South Africa is navigating a treacherous diplomatic tightrope as it hosts the “Will for Peace 2026” naval exercise. While the drills involve BRICS allies Russia and China, the participation of Iran has ignited a firestorm in Washington. Pretoria, reportedly, asked Tehran to scale back its role from an active participant to a mere observer to avoid further irking Trump. The stakes for President Ramaphosa are economic and existential. Donald Trump has already imposed a 30% tariff on South African goods and recently threatened a 25% tariff on any nation doing business with Iran. Furthermore, South Africa is seeking to secure the renewal of AGOA, which provides vital duty-free access to US markets.
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United States plays double standards. The protest is not isolated. When you have dirty hands, don't blame others with dirty hands. US should focus to resolve domestic issues plaguing ordinary people and drug problems.
All welcomed Atleast we will be free from these evil Americans and British colonial masters fuck E'm.
Arms deal right under our nose wake up USA Ramaphosa 1 silly step ahead
ANC is a Puppet Party
Iran is a full BRICS member. South Africa sould be kicked out of BRICS.
America is pure evil. They should not indicate who South Africa should associate with.
Why do you call the violent CIA, MI6 and Mossad funded and instigated protests in Iran peaceful? Are you mad?
Americans elected a dunderhead
Stay away from Trump he kills and abuse his own citizens 😅😂😮
how rich coming from America
Good for South Africa. Afri-Forum a racist movement would like South to be invaded by USA. Wish USA will do first that invasion to Greenland, so that Trump can give all racists an opportunity to build Orania in Greenland. No black man in Africa would tolerate an oppression anymore, gone those days.
Who cares about America, the imperialist empire
Trump is such a childish president I've ever seen, he's destroying America with his 19th century policies
Black winter is coming big up
The South African government also shoots at protestors with rubber bullets, so this journalism is lying when she says South Africa protects the right to protest. South Africans are treated like foreigners in their own land by the government
The Anc has the money , the anc has the workforce…why cant it build up the infrastructure its destroyed?
Sa will fall biblically ha ha ha 😅😅😅
Protecting people's rights against apartheid,…?? A proven track record about racism toward minorities a rude awakening. BEE not favoring the economy nor wider South African audience. What Mandela said :"If he who came do to you what the Apartheid government did to us, then do to them what we did to the Apartheid government!"
We South Africans are way too tolerant with ANC since they've done sweet, 'boggorol' proving themselves leaps and bounds better than the Apartheid government,.. ANC is just political noise on the local and global scene.
South Africa’s place on the global geopolitical chessboard matters. Aligning with democratic nations like the USA and EU isn’t just ideological – it’s economic common sense. These partnerships drive investment, trade, and millions of jobs that directly support South African families.
If those democracies pulled back because of political military alignment with their rivals, unemployment would skyrocket, investment would dry up, and the poorest South Africans would suffer most.
So the real question is: why did South Africans fight for democracy for decades, only to embrace authoritarian regimes like Iran, Russia, North Korea or China – systems that reject the very freedoms that many sacrificed their lives for?
No country is perfect, but history shows that democratic partnerships deliver better long-term economic outcomes. Choosing values-aligned allies isn’t just moral – t’s practical.
Their issues with Iran or whoever has nothing to do with us. What kind of political analyst doesn't know CIA and Mossad (self admitted) is responsible for the unrest in that nation…Oh wait, she one of those trained in Washington people.
Very wise girl
Making friends and growing BRICS is not about antagonizing anyone!!! South Africa can play with whom ever we want without asking for permission and without involvement in domestic issues. Diplomatically friends listen to friends, garner respect then speak on even footing and not just bully FYI the west you can do things the grown-up way too. #South Africa for world peace. 🇿🇦🌍✌️
The enemy of my enemies is my friend
TERRORIST WEAPONRY HOSTAGE AFRIKAANS NATIONS ON AFRIKA WITH ALL NATIONS THEE MOSES SAVED …THEY IN ANOTHER WAR…THAT CARTELS IS IN PRESIDENTS..CAUSED ALL LIVING STILL IN KINGS ..KINGS DOINT USED WEAPONRY..WHAT IS POLITICS PRESIDENTS…DO ..YO ..ALL CARTELS..PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LOOK THEY CARTELS CRIMINALS…
Hit SA!!!!
THEY MUST GO SEEK OTHER PLACES ..THEY KILL ALL OUR ANIMALS..THEY CAOME WITH JAKELS AND WOLF WITH CHICKENS 🐔…NO WAY ..POLITICS IS CARTELS CRIMINALS…
Why is this happening …Iran is at war at the moment and their tanks are in south Africa . Why isn't anyone saying anything. !!
ANC EGF useless
South Africa is digging a deeper and deeper hole for itself by making dumb decisions
Ramaphosa must go!! ANC must Go!!!
She forgot to mention there is current apartheid against whites.
All of the South Africans in the comments that are afraid are the real cowards because even if you decided to do things pleasing to the US, it won't change anything. You took Israel to court, and as a result, you will never be a favorite, so you might as well just line up your army and prepare for war 😉
Enemy of USA is automatically enemy of RSA or super power ambition
HELLO AFRICA !!! YOU CAN BECOME FRIEND WITH IRAN !!! DO NOT !! DO NOT LISTEN TO TRUMPY !!! TRUMP IS NOT THE LEADER OF THIS WORLD . YOU AFRICANS ARE LEADER OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY . ON ONE HAVE RIGHT TO RULE YOU ANYMORE . AFRICA IS A FREE COUNTRY SO AS YOU AFRICANS . DON'T THINK , YOU ARE TRUMP'S SLAVE . UNITED ALL THE AFRICANS COUNTRIES AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT . MAKE A BEAUTIFUL AND ORGANISE CLEAN COUNTRIES . DO NOT TAKE ANYBODY'S HELP . AMERICANS AND EUROPE SHOULD NOT COME TO YOUR COUNTRY . NOT EVEN JEWS OR HINDU PEOPLE . ALL THIS PEOPLE ARE VERY GREEDY . IF THEY COME , THEN THEY WILL DESTROY YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR FUTURE TOO. IF YOU NEED HELP , THEN GO TO BURKINA FASO'S LEADER AND LEARN , HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOUR COUNTRY . BURKINA FASO IS GOING VERY GOOD . GOOD LUCK AFRICA . MAKE THE WHOLE AFRICA UNIQUE AGAIN . IGNORE TRUMP . REBUILD A VERY GOOD RELATION SHIP WITH ALL THE MUSLIMS COUNTRIES . YOU CAN TRUST THEM BUT NOT AMERICANS . BOYCOTT TRUMP , BOYCOTT MODI , BOYCOTT JEWS , BOYCOTT RUSSIA . ALL THESE PEOPLE BRING WAR IN THIS WORLD ONLY. BOYCOTT ALL THE BAD PEOPLE AND GREEDY PEOPLE . WAKE UP AFRICA !!!!!
The USA are looking for any stupid reason to attack IRAN for many years now.
We are Brics not EU One Africa 😂😊
Bis this even real
One of the mistakes some make is to think that their enemies should also be our enemies. Mandela.
Did America not keep Nelson Mandela on the terror list until 2007? Another's terrorist is another's freedom fighter!
There is no one that takes the P*ss more than our tradional enemies who have the audacity today to try to tell us or dictate who our enemy is😡. https://youtu.be/rkcbODygOV8?si=65sglnhryauH4YLb
You dont bring dagers to a dialogue
This is Part One of a three-part series exposing the Western Civilizational Validation Complex—the systematic mechanism by which Western discourse operates not to pursue truth, but to maintain the myth of Western supremacy and superiority.
Across these three parts, we will dissect:
• How every Western intellectual product—regardless of political orientation—serves the single function of civilizational validation
• Why Western discourse is structurally incapable of honesty, objectivity, or good-faith engagement
• The specific tactics, tricks, and techniques used to deflect, gaslight, and mischaracterize
• Why dialogue with the West is not just unproductive but impossible by design
• The pathological insecurity at the core of Western civilization that drives this relentless validation project
Parts Two and Three will be released over the coming days.
In Part One, we establish the framework: Western civilization operates from profound existential insecurity. Every interaction, every statement, every question is part of a defensive validation project. We expose how this manifests across all Western discourse—from Naomi Klein to Nick Fuentes, the content differs but the function is identical: selling you the machine of Western supremacy.
We then begin a detailed case study—dissecting a single six-word comment ("Can women speak out in Islam?") to reveal the multiple layers of dishonesty, manipulation, and civilizational warfare packed into what appears to be a simple question. This example demonstrates exactly how Western discourse weaponizes language to attack, deflect, and maintain narrative control.
If you've ever wondered why engaging with Western critics feels like fighting shadows, why their arguments shift and dissolve when challenged, why honesty seems impossible—this series explains the systemic reason why.
This is not about individual bad actors. This is about a civilizational pathology that has recruited every individual into a defensive validation project that makes genuine discourse impossible.
https://youtu.be/1_9zULPto0I?si=3kL1i7AjuKMgQPhT
See the video of Blessing,sheet all through my body rust down,for (reach ) and her men's,control me on the city street,on the way to go use the public toilet in the public park,for 2 days.I hold onto going to bathroom,toilet. Now driving and turning left,to toilet,was a problem.The sheet,rust out of me.I have the video.
We shall see 😢
We can go on war if we die we die
Not peaceful protests – Mossad and CIA whipped aggression up with with anti-government radical forces killing and destructing
many and much= way more to story. Yes-IRGC is radical regime. Yes- SA governing party, the ANC, is dysfunctional and it is not
wise to align with Iran. But Israel pushed war in Iran, Bibi's wanted it for40yrs as they support Palestinian resistance and for the
Greater Israel Project. NO to US bullying, No to radical Islam and Zio and No to ANC government. Yes to Truth + Justice.