Dr Groenewald is getting things DONE.‼️
SA spends more than R11 MILLION per day on 24 000 foreign inmates. Now agreements are being signed to send convicted criminals back to serve their sentences in their countries.
That could save taxpayers more than R4 BILLION a year.
[WATCH] IMMIGRATION CHALLENGES
As the ANC when it comes to the issues of immigration we support the rule of law and that it must dictate what must actually happen. People can’t take the law onto their hands because we have laws and we not a banana republic. The state must intervene and we will reflect as the NEC on the way forward and will come out with a comprehensive response.
We are a constitutional democracy and everyone has a right to protest within the perimeters of the law. We can’t have vigilantism and the state must take the lead.
#ANCatWORK
PUBLIC NOTICE: INVITATION TO A VIRTUAL IMBIZO ON THE RECENT MARCHES ALLEGED TO BE AGAINST UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS
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@GovernmentZA It seems these attacks are imaginary, as there are no open cases. Stop spreading misinformation about the protests. If there was an attack, we should be able to find an open case, shouldn’t we?
#SADCSouthAfrica | Rule of law
"The South African government has condemned in the strongest terms any attacks against foreign nationals. No one has the power to take laws into their own hands – it is the responsibility of law enforcement, not private citizens." – Minister Ronald Lamola
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@GovernmentZA That’s not true. Other countries also have immigration issues that are not linked to syndicates or cartels. In South Africa, however, illegal immigration often has elements of organised crime, cartels, and other illegal activities.
Dear @eNCA,
I am deeply ashamed by the type of journalism displayed in this clip. As a trained journalist, and as a former eNCA journalist myself, I must say this is dangerous and highly questionable conduct, especially when a media crew is no longer merely documenting events, but appears to be facilitating or legitimising harassment.
There is a major difference between reporting on an incident and becoming part of the theatre of intimidation.
If a legal migrant is being surrounded, threatened or humiliated by a vigilante group, the role of journalists should be to document what is happening accurately, safely and fairly, while remaining conscious that the vulnerable person may already be under pressure or fear.
Once a crew starts staging interactions, shoving microphones into faces in a way that amplifies intimidation, or giving a vigilante leader a platform without challenge or context, you cross from journalism into participation.
It becomes even more problematic in South Africa, where xenophobic violence has previously led to deaths, displacement and mob attacks against African migrants, including Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Somalis and others, many of whom were legally documented, just like this man appears to be.
Media coverage in such contexts requires extreme caution because images and narratives can inflame public hostility.
Journalists can and should interview all sides, including controversial or vigilante figures, because journalism often requires engaging difficult voices. But ethical reporting also requires balance, context and humanity. A migrant should not be turned into a spectacle while the aggressor is normalised as an authority figure.
Your crew should have avoided creating conditions where the victim felt cornered, exposed or endangered simply because cameras were present, with microphones repeatedly shoved between him and the aggressor.
I am deeply embarrassed by the conduct of this eNCA crew. You should be ashamed of this type of journalism.
This is precisely the kind of irresponsible media conduct that has historically inflamed violence in societies under tension. Journalists must never become participants in intimidation campaigns.
In this clip, you are no longer acting as observers. You become actors within the confrontation itself, helping create a public theatre where a man who is legally in your country is harassed by an ignorant vigilante who does not even understand the law governing immigration and business ownership.
A documented immigrant in South Africa has the legal right to start a business unless the conditions of their visa explicitly prohibit it. That is the law.
Journalism must expose intimidation, not become the microphone of xenophobic vigilantism.
If Jacob Zuma had $800 000 unexplained USD in his sofas how many foundations would have called for his resignation and how many grannies would be outside singing?
Bonus question how many legal analysts would be on TV calling for his resignation? How books would be written by now
South Africa has the largest, most industrialised and most diverse economy in Africa.
We have a sophisticated financial sector, deep capital markets, substantial mining reserves, vast tracks of arable land, untapped wind and solar energy resources, and cutting-edge digital infrastructure.
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This afternoon IPID will present the Phala Phala report to the PC on Police.
The report found the Head of the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU), Mr Rhoode illegally investigated the theft of undeclared dollars from the private farm of the President. In the illegal investigation, he unlawfully used state resources, illegally crossed to Namibia with the Presidential envoy Bejani Chauke, KIDNAPPED and TORTURED people in the PhalaPhala farm of the President and bribed suspects.
Curiously the report was finalised in 2023, and He is still the Head of the PPU, working with President Ramaphosa who informed him about the theft of the undeclared dollars and told him to “attend to the matter and report back” to him.
President @CyrilRamaphosa is in Cape Town, Western Cape, for the BlackRock Infrastructure Investment Conference.
This evening, the President is attending the dinner engagement with global investors on the eve of the conference.