South Africa to Launch ‘Government of National Unity’ with Leading Opposition Party
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Breitbart ^
| 06/14/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
South Africa’s new government is a “Government of National Unity” (GNU) between the formerly dominant African National Congress (ANC), the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The new government is the result of a coalition agreement that was announced Friday, shortly before a deadline to cast votes
in Parliament for the country’s president. Current President Cyril Ramaphosa will be returning to office. The ANC fell from 57% in 2019 to just over 40% in the 2024 elections last month. The DA, with nearly 22% of the vote, was the second-largest party. The radical Economic Freedom...
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Methodist church regrets Ivory Coast's split from the union as lifting of LGBTQ ban roils Africa
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AP via Voice of America (VOA) ^
| June 8, 2024 | Associated Press
HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Leaders of the United Methodist Church expressed regret over last week's decision by the branch in Ivory Coast to leave the union following the church's decision to repeal a long-standing ban on LGBTQ+ clergy but pledged to accept it. … On May 28, Ivory Coast's church voted to split
from the United Methodists. With over 1.2 million members, the West African country's church has one of the denomination's largest overseas followers. The United Methodist Church has about 5.4 million members in the United States, and about 4.6 million in Africa, Europe and the Philippines, according to church...
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Biden Says He’ll Help Africa ‘Build Back Better’ in a Second Term
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Breitbart ^
| 06/04/2024 | Kristina Wong
President Joe Biden said he would help Africa “build back better” in a second term, if reelected, during an interview on Tuesday. A Time reporter asked Biden, “If you do win in November, Mr. President, with a mandate to continue your approach to foreign policy, what would your goals be in the
second term?” Biden said, in addition to building NATO “both politically and economically,” he is “desperately focused on making sure that we deal with the…what they are calling the south now.”
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What does the end of sole ANC rule mean for South Africa?
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The Spectator ^
| 06/03/2024 | Andrew Kenny
Election Day on May 29 was a tumultuous, wonderful day for South Africa. Thirty years of corruption and ruin under the sole rule of the African National Congress Party came to an end. The
ANC, which won 63 percent of the vote in the first democratic election in 1994, and 70 percent in 2004, now only won 40 percent.When the ANC took power in April 1994, South Africa had the strongest economy and the best infrastructure in Africa. We had a plentiful supply of the world’s cheapest electricity and the world’s greatest mineral treasure. The horrible apartheid laws had been...
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South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image
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Reuters ^
| Joe Bavier and Wendell Roelf | June 2, 2024
Looking out of his window at Cape Town's False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa's second biggest city, a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). But that doesn't mean he is ready to see the party or its 48-year-old leader John Steenhuisen running the rest
of the country. "Imagine an old white man as the president of South Africa," said Searra, a 44-year-old white Johannesburg native who moved to Cape Town in 2022. In a seismic shift, voters this week dismantled the majority which the African National Congress (ANC) has held since the...
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ANC vote collapses in historic South Africa election result
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BBC ^
| June 1 | BBC
The party once led by Nelson Mandela hit by worst election result since apartheid ended 30 years ago
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The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election
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AP ^
| 06/01/2024 | GERALD IMRAY AND MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With
more than 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in Wednesday’s election, well short of the majority it had held since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it to power under Nelson Mandela. The final results are still to be formally declared by the...
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Will the African National Congress (ANC) finally lose in South Africa? After many years in power, a corrupt and inept government is finally close to being removed
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The Spectator ^
| 05/30/2024 | Freddy Gray
After many years in power, a corrupt and inept government is finally close to being removed. There
is no great confidence in the opposition — but the people have had enough of seeing their country ruined and are finally having their say. No, I’m not talking about President Joe Biden’s administration but South Africa, where the ANC looks as if it might be close to losing power after almost three decades of one-party rule. Very high turnout for other parties is understood to have perhaps caused the African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, to fall below 50 percent...
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Thirty years after Mandela's election, young black voters in South Africa have turned against the ANC - scarred by an endless tide of violence, corruption and poverty. As the polls open today, SUE REID warns even greater turmoil may lie ahead...
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UK Daily Mail ^
| May 29, 2024 | Sue Reid
Thank heavens it wasn't raining last Tuesday morning, as it can do in late autumn in South Africa. It would have meant a drenching for the most unusual politician fighting today's election — a 32-year-old farmer's son called Chris Pappas, who is white and gay. Peering
through owlish glasses, he was giving a campaign speech to 70 locals in their decaying village hall, a half-day's drive inland from the coastal city of Durban in the sprawling province of KwaZulu-Natal. The building had gaping holes in the tin roof through which you could see the sky. In every window the glass...
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Biden designates Kenya a non-NATO ally as he seeks to boost ties in Africa
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The Washington Times ^
| May 23, 2024 | Jeff Mordock
President Biden welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House on Thursday for an official state dinner as part of his efforts to deepen relations with the East African nation, a key ally in fighting against the Islamic State and other terror groups on the continent. During
the visit, Mr. Biden notified Congress of his intention to designate Kenya a “major non-NATO ally.” The designation is bestowed on countries whose militaries have strategic working relationships with the U.S., but not necessarily a mutual defense pact. “Kenya is one of the United States Government’s top counterterrorism and security partners in...
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Khanna: Never a Wrong Time to Recognize Palestinian State, Should Have South Africa-Style Commission for Israel
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Breitbart ^
| 05/23/2024 | IAN HANCHETT
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that there’s never a wrong time to recognize a Palestinian state but Hamas shouldn’t be involved in it and while the ICC shouldn’t arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, we should have something like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in
South Africa. Co-host John Berman asked, “Do you think this shows that terrorism pays?” Khanna answered, “No, it doesn’t. We should recognize a Palestinian state. That has been the United States’ policy, a two-state solution, 143 countries at the United Nations voted for it. Nelson Mandela called for...
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Cartoons: swastika palestine; Ukraine aid vs aid to Hawaii; White farmers graveyard in South Africa, etc.
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Swastika palestine: ___ Swastika palestine - universities: ___ Pallywood: ___ UNRWA: ___ South Africa's White farmers mass grave: ___ Palestine flag bloody, hamas: ___ Dome of the rock - Islamic hare preacher: ___ Palestine flag guillotine: ___ On Ukraine how much they got vs the effected on Hawaii... link ___ Raisi's Last
Moments:hope he suffered like the thousands of Iranian people he had tortured and executed link
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South Africa, Israel Clash Again at The Hague — Over Rafah Operation
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Breitbart ^
| 05/17/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, this week in an effort to stop Israel’s ongoing military operation in the city of Rafah against the last Hamas battalions in the Gaza Strip. The struggling African nation — which faces elections later this month — took
Israel to the ICJ earlier this year, urging the court to declare that Israel was guilty of “genocide” in Gaza, even though Israel has taken pains to avoid civilian casualties, and allows hundreds of trucks laden with humanitarian aid to enter the territory every day. The ICJ ruled...
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Spread of Deadlier Mpox Strain in Africa Has CDC Concerned
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US News ^
| 05/16/2024 | Healthday
The central African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling a record number of cases of mpox, fueled by a strain with a higher death rate than the variant that spread in Europe and America in 2022. Getting
the DRC outbreak under control, and containing it to within that country, is imperative, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report issued Thursday. The spread of the lethal clade I strain of mpox "raises concerns that the virus could spread to other countries and underscores the importance of coordinated, urgent global action...
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Shortwave Radio South Africa Interval Signal 1977
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Youtube Video ^
| 1/1/2016 | Radio South Africa
The Interval Signal of Radio South Africa 1977
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Missionaries Travel From Africa To Bring The Gospel To United Methodist Church
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Babylon Bee ^
| May 2, 2024 | Staff
U.S. — A group of devout Christian missionaries has arrived all the way from Africa to reach the United Methodist Church and tell them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Upon hearing of the UMC's beliefs on life and social issues, a group of African believers felt a strong prodding from the
Holy Spirit to venture into an entirely foreign culture and bring the Gospel to a dark and godless place. "If we do not go, who will?" asked Abosede Adeyemi, a Nigerian Christian burdened to reach lost Americans. "These United Methodists are in urgent need of the Good News....
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British Government Begins Roundup of Migrants for Relocation to Africa, But Thousands Are Missing
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Breitbart ^
| 05/01/2024 | OLIVER JJ LANE
The first “illegal migrants” to be deported under the UK government’s Rwanda Scheme have been detained by officials this week in advance of their flights, but thousands have already slipped through the net or gone missing. The
Home Office announced Wednesday the first “illegal migrants” were taken into custody “following a series of nationwide operations this week” by “operational teams”. The government said more such detentions prior to deportation are due to take place “in the coming weeks”. UK Finally Passes Rwanda Migrant Removal Bill, But No Guarantee Illegal Migrants Will Actually Be Removedhttps://t.co/xK98ZrXCnD — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 23,...
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30 Years After Apartheid, South Africa is a Racist Hellhole
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Front Page Magazine ^
| April 28, 2024 | Daniel Greenfield
“30 years on, South Africa still dismantling racism and apartheid’s legacy,” the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights claims.After 30 years of ANC rule by Mandela and his increasingly more corrupt klepto-commie successors, what is there to dismantle?Besides the ANC’s own racism.Apartheid has long since gone. A
generation grew up without it and soon so will another. All they will know is ANC rule. And ANC rule has meant racism, violent crime and a regime so corrupt that it can’t keep the lights on, but can ally with Russia, China and Hamas.South Africa is a racist hellhole...
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Scorched Earth: Severe Drought Devastates Southern Africa
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https://scitechdaily.com/ ^
| APRIL 25, 2024 | EMILY CASSIDY, NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY
One of the driest growing seasons in decades has decimated crops and left millions hungry. A
prolonged dry spell in southern Africa in early 2024 scorched crops and threatened food security for millions of people. The drought has been fueled in large part by the ongoing El Niño, which shifted rainfall patterns during the growing season. Impact on Rainfall and Agriculture From late January through mid-March, parts of Southern Africa received half or less of their typical rainfall, according to researchers at the Climate Hazards Center (CHC) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. February 2024 was especially dry. The...
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Chad’s government threatens to kick out US troops as Russia expands influence in Africa
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CNN ^
| 4/18/24 | Haley Britzky
The US risks losing its military presence in another African country as the government of Chad sent a letter threatening to end a critical security agreement, according to four US sources, a move that threatens to cede more US influence in the region to Russia. In a letter sent to the US
defense attaché last week, Chadian officials threatened to cancel the Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, which determines the rules and conditions under which US military personnel can operate in the country. While the letter did not directly order the US military to leave Chad, the officials told...
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