US President Trump’s sanctions threat appears to have little to no effect on Moscow
SOUTH AFRICA’S opposition sought a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma yesterday — a day after thousands of protesters called for his resignation in the capital.
The Democratic Alliance (DA), the biggest opposition party, said it would push for the motion in the Cape Town parliament next week.
The DA forced a no-confidence vote in Mr Zuma earlier this year, losing 233 to 143..

The charter emerged from a profoundly democratic process where people across South Africa answered ‘What kind of country do we want?’ — but imperial backlash and neoliberal compromise deferred its deepest transformations, argues RONNIE KASRILS

The plan is to stigmatise and destabilise South Africa in preparation for breaking it up while creating a confused and highly racialised atmosphere around immigration in the US to aid in denying rights to non-white refugees, explains EMILE SCHEPERS