The USβSouth Africa Bilateral Relations Review Bill has passed through the House Committee. It allows the US President to investigate and potentially sanction South African officials over alleged threats to US interests, support for Hamas, ties with Iran and Russia, and the ICJ genocide case against Israel. This could trigger economic sanctions under IEEPA and Magnitsky laws, impacting South Africa’s economy, parastatals, and international relations.
General Mkhananzi is praised for fighting crime in KZN, but serious concerns arise over his links to private security firms, extrajudicial killings, and anti-black rhetoric. This article explores his troubling alliances with apartheid-linked militias and foreign-controlled private armies, raising questions about whether his war on crime serves justiceβor entrenches systemic violence and oppression in South Africa
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ZASM successfully fought Western sanctions on Zimbabwe using UN reports, legal action, and diplomatic pressure. Their efforts led to the U.S., EU, and UK lifting sanctions, restoring over 100 correspondent banking relationships. Zimbabwe can now process Visa, Mastercard, and international transfers freely. This marks a major financial and diplomatic victory, unlocking trade, investment, and economic recovery for the country after 24 years of isolation.
Zimbabweβs healthcare system, once functional, has been decimated not by internal misgovernance alone but by 24 years of debilitating Western sanctionsβsanctions that eroded the tax base, slashed health funding, and triggered a mass exodus of medical professionals. Backed by findings from the UN Human Rights Council and the U.S. Congress, this article explores how these sanctions crippled a nationβs ability to provide healthcare, the staggering $101 billion needed to restore it, and the real question Zimbabweans must ask: who will fund the health system we now demand? #WeNeedReparations
