U.S. government, and later joined its board.

Richard Wagner, a data retrieval expert, estimated that more than $100 million in illegal transactions appeared to have rushed through the WTC computers before and during the disaster on September 11, 2001.

A Deutsche Bank employee verified that approximately five minutes before the first plane hit the tower that the Deutsche Bank computer system in their WTC office was seized by an outside, unknown entity. Every single file was swiftly uploaded to an unidentified locality. This employee escaped from the building, but lost many of his friends. He knew, from his position in the company, that Alex Brown, the Deutsche Bank subsidiary participated in insider trading.

Senator Carl Levin claimed that Alex Brown was just one of twenty prominent U.S. banks associated with money laundering. [44]

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:21:24 72024b No.19292496

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

Andreas von Bülow, a Social Democratic Party member of the German parliament (1969-1994), was on the parliamentary committee on intelligence services, a group that has access to classified information. Von Bülow was also a member of the Schalck-Golodkowski investigation committee which investigates white-collar crime. He has estimated that inside trader profits surrounding 9/11 totaled approximately $15 billion.

Von Bülow told The Daily Telegraph “If what I say is right, the whole US government should end up behind bars.”

Further, he said, “They have hidden behind a veil of secrecy and destroyed the evidence…they invented the story of 19 Muslims working within Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda in order to hide the truth of their own covert operation.” He also said, “I’m convinced that the US apparatus must have played a role and my theory is backed up by the [Washington] government’s refusal to present any proof whatsoever of what happened.” [45]

On September 26, CBS reported that the amount was more than $100 million and that seven countries were investigating the irregular trades. Two newspapers, Reuters and the New York Times, and other mainstream media reported that the CIA regularly monitors extraordinary trades and economic irregularities to ascertain possible criminal activities or financial assaults.

In fact, the CIA uses specialized software, PROMIS, to scrutinize trades. [46]

Numerous researchers believe, with justification, that the transactions in the financial markets are indicative of foreknowledge of the events of 9/11, the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. One of the trades, for $2.5 million, a pittance compared to the total, went unclaimed. Alex Brown, once managed by Krongard, was the firm that placed the put options on United Airlines stock.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:22:41 72024b No.19292501

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

President Bush awarded Krongard by appointing him as CIA Executive Director in 2004. [47]

Between September 6 and 7, 2001, the Chicago Board Options Exchange received purchases of 4,744 put options on United Airlines and only 396 call options. If 4,000 of those options were purchased by people with foreknowledge, they would have accrued about $5 million. On September 10, the Chicago exchange received 4,516 put options on American Airlines compared to 748 calls. The implications are that some insiders might profit by about $4 million. These two incidents were wholly irregular and at least six times higher than normal. [48]

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, who occupied floors 43-46, 56, 59-74 of the World Trade Center, Tower 2, saw 2,157 of its October $45 put options bought in the three trading days before Black Tuesday. This compares to an average of 27 contracts per day before September 6. Morgan Stanley’s share price fell from $48.90 to $42.50 in the aftermath of the attacks. Assuming that 2,000 of these options contracts were bought based upon knowledge of the approaching attacks, their purchasers could have profited by at least $1.2 million.

The U.S. government never again mentioned the trade irregularities after October 12, 2001. [49] Catastrophic events serve two purposes for the top criminal element in society — the perpetrators seize resources while their legislative accomplices impose burdensome restrictions on the citizens to make them more submissive and silent.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:23:57 72024b No.19292505

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

NOTES:

[1] Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 by E.P. Heidner, pp. 4-5

[2] Ibid, p. 20

[3] Ibid, pp. 4-5

[4] Ibid

[5] September 11 Commission Report by E. P. Heidner, 2008, p. 108

[6] Gold Warriors, America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave, Verso Publishing, 2003, pp. 32-43

[7] Ibid, pp. 318

[8] Ibid, pp. 14-15

[9] Ex-Treasury Chief Gets 1-Month Term in Bank Fraud Case by Frank J. Prial, New York Times, June 28, 1987

[10] Gold Warriors, America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave, Verso Publishing, 2003, p. 5

[11] Ibid, p. 98

[12] Ibid, p. 102

[13] Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 by E.P. Heidner, pp. 4-6

[14] Ibid, p. 29

[15] Tyumen Oil of Russia Seeks Links to Old Foes After Winning Fight By Neela Banerjee, New York Times, December 2, 1999

[16] Halliburton Energy Services Enters Into Alliance Agreement With Tyumen Oil Company, Press Release, October 15, 1998, http://www.halliburton.com/news/archive/1998/hesnws_101598.jsp

[17] Ibid

[18] Halliburton Press Release, Halliburton And Russian Oil Company Sibneft Sign Framework Agreement, February 7, 2002, http://www.halliburton.com/news/archive/2002/corpnws_020702.jsp

[19] TNK-BP, Our company, http://www.tnk-bp.com/company/

[20] Russia’s largest field is far from depleted By Jerome R. Corsi, Word Net Daily, November 04, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47219

[21] Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 by E.P. Heidner, p. 28

[22] Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Source Watch, http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mikhail_B._Khodorkovsky

[23] Russia’s Ruling Robbers by Mark Ames, Consortium News, March 11, 1999, http://www.consortiumnews.com/1999/c031199a.html

[24] “Sovest” Group Campaign for Granting Political Prisoner Status to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, February 7, 2008

[25] Halliburton Man to Sub for Khodorkovsky, Simon Ostrovsky, Moscow Times, April 30, 2004 as noted in the September 11 Commission Report, p. 233; See also Arrested Oil Tycoon Passed Shares to Banker, Washington Times, November 2, 2003

[26] Halliburton Press Release, Ortiz Named President Of Halliburton Energy Services, November 19, 1997, http://www.halliburton.com/news/archive/1997/hesnws_111997.jsp

[27] Russia: Yukos-Sibneft union forms world’s No. 4 oil producer, Global Finance, Jun 2003, http://mikhail_khodorkovsky_society.blogspot.com/

[28] Halliburton Opens Russia Training Center, International Business Times, May 11, 2007, http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070511/halliburton-training.htm

[29] Halliburton gets Russia work, Oil Daily, January 26, 2006, http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-5579583_ITM

[30] Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 by E.P. Heidner, p. 2

[31] Ibid, p. 29

[32] Ibid, pp. 2

[33] Ibid, p. 28-29

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:25:34 72024b No.19292513

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Jul 27, 2011 | Globalist Corporations

[34] “Sioux City, Iowa, July 25, 2005 TomFlocco.com , According to leaked documents from an intelligence file obtained through a military source in the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), on or about September 12, 1991 non-performing and unauthorized gold-backed debt instruments were used to purchase ten-year “Brady” bonds. The bonds in turn were illegally employed as collateral to borrow $240 billion — 120 in Japanese Yen and 120 in Deutsch Marks — exchanged for U.S. currency under false pretenses; or counterfeit and unlawful conversion of collateral against which an unlimited amount of money could be created in derivatives and debt instruments…” from Cash payoffs, bonds and murder linked to White House 9/11 finance, Tom Flocco, tomflocco.com

[35] Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 by E.P. Heidner, p. 45

[36] Ibid, p. 2

[37] Rumsfeld’s comments were on the Department of defense web site but have been understandably removed, http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2001/s20010910-secdef.ht

[38] The War On Waste Defense Department Cannot Account For 25% Of Funds — $2.3 Trillion, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/main325985.shtml

[39] September 11 Commission Report by E. P. Heidner, 2008, p. 108

[40] Following Zakheim and Pentagon Trillions to Israel and 9-11By Jerry Mazza, July 31, 2006, http://www.rense.com/general75/latest.htm

[41] Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 by E.P. Heidner, p. 6

[42] Crossing the Rubicon, the Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Ruppert, New Society Publishers, Canada, 2004, p. 56

[43] Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 by E.P. Heidner, p. 28

[44] Crossing the Rubicon, the Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Ruppert, New Society Publishers, Canada, 2004, pp. 243-247

[45] USA staged 9/11 Attacks, German best-seller by Kate Connolly, National Post & London Telegraph, November 20, 2003

[46] Crossing the Rubicon, the Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Ruppert, New Society Publishers, Canada, 2004, pp. 243-247

[47] Ibid, pp. 243-247

[48] Ibid, pp. 243-247

[49] Ibid, pp. 243-247

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:32:27 72024b No.19292545

>>19284441

>It has also been agreed that the leadership of the UDF members and those in the church dominations, will be included on the advise of the ANC leadership.

>“UDF 40 : Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe’s invitation to UDF40”

>>19284944

>Oppenheimer did not stop his duplicity with “liberal” political parties but also funded the “anti-Apartheid” movement through the United Democratic Front (UDF)

Popo Molefe

https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/national-orders/recipient/popo-molefe

The Order of Luthuli in Silver

Profile of Popo Molefe

Popo Molefe was born in 1952 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children. He comes from a strong tradition of working-class parents. His mother was a domestic worker and his father a labourer. His political awareness began when he visited his mother in the suburb where she worked. He also bore witness to security police brutality in the townships. These experiences sharpened him politically from a young age. He looked for like-minded groups and found a home in the Black People’s Convention in 1973, which he joined while still at school. He also joined the South African Students’ Movement and became involved in the 1976 Soweto Uprising.

Molefe was part of the Soweto Action Committee, which founded the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) in 1978. He became the chairperson of the Soweto branch of Azapo for a year in 1979 and 1980. With the influence of struggle stalwarts such as Joe Gqabi, Nelson Mandela and others, Molefe realised that there was a need to involve people of other race groups in the struggle against apartheid. This prompted him to work with other movements.

He resigned from Azapo due to clash of ideologies in 1981. He continued to work with groups that were looking to work together in realising the dream of a democratic South Africa. He was part of the group that established the Soweto Civic Organisation, and served on its committee between 1982 and 1984. In 1983 Molefe participated in the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was elected Secretary for the Transvaal region, and later served as National Secretary. He was involved in the UDF throughout its existence, and played an important role in the UDF, aside from when he was in prison.

In 1990 he was elected chairperson of the African National Congress’ (ANC) Alexandra branch and deputy chairperson of the ANC’s Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region. In 1991 Molefe was elected to the National Executive Committee and the National Working Committee of the ANC. He became involved with rebuilding the ANC, was appointed chairperson of the 80th Anniversary Celebration Committee of the ANC and in 1992 became chairperson of the national election commission of the ANC. In 1994 Molefe became Premier of North West, a position he held until April 2004. Molefe continues to contribute to the development of South Africa as a democratic society. Molefe is currently Brand Ambassador for South Africa.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:37:20 72024b No.19292580

>>19292545

>He resigned from Azapo due to clash of ideologies in 1981. He continued to work with groups that were looking to work together in realising the dream of a democratic South Africa. He was part of the group that established the Soweto Civic Organisation, and served on its committee between 1982 and 1984. In 1983 Molefe participated in the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was elected Secretary for the Transvaal region, and later served as National Secretary. He was involved in the UDF throughout its existence, and played an important role in the UDF, aside from when he was in prison.

“The Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s”

https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/conflict-between-azapo-and-udf-popular-violence-1980s-and-1990s

Below are excerpts

Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation struggle focuses largely on the conflict between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Equally significant was the bloody confrontation between the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) and the UDF. This feature examines this violent conflict, an intriguing episode as it pitted two liberation movements against each other.

Contemporary accounts of the conflict between AZAPO and the UDF emphasise the ideological divide as the root cause. A closer examination of the conflict reveals the existence of powerful local tensions that reinforced and were in turn reinforced by the divide between AZAPO and the UDF. In what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) characterised as “war between AZAPO and the UDF in Soweto”, local tensions were as significant – if not more so – as ideological differences. This feature traces the origins and development of the ideological divide between AZAPO and the UDF. It then considers the ways in which this ideological divide shaped and influenced the conflict between AZAPO and the UDF in Soweto from 1984 to 1993.

At its inception in 1979 AZAPO adopted the Black Consciousness (BC) philosophy of the Black People’s Convention (BPC). In the first four years of its existence from 1979 to 1983, AZAPO included in its ranks activists increasingly drawn to non-racialism as articulated in the Freedom Charter. These included Curtis Nkondo, president in 1979 and sacked in 1980 for exhibiting what was referred to as “charterist tendencies”. Nkondo was elected president “in the mistaken belief that he was either PAC-inclined (Pan Africanist Congress) or would unite different groups” (Seekings, Jeremy, The UDF: A History of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991, p.36).

During 1982 Charterists were asserting themselves in civic associations, student organisations and trade unions. A broad front comprising the African National Congress (ANC), PAC-aligned formations and AZAPO, to be known as Maluti, was proposed. This was reported to have been suggested by the ANC in Swaziland and backed by Winnie Mandela. The proposal was communicated to Charterists in key centres across South Africa by MK Malefane – an associate of Mandela who claimed to be acting as her agent during her stay in Brandfort.

Charterists in Cape Town viewed the proposal with suspicion, fearing it would undermine the principles of non-racialism enshrined in the Freedom Charter. In Natal Malefane approached Archie Gumede, at the time the most senior ANC member who was active during the 1950s, with the proposal. While Gumede appeared to be considering its merits, the Soweto branch – led by Popo Molefe – rejected the idea. It is at this stage that the idea of a broad front made up of Charterists came to be considered a priority. Such a front was formed in April 1983, and became known as the UDF.

In the Eastern Cape Charterists became active in the resistance movement ahead of the formation of UDF in 1983. The Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) adopted the Freedom Charter at its inception in 1979. AZAPO too had a significantly large following in the area. This could be associated with the legacy of Steve Biko and the influence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). Indeed, as popular violence spread to areas across South Africa, there were skirmishes between AZAPO and the UDF in the Eastern Cape. While, the conflict may have been ideological, there is no doubting the fact that it was also shaped by localized tensions that were reinforced by the ideological divide.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:39:54 72024b No.19292590

>>19292545

>>19292580

>Popo Molefe

“Billions of Swedish Krona Supported Anti-Apartheid Struggle” – ““Palme’s secret agent,” Popo Molefe, co-founder of UDF” 1 of 2

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/03/14/billions-of-swedish-krona-supported-anti-apartheid-struggle/

March 14, 2019

Between 1982 and 1988 Birgitta Karlström Dorph was on a secret mission in South Africa. “Why didn’t they stop us? Probably they were not aware of the scope of the operation. The money was transferred through so many different channels. We were clever,” Karlström Dorph says.

The work was initiated by the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and the Swedish government, the details of which were not discussed in public.

Altogether, Sweden’s financial support for the black resistance against apartheid in South Africa between 1972 and 1994 amounted to more than SEK 4 billion ($443 million) in today’s value and that is an underestimation, according to figures reported by SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, https://www.sida.se/English/.

From 1982, a Swedish humanitarian committee, headed by the general director of SIDA, handled a huge aid effort whose secret elements the government perhaps was not fully aware of. Karlström Dorph’s work in South Africa was twofold comprising her official diplomatic posting and her secret mission.

“The documents that show what we did to support the underground resistance are still classified,” she explains.

Money from Sweden was transferred to leaders within the black resistance in South Africa. Sweden paid for Nelson Mandela’s lawyer, including while he was incarcerated on Robben Island. Sweden also provided the priest and anti-apartheid activist Beyers Naudé with funds when he was subjected to a banning order.

Funds were channeled from SIDA to organizations and small groups in Sweden and then into accounts of community organizations in South Africa.

One of the most important objectives was to build a civil society that eventually could negotiate with the government; individuals and organizations that eventually could take over.

“We established a program for scholarships. The Swedish Ecumenical Council, an umbrella organization of churches of all denominations, administered about 500 scholarships. People got money transferred into their accounts directly from Sweden. We tried to find relevant organizations throughout the black community,” she says.

People organized themselves and formed a more united opposition in South Africa. UDF, the United Democratic Front, was an umbrella organization for about 600 member organizations against apartheid. Many of the UDF leaders received money through the scholarships.

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:41:22 72024b No.19292600

>>19292590

“Billions of Swedish Krona Supported Anti-Apartheid Struggle” – ““Palme’s secret agent,” Popo Molefe, co-founder of UDF” 2 of 2

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/03/14/billions-of-swedish-krona-supported-anti-apartheid-struggle/

March 14, 2019

According to Horst Kleinschmidt, a former political activist, Sweden contributed between 60 and 65 percent of the budget of the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, or IDAF, an anti-apartheid organization. Between 1964 and 1991 the organization brought 100 million British Pounds into South Africa for the defense of thousands of political activists and to provide aid for their families while they were in prison.

The defense of political prisoners meant that when the prosecutor demanded capital punishment, the sentence was reduced to life in prison. Between 1960 and 1990 this effort saved tens of thousands of lives, according to the Swedish author Per Wästberg, who was involved in IDAF’s work.

Karlström Dorph got in touch with Winnie Mandela and visited her while Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.

In the Swedish documentary “Palme’s secret agent,” Popo Molefe, co-founder of UDF, explains Karlström Dorph’s role.

“Without the support of a strong and committed personality like Birgitta Karlström Dorph I do not think we would have been able to form the United Democratic Front, a coalition of social forces,” he says.

Between 1972 and 1994 the exiled ANC received about SEK 1.7 billion, or $188 million, in today’s value. At the time the ANC was considered a terrorist organization by the governments in the United Kingdom and the United States. The financial support from Sweden was more or less kept secret until the beginning of the 1990s.

Sweden’s involvement had been stronger and much more far-reaching than what was ever reported officially. [Think of Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, pushing the climate change agenda]

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Anonymous 08/03/23 (Thu) 19:52:37 72024b No.19292657

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

>>19292545

>>19292590

>“UDF 40 : Celebrated Anti-Apartheid activist, cleric and former patron of the UDF, Dr. Allan Boesak responds to Popo Molefe’s invitation to UDF40”

>My sincere apologies for responding only now to your invitation to join your group “UDF40” in your commemoration of the UDF and your “Call to Action” on August 20.

>you must stretch every muscle in you to ensure that you live up to the proud and militant traditions bestowed upon you by comrades such as Anton Lembede, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and the generation of Steve Biko who revived internal mass resistance in whose world the ranks of the ANC’s [military wing] uMkhonto we Sizwe… The young lions also include the thousands of who rose to the call to form youth organizations in every township and village that spearheaded the call to make our country ungovernable and Apartheid unworkable and who also formed the very militant youth organization, the South African Youth Congress in 1987.

>>19292580

>Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation struggle focuses largely on the conflict between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Equally significant was the bloody confrontation between the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) and the UDF. This feature examines this violent conflict, an intriguing episode as it pitted two liberation movements against each other.

History repeating to distract the people from their criminality?

“Popo Molefe | Defend our Democracy Launching Congress”

https://youtu.be/WcfkhOYxxjk

Jun 8, 2023

1:08 – “Now to mark this important anniversary, former UDF leaders and members of the affiliates of the United Democratic Front and activists have convened a committee to celebrate outstanding and seminal role of the UDF in the struggle against Apartheid. We call this initiative UDF40… We are doing so comrades and friends because as was the case in 1983, we all have a vital mission which is of critical importance to our country and our democracy. Put simply, we have to ensure that our democracy is not derailed.”

4:56 – “Our approach is to ensure the tireless mobilisation of the citizenry to be true agents of change, transformation and accountability.”

5:36 – “We must reaffirm the supremacy of our democracy and constitution. In the coming months, comrades, you will hear the mantra of the UDF40. Active citizenry. Active citizenry. Active citizenry. We will be taking this call to South Africans from all localities, provinces and nationally. Urging them to engage actively in issues that effect them at all levels of society. This is critical for the sustenance and strengthening of our democracy.”

6:52 – “We may want to invoke the overused slogan… “The new man and the new woman did not appear by accident. The new man and the new woman are born in the revolutionary reconstruction of society.””

13:15 – “We must unite young and old activists in meaningful ways if we are truly to bring about change.”

17:35 – “We believe the UDF40 anniversary will provide the necessary leverage to unleash every energy and creativity of our citizenry and it will do so at all levels of society. We believe the UDF40 Anniversary, like in the UDF days, should allow multiple thoughts to bloom.”

21:06 – “If we are to succeed, active citizenry should find strategic ways to engage at partner and partner with corporate sector, with a well considered programs and projects that can motivate and lead to tangible changes to the poor and marginalized communities.”

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Anonymous 08/04/23 (Fri) 15:21:20 d842e3 No.19296720

>>18916863

>>18924517

>Mobutu Sese Seko

“SA: New forms of corporate-State Capture in the ‘new dawn’” (Part 1)

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/opinion/sa-new-forms-of-corporate-state-capture-in-the-new-dawn-d4c729ae-b27f-4d40-bf7c-8227208c0d94

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023

BY PHAPANO PHASHA AND ASHRAF PATEL

In African politics, the term ‘Mobutism after Mobutu’ has come to signal a phenomena- that even though infamous leader Mobuto Sese Seko of Congo left office decades ago, the ‘same ole’ system of corruption, mismanagement, tribalism, cronyism continues to this day in DRC Congo and most of Africa.

In his 2011 political science classic - Ruling in a Void- The Hallowing out of Western Democracies, leading political scientist Prof Peter Mair deftly analyses the processes of how democracies are ‘hallowed out’ and primarily outsourced to the private sector and elites. The key thesis is that although the political parties themselves remain, the parties become redundant and they no longer seem capable of sustaining democracy or governing. And in the process they start to depoliticise key decision-making to the private sector

This is what is currently happening in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) led government is currently delegating major government decision-making to the unelected private sector and a large array of commissions with key state functions being liquidated or outsourced. All political parties contest State Power to translate its voters’ interests into public policy, to recruit and promote political leaders capable of exercising executive power and to compete for control of the executive through national elections. The classic mass party, Mair writes, ‘gave voice to the people’.

Sadly what we have today and particularly in this current ‘new dawn’ administration is a model of corporatised democracy’- a model when Cabinet functions - as representatives of the electorate- which are meant to implement popular party positions are delegated to a myriad of commissions and councils set up by the President, and largely unelected.

So it is not surprising that in the past year, BUSA – a representative of the largest corporations in South Africa have made a play in its intensive high level lobbying of government and its virtually taking over key functions of government and cabinet as with its latest CEO Save South Africa ‘pledge [https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/ceos-from-115-companies-pledge-to-help-rebuild-south-africa-2023-07-27]. This is in fact a new form of ‘state capture, but in a more sophisticated guise and narratives of ‘building government capacity ’or helping government with the ‘Covid crisis’, ‘energy crisis’ or ‘fighting crime’, Yet when one digs deeper of these ‘helping hand to government ‘it is less than a strategy to capture economic policy making in critical sectors and essentially prime government for the privatisation of the most lucrative parts of state entities.

South Africa is a developing economy with a sustainable tax collection base and quality institutions that can solve the energy, transport-logistics and crime crisis in the broader tripartite model including labour and the electorate. BUSA and the ANC led Government has seemed to forget its mandate to include stakeholders labour and the electorate who are now effectively on the margins of the current administration.

South Africans do not need cheap gifts from BUSA and Big business whose agenda is pushing government into a narrow elitist policy pathways, and, to reduce ‘red tape’ so they can privatise and make super profits and buy out our state owned enterprises, as is the case with Transnet, Eskom and SAA debacle under Minister Gordhan.

The state is liquidating itself and outsourcing government functions.

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Anonymous 08/04/23 (Fri) 15:22:06 d842e3 No.19296721

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“SA: New forms of corporate-State Capture in the ‘new dawn’” (Part 2)

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/opinion/sa-new-forms-of-corporate-state-capture-in-the-new-dawn-d4c729ae-b27f-4d40-bf7c-8227208c0d94

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023

In an article that appeared on Daily Maverick by Ben Cronin who is an Advocate of the high court and state law advisor titled “Common cents: The State Capture Commission is itself a symptom of State Capture (https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2021-05-31- common-cents-the-state-capture-commission-is-itself-a-symptom-of-state-capture/), Cronin argues that instead of the State emphasising the need for sufficient government spending and staffing to meet public needs, the emphasis all too often has been on reducing the capacity of the state and merely changing the manner in which the private sector engages with the state.

The effect of this approach is actually to legitimise private capture of the state’s regulatory functions via the legal system itself. Real state entities tasked by our Constitution with investigating and prosecuting acts of crime are steadily defunded, depopulated and increasingly rendered defunct.

The State Capture Commission with “hourly” paid advocates caused taxpayers billions yet the National Prosecuting Authority which must investigate and prosecute findings from the Commission is deliberately defunded. A case in point was the Bloemfontein High Court Judgement where the NPA lost its first State Capture case which went on trial and the accused cleared of fraud and money laundering charges.

How State functions have been undermined can also be qualified with the Presidential Climate Change Council who are opposed and have clashed with the Cabinet approved Integrated Resources Plan IRP which was developed by Cabinet and mandated by Parliament. Hence we have ‘two governments’ talking and contesting energy policy in the midst of the greatest energy crisis the nation has faced. Policy work is delegated to private consulting houses and commissions whilst deployed ANC Ministers cry foul to the very private sector that the country’s energy direction is being hijacked.

BUSAs Capacity building fund of R100 million to assist Government and its Resource Mobilisation Fund (RMF), which recently raised R100 million to contribute expertise to the government via the National Energy Crisis Committee is another example of the private sector initiatives to supposedly support the government. Its director Busi Mavuso was for years a board member at Eskom who with the then CEO of Eskom, Andre De Ryter, collapsed the public utility Eskom in favour of privately owned Renewable Energy companies which are part of BUSA.

Why would BUSA lay out R 100 million for this task?

Our Government is aptly capacitated to conduct its own research and technical work. We have an array of institutions such as SANEDI, HSRC, Mintek, CSIR,, DSI and various universities that already conduct high level work on energy policy development. Secondly, there has been no improvement in our energy crisis since the work of the National Resource Mobilisation Fund commenced a year ago. In fact, the energy crisis has deepened during the coldest winter in SA, impacting gravely on industry and leading to job losses despite more privately owned Renewable Energy’s being deployed and BUSA members raking in billions from the State.

South Africa’s ICT capability is a complete disaster despite the government spending billions on private sector consultation despite the hyped Presidential 4IR Commission.

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Anonymous 08/04/23 (Fri) 15:22:53 d842e3 No.19296723

>>19296720

>>19296721

“SA: New forms of corporate-State Capture in the ‘new dawn’” (Part 3)

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/opinion/sa-new-forms-of-corporate-state-capture-in-the-new-dawn-d4c729ae-b27f-4d40-bf7c-8227208c0d94

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023

The Post Office is on its knees, most of Denel Intellectual property has been sold, Telkom is being primed for privatisation despites it being profitable; and with the SASSA grant system and driver’s license debacles reflects a glaring feature of this ‘hallowing out the state’ model of democracy’ that Mair alludes to, all the while priming and then pushing for privatisation which benefits those who premise themselves as our liberators and their business proxies.

Even the globally acclaimed work of Professor Mariana Mazzucuto – ironically an economic panel advisor to the President has argued the need for broad based socially inclusive innovation and state capacity in a post Covid world order.

Her work is being considered by the EU and nations such as Brasil and China etc. Yet this vital new developmental innovation state model and its thinking is being wilfully ignored by the Presidency, who is actually fully committed to the neo liberal McKinsey model of governance which profits a few, leading to mass job losses and further entrenches poverty and inequality in a nation that the World Bank cites as having the highest Gini Coefficient in the world.

This is compounded by the role and functions of global consulting firms such as McKinsey, BAIN et al in undermining government functions, or in the Mckinsey's case the repurposing of government and its function and restructure state entities that in the final analysis, actually benefits the very clients it does work for, who are JSE-listed and Multinational Corporations MNCs. Again, Professor Mazzucato’s latest publication - The Big Con (2023) is a critical analysis of the debilitating role of global consulting firms in undermining state capacity and public value.

While BAIN, McKinsey has supposedly ‘left SA public sector’, McKinseyism continues- in more sophisticated forms, just like ‘Mobutism after Mobutu’.

The Capture of the State post the Gupta era requires urgent public debate in a space where even the governing party has seemingly accepted its fate as a Capitalist Controlled organisation which continues to put the interest of Capital before that of the electorate.

The democratic gains by the ANC led Government which gained its legitimacy through popular power since 1994 has since been eroded. The middle class which was created post 1994 has been decimated and on poverty lines as a litany of research from financial institution shows, the youth are hopeless and helpless whilst the poor have accepted their fate, whilst Black Business Council which is meant to represent Black Business is always begging for space in the dinner table only reserved for BUSA and it’s members who rake billions in a sea of poverty.

It is therefore not a surprise that the ANC leadership and its leagues are anticipating coalitions with the Democratic Alliance as a running mate which will simply be a consolidation of power by big business and political parties which serve their interest, with Alliance largely partners in tow.

With the poor and working class disorganised and voiceless South Africa is enroute to being depoliticised by a small interest group which has no interest in the country but profits.

*Pasha is a political commentator and Patel is a research associate at Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD).

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Anonymous 08/04/23 (Fri) 15:40:46 d842e3 No.19296794

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>>19290355

>Malema gets free coverage and farm murders continue…

>““Elon Musk urges Ramaphosa to address Malema’s ‘Kill the Boer’ chant”

“21 Farm attacks, 4 farm murders in South Africa, July 2023”

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/21-farm-attacks-4-farm-murders-in-south-africa-july-2023/

August 4, 2023

During the month of July 2023, there were twenty-one farm attacks and four farm murders in South Africa.

In June 2023, there were twelve farm attacks and ten farm murders in the country.

And in May 2023, there were ten farm attacks and four farm murder.

These farm attacks and murders are often accompanied by extreme violence, torture and rape and are being openly fueled by black South African leaders in the country.

Farm attacks and Farm murders 2020:

446 Farm attacks and 77 farm murders.

Farm attacks and Farm murders 2021:

248 Farm attacks and 43 farm murders.

Farm attacks and Farm murders 2022:

156 Farm attacks and 39 farm murders.

Farm attacks and Farm murders 2023:

January 2023 – 22 Farm attacks and 3 farm murders.

February 2023 – 15 Farm attacks and 2 farm murders.

March 2023 – 11 Farm attacks and 5 farm murders.

April 2023 – 5 Farm attacks and 1 farm murder.

May 2023 – 10 Farm attacks and 4 farm murders.

June 2023 – 12 Farm attacks and 10 farm murders.

July 2023 – 21 Farm attacks and 4 farm murders.

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Anonymous 08/04/23 (Fri) 17:25:42 17f2f6 No.19297425

>The “Project Hammer” classified documents

>“FW DE KLERK AND COVERT DEALINGS PRIOR TO THE 1994 ELECTIONS” – Project Hammer