“ZUMA KZN SHUTDOWN CONTINUES”- https://youtu.be/h0Le2aLDNFw

“#FreeJacobZuma protests: ‘This is just the beginning,’ says son” - https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/freejacobzuma-protests-in-kzn-are-just-the-beginning-says-jacob-zuma-son-edward-zuma-kznshutdown/

Jacob Zuma's son, Edward Zuma says the ongoing #FreeJacobZuma protests in KZN over his father's incarceration are 'just the beginning'.

Former president Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward Zuma says the ongoing #FreeJacobZuma protests in KwaZulu-Natal are ‘just the beginning’. Protests continued to rock the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Friday night as ‘Zuma protestors’ continued to block national roads, highways and burn trucks in N3 near the Mooi toll plaza.

From as early as Friday morning, several major roads were closed in KZN namely; the N2, N3 and M7 which is a strategic cargo transit from the Port of Durban towards the inland, including provincial and municipal links.

WATCH: #FREEJACOBZUMA AND #SHUTDOWNKZN INTENSIFY

Zinhle Mngomezulu from Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) confirmed that 19 trucks were torched over night including a truck that carried cars in transit in Mooi River near the toll plaza. This brings the total number to 25, as of Saturday.

A Twitter account that is believed to belong to Zuma, he wrote: “They couldn’t ignore the reality forever, it’s wake up time now, the citizens of the country mean business, they want their president out of jail, kusazoshuba (it’s going to get tough/worse, when loosely translated). This is just the beginning.”

Edward Zuma was also at the forefront of those who tried to prevent his father’s arrest, he went as far as instructing MKMVA to block the gates in his father’s homestead, hours just before he was arrested. He also threatened to burn down a vehicle belonging to a media house during the chaos and unrest in Nkandla.

ZIKALALA CALLS FOR CALM IN KZN

KZN Premier, Sihle Zikalala called for calm and maximum adherence to the rule of law.

“It is reported and believed that the protests are about the incarceration of comrade Jacob Zuma. We understand the extreme anger of the people who are protesting. As a country and as a province we find ourselves in a very unusual and unique situation wherein we are dealing with the arrest of the former president of the ANC and the country.”

Zikalala called on those who are protesting to do so through peaceful means and avoid violence and destructions at all costs.

“We are fully conscious of the anger of the community but unfortunately, violence and destruction often affects and attacks people who are not involved,” Zikalala said.

“Where is our President? | South Africa (2021)”- https://youtu.be/r8FKHJH1q8o

Protests are happening in Kwazulu-Natal due to protests to free Jacob Zuma and our president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is nowhere to be seen or heard. This once again just speaks to the lack of leadership we have in this country and how citizens are left to fend for themselves.

Why can’t Cyril make the statement himself? See below article.

“Jacob Zuma latest: Ramaphosa breaks silence as KZN protests escalate” - https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/jacob-zuma-latest-where-is-president-cyril-ramaphosa-kzn-protest-escalate-saturday-10-july-freejacobzuma/

Violent protests are underway in KZN, with supporters of the former President – who was arrested earlier this week – leading the #FreeJacobZuma and #KZNShutdown movements in a bid to have Zuma released. Protestors have torched trucks near the N3 toll plaza, and major roads were closed while police arrested 27 people on Saturday.

“President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on communities in KwaZulu-Natal to desist from undermining the rule of law and inflicting damage on the economy,” the Presidency said in a statement.

“President Ramaphosa says the impact of public violence against the road freight industry and damage to freeways that serve as economic arteries will be felt also by the people organising and committing these crimes.”

The Presidency added that Ramaphosa says that “the reasons allegedly advanced for the violence in KwaZulu-Natal cannot be used to legitimise vandalism and public violence”.

SAPS ARREST 27 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN ZUMA PROTESTS

South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naiker said in a statement on Saturday afternoon that 27 suspects have been arrested since Friday.

“To this end, 27 suspects have been arrested since yesterday on various charges that include: public violence, business burglary, malicious damage to property, and contravention of the DMA lockdown regulations,” he said.

“This comes after an unconfirmed number of trucks were torched and looting of several businesses in the Mooi River CBD. Efforts are afoot to track and trace more suspects.”

“Shale gas drilling in the Karoo: AfriForum and TKAG submit formal comment”- https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/shale-gas-drilling-in-the-karoo-afriforum-and-tkag-submit-formal-comment/

AfriForum and Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG) have submitted formal comment to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on the new draft regulations regarding shale gas drilling.

The DWS was also notified by AfriForum of an irregularity regarding an extension of the comment period, requesting that the comment period should be reinstated with a minimum of a 60-day period as per best practice in affairs of this nature.

AfriForum’s Manager of Environmental Affairs, Lambert de Klerk, said that the civil rights organisation and its long-standing environmental partner, TKAG, would continue their opposition to shale gas drilling in the Karoo.

“These new draft regulations, and the process of shale gas mining which they would underpin, basically threatens water, rather than protecting it – and in our view works against the mandate and duty of the DWS – which is to safeguard South Africa’s water resources. In our formal comment as read with the technical concerns raised by the TKAG, we have submitted that the proposed water use regulations should be withdrawn in their entirety,” stated De Klerk.

Jonathan Deal, CEO of TKAG said that the group had a track record of success in dealing with the government on the regulations, the most recent being a unanimous decision in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) against the Department of Minerals.

“In our view, to float a set of technical regulations with a 30-day window for public comment is short-sighted. To do it in the middle of a State of Disaster, with more lockdown regulations looming, displays at best a careless arrogance around proper public consultation and as AfriForum has said it appears to ignore the duty of the DWS to safeguard precious water resources.”

De Klerk encouraged concerned citizens to stand up for their right to a clean and healthy environment by signing AfriForum’s petition against all fracking here. https://afriforum.co.za/afriforum-en-tkag-lewer-kommentaar-oor-skaliegasregulasies/

“Municipality spills blood into nature reserve, Kuruman”- https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/northern-cape/municipality-spills-blood-into-nature-reserve-kuruman/

AfriForum obtained new information on 8 July 2021, that in fact points to the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality as the culprit that spilled blood into a veld that forms part of a local nature reserve in Kuruman – and not the local abattoir, as previously reported.

AfriForum obtained wrong information that the local abattoir was spilling the bloody water. The organisation has in the meantime confirmed that the abattoir is paying the municipality monthly to pump the blood from their tanks and remove it. It is therefore the municipality that is spilling blood into the nature reserve.

AfriForum offers its apology to the affected abattoir.

AfriForum will now also write to the municipality to point out that the municipality is spilling the blood, as well as to demand that it takes steps to solve the problem. The letter and further evidence were also sent to the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Green Scorpions for further investigation.

AfriForum will not allow the municipality to continue with this illegal spilling that threatens the health of humans and animals alike. AfriForum will take the necessary steps to hold the guilty parties accountable.

Looking back at their ‘struggle’ during Apartheid, this is déjà vu. Is history repeating itself in South Africa?

“Why political killings have taken hold – again – in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal” at https://theconversation.com/why-political-killings-have-taken-hold-again-in-south-africas-kwazulu-natal-143908, written 2020. Below are excerpts.

A kind of civil war erupted in South Africa in the 1980s, and ran into the first half of the 1990s. The country was going through convulsions as the fight against apartheid gathered steam and the state reacted with increasing vehemence and violence.

The violence spread into many corners of South Africa. It also manifested itself in rivalries between organisation such as the Inkatha Freedom Party, then a Zulu-nationalist party that had reached accommodation with the apartheid military, with its base in what was then known as Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal, and the then banned African National Congress (ANC), and its internal wing, the United Democratic Front.

The violence between the Inkatha Freedom Party and the ANC started in Kwa-Zulu Natal and then spread through to the black residential areas of Johannesburg and Vereeniging, which lies about 60 km south of Johannesburg. It also spread to other parts of the country.

Within a decade an estimated 20,000 people had been murdered in this battle for supremacy, most in the four years between 1990 and 1994. [Now about 23 000 people are murdered in a year]

The arrival of democracy in 1994 marked the beginning of the end of this era. The political killings tailed off and by the close of the millennium they had fizzled out, with the ANC taking over from Inkatha as the dominant party in the KwaZulu-Natal, drawing Inkatha strongmen into its fold, including some of its most notorious killers.

But this political peace was short-lived. A new form of political violence broke out, again centred in KwaZulu-Natal, getting into its stride after Jacob Zuma became president in 2009.

This time it was not between parties and their warlords, and it had nothing to do with ideology and policy. Instead, it had everything to do with money.

According to researcher Mary De Haas’, around 90 municipal councillors, political party officials and senior municipal officials, have been murdered in KwaZulu-Natal since 2015. Most of the deceased were affiliated to the ANC, the party that governs both the province and the country.

The South African investigative journalist Greg Arde provides an impressively researched and well-written account of scores of political assassinations in the province in his book, War Party: How the ANC’s Political Killings are Breaking South Africa.

Some of the victims of the killings were honest councillors and officials who had sought to expose corruption over tenders, kickbacks, budgets and fund allocation. Others were rivals, competing for access to power and the goodies it could buy.

But none can match the continual spree of assassinations that characterise local and regional politics in KZN, which escalated during Jacob Zuma’s years in power.

Zuma replaced Thabo Mbeki as leader of the governing ANC in December 2007, and went on to become the president of the country in May 2009. The eThekwini Municipality, the biggest in Kwa-Zulu Natal, served as the key political base for Zuma’s rise to the presidency of the ANC.

His reign was characterised by high levels of corruption, ending in February 2018 when he was recalled by the ANC.

“Report of the Moerane Commission of enquiry into the underlying causes of the murder of politicians in Kwazulu-Natal”at http://www.kznonline.gov.za/images/Downloads/Publications/MOERANE%20COMMISSION%20OF%20INQUIRY%20REPORT.pdf or attached

>>14123440 - “Why political killings have taken hold – again – in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal” further states at https://theconversation.com/why-political-killings-have-taken-hold-again-in-south-africas-kwazulu-natal-143908

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In 2016, the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government appointed the advocate MTK Moerane to investigate killings in the province from 2011. He concluded in a report delivered to the government in 2018 that corruption was the backbone of South African politics, “and that’s the cause of the violence”.

No action was taken on the report which has simply gathered dust, as Arde shows. And the killings continued.

One of those who gave evidence to the inquiry was Professor Paulus Zulu. His explanation started with the contentious point that some local councillors wouldn’t qualify for jobs as labourers based on skill levels. Once elected they adjusted their lifestyles and clung to their jobs, ensuring, without scruple, that nothing would prejudice their new livelihoods. This often meant eliminating opposition, with competition most fierce at the bottom of the pyramid. He said (quoted in Arde’s book, page 70)

One either has the job or nothing at all. In the absence of qualifications, negative competition in the form of violence is the perfect recipe.

Arde is not afraid to go where the evidence leads. For example, he names the former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede who is on trial for massive corruption.

He shows how ANC branches and the councils they run have been taken over by criminal groups. This is often closely tied to the lawless taxi industry, which is the subject of several chapters. Again, Arde is not shy to name names.

What Arde does so well is to use the narrative from case studies framed around short biographies of the killers and their victims. In this way he reveals how the corruption and violence play out. Patterns emerge as he pieces these accounts together.

His prose is eloquent and exciting, and the stories he tells are based on exhaustive research. The result is a well-structured book that is never less than shocking. The horror it exposes makes for uncomfortable reading.

There are some gaps. For example, an account of how Zuma’s state capture project both encouraged and drew from the local level corruption in Kwa-Zulu Natal is missing. Also, the author makes no attempt to give a statistical breakdown of the violence, or to offer clear political prescriptions for solving it.

Pessimistic outlook

The picture Arde presents so compellingly does not invite an optimistic prognosis. There is an obvious danger of the current corruption-based violence spreading to other provinces.

Arde notes at the end of the book that the ANC has become a “war party”, one that helped liberate South Africa from the tyranny of apartheid but is now consumed by avarice.

Every day some of its members in power surely get up inspired to improve the lives of the poor and to commit themselves to such honest endeavour… But evidence shows that others, arguably a growing number, are getting up with murderous intent, prepared to kill one another in their quest for power or to satisfy their greed.

“Maponya Mall in Soweto being patrolled by community members”- https://youtu.be/QsfauDHPZTc. More info about the looters.

"eNCA reporter Silindelo Masikane reports from Soweto."

Ironically, this mall was built by a black man and opened by Nelson Mandela. Now they want to destroy it as well.

“Hunger or starvation will be a sad reality for many of those who have not prepped in South Africa”- https://youtu.be/zBoJcG2FJok

Hungry people will not target cell towers

“As Rioters Overwhelm Police, South African Civilians Step In”dated July 14, 2021, at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/as-rioters-overwhelm-police-south-african-civilians-step-in

“Our plan is to make sure that our taxi drivers must protect the malls,” Bafana Magagula, strategy manager for the South African National Taxi Council, said Wednesday by phone. “Any structure that is demolished where large groups of people are working, we are losing, it’s minus, minus. If we don’t protect those structures, at the end of the day we will be out of business.”

Some taxi operators aided Johannesburg metropolitan police officers to retrieve stolen goods. Community leaders also organized people to guard shopping malls in Gauteng, and the situation remained relatively calm there on Wednesday morning, said Vuyo Mhaga, a spokesman for the provincial Premier David Makhura.

“Our residents, community policing forums, local taxi associations, community and residential groups have come together to prevent lawlessness,” Randall Williams, the mayor of Tshwane, which includes the capital Pretoria, said in a statement. “Unabated looting and infrastructure destruction will have far lasting economic consequences such as job losses and closure of many small businesses.”

Private security contractors were deployed to guard fuel stations and other key facilities in KwaZulu-Natal. With more than 100 mobile-phone towers destroyed by protesters, the nation’s telecommunications regulator issued a direct plea to communities to help guard communications infrastructure.

“Any disruption of communication services could prove disastrous and result in increased mortality, as emergency calls may be directly impacted,” Keabetswe Modimoeng, the chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, said in a statement.

“People queueing for six hours to buy essential goods in KZN and Gauteng” – Part 1- https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/people-queueing-for-six-hours-to-buy-essential-goods-in-kzn-and-gauteng/

• People in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Johannesburg have been queueing for hours to buy essential items and fill up their petrol tanks amid fears of shortages.

• This follows widespread looting and unrest in the past week.

• Several petrol stations have reportedly run out of fuel.

• Many people are worried about food and medication shortages in the coming days.

Residents across KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng are spending up to six hours in snaking queues to buy essential items and fill up their tanks amid fears of shortages.

People we spoke to in Durban say they are starting to feel the aftermath of unrest and looting as basic items like bread and milk have been in high demand. Those who rely on public transport have also had a tough time getting around the city as most public transport has been suspended.

Sthembile Gumede from Chesterville said the line at the Superspar was already around the building when he arrived at 7am. “I couldn’t stay because by the time it would be my turn to go inside, it would be dark and I wouldn’t have transport to get home. The queue went around the entire mall. I then saw a cab passing by and asked the driver to take me to the Workshop where the queue was also long but bearable,” said Gumede.

Another shopper, Thuba Khumalo, who lives in a flat in Durban central said, “I came to buy everything I can because I can see a possibility of food shortage. I can manage other things but food is something that I cannot do without.”

“I fear that the supermarkets will also run out of food supply and what is going to happen to us? Most people are here to stock up because they know what is coming,” he said.

In addition to snaking queues for groceries, petrol stations have also been gridlocked. Several stations have reportedly already run out of fuel.

“I have been monitoring all social media platforms and groups to find out where I can buy fuel. I need to fill up but everywhere stations are either closed, vandalised or have run out,” said Simphiwe Nxumalo of Umbilo.

“This is so frustrating because we, as law-abiding citizens, are now facing the consequences of other people’s actions while they sit at home and enjoy their looted goods. I need fuel to be able to move around,” said Nxumalo.

In the queues, people are flouting Covid-19 safety measures such as social distancing, although many people were wearing masks.

“People queueing for six hours to buy essential goods in KZN and Gauteng” – Part 2- https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/people-queueing-for-six-hours-to-buy-essential-goods-in-kzn-and-gauteng/

In Kranskop, only one petrol garage is operating and people are only allowed R400 worth of fuel in a bid to accommodate everyone. “There is a long queue of cars but people are very patient and grateful that the garage is open. There are also two supermarkets that are operating here. I am a marshal and make sure that people get what they need without any disruptions,” said a man who did not wish to be named.

In Kranskop, northern KwaZulu-Natal, people are also queueing for essentials and petrol following the unrest in the province. Photo supplied

In Alexandra, Gauteng, people stood for hours in a long queue outside Alex Mall on Thursday. The mall is one of the only places open for people to do their shopping. Other shopping centres such as Alex Plaza and Pan Africa Mall, as well as spaza shops, were looted and burnt.

“I came here to deposit money for my children. I have been here since 8am and it is now almost 1pm but I am still waiting to go inside the mall,” said Sandile Myeni.

Lucky Mabiletsa, manager of Alex Mall, said, “We can’t expect people to travel outside of Alexandra for groceries right now. The added cost of travelling will strain people’s already strained finances. There are also elderly people in our community who are too frail to travel.”

Mabiletsa said only 50 people were being allowed into the mall at a time. “People collecting medication from Clicks don’t have to stand in the queue. They must just show us proof of the prescription and then we let them go through,” he said.

Mabiletsa said a private security company had been hired to guard the mall. “We were attacked on Sunday, we fought off people for about four hours … The people who tried to gain entry burnt the fence behind Shoprite and the substation at the bottom of the road,” he said.

While they are grateful that the mall is still open, some residents told GroundUp that they are frustrated by the long queues.

“If we had known that this was the situation, we would have organised people to protect our shops like people did in Dobsonville [Soweto],” said resident Augustina Nkwane. “What will we do when the food runs out at Alex Mall? Where will we go because they have destroyed all the other places? They have left so many people without jobs.”

Sally Ngozo said, “It makes me upset to see people queueing like this. Some of us are pensioners and it’s not okay for us to be standing outside for hours when it is this cold. But, we have no choice because our fridges are empty.”

“People who looted more goods than they needed have started selling them. I refuse to buy them because what they did was wrong. They have hurt our community,” she said.

“President Ramaphosa among world leaders targetted in the Pegasus Spyware scandal: Shenilla Mohamed”- https://youtu.be/U9zq3am2rWk

“President Cyril Ramaphosa finds himself among a group of 14 heads of state and government selected as people of interest by clients of spyware company NSO Group. This is revealed in a press release issued by Amnesty International suggesting that several world leaders might have had their phones hacked using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. For more now we are joined by Shenilla Mohamed, executive director of Amnesty International South Africa”

“Emmanuel Macron identified in leaked Pegasus project data” - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/emmanuel-macron-identified-in-leaked-pegasus-project-data

The leaked database at the heart of the Pegasus project includes the mobile phone numbers of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and 13 other heads of state and heads of government, the Guardian can reveal.

The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, are also listed in the data, which includes diplomats, military chiefs and senior politicians from 34 countries.

The appearance of a number on the leaked list – which includes numbers selected by governments that are clients of NSO Group, the Israeli spyware firm – does not mean it was subject to an attempted or successful hack. NSO insists the database has “no relevance” to the company.

Political figures whose numbers appear in the list include:

• The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who appears to have been selected by Rwanda in 2019.

• Emmanuel Macron, the French president, who appears to have been selected as a person of interest by Morocco in 2019. An Élysée official said: “If this is proven, it is clearly very serious. All light will be shed on these media revelations.”

• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director general, who also appears to have been of interest to Morocco in 2019.

• Saad Hariri, who resigned as prime minister of Lebanon last week and appears to have been selected by the UAE in 2018 and 2019.

• Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, who appears to have been chosen as a person of interest by Morocco in 2019, when he was prime minister of Belgium.

• King Mohammed VI of Morocco, who was selected as a person of interest in 2019, apparently by security forces in his own country.

• Saadeddine Othmani, Morocco’s prime minister, who was also selected as a person of interest in 2018 and 2019, again possibly by elements within his own country.

• Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, who was selected as a person of interest by India in 2019.

• Felipe Calderón of Mexico, the former president. His number was selected in 2016 and 2017 by what is believed to have been a Mexican client during a period when his wife, Margarita Zavala was running for the country’s top political job.

• Robert Malley, a longtime American diplomat who was chief negotiator on the US-Iran deal, and who appears to have been selected as a person of interest by Morocco in 2019. NSO has said its government clients are prevented from deploying its software against US numbers because it has been made “technically impossible”.

“The black population in South Africa are waking up to the ANC's deception”- https://youtu.be/B5VqchxG-bU

“The use of the race card is running out of steam as incompetent ANC ministers and inappropriate references to the past by Ramaphosa and other self-serving ANC leaders hell bent on corruption are now being recognised as the problem by their traditional African base.”

“Islam going mainstream in Nkandla”dated July 15, 2016, at https://salaamedia.com/2016/07/15/islam-going-mainstream-in-nkandla/

But a renewed effort is being made to introduce the broader South African population to the religion in recent years. Struggling against the media portrayal of Muslims as blood thirsty and hell bent on destroying everyone else, Muslims have been able to convey their message and many people have entered the faith from across the various racial, tribal and societal divides in South Africa.

On Saturday, 23 July 2016, a first of its kind event has been scheduled to take place in Nkandla, Kwazulu-Natal. The infamous town associated recently to the plus R250 million rand presidential scandal, will witness the the Zulu King, His Majesty, King Zwelethini and his followers officially introduced to the religion.

The event, organised and hosted by Muslim scholars from the Mkhize family who form an important part of the Zulu royal household, will also be attended by Shaykh Ibrahim Baye Haiba, tribal authorities, tribal Indunas, mayors and municipal councillors, Muslim scholars from Africa and religious leaders from other faith groups.

>>14380573

Keep in mind

“South African adherents of the terrorist group are already cropping up among insurgents in northern Mozambique.” dated 23 July 2020 at https://issafrica.org/iss-today/how-serious-is-the-islamic-state-threat-to-attack-south-africa

Ewi said Islamic State has sleeper cells in South Africa and has recruited South Africans into its ranks. Some of these extremists fought with the group in Syria, some are involved in Cabo Delgado, and others are lying low in various cities in the country. He advises Pretoria to tighten border control and surveillance, identify vulnerable populations and critical infrastructure, strengthen regional intelligence sharing and reinforce early response mechanisms.

What is worrying is that direct links between Islamic State elements in South Africa and those in Mozambique have already been detected. For example, security sources have revealed that two accomplices of Islamic State suspects in South Africa were identified by South African officials in a photograph which the Cabo Delgado insurgents recently posted. The two are linked to legal cases underway in South Africa.

“South Africa: A Rear Base for Jihadis” dated 11 April 2018 at https://eeradicalization.com/south-africa-a-rear-base-for-jihadis/

According to recent reports, both Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram have established training camps in South Africa.

There is history here. South Africa has a long tradition of jihadi groups and terrorist organizations operating training camps within its borders. Since the 1990s, Hamas, al-Qaeda and multiple Pakistani terrorist groups had more than a mere presence in South Africa – they were indoctrinating, recruiting and training South African Muslims. South Africa was also used as a rear base for laying low, preparing, and logistics.

Over the years the South African government has been aware of extremist activities within its borders. It observed them but did not respond. It is probably for just this reason that South Africa became popular with jihadi organizations and extremist groups.

Another active player in South Africa is Iran. Another leaked South African Intelligence document, titled Iranian Intelligence Service (MOIS) Operational Target Analyses and written in 2010 by the National Intelligence Agency, reported that the Iranian intelligence service was involved in training South African citizens inside South Africa. According to the report, regular training sessions were held in the Zakariyya Park Madrassa in Johannesburg to prepare South African and foreign students for a possible jihad against “USA aggression in the Middle East”.

Several Pakistani citizens attended training sessions at another training facility on a farm near Port Elizabeth. A third facility in Kwazulu Natal was a special training camp focused on Muslim students. The facility was led by a South African Muslim with jihadi credentials and with links to the Taliban.

“Violent extremism in South Africa Assessing the current threat” dated May 2017 at https://media.africaportal.org/documents/sareport7-v2.pdf

In the years following the 9/11 attacks in the United States (US), several allegations have emerged linking South Africa to international extremist organisations, along with incidents suggesting that South Africa has served as an operational base for individuals connected to extremist groups abroad. In addition, terror alerts issued by the US Diplomatic Mission to South Africa over the last two years have caused concern over potential attacks in the country. In 2014 the reach of international extremism became evident when reports emerged of South Africans travelling to the Middle East to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

“CONCERNS RAISED OVER SUSPECTED SOUTH AFRICAN INVOLVEMENT IN MOZAMBIQUE ATTACKS”dated 29 March 2021 at https://ewn.co.za/2021/03/29/concerns-raised-over-suspected-south-african-involvement-in-mozambique-attacks

Willem Els is a senior training coordinator on terrorism for the Institute for Security Studies.

He said that South Africa should be extremely worried about South Africans fighting alongside the insurgent group in Mozambique.

“As we know, the Hawks actually admitted there are 12 South Africans fighting with these people, so it’s possible that these South Africans are fighting with these people on the attack. There might be more, some assumed leadership positions within the group.

“They are gaining some experience there, some brutal attacks, some might even return as foreign-trained fighters back to South Africa.”

Els said that these South African militants might return home to South Africa as seen in the aftermath of the terror attacks in Syria as foreign-trained fighters.

The Department of International Relations has not yet been available for comment or clarity on these reports.

"A video from 2019 said that they wanted to replace the Mozambican government with sharia and that they would fight for the application of sharia in Mozambique, which is very strange."

“KwaZulu-Natal Killing Fields | Carte Blanche | M-Net”dated Jun 23, 2021, at https://youtu.be/DnX01F5FGHw

“With political position comes the power to dispense patronage. But the position now also comes with a target on the backs of KwaZulu-Natal’s iziNduna. Since January 2019, at least 27 iziNduna have been assassinated in cold blood, while several others have only narrowly escaped death. Carte Blanche sits down with a devastated widow as she details the threats and intimidation that haunted her husband before his brutal slaying. A reformed inkabi – or hitman-for-hire – reveals the political machinations and greed that feed the execution-style hits in a province where life is cheap and illegal guns plentiful.”

“Tale of two protests as South African Police Service confront a soft target | South Africa”dated Aug 20, 2021, at https://youtu.be/__bTz0btva4

“Policing should be done in an equitable manner but that is not the case in South Africa - here you have the proof.”

“Riots reloading? Leaked file details chilling plot for ‘Phase 2’ of unrest”dated 13 August 2021 at https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-riots-south-africa-what-happens-phase-2-what-date-more-unrest-plot/

Information from intelligence officials suggests that Phase 2 of the recent riots will move up a notch – with police stations and prisons listed as ‘vulnerable’.

A leaked document detailing ‘Phase 2’ of planned riots in South Africa has been picked up this week, after it was made public by the media. A report from intelligence officials details the steps police are set to take later this month, with an alleged plot to make the country ungovernable up for renewal.

PHASE 2 OF RIOTS ‘COULD HIT SA HARD’

There has been some debate over the July riots, and if they were actually part of an insurrection plan. However, should this leaked document have its facts right, the actions planned for Monday 23 August would certainly fit the bill.

The report – featured by Netwerk24 amongst others – states that the top instigators are looking to cause disruptions at police stations, military bases, and national key points. It’s claimed that the goal will be to steal MORE ammunition from some of the most secure locations in the country, in order to bring the state to its knees.

PLANS TO ‘RELEASE PRISONERS, TARGET COPS’ ALLEGEDLY IN THE PIPELINE

There are also chilling details about the potential for prisons to be targeted. Masses of rioters could be told to make their way to Correctional Service facilities and attempt to FREE inmates. State vehicles and municipal offices are also listed as ‘vulnerable’ in the report. However, this time around, the police seem to be more prepared.

Due to the information shared by intelligence officials, the following steps for Phase 2 are reportedly in place:

• No police officer will be working alone on Monday 23 August

• All cops on duty will be told to wear bulletproof vests – even those in charging offices

• All firearms will have to be stored in a safe place, or remain upon an officer’s person.

• Cops who don’t have their own vehicles must be fetched by colleagues or anyone who can drive them.

• Any threat made in relation to this plot must be taken seriously, by ALL members of the police force.

“Confirmation wide scale protests planned for South Africa on Monday 23rd August”dated Aug 19, 2021, at https://youtu.be/e3uAF1FyAO0

“Several reliable sources and unions have now confirmed a shut down of South Africa this Monday and warnings of rioting and looting - especially in KwaZulu Natal.”

Interview with Gen Izak van Zyl on 21 Aug 2021 is at https://lovinglifetv.com/live-gen-izak-van-zyl-leader-of-boerelegioen-updates-us-on-what-is-anticipated-in-s-africa-monday-23-august/. A good interview. Below are noteworthy statements;

32:36 – “My information is also the same Scott that there will be an orchestrated, a well-organized attempt to overthrow the government on Monday… That is the information and that is also the information we received from the police and from the safety structures on national level.”

33:11 – “What we saw in KwaZulu Natal was not communicated with any community beforehand however I know the police had the information and government also had information that there is going to be an orchestrated effort to make KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng ungovernable.”

Answer to who is behind this chaos from 42:11 – “I think it is joint forces operation between UmKhonto weSizwe, Zuma faction, don’t forget that there is very high level officers within the SANDF and SAPS who are also can be seen as traitors who are pulling the strings to make this coup de tat that they planned but I think the intelligence agencies within the country and the staats veiligheids raad [state security agency] are already aware of who the high level officers are, who are the high level politicians, the high level officials in other state departments who are part of the orchestrated planning to overthrow government. So the coup de tat is not a myth but a reality.”

1:55:53 – “ You know the biggest weapon in this whole threat that is facing us is communication and intelligence and everyone in South Africa can play a role of a counter insurgent in this regard. The smell of this whole thing is insurgency. These people who want to attack innocent people, who want to take over government, who want to attack national key points, who want to attack infrastructure, who want to attack government or parliament. That is the information. The intelligence around this is that every law abiding civilian can play a role in counter the insurgent and that is what we are. Boerelegioen are counter insurgents that is the role we are playing.”

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>Interview with Gen Izak van Zyl on 21 Aug 2021 is at https://lovinglifetv.com/live-gen-izak-van-zyl-leader-of-boerelegioen-updates-us-on-what-is-anticipated-in-s-africa-monday-23-august/.

2:06:12 –Scott displayed a police document signed on August 19th with the title, “Threat and risk assessment: Hotspots identified for the possible shut down in the Ethekwini outer north area.”- The content include the following;

Risk rating: Major

This office reports that posters are circulating calling for a “National Shutdown” by various Organisation affiliated to the ANC-MKVA, SANCO, SACP, and ANC Youth League. The date set for 23rd August 2021, from 9:00am and they plan to meet at Botha’s Park, Durban and will proceed to the ANC Provincial office.

There are various issues tabled, unverified vaccines, free education, Black Lives Matter. It is reported that the most salient point is that they want President Ramaphosa to resign from his office and also want former President Jacob Zuma to be released from prison.

A source reports that regarding the vaccines, former President Jacob Zuma’s faction within the ANC are now alleging that the current vaccines in South Africa are not verified. Information from a source indicates that former President Zuma’s faction want the vaccines from Russia, also known as “SPUTNIK” and from Cuba. Pro Zuma supoorters are against the vaccines that are coming from India.

A source has revealed that President Cyril Ramaphosa is soon to announce the arrival of a vaccine from Cuba, and his vaccine will be compulsory to every person in South Africa and persons will be arrested should they not take the vaccine. The source reveals that Pro Zuma supporters have threatened to destroy building and protest should this materialize.

The list of properties they listed as targets are water treatment plants, hospitals, banks, shopping centres, industrial parks, sugar mill, airport, etc..