Held at the South African Air Force Museum at Air Force Base Ysterplaat, the ceremony brought together South Africans and South Koreans to remember the contributions and sacrifices made by those South Africans who fought in the Korean War. The sole Cape Town-based Korean War survivor was in attendance.
A total of 826 South Africans served in the Korean War, primarily in 2 Squadron of the South African Air Force (SAAF), also known as the “Flying Cheetahs.” These volunteers fought alongside other UN forces from 1950 until 1953, flying F-51D Mustangs and later F-86F Sabres as part of the USAF 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing. Their service came at a heavy price, with 14 men killed in action, 11 missing in action, nine lost in aircraft accidents and a further two dying from other causes. A further eight pilots were taken prisoner and held in horrendous conditions.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/south-korea-honours-south-african-korean-war-veterans/
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🚰 Just in: Johannesburg will start throttling its water supply from 14 November indefinitely to stabilise water levels in the city's reservoirs. Water levels in Johannesburg are currently at 40%. Rand Water, the city’s bulk-water supplier, warned last month…
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🇿🇦🚢 Shipping news: Ships not using Suez Canal coz Yemen's Red Sea attacks on shipping, and so are sailing south around South Africa are refusing to refuel in SA - complaining of SA's red tape and port congestion. Where are they refueling instead? Mauritius…
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) decided on Monday that the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the supply ship "Frankfurt am Main" should instead take the much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope when returning from their months-long Indo-Pacific mission. This shows how great the concern about further escalation in the Middle East currently is.
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Three suspects arrested for farm murder Three men appeared in the Potchefstroom court on Monday for the murder of Ian Boshoff (32), a farm manager, that took place just more than two weeks ago near Snymanshof Lodge on Buffelshoek farm. The men, between the…
Ian Boshoff Update:
Phafelo Israel Mboniswa (42) and William Johnson Mboniswa (32) were the two black terrorists who appeared in court for the murder of farmer Ian Boshoff.
According to the North West police spokesperson, charges against the third suspect were dropped. The three accused had just appeared, when Phafelo Mboniswa raised his hand and admitted he killed Boshoff.
The suspects are expected to appear in court again on November 25 for a bail application.
Phafelo Israel Mboniswa (42) and William Johnson Mboniswa (32) were the two black terrorists who appeared in court for the murder of farmer Ian Boshoff.
According to the North West police spokesperson, charges against the third suspect were dropped. The three accused had just appeared, when Phafelo Mboniswa raised his hand and admitted he killed Boshoff.
The suspects are expected to appear in court again on November 25 for a bail application.
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🐅 South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity
The largest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, facilitating the illegal smuggling of tiger body parts, according to a report by an animal welfare charity.
Research by Four Paws, which is campaigning to shut down South Africa’s big cat industry, found 103 places in the country where tigers were kept in captivity in 2023 or 2024 or had been kept during the previous three years.
Several facilities were breeding tigers to sell their body parts to China or Vietnam for use in traditional medicine, the report said, identifying three networks it said were known or suspected to be involved.
Members of one network of “interlinked criminal syndicates” posted photos on social media advertising “tiger products”, which the report said were suspected to be tiger bone glue.
In another photo that the report included in anonymised form, network members claimed they were cooking tigers somewhere in South Africa.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/13/south-african-tiger-farms-illegally-smuggling-bones-asia-charity
The largest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, facilitating the illegal smuggling of tiger body parts, according to a report by an animal welfare charity.
Research by Four Paws, which is campaigning to shut down South Africa’s big cat industry, found 103 places in the country where tigers were kept in captivity in 2023 or 2024 or had been kept during the previous three years.
Several facilities were breeding tigers to sell their body parts to China or Vietnam for use in traditional medicine, the report said, identifying three networks it said were known or suspected to be involved.
Members of one network of “interlinked criminal syndicates” posted photos on social media advertising “tiger products”, which the report said were suspected to be tiger bone glue.
In another photo that the report included in anonymised form, network members claimed they were cooking tigers somewhere in South Africa.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/13/south-african-tiger-farms-illegally-smuggling-bones-asia-charity
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South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity
Biggest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, Four Paws animal charity says
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🐅 South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity The largest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, facilitating the illegal smuggling of tiger body parts, according to a report by an animal welfare charity.…
🦏 Relentless poachers butcher 20 dehorned rhinos in KZN sanctuary
The dehorning project in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi rhino sanctuary in KwaZulu-Natal has suffered a setback, with at least 20 dehorned animals gunned down for their remnant horn stumps over the past month.
Earlier this year, a massive operation began in the 96,000ha Hluhluwe-iMfolozi rhino sanctuary to remove the horns of hundreds of rhinos to reduce the relentless poaching in a state-owned park that still protects a significant portion of the beleaguered species.
The operation, with further assistance from Wildlife ACT, Save the Rhino International and Zululand Wildlife Vets, led to immediate conservation dividends. According to WWF, the mass dehorning resulted in a sharp 70% to 80% drop in poaching in the park.
However, now it has emerged that at least 20 dehorned rhinos were killed in October by a poaching gang believed to be connected to a Mozambique-based syndicate.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-11-13-relentless-poachers-butcher-20-dehorned-rhinos-in-kzn-sanctuary/
The dehorning project in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi rhino sanctuary in KwaZulu-Natal has suffered a setback, with at least 20 dehorned animals gunned down for their remnant horn stumps over the past month.
Earlier this year, a massive operation began in the 96,000ha Hluhluwe-iMfolozi rhino sanctuary to remove the horns of hundreds of rhinos to reduce the relentless poaching in a state-owned park that still protects a significant portion of the beleaguered species.
The operation, with further assistance from Wildlife ACT, Save the Rhino International and Zululand Wildlife Vets, led to immediate conservation dividends. According to WWF, the mass dehorning resulted in a sharp 70% to 80% drop in poaching in the park.
However, now it has emerged that at least 20 dehorned rhinos were killed in October by a poaching gang believed to be connected to a Mozambique-based syndicate.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-11-13-relentless-poachers-butcher-20-dehorned-rhinos-in-kzn-sanctuary/
South Africa has condemned a statement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that 2025 will be the “year of annexation” of the occupied West Bank.
The statement Wednesday by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation came after Smotrich said he had ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied territory.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/south-africa-condemns-israeli-ministers-call-to-annex-west-bank/3393354
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South Africa condemns Israeli minister's call to annex West Bank
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's statement that 2025 will be 'the year of annexation' of the West Bank met with condemnation worldwide
In a recent committee meeting of the Flemish Parliament, Vlaams Belang MP Kristof Slagmulder expressed his deep concern about the increasing marginalisation of Afrikaans as a language of instruction in South Africa. “ Afrikaans is not just a language; it is an essential part of the identity of millions of South Africans and is also closely linked to Dutch,” he said.
Slagmulder pointed to recent policies that have seen universities and schools replace Afrikaans with English as the primary language of instruction, potentially making Afrikaans impossible as a language of instruction in the future. “This trend is worrying,” Slagmulder said. “It is a deliberate attempt to marginalize a language and culture that has been an integral part of South African society for centuries.”
Slagmulder called on the Flemish government to take concrete measures for the Afrikaans-speaking community.
“Flanders shares historical and linguistic ties with Afrikaans. It is our duty to stand up for the rights of this community and to advocate for the preservation of Afrikaans in education,” Slagmulder added, pointing out in this context that Flemish people are also confronted with a language struggle, such as the Frenchification of the Denderstreek or the Brussels periphery, and the Anglicisation of our universities.
https://www.vlaamsbelang.org/nieuws/zuid-afrikaanse-regering-probeert-afrikaner-identiteit-te-marginaliseren
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Zuid-Afrikaanse regering probeert Afrikaner identiteit te marginaliseren - Vlaams Belang
Het Afrikaans is niet zomaar een taal; het is een essentieel onderdeel van de identiteit van miljoenen Zuid-Afrikanen en is ook nauw verbonden met het Nederlands.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.
The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies underground.
It is part of the police’s Vala Umgodi, or Close the Hole, operation, which includes cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to return to the surface and be arrested.
North West police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone said information received from those who recently helped bring three miners to the surface indicated that as many as 4,000 miners may be underground. Police have not provided an official estimate.
In the past few weeks, over 1,000 miners have surfaced at various mines in North West province, with many reported to be weak, hungry and sickly after going for weeks without basic supplies.
Police continue on Thursday to guard areas around the mine to catch all those appearing from underground.
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-illegal-miners-arrests-4d376ae6f6afca6170220f88fe859f90
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Police ordered to end standoff with trapped South Africa miners
A South African court has ordered that a police blockade of a disused goldmine, in which hundreds of people are located illegally, be lifted.
Emergency services have been at the site, in Stilfontein, around 90 miles south-west of Johannesburg, for several days. Police have blocked food and water entering the mine to, as one government minister put it, "smoke them out".
The miners - who have been underground for a month - have so far refused to exit the mine over fears of being arrested. Among them are undocumented migrants who also fear deportation.
Police welcomed the order but said it would not stop them arresting miners who left the mine.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj71kj1jlmo
A South African court has ordered that a police blockade of a disused goldmine, in which hundreds of people are located illegally, be lifted.
Emergency services have been at the site, in Stilfontein, around 90 miles south-west of Johannesburg, for several days. Police have blocked food and water entering the mine to, as one government minister put it, "smoke them out".
The miners - who have been underground for a month - have so far refused to exit the mine over fears of being arrested. Among them are undocumented migrants who also fear deportation.
Police welcomed the order but said it would not stop them arresting miners who left the mine.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj71kj1jlmo
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Police vow to arrest South African miners as standoff continues
A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.
Drug cartels based in Mexico are accused of fuelling the fentanyl overdose crisis in the US. Now the names of notorious cartels are starting to crop up in South Africa cases. Evidence suggests that two notorious Mexican cartels – Sinaloa and Jalisco – are among the international drug trafficking gangs active in SA.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-11-16-fatal-fentanyl-hits-sa-mexican-cartels-among-drug-trafficking-gangs-and-money-launderers-active-in-mzansi/
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🇺🇸❌🇿🇦 "The arming of Russia by South Africa with the vessel that landed in Simon's Town is fundamentally unacceptable. We are confident that weapons were loaded onto that vessel and I would bet my life on the accuracy of that assertion." — US Ambassador…
Reuben Brigety, the US ambassador to South Africa, said he will resign effective Jan. 10 in line with procedure after Donald Trump election victory.
Brigety accused South Africa of loading weapons onto a Russian ship, Lady R, to be used in the Russian-Ukraine War.
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💰 South Africans Pull $2.8 Billion From Pensions, Beating Estimate
South Africans have withdrawn 49.6 billion rand ($2.8 billion) from retirement funds since new laws came into effect three months ago giving them early access to part of their savings.
The figure is almost double the amount the National Treasury forecast savers would tap after the implementation of a so-called two-pot pension system on Sept. 1. South Africa’s central bank has said that a high-withdrawal scenario may help boost the country’s economic growth rate by as much as 0.3 percentage points this year.
https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/over-r49-5bn-in-two-pot-withdrawals-says-the-taxman/
South Africans have withdrawn 49.6 billion rand ($2.8 billion) from retirement funds since new laws came into effect three months ago giving them early access to part of their savings.
The figure is almost double the amount the National Treasury forecast savers would tap after the implementation of a so-called two-pot pension system on Sept. 1. South Africa’s central bank has said that a high-withdrawal scenario may help boost the country’s economic growth rate by as much as 0.3 percentage points this year.
https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/over-r49-5bn-in-two-pot-withdrawals-says-the-taxman/
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Sars says two-pot withdrawals are over R35bn (not R49.5bn)
'Sars has observed an unprecedented and steady increase'.
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The South African Navy currently has 2 operational vessels.
There are 17 admirals.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-fleet-at-all-time-low-as-the-military-sits-helpless/
There are 17 admirals.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-fleet-at-all-time-low-as-the-military-sits-helpless/
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SANDF fleet at ‘all-time low’ as the military 'sits helpless' - defenceWeb
“Whether on ground, in the air or at sea, the SANDF sits helpless,” is National Council of Provinces (NCOP) member of the Select Committee on Security and Justice (SCSJ) Nicholas Gotsell’s summary of the current state of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF).…