The investigation into the rape of seven-year-old Cwecwe has taken a turn, after her mother was involved in a car accident on the way to an interview with police. However the police will still look into Cwecwe's medical records. #eNCA#DStv403
[ON AIR] Mozambique is holding its 7th presidential elections today.
Current Head of State, Filipe Nyusi, has reached the constitutional limit of two terms.
@peterndoro is joined on the line by #ChannelAfrica, reporter who is in Maputo, @ThutoSharon#RiseAndShine
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa penned this FINAL LETTER to DA Leader John Steenhuisen after he responded to their meeting and the proposals put on the table on the formation of the GNU Executive. The deal with the DA is on a knives edge over the Department of Trade and Industry. The DA is a virtual FedEx later this afternoon to decide on whether they taking the deal or not. #sabcnews
Shortened #SONA2024
• Mourn thy neighbour- Namibian prez.
• Remember that horrible time in 1994? 😉 Vote emotionally.
• Cue in Mandela's name and that one famous Zulu king.
• Talk of the constitution and imaginary kumbaya session between South Africans of different backgrounds.
• Bragging about creating opportunities that, and I quote, "never existed before."
• 2008 global recession blamed for local poverty.
• Putin and Zelensky's war also got stray bullets.
• Money was stolen from the government, by government. Everyone knows all who are implicated, but we're all just gonna wait for one of them to die off or something. State capture!
• More thinly veiled jibes at Jay-Z now that he's got a new gig.
• Covid. Bladdy covid.
• Men are beating and killing women. Guys we gotta do something about it. Anyway...
• Climate change, hey.
• Tinswalo was born in 1994 and we're going to use her life as an analogy for this country's devolution. (I'd hate to be Tinswalo)
• Tinswalo lived a state-funded life so she's lucky to be alive because we funded her existence.
• I'm mentioning some facts that you're aware of as an ordinary South African so that you can see that I'm aware of things. Unemployment. Uhm... youths are unemployed. The Unemployment of youths. Yes.
• We have more black managers in the country (the country where the majority is black. Yes that country.)
• Let's rebuild (the things that our government neglected for years)
• State capture! Again.
• We're going to end loadshedding. One day. Some day. At some point in time.
• We're building more power lines over the next 5 years. 😉 vote for my party.
• There's a new fund to steal from: the Climate Change Response fund. Yay!
• There was traffic at our ports. We haven't fully cleared it, but we want you to know that we know. Also, the war in the Middle-East means we can gain by being a docking station. Hello Vasco da Gama.
• More people have Internet because of us (✋️😀 daddy, that's a global thing hey.)
• There will be a really really fast train between Joburg and Durbs. (But sir, the slower, cheaper train has failed for years now...)
• We're going to end loadshedding. You'll see. Stru. Mafra. I swear.
• On employment, we're doing great guys. Forget what I said earlier. We created jobs. We're also giving out free money.
• People are dying later in life now (so that they can enjoy this pitiful existence for an extended period. Yay)
• You think you have no water? Huh?! Apartheid was worse. Enjoy watershedding, you thankless lot.
• Political jargon and gibberish to pass time and make the speech longer.
• Crime! Ohhh we're definitely dealing with those guys hey. Look at all the security forces we're forming. We're fighting crime. Bringing our bicycles to an F1 race right here, baby. Winning!
• We are solving global wars! Well, not solving, but saying something about it. (READ: We are writing stern letters to the BBC.)
• Mention of Africa, for ambiance.
• Covid again.
• Cue in the violins as I speak like we're equals.
• We've been through a lot together, guys.
• I know what you're thing through.
• Democracy. My party. Economic growth.
• Apartheid. Jibe at EFF.
• I was physically there when the constitution was penned. In not your mate. I'm superior.
• The next 30 years are gonna be a jol, guys. (lol)
• Cue in the Mandela quote. Blah blah, fishpaste.
• "Like Madiba, we must keep moving, always forward." (Does he know about 5 Dec 2005? 👀)
@channelafrica1 Chikunga: Decline made possible by high police visibility, with 720 drivers arrested for among others being under the influence of alcohol.
@channelafrica1 Chikunga: Steady progress over the past five years, but says the number of deaths stabilized. Stats tell part of the story about road safety in S.A.
@channelafrica1 attending the release of the Preliminary 2023/24 festive season road traffic statistics at a media briefing at Grasmere toll plaza, South of Johannesburg, in Gauteng by S.A Transport Min. Sindiswa Chikunga.
[ON AIR] @LifeWithThami speaks to SABC News reporter, Khayalihle Khumalo about the two-day working visit to South Africa by the Duke of Edinburgh.
#AfricaUpdate#ChannelAfrica