Tag: Cyril Ramaphosa

Contents: Zimbabwe’s post-election violence raises concerns about economy; South Africa announces plans for unpaid confiscation of white-owned farms.

Chinese Communist Party head Xi Jinping landed in South Africa Monday night for the third leg of his regional trip and spent Tuesday negotiating with President Cyril Ramaphosa, ultimately signing a million-dollar investment deal with his country.

In this week’s Delingpole podcast, special guest Simon Lincoln Reader discussed the violent farm murders and white genocide in South Africa, Lauren Southern’s ban from the UK, and the failed presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa.

Australia is ready to consider issuing special visas to mainly white, Afrikaans-speaking South African farmers due to the “horrific circumstances” of land seizures, violence and murder they face.

Many outlets have portrayed the policy as a “white genocide,” or an attempt to push white farmers off the land. But the problem is socialism, not racism.

South Africans are increasingly worried that the government’s plans to expropriate land without compensation could destroy the economy and the country’s fragile democracy.

Contents: Moving sharply left, South Africa calls for potentially disastrous land reform; Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) movement

South Africa’s new president has vowed to pursue the same course as Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe, expropriating land from white farmers without compensation.

Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of South Africa’s majority African National Congress party, was elected president on Thursday just hours after President Jacob Zuma resigned.

Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, resigned on Wednesday in a nationwide address. Zuma was forced out by his own ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC).

The handwriting appears to be on the wall for South African President Jacob Zuma. A few days after opposition leaders spoke of a plan to use massive street demonstrations to compel Zuma’s political party to recall him, South African officials said Zuma’s resignation is imminent, possibly coming as soon as Monday.

Why should Americans care about the election of Cyril Ramaphosa to lead South Africa’s ruling African National Congress? There are three reasons.

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected to lead the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the party’s 54th conference in Johannesburg on Monday, lifting hopes for political reform and boosting the South African rand against the U.S. dollar.