🇿🇦🇷🇺🔫 South African drivers license of Russian arms dealer Viktor Granov, killed when a Sudanese cargo plane was shot down this week while delivering weapons in Sudan. He had earlier broken DRC arms embargo by delivering weapons there, human rights groups say. He lived openly in SA.

📎 Geoffrey York

The Orania Movement supported the BELA protest today

📎 Joost Strydom

🇿🇦🇲🇿📷 Last week, the withdrawal of SANDF (SAMIM) equipment from the port of Pemba marking the end of South Africa's aspirations to establish a bilateral mission in Cabo Delgado, at least in the short term.

📝 South Africa ended its Mozambique SAMIM Mission, Operation Vikela, in May. Some logistics troops remained overseeing the repatriation of equipment. Just under 1500 SA troops participated.

@SouthAfricaReports

🇿🇦🇺🇸Cyril Ramaphosa on X: "Congratulations to United States President-Elect Donald Trump on your return to the Presidency.

I look forward to continuing the close and mutually beneficial partnership between our two nations across all domains of our cooperation.

In the global arena, we look forward to our Presidency of the G20 in 2025, where we will work closely with the US who will succeed us in the G20 Presidency in 2026."

📎 Cyril Ramaphosa

🇿🇦🇲🇿 SA police fire rubber bullets at Mozambican nationals trying to enter the country

South African police officers opened fire on Mozambican nationals with rubber bullets and stun grenades on Wednesday.

This after they tried to force their way into the Lebombo port of entry in Mpumalanga.

A group of Mozambicans, some consuming liquor, chanted outside the border gate. They pushed it open, forcing the police to retaliate.

Several people were arrested.

🛂📱SARS joins Schreiber's push for single digital identity system

The new form of ID tracking will allow a single portal through which to surveil all economic and institutional behaviours of any citizen

South Africa is making strides towards a fully digitised economy, with plans to implement unique digital identities for citizens and to introduce instant visas. The South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Reserve Bank, and the Department of Home Affairs are leading this effort, aiming to simplify record-keeping and enhance surveillance across the economy.

Edward Kieswetter, head of SARS, highlighted the challenges posed by the current system, where South Africans are assigned multiple identifiers for different purposes—tax, healthcare, and business registration—creating inefficiencies and potential for fraud. The absence of a unified digital identity, he argued, allows for exploitation, such as individuals collecting both wages and social grants without detection.

The government’s push for a single digital identity aims to streamline this fragmented system, allowing a more transparent, centralised platform for tracking citizens' economic and institutional activities. The intention is to create a universal window for surveillance, improving the government’s ability to monitor and manage the population's engagement with formal structures.

https://www.capeindependent.com/article/sars-joins-schreibers-push-for-single-digital-identity-system