"We must work for a future where Africans are able to migrate out of choice and not necessity, and we call on this Pan-African Parliament to take up the mantle of leadership, to be at the forefront of finding sustainable solutions to this issue." - President Cyril Ramaphosa
"The measure of Africa's development will not only be the ease with which Africans can move across borders, it will also be the extent to which every African country offers all its citizens sufficient opportunity, dignity, and hope." - President Cyril Ramaphosa
@DrLimukaniMathe With this thinking Mentality, Africa will remain disunited forever. Letโs deal with the root of the problem and stop pointing fingers.
@Newzroom405 No accountability in your statement SG. Our trust is gone. At this rate, we are not expecting any solutions from your Government. If your looking for political scores, your scoring own goals
Calling it a failure doesnโt address the underlying concerns. South Africans want lawful immigration, secure borders, and policies that are implemented consistently. The focus should be on solutions, not political scorecards.@MYANC
ANC SG Fikile Mbalula says the June 30 anti-illegal migration shutdown was a failure because South Africa largely continued to function normally despite calls for a nationwide protest.
@MDNnewss@Mashwebs Calling it a failure doesnโt address the underlying concerns. South Africans want lawful immigration, secure borders, and policies that are implemented consistently. The focus should be on solutions, not political scorecards.
The courts donโt make policyโthey test whether government policy complies with the Constitution. If decisions keep failing in court, perhaps the focus should be on drafting policies that are legally sound from the start. Root cause matters. @MYANC
[WATCH] ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says when the government is acting on immigration it's taken to court. He gives the example of the removal of the ZEP. #Newzroom405
@Newzroom405 The courts donโt make policyโthey test whether government policy complies with the Constitution. If decisions keep failing in court, perhaps the focus should be on drafting policies that are legally sound from the start. Root cause matters. @MbalulaFikile@MYANC
@AfricaViewFacts Recalling ambassadors wonโt solve the problem. The real conversation should be about why millions of Africans are forced to leave their own countries in the first place. Good governance creates jobs at home; bad governance exports people. Fix the root cause, and Africa will move
Recalling ambassadors wonโt solve the problem. The real conversation should be about why millions of Africans are forced to leave their own countries in the first place. Good governance creates jobs at home; bad governance exports people. Fix the root cause, and Africa will move
Pan-Africanist scholar Professor PLO Lumumba has urged African governments to take a firm diplomatic stand against South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ over the mistreatment of fellow Africans.
He called on countries to recall their ambassadors from Pretoria for consultations and send South African ambassadors home.
Lumumba described South Africa as โa danger to African unityโ and stressed that African leaders must speak out to protect continental solidarity.
The conversation should start with ZANU-PF. Change the root cause first. Ports, corridors and trade routes become opportunities only when governance creates confidence.
Zimbabweans we need to have a conversation:
We need to look East to Mozambique and de-invest from South Africa!!
Durban Port is 2000km from Harare which is SADC Distribution Hub while Beira Port where we have a harbour courtesy of Beira Corridor is 460km from Harare.
For international trade, distribution and logistics, Beira makes more sense than South Africa Durban Harbour. It is closer, has less toll gates and is nearer to Asia and Middle East compared to Durban Harbour.
There are 16 toll gates between Harare and Durban, and there are 6 toll gates between Harare and Beira. Any logistics company will this as a no brainer
Zimbabwe and Mozambique already have a standing bilateral trade agreements and also the Beira Corridor agreement in place. We just need to modernise the Beira Port handling systems, dredge the Beira Port to deepen the waters and improve the road infrastructure.
The Beira to Msasa Pipeline and Feruka Refinery are full functional. We just need to restore the railway network system and ferry our commodities via Beira .
South Africa comes with high import and export duty at Beitbridge Border Post, high toll gates fees, high weighbridge fees, corrupt traffic police, xenophobic gangsters like ADF and Mooi River gangs. It is wiser to de-invest and redirect our international trade via Mozambique.
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