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12-YEAR-OLD: U.S. PUBLIC HOUSING A CORPORATE PROJECT
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression in the United States, the federal government could no longer ignore the lack of affordable housing. Thus began the history of US public housing, also known as the so-called ‘projects.’ The National Housing Act of 1937—among many depression-era laws—aimed to address the housing crisis through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
However, instead of encouraging ‘improvements in housing standards and conditions’ as was the FHA’s goal, the policy, like many others in the United States, discriminated against non-white, poor people. Richard Rothstein, author of the 2017 book, ‘The Color of Law’, defined the FHA to National Public Radio as a ‘state-sponsored system of segregation … primarily designed to provide housing to white, middle-class, lower-middle-class families.’
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression in the United States, the federal government could no longer ignore the lack of affordable housing. Thus began the history of US public housing, also known as the so-called ‘projects.’ The National Housing Act of 1937—among many depression-era laws—aimed to address the housing crisis through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
However, instead of encouraging ‘improvements in housing standards and conditions’ as was the FHA’s goal, the policy, like many others in the United States, discriminated against non-white, poor people. Richard Rothstein, author of the 2017 book, ‘The Color of Law’, defined the FHA to National Public Radio as a ‘state-sponsored system of segregation … primarily designed to provide housing to white, middle-class, lower-middle-class families.’
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Continued……. While the US government’s homeownership programmes offered government-insured mortgages for homeowners, Black people in the US and Black neighbourhoods could not access the federal aid, one phenomenon among many that formed what is known as ‘redlining.’Redlining barred Black residents from buying homes, which led to predominantly Black communities remaining segregated, leaving many such neighbourhoods in deplorable conditions to this day. Now, about 1.1 million public-housing units, operated by over 3,000 local public-housing agencies, serve 2.2 million people.
So, in this clip, a 12-year-old brother is not wrong in saying that the projects are really ‘corporate America’s’ project for Black people, given the United States operates in the interest of big business. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink made this clear during the last election year, when he said the market will remain unaffected no matter who won, Democrats or Republicans.
We definitely need more of our children to be as politically aware as this brother!
While we would love to acknowledge the speakers in this video, we unfortunately don’t have their names. Please let us know if you know who they are!
Video credit: @_velliiiiii (Instagram)
Sources
https://nlihc.org/resource/public-housing-history
https://nurseledcare.phmc.org/advocacy/policy-blog/item/641:a-brief-history-of-housing-policy-in-the-u-s.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/realestate/what-is-redlining.html
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/05/blackrock-doesnt-matter-us-election-trump-kamala-harris
https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
https://x.com/african_stream/status/1853838199652553107
So, in this clip, a 12-year-old brother is not wrong in saying that the projects are really ‘corporate America’s’ project for Black people, given the United States operates in the interest of big business. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink made this clear during the last election year, when he said the market will remain unaffected no matter who won, Democrats or Republicans.
We definitely need more of our children to be as politically aware as this brother!
While we would love to acknowledge the speakers in this video, we unfortunately don’t have their names. Please let us know if you know who they are!
Video credit: @_velliiiiii (Instagram)
Sources
https://nlihc.org/resource/public-housing-history
https://nurseledcare.phmc.org/advocacy/policy-blog/item/641:a-brief-history-of-housing-policy-in-the-u-s.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/realestate/what-is-redlining.html
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/05/blackrock-doesnt-matter-us-election-trump-kamala-harris
https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
https://x.com/african_stream/status/1853838199652553107
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HOW DID WE GET HERE? A QUICK REVIEW OF PUBLIC HOUSING HISTORY: A New Deal Program with Segregationist Beginnings This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Housing Act of 1949, which significantly increased the number of public housing agencies (PHAs) and…
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South African writer Athol Fugard, whose 1972 play ‘Sizwe Bansi is Dead’ brought the indignities that Black people endured under apartheid to theatre audiences around the world, died on Sunday aged 92.
Born in 1932, he was one of the few White South Africans who stood up against the regime. Not only did his plays expose its brutality, he also worked with Black actors - which was illegal under apartheid.
Fugard credited his mother with helping him “break the conditioning that was taking place on school playgrounds, in classrooms, everywhere.” In his 20s, he started working as a clerk in a court which prosecuted Black South Africans who had broken the so-called pass laws (designed to restrict their movements and employment opportunities), giving him a front-row seat to the injustices of apartheid.
Born in 1932, he was one of the few White South Africans who stood up against the regime. Not only did his plays expose its brutality, he also worked with Black actors - which was illegal under apartheid.
Fugard credited his mother with helping him “break the conditioning that was taking place on school playgrounds, in classrooms, everywhere.” In his 20s, he started working as a clerk in a court which prosecuted Black South Africans who had broken the so-called pass laws (designed to restrict their movements and employment opportunities), giving him a front-row seat to the injustices of apartheid.
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Continued……This experience would serve as inspiration for ‘Sizwe Bansi is Dead.’ The play is about a Black man who steals a dead man’s identity by using his passbook (apartheid-era ID document) to take up residency and seek employment in the city.
The play, co-authored with John Kani (King T’chaka in Black Panther) and Winston Ntshona, became a hit and was screened for audiences in different parts of the world, bringing attention to the apartheid struggle. It was one of a number in which Fugard poked the apartheid beast, which at one point revoked his passport.
His contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle has been lauded across the political divide, with tributes pouring in from President Cyril Ramaphosa and the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, which described him as a writer whose life was marked by “his commitment to exposing the brutal realities of apartheid, giving voice to those silenced by a racist and oppressive system.”
Sources
https://apnews.com/article/athol-fugard-south-africa-play-apartheid-obituary-338170b79795438791d9ae1af0aad558
https://x.com/EFFSouthAfrica/status/1898980324777787865
https://www.supersummary.com/sizwe-banzi-is-dead/summary/
https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/lnn/article/president-pays-tribute-to-athol-fugard/
The play, co-authored with John Kani (King T’chaka in Black Panther) and Winston Ntshona, became a hit and was screened for audiences in different parts of the world, bringing attention to the apartheid struggle. It was one of a number in which Fugard poked the apartheid beast, which at one point revoked his passport.
His contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle has been lauded across the political divide, with tributes pouring in from President Cyril Ramaphosa and the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, which described him as a writer whose life was marked by “his commitment to exposing the brutal realities of apartheid, giving voice to those silenced by a racist and oppressive system.”
Sources
https://apnews.com/article/athol-fugard-south-africa-play-apartheid-obituary-338170b79795438791d9ae1af0aad558
https://x.com/EFFSouthAfrica/status/1898980324777787865
https://www.supersummary.com/sizwe-banzi-is-dead/summary/
https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/lnn/article/president-pays-tribute-to-athol-fugard/
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South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’... and the Boys,” has died.
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MP CALLS FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN RIGHT-WING LOBBY GROUPS
A South African member of Parliament has asked the government to take stern action against members of right-wing white-settler lobby groups widely believed to be behind the diplomatic spat with US President Donald Trump’s administration.
On 5 March, Wesley Douglas, an MP representing the UmKhonto weSizwe (MK) party, called on the foreign ministry to support his party’s motion asking Parliament to summon and sanction members of white-settler organisation AfriForum. Members of the two groups recently travelled to the White House to discuss what they allege as mistreatment of white South Africans and a ‘white g*nocide’ against settler farmers. Douglas said their conduct is tantamount to undermining the country’s economic stability.
A South African member of Parliament has asked the government to take stern action against members of right-wing white-settler lobby groups widely believed to be behind the diplomatic spat with US President Donald Trump’s administration.
On 5 March, Wesley Douglas, an MP representing the UmKhonto weSizwe (MK) party, called on the foreign ministry to support his party’s motion asking Parliament to summon and sanction members of white-settler organisation AfriForum. Members of the two groups recently travelled to the White House to discuss what they allege as mistreatment of white South Africans and a ‘white g*nocide’ against settler farmers. Douglas said their conduct is tantamount to undermining the country’s economic stability.
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Continued……Relations between South Africa and the US have hit a historic low in recent weeks following Trump signing an executive order suspending aid to the African state over unproven claims of violent attacks against white settlers. Trump’s order came after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a new law allowing the government to confiscate private land without compensation under certain circumstances.
Most US aid in South Africa came under the auspices of the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids (PEPFAR), a US fund launched in 2003 to help fight AIDS in countries with high HIV infection rates.
Douglas said the US measures will likely hit the country’s most vulnerable, so those who caused the sanctions should not be allowed to walk free.
Last month, Douglas’ party opened a treason case against AfriForum, accusing it of lobbying ‘foreign powers to act against the sovereignty and economic interests of South Africa.’
Video credit: Parliament of the Republic of South Africa/YouTube (@parliamentofRSA on X)
Sources
https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/pepfar-global-aids/pepfar
https://mg.co.za/politics/2025-03-05-afriforum-reiterates-calls-for-us-sanctions-against-ramaphosa
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-trump-afrikaner-aid-freeze-c93da366d91ec386adf99099441cf565
https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mk-party-accuses-afriforum-of-economic-sabotage-fa6310e9-7f62-42f7-94bb-ca82d3ae8cb5
https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/02/10/mk-pary-opens-treason-case-against-afriforum
Most US aid in South Africa came under the auspices of the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids (PEPFAR), a US fund launched in 2003 to help fight AIDS in countries with high HIV infection rates.
Douglas said the US measures will likely hit the country’s most vulnerable, so those who caused the sanctions should not be allowed to walk free.
Last month, Douglas’ party opened a treason case against AfriForum, accusing it of lobbying ‘foreign powers to act against the sovereignty and economic interests of South Africa.’
Video credit: Parliament of the Republic of South Africa/YouTube (@parliamentofRSA on X)
Sources
https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/pepfar-global-aids/pepfar
https://mg.co.za/politics/2025-03-05-afriforum-reiterates-calls-for-us-sanctions-against-ramaphosa
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-trump-afrikaner-aid-freeze-c93da366d91ec386adf99099441cf565
https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mk-party-accuses-afriforum-of-economic-sabotage-fa6310e9-7f62-42f7-94bb-ca82d3ae8cb5
https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/02/10/mk-pary-opens-treason-case-against-afriforum
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PEPFAR
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) saves lives, prevents millions of HIV infections, and supports several countries to achieve HIV epi...
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Today marks six years since the Ethiopian Airlines-operated Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 157 people. Here are some key facts about the tragedy and the ensuing, ongoing legal battles by families to get justice. They accuse Boeing of the “deadliest corporate crime in US history.”
Sources
https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-say-boeing-violated-2-5-billion-settlement-over-737-max-crashes
https://www.henricodolfing.com/2024/08/case-study-19-20-billion-boeing-737-max
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/07/boeing-fined-737-max-crashes
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/08/boeing-2018-2019-crashes-victims-family
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/19/boeing-crash-737-victims-families-doj
https://simpleflying.com/virginia-judge-class-action-boeing-737-max-safety/
Sources
https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-say-boeing-violated-2-5-billion-settlement-over-737-max-crashes
https://www.henricodolfing.com/2024/08/case-study-19-20-billion-boeing-737-max
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/07/boeing-fined-737-max-crashes
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/08/boeing-2018-2019-crashes-victims-family
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/19/boeing-crash-737-victims-families-doj
https://simpleflying.com/virginia-judge-class-action-boeing-737-max-safety/
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NOW DECLASSIFIED: CIA PLOTTED COUP AGAINST NKRUMAH
Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, says that newly declassified documents from the US archives implicate the CIA in the coup that ousted the nation’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Mahama made the significant announcement on 6 March during the celebrations marking Ghana’s 68th Independence Day. Nkrumah, a prominent pan-African figure during Africa’s decolonisation, envisioned an industrialised Ghana that would lead the continent towards self-sufficiency. His aspirations were abruptly halted when a military and police coup took place on 24 February 1966, while he was on a diplomatic mission in China.
As a pan-Africanist and socialist, Nkrumah launched initiatives aimed at achieving political and economic independence for Africa during a period when much of the continent remained under colonial rule.
Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, says that newly declassified documents from the US archives implicate the CIA in the coup that ousted the nation’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Mahama made the significant announcement on 6 March during the celebrations marking Ghana’s 68th Independence Day. Nkrumah, a prominent pan-African figure during Africa’s decolonisation, envisioned an industrialised Ghana that would lead the continent towards self-sufficiency. His aspirations were abruptly halted when a military and police coup took place on 24 February 1966, while he was on a diplomatic mission in China.
As a pan-Africanist and socialist, Nkrumah launched initiatives aimed at achieving political and economic independence for Africa during a period when much of the continent remained under colonial rule.
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Continued…….. He dreamed of a united Africa liberated from imperialism, a vision he actively pursued by organising the first All-African Peoples’ Conference in Accra, Ghana, in 1958. In 1963, he was instrumental in founding the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner of the African Union (AU).
Due to his dedication to socialism and pan-Africanism, his willingness to work with the Soviet Union and China, and his efforts to foster anti-imperialism across Africa and beyond, Nkrumah increasingly became perceived as a threat by the US government, which initiated plans to depose him.
The coup in 1966 disrupted Ghana’s path to industrialisation and led to prolonged political turmoil. Today, the West African nation grapples with substantial foreign debts owed to imperialist institutions such as the IMF, while ordinary citizens face rising living costs - an unfortunate departure from Nkrumah’s original vision.
Additionally, Western powers have similarly undermined other influential African leaders, including Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amílcar Cabral in Guinea-Bissau and Sylvanus Olympio of Togo.
Video credit: CITI FM 97.3
Sources
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000500200001-7.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/09/archives/cia-said-to-have-aided-plotters-who-overthrew-nkrumah-in-ghana.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jan/17/lumumba-50th-anniversary-african-leaders-assassinations
https://liberationnews.org/cia-overthrow-kwame-nkrumah-neocolonialism-west-africa/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000572911.pdf
https://debtjustice.org.uk/countries-in-crisis/ghana-debt-crisis-rooted-colonialism#:~:text=Ghana%20is%20in%20a%20debt,external%20debt%20payments%20each%20year.
Due to his dedication to socialism and pan-Africanism, his willingness to work with the Soviet Union and China, and his efforts to foster anti-imperialism across Africa and beyond, Nkrumah increasingly became perceived as a threat by the US government, which initiated plans to depose him.
The coup in 1966 disrupted Ghana’s path to industrialisation and led to prolonged political turmoil. Today, the West African nation grapples with substantial foreign debts owed to imperialist institutions such as the IMF, while ordinary citizens face rising living costs - an unfortunate departure from Nkrumah’s original vision.
Additionally, Western powers have similarly undermined other influential African leaders, including Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amílcar Cabral in Guinea-Bissau and Sylvanus Olympio of Togo.
Video credit: CITI FM 97.3
Sources
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000500200001-7.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/09/archives/cia-said-to-have-aided-plotters-who-overthrew-nkrumah-in-ghana.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jan/17/lumumba-50th-anniversary-african-leaders-assassinations
https://liberationnews.org/cia-overthrow-kwame-nkrumah-neocolonialism-west-africa/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000572911.pdf
https://debtjustice.org.uk/countries-in-crisis/ghana-debt-crisis-rooted-colonialism#:~:text=Ghana%20is%20in%20a%20debt,external%20debt%20payments%20each%20year.
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In a futile attempt to solicit rage and position himself as a victim of racial discrimination, South Africa-born white settler Elon Musk falsely claimed in a 7 March X post that his satellite internet service Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa due to his skin colour.
On 31 March 2021, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) released the country’s ‘Regulations in respect of the Limitations of Control and Equity Ownership by Historically Disadvantaged Groups and the Application of the ICT Sector Code.’ Among the mandates issued was that Historically Disadvantaged Groups (HDGs) own at least 30 per cent of foreign-owned information and telecommunications companies’ South African subsidiaries. HDGs include Black South Africans, women, youth and individuals with disabilities.
On 31 March 2021, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) released the country’s ‘Regulations in respect of the Limitations of Control and Equity Ownership by Historically Disadvantaged Groups and the Application of the ICT Sector Code.’ Among the mandates issued was that Historically Disadvantaged Groups (HDGs) own at least 30 per cent of foreign-owned information and telecommunications companies’ South African subsidiaries. HDGs include Black South Africans, women, youth and individuals with disabilities.
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Continued……These regulations are part of South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act introduced in 2003 to increase the participation of Black people in the country’s economy to redress decades of economic disenfranchisement via apartheid-era laws, whose legacy lingers to this day. However, Starlink, through its parent company SpaceX, has not complied with these regulations. Moreover, according to South Africa’s telecommunications authorities, Starlink has not applied for a licence.
In response to Musk’s misleading claims, South African Head of Public Diplomacy Clayson Monyela clarified that this was not an issue of skin colour or race, adding, ‘Starlink is welcome to operate in South Africa, provided there’s compliance with local laws.’ The regulations apply to foreign-owned telecommunications companies wishing to do business in South Africa. As Monyela asserted, ‘this is a global international trade & investment principle’ and ‘there are over 600 USA companies investing & operating in [the country] ... all complying & thriving!’
It seems the multibillionaire thinks South Africa should bend the rules that many other foreign businesspeople abide by while spreading disinformation about South Africa to his over 200 million followers on X.
Sources
https://www.ellipsis.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Limitations-of-Control-and-Equity-Ownership-by-Historically-Disadvantaged-Groups-and-the-application-of-the-ICT-Sector-Code.pdf
https://x.com/ClaysonMonyela/status/1897975844565397567
https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-rejects-musk-claim-starlink-cant-operate-there-because-hes-not-2025-03-07/#:~:text=JOHANNESBURG%2C%20March%207%20(Reuters),not%20applied%20for%20a%20licence
https://www.thedtic.gov.za/financial-and-non-financial-support/b-bbee/broad-based-black-economic-empowerment
In response to Musk’s misleading claims, South African Head of Public Diplomacy Clayson Monyela clarified that this was not an issue of skin colour or race, adding, ‘Starlink is welcome to operate in South Africa, provided there’s compliance with local laws.’ The regulations apply to foreign-owned telecommunications companies wishing to do business in South Africa. As Monyela asserted, ‘this is a global international trade & investment principle’ and ‘there are over 600 USA companies investing & operating in [the country] ... all complying & thriving!’
It seems the multibillionaire thinks South Africa should bend the rules that many other foreign businesspeople abide by while spreading disinformation about South Africa to his over 200 million followers on X.
Sources
https://www.ellipsis.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Limitations-of-Control-and-Equity-Ownership-by-Historically-Disadvantaged-Groups-and-the-application-of-the-ICT-Sector-Code.pdf
https://x.com/ClaysonMonyela/status/1897975844565397567
https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-rejects-musk-claim-starlink-cant-operate-there-because-hes-not-2025-03-07/#:~:text=JOHANNESBURG%2C%20March%207%20(Reuters),not%20applied%20for%20a%20licence
https://www.thedtic.gov.za/financial-and-non-financial-support/b-bbee/broad-based-black-economic-empowerment
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M23 MAKE FRESH GAINS AS DRC SLAPS BOUNTY ON KEY LEADERS
M23 rebels are making further gains in eastern DR Congo. The Rwanda-backed militia now has its sights on Walikale, an important mining town located 235 km north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. On 9 March, the group captured Nyabiondo, enabling its fighters to advance deeper into the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Kinshasa put a $5-million reward up for information leading to the capture of key M23 figures: Corneille Nangaa, Bertrand Bisimwa and Sultani Makenga. Nangaa is affiliated with the Congo River Alliance (AFC), a military-political coalition that includes M23, and previously served as the head of the DRC’s Independent National Electoral Commission. Bisimwa and Makenga are M23’s president and military chief, respectively. All three were tried in absentia and sentenced to death in August 2024.
M23 rebels are making further gains in eastern DR Congo. The Rwanda-backed militia now has its sights on Walikale, an important mining town located 235 km north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. On 9 March, the group captured Nyabiondo, enabling its fighters to advance deeper into the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Kinshasa put a $5-million reward up for information leading to the capture of key M23 figures: Corneille Nangaa, Bertrand Bisimwa and Sultani Makenga. Nangaa is affiliated with the Congo River Alliance (AFC), a military-political coalition that includes M23, and previously served as the head of the DRC’s Independent National Electoral Commission. Bisimwa and Makenga are M23’s president and military chief, respectively. All three were tried in absentia and sentenced to death in August 2024.
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Continued……Additionally, DRC is offering a $4-million reward for information that leads to the arrest of the accomplices of these three men and other individuals being sought, as stated by the Congolese Justice Ministry.
In mid-December 2024, peace negotiations between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRC President Félix Tshisekedi - which had been due to take place in Luanda, Angola - were called off. Earlier this year, M23 launched a rapid new offensive, successfully seizing Goma and Bukavu, the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces, along with numerous towns in areas rich in minerals.
Since resuming hostilities after nearly ten years of intermittent attacks, M23 has taken control of key locations such as Rubaya, a hub for coltan essential for smartphone manufacturing, as well as Masisi, Kavumu, Minova, Kalungu, Bunagana, Rutshuru, Lubero, Nyiragongo, Nyabibwe, Kanyezire and Mukwinja.
Since January, over 7,000 people have lost their lives in the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC. The UN reports that more than 700,000 individuals have been displaced since the start of the year, adding to the more than 7-million already displaced by previous fighting as of 2024.
Sources
https://www.voanews.com/a/rwanda-backed-rebels-reach-center-of-east-congo-s-2nd-major-city/7976749.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/9/m23-rebels-advance-as-drc-govt-offers-5m-reward-to-capture-rebel-leaders
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/m23-rebels-claim-control-of-drc-smartphone-mineral-rich-town-/7594814.html
In mid-December 2024, peace negotiations between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRC President Félix Tshisekedi - which had been due to take place in Luanda, Angola - were called off. Earlier this year, M23 launched a rapid new offensive, successfully seizing Goma and Bukavu, the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces, along with numerous towns in areas rich in minerals.
Since resuming hostilities after nearly ten years of intermittent attacks, M23 has taken control of key locations such as Rubaya, a hub for coltan essential for smartphone manufacturing, as well as Masisi, Kavumu, Minova, Kalungu, Bunagana, Rutshuru, Lubero, Nyiragongo, Nyabibwe, Kanyezire and Mukwinja.
Since January, over 7,000 people have lost their lives in the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC. The UN reports that more than 700,000 individuals have been displaced since the start of the year, adding to the more than 7-million already displaced by previous fighting as of 2024.
Sources
https://www.voanews.com/a/rwanda-backed-rebels-reach-center-of-east-congo-s-2nd-major-city/7976749.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/9/m23-rebels-advance-as-drc-govt-offers-5m-reward-to-capture-rebel-leaders
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/m23-rebels-claim-control-of-drc-smartphone-mineral-rich-town-/7594814.html
Voice of America
DR Congo says rebels occupy 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east
The M23 rebels positioned themselves Sunday at the governor’s office in Bukavu and pledged to clean up after the 'old regime'
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During an address to a joint session of Congress on 4 March, US President Donald Trump mocked the African nation of Lesotho as a country ‘which nobody has ever heard of.’
If indeed Trump had never heard of Lesotho, all he needed to do was look at his website, which markets golf T-shirts manufactured in Lesotho by the Greg Norman Collection in collaboration with the Trump golf club.
The shirts emblazoned with the Trump Golf Club apparel logo clearly state that they are manufactured in Lesotho.
Therefore, it is strange that Trump, who has presented himself as a hands-on businessman for decades, would have no idea where his company sources its T-shirts.
Or could it be that he knows Lesotho, and some of his merchandise comes from there but feigns ignorance for strategic reasons?
If indeed Trump had never heard of Lesotho, all he needed to do was look at his website, which markets golf T-shirts manufactured in Lesotho by the Greg Norman Collection in collaboration with the Trump golf club.
The shirts emblazoned with the Trump Golf Club apparel logo clearly state that they are manufactured in Lesotho.
Therefore, it is strange that Trump, who has presented himself as a hands-on businessman for decades, would have no idea where his company sources its T-shirts.
Or could it be that he knows Lesotho, and some of his merchandise comes from there but feigns ignorance for strategic reasons?
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Continued……There is a good reason why Trump wouldn’t want to be associated with his company’s Lesotho business. Precious Garments, the Lesotho-based company that manufactures the Greg Norman apparel, had been cited for appalling working conditions characterised by physical abuse, low wages and long working hours. In 2024, The Dial, a cultural and political magazine, reported supervisors subjected Precious Garments workers to strip searches at the end of every shift. The workers, who earned an average of $140 per month, reported supervisors regularly hitting them and calling them demeaning names. Some have called out the company for trying to disrupt or weaken the power of trade unions by targeting union leaders, allegations confirmed by a 2023 US State Department report.
Trump claims to be ‘America First,’ but his company outsources apparel production to countries such as Canada, China, Indonesia and Turkey. Plus, in 2022, a US trade agency fined a pro-Trump Utah company for switching out tags that said ‘Made in China’ to those that said ‘Made in the USA.’
Could these allegations be why Trump feigns not to know Lesotho?
Sources
https://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2025-03-06-does-trump-really-not-know-about-lesotho-this-shirt-might-prove-otherwise
https://www.wave3.com/story/1778911/donald-trump-takes-hands-on-approach-to-business/
https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-18/lesotho-sportswear-factory-abuse-reebok-greg-norman
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lesotho
https://agoa.info/news/article/3218-agoa-boosts-lesotho-textile-exports-to-us-by-50-but.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-event-touted-made-america-goods-lot-his-merchandise-couldn-n893656
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/10/pro-trump-brand-fake-made-in-usa-tags
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lesotho
Trump claims to be ‘America First,’ but his company outsources apparel production to countries such as Canada, China, Indonesia and Turkey. Plus, in 2022, a US trade agency fined a pro-Trump Utah company for switching out tags that said ‘Made in China’ to those that said ‘Made in the USA.’
Could these allegations be why Trump feigns not to know Lesotho?
Sources
https://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2025-03-06-does-trump-really-not-know-about-lesotho-this-shirt-might-prove-otherwise
https://www.wave3.com/story/1778911/donald-trump-takes-hands-on-approach-to-business/
https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-18/lesotho-sportswear-factory-abuse-reebok-greg-norman
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lesotho
https://agoa.info/news/article/3218-agoa-boosts-lesotho-textile-exports-to-us-by-50-but.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-event-touted-made-america-goods-lot-his-merchandise-couldn-n893656
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/10/pro-trump-brand-fake-made-in-usa-tags
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lesotho
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Does Trump really not know about Lesotho? This shirt might prove otherwise
US President Donald Trump made headlines when he dismissed the small African nation of Lesotho, claiming it was a country "nobody has ever heard of" during an address to Congress this week.
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Did the United States erase the original message of the Statue of Liberty? According to research done by Joy DeGruy (@dr.joydegruy on Instagram, @drjoydegruy on X) - author of the book, Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome - the original design of the Statue of Liberty featured ‘Lady Liberty’ holding chains in her left hand. However, the design’s homage to the abolition of slavery made elements within the United States uncomfortable. In this clip from the Vault Empowers podcast (@vaultempowers - Instagram), Dr. DeGruy reveals how she discovered the chains and shackles on the feet of the Statue of Liberty and why she believes the original design was changed to keep the chains hidden. What do you think?
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