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>The Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU)

Now South Africa has a government of national unity

“South Africa’s unity government: 4 crucial factors for it to work”

https://theconversation.com/south-africas-unity-government-4-crucial-factors-for-it-to-work-232533

Published: June 18, 2024 6.12pm CEST

Governments of national unity built on power-sharing arrangements are common in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Now South Africa also has a unity government, following the 2024 general election in which no party won a majority.

These governments foster stability through collaboration in grand coalitions. The premise is that in divided societies, stability can be achieved by elites working together in a power-sharing pact.

Whether political parties call them coalitions or governments of national unity, these are generally expedient solutions designed to mitigate political conflict or instability.

The ANC lost its majority but still won 40% of the votes in the May election, more than any other party. It has chosen to form a unity government, joined by the Democratic Alliance (previously the official opposition), the Inkatha Freedom Party, the Patriotic Alliance, Good and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania.

The ANC retained the positions of president (Cyril Ramaphosa) and speaker (Thoko Didiza). The Democratic Alliance’s Annelie Lotriet was voted deputy speaker.

Unity governments are often seen as unsustainable. This can be due to factors around political culture, most notably elite political culture. These are the values, beliefs and attitudes that shape political elite behaviour within political institutions.

Negotiating South Africa’s seventh parliament has essentially been an elite pact. The voting public was not privy to the terms of the agreement. Political elites crafted the way forward for the seventh parliament.

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>Negotiating South Africa’s seventh parliament has essentially been an elite pact. The voting public was not privy to the terms of the agreement. Political elites crafted the way forward for the seventh parliament.

“South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999” – History Repeating? 1 of 2

https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/south-african-government-national-unity-gnu-1994-1999

From 27 April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the interim Constitution of South Africa provided for the establishment of the Government of National Unity. After the first democratic election in 1994, 19,726,579 votes were counted and 193,081 were rejected as invalid. The African National Congress (ANC) in alliance with the labour confederation COSATU and the South African Communist Party fell slightly short of a two-thirds majority. The Government of National Unity was established and headed by Nelson Mandela as a president and FW De Klerk as his deputy president. Mandela’s cabinet included ministers from other political parties as well as members of the National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party.

The notion of Government of National Unity, encompassing all political parties that enjoyed a threshold of 10 percent of support in the electorate, came from the ANC as one amongst many instruments to ensure inclusivity during the transition period from apartheid to democracy, 1990 - 1994. The mission of the GNU was to oversee a new South African Constitution, as well asto radically improve the quality of life of all people of South Africa. Recognising that gross human rights violations and atrocities had been committed during the apartheid period, the GNU established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The TRC sought to uncover the truth about past violations of human rights, facilitate reconciliation and grant amnesty, provided that perpetrators fully disclosed politically-motivated crimes and provided evidence that led to investigations and prosecutions. The GNU contributed immeasurably in improving the spirit of reconciliation in South Africa.

The National Party withdraws from the GNU

The National Party (NP) held its Federal Executive Committee where it decided to withdraw from the Government of National Unity with effect from 30 June 1996. On 3 June 1996, the NP under the leadership of F W de Klerk, who was also the Deputy President at that time, announced its withdrawal from the GNU. The main reasons cited by F W de Klerk was the exclusion of joint-decision making from the final constitution, the NP’s lack of influence on government policy, his retirement from politics in August 1996, and that the NP had adopted its new role as a fully fledged opposition party. The NP inaugurated a new leadership under Marthinus van Schalkwyk. Later, the NP ended its cooperation with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on the ground of political bias.

From his speech during the debate of his budget vote on 3 June 1996 in Parliament, FW de Klerk, explained his decision to withdraw from GNU: “continued participation in the GNU was equivalent to a death sentence for even the broadest and mildest concept of Government based on consensus. Continued participation would be equivalent to detention on a kind of political death row. The survival of multi-party democracy, which depends on the existence of a strong and credible opposition, was being threatened by our continued participation in the GNU”.

The ANC, without reservations, accepted the NP’s announcement that it will withdraw from the GNU. Serious challenges faced the new government at that time included a stagnant economy with high and rising unemployment, high inequality between and within the different race groups and widespread poverty. To tackle these problems the government announced a Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) in 1996, which was essentially social democratic in orientation and aimed at the empowerment of the poor. Subsequently, the government abandoned the RDP in favour of a Growth, Employment, and Redistribution (GEAR) policy that aimed at job creation through a neo-liberal focus on structural reform of the economy, trade liberalisation privatisation and the attraction of foreign investment. However, the Government of National Unity lapsed at the end of the first Parliament in 1999.

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“South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999” – History Repeating? 2 of 2

https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Party-political-party-South-Africa

In June 1996 the National Party left the national unity government—its first time out of government since 1948. The party sought to recast its image by changing its name to the New National Party (NNP) in December 1998. In 1999, however, its support fell, and it won only 28 seats in Parliament. The following year the party formed the Democratic Alliance with the Democratic Party and the Federal Alliance, though the NNP withdrew in 2001. Later that year the party formed a pact with the ANC, its historic foe. After several years of declining popularity, in 2005 the party’s federal council voted to disband the party.

https://tpy.nelsonmandela.org/pages/part-i-democratic-breakthrough/forming-the-government-of-national-unity/3-1-the-path-to-a-government-of-national-unity

Although it took hard negotiation and intense debate for the ANC to accept the idea of a Government of National Unity , something like it was envisaged early on. In his Treason Trial testimony in 1960 Mandela acknowledged a phased transition to democracy as something that could be contemplated. The possibility was there in broad and vague outline in the document Mandela sent to President PW Botha in March 1989.107 That document drew on insight into the government’s thinking gained from the secret meetings with a government working group108; on discussions with his fellow prisoners from Pollsmoor; and consultations with the ANC leadership in exile.109

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>the Inkatha Freedom Party

IFP ties to the ANC, Oppenheimer Family

https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/i-grew-up-in-the-anc-youth-league–mangosuthu-buth

Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme was the founder of the African National Native Congress. He was also my [Mangosuthu Buthelezi] uncle.

I grew up in the ANC Youth League at the University of Fort Hare. I was taught by Professor ZK Mathews, I knew Dr John Langalibalele Dube, I was mentored by Inkosi Albert Luthuli, and I worked closely with Mr Oliver Tambo and Mr Nelson Mandela. My personal history cannot be extricated from the history of the liberation struggle, or from that of the African National Congress.

The younger generation is seldom told that Inkatha was founded on the original ideals of the ANC, from which we have never deviated. They are not told that Inkatha adopted the colours and symbols of the ANC because it was created to pick up where the ANC left off when it was banned and when its leaders went into exile.

https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/malemas-oppenheimer-claims-bizarre–ifp

Forty-six years ago, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi secured R5 million from Mr Harry Oppenheimer through the Anglo American and de Beers Chairman’s Fund, and he used it to build the Mangosuthu University of Technology, opening the door to vocational training for black South Africans.

Since its founding in 1979, having started with just 15 students, MUT has produced more than 50 000 graduates from across South Africa and the SADC community. This is a credit to the IFP and its Founder. The R5 million Oppenheimer donation did not disappear in the hands of the IFP. It built MUT.

Based on their shared philanthropy, a lifelong friendship developed between Prince Buthelezi and Mr Oppenheimer, which continued down the generations. That is why Mr Nicky and Mr Jonathan Oppenheimer attended Prince Buthelezi’s funeral.

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/oppenheimer-family-donation-relationship-ifp-history-elections/

22-05-24 12:34

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa says the R20 million donated by the Oppenheimer family, which is the third-richest in Africa, had no conditions attached to it.

Last Friday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) released its latest report, which shows just how much political parties received in donations in the last quarter of the 2023/2024 financial year. In total, political parties declared a record R172 million. Notably, the affluent Oppenheimers and mining magnate and CAF president Patrice Motsepe, together with Main Street 1564 (Pty) Ltd, continue to donate millions to the country’s political parties.

https://www.pmbhotrust.co.za/about-harry-oppenheimer/

Mr Oppenheimer was committed to and actively participated in the field of social investment; many of the enterprises initiated by him continue to flourish today. In 1958, he established the Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust to handle the social responsibility projects supported by the Oppenheimer family. At Anglo American, The Chairman’s Fund, established in 1973, initiates and finances projects which contribute to community development on a large scale, particularly in the arena of education.

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>Democratic Alliance

>>20970977

>Western Cape Progressive Party Youth Committee=> Progressive Reform Party->Progressive Federal Party=> now Democratic Alliance

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>[New National Party] formed the Democratic Alliance with the Democratic Party and the Federal Alliance, though the NNP withdrew in 2001. Later that year the party formed a pact with the ANC, its historic foe.

DA ties to the Oppenheimer Family

https://liberalism.co.za/progressive-party/

It was also decided at the inaugural congress that a commission would be established that would draw up proposals for a new constitution for South Africa. This constitution would bring about non-racialism in governance and entrench individual rights, which were absent from the 1910 Constitution (Swart 1991, 77–78). Donald Molteno was a constitutional lawyer and civil rights champion at the time of the founding of the Progressive Party and joined the party to chair its constitutional policy commission. (Other commissioners on the party’s constitutional commission included the former chief justice of South Africa, Albert Centlivres, native representative Edgar Brookes, judge Leslie Blackwell, businessman Harry Oppenheimer, Selby Ngcobo, Richard van der Ross, Eugene Marais, former UP leader Koos Strauss, and Kenneth Heard [Swart 1991, 80].) He was previously a native representative in the House of Assembly. Molteno grew up in Cape Town with a tradition of liberalism in his family (Lewsen 1987, 101).

https://www.brenthurst.org.za/about-bl/harry-frederick-oppenheimer/

[Harry Oppenheimer] loved Parliament – the cut and the thrust and the sense of power – and this was at a time when his then party, the United Party, felt they could easily become the government and were a real influence.

But though he was now out of Parliament he never lost his love for and involvement in politics. His view of the future of South Africa had always involved all South Africans and, in this regard, he was on the left wing of the old United Party. It would have surprised no one that he was the principal backer of the Progressive Party when it split form the United Party… my father’s support of the party and the principles it stood for (and Helen Suzman) never wavered, even though this support had a negative impact on Anglo American and De Beers. To him, some beliefs were more important than even these two great companies.

It was my father’s greatest political delight that he lived long enough to see democracy come to South Africa… my father’s political involvement went beyond South Africa. He may have been a South African first, but he was also an African and related to the continent as a whole. It is a great compliment to what he stood for that so many of Africa’s leaders could distinguish between a South Africa ruled in terms of apartheid and my father and his philosophy for Africa. I have always thought it worthy of note that during the days when Tanzania was leading the fight against apartheid my father would always stay in State House of the guest of President Nyerere whenever he visited Tanzania… He was, politically, ahead of his time in South Africa and he made sure the companies was associated with were as well.

Under his chairmanship, Anglo American and De Beers went through successful and difficult times, but they both remained – and still remain – true to his, and his father’s, tenet of faith. Business had to do with more than just making money – especially in Africa and other developing countries – it had to make a real contribution to development.

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>I have always thought it worthy of note that during the days when Tanzania was leading the fight against apartheid my father would always stay in State House of the guest of President Nyerere whenever he visited Tanzania… He was, politically, ahead of his time in South Africa and he made sure the companies was associated with were as well.

ANC and other liberation movement military training camps were in Tanzania

https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv03445/04lv03446/05lv03463.htm

Once banned in 1960 the ANC moved swiftly to establish a foreign mission under Oliver Tambo and to set up a military training programme. All available literature on guerilla warfare was studied, particularly with reference to China, Cuba, Algeria and Vietnam, and the first group received training from the Chinese. Another group of recruits was trained in Morocco in 1962. In 1963 and 1964 the first African MK guerilla training camp was established in Tanzania at Kongwa, to be followed later by others at Mbeya, Bagamoyo and Morogoro, with Morogoro doubling up as the ANC's local headquarters. With the arrest of Wilton Mkwayi in 1964 Joe Modise took over as MK commander and he established additional camps in Angloa, Zambia and Uganda. He also organized training programmes in the Eastern Bloc, Cuba, Algeria, Egypt and Ethiopia. Despite reports of internal feuding (notably over the SACP*'s different political philosophy) which reputedly caused low morale in the Tanzanian camps in the 1960s and again in 1975, a number of incursions were made into South Africa.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/tanzanias-ruling-party-lauds-unsung-heroes-of-south-africa-s-liberation-struggle/2493887

04.02.2022

Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party has hailed exiled members of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party who sacrificed their lives during the liberation struggle against the apartheid regime.

Dorothy Mwamsiku, CCM chairwoman for the Morogoro region, said at a great personal cost to themselves, exiled members of the ANC who lived in Morogoro used every political weapon to defeat the divisive apartheid era and fight for freedom and democracy in their country.

The emergence of organized popular liberation movements across Africa after the Second World War was crucial for achieving independence for many African countries.

As a staunch opponent of colonial rule in Africa, Tanzania played a pivotal role in assisting other African nations in their liberation struggles.

Julius Nyerere, the architect of Tanzania’s independence and the country’s first president, was a key figure in the struggle against foreign domination and helped promote the concept of Pan-African unity.

Observers say that Tanzania’s support for the ANC’s liberation movement went beyond rhetoric as Nyerere encouraged unity and solidarity among Africans.

According to Mwamsiku, Nyerere, who dedicated his entire life to the wellbeing of humanity, played a very important role in the struggle for South Africa’s independence.

The country offered itself as a base for those fighting for liberation, including South Africa.

“These movements benefitted from the safety and stability of the country, as well as the experience and guidance they received from Tanzania, which by then had already achieved independence,” she said.

Although the most visible contributions to South Africa’s liberation struggle apparently came from Tanzania’s political elites, Mwamsiku said ordinary citizens, notably the people of Morogoro, were generally very supportive of the cause for freedom.

Mazimbu, which attracted a growing number of ANC exiles who flocked to the country after the 1976 Soweto uprising, also served as a political strategy center for the freedom fighters.

According to him, some of the top ANC officials as well as men and women who went on to lead South Africa after independence lived in Mazimbu throughout the liberation struggle.

>>21379971

>Business had to do with more than just making money – especially in Africa and other developing countries – it had to make a real contribution to development.

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The Oppenheimers continuing their legacy

IFP, DA, African leaders, Ukraine, Brenthurst Foundation, etc. signed “The Gdańsk Declaration: Solidarity for Democracy”

https://www.thebrenthurstfoundation.org/news/the-gdansk-declaration-solidarity-for-democracy/

From 21-23 June 2023, the European Solidarity Centre and The Brenthurst Foundation staged a conference on 'Rolling Back Authoritarianism' in Gdańsk, Poland, the epicentre of political change in Poland and in Europe in the late 1980s. The event was attended by more than 50 leaders from Africa, Latin America, Poland and the Baltic States. At the end of the event, the Gdańsk Declaration was adopted unanimously. It lays out the commitment of all delegates to ending authoritarianism and introducing democracy, accountability and transparency. This is the full text of this historic declaration. The signatories are listed at the end of the document

We recognise that freedom is not free. Democrats everywhere need to be united, and work together to reduce the costs and risks of this formidable if achievable task. We must provide moral support to all comrades in struggle, from Ukraine to Uganda.

https://www.thebrenthurstfoundation.org/about/

Born in 2004, the Brenthurst Foundation was established by the Oppenheimer family to build on the work of the Brenthurst Initiative of 2003. This was a programme that instigated debate around policy strategies in South Africa to accelerate economic expansion. The debate continues across the continent, driven by the sharing of ideas, data, and experiences.

The Brenthurst Foundation is part of Oppenheimer Generations.

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>>21379910

>The ANC retained the positions of president (Cyril Ramaphosa)

Roelf Meyer signed Gdansk Agreement and is back in South Africa

https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/roelof-petrus-roelf-meyer

Meyer practiced as an attorney in Pretoria and Johannesburg until 1980, a year after he became a Member of Parliament for the National Party (NP). Until his retirement from politics in 2000, he played an important and often prominent role in South African politics. His positions included Deputy Minister of Law and Order and of Constitutional Development (1986 to 1991) and Minister of Defence, of Communication and of Constitutional Affairs (1991-1996).

In May 1992 he formed part of the government delegation at talks with the ANC at Groot Schuur, Cape Town. He was the government’s chief negotiator in constitutional negotiations and established an effective working relationship with the ANC’s chief negotiator, Cyril Ramaphosa. The negotiations between Ramaphosa and Meyer paved the way for the first fully democratic elections in 1994, after which Meyer continued in his post as Minister of Constitutional Affairs in the Cabinet of the new President, Nelson Mandela.

https://www.thebrenthurstfoundation.org/news/south-africa-2035-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly/

It was against this background that, representing the In Transformation Initiative, I [Roelf Meyer] became involved in the development of the scenarios outlined in this book, along with the Brenthurst Foundation.

It is my hope that these scenarios will make our options clearer so that we make the right choices, in much the same way that Sunter’s scenarios helped move South Africa away from violent confrontation and towards democracy three decades ago.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-01-30-roelf-meyer-is-back-and-trying-to-help-save-sas-economy/

30 Jan 2019

Roelf Meyer became one of the best-known faces in South Africa during the transition to democracy when he led negotiations on behalf of the National Party with the ANC’s chief mediator, Cyril Ramaphosa. It’s 20 years since he left active politics to play a behind-the-scenes role in global conflict resolution. But Meyer is now working with the South African government once more: this time, to help jumpstart the economy.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-06-04-roelf-meyer-a-new-ruling-order-has-to-be-built-in-sa/

04 Jun 2024

We find ourselves in a similar situation today. Of course, it’s completely different in terms of background and history before the transition (in 1994). I’m not trying to replicate the two situations. (But it’s similar in that) we have a new administration coming into place after 30 years. We have to accept the election results and deal with the consequences. The previous six administrations were based on a departure point in which we had a clear ruling party. We have a new transition to make to a new administration in what will come up in the seventh administration. It’s new ground to address. Some things will stay the same. The most important thing will. There is no ruling party any longer. A new ruling order has to be built.

[Branko Brkic, Editor-in-Chief, Daily Maverick also signed the Gdansk Agreement]

>>21380005

>It is my hope that these scenarios will make our options clearer so that we make the right choices, in much the same way that Sunter’s scenarios helped move South Africa away from violent confrontation and towards democracy three decades ago.

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>>21379971

>Under his chairmanship, Anglo American and De Beers went through successful and difficult times, but they both remained – and still remain – true to his, and his father’s, tenet of faith. Business had to do with more than just making money – especially in Africa and other developing countries – it had to make a real contribution to development.

>>21379942

>Mr Oppenheimer was committed to and actively participated in the field of social investment; many of the enterprises initiated by him continue to flourish today. In 1958, he established the Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust to handle the social responsibility projects supported by the Oppenheimer family. At Anglo American, The Chairman’s Fund, established in 1973, initiates and finances projects which contribute to community development on a large scale, particularly in the arena of education.

“Clem Sunter: SA at economic crossroads – Election ’24 parallels pre-94 watershed”

https://youtu.be/WQsY-x27M6k

Jul 11, 2023

1:26 – “All the research was done by very clever people in Anglo like Michael O’Dowd and Bobby Godsell and by a superb London team led by one of the great futurists in the world, Pierre Wack, a Frenchman who had been head of scenario planning at Royal Dutch Shell.”

9:26 – “I think it’s going to need a huge amount of support between government and private sector to produce that economy.”

South Africa is home to one of the world’s foremost scenario planners - an Oxford PPE and erstwhile top business executive who played a huge role in the late 1980s in steering the nation towards the High Road of negotiation, rather than a widely anticipated civil war. Now in his late 70s, futurist Clem Sunter’s passion for the country is undimmed. But he fears that today’s political and business leaders are not appreciating the arrival of the second watershed that was highlighted in the original High Road Low Road scenarios three decades back. In this absorbing interview he explains to BizNews’s Alec Hogg what’s really at stake in Election 2024. In short, that it’s “the economy, stupid…” and without a 1980s-type refocus, this time to promote entrepreneurship, all of the Young Democracy’s gains since 1994 will be lost and an economic wasteland awaits. - Alec Hogg

https://www.famousfaces.co.za/artists/clem-sunter/

Cape Town based Clem Sunter was voted by South African leading CEOs as the speaker who has made the most significant contribution to, and impact on, best practice and business in South Africa.

In July 2023, Clem predicted the Israeli Palestinian conflict, when Mossad, the Israeli Defence Force and the CIA failed to foresee it.

Born in England and educated at Oxford University, he moved to Zambia to work for Anglo American Corporation Central Africa before being transferred to Johannesburg. He spent most of his subsequent career in the Gold and Uranium Division, serving as its Chairman and CEO from 1990 to 1996 and he served as Chairman of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund.

In the early 1980s, he established a scenario planning function in Anglo with teams in London and Johannesburg. With material gathered by his team members, Mr. Sunter put together a presentation entitled ‘The World and South Africa in the 1990s’ which became very popular in South Africa in the mid-1980s. In it, two scenarios were offered for South Africa: the ‘High Road’ of negotiation leading to a political settlement and the ‘Low Road’ of confrontation leading to a civil war and a wasteland. South Africa took the High Road.

Since 1987, he has authored or co-authored – with Chantell Ilbury – more than 15 books, several of which have been bestsellers.

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Cape Town for his work in the field of scenario planning, a skillset which he continues to share with organisations worldwide.

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>>21422250

>Floyd Shivambu

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>>21422276

>Mpox

Is this part of the reason why they changed the virus name from monkeypox to mpox? They don’t want to have a backlash?

“Protesters trash H&M stores in South Africa over 'coolest monkey in the jungle' jumper racism row”

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/protesters-trash-h-m-stores-in-south-africa-over-coolest-monkey-in-the-jungle-hoodie-racism-row-a3739406.html

16 January 2018

Shocking video shows protestor tearing down displays

South African activists have trashed a number of H&M stores in response to a recent row over a "racist" hoodie sold by the high street retailer.

Video footage shows protestors tearing down stands, knocking over mannequins and throwing clothing around at a store in the Menlyn Park store, in Pretoria.

Police resorted to using rubber bullets on protests, as violent action reportedly spread to at least six shopping centres throughout the country after H&M apologised for using an image of a black child modelling a hoodie with the slogan “coolest monkey in the jungle”.

Floyd Shivambu, a spokesman for the socialist Economic Freedom Fighters party, praised the action on Twitter, claiming H&M was "facing consequences for its racism".

He wrote: "The [H&M] nonsense of a clothing store is now facing consequences for its racism…

"Well done to Fighters who physically confronted racism."

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>One of the main initiatives of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, which aims to remove barriers to Africans’ freedom of movement, employment, and residence on their continent, is the free mobility of Africans within it.

People prefer ‘apartheid’

“Miss SA xenophobia controversy sparks tribalism debate”

https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/style-beauty/miss-sa-xenophobia-controversy-sparks-tribalism-debate-5a5f67a4-3899-48bd-863f-480b7779b353#google_vignette

Published Aug 5, 2024

The 2024 pageant stirred controversy when finalist, Chidimma Adetshina faced xenophobia after it was discovered that she has a South African mother who is of Mozambican descent and a Nigerian father.

The xenophobic backlash began on social media, with critics questioning her citizenship status and her right to represent South Africa in the pageant, arguing that only South African born individuals should compete.

These views reflect the broader xenophobic attitudes in South Africa, where immigrants are often blamed for various social and economic problems. Adetshina’s experience identifies the difficulties immigrants face in being fully accepted, even when they hold legal status and contribute positively to the country.

Furthermore, the impact of xenophobia on the Miss South Africa pageant has led to a conversation about tribalism.

Tribalism is when one strongly identifies with a specific group like a tribe or ethnic community, prioritising the interests and needs of that specific group over others, which leads to exclusion or conflict with other groups.

https://www.arise.tv/updates-on-chidimma-adetshinas-citizenship-status-to-be-provided-through-parliament-says-south-africa-home-affairs-minister/

17:04, 16th Aug, 2024

South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, has said that the investigation into the citizenship status of Chidimma Adetshina is “active and ongoing”, and updates will be provided only through official channels, including in Parliament.

Schreiber confirmed this on Thursday while addressing news surrounding Adetshina, who was forced to withdraw from the Miss South Africa competition amidst backlash and accusations of not being South African.

Adetshina then decided to step back from the competition for her family’s safety, although she remains a figure of public interest as the investigation continues.

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>Miss SA xenophobia controversy sparks tribalism debate

>>21396704

>Chiefs were made actual owners of land rather than the whole community. From them, the colonialists could easily obtain mining concessions, plantations, and other resources without much resistance.

>>21406188

>The Urban Foundation is credited for transforming Ramaphosa from aspiring lawyer to mining magnate.

>>20971056

>For instance, in a little known effort of great importance, Idasa organized five high level trips for drafters of the new South African constitution to England, Switzerland, Portugal, the US, Canada, India, and Australia, in 1994 and 1995, with a group drawn from all the major parties.

>>20971069

>In 1993 and 1994 Slabbert and Boraine stepped down from leadership of Idasa. Slabbert took on an organizing role in the new Open Society Foundation, funded by the democracy philanthropist George Soros.

>>21379910

>The ANC retained the positions of president (Cyril Ramaphosa)

>>21405857

>Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the discrimination is fair.

https://ourconstitution.wethepeoplesa.org/cyril-matamela-ramaphosa/

Cyril Ramaphosa: Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly that was responsible for drafting the democratic constitution.

The South Africa’s citizens were not involved in the drafting of its constitution.

George Orwell: 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'

“Miss SA Controversy | SAHRC warns against xenophobic comments about Chidimma Adetshina”

https://youtu.be/BaUkYK6GB6o

Jul 31, 2024 #SABCNews

Let's take you back to our top story now; a petition has emerged calling for the disqualification of Chidimma Onwe Adetshina from the Miss South Africa pageant.

Adetshina, a 23-year-old beauty queen, was born to a Nigerian father.

To speak more on this, let's welcome Sandra Makoasha South African Human Rights Commission Commissioner.

1:07 – “It’s also important and we note and warn members of the public against sexist, xenophobic and racist comments which fall foul of the Constitution as well as the equity act especially the prevention of unfair discrimination. We also would like to encourage members of the public to adhere to the South African Social Media Charter which is a great document for guiding them in these type of actions.”

4:53 – “We are hearing within this particular instance that a lot of concern also leveled at the fact that black on black hate is still very much prominent amongst our communities.”

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The drama continues…

“MK founder spills the beans, unmasks Zuma’s real agenda…”

https://youtu.be/tph33-OaLKw

Aug 17, 2024

The real founder of the MK Party, Jabulani Khumalo, is laying criminal charges against former President Jacob Zuma. In this interview with BizNews, he describes how a discovery during the past week has left him no choice. “So this will be the second case of fraud against President Jacob Zuma and his family because he is doing this because he thinks he's a God of South Africa or of the world, I don't know.” Khumalo goes on to reveal how MK has been hijacked by Zuma's cronies. “So I'm thinking that Zuma is now creating a cabal that is going to finish the country. Because if you put corrupt people together, what are you bringing? What are you doing?” Khumalo tells the full story of the founding of MK, how Zuma became involved, and how he reneged on a deal not to bring in “tainted” people. “…he agreed that if Umkhonto we Sizwe wants to move forward, we should be using people with good names, people who would want to work for the community, people who are clean, who are not going to cause us problems with all these corruption cases…But as we moved on, he brought in his daughter…his daughter started to be crazy and started making lots of problems within the organisation…I never registered (MK) for Zuma's cronies to come back and fight the State, to continue where they started looting.” As for Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Deputy President Floyd Shivambu joining MK, he says: “I don't believe - even in my sleep - that Floyd and (CIC Julius) Malema will ever be split. This could be orchestrated for us to be fooled and to lose the MK without knowing.”

5:07 – “We had an agreement with [Jacob Zuma]. The first agreement was that in uMkhonto we Sizwe we don’t want people… whose name are in the State Capture, whose name is being announced on certain corruptions. We don’t want those people.” [Is Zuma not guilty of this?]

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Is Floyd in the MK to spread the EFF ideology?

“EFF expands to neighbouring African countries”

https://youtu.be/rmMM33W8-Ag

Aug 18, 2024

The EFF has expanded its footprint to neighbouring countries such as Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. EFF Zimbabwe leader Innocent Ndibali and Eswatini leader Nombulelo Motsa speak to Aldrin Sampear about the resignation of the former president, Floyd Shivambu.