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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Representative in South Africa, Dr Max Gomera, reflected on global economic disparities, noting that while some parts of the world have driverless cars, many Africans still lack access to affordable cooking technology. He emphasised the importance of solving basic African problems through... show more

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Ambassador Fred thinks that the problem in South Africa can be solved by addressing poverty. "President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa addressed the Pan African Parliament and he said that South Africa can not handle it alone. That we need all need to work together as a continent."

THEE ALFA HOUSE

31,132 views • 22 days ago

AFRICANS NEED TO KNOW THIS __ Every African has to know that if their economy is booming the economy of the West and Europe with Asia will strategically collapse. The world is definitely about competition reason why Africa need a single currency that is backed by its resources. France is one country that has devastated African economy, destroy its development, enact neocolonial policies on several African countries, committed several massacre and torture over the years and still exploits Africa. France and any other country outside Africa can’t save Africa because that is not their responsibility or problem. Africa is African business.

AFRICANS NEED TO KNOW THIS __ Every African has to know that if their economy is booming the economy of the West and Europe with Asia will strategically collapse. The world is definitely about competition reason why Africa need a single currency that is backed by its resources. France is one country that has devastated African economy, destroy its development, enact neocolonial policies on several African countries, committed several massacre and torture over the years and still exploits Africa. France and any other country outside Africa can’t save Africa because that is not their responsibility or problem. Africa is African business.

Typical African

348,736 views • 2 years ago

This is how much this man hates South Africa and Africa. He lies that there is a white genocide in South Africa. He made this speech yesterday. He continues to lie that there is a genocide in South Africa. That is why I do not understand the African idiots who support this man. You have to be a big black African idiot to support Donald Trump. South Africa is the biggest economy in Africa. It has taken care of millions of Africans, giving them an opportunity to pursue their dreams and to feed their families. There are millions of Africans living in South Africa, and yet Donald Trump is trying to destroy that economy that helps many Africans to sustain a decent living. And yet there is a black African who supports this man and sees Trump as a hero. Trump is an idiot. I do not care about him. But I am astonished that there is a black African somewhere in Africa seeing Donald Trump as a hero, and yet the same Donald Trump is trying to destroy the biggest economy in Africa for no apparent legitimate reason. South Africa has done nothing wrong to America, nothing wrong to Donald Trump, and yet yesterday he made this shameless speech. This makes me absolutely angry, livid, to know that there is an African out there who supports this idiot. He is running his racist refugee programme. He has blocked all other black nationals from Africa from seeking asylum in America. That is fine. We do not care about America. But he is using his racist programme to try and destroy the very mainstay of African economics, because that is what South Africa is to Africans. There is no country in Africa that does not have its nationals in South Africa. It takes a certain level of ignorance and idiocy for any black African to support and hail this man as a hero. This man wants to destroy our continent, and yet some African idiot is out there twerking for this guy.

This is how much this man hates South Africa and Africa. He lies that there is a white genocide in South Africa. He made this speech yesterday. He continues to lie that there is a genocide in South Africa. That is why I do not understand the African idiots who support this man. You have to be a big black African idiot to support Donald Trump. South Africa is the biggest economy in Africa. It has taken care of millions of Africans, giving them an opportunity to pursue their dreams and to feed their families. There are millions of Africans living in South Africa, and yet Donald Trump is trying to destroy that economy that helps many Africans to sustain a decent living. And yet there is a black African who supports this man and sees Trump as a hero. Trump is an idiot. I do not care about him. But I am astonished that there is a black African somewhere in Africa seeing Donald Trump as a hero, and yet the same Donald Trump is trying to destroy the biggest economy in Africa for no apparent legitimate reason. South Africa has done nothing wrong to America, nothing wrong to Donald Trump, and yet yesterday he made this shameless speech. This makes me absolutely angry, livid, to know that there is an African out there who supports this idiot. He is running his racist refugee programme. He has blocked all other black nationals from Africa from seeking asylum in America. That is fine. We do not care about America. But he is using his racist programme to try and destroy the very mainstay of African economics, because that is what South Africa is to Africans. There is no country in Africa that does not have its nationals in South Africa. It takes a certain level of ignorance and idiocy for any black African to support and hail this man as a hero. This man wants to destroy our continent, and yet some African idiot is out there twerking for this guy.

Hopewell Chin’ono

65,317 views • 4 months ago

TO: SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 FROM: UNITED STATES🇺🇸 The United States of America sends the strong message to South Africa TO STOP POKING THEIR NOSE IN USA FOREIGN POLICY AND GLOBAL INTERESTS. Instead South Africa is urged to focus to their sixth country that is facing a lot of socio-economic challenges (highest unemployment rate, power outages, crime, corruption, HIV/AIDS, inequality, drugs, etc). USA warns South Africa to stop provoking America if it is dealing with their domestic problems, because US might decide to teach South Africa the lesson.

TO: SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 FROM: UNITED STATES🇺🇸 The United States of America sends the strong message to South Africa TO STOP POKING THEIR NOSE IN USA FOREIGN POLICY AND GLOBAL INTERESTS. Instead South Africa is urged to focus to their sixth country that is facing a lot of socio-economic challenges (highest unemployment rate, power outages, crime, corruption, HIV/AIDS, inequality, drugs, etc). USA warns South Africa to stop provoking America if it is dealing with their domestic problems, because US might decide to teach South Africa the lesson.

I ❤️ Cape Town ~ I Stand with Russia🇷🇺 MAGA

28,841 views • 7 months ago

“Many Africans have that knowledge, in fact, sometimes they are the ones working for those institutions or those companies that develop AI systems. We need to resolve a bigger problem on our continent where, we need to be at the same level with the rest across the world, because we can. Why is it just a given that Africa must lag behind everybody?” President Kagame on the imperative for Africa to take an active role in shaping the future of AI.

“Many Africans have that knowledge, in fact, sometimes they are the ones working for those institutions or those companies that develop AI systems. We need to resolve a bigger problem on our continent where, we need to be at the same level with the rest across the world, because we can. Why is it just a given that Africa must lag behind everybody?” President Kagame on the imperative for Africa to take an active role in shaping the future of AI.

Presidency | Rwanda

36,992 views • 3 days ago

President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia has spoken out strongly against xenophobia and Afrophobia in South Africa, saying that South Africans do not have to kill fellow Africans to resolve labour-related issues. President Hichilema reminded South Africans of the sacrifices Zambia made during the struggle against apartheid, arguing that bridges and other infrastructure in Zambia were bombed by the apartheid regime while the Zambian government was supporting Umkhonto weSizwe and the African National Congress in their fight for liberation. Zambia paid a heavy price for that solidarity because it believed in African brotherhood and the liberation of fellow Africans. He argued that this spirit of African brotherhood should not disappear today because of what he described as a xenophobic mentality that has gripped parts of South Africa. President Hichilema said what is happening in South Africa is wrong and unacceptable, stressing that legitimate concerns about jobs, labour and immigration cannot justify violence against fellow Africans. His message is essentially that the solidarity Africans showed South Africans during the struggle against apartheid cannot be forgotten now that South Africa is free.

President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia has spoken out strongly against xenophobia and Afrophobia in South Africa, saying that South Africans do not have to kill fellow Africans to resolve labour-related issues. President Hichilema reminded South Africans of the sacrifices Zambia made during the struggle against apartheid, arguing that bridges and other infrastructure in Zambia were bombed by the apartheid regime while the Zambian government was supporting Umkhonto weSizwe and the African National Congress in their fight for liberation. Zambia paid a heavy price for that solidarity because it believed in African brotherhood and the liberation of fellow Africans. He argued that this spirit of African brotherhood should not disappear today because of what he described as a xenophobic mentality that has gripped parts of South Africa. President Hichilema said what is happening in South Africa is wrong and unacceptable, stressing that legitimate concerns about jobs, labour and immigration cannot justify violence against fellow Africans. His message is essentially that the solidarity Africans showed South Africans during the struggle against apartheid cannot be forgotten now that South Africa is free.

Hopewell Chin’ono

182,130 views • 13 days ago

Viewers discretion advised ⚠️ A mob of Xenophobic jobless black South Africans are seemingly beating this African immigrant shop owner to death. Apparently, he has some kind of paper that shows he is legal in the country. The interesting part of all these Xenophobia attacks is that the world can clearly see that South Africa government are complicit.

Viewers discretion advised ⚠️ A mob of Xenophobic jobless black South Africans are seemingly beating this African immigrant shop owner to death. Apparently, he has some kind of paper that shows he is legal in the country. The interesting part of all these Xenophobia attacks is that the world can clearly see that South Africa government are complicit.

Ainà Dipo 🇳🇬

28,890 views • 2 months ago

BREAKING NEWS: Hundreds of illegal Nigerian foreigners migrating to Europe through the Atlantic Ocean, along Spanish/Moroccan boarder (most of whom are Nigerians), Arabs have captured them and are torturing them for running away from their countries to destroy other countries. Julius Malema the leader of the EFF claims that Nigerians are not competing with South Africans in entertainment industry, while South African is rated the best country in the world. South Africans are not trafficking themselves like Julius Malema’s favourite African brothers and sisters, it unclear why the EFF leader speak ill of South Africa and his urge to unite Africa in South Africa.

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PSAFLIVE

871,931 views • 2 years ago

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Guo Jiakun comments on the U.S. publicly announcing that they will not invite South Africa to participate in the G20 Summit next year as well as cooperation within the G20 framework. He says that China supports South Africa in continuing to participate in G20 cooperation. And that China looks forward to working with South Africa and all other G20 members to defend multilateralism, promote world economic growth and improve global economic governance. #NewsUpdate #China #g20summit

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Guo Jiakun comments on the U.S. publicly announcing that they will not invite South Africa to participate in the G20 Summit next year as well as cooperation within the G20 framework. He says that China supports South Africa in continuing to participate in G20 cooperation. And that China looks forward to working with South Africa and all other G20 members to defend multilateralism, promote world economic growth and improve global economic governance. #NewsUpdate #China #g20summit

Sunday World News

75,472 views • 8 months ago

ZANUPF has done many terrible things, but it is important to acknowledge that there are certain good things it did too. One of them was allowing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) to operate from Zimbabwe, pass through Zimbabwe, and even use the Zimbabwe National Army to move its weapons from Zambia to South Africa. I know you are basing your statement on a short video clip which occasionally circulates online, showing Robert Mugabe being interviewed by British television. In that interview, he was asked if he would allow South Africans to fight militarily from Zimbabwe, and he replied that South Africans would fight militarily in South Africa not Zimbabwe. Anyone with a bit of common sense would understand that Mugabe could never have gone on British television and publicly said that Zimbabwe was helping South Africans militarily to fight apartheid from Zimbabwean soil. It is like expecting O. R. Tambo to go on British or American television and expose the tactics used to fight the apartheid regime. That would not have been a smart thing to do. It simply requires a bit of emotional intelligence to understand that when watching that video clip. If you are not aware of the history, read about the number of bombings that took place in Zimbabwe — bombings carried out by the apartheid South African regime in retaliation for Zimbabwe’s support of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Even your own former president Thabo Mbeki spoke about how Zimbabwe helped South Africa militarily during that period. That said, this is not an excuse to justify illegal immigration simply because Zimbabwe helped South Africa during the struggle. Zimbabwe did the right thing at the time. I am one of those who have consistently said that I am opposed to illegal immigration because it is a crime. However, that does not give anyone the right to insult or abuse Africans particularly Zimbabweans who are living legally in South Africa and have committed no crime. There are South Africans living in Zimbabwe too. One of the biggest mining companies in Zimbabwe, Zimplats, is South African-owned through Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. The bulk of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited’s earnings and revenue come from Zimbabwe not South Africa. Those are the taxes that pay grants to South Africans, it takes a bit of reading to understanding the interconnectedness. It is therefore foolish to say you don’t want Zimbabweans who are living legally in South Africa to do so. It is crazy! There are many other South African companies operating in Zimbabwe, and even your former vice-president, DD, owns a mine in Zvishavane. It is healthy for South Africans to have conversations about issues affecting their country. It is also healthy to discuss illegal immigration — that is part of responsible citizenship. But when you start going after people like Peter Ndoro, who are in South Africa legally, and others who are even naturalised South Africans, it becomes clear that the issue is no longer about immigration. It is about targeting Africans — it is Afrophobia. There are many white Zimbabweans living in South Africa, some legally and some illegally, yet I have never heard anyone mention them. Instead, the focus is always on black Africans who are in South Africa legally and contributing to society. That is not about protecting borders or enforcing immigration laws — that is about self-hate, the internalised racism that drives some Africans to turn on their fellow Africans.

ZANUPF has done many terrible things, but it is important to acknowledge that there are certain good things it did too. One of them was allowing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) to operate from Zimbabwe, pass through Zimbabwe, and even use the Zimbabwe National Army to move its weapons from Zambia to South Africa. I know you are basing your statement on a short video clip which occasionally circulates online, showing Robert Mugabe being interviewed by British television. In that interview, he was asked if he would allow South Africans to fight militarily from Zimbabwe, and he replied that South Africans would fight militarily in South Africa not Zimbabwe. Anyone with a bit of common sense would understand that Mugabe could never have gone on British television and publicly said that Zimbabwe was helping South Africans militarily to fight apartheid from Zimbabwean soil. It is like expecting O. R. Tambo to go on British or American television and expose the tactics used to fight the apartheid regime. That would not have been a smart thing to do. It simply requires a bit of emotional intelligence to understand that when watching that video clip. If you are not aware of the history, read about the number of bombings that took place in Zimbabwe — bombings carried out by the apartheid South African regime in retaliation for Zimbabwe’s support of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Even your own former president Thabo Mbeki spoke about how Zimbabwe helped South Africa militarily during that period. That said, this is not an excuse to justify illegal immigration simply because Zimbabwe helped South Africa during the struggle. Zimbabwe did the right thing at the time. I am one of those who have consistently said that I am opposed to illegal immigration because it is a crime. However, that does not give anyone the right to insult or abuse Africans particularly Zimbabweans who are living legally in South Africa and have committed no crime. There are South Africans living in Zimbabwe too. One of the biggest mining companies in Zimbabwe, Zimplats, is South African-owned through Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. The bulk of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited’s earnings and revenue come from Zimbabwe not South Africa. Those are the taxes that pay grants to South Africans, it takes a bit of reading to understanding the interconnectedness. It is therefore foolish to say you don’t want Zimbabweans who are living legally in South Africa to do so. It is crazy! There are many other South African companies operating in Zimbabwe, and even your former vice-president, DD, owns a mine in Zvishavane. It is healthy for South Africans to have conversations about issues affecting their country. It is also healthy to discuss illegal immigration — that is part of responsible citizenship. But when you start going after people like Peter Ndoro, who are in South Africa legally, and others who are even naturalised South Africans, it becomes clear that the issue is no longer about immigration. It is about targeting Africans — it is Afrophobia. There are many white Zimbabweans living in South Africa, some legally and some illegally, yet I have never heard anyone mention them. Instead, the focus is always on black Africans who are in South Africa legally and contributing to society. That is not about protecting borders or enforcing immigration laws — that is about self-hate, the internalised racism that drives some Africans to turn on their fellow Africans.

Hopewell Chin’ono

181,691 views • 10 months ago

While Nigerians flock into South Africa to insult South Africans and act like their country is the richest country in the world, they would rather fight South Africans than to go back to Nigeria. This is Ochanja market Onitsha where the state government generate 100s of millions daily as revenue. A market that the have brought to South Africa by force degrading South African Cities and put the entire country to the graylist.

While Nigerians flock into South Africa to insult South Africans and act like their country is the richest country in the world, they would rather fight South Africans than to go back to Nigeria. This is Ochanja market Onitsha where the state government generate 100s of millions daily as revenue. A market that the have brought to South Africa by force degrading South African Cities and put the entire country to the graylist.

PSAFLIVE

221,905 views • 3 years ago

Why Africa Must Reject IMF-Controlled Development Every time the IMF or World Bank arrives in Africa with a “rescue plan,” ordinary people are the ones forced to pay the price. Across the continent, these so-called reforms have weakened public institutions, cut social spending, reduced access to education and healthcare, and trapped countries in deeper cycles of debt. Kenya’s current austerity measures are not new. They follow the same logic as the Structural Adjustment Programs of the 1980s and 1990s, where African governments were told to cut, privatize, deregulate, and sacrifice public welfare in the name of economic discipline. But Africa cannot build strong nations by weakening schools, hospitals, industries, and public services Africa needs economic sovereignty. That means building local production, strengthening regional manufacturing, expanding intra-African trade, supporting African development banks, and creating financial systems that reduce dependence on Western-controlled institutions. Without that, external powers will keep dictating domestic policy, and Africans will keep carrying the cost.

Why Africa Must Reject IMF-Controlled Development Every time the IMF or World Bank arrives in Africa with a “rescue plan,” ordinary people are the ones forced to pay the price. Across the continent, these so-called reforms have weakened public institutions, cut social spending, reduced access to education and healthcare, and trapped countries in deeper cycles of debt. Kenya’s current austerity measures are not new. They follow the same logic as the Structural Adjustment Programs of the 1980s and 1990s, where African governments were told to cut, privatize, deregulate, and sacrifice public welfare in the name of economic discipline. But Africa cannot build strong nations by weakening schools, hospitals, industries, and public services Africa needs economic sovereignty. That means building local production, strengthening regional manufacturing, expanding intra-African trade, supporting African development banks, and creating financial systems that reduce dependence on Western-controlled institutions. Without that, external powers will keep dictating domestic policy, and Africans will keep carrying the cost.

The Spearhead

12,300 views • 3 months ago

There are many people in South Africa and in the USA who are working hard to tell the world that those of us who are concerned about the future of South Africa are exaggerating, or that we are busy with some dark agenda. Our greatest task is to gather support for solutions. But to have the conversation about solutions it is important that there is certainty about what exactly the problem is that needs to be solved. As far as Lex Libertas is concerned, the crisis can be summarized under three headings: 1. A destructive policy framework; 2. Disintegration of the state; and 3. The persecution of minorities. This is why the White Cross project is so important. We must give the world credible information about exactly what is happening in South Africa.

There are many people in South Africa and in the USA who are working hard to tell the world that those of us who are concerned about the future of South Africa are exaggerating, or that we are busy with some dark agenda. Our greatest task is to gather support for solutions. But to have the conversation about solutions it is important that there is certainty about what exactly the problem is that needs to be solved. As far as Lex Libertas is concerned, the crisis can be summarized under three headings: 1. A destructive policy framework; 2. Disintegration of the state; and 3. The persecution of minorities. This is why the White Cross project is so important. We must give the world credible information about exactly what is happening in South Africa.

Ernst Roets

21,115 views • 21 days ago

Because the South African government is not a vigilante group, it runs the state and states engage diplomatically not through insults on social media. President Cyril Ramaphosa knows exactly what he is doing, and in my view he is doing the right thing. Many South African companies have outgrown the South African market. Take MTN, for example. If you removed MTN from its African operations outside of South Africa, it would become a much smaller company because South Africa contributes only about 18% of MTN’s total earnings. The remaining 82% comes from its operations across the rest of Africa. As the MTN CEO explains below, those relationships have to be nurtured. You cannot allow xenophobia and Afrophobia to destroy them. These companies pay taxes in South Africa, and the profits they generate across the continent ultimately benefit the South African economy. Their expansion creates value for shareholders, supports jobs at home, contributes to tax revenue, and strengthens South Africa’s economic position. It would therefore be foolish for President Ramaphosa not to engage with his African counterparts. Failing to do so would damage not only diplomatic relations, but also trade and investment ties that are vital to South African companies operating across the continent. If African governments were to adopt a united position against South African businesses because of deteriorating relations, the South African economy would suffer significantly. That is why diplomacy is not a luxury; it is an economic necessity. Unfortunately, many of those fuelling these problems either do not understand how modern economies work or simply do not read enough to appreciate the importance of regional trade, investment, and economic interdependence.

Because the South African government is not a vigilante group, it runs the state and states engage diplomatically not through insults on social media. President Cyril Ramaphosa knows exactly what he is doing, and in my view he is doing the right thing. Many South African companies have outgrown the South African market. Take MTN, for example. If you removed MTN from its African operations outside of South Africa, it would become a much smaller company because South Africa contributes only about 18% of MTN’s total earnings. The remaining 82% comes from its operations across the rest of Africa. As the MTN CEO explains below, those relationships have to be nurtured. You cannot allow xenophobia and Afrophobia to destroy them. These companies pay taxes in South Africa, and the profits they generate across the continent ultimately benefit the South African economy. Their expansion creates value for shareholders, supports jobs at home, contributes to tax revenue, and strengthens South Africa’s economic position. It would therefore be foolish for President Ramaphosa not to engage with his African counterparts. Failing to do so would damage not only diplomatic relations, but also trade and investment ties that are vital to South African companies operating across the continent. If African governments were to adopt a united position against South African businesses because of deteriorating relations, the South African economy would suffer significantly. That is why diplomacy is not a luxury; it is an economic necessity. Unfortunately, many of those fuelling these problems either do not understand how modern economies work or simply do not read enough to appreciate the importance of regional trade, investment, and economic interdependence.

Hopewell Chin’ono

71,899 views • 1 month ago

[WATCH]: “In South Africa as a country, growing up black it’s a possibility that none of us can avoid, regardless of the path you choose - the fact of the matter is that the relationship that South Africans have with law enforcement is a relationship that needs to be worked on..”

[WATCH]: “In South Africa as a country, growing up black it’s a possibility that none of us can avoid, regardless of the path you choose - the fact of the matter is that the relationship that South Africans have with law enforcement is a relationship that needs to be worked on..”

Cllr. Kabelo Gwamanda

540,218 views • 1 year ago

As we celebrate and reflect on Africa Day today, it is important to qualify the intervention by South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola. What he says is correct, the issue of immigration in South Africa is indeed a crisis, and instead of focusing on peripheral issues, attention should be directed at the root causes, the push factors driving African migrants from countries such as Zimbabwe and Mozambique into South Africa, both legally and illegally. The fact of the matter is that we all know what the problem is: misgovernance. And the African National Congress, which has governed South Africa since 1994, is fully aware of this reality. Yet it has continued politically supporting the regimes in the region that have contributed to creating this crisis inside South Africa itself. We all know that ZANUPF rigs elections. We all know that it presides over a deeply corrupt system. We also know that some within the ANC benefit politically and materially from relationships with ZANUPF. So while Minister Lamola’s comments sound correct in principle, many people across the region have become sceptical because statements are repeatedly made, yet very little changes in practice. As we saw during the recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) foreign ministers’ meeting held in South Africa, Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister, Dr Amon Murwira, was effectively in denial, insisting there is no immigration crisis affecting Southern Africa or South Africa. As long as leaders continue issuing statements without confronting the underlying governance failures driving migration, this crisis will persist. This is fundamentally a crisis of failed leadership. That is why other parts of Africa, and indeed other regions of the world, often look at Southern Africa with disbelief. We know what the problem is, and we know what needs to be done, yet we refuse to act. Worse still, regional leaders continue defending and embracing the very political systems that are producing the collapse, namely ZANUPF in Zimbabwe and FRELIMO in Mozambique, even after disputed elections, corruption scandals, and institutional decay. It is not rocket science why Zimbabweans cross into South Africa to seek medical treatment. It is not rocket science why a significant number of women giving birth at Musina Hospital are Zimbabwean. It is because Zimbabwe’s public healthcare system has collapsed under corruption and decades of misgovernance. Zimbabwe’s largest public hospital still relies on a single maternity theatre built in 1977. The country’s public health sector has, for years, lacked a functioning radiotherapy cancer treatment machine for the entire nation. Under such conditions, desperate citizens will inevitably cross borders, legally and illegally, in search of survival and dignity. Tragically, it is ordinary poor Africans who now become pawns in political battles. Politicians exploit immigration to whip up emotions and win votes, while many of those same political actors continue protecting, legitimising, and enabling the governance failures that created the migration crisis in the first place. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) issued a scathing report on Zimbabwe’s 2023 election. Yet the first president to go and celebrate that disputed victory was South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. It therefore does not make sense for South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, to correctly speak about the root causes of the immigration crisis while his own government continues supporting and legitimising the very systems creating those root causes. After the SADC report was released, the Secretary-General of the African National Congress openly declared “Viva Mnangagwa.” That kind of duplicitous behaviour does not build confidence among citizens in South Africa or across Southern Africa.

As we celebrate and reflect on Africa Day today, it is important to qualify the intervention by South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola. What he says is correct, the issue of immigration in South Africa is indeed a crisis, and instead of focusing on peripheral issues, attention should be directed at the root causes, the push factors driving African migrants from countries such as Zimbabwe and Mozambique into South Africa, both legally and illegally. The fact of the matter is that we all know what the problem is: misgovernance. And the African National Congress, which has governed South Africa since 1994, is fully aware of this reality. Yet it has continued politically supporting the regimes in the region that have contributed to creating this crisis inside South Africa itself. We all know that ZANUPF rigs elections. We all know that it presides over a deeply corrupt system. We also know that some within the ANC benefit politically and materially from relationships with ZANUPF. So while Minister Lamola’s comments sound correct in principle, many people across the region have become sceptical because statements are repeatedly made, yet very little changes in practice. As we saw during the recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) foreign ministers’ meeting held in South Africa, Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister, Dr Amon Murwira, was effectively in denial, insisting there is no immigration crisis affecting Southern Africa or South Africa. As long as leaders continue issuing statements without confronting the underlying governance failures driving migration, this crisis will persist. This is fundamentally a crisis of failed leadership. That is why other parts of Africa, and indeed other regions of the world, often look at Southern Africa with disbelief. We know what the problem is, and we know what needs to be done, yet we refuse to act. Worse still, regional leaders continue defending and embracing the very political systems that are producing the collapse, namely ZANUPF in Zimbabwe and FRELIMO in Mozambique, even after disputed elections, corruption scandals, and institutional decay. It is not rocket science why Zimbabweans cross into South Africa to seek medical treatment. It is not rocket science why a significant number of women giving birth at Musina Hospital are Zimbabwean. It is because Zimbabwe’s public healthcare system has collapsed under corruption and decades of misgovernance. Zimbabwe’s largest public hospital still relies on a single maternity theatre built in 1977. The country’s public health sector has, for years, lacked a functioning radiotherapy cancer treatment machine for the entire nation. Under such conditions, desperate citizens will inevitably cross borders, legally and illegally, in search of survival and dignity. Tragically, it is ordinary poor Africans who now become pawns in political battles. Politicians exploit immigration to whip up emotions and win votes, while many of those same political actors continue protecting, legitimising, and enabling the governance failures that created the migration crisis in the first place. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) issued a scathing report on Zimbabwe’s 2023 election. Yet the first president to go and celebrate that disputed victory was South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. It therefore does not make sense for South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, to correctly speak about the root causes of the immigration crisis while his own government continues supporting and legitimising the very systems creating those root causes. After the SADC report was released, the Secretary-General of the African National Congress openly declared “Viva Mnangagwa.” That kind of duplicitous behaviour does not build confidence among citizens in South Africa or across Southern Africa.

Hopewell Chin’ono

27,308 views • 3 months ago

UDM Deputy President Nqabayomzi Kwankwa has told President Cyril Ramaphosa that the UDM stands with South Africans on the growing issue of illegal immigration. Kwankwa says the UDM is calling for the enforcement of South Africa’s laws, arguing that no country should be expected to turn a blind eye to undocumented immigrants. He further stated that those questioning why marchers are not targeting white illegal immigrants should understand that communities are addressing the challenges they face directly, saying African immigrants are the ones most often competing with locals for jobs, housing, and participation in the local economy. Kwankwa also argued that South Africa appears to be the only country where enforcing immigration laws is labelled as immoral, while other nations routinely enforce their immigration policies without facing the same criticism.

UDM Deputy President Nqabayomzi Kwankwa has told President Cyril Ramaphosa that the UDM stands with South Africans on the growing issue of illegal immigration. Kwankwa says the UDM is calling for the enforcement of South Africa’s laws, arguing that no country should be expected to turn a blind eye to undocumented immigrants. He further stated that those questioning why marchers are not targeting white illegal immigrants should understand that communities are addressing the challenges they face directly, saying African immigrants are the ones most often competing with locals for jobs, housing, and participation in the local economy. Kwankwa also argued that South Africa appears to be the only country where enforcing immigration laws is labelled as immoral, while other nations routinely enforce their immigration policies without facing the same criticism.

Inqubeko Media

94,962 views • 2 months ago