Exclusive: Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is discussing a refugee admissions cap of around 40,000 for the coming year with a majority allocated to white South Africans, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the matter and an internal refugee program email, reflecting a major shift in the U.S. approach to […]
R2.7 million pain for businesses that don’t get their BEE affairs in order
Businesses in South Africa are being warned to urgently get their Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Employment Equity (EE) affairs in order. They have also been reminded that failure to comply with new legal requirements could result in fines of up to R2.7 million, or 10% of their annual turnover. This is the message […]
The politics of misdiagnosis of increasing long term-unemployment
South Africa has a big backlog of job seekers on two fronts. Seventy-six comma six percent (76,6%) of the unemployed 8.4 million people are long-term unemployed or are almost permanent job seekers. T The second part of this back log is that the discouraged work seekers also have been increasing since 2009, they are now […]
South Africa must end BEE and expropriation
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen laid out a six-point plan to reform and “turbocharge” South Africa’s economy, which hinges on ending fundamental and “destructive” legislation like the Expropriation Act and Employment Equity Act. According to Steenhuisen, South Africa’s economy has been hamstrung by decades of mismanagement by the African National Congress (ANC), which, until […]
’49 car guards landed in America’: Mbalula ridicules white ‘refugees’ in US
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula poked at white ‘refugees’ who left South Africa for the United States of America, calling them ‘car guards’. Mbalula espoused the views after the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Wednesday. “Donald Trump called for whites here, gave them special status in America. Forty-nine car guards arrived in the US,” […]
DA oversight at Deeds Office confirms racial classification is in full swing
A DA oversight inspection today has confirmed a despicable reality: racial-classification rules are in full swing in Deeds Offices across South Africa. At the DA oversight visit to the Cape Town Deeds Office today, we witnessed first-hand how citizens are being compelled to declare their race in writing, through the now-mandatory “Form LLL” when buying and transferring […]
South Africa’s forgotten crisis costing R1 billion a day
South Africa’s economic disaster has manifested itself as a financial crisis, with the government saddled with an unsustainable debt load that is costing it over R1 billion a day to service. Despite the state’s finances reaching crisis levels, there appears to be a lack of urgency in addressing the problem. While the National Treasury’s policy […]
South African CEOs increasingly rely on private security amid rising kidnappings
South African executives are increasingly turning to private security companies for tactical escorts and high-level protection as kidnappings and blue-light crimes surge, particularly in Gauteng. Phangela Group, a private security provider, said that demand for tactical escort services in unmarked vehicles has reached record levels as business leaders adapt to more sophisticated threats. “Executive threats are no […]
‘Good life’: Afrikaner ‘refugee’ shares update after US move
Errol Langton – an Afrikaner “refugee” now living in the US – has shared an update about his life abroad. Almost three months ago, Langton was one of 49 white South Africans who applied for the refugee resettlement programme. In February, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order, granting refuge to Afrikaners or “minorities”, over […]
Malema: Donald Trump Is a Global Threat—EFF Will Help Unseat Him
Malema: Donald Trump Is a Global Threat—EFF Will Help Unseat Him. In a fiery address at the Economic Freedom Fighters’ third Central Command Team meeting on Saturday, 2 August 2025, party leader Julius Malema labelled US President Donald Trump a danger to the world and vowed that the EFF would work with allies to remove […]