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>>15175270 ————————————–——– Australia #20

>>14841879 ————————————–——– Balkan #9

>>15414595 ————————————–——– Canada #27

>>14262489 ————————————–——– France #5

>>15326406 ————————————–——– Germany #92

>>14586201 ————————————–——– Nederland #7

>>15422355 ————————————–——– Japan #4

>>14475779 ————————————–——– New Zealand #9

>>14493540 ————————————–——– Scotland #5

>>15139589 ————————————–——– UK #42

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Notables are NOT Endorsements

#6b

>>14095424 Montenegro Destroyed UNESCO World Heritage Site for Chinese Infrastructure Project

>>14106215 Explained: the Zulu connection to the eSwatini monarchy (video)

>>14123452 Report of the Moerane Commission of enquiry into the underlying causes of the murder of politicians in Kwazulu-Natal (attached pdf)

>>14181797 President Ramaphosa among world leaders targetted in the Pegasus Spyware scandal: Shenilla Mohamed (video)

>>14306177 Eskom confirms 'explosion' at Medupi Power Station (video)

>>14306473 SANDF at SABC | Reaction to SANDF deployment to the SABC: Hannes Du Buisson (video)

>>14377992 On Mo Shaik, spy allegations, arms deal and political conspiracy

>>14380573 Islam going mainstream in Nkandla

>>14380636 Concerns raised over suspected South African involvement in Mozambique attacks

>>14387303 Davos 1999 - Nelson Mandela” – World Economic Forum (video)

>>14388152 South Africans: Rothschilds are sucking the country’s economy

>>14389780 Newsroom: Bernard Hotz on Terrorism funding (video)

>>14389793 SA an attractive destination for terrorism funding networks

>>14444412, >>14444417, >>14444422, >>14444427, >>14444430, >>14444435, >>14444449, >>14444459 Harry Oppenheimer's empire ( Parts 1-8)

>>14444542, >>14444545, >>14444550 (Parts 1-3)

>>14453181 Rupert’s Grindrod Bank banks SASSA’s Billions

>>14465941 IMF Governance Reform: A Discussion on the Recommendations of the Committee” at Brookings Institution [Trevor Manuel/George Soros/etc.]

>>14465971 Rothchilds in South Africa: Trevor Manuel

>>14465979 Rothchilds in South Africa: Anton Rupert

>>14491196 The Secret Financial Network Behind "Wizard" George Soros

>>14491201 An American Oligarch’s Dirty Tale of Corruption” – Soros and former Liberian President Connection

>>14493029 Open Russia Foundation launched in US”, September 18, 2002 – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Jacob Rothschild

>>14493035 Arrested oil tycoon passed shares to banker” - Mikhail Khodorkovsky to Jacob Rothschild

>>14493044 Arnold [Schwarzenegger] meets Jacob Rothschild (September 24 2002) and Nicky Oppenheimer was there

>>14493083, >>14493091, >>14493097 Rothschilds african banker mineral rights (Parts 1-3)

>>14518766 Meet the daring South African pilot who saved displaced Afghan people (video)

>>14518792 A brief History of Organisation of African Unity (O.A.U (video)

>>14534575 Remembering General Jan Christian Smuts – Boer Legend, British Agent or Both?

>>14534589 Two fellow members of The South African Legion – Churchill and Smuts

>>14535427, >>14535435, >>14535437, >>14535440 Rusty Evans recalls the secret negotiations that eventually opened the way to South Africa's transformation (Parts 1-4)

>>14535464, >>14535471, >>14535476, >>14535480, >>14535497 Meet the Brazzaville Foundation [set up by Jean-Yves Ollivier] (Parts 1-5)

>>14539926, >>14539931, >>14539941, >>14539944, >>14539946, >>14539950. >>14539953, >>14539958, >>14539987, >>144539993, >>14539998, >>14540001, >>14540011 Ivor Ichikowitz, South African arms magnate

>>14569844 “Insurgents turn up the heat” – Mozambique, Ivor Ichikowitz

>>14569853, >>14569858, >>14570019 Paramount Group and Burnham Global

>>14570039, 14570051 Controversial South African defence entrepreneur basks in success: Ivor Ichikowitz (Part 1 & 2)

>>14570113, >>14570118 Making a killing: how private armies became a $120bn global industry (Parts 1 & 2)

>>14570131 tudebaker-Executive Outcomes forge US-South African alliance to rival Russia's Wagner

>>14579445, >>14579457, >>14579474, >>14579479 The Project for a New American Century and the Age of Bioweapons: 20 Years of Psychological Terror (Parts 1-4)

>>14585595 Gov't continues to splash funds on jet leases

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#6a

>>14585603 Questions of cost of Zuma's chartered flight to US

>>14585618 A Look Behind the Curtain of South Africa's Rainbow Nation

>>14602301 Ex-Special Forces Recce and POW, Wynand du Toit, reflects on Operation Argon (video)

>>14621688 Barclays’ private bankers serve ultra-rich, as watchdogs sound alarms

>>14621693 Bankers versus compliance

>>14621698, >>14621701, >>14621703 Ivor Ichikowitz and Barclays (Parts 1-4)

>>14622050, >>14622064, >>14622094, >>14622148 Should Maria Ramos Be In The PIC” – Barclays connection (Parts 1-4)

>>14622184 Ramaphosa and MTN’s offshore stash

>>14622196 Ramaphosa: From Bermuda to Mauritius” – MTN, Lonmin and Marikana Massacre

>>14622211 MTN accused of financing Iranian terrorist groups leaving thousands of American soldiers injured or dead

>>14629519, >>14629529 South Africa: Rightwing Threat” – CIA document ( Part 1 & 2)

>>14635779 Cyril Ramaphosa Owns McDonald’s SA And Now He Is Selling It

>>14636339 Meet the ultra-rich South Africans you’ve probably never heard of

>>14643390 Here are 24 of the richest people in South Africa

>>14643454 Douw Steyn, Saxon Hotel, Shambala Private Game Reserve, Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton (video)

>>14643532 STEYN CITY Take the Grand tour (video)

>>14650298, >>14650354 Negotiating liberation: How failing to do the maths cost a country its dream (Parts 1& 2)

>>14692871 Ethiopia Doesn't Play Makes Realest UN Speech on Enemies Fabricating Stories to Destroy Them (video)

>>14700619 Report on mining critcizes DeBeers

>>14706737 Bushmen 'moved for diamonds'

>>14716998 The Oppenheimer Empire

>>14739445 The Murder of Hammarskjold” – Kennedy, intelligence agencies, mining conglomerates connection

>>14739457 RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’

>>14739496, >>14739504, >>14739509, >>14739515 Coups and murder: the sinister world of apartheid’s secret mercenaries (Parts 1-4)

>>14760390 1960’s Assassinations – Dr Hendrik Verwoerd vs John F Kennedy (and RFK)

>>14791703, >>14791710 Mozambique honours Hendrik Verwoerd’s assassin, Dimitri Tsafendas, while SACP vows to erect tombstone (Part 1 & 2)

>>14833853, >>14833857 Truth and omission in the history of SWAPO (Parts 1 & 2)

>>14834354 Eswatini Protests | SA could impose targeted sanctions to help change things: Mlungisi Makhanya (video)

>>14878018 This company owns the world (and it's our fault) – BlackRock (video)

>>14899134 Unreported World investigates the dirty business of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (video)

>>14900270 “[Rheinmetall] Denel munitions factory explodes into fireball

>>15004763 Wealthy families, encouraged by Henry Kissinger’s lawyer, sank over $400M into Theranos” – mentions that the Oppenheimers and Kissinger are friends

ANC Bun

>>14135344 "There was a plot to remove our govt" – ANC confirm insurrection claims

>>14136024 Zulu leadership reaching out to white leaders for direction post ANC | South Africa (video)

>>14181830 The black population in South Africa are waking up to the ANC's deception (video)

>>14187850, >>14187853 All the companies Johann Rupert owns (Parts 1 & 2)

>>14306499 Duduzane vs Cyril: Zuma Jnr targets ANC leadership ‘by 2022’

>>14328267 African National Congress | Death threats against Duarte (video)

>>14386597, 14386602, >>14386604, >>14386608 Night of the generals; Increasing surveillance of ANC dissidents and burglaries of journalists and activists point to paranoia at the top (Parts 1-4)

>>14444036 KZN is the breaking point for ANC rule - here's why (video)

>>14444347, >>14444353 South Africa: the liberation's betrayal (Parts 1 & 2)

>>14485217, 14485223 The True Motivation behind the ANC’s Deal with Communist China: Anti-Western Hatred (Parts 1 & 2)

>>14525072 Apartheid Spies in the ANC today (video)

>>14540663 UK charity with ANC heavyweights on board accused of laundering Congo autocrat’s reputation

>>14630837, >>14630859, >>14630865, >>1430874, >>14630942, >>14630952, >>14630955, >>146300964 The Corruption Of The Anc Predates Codesa – Never Mind Jacob Zuma’s Presidency (Parts 1-8)

>>14765579 Early in the 1990s, there were regular lunches between Mr. Mandela and Harry Oppenheimer (video)

Service Delivery and Infrastructure Bun

>>14202369 Port cyber attack: Now Road freighters concerned about goods” – Durban Port

>>14602754 There's Something Fishy About The Karpowership Deal (video)

>>14807840 S.African port operator Transnet declares force majeure at Richards Bay terminal

>>14809089 R6 million spent on unused stadium (video)

>>14809738 Beitbridge Border | Heavy congestion at crossing (video)

>>14866120 “SA to jump to Stage 4 load shedding until Friday

>>14878865 Human Rights Commission to investigate Johannesburg power cuts (video)

>>14878870 Eskom fears for Koeberg, as skilled workers ditch nuclear plant

>>14878898 Reaction to Minister Gordhan and Eskom's response to load shedding: Ted Blom (video)

Covid Bun

>>14087051 New Wuhan linked emails show nine grants from Fauci’s NIAID to EcoHealth for bat coronavirus research

>>14101019 Not Making Headlines: New Study Shows Children in UK Have 99.995% Chance of Surviving COVID-19

>>14161805 George Soros And Bill Gates’ Backed Consortium To Buy U.K. Maker Of Covid Tests For $41 Million

>>14594033 News station gets flooded with vaccine horror stories

>>14635900 “We Say No!” Worldwide Rally for Freedom 18 Sept 2021 Cape Town, South Africa (video)

>>14635946 “The public is invited to comment on, object to, or support mandatory vaccinations for Covid-19.” – South Africa (video)

>>14636189 Salim Abdool Karim in his own words about COVID - member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Science Council (video)

>>14746160 Dr. Peter McCullough MD on Covid Early Treatment and Prevention 9/24/2021 (video)

>>14779840 Police BRUTALITY at Protest against Mandatory jabs | Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa (video)

>>14779921 Man gets pushed by Police at Protest (video)

>>14785008 Constitutional Court Filing - Feedback and Related Matters (video)

>>14785052 State vs Maarman | Ricardo Maarman gives a statement after ruling (video)

>>14785106 My HIV/AIDS investigation, and the parallels to the COVID hoax

>>14982273 Gravitas: Revealed: How Pfizer blackmails countries for shots (video)

South Africa Violence and Crime Bun

>>14100752 Police warn criminals in Kwanobuhle [Eastern Cape] that their acts will not be tolerated”

>>14127817 Farm murder of Brendin Horner investigation: 5 cops, 2 animal brokers arrested for stock theft

>>14148095, >>14148099, >>14148104, >>14148107, >>14148115, >>14148117, >>14148120, >>14148123 The Smit murders [1977]: Re-examined” – International Involvement (Parts 1-8)

>>14148132 Joe Trento's 1980 article on the Smit murders

>>14148140 South Africa’s Greatest Unsolved Political Crime” – “RAU TEM”

>>14148148 South Africa’s Greatest Unsolved Political Crime – How the plot unraveled

>>14202364 Soldier [Captain] arrested for cash-in-transit heist

>>14207557 Bongani Bingwa Chats with Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng” – About law enforcement and ‘philanthropy’ (video)

>>14299440, >>14299444, >>14299450, >>14299455, >>14299459 Paul Kagame is a very bad man (Parts 1-5)

>>14306483 Astonishing amount of firearms and ammunition stolen from Gauteng Police

>>14387283 How Bheki Cele is terrorising the poorest people in South Africa” and dwindling middle class (video)

>>14444028 Statistics show increase in violent crimes” – 1 April to 30 June 2021 (video)

>>14446687 Babita Deokaran: Murdered official ‘uncovered corruption, provided crucial evidence (video)

>>14586743 Ramaphosa & Cele free close to 100 000 violent criminals without DNA-sampling

>>14700759 The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds” - De Beers and other foreign mines criminality in Namibia (video)

>>14718455, >>14718470, >>14718481, >>14718486 The BAT [British American Tobacco] whistle-blower: Francois van der Westhuizen” – (Rupert Connection) (Parts 1-4)

>>14725277 Pandora Papers: 56, 000 links to South Africa exposed in tax fraud probe (video)

>>14809095 Update: DNA backlog (video)

>>14809563 Suspected political-related killings have increased in the run-up to local government elections on November 1

>>14878430 “Crime in SA | "John Wick" allegedly guns down gang members (video)

>>14997078 Tembisa 10: Independent Media claims state hospitals are involved in human trafficking (video)

>>15026591 Human trafficking victims: 50 men found in a Johannesburg house (video)

>>15026595 Beitbridge Border Bribes (video)

>>15035730 Baby Trade: Tracking the Truth (video)

State Capture Inquiry Bun

>>14444501, >>14444526, >>14444531 ( Parts 1-3)

Jacob Zuma and Rioting Bun Part One

>>14095790 Zuma KZN SHUTDOWN shutdown continues (video)

>>14095802 Where is our President? | South Africa 2021 (video)

>>14100755 Pro-Zuma protests | One person shot and killed” – Protests spread into Gauteng (video)

>>14100760 Protests flare up in Hillbrow, Johannesburg (video)

>>14100763 Zuma incarceration | More protests expected across KZN (video)

>>14100937 Zuma Incarceration | Crowd tries to loot factory [liquor outlet]” – Marianhill near Pinetown (video)

>>14100948 KZN ‘Free Jacob Zuma’ protests turn to looting sprees” – Protests spread to Limpopo as well

>>14101143 Shops looted in JHB CBD (video)

>>14107094 Durban riots latest: Watch SANDF confirms deployment to support police

>>14107100 They can’t kill us all’: Malema urges EFF to join riots as SANDF deployed

>>14107118 State of Emergency Declared (video)

>>14107220 I speak to a SAPS member in KZN about the riots (video)

>>14107274 Unrest across the country (video)

>>14113650 Latest headlines concerning the riots in South Africa

>>14113661 Ramaphosa: Riots will threaten food security ‘within a matter of weeks’

>>14113686 Eskom and Metrorail temporarily suspends services amid violent protests

>>14113695 ‘Ex-SSA agents, right-wing extremists may be leading these riots’ – [State Security Agency] minister” and Bheki Cele “warned community members ‘not to take the law into their own hands’

>>14114474 South Africa’s top companies, including Vodacom and MTN, shut shops amidst riots (video)

>>14114529 President Cyril Ramaphosa & Boerelegioen's General Izak van Zyl makes public announcements (video)

>>14114534 Violence in SA | Is a third force at play? (video)

>>14114852 The culture of darkest Africa destroying the once bright future of South Africa (video)

>>14120941 South Africa burns - the ring leaders behind the anarchy make themselves known (video)

>>14120982 “Let's make millionaire and, more recently, looter Mabuso Maloi famous | South Africa (video)

>>14120987 LETS MAKE THEM FAMOUS: Two SAPS caught looting last night (video)

>>14123440 Looking back at their ‘struggle’ during Apartheid, this is déjà vu. Is history repeating itself in South Africa?

>>14123534 Maponya Mall in Soweto being patrolled by community members (video)

>>14127804 LOOK: Food shelves emptied out – parts of SA gripped by ‘panic buying

>>14127810 Riots latest: Fury as looters ‘steal COVID-19 vaccines’ from pharmacies

>>14128140 South Africa on fire (video)

>>14128158 South African Heroes (video)

>>14128595 “Multiple bodies found at Makro store (video)

>>14135353 Sabotage in KZN | School burnt to the ground in Pinetown (video)

>>14135363 Violent anarchy: you were WARNED | Frans Cronje (video)

>>14135438 As Rioters Overwhelm Police, South African Civilians Step In

>>14142345, >>14142346 People queueing for six hours to buy essential goods in KZN and Gauteng (Part 1 & 2)

>>14173780 Wednesday, 21 July 2021. Our plan is evolving with the changing situation in South Africa” – Wynand du Toit (video)

>>14173787 Thursday, 22 July. Is the stolen ammunition and violence a prelude to war?” – Wynand du Toit (video)

>>14174024 SA riots: Probe launched after ‘1.5 million rounds of ammunition’ looted

>>14181140 Military intelligence analyst speaks on violence in SA (video)

>>14181179 As chaos continues in South Africa food is running low for citizens (video)

>>14181188 Armed South African citizens fire on citizens during chaotic unrest (video)

>>14207552 Phoenix violence: The real problem is not race, but the police’s incompetence

>>14388116, >>14388121, >>14388130, >>14388139 Middle East Bankers Behind Jacob Zuma’s White Hate Speech And Land Grabs (Parts 1-4)

>>14428611 Riots reloading? Leaked file details chilling plot for ‘Phase 2’ of unrest

Jacob Zuma and Rioting Bun Part Two

>>14446537 Violence in SA | Reports of unhappiness among troops (video)

>>14514419, >>14514435 Jacob Zuma interview (videos)

>>14526311 UN agencies pledge support to help rebuild KZN following looting, violence and destruction

>>14529703 Zuma's Request To The ANC Will Shocks South African (video)

I was permabanned by the "OSS" persona BV. General Research at /qresearch/ has a new Borad owner and that bv is gone, bans are being lifted but there are a great many of them and it is taking time.

Great to get a bread going to hear from old friends again. Baker did miss all of you quite terribly

South Africa, let us know what is really going on!

>>15494023

Apologies!

Got a new bread going and typo right away. Should say "new Board owner"

Really did miss you all. Unless Main Stream Media can say "Ebola" there will be almost nothing said about the entire Continent. Honestly, maritime sites are more likely to report any news (like the China-built port in Kenya) than anywhere else

Here it is, the dough my Frens:

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>>15494438 (me)

Maybe better with more visibility:

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Ex-South African president appeals ruling in corruption case

By Mogomotsi Magome | AP January 31, 2022

JOHANNESBURG — Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday continued with legal proceedings to remove the prosecutor in his corruption.

Zuma’s lawyers are appealing the court’s rejection of his application for prosecutor Billy Downer to be removed, saying he is biased and unfit to lead the prosecution. Zuma’s lawyers have also accused Downer of leaking documents related to his case to the media.

His initial application for Downer to be removed was dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Oct. last year.

Zuma is facing corruption charges linked to the country’s controversial 1999 arms deal in which he is alleged to have received bribes from French arms manufacturer Thales through his financial advisor Schabir Shaik, who has already been convicted of corruption for that transaction.

In a separate case last year, Zuma was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for defying an order of the Constitutional Court to appear before a judicial investigation into allegations of corruption while he was president from 2008 to 2019.

Zuma, 79, went to prison in July and a few months later was released on medical parole. The courts have ruled that the parole was invalid and that Zuma should go back to prison, but his lawyers are appealing that decision.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ex-south-african-president-appeals-ruling-in-corruption-case/2022/01/31/a488df8a-82a2-11ec-951c-1e0cc3723e53_story.html

South Africa's rand recovers, central banks in focus

Contributors Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo Reuters

Nqobile Dludla Reuters

Published

Jan 31, 2022 10:45AM EST

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 31 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand firmed on Monday, regaining some ground after weakening last week when the country's central bank signalled a gradual pace of policy tightening and expectations grew for aggressive U.S. rate hikes.

At 1529 GMT, the rand ZAR=D3 traded at 15.4700 against the dollar, 0.83% firmer than its previous close.

Last week, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points in a "measured" move, but its forward guidance was less hawkish than the market had positioned for.

In contrast, bets for U.S. rate hikes increased on a hawkish shift by the Federal Reserve.

"Market expectations on interest rates are likely to eventually become more rational, but sensitivities remain high this quarter," Annabel Bishop, a Chief Economist at Investec, wrote in a note.

Focus in the week remained on central banks, with key Australian, UK and European central bank meetings taking place in the days ahead.

Locally, the trade surplus narrowed to 30.14 billion rand ($1.94 billion) in December from a surplus of 35.83 billion rand in November.

In the equity market, stocks were buoyed by mobile operator MTN Group MTNJ.J, tech stocks and a rise in commodity prices, with the Johannesburg All-Share index .JALSH up 1.16% to 74,304 points, while the Top-40 index .JTOPI climbed 1.19% to 67,820 points.

MTN topped the blue-chip index, surging 10.11% to 191.97 rand, a just over six-year high. Its biggest operation, MTN Nigeria Communications MTNN.LG, reported a strong set of full-year financial results on Friday, with margin improvement across the board and a spike in profits.

Oil rose on Monday as a supply shortage and political tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East put prices on track for their biggest monthly gain in almost a year.

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JOHANNESBURG, Jan 31 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand firmed on Monday, regaining some ground after weakening last week when the country's central bank signalled a gradual pace of policy tightening and expectations grew for aggressive U.S. rate hikes.

At 1529 GMT, the rand ZAR=D3 traded at 15.4700 against the dollar, 0.83% firmer than its previous close.

Last week, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points in a "measured" move, but its forward guidance was less hawkish than the market had positioned for.

In contrast, bets for U.S. rate hikes increased on a hawkish shift by the Federal Reserve.

"Market expectations on interest rates are likely to eventually become more rational, but sensitivities remain high this quarter," Annabel Bishop, a Chief Economist at Investec, wrote in a note.

Focus in the week remained on central banks, with key Australian, UK and European central bank meetings taking place in the days ahead.

Locally, the trade surplus narrowed to 30.14 billion rand ($1.94 billion) in December from a surplus of 35.83 billion rand in November.

In the equity market, stocks were buoyed by mobile operator MTN Group MTNJ.J, tech stocks and a rise in commodity prices, with the Johannesburg All-Share index .JALSH up 1.16% to 74,304 points, while the Top-40 index .JTOPI climbed 1.19% to 67,820 points.

MTN topped the blue-chip index, surging 10.11% to 191.97 rand, a just over six-year high. Its biggest operation, MTN Nigeria Communications MTNN.LG, reported a strong set of full-year financial results on Friday, with margin improvement across the board and a spike in profits.

Oil rose on Monday as a supply shortage and political tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East put prices on track for their biggest monthly gain in almost a year.

Meanwhile spot palladium XPD= rose 0.6% to $2,390.30 by 1523 GMT, with the auto-catalyst metal set for a monthly gain of nearly 26%, its best since February 2008. Platinum and Silver prices were also up. GOL/

Higher prices pushed the mining index .JMINI up 3.79%, with Impala Platinum IMPJ.J topping that index as it closed 5.46% stronger.

In fixed income, the yield on the benchmark 2030 government bond ZAR2030= was down 2.5 basis points to 9.400%.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/south-africas-rand-recovers-central-banks-in-focus-0

A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’

Struggling even before Covid, communities are taking it upon themselves to try to fill the gaps left by the government

by Jason Burke in Thembokwezi, Graaff-Reinet and Franschhoek January 4, 2022

One evening a week, Natasha Msweswe and Zanele Madasi leave their children at home and set out to patrol the streets of Thembokwezi. They return at midnight. This is potentially very dangerous but they feel they have little choice.

“It can be scary but we want to protect our community,” said Madasi, 31. “We want to make a difference.”

Thembokwezi is a neighbourhood of Khayelitsha, a sprawling, overcrowded township overlooked by Table Mountain that has long been infamous for high levels of gang violence, drug abuse and unemployment. South African police are stretched very thin and so a network of neighbourhood watch organisations play a key role in fighting crime here. Thembokwezi is more prosperous and safer than much of the rest of the township, and those who live here want to keep it that way.

“We work with the police of course … but if we fold our arms as a community, the criminals will run amok,” said Phindile George, the leader of the Thembokwezi neighbourhood watch, which counts 50 volunteers including Msweswe and Madasi among its members.

Across South Africa, tens of thousands of people are making similar resolutions. Some teach, secure reliable electricity supplies, organise vaccination drives, repair roads, deliver protective gear to hospitals or distribute water. Many work almost alone, others in NGOs or for wealthy businesses that are now setting aside large sums for philanthropic work.

What all share is an almost total lack of faith in South Africa’s government to provide any kind of a solution for their problems. “People have given up on the state as a protector … There is a massive loss of faith. It’s a tragedy,” said William Gumede, a respected analyst and academic in Johannesburg.

The retreat of the state from everyday life in the continent’s most developed country has widespread consequences, changing the way people think, behave and interact, especially in a time of crisis. The death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who was almost universally revered, provided a moment of paradoxical hope as well as grief: reminding many South Africans of what they have in common after many months where circumstances have conspired to drive them apart.

Most South Africans were suffering even before Covid struck, and discontent with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), in power since the end of the racist, repressive apartheid regime in 1994, has been growing for years. Economic growth was already slowing even before the nine-year rule of Jacob Zuma, the populist president ousted in 2018 amid widespread corruption allegations.

Despite the good intentions of the current president, Cyril Ramaphosa, a former labour activist turned tycoon, there has been little to celebrate since. The pandemic has delivered a series of crushing blows to the economy. Rolling power cuts shut down businesses and factories for weeks on end, while the public healthcare system has been lethally undermined by mismanagement and corruption.

The government claims 90,000 South Africans have died from Covid, but reliable excess mortality figures suggest the real death toll is between two and three times higher. Depending on the definition, unemployment could be as high as 46.6%.

In July, in the worst breakdown in public order for decades, hundreds of shopping malls were looted, warehouses torched and key infrastructure targeted across a swath of South Africa. Much of the violence appears to have been instigated by renegade factions within the ruling party, angered by the jailing of Zuma on contempt of court charges. This shook faith in the state too, and a few people turned to vigilante violence.

The neighbourhood watch in Thembokwezi aims to reinforce official efforts, but in a rougher part of Khayelitsha a community has come together to confront local authorities. When a strict lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 led to widespread illegal evictions, hundreds of homeless people occupied a patch of wasteland and built homes of tin and wood.

“For years the politicians said they would use this land for homes for us. They failed to fulfil their promises … So we decided to take it over and do it ourselves,” said Mabhelandile Twani, 40, a community leader.

More:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/a-crisis-of-faith-in-south-africa-people-have-given-up-on-the-state

Anglo American Platinum Sells 50% Interest in South Africa Project to Sibanye-Stillwater

Published: Jan. 31, 2022 at 1:27 a.m. ET

By Anthony O. Goriainoff

Anglo American Platinum Ltd. said on Monday that it sold its 50% interest in the Kroondal and Marikana Pool-and-share Agreements to Sibanye-Stillwater Ltd. for 1 rand (6 cents).

The South African miner said the conditional transaction will extend the project's life-of-mine, and that Sibanye will take over all closure costs and rehabilitation liabilities.

"By enabling Kroondal to mine through the boundary at Sibanye-Stillwater's Rustenburg operations, we will extract our attributable share of the Kroondal reserves more quickly and efficiently than under the previous mine plan, unlocking greater value for Anglo American Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater," the company said.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/anglo-american-platinum-sells-50-interest-in-south-africa-project-to-sibanye-stillwater-271643610446

South African Coffee Industry Landscape to 2025 - Featuring AVI, Caffeluxe and Chilla Beverage Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

January 28, 2022

DUBLIN(BUSINESS WIRE)Jan 28, 2022–

The “South African Coffee Industry Landscape Report 2021” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

This report provides a dynamic synthesis of industry research and carefully uncovers the South African Coffee market, based on the latest intelligence and research. This Industry Landscape Report provides a holistic perspective of the Coffee market, including the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the potential future impact it will continue to have on the market.

In particular, it provides detailed insights into the entire value chain - from manufacturing to retailing, as well as a pricing analysis. Furthermore, the report provides an overview and insights into the latest global and South African market trends, innovation and technology, drivers and challenges, to present an objective insight into the South African Coffee market environment and its future.

Key Questions This Report Answers

The South African Coffee Industry Landscape Report 2021 provides a holistic overview of the global and South African market and will help answer the following questions:

For the Global Coffee Industry Section

What are the current market dynamics (overview, market environment, and regional overview) of the Global Coffee industry?

What are the latest Global Coffee industry trends, innovation and technology, drivers, and challenges?

For the South African Coffee Industry Section

What are the current market dynamics of the South African Coffee Industry - market size, market value, market volumes: 2015-2020 Actual, 2021-2025 Forecasts (including the impact of COVID-19), distribution channels, sustainability?

What are the latest South African Coffee industry trends, innovation and technology, drivers, and challenges?

For the South African Coffee Manufacturer & Distributor Section

Who are the key manufacturing players, distributors and importers/roasters in the South African Coffee industry?

Which popular Coffee brands and products do the respective companies manufacture/distribute?

For the South African Coffee Retail and Pricing Analysis Section

Who are the key retail players (retail outlets, franchised and independent Coffee shops, and supermarkets) in the South African Coffee industry?

What are the prices of popular Coffee brands (OOH, instant, fresh and ground, beans, capsules and Ready-To-Drink Coffee) across South African retail outlets?

Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically stirred up the global and local Coffee industries. Increased demand has been witnessed within the Coffee industry, largely driven by consumers staying home due to pandemic-related restrictions, but still wanting to enjoy their favourite Coffee drinks. This has led to more consumers seeking out at-home alternatives to their favourite Coffee orders, as well as brewing advice and equipment, to improve their at-home Coffee experience.

In South Africa, the local Coffee market experienced positive growth, in terms of off-trade retail value RSP at constant 2020 prices, achieving a 2.1% year-on-year growth relative to 2019. This increase is expected to continue, with the market forecast to grow at a CAGR of 2.5% between 2021 and 2025. This growth, both globally and locally, is being driven by several factors, including the increase in at-home Coffee consumption.

More:

https://apnews.com/press-release/business-wire/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-covid-19-pandemic-d0febeeb2a4f426c8dffa1677055924d

>>15528372

Four years, no proof yet

South Africa's Eskom to reduce power cuts from 9 p.m. local time

Contributor Alexander Winning Reuters

Published Feb 4, 2022 10:10AM EST

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - South African state-owned power utility Eskom said on Friday it would reduce scheduled power cuts from 9 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) following an improvement in generation capacity.

Eskom had been implementing "Stage 2" power cuts which require up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) to be shed from the national grid, but it said they would be reduced to "Stage 1" requiring up to 1,000 MW to be shed until 0300 GMT on Monday.

"While there has been an improvement in the generation capacity, and a significant recovery in the emergency generation reserves, caution is still called for as this is not sufficient to suspend loadshedding (power cuts) at this point," Eskom said in a statement.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/south-africas-eskom-to-reduce-power-cuts-from-9-p.m.-local-time

Approval of COVID vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years, WHO says

Reuters February 4, 2022

Feb 4 (Reuters) - The mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine produced at the World Health Organization-backed vaccine hub in South Africa could take up to three years to get approval if companies do not share their technology and data, a WHO official said on Friday.

The WHO-backed tech transfer hub in South Africa was set up in June to give poorer nations the know-how to produce COVID-19 vaccines, after market leaders of the mRNA COVID vaccine, Pfizer (PFE.N), BioNTech (22UAy.DE) and Moderna (MRNA.O), declined a WHO request to share their technology and expertise.

Martin Friede, coordinator of the WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research, said if companies with approved COVID vaccines or late stage clinical data shared their technology and data with the consortium, the vaccine produced in South Africa could be approved in 12 to 18 months.

"..It could be 12 months if there was a partnership with a company that already has an approved vaccine. Otherwise, it's more like 24 to 36 months depending on what the approval process is."

On Thursday, South Africa's Afrigen Biologics, which was part of WHO's consortium, said it has used the publicly available sequence of Moderna's mRNA vaccine to make its own version of the shot.

The WHO has been trying to persuade Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to join forces with its African tech transfer hub.

Friede said the vaccine will be going into first clinical trials in fourth quarter of this year.

"Now have the challenge of having to scale this up. And this is of course where we're going to run into some challenges."

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/approval-covid-vaccine-made-south-africa-could-take-3-years-who-says-2022-02-04/

==In South Africa, The End Of The Covid Pandemic Is In Sight

Christopher Elliott Feb 5, 2022

The pandemic has all but ended in South Africa. Sure, there are still signs warning everyone to maintain a social distancing. And people continue to wear masks in public. But talk to South Africans, and you get the sense that it is, as they say in the American South, all over but the shoutin'.

The way South Africa successfully handled the latest wave of the pandemic offers a preview of what could happen elsewhere. That's because it's a few weeks ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to the highly infectious omicron variant. A massive wave of infections hit South Africa in mid-December but crested by early January. The daily new-infection rate is now around 3,000, roughly the same as in mid-September.

The end of the pandemic is fascinating to watch up close here in South Africa. South Africans seem to be a few steps ahead of the government, slowly removing their masks and resuming normal social activity days or weeks before it's officially allowed. It's not happening a moment too soon for South Africa's beleaguered tourism industry, which took an omicron-size hit in December when many countries banned travel to and from South Africa. But there is finally a sense that this pandemic is in its final stages.

No country needs that more than South Africa.

How did Covid-19 affect South Africa?

Covid-19 has hit the South African economy hard. A recent report by the World Bank predicted a modest bounce-back for 2021, with a 4% growth rate. But that was before omicron slammed the brakes on the country's recovery. Even if that hadn't happened, growth was expected to slow to 2.1% this year and to just 1.5% in 2023.

But omicron hit the tourism sector the hardest. The surge coincided with high season, during the summer months of December and January. Visitors usually come to Cape Town to enjoy the balmy weather or go on safari. Travelers couldn't or wouldn't come here to South Africa because of the travel warnings and fear of catching Covid-19. And, for the most part, they haven't returned yet, further depressing South Africa's hotel and tour businesses.

In its latest annual report, South African Tourism reported that it welcomed just under 3 million tourists last year, compared to slightly more than 10 million visitors in 2019. Even domestic trips dropped 40% as residents stayed home to avoid infection. Making matters worse was omicron, which hit South Africa the hardest.

"South Africa was under attack with the association of the new variant originating in South Africa as was thus dubbed the South African variant," the report noted. "This was repeatedly reported on global platforms and as a result, some countries issued travel advisories and travel bans to and from South Africa."

Put differently, there may be no country on earth that got hit harder than South Africa during the pandemic.

When will Covid-19 end in South Africa?

It's a question of when — not if — Covid will end in South Africa. In Cape Town, Covid looks like it's almost over.

If you're arriving on an international flight, a customs official will ask you for a printout of your PCR test, but they''ll just give it a cursory glance before welcoming you to South Africa. By contrast, I had to show proof of vaccination, download a contact tracing app on my smartphone and submit to regular tests when I visited the Middle East last month. In South Africa, your vaccination status doesn't matter, and there is no mandatory contact tracing app.

Earlier this week, South African authorities announced that people who test positive for the coronavirus but show no symptoms of Covid-19 no longer have to self-isolate. The government also reopened schools to in-person learning.

The only remnant of COVID is a mask requirement for public places, but only about half the people I saw in Cape Town wore masks. Several residents told me they expect the mask requirement to be dropped within the next week.

This what the the end of the pandemic looks like in South Africa

About two hours northeast of Cape Town, at Aquila Private Game Reserve & Spa, there are mixed feelings about the end and the speed with which it's happening. The resort offers everything you'd expect from a South African safari — you can see elephants, Cape buffalo, giraffes, lions and hippos on a two-hour jeep excursion.

More:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherelliott/2022/02/05/in-south-africa-the-end-of-the-covid-pandemic-is-in-sight/?sh=66627d360602

General Research #19700 >>>/qresearch/15578760

NEW: COVID-19 vaccine production quietly suspended at Johnson & Johnson

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1491128958540296193

Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions

Bloomberg March 4, 2022

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) Europe’s surging demand for coal is reviving an infrequent trade lane for shipments from South African mines.

The fossil fuel typically heads east from Richards Bay Coal Terminal, the continent’s biggest export hub. Of the 59 million tons of coal shipped from the South African port last year, only 4% went to Europe and more than 86% was delivered to Asia.

There may have been a shift in that balance since Feb. 20 as a handful of bulk carriers have headed west round the Cape of Good Hope after calling at Richards Bay, according to ship tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. At least two stopped directly at RBCT.

Europe’s key coal price climbed to a record on Wednesday as sanctions and companies’ own decisions to stop trading with Russian counterparties mean traders are trying to buy elsewhere. There are also concerns further sanctions and war could tighten the ability of utilities to source coal from Russia if they need to.

European utilities have “ramped up volumes in the last few weeks” of South African coal, said Bevan Jones, chief executive officer of consultants African Source Markets. There are also notable flows of coal from the U.S. and Colombia to Europe, he said.

Stockpiles at Richards Bay are dropping and coal miners have experienced rail logistics issues on the main line to the port, but it “seems to be coping for now,” Jones said.

https://gcaptain.com/ships-south-africa-coal-russia-sanctions/

General Research #20047 >>>/qresearch/15853506

Void left by ban on key metal from Russia can't be filled

Curbs on palladium exports by Moscow could have devastating effects on global markets

12 Mar, 2022

South African producers will not be able to make up for a possible reduction in the supply of key commodities from Russia, primarily palladium and other platinum group metals. This was announced on Thursday by South African media firm SABC, citing the director of the largest mining company, Sibanye-Stillwater, Neil Froneman.

“Acceleration of projects to expand production is possible, but a significant increase in production will take months and even years,” Froneman said.

He noted that car manufacturers are now trying to replace palladium, which is used in catalytic converters, which convert as much as 90% of the harmful gases in automobile exhaust, with platinum.

Russia to ban foreign trade of certain commodities & raw materials READ MORE: Russia to ban foreign trade of certain commodities & raw materials

Russia and South Africa are the world's largest palladium producers, with a combined market share of 80%, or 5.4 million troy ounces. Russian company Norilsk Nickel produces up to 38% of the world's palladium as a byproduct of nickel mining.

Palladium prices have skyrocketed 80% this year to all-time highs, as financial sanctions on Russia, which produces 25-30% of global supply, disrupted shipments and worsened a supply shortage.

The Russian government announced on Wednesday it was banning the export of certain commodities and raw materials. The measure was aimed at ensuring Russia's security amid Ukraine-related sanctions, Moscow explained.

https://www.rt.com/business/551629-russia-sanctions-metal-ban/

Durban, for the bump

Capetown

No sign of any work barges yet, so any construction would be all shore based

South Africa’s Durban Port Resumes Operations After Flood

Reuters April 13, 2022

JOHANNESBURG, April 13 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Transnet has begun a gradual resumption in operations at the minerals export hub of Durban port after flooding caused a 36-hour suspension, the Department of Public Enterprises said on Wednesday.

State-owned logistics company Transnet suspended shipping at the port on South Africa’s eastern coast from 1930 local time on Monday, saying heavy rains had damaged roads into the port.

“Shipping, which was suspended as a result of extensive debris caused by the adverse weather, is expected to resume once safety has been established for marine craft and vessel navigation,” the Department of Public Enterprises said, adding that terminals at Richards Bay are operating less efficiently.

At least 45 people have died as a consequence of heavy rains in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal.

https://gcaptain.com/durban-port-resumes-operations-flooding/

South Africa's Durban still recovering from deadly floods

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, Associated Press April 23, 2022

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Grief-stricken South Africans are still searching for family members swept away by last week's floods in which 435 people died and more than 40,000 were made homeless in the coastal city of Durban and the surrounding KwaZulu-Natal province.

The South African army has deployed 10,000 troops to help find those missing, rebuild roads, bridges and utilities, and distribute emergency aid to families made destitute by the deluge. The government has allocated $67 million in relief aid for affected families.

Families grimly persist in searches to find the bodies of their loved ones.

Joseph Nkosi, 56, of Inanda township, spends his days with neighbors searching through a debris-laden river stream for the body of his 15-year-old daughter, Ntombenhle, last seen trying to cross a low-lying bridge when the waters carried her away.

“I am heartbroken," Nkosi told The Associated Press. "What I am hoping for now is just to find her body. I have already accepted that she is no more. All I am holding on to is her school tie which we found in this river stream.”

A man jumps past a sewer as he crosses a damaged road in Pinetown, near Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Soldiers were deployed to assist in security support, mop-up work, extraction, technical assessments, and transport of humanitarian relief equipment or goods following floods that hit the country. (AP Photo/Str)

In a nearby neighborhood, Apollo Mdladla, 47, said he and his young daughter are struggling to cope with the deaths of 10 members of a neighboring family. A mother, her children and grandchildren all died when the floods swept away their home.

“We still have trauma. Those children used to play with my own child. Now she asks, ‘Where is Manelisa? Where is Lulu?’ I had to be honest and tell her that they have died, because she can see that they are no longer here,” said Mdladla as rescue teams searched for bodies in the pile of flotsam in his backyard.

Five bodies of the family have been found, but the other five are still missing, he said.

The largest number of deaths and homes destroyed occurred in Durban’s low-lying poor neighborhoods, where families built homes on open, unsafe ground. But middle-class and affluent neighborhoods were also hit when mudslides crushed homes built on hillsides.

Schools, churches and community halls have become shelters for thousands of displaced families and most of those centers lack electricity or clean water.

“The city remains in crisis 10 days after the storm, and it is now primarily a crisis of water and sanitation provision — to hospitals, clinics and communities. Failure to get this right could spell a deepening health crisis, characterized by water-borne disease,” said Mani Thandrayen, medical team leader for Doctors Without Borders in Durban. The organization is supporting four shelters with food, water, cookware, blankets, mattresses and other basic items, he said.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/south-africas-durban-still-recovering-from-deadly-floods/ar-AAWvIji

S.Africa says still discussing $8.5 billion climate deal with rich nations

May 10 , 2022

(Reuters) -South Africa's government is still analysing details of a $8.5 billion financing package offered by rich Western nations last year to help the country shift away from coal, environment minister Barbara Creecy said on Tuesday.

The United States, Britain, France, Germany and the European Union pledged the funding during the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, last November. South Africa is the world's 12th biggest emitter of climate-warming gases and a major coal producer and user.

Pressed by lawmakers over delays in obtaining the funding during a virtual parliamentary briefing, Creecy said South Africa, which has set up a task team to advise President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet on the offer, was still looking at the terms.

"I think that the issue of speed is important, but the issue of the nuances and the quality of the decision is also important," Creecy said.

"I am not negative about the opportunities that this money presents, but I am realistic that we have to look at it properly and we shouldn't rush when looking at it properly. There is a lot of scepticism out there that it's only loan financing, that it's going to worsen our sovereign debt situation."

South Africa's chief negotiator at COP26, Maesela Kekana, told the same briefing that negotiations were still being held with the Western nations.

Creecy said South Africa was also considering the impact of the shift from coal on unemployment and poverty.

About 93,000 people were employed in South Africa's coal mines in 2021, according to industry body the Minerals Council.

"We've got to ensure that by introducing green technology into the economy, we're not just changing technology, we're also dealing with some of the abiding constraints of inequality, unemployment and poverty that confront our economy," Creecy said.

(Reporting by Nelson BanyaEditing by Alexander Winning, William Maclean)

https://www.msn.com/en-za/money/other/south-africa-still-discussing-dollar85-billion-climate-fund-with-rich-nations/ar-AAX6fT8

South Africa's Harmony Gold reports four mine deaths

May 9, 2022

May 9 (Reuters) - South African miner Harmony Gold (HARJ.J) on Monday reported that four workers died on Saturday in a maintenance-related accident at its Kusasalethu mine, 90 kilometres (55.92 miles) west of Johannesburg.

"Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited regrets to report that four of its employees have tragically lost their lives following an infrastructure maintenance-related incident on Saturday, 7 May 2022, at its Kusasalethu mine, near Carletonville, in the Gauteng province," the company said in a statement.

Harmony, South Africa's biggest gold producer, said the affected part of the mine had been closed pending investigations.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-harmony-gold-reports-four-mine-deaths-2022-05-09/

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South Africa president abandons rally after booing==

May 2, 2022

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa had to leave a May Day rally after workers stormed the stage where he was speaking.

Chanting "Cyril must go," they held up signs demanding a wage increase during a ceremony in a stadium near the north-western city of Rustenburg.

The protesters, who worked at a local mine, have been striking for weeks.

President Ramaphosa tried to address the miners' concerns but was greeted by booing.

The workers want an annual salary pay rise of 1,000 rand ($63; £50) - a demand which President Ramaphosa addressed directly.

"We have heard that message and we will be dealing with that matter," he is quoted as telling the miners by the IOL news site.

He also pledged to speak to the relevant authorities to meet their demands, IOL reports.

In a two-minute video of the disruption, the president can be seen making repeated attempts to calm the workers down, only to be greeted with further jeering and booing.

At Sunday's event, which had been organised by South Africa's trade union federation Cosatu, police had to step in while a bodyguard led the president away from the venue, according to IOL.

The workers were from Sibanye-Stillwater, which is a metal mining company and the world's largest primary producer of platinum, according to its own website.

South Africa's economy has been hit hard by the Covid crisis, and unemployment is now around 35%.

Mining is one of South Africa's most important sectors - accounting for 8-10% of national income and employing almost 450,000 people - but it has been in decline in recent years.

Potential foreshadowing of re-election woes

Analysis by Lebo Diseko, BBC News, Johannesburg

May Day is a key event in the yearly calendar of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its trade union allies, and usually draws huge crowds. The fact that what looked like just a few hundred workers turned out to see the president speak was an indication that he was not welcome.

Questions are now being asked about how and why security assessments did not pick up that this might happen.

But perhaps the more important question is why the ANC and Cosatu leaders seem to have been surprised at the level of anger on the ground. It suggests a level of disconnect between the experiences of ordinary people, and those in power.

It is worth noting that some of those who jeered President Ramaphosa at the rally were members of the union he helped to found. Mr Ramaphosa was the first general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers.

This is a year in which the ANC holds elections which will decide who leads the party into the country's next general election. This sort of reception from a key constituency - workers - may foreshadow some of the challenges Mr Ramaphosa could face in seeking re-election.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/south-africa-president-abandons-rally-after-booing/ar-AAWPe24

South Africa COVID-19 test positivity rate nears record

By Bloomberg News May 7, 2022

South Africa’s daily coronavirus test positivity rate neared a record, rising above 30% on Saturday for the first time in almost five months as two sublineages of the omicron variant spread rapidly ahead of the nation’s winter season.

There were 8,524 new COVID-19 cases identified, representing a 31.1% positivity rate of those tested, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said in a statement on its website. That’s the highest rate since the 32.2% recorded on Dec. 15, when a record 26,976 cases were recorded. The surge means South Africa is close to its highest positivity rate yet. The record so far was 34.9% on Dec. 14.

The positivity rate is taken as an indicator of how fast the disease is spreading through the community as many cases go undetected.

Still, only five deaths were recorded in the last 48 hours and just over 2,600 people are in the hospital with the disease. At the peak of the wave in mid-2021 when the delta variant was rampant, hundreds of people were perishing daily and hospitalizations peaked at about 16,000.

South Africa, which together with Botswana identified the omicron variant in November, was the first country to experience a wave driven by the strain and the way it played out was seen as an indication for what could happen elsewhere. Last month South African scientists identified two omicron sublineages, BA.4 and BA.5, and laboratory experiments have since shown that those strains can reinfect those who have already had the original omicron strain.

The current surge in infections and positivity shows that even though previous waves have been caused by the emergence of new variants the sublineages are now having the same effect, Tulio de Oliveira, who runs gene sequencing institutes in South Africa said on Twitter.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/05/07/breaking-news/south-africa-covid-19-test-positivity-rate-nears-record/

I notice they like to broadcast the number of positive tests but skip those recovered, those with no symptoms, and how many of the positives have no to mild symptoms

What say you South Africa? How are things really going there?

>>16326294

Why does it matter so much that she's Jewish?

>>16332080

Ah, I get it. So swinging away from Oppenheimer and going to those that helped the ANC attain Rule. Thus I need the stuff in the ANC Bun

>>16334176

Haaretz is terrible sauce

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>>16338673

Don't see how these relate to South Africa. What I see is a bunch of what Main board calls "muh joo"

The Oppenheimer, LRC, Lornrho, and Glencore stuff was great, thanks for that

What is helpful now is Zuma, Ramaposa, anything about China doing a Belt & Road at the ports of Durban or Capetown.

Another big thing would be an upswing in mining. Coal , Iron ore, platinum. The EU is trying to break away from Russian supplies. What they have is Australia and Singapore, who is at maximum capacity. India has already stopped wheat exports, not sure what will stop next.

What I'm looking for is an increase in exports from South Africa to the EU while imports of oil & petroleum products start coming into South Africa from Russia.

The BRIC nations (Brazil, India, China, Russia) are going to be working trade deals and South Africa stands to be a big player.

Consider Brazil has State-run Petrobras and could easily start shipping oil to South Africa.

Venezuela was trading oil with Iran, something about the VE stuff needing thinned out. US had all those sanctions on Venezuela, but now here comes Biden wanting oil from them after shutting out the Keystone XL pipeline and stopping new leases domestically.

The US and Europe has mostly ignored the African Continent, just big pharma wanting to peddle their vaccines and other poisons. The virtue signalling about apartheid is gone and Mandela is becoming a dim memory.

Now China has already signed Belt & Road with Kenya, even has a port set up. Kenya does not know how screwed they are from that yet. China needs iron ore, China needs coal. China can buy coal from South Africa buy the ship-load and say how good they are maintaining sanctions on North Korea, and the NK stuff is lower quality than South Africa anyway.

>>16340540 (me)

Europe shot themselves in the foot over Ukraine. Brazil, Venezuela, even Angola for oil. Canada and some from the US for LNG, which as Biden kills off the industry means less from the US, just like coal.

Iron ore means Africa. The way I first came to this part of the boards was the Katanga Province going for independence in the 1960s. Katanga in the DRC is rich in iron and other ores, which is why Belgian companies did not want to let it go out of their control. Katanga is far inland, South Africa can mine the ore and get it ports much cheaper and faster.

Until Russia and China start connecting each other with oil pipelines South Africa and Angola are where to go.

Watch, China and Europe are going to come calling. South Africa has the commodities and the labour pool they need. I just hope Ramaphosa and his government don't screw the pooch and just enrich themselves. South Africa is in a great position, don't let China or the "West" take advantage. Don't fall for the heartstring angle "oh our poor old people will freeze in Winter. Oh, our indstries are shuuting down , all those joblesss boo hoo." Ask the bastards where they've been for the last 30+ years while South Africa struggled on alone. They want the stuff, make them pay. Just be wary about being offered fiat currency, the dollar and the euro are on the verge of tanking. Have the Trade Minister keep a bunch of krugerrands in his pocket so during the negotiations he can drop them on the table. Real money or goods like farm machinery and industrial/medical equipment in trade. Don't want to? fine, go begging back to Russia.

>>16345467

Can I get some sauce on that?

>>16344757

Would this be one of the reasons for the big push against Jacob Zuma? He wouldn't play along?

If Soros in into it, Ramaphosa gets actually little, just enough to make him think he's doing well, George pours the rest into his NGOs

>>16346727

>Following the actual signing of the Framework, the UN Resident Coordinator (a.i.), Dr Ayodele Odusola, emphasized South Africa’s unique relationship with the United Nations before reminding those present that “effective implementation of the cooperation framework will depend on strong accountability mechanism’.

>

>General Assembly resolution 72/279 elevates the UNSDCF as “the most important instrument for planning and implementation of the UN development activities at country level in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda).”

They've already started

Does that "accountability mechanism" work both ways?

Elevated by General Assembly Resolution to "most important?"

They want cheap materials, cheap labour, and want to control any kind of improvements or expansions in Industry under their watchful eye because of "Climate Change" and "Environment"

'Oh, the WHO is coming to Africa to "help"

General Research #20733 >>16389435

Monkeypox outbreak needs united global response, World Health Organization says

Africa must be part of a united global fight against monkeypox as developed countries respond to unusual outbreaks of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Key points:

Monkeypox is endemic in some African countries

Cases in developed nations have sparked a flurry of scientific research into the disease

The WHO is calling for lower-income nations to benefit from the fruits of that labour as well

"We must have one connected global response to monkeypox to avoid it becoming endemic in more countries," D. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Africa director, said in an online briefing.

As countries in the developed world find ways to limit the spread of monkeypox, "it is very important that … we make sure that we share those tools, we build capacities all over the world to respond to these outbreaks," she said.

"What is extremely important now is to avert any potential for a repeat of the inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines experienced by African countries early in the pandemic," Dr Moeti said.

Monkeypox is a virus that can cause symptoms such as fever, aches and a distinctive bumpy rash.

It is ordinarily found in countries in West and Central Africa with tropical rainforests, but recently more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported by at least 30 countries outside of Africa, according to the WHO.

Many of the cases were reportedly tied to sexual activity at two recent raves in Europe.

While cases have been detected in Australia, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, the United States and Israel, no deaths have been reported.

Cases of monkeypox were confirmed in Sydney and Melbourne last month.

Meanwhile, seven of Africa's 54 countries have reported the disease and there have been about three times as many monkeypox cases as usual.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-03/monkeypox-outbreak-needs-united-response-says-who-africa-says/101123240

>>16389497 (me)

These go with

>>16400015

>>16400023

Good Stuff!

Are they still making such deals?

In 2022, what deals are in effect with China?

With the virtue signalling of sanctions on Russia, which EU countries come calling for those metals, and coal, first?

Honestly, don't take "Belt & Road" deals on the ports from China, make the EU pay fair prices for the commodities and there will be funds for port expansion. South Africa has, EU wants. Economics 101: Supply and Demand

Amandla! Collective Bun

>>16367535 Fourth International and the Amandla! Collective

>>16367553 About Amandla!

>>16367561 Amandla! Advisory Board

>>16367589 Alternative Information and Development Centre [AIDC]

>>16369559 Bertha Foundation funds Amandla! - Albie Sachs Connection

ANC Bun

>>16298818 Anglo’s involvement with the ANC prior to the 1994 election

>>16303484 Jewish people played a critical role in ending apartheid in South Africa

>>16305521, >>16321313, >>16321406 Lonrho’s History – Connections to MI6 and the British Royals

>>16305798 Onslaught against the Peoples of SA - Part 1 (video)

>>16326294, >>16326385 Gill Marcus – Links to Mining Companies, including Glencore

>>16332096 Mendel Kaplan and Operation Exodus

Commodities Bun

>>15510235 Anglo American Platinum Sells 50% Interest in South Africa Project to Sibanye-Stillwater

>>15510248 South African Coffee Industry Landscape to 2025 - Featuring AVI, Caffeluxe and Chilla Beverage Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

>>15815144 Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions

>>15853546 Void left by ban on key metal from Russia can't be filled

>>16264922 South Africa's Harmony Gold reports four mine deaths

>>16344476 SA's Electricity crisis | An interview with Eskom CEO André De Ruyter (video)

>>16400015, >>16400023 “Moscow-Pretoria expose widens” – Dated February 7, 1984 (Parts 1 & 2)

Covid Bun

>>15544456 Approval of COVID vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years, WHO says

>>15557324 In South Africa, The End Of The Covid Pandemic Is In Sight

>>15578966 COVID-19 vaccine production quietly suspended at Johnson & Johnson

>>16264961 South Africa COVID-19 test positivity rate nears record

>>16334079 2021 Monkeypox Simulation (Like Event 201 for the Coronavirus)

Oppenheimer Bun

>>16298769 The Long and Winding Rhodes – #4 (Running Governments and a Diamond Cartel) – Oppenheimer families’ fingers are all over

>>16298879 New York Times, 1977 article – US delegate to the UN was Oppenheimer’s guest in South Africa

>>16298907 Harry Oppenheimer : The King of Diamonds (USSR dealings) – Edwards Jay Epstein Diary, December 4, 1978

>>16299757 Oranjemund Journal; Swapo and De Beers: Are They Engaged to Wed? – dated 1989

>>16303715 >>16326020, >>16326071, >>16326145 Judge Johann Kriegler and the Legal Resources Centre

Notables are NOT Endorsments

passing 160

#7

>>15510152 Ex-South African president appeals ruling in corruption case

>>15510222 A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’

>>15510185 South Africa's rand recovers, central banks in focus

>>15510222 A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’

>>16264942 South Africa president abandons rally after booing

>>16298848 South Africa-Mandela Attacked Re 'Shoot To Kill (video)

>>16299738 Don’t forget the murders of Prime Minister Dr. HF Verwoerd and Bernt Carlsson (video)

>>16345467, >>16350209, >>16351131 Are Foreign Investors Colonising Africa?

>>16345817, >>16345829, >>16345842 Africa: A possible solution for Europe’s energy troubles Parts 1-3

>>16346727, >>16346735 Government of South Africa and The United Nations in South Africa sign the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

>>16350432 Zuma's self-survival rooted in being ex-ANC intelligence operative

>>16381002, >>16386558, >>16386621 Albie Sachs/Sujit Choudhry Land Grab and judging the judges (videos)

>>16386828 Arthur Fraser lays criminal chargers against President Ramaphosa – Theft and Kidnapping

>>16399968, >>16399979, >>16399981, >>16399984, >>16399985, >>16399986, >>16399988, >>16399993 MWN Investigation Reveals Amnesty International’s Reckless Double Standards (Parts 1-8)

>>163400008 Bertha Foundation, Clooney Foundation and Amnesty International’s Support of Omar Radi | Morocco Condemns Amnesty International's "Political Interference"

>>16401000 Amandla! Collective Bun

>>16401001 ANC Bun

>>16401007 Commodities Bun

>>16401008 Covid Bun

>>16401009 Oppenheimer Bun

>>16401016 (me)

Fixed it

Notables are NOT Endorsements

passing 160

#7

>>15510152 Ex-South African president appeals ruling in corruption case

>>15510222 A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’

>>15510185 South Africa's rand recovers, central banks in focus

>>15510222 A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’

>>16264942 South Africa president abandons rally after booing

>>16298848 South Africa-Mandela Attacked Re 'Shoot To Kill (video)

>>16299738 Don’t forget the murders of Prime Minister Dr. HF Verwoerd and Bernt Carlsson (video)

>>16345467, >>16350209, >>16351131 Are Foreign Investors Colonising Africa?

>>16345817, >>16345829, >>16345842 Africa: A possible solution for Europe’s energy troubles Parts 1-3

>>16346727, >>16346735 Government of South Africa and The United Nations in South Africa sign the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

>>16350432 Zuma's self-survival rooted in being ex-ANC intelligence operative

>>16381002, >>16386558, >>16386621 Albie Sachs/Sujit Choudhry Land Grab and judging the judges (videos)

>>16386828 Arthur Fraser lays criminal chargers against President Ramaphosa – Theft and Kidnapping

>>16399968, >>16399979, >>16399981, >>16399984, >>16399985, >>16399986, >>16399988, >>16399993 MWN Investigation Reveals Amnesty International’s Reckless Double Standards (Parts 1-8)

>>16400008 Bertha Foundation, Clooney Foundation and Amnesty International’s Support of Omar Radi | Morocco Condemns Amnesty International's "Political Interference"

>>16401000 Amandla! Collective Bun

>>16401001 ANC Bun

>>16401007 Commodities Bun

>>16401008 Covid Bun

>>16401009 Oppenheimer Bun

>>16405077

Glencore deserves its own Bun, please keep that coming!

Nameless, faceless "experts" though, ugh

>>16425237

ec310d, Let me save you some time. jpost (jerusalem post), times of israel, and especially national vanguard are all hate rags. Haaretz is just as much garbage

South African president dodges questions on theft scandal

Embroiled in controversy, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday refused to answer questions about his alleged cover-up of a theft of large amounts of cash from his farm, saying only that he will appear before his party’s integrity committee over the accusations

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press Jun 10, 2022

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Embroiled in controversy, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday refused to answer questions about his alleged cover-up of a theft of large amounts of cash from his farm, saying only that he will appear before his party's integrity committee over the accusations.

Ramaphosa, 69, endured a second day of being shouted down in Parliament by opposition members before being peppered with questions from the press over the growing scandal.

Ramaphosa is facing allegations of money laundering, bribery and breaking South Africa's foreign currency laws over the theft, which reportedly involved $4 million in cash being stolen two years ago from his Phala Phala game farm in the northern Limpopo province.

He has confirmed that the theft took place and has denied any wrongdoing. He has said the money came from the sale of animals from the game farm. But Ramaphosa has dodged all questions seeking specific information about the robbery.

He repeatedly declined to answer questions from reporters including: How much cash was stolen? How did he obtain the foreign currency? Was it legally declared to South African authorities? Did he try to cover up his possession of the cash by bribing the thieves to keep quiet?

The story of the theft came to light earlier this month when the country's former intelligence chief, Arthur Fraser, filed a criminal complaint with police alleging that Ramaphosa had tried to cover up the robbery.

Fraser alleges that Ramaphosa had been keeping the cash hidden in furniture at his ranch when it was stolen. Instead of reporting the theft to police, Ramaphosa tried to cover it up by having members of his presidential protection unit track down the thieves, said Fraser in the affidavit filed with police.

Ramaphosa told reporters at the parliament complex in Cape Town that he wanted a full investigation to take place before answering questions about it.

“Let the due process happen as regards things like was this laundering of money … the issue of how much money was there," Ramaphosa said. “I’d like to hold onto that. And I do that with respect because … I’m a process person. The process must unfold.”

Ramaphosa said he has offered to appear before his African National Congress party's integrity committee. A date for that hearing has not yet been set, he said. If Ramaphosa is found to have broken the law or the party's ethics code, the ANC committee could ask him to step aside as the party's leader or suspend him, which could be the first step to Parliament removing him as president.

The scandal surrounding the farm theft is the biggest challenge to Ramaphosa's leadership of Africa's most developed economy and comes six months before a critical party elective conference in December, when Ramaphosa had already been expected to face a tough battle to be re-elected the party's leader.

Earlier, his attempts to speak in Parliament were disrupted for a second straight day as opposition lawmakers confronted him. Lawmakers from the populist Economic Freedom Fighters, the second biggest opposition party in Parliament, scuffled with security guards as they shouted that Ramaphosa should not be allowed to address the house. Eventually they were removed from parliament.

But not before they loudly and repeatedly accused Ramaphosa of laundering money and trying to hide it. The party is also demanding that Ramaphosa step down as president pending the investigations into the theft.

More:

https://gazette.com/ap/international/south-african-president-dodges-questions-on-theft-scandal/article_8b6598d0-eec0-56c1-837b-c1b2961aa98a.html

Airline's test in language of South Africa's Apartheid rulers sparks rage

Sarah Carter Wed, June 8, 2022 at 9:47 AM·2 min read

Sarah Carter

Wed, June 8, 2022 at 9:47 AM·2 min read

Airline's test in language of South Africa's Apartheid rulers sparks rage

Johannesburg — Shocked South Africans have taken to social media to voice their outrage that Ryanair is making some passengers take a test in Afrikaans in order to fly. Last week, the airline started asking passengers flying into the U.K. on South African passports to take the test to prove their nationality, in the language spoken by less than 20% of South Africa's population.

Zulu is the most widely spoken language in South Africa, at more than 20%, followed by Xhosa and then Afrikaans at 13%.

Ryanair defended the policy, saying in a statement that the test was put in place due to the "high prevalence of fraudulent South African passports."

But the relatively low prevalence of Afrikaans speakers in the country led many to wonder on social media why the airline had chosen to test people in the language imposed by South Africa's long-ousted, colonial white minority rulers during the days of Apartheid.

More:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/airlines-test-language-south-africas-134725773.html

>>16435721

Just eleven employees?

>>16439979

It's real simple

General Research #20816 >>16454268

BHP announces plans to close NSW's largest coal mine at Mt Arthur by 2030

Mining giant BHP has failed to find a buyer for New South Wales' largest coal mine, and will close the operation in 2030.

The company spent two years trying to sell its Mt Arthur operation in the state's Hunter Valley, which employs 2,000 people.

The mine, near Muswellbrook, is approved to operate until 2026, but BHP has told the ASX it would apply to extend that until 2030.

After that, it will close.

Rehabilitation of the site is expected to take 10 to 15 years.

The mine's pit was today shut temporarily while employees were informed of the decision.

BHP's minerals president Edgar Basto said the company had reviewed potential options for the mine, including divestment and future investment requirements.

"Seeking approval to continue mining until 2030 avoids closure in 2026 and enables BHP to balance the value and risk of those considerations and our commitments to our people and local communities," he said.

The mine was once valued at $2 billion, but that has been progressively slashed.

After a write-down last year, BHP said the mine was worth nothing, once rehabilitation obligations were factored in.

Upper Hunter MP Dave Layzell said BHP's decision to operate the mine until 2030 was "good news for the Hunter Valley".

"There are a lot of jobs that are involved at Mount Arthur and I need to make sure that those jobs are maintained for the foreseeable future," he said.

"It's good that they go through the extension."

The Nationals MP said the decision to continue operating the mine until 2030 wouldn't impact the NSW government's blueprint to get to net zero emissions by 2050.

"This is all coal that is exported overseas," he said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-16/bhp-to-close-largest-coal-mine-in-nsw/101157404

Australia closes a coal mine, South African coal gets more valuable. Watch the brokers start coming for long-term contracts to get the coal while it's cheaper

General Research #20841 >>16473527

Uganda Claims Exploration Surveys Discovered 31 Million Metric Tons of Gold

https://news.bitcoin.com/uganda-claims-exploration-surveys-discovered-31-million-metric-tons-of-gold/

Updated ANC Bun

>>16298818 Anglo’s involvement with the ANC prior to the 1994 election

>>16303484 Jewish people played a critical role in ending apartheid in South Africa

>>16305798 Onslaught against the Peoples of SA - Part 1 (video)

>>16326294, >>16326385 Gill Marcus – Links to Mining Companies, including Glencore

>>16332096 Mendel Kaplan and Operation Exodus

>>16436216, >>16436219 Here is how much ANC received from Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg Part 1 & 2

>>16462506, >>16462522, >>16462529, >>16462534 The ANC’s Oilgate” – Glencore, Iraq ties

Chancellor House Bun

>>16435721 Cynthia Carroll (previously, Anglo American) Hitachi, Ltd. and bribes to SA government

>>16436128, 16436139 “Chancellor House: R266m for nine years of lies by ANC partner” Parts 1 & 2

>>16436168 “Yes, we fund the ANC" says Chancellor House after more than a decade of denials of ANC influence on major deals

>>16436180 ANC’s Chancellor House made 5000% return on the Hitatchi-Eskom deal

>>16436187 DA complains to IEC regarding Chancellor House’s R15 million donation to ANC

Updated Commodities Bun

>>15510235 Anglo American Platinum Sells 50% Interest in South Africa Project to Sibanye-Stillwater

>>15510248 South African Coffee Industry Landscape to 2025 - Featuring AVI, Caffeluxe and Chilla Beverage Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

>>15815144 Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions

>>15853546 Void left by ban on key metal from Russia can't be filled

>>16264922 South Africa's Harmony Gold reports four mine deaths

>>16344476 SA's Electricity crisis | An interview with Eskom CEO André De Ruyter (video)

>>16400015, >>16400023 “Moscow-Pretoria expose widens” – Dated February 7, 1984 (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16436718 Rosneft deal makes Viktor Vekselberg Russia's richest man

>>16444504, >>16444522, >>16444560 John Deuss and Transworld Oil (video on last)

>>16444741, >>16444758 The wild history of the commodities boys

>>16444848, >>16444857, >>16444876 How Commodity Traders Came To Run The World (parts 1-3)

>>16473081 Reuben Brothers Who Pillaged Russia in the 1990s Top List of UK’s Richest People – Also “Sir” Leonard Blavatnik, Alisher Usmanov

>>16472758, >>16472775, >>16472786, >>16472790, >>16472808 An Interview With Sergei Kurzin (Parts 1-5)

Updated Covid Bun

>>15544456 Approval of COVID vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years, WHO says

>>15557324 In South Africa, The End Of The Covid Pandemic Is In Sight

>>15578966 COVID-19 vaccine production quietly suspended at Johnson & Johnson

>>16264961 South Africa COVID-19 test positivity rate nears record

>>16334079 2021 Monkeypox Simulation (Like Event 201 for the Coronavirus)

>>16436151, >>16436158 SA minister Zweli Mkhize put on leave over corruption allegations

Gershon Kekst Bun

>>16473107 Gershon Kekst, leader in Wall Street public relations, dies

>>16473110, >>16473115, >>16473123, >>16473127, >>16473135 “Image-Makers In Takeover Land” - Gershon Kekst and others (Parts 1-5)

>>16473179 The Kekst family legacy

Glencore & Xstrata Bun

>>16405067 Glencore redirected over $75 million in mining payments to scandal-hit friend of Congolese President, Global Witness reveals

>>16405077 “Cyril Ramaphosa’s history a red flag – expert” - Glencore

>>16408650 Scandal-hit mining companies BHP and Glencore pay record $12bn to investors

>>16408706 Glencore’s Corruption guilty verdict vindicates Critics of the New Dawn’s blind trust in dodgy Mining Houses – Zambia

>>16408715 China’s GEM Co. Ltd and Glencore extend their long-term strategic cobalt partnership

>>16408721 China Huaneng Group and Glencore sign MOU on CCUS Project – Australian Funding

>>16408829 Glencore to honour pre-existing Russia contracts, no new deals

>>16408886 Calls mount for SA probe into Glencore – Ties to the ANC

>>16409418 Glencore’s History – Marc Rich, Rudolph Giuliani and Bill Clinton

>>16409517, >>16409519, >>16409535 Marc Rich’s ties to Apartheid (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16413886 Rich was spy for Israel – fugitive fat cat also offered aid to CIA & others

>>16413927 Marc Rich, “A Citizen of the World”

>>16414246 “The toxic chocolatier – The case for prosecuting Glencore executives” – namely Ivan Glasenberg

>>16414359, >>16435203, >>16435207, >>16435212 Ivan Glasenberg

>>16415399, >>1615402, >>16415414 Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal (Parts 1-3)

>>16415450 Glencore: the monster has landed!

>>16415472 Glencore prepares to join FTSE amid scrutiny of Namibia court battle

>>16418776 Glencore 'linked to Colombian terrorist group'

>>16418782 Glencore – “Funding violence against anti-mining activists”, “Poisoning vital water supplies”, “Bribery and corruption”

>>16418789 Glencore traded with Iranian supplier to nuclear programme

>>16418795 “Glencore Paid Judges To Make Cases Disappear” Tony Yengeni Spills Beans” – South Africa

>>16425138 How Marc [Rich] helped plunder Russia

>>16425794, >>16425799 “The Slimy Trail of Marc Rich: How One of the Clintons’ Best Friends Gave the Gift That Keeps on Giving” (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16425988 Glencore is more of a crime syndicate than a business

>>16435509 Glencore CEO & List of Directors 2021

>>16436784 Rusal, Sual To Create Russian Aluminum Giant – Merge with Glencore

>>16441395 Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

>>16441420 Former Glencore trader pleads guilty in New York over Nigerian oil bribery scheme

>>16441434 Glencore Reaches $9.85 Million Zinc Rigging Settlement in New York

>>16444132 Glencore, Edelweiss offices raided over probe into pulses price fixing”

>>16444440, >>16444450, >>16444460, >>16444468 Marc Rich and the Shipping Research Bureau

>>16452297, >>16452311, >>16452318, >>16452371, >>16452388, >>16452393, >>16452396 Paradise Papers: Glencore hid link to ghost shipping fleet during Iran scandal (Parts 1-7)

>>16452412 Lawsuit Against Anti-Iran Group Dismissed Over US State Secrets

>>16455295, >>16455319 Eric Holder’s Connection to Marc Rich (Parts 1 & 2)

>>164562506, >>16462522, >>16462529, >>16462534 The ANC’s Oilgate” – Glencore, Iraq ties (Parts 1-4)

>>16472648, >>16472656, >>16472661 Bill Clinton’s pardon of fugitive Marc Rich continues to pay big (parts 1-3)

>>16473717

Sorry about that, fixed post number

Glencore & Xstrata Bun

>>16405067 Glencore redirected over $75 million in mining payments to scandal-hit friend of Congolese President, Global Witness reveals

>>16405077 “Cyril Ramaphosa’s history a red flag – expert” - Glencore

>>16408650 Scandal-hit mining companies BHP and Glencore pay record $12bn to investors

>>16408706 Glencore’s Corruption guilty verdict vindicates Critics of the New Dawn’s blind trust in dodgy Mining Houses – Zambia

>>16408715 China’s GEM Co. Ltd and Glencore extend their long-term strategic cobalt partnership

>>16408721 China Huaneng Group and Glencore sign MOU on CCUS Project – Australian Funding

>>16408829 Glencore to honour pre-existing Russia contracts, no new deals

>>16408886 Calls mount for SA probe into Glencore – Ties to the ANC

>>16409418 Glencore’s History – Marc Rich, Rudolph Giuliani and Bill Clinton

>>16409517, >>16409519, >>16409535 Marc Rich’s ties to Apartheid (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16413886 Rich was spy for Israel – fugitive fat cat also offered aid to CIA & others

>>16413927 Marc Rich, “A Citizen of the World”

>>16414246 “The toxic chocolatier – The case for prosecuting Glencore executives” – namely Ivan Glasenberg

>>16414359, >>16435203, >>16435207, >>16435212 Ivan Glasenberg

>>16415399, >>1615402, >>16415414 Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal (Parts 1-3)

>>16415450 Glencore: the monster has landed!

>>16415472 Glencore prepares to join FTSE amid scrutiny of Namibia court battle

>>16418776 Glencore 'linked to Colombian terrorist group'

>>16418782 Glencore – “Funding violence against anti-mining activists”, “Poisoning vital water supplies”, “Bribery and corruption”

>>16418789 Glencore traded with Iranian supplier to nuclear programme

>>16418795 “Glencore Paid Judges To Make Cases Disappear” Tony Yengeni Spills Beans” – South Africa

>>16425138 How Marc [Rich] helped plunder Russia

>>16425794, >>16425799 “The Slimy Trail of Marc Rich: How One of the Clintons’ Best Friends Gave the Gift That Keeps on Giving” (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16425988 Glencore is more of a crime syndicate than a business

>>16435509 Glencore CEO & List of Directors 2021

>>16436784 Rusal, Sual To Create Russian Aluminum Giant – Merge with Glencore

>>16441395 Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

>>16441420 Former Glencore trader pleads guilty in New York over Nigerian oil bribery scheme

>>16441434 Glencore Reaches $9.85 Million Zinc Rigging Settlement in New York

>>16444132 Glencore, Edelweiss offices raided over probe into pulses price fixing”

>>16444440, >>16444450, >>16444460, >>16444468 Marc Rich and the Shipping Research Bureau

>>16452297, >>16452311, >>16452318, >>16452371, >>16452388, >>16452393, >>16452396 Paradise Papers: Glencore hid link to ghost shipping fleet during Iran scandal (Parts 1-7)

>>16452412 Lawsuit Against Anti-Iran Group Dismissed Over US State Secrets

>>16455295, >>16455319 Eric Holder’s Connection to Marc Rich (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16462506, >>16462522, >>16462529, >>16462534 The ANC’s Oilgate” – Glencore, Iraq ties (Parts 1-4)

>>16472648, >>16472656, >>16472661 Bill Clinton’s pardon of fugitive Marc Rich continues to pay big (parts 1-3)

Lonrho Bun

>>16305521 Lonrho’s History – Connections to MI6 and the British Royals

>>16321313, >>16321406 Lonmin plc, formerly the mining division of Lonrho plc

>>16455355 Marikana massacre: Judgment reserved in civil case (video)

Updated Oppenheimer Bun

>>16298769 The Long and Winding Rhodes – #4 (Running Governments and a Diamond Cartel) – Oppenheimer families’ fingers are all over

>>16298879 New York Times, 1977 article – US delegate to the UN was Oppenheimer’s guest in South Africa

>>16298907 Harry Oppenheimer : The King of Diamonds (USSR dealings) – Edwards Jay Epstein Diary, December 4, 1978

>>16299757 Oranjemund Journal; Swapo and De Beers: Are They Engaged to Wed? – dated 1989

>>16303715, >>16326020, >>16326071, >>16326145 Judge Johann Kriegler and the Legal Resources Centre

>>16404192 The Oppenheimer family have gone beyond the South African borders (video)

>>16404434 Oppenheimer family taps Asia’s wealthy

>>16404473 Oppenheimer family sells stake in Anglo to Chinese group – report – dated 10th November 2006

>>16413778 The Oppenheimers and Charles Engelhard Inspired Ian Flemming’s writings

Cyril Ramaphosa Bun

>>16386828 Arthur Fraser lays criminal chargers against President Ramaphosa – Theft and Kidnapping

>>16426089 “Amabhungane details alleged cover-up in Ramaphosa farm theft” – Namibia Connection (video)

>>16440215 Malema release shocking video evidence & Sends warning to Ramaphosa to Step aside - Also holds the Namibian President accountable

Vitor Vekselberg Bun

>>16436216, >>16436219 Here is how much ANC received from Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg Part 1 & 2

>>16436718 Rosneft deal makes Viktor Vekselberg Russia's richest man

>>16436854 Viktor Vekselberg founded SUAL

Jacob Zuma Bun

>>15510152 Ex-South African president appeals ruling in corruption case

>>16350432 Zuma's self-survival rooted in being ex-ANC intelligence operative

>>16473738

Vikor Vekselberg Bun

>>16436216, >>16436219 Here is how much ANC received from Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg Part 1 & 2

>>16436718 Rosneft deal makes Viktor Vekselberg Russia's richest man

>>16436854 Viktor Vekselberg founded SUAL

>>16473738

>>16473764

I'll get that spelling right eventually, honest

Viktor Vekselberg Bun

>>16436216, >>16436219 Here is how much ANC received from Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg Part 1 & 2

>>16436718 Rosneft deal makes Viktor Vekselberg Russia's richest man

>>16436854 Viktor Vekselberg founded SUAL>>16473764

Notables are NOT Endorsements

passing 300

#7

>>15510152 Ex-South African president appeals ruling in corruption case

>>15510185 South Africa's rand recovers, central banks in focus

>>15510222 A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’

>>16264942 South Africa president abandons rally after booing

>>16298848 South Africa-Mandela Attacked Re 'Shoot To Kill (video)

>>16299738 Don’t forget the murders of Prime Minister Dr. HF Verwoerd and Bernt Carlsson (video)

>>16345467, >>16350209, >>16351131 Are Foreign Investors Colonising Africa?

>>16345817, >>16345829, >>16345842 Africa: A possible solution for Europe’s energy troubles Parts 1-3

>>16346727, >>16346735 Government of South Africa and The United Nations in South Africa sign the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

>>16350432 Zuma's self-survival rooted in being ex-ANC intelligence operative

>>16381002, >>16386558, >>16386621, 163404208 Albie Sachs/Sujit Choudhry Land Grab and judging the judges (videos)

>>16399968, >>16399979, >>16399981, >>16399984, >>16399985, >>16399986, >>16399988, >>16399993 MWN Investigation Reveals Amnesty International’s Reckless Double Standards (Parts 1-8)

>>16400008 Bertha Foundation, Clooney Foundation and Amnesty International’s Support of Omar Radi | Morocco Condemns Amnesty International's "Political Interference"

>>16401000 Amandla! Collective Bun

>>16426089, >>16433197 “Amabhungane details alleged cover-up in Ramaphosa farm theft” – Namibia Connection (video)

>>16436536, >>16436544 From poor orphan to billionaire oligarch: how Abramovich made his money Parts 1 & 2

>>16472313 Farm Murders on the increase again

>>16473705 Updated ANC Bun

>>16473707 Chancellor House Bun

>>16473708 Updated Commodities Bun

>>16473710 Updated Covid Bun

>>16473714 Gershon Kekst Bun

>>16473725 Glencore & Xstrata Bun

>>16473729 Lonrho Bun

>>16473731 Updated Oppenheimer Bun

>>16473738 Cyril Ramaphosa Bun

>>16473741 Jacob Zuma Bun

>>16473779 Viktor Vekselberg Bun

>>16499707

>>16499756

Hmmm If they learned the tricks Marc Rich & Glencore used to ship South African commodities during the apartheid sanctions then this could get real interesting.

Let me grab a few articles from maritime site and maybe we can see a way they'd be doing it.

>>16502110 (me)

U.S. To Let Eni, Repsol Ship Venezuela Oil To Europe

Reuters June 5, 2022

By Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) – Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people familiar with the matter said, resuming oil-for-debt swaps halted two years ago when Washington stepped up sanctions on Venezuela.

The volume of oil Eni and Repsol are expected to receive is not large, one of the people said, and any impact on global oil prices will be modest. But Washington’s greenlight to resume Venezuela’s long-frozen oil flows to Europe could provide a symbolic boost for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The U.S. State Department gave the nod to the two companies to resume shipments in a letter, the people said. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration hopes the Venezuelan crude can help Europe cut dependence on Russia and re-direct some of Venezuela’s cargoes from China. Coaxing Maduro into restarting political talks with Venezuela’s opposition is another aim, two of the people told Reuters.

The two European energy companies, which have joint ventures with Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA, can count the crude cargoes toward unpaid debts and late dividends, the people said.

A key condition, one of the people said, was that the oil received “has to go to Europe. It cannot be resold elsewhere.”

Washington believes PDVSA will not benefit financially from these cash-free transactions, unlike Venezuela’s current oil sales to China, that person said. China has not signed onto Western sanctions on Russia, and has continued to buy Russian oil and gas despite U.S. appeals.

The authorizations came last month, but details and resale restrictions have not been reported previously.

Eni ENI.MI and Repsol REP.MC did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

OTHERS EXCLUDED

Washington has not made similar allowances for U.S. oil major Chevron CorpCVX.N, India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC) ONGC.NS and France’s Maurel & Prom SAMAUP.PA, which also lobbied the U.S. State Department and U.S. Treasury Department to take oil in return for billions of dollars in accumulated debts from Venezuela.

All five oil companies halted swapping oil for debt in mid-2020 in the midst of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign that cut Venezuela’s oil exports but failed to oust Maduro.

PDVSA has not scheduled Eni and Repsol to take any cargoes this month, according to a June 3 preliminary PDVSA loading program seen by Reuters.

Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez tweeted last month she hoped the U.S. overtures “will pave the way for the total lifting of the illegal sanctions which affect our entire people.”

More:

https://gcaptain.com/u-s-to-let-eni-repsol-ship-venezuela-oil-to-europe/

>>16502746

Report: Gunvor Requests Jones Act Waiver to Deliver Gasoline to U.S. East Coast

Mike Schuler June 23, 2022

Commodities trading house Gunvor SA has reportedly requested a Jones Act waiver asking for permission to deliver 13 million gallons of blended gasoline to the U.S. using a foreign-flagged tanker, Reuters reported Thursday citing a document it had reviewed.

“The waiver would allow the vessel to become in compliance with the Jones Act, which requires that blending onboard a vessel in a foreign port does not result in a new and different product, the document said. Gunvor blended gasoline blendstocks onboard the vessel in Europe to create a finished product, instead of in shore tanks,” the Reuters report said.

The Jones Act requires that cargo, aka “merchandise,” shipped by water between two points in the United States is transported on vessels that are owned and operated by U.S. citizens, built in U.S. shipyards, and registered under the U.S. flag.

The vessel in question is the Singapore-registered BW Egret, which Reuters reported as “sitting off the U.S. East Coast” and last departed Ijumuiden, Netherlands outside of Amerstdam. The BW Egret is a medium range tanker built in 2014 and with a carrying capacity of 49,999 metric tons.

Reuters said the vessel was capable of deliverig the gasoline cargo to the U.S. within 24-48 hours, if the waiver is granted.

Jones Act waiver requests are made to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and issued by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requests must include justification for why granting the waiver would be necessary in the interest of national defense and confirmation that the requesting party “does not have under charter any coastwise-qualified vessel that is: capable of transporting the type of merchandise at issue, and whether or not it is laden with the type of cargo described in the request,” according to the CBP’s website.

Limited waivers of Jones Act requirements are sometimes issued in times of crisis—like after major hurricanes or during the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack and shutdown in 2021—typically only when there is no Jones Act fleet capacity available.

The issue in question with respect to the Gunvor request dates back to a 2015 CBP ruling confirming that gasoline blendstocks can be transported from the U.S. to a foreign port, blended into a finished gasoline product on shore, and transported back to the U.S. on foreign-flagged ships so long as the finished product is “new and different” based on certain specifications.

It’s wasn’t clear if Gunvor’s waiver request would be granted, the Reuters report said.

The alleged request is believed to be the first publicly reported Jones Act waiver request since the price of gasoline has surged to historically high levels since late February, prompting a growing number of calls for waiving the Jones Act to help reduce prices at the pump. President Biden in recent weeks has publicly critized oil and gas companies for high gasoline prices and urged steps to reduce prices for Americans who are facing the worst inflation in 40 years.

The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), which advocates on behalf of the U.S. domestic maritime industry and Jones Act interests, has maintained that waiving the Jones Act won’t help lower prices at the pump by any meaningful amount.

“This unjustified Jones Act waiver request by Gunvor would pad the profits of foreign oil traders without delivering meaningful savings at the gas pump for American families,” said Ku’uhaku Park, President of the AMP in response to Gunvor’s waiver request. “It’s a simple fact that the cost of gasoline is primarily driven by the price of crude oil and the processing of gas, which is spiking. The Jones Act is not a cost driver for increased gas prices, representing less than one cent per gallon of the overall cost of gasoline on average. Waiving the Jones Act outsources U.S. jobs and undermines America’s long-term economic security.”

https://gcaptain.com/report-gunvor-requests-jones-act-waiver-to-deliver-gasoline-to-u-s-east-coast/

Gunvor SA, sadly Wikipedia was the only one I found with any history of the company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunvor

Gunvor Group Ltd is a Cypriot-domiciled multinational commodity trading company registered in Cyprus,[4] with its main trading office in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] Gunvor also has trading offices in Singapore, the Bahamas, and Dubai, with a network of representative offices around the globe. The company operates in the trade, transport, storage and optimization of petroleum and other energy products, as well as having investments in oil terminal and port facilities. Its operations consist of securing crude oil upstream and delivering it to market via pipelines and tankers.

The company, which was founded in 2000, is the fourth largest crude oil trader in the world after Glencore, Vitol, and Trafigura.[5][6] The company was co-founded and controlled by Gennady Timchenko together with Torbjörn Törnqvist (after whose mother the company is named[7]); however, due to United States sanctions, Timchenko sold his stake in the company to Törnqvist in March 2014.[8][9]

Gunvor's largest single supplier of crude oil was once Russia, though the company now originates most of its crude oil from the Americas, with less than 13 percent coming from Russia.[10][11] It also trades African, Asian, and South-American crude and is active on all continents.[12] In 2011, Gunvor was trading less than 20% of Russia's seaborne oil.[13]

Ownership

The real beneficiaries of Gunvor cannot be ascertained. It was said that its two co-founders held an equal number of shares, with the balance being held in an employee benefit trust for senior management.[26] On 20 March 2014 Timchenko was included on the United States' Sanctions list in the wake of the annexation of Crimea by Russia, due to his close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.[9] The US Treasury alleged that "Putin has investments in Gunvor and may have access to Gunvor funds."[27] Tornqvist bought out Timchenko's 43.5% stake and became the nominal owner of an 87% stake in the company on 19 March 2014.[8] Timchenko explained the sale by "anticipating potential economic sanctions" and to "ensure with certainty the continued and uninterrupted operations of Gunvor Group".[9] The value of the transaction was not disclosed.[8]

In 2019, Gunvor "was condemned by Swiss authorities to pay approximately US$96.7 million[42] for failing to put adequate measures in place to prevent the bribery of foreign government officials[43] in Cote d’Ivoire and the Republic of Congo in exchange for lucrative oil deals."[44] In 2021 Transparency International included this as one of five examples of foreign bribery in "clean" countries in the Corruption Perception Index.[44]

More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunvor

>>16526654

Not familiar with "Morningshot Original"

Any other sauce on the construction mafia?

>>16554691

Sweet! Thanks!

Idi Amin Bun

>>16558568 “Thabo Mbeki | Idi Amin Was A Wise Man” – Posted June 25, 2022 (video)

>>16558600, >>16558641, >>16558666 Why Idi Amin Dada, ‘The Butcher Of Uganda,’ Should Be Remembered With History’s Worst Despots (Parts 1-3)

>>16558747, >>16558764 Idi Amin’s Israeli Connection

Updated ANC Bun

>>16298818 Anglo’s involvement with the ANC prior to the 1994 election

>>16303484 Jewish people played a critical role in ending apartheid in South Africa

>>16305798 Onslaught against the Peoples of SA - Part 1 (video)

>>16332096 Mendel Kaplan and Operation Exodus

>>16436216, >>16436219 Here is how much ANC received from Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg Part 1 & 2

>>16462506, >>16462522, >>16462529, >>16462534 The ANC’s Oilgate” – Glencore, Iraq ties

>>16526654, >>16554691 The construction mafia in South Africa (video)

Updated Commodities Bun

>>15510235 Anglo American Platinum Sells 50% Interest in South Africa Project to Sibanye-Stillwater

>>15510248 South African Coffee Industry Landscape to 2025 - Featuring AVI, Caffeluxe and Chilla Beverage Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

>>15815144 Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions

>>15853546 Void left by ban on key metal from Russia can't be filled

>>16264922 South Africa's Harmony Gold reports four mine deaths

>>16344476 SA's Electricity crisis | An interview with Eskom CEO André De Ruyter (video)

>>16400015, >>16400023 “Moscow-Pretoria expose widens” – Dated February 7, 1984 (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16444504, >>16444522, >>16444560 John Deuss and Transworld Oil (video on last)

>>16444741, >>16444758 The wild history of the commodities boys

>>16444848, >>16444857, >>16444876 How Commodity Traders Came To Run The World (parts 1-3)

>>16473081 Reuben Brothers Who Pillaged Russia in the 1990s Top List of UK’s Richest People – Also “Sir” Leonard Blavatnik, Alisher Usmanov

>>16472758, >>16472775, >>16472786, >>16472790, >>16472808 An Interview With Sergei Kurzin (Parts 1-5)

>>16483656, >>16483662 Shell in Nigeria: The struggle for accountability (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16488934 Gold Fields, Yamana deal will create No. 4 world mining giant

>>16499681 Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

>>16500511 Former Mining Exec Details Suitcase Full of Cash He Used to Seal Deals” – Glencore, Vitol, Trafigura, Gunvor, Cargill

>>16546230 Renowned business leader Michael Spicer, who played an instrumental role in SA transition to democracy, dies

>>16566250, >>16566261, >>16566273, >>16566316, >>16566342, >>16566402, >>16566437, >>16566465 Icarus has fallen – politics and tragedy of Brian Molefe (Parts 1-8)

Gencore/Billiton Bun

>>16488831 Gold Fields History – Cecil Rhodes, Gencor, Russia, Anglo American, De Beers, etc.

>>16488858 History of Gencor – Anglo American, Harry Oppenheimer, Lonrho

>>16557720 Gencor, the now dormant investment holding group, is a pale shadow of its former self

>>16557757 SOUTH AFRICA: Billiton: a corporation founded on apartheid plunder

>>16557850 Eskom deal with BHP Billiton akin to power theft

Gill Marcus Bun

>>16326294 Gill Marcus short biography

>>16326385 Gill Marcus – Links to Mining Companies, including Glencore

>>16488683 Gill Marcus appointment may be Glencore readying SA opportunity

>>16488740 Gill Marcus to Head Western Areas Board

>>16488758 WAL's Gill Marcus joins Gold Fields board as nonexec director

>>16488785 PIC Commission's Gill Marcus was a Steinhoff "beneficiary"

Glencore & Xstrata Bun Part One

>>16405067 Glencore redirected over $75 million in mining payments to scandal-hit friend of Congolese President, Global Witness reveals

>>16405077 “Cyril Ramaphosa’s history a red flag – expert” - Glencore

>>16408650 Scandal-hit mining companies BHP and Glencore pay record $12bn to investors

>>16408706 Glencore’s Corruption guilty verdict vindicates Critics of the New Dawn’s blind trust in dodgy Mining Houses – Zambia

>>16408715 China’s GEM Co. Ltd and Glencore extend their long-term strategic cobalt partnership

>>16408721 China Huaneng Group and Glencore sign MOU on CCUS Project – Australian Funding

>>16408829 Glencore to honour pre-existing Russia contracts, no new deals

>>16408886 Calls mount for SA probe into Glencore – Ties to the ANC

>>16409418 Glencore’s History – Marc Rich, Rudolph Giuliani and Bill Clinton

>>16409517, >>16409519, >>16409535 Marc Rich’s ties to Apartheid (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16413886 Rich was spy for Israel – fugitive fat cat also offered aid to CIA & others

>>16413927 Marc Rich, “A Citizen of the World”

>>16414246 “The toxic chocolatier – The case for prosecuting Glencore executives” – namely Ivan Glasenberg

>>16414359, >>16435203, >>16435207, >>16435212, >>16483911, >>16483942 Ivan Glasenberg

>>16415399, >>1615402, >>16415414 Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal (Parts 1-3)

>>16415450 Glencore: the monster has landed!

>>16415472 Glencore prepares to join FTSE amid scrutiny of Namibia court battle

>>16418776 Glencore 'linked to Colombian terrorist group'

>>16418782 Glencore – “Funding violence against anti-mining activists”, “Poisoning vital water supplies”, “Bribery and corruption”

>>16418789 Glencore traded with Iranian supplier to nuclear programme

>>16418795 “Glencore Paid Judges To Make Cases Disappear” Tony Yengeni Spills Beans” – South Africa

>>16425138 How Marc [Rich] helped plunder Russia

>>16425794, >>16425799 “The Slimy Trail of Marc Rich: How One of the Clintons’ Best Friends Gave the Gift That Keeps on Giving” (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16425988 Glencore is more of a crime syndicate than a business

>>16435509 Glencore CEO & List of Directors 2021

>>16436784 Rusal, Sual To Create Russian Aluminum Giant – Merge with Glencore

>>16441395 Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

>>16441420 Former Glencore trader pleads guilty in New York over Nigerian oil bribery scheme

>>16441434 Glencore Reaches $9.85 Million Zinc Rigging Settlement in New York

>>16444132 Glencore, Edelweiss offices raided over probe into pulses price fixing”

>>16444440, >>16444450, >>16444460, >>16444468 Marc Rich and the Shipping Research Bureau

>>16452297, >>16452311, >>16452318, >>16452371, >>16452388, >>16452393, >>16452396 Paradise Papers: Glencore hid link to ghost shipping fleet during Iran scandal (Parts 1-7)

>>16452412 Lawsuit Against Anti-Iran Group Dismis7ed Over US State Secrets

>>16455295, >>16455319 Eric Holder’s Connection to Marc Rich (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16462506, >>16462522, >>16462529, >>16462534 The ANC’s Oilgate” – Glencore, Iraq ties (Parts 1-4)

>>16472648, >>16472656, >>16472661 Bill Clinton’s pardon of fugitive Marc Rich continues to pay big (Parts 1-3)

>>16476818 The Great Deceptions of Robert Mueller: The Art of the Limited Hangout – Marc Rich, Glencore, Clintons, etc

>>16477359 Goldman Vends Metal Warehouse Unit to Reuben Brothers - Analyst Blog – “hoarding of aluminum and artificial rise in the metal price” [Glencore]

>>16484321 You’ll Never Guess Who Ran the Investigation Into Whether ‘Slick Willie’ (Bill Clinton) Got Paid for Pardoning Marc Rich” - Mueller, Comey and Holder

>>16488831 Gold Fields History – Cecil Rhodes, Gencor, Russia, Anglo American, De Beers, etc.

>>16488858 History of Gencor – Anglo American, Harry Oppenheimer, Lonrho

>>16488934 Gold Fields, Yamana deal will create No. 4 world mining giant

>>16493488 Business Profile: The story of a miner [Mick Davis] who struck gold – KPMG, Gencor, Billiton

>>16493641 Glencore/ Congo/ Child labor/ Pollution/ 2012 (video)

Glencore & Xstrata Bun Part Two

>>16493696 Counting the Cost – Glencore [0:00-9:08]: Taking over the world? [2011] (video)

>>16493808 Why Poverty - Stealing Africa” [Covers Glencore, Ivan Glasenberg, Marc Rich, etc.] (video)

>>16493977 Glencore is a World Economic Forum Partner

>>16494769 Canada Fines Glencore-Controlled Miner Over Business With Dan Gertler In Congo, WSJ

>>16494782 Israeli Mining Tycoon Dan Gertler On The U.S. Blacklist Will Benefit From Tesla’s Cobalt Deal” - Glencore

>>16494793 Re|Source cements partnership with Tesla

>>16495112, >>16495120 Glencore: Profiteering from hunger and chaos” – 9 May 2011 (Parts 1 & 2)

>>16495133 Glencore riding energy crunch to record profits” – 20 June 2022

>>16547828 Glencore and Xstrata's chief executives' links go back to university days” – Ivan Glasenberg, Mick Davis, HSBC, Nat Rothschild, Rusal, Vallares, Tony Hayward

>>16547872 Glencore sells Mopani back to the Zambian government then hired Rothschild & Co, South Africa again to review mine – Coincidence?

Gunvor Bun

>>16502749 Gunvor Requests Jones Act Waiver to Deliver Gasoline to U.S. East Coast

>>16502894 Gunvor info on Wikipedia

>>16526262 Gunvor successfully closes USD 1.225 Billion revolving credit facility

>>16526279, >>16526291, >>16526302 Gunvor pins future on Swedish CEO after Russian co-founder exits (Part 1-3)

>>16526372 Govt. illegally sells Malawi National Oil Company

Sacoil/Efora Bun'

>>16483607 SacOil – History and changed its name to Efora Energy Ltd

>>16483620, >>16483622 Cooperation Agreement concluded with new partners and the China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau for the construction of the African Renaissance Gas Pipeline in Mozambique

>>16483638, >>16483648 Nigeria – Crude Trading Allocation

>>16483690 SacOil acquires Phembani Oil

Tony Hollingsworth Bun

>>16527940 Tony Hollingsworth Letter regarding “Nelson Mandela 70th birthday tribute” (1988) - signed by Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, Dr Allan Boesak, Robert Hughes MP, Andimba Toivo ja Toivo and Oliver Tambo

>>16528090 Tony Hollingsworth - Tribute Inspirations - Nelson Mandela: 70th Birthday Tribute (video)

>>16528136 Tony Hollingworth – “re-positioned Nelson Mandela from “black terrorist leader” to “black leader” to, consulting for the US White House on a public campaign in a response to 9/11”, etc. (video)

>>16546091 Tony Hollingsworth on Madiba – Mandela’s Rivonia Trial Speech

Trafigura Bun

>>16499440 Trafigura posts record half-year profit as commodities volatility intensifies

>>16499681 Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

>>16499440 Trafigura posts record half-year profit as commodities volatility intensifies

>>16499707 EXCLUSIVE Trafigura to stop buying crude from Russia's Rosneft ahead of EU deadline

>>16499756 Trafigura Invests €1.5 Billion in Rosneft’s Arctic Oil Project to Cement Ties

>>16500450 Trafigura investigated for alleged corruption, market manipulation

>>16500476 UPDATE 2-"Trafigura has bought out founder's family [Dauphin] stake in full – CFO” - after record earnings in 2020

Trevor Huddleston Bun

>>16528163 Timeline: Father Trevor Huddleston, includes speech, given at the 1990 Nelson Mandela: An International tribute to free South Africa concert. At Wembley stadium,London. (video)

>>16528233 Bishop Trevor Huddleston. Pervert who preyed on the Poor

>>16529315 “Tutu, Desmond – An Equal Rights Advocate – World Class” – Trevor Huddleston and Harry Oppenheimer

>>16529355 Oliver Tambo and Trevor Huddleston

United Democratic Front Bun

>>16529844 VIOLENCE AND APARTHEID – Violence between Indians and Blacks [1985] - United Democratic Front (UDF)

>>16544850, >>16544862, >>16544913, >>16544920, >>16544926, >>16544948 United Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990 (Parts 1-6)

Notables are NOT Endorsements

passing 450

#7

>>15510152 Ex-South African president appeals ruling in corruption case

>>15510185 South Africa's rand recovers, central banks in focus

>>15510222 A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’

>>16264942 South Africa president abandons rally after booing

>>16298848 South Africa-Mandela Attacked Re 'Shoot To Kill (video)

>>16299738 Don’t forget the murders of Prime Minister Dr. HF Verwoerd and Bernt Carlsson (video)

>>16345467, >>16350209, >>16351131 Are Foreign Investors Colonising Africa?

>>16345817, >>16345829, >>16345842 Africa: A possible solution for Europe’s energy troubles Parts 1-3

>>16346727, >>16346735 Government of South Africa and The United Nations in South Africa sign the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

>>16350432 Zuma's self-survival rooted in being ex-ANC intelligence operative

>>16381002, >>16386558, >>16386621, 163404208 Albie Sachs/Sujit Choudhry Land Grab and judging the judges (videos)

>>16399968, >>16399979, >>16399981, >>16399984, >>16399985, >>16399986, >>16399988, >>16399993 MWN Investigation Reveals Amnesty International’s Reckless Double Standards (Parts 1-8)

>>16400008 Bertha Foundation, Clooney Foundation and Amnesty International’s Support of Omar Radi | Morocco Condemns Amnesty International's "Political Interference"

>>16401000 Amandla! Collective Bun

>>16426089, >>16433197 “Amabhungane details alleged cover-up in Ramaphosa farm theft” – Namibia Connection (video)

>>16436536, >>16436544 From poor orphan to billionaire oligarch: how Abramovich made his money (Part 1 & 2)

>>16472313 Farm Murders on the increase again

>>16473707 Chancellor House Bun

>>16473710 Covid Bun

>>16473714 Gershon Kekst Bun

>>16473729 Lonrho Bun

>>16473731 Oppenheimer Bun

>>16473738 Cyril Ramaphosa Bun

>>16473741 Jacob Zuma Bun

>>16473779 Viktor Vekselberg Bun

>>16483557, >>16483581 Former finance minister Tito Mboweni

>>16484048 “South Africa is turning into Congo.” - Electrician killed in shootout involving 150 Zamas at moth-balled Sibanye gold mine (video)

>>16526538 South Africa Connections in Malawi

>>16544387, >>16564540 Eskom warns of stage 6, blames "unlawful industrial action"; Looter may get "ideas"

>>16538741, >>16538769 Business deserves thanks for role in averting SA civil war, say experts ahead of discussion co-hosted by UP (Part 1 & 2)

>>16544614, >>16557619 South Africa Nightclub Horror: 22 teenagers found dead (videos)

>>16554835 James Rothschild – Investments; Rusal, Glencore, Ukraine, etc

>>16554864, >>16554865, >>16554880 Chronology of how National Party and African National Congress were outsmarted by White Businessmen and Foreign Governments in taking over South Africa in 1989 (Parts 1-3)

>>16557915 Beyond Stage 8? Expert says SA ‘one step away’ from TOTAL blackout

>>16558876, >>16558904 Anti-White and anti-Indian bigotry in South Africa: The racism that does not attract the world’s condemnation (parts 1 & 2)

>>16567352, >>16567460, >>16567583, >>16567690, >>16567701 Investec, Hendrik du Toit, Naspers, and Koos Bekker (videos)

>>16569263 Idi Amin Bun | Updayed ANC Bun

>>16569266 Updated Commodities Bun

>>16569269 Gencore/Billiton Bun | Gill Marcus Bun

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Zimbabwe Central Bank to Offer Gold Coins as Inflation Ravages the Country

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe plans to issue gold coins as a way for investors in the country to store value as inflation runs rampant in the economy.

The United States isn’t the only country battling rapidly rising prices. The inflation rate in Zimbabwe spiked from 132% in May to 191.6% in June, and the Zimbabwean currency is quickly devaluing against other global currencies, particularly the US dollar.

Enter gold.

On Monday, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, John Mangudya, announced the new gold coins would be minted by Fidelity Gold Refineries (Private) Limited and available to the public through normal banking institutions.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) resolved to introduce gold coins into the market as an instrument that will enable investors to store value.”

The central bank owns Fidelity Gold Refineries (Private) Limited. It operates as the only gold-buying and refining entity in the southern African country.

The RBZ has not announced a timeline for the introduction of the coins.

Batanai Matsika heads research for Morgan & Co., a Zimbabwean brokerage firm. In an interview with Al Jazeera, he called the introduction of the gold coins a “welcome development” in a market starved of options to hedge against inflation.

For a long time, the market did not have many investment options and this is a new asset class. The thinking was inspired by the need to come up with an instrument that addresses the inflation problems in the economy where purchasing power has been eroded. From what we are gathering, this is going to be a store value.”

Matsika went on to say the fundamentals of gold help it hedge against inflation and geopolitical risk, and that the gold coins would open the gold market to “ordinary investors.”

Typical of central bankers, the RBZ is trying to solve a problem it created. The country has labored under an inflationary monetary policy for decades. According to Al Jazeera, the central bank worsened the problem by printing even more new money, reversing gains made in the past two years. Inflation decreased from a peak of 800% in 2020 to 60% in January this year.

Ironically, Zimbabwean investors have turned to the US dollar as a store of value. The dollar has its own inflationary problem, but as the world reserve currency, the greenback is the cleanest dirty shirt in the laundry. One US dollar sells on the Zimbabwean black market for 650 Zimbabwean dollars.

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