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@BBCAfrica Pointing a firearm, squeezing the trigger and killing his gardener, do you mean?

The youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe has pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm and illegally being in South Africa. Bellarmine Mugabe was arrested in February after the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg. bbc.in/4dUxTiw

@mybroadband sowetan.co.za/motoring/2026-…

BYD beats BMW and Volvo in record month for electric car sales in South Africa BYD accounted for 81% of the EVs sold in South Africa in March 2026, which was the first month it reported sales figures to Naamsa. mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring/…

@BBCWorld Pointing a gun, squeezing the trigger and killing his gardener, you mean?

Mugabe's son pleads guilty to pointing a gun in South Africa bbc.in/4cBC9RL

@BusInsiderSSA I assume Ramaphosa is a shareholder in Microsoft South Africa (Or they'd not be here because they'd have to give up thirty percent of their business).

Microsoft is investing $329 million in South Africa🇿🇦 to expand data centres, boost infrastructure resilience, and develop AI skills. This follows a previous $1.2 billion commitment, highlighting South Africa's rise as a key regional digital hub. The new funding covers land acquisition for data centres, enhancing power and water readiness, and increasing existing capacity. Microsoft stresses that robust data centre infrastructure is essential for scalable AI development across Africa.

@Telegraph For being in posession of an assault rifle (Criminal), for firing an unlicensed assault rifle (criminal) in a public place (criminal) while doing usual dance and chanting kill the whites. First conviction, not first offence. His sentence should have been fifteen years, it's five.

Julius Malema was handed a five-year sentence for shooting an assault rifle in the air during a 2018 rally of his Economic Freedom Fighters party Here's what to know about the court ruling: telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

@AmbMonamodi @EdwardthembaSa You mean Iran, China, Russia and North Korea? I wouldn't call four a lot, and given the situation those I'd say that "Getting information to the free world" is a threat, whether it's starlink or not. There are some african coutries where the corrupt officials have banned it.

@andre_venter @EdwardthembaSa Go educate yourself about Data Security. Son. Many nations banned this thing simply because its a national security threat.

The fight between different groups in South Africa about Elon musk’s starlink is really heating up with some saying yes to it and most saying nope.Honest question:Who will benefit more from it,Musk or SA?

@NPA_Prosecutes They aren't social media threats, they're real threats posted on social media.

NPA Condemns Social Media Threats Against Prosecutor in the Malema Case

@CrimeWatch_RSA @NPA_Prosecutes It sounds to me like a good reason to extend his sentence. He's a danger to society.

[SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS AGAINST PROSECUTOR IN THE MALEMA CASE] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has noted with concern the circulation of content on a social media platform X, purporting to represent the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), in which statements contain serious threats directed at a Prosecutor involved in a matter before the kuGompo Regional Court. The NPA strongly condemns any form of intimidation or threats against its prosecutors. These officials serve the public by representing the State and are constitutionally mandated to execute their duties without fear, favour, or prejudice. Threats against prosecutors whether perceived as credible or not must be treated with the utmost seriousness and reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities for investigation. Such conduct undermines the rule of law and poses a real risk to the safety and lives of those entrusted with upholding justice. This concern is heightened in the Eastern Cape, where three prosecutors have tragically been killed over the past two years, underscoring the very real dangers faced by members of the prosecuting authority. The NPA remains resolute in its commitment to safeguard its prosecutors and ensure that they are able to perform their functions independently, safely, and effectively. Prosecutors are officers of court and a threat to a prosecutor will attract consequences and anyone must desist from whatever form of threat against them.

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@ewnreporter @MongeziKoko Give him the rest of his fiteen year sentence for that.

The NPA has condemned social media posts allegedly linked to the EFF containing threats directed at a prosecutor involved in a case before the kuGompo Regional Court, warning that intimidation of prosecutors will not be tolerated. #Malema @MongeziKoko 📸: NPA

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@AtlanticCouncil @DangoteGroup @AlikoDangote @ACAfricaCenter @ramayade All of africa contributes <3% of the global GDP. Germany alone contributes 4.5% (One tiny little country contributes more than 55). The story of Africa is "we don't have", "It's them", "we intend". Corruption, ego and socialist beliefs mean it'll never be Africas time.

Can Africa become energy independent? “Africa definitely will become self-sufficient, maybe in the next couple of years, by 2028,” @DangoteGroup President and CEO @AlikoDangote tells @ACAfricaCenter’s @ramayade. Watch ⤵️

@GovernmentZA Sanchez wife was just charged with corruption, he and dirty Sanchez should get along well. He'll be corrupting democracy like he does with everything he touches, but they are clearly the same class of person.

#SAinSpain 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in the Kingdom of Spain (16–18 April 2026) on a working visit to participate in the In Defence of Democracy Initiative. #BetterAfricaBetterWorld 🌍

@BDliveSA The law has existed since the ECT act was passed all those years ago. Section 45 explicitly allows spam, under the condition that one can opt out. That makes enforcement impossible in practical terms. It's up to the recipient to prove that there's an infringement, not govt.

Anti-spam rules require opt-in marketing and provide for fines for spam callers ebx.sh/ojCSBv

@BaranoffIsaac @tim_meh87 Interesting. I understood that in the film the character is the same, pink becomes the fascist, not that he's replaced by one. It's autobiographical in the main, not about Syd.

What Waters means is not that he didn't know who Draiman was. He means that a Jewish rock musician's opinion about Jewish survival should not be permitted to exist. He calls Draiman a psychotic racist Nazi pig. Pause there. This is Roger Waters. The old man who, in 2013, performed in front of tens of thousands of people wearing a long black leather coat and peaked military cap that reviewers across the political spectrum described as evoking SS regalia. David Draiman's family knows what Nazis actually do. Roger Waters knows what a lighting rig and a pig balloon can do for a stadium show. The difference between these two men is not political. It is the difference between someone who carries history in his bones and someone who has spent fifty years using other people's suffering as a backdrop for his own performance. That right old man? @davidmdraiman @Billy

@tim_meh87 He's a wanker, but his outfit at the concert is anti-fascist, not pro. It's from the "Pink Floyd The Wall" concert which is a couple of hours of criticism for fascism and description of the damage it does. The outfit and song "The show must go on" mocks the uniformed nazis.

@Askash DJ Warras?

An abandoned, hijacked CBD building turned into a fully let student housing success story👏💪 Remington House, situated on Nugget Street in Johannesburg, has been transformed into a green-certified mixed-use building with affordable rental units and is fully let. The office block was previously abandoned and later hijacked. Today, she’s a student accommodation success story. Details of the building: •⁠ Building area: 7 191m2 •⁠ 133 bachelor apartments •⁠ 5 ground-floor retail shops •⁠ 14 parking bays •⁠ Amenities: study centre and gym •⁠ EDGE results: Energy 27.81%; Water 22.40%; Materials (embodied carbon) 51.00% •⁠ Resource systems: Centralised heat pumps; solar installation; borehole and filtration; LED lighting; low-flow fixtures; dual-flush toilets; optimised façade glazing So many buildings have been hijacked in this street; one can only hope that more can be saved. This conversion was made possible by TUHF, for which I give huge kudos. We would love to see more of this.

@dwnews For being in posession of an assault rifle (Criminal), for firing an unlicensed assault rifle (criminal) in a public place (criminal) while doing usual dance and chanting kill the whites. First conviction, not first offence. His sentence should have been fifteen years, it's five.

A court in South Africa has sentenced opposition politician Julius Malema to five years in prison for firing a rifle at a rally in 2018 rally. Lawyers say an appeal will be filed immediately. dw.com/en/south-afric…

@ReutersWorld For being in posession of an assault rifle (Criminal), for firing an unlicensed assault rifle (criminal) in a public place (criminal) while doing usual dance and chanting kill the whites. First conviction, not first offence. His sentence should have been fifteen years, it's five.

South Africa's Malema faces political crisis after jail sentence in firearm case reut.rs/4sBDmyc reut.rs/4sBDmyc