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“HOW THE ANC CAPTURED THE STATE UP TO NOW - Accused Number 1"

1. ANC’s Multi-billion $ Arm’s scandal
2. E-tolling scandal
3. Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla Homestead Project (Project Prestige)
4. Nkandla Freeway Project
5. Misuse of the plastic bag levy funds
6. Police Buildings and the exorbitant lease saga
7. Travelgate
8. Tony Yengeni’s arrest
9. Jackie Selebi and everything about the trial
10. Jackie Selebi’s parole
11. Shabir Schaik’s trial, during which Zuma was implicated but no prosecution followed
12. Schabir Shaik’s parole on medical grounds, but suddenly, he has fully recovered
13. Richard Mdluli’s slush fund
14. Richard Mdluli’s abuse of safe houses
15. Richard Mdluli’s travel agency scam
16. Richard Mdluli’s abuse of state owned vehicles
17. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s liver transplant
18. Nathi Mtethwa’s private residence upgrade with public funds
19. Julius Malema’s Limpopo feeding programme
20. Ntau Letebele’s transport tender in Limpopo
21. Julius Malema’s transport tender in Limpopo
22. School feeding schemes in the Eastern Cape
23. Ms Dina Pule and the ITC Indaba
24. Limpopo textbooks saga
25. Moses Kotane Development Agency corruption
26. Msunduzi municipality officials using more than R1m of taxpayers’ money to fund an ANC rally.
27. Mthatha corruption case over fraudulent legal jobs didn’t exist
28. Ekurhuleni municipality corruption in awarding water meter contracts to Lesira-Teq
29. Thaba Chweu local municipality’s misuse of R3m in 2009
30. Endemic corruption at Nala Local Municipality to the point that treasury have cut them off
31. Desiree Tlhoaele’s axing after going after corrupt officials in sports, arts and culture
32. Viking testing station’s corrupt examiners
33. Police officers Linda Mlambo and Mahlang Shaku fraudulenty conning motorists out of cash
34. Sandton officers arrested for corruption after extorting money from a motorists
35. Willie Hofmeyer’s axing
36. Mvula Trust and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ job creation fraud to the tune of hundreds of millions of rands
37. Government’s endemic over-use and over-pay of consultants
38. Glynnis Breytenbach’s axing
39. The spy-tape saga
40. Thosan Panday corruption in KZN
41. KZN’s misuse of R785m in 2011
42. Madibeng municipality awarding millions in tenders to its own employees
43. Madibeng municipality’s taxation scam with its employees
44. Madibeng municipality paying money to fictitious companies for fictitious work
45. Madibeng municipality paying for funerals that never took place
46. Madibeng municipality paying for home renovations for its employees
47. Taung municipality paying triple digit increases without consultation
48. Morake Incorporated Attorneys & the Rustenburg provincial department – R13m paid in fees for a disciplinary hearing
49. Endemic corruption at Mbhashe municipality to the point of the mayor and 7 others being fired
50. Corruption exposed by SIU at Rustenburg and Madibeng local municipalities
51. Corruption exposed by SIU at Moses Kotane
52. Corruption exposed by SIU at Bojanala District
53. Corruption exposed by SIU at Ventersdorp
54. Corruption exposed by SIU at Greater Taung
55. Corruption exposed by SIU at Tswaing
56. Corruption exposed by SIU at Ramotshere Moiloa
57. Corruption exposed by SIU at Mahikeng
58. Corruption exposed by SIU at Dr Kenneth Kaunda District
59. Corruption exposed by SIU at Maquassi Hill
60. Corruption exposed by SIU at Moretele
61. Corruption exposed by SIU at Lekwa-Teemane
62. Corruption exposed by SIU at Ngaka
63. Corruption exposed by SIU at Modiri Molema District
64. Corruption exposed by SIU at Ditsobotla
65. Corruption exposed by SIU at Kagisano
66. Corruption exposed by SIU at Kgetlengrivier
67. Corruption exposed by SIU at Ratlou
68. Corruption exposed by SIU at Dr Ruth Mompati District
69. Corruption exposed by SIU at Naledi Local Municipality
70. Awarding of tenders to Vivian Reddy following Zuma intervention
71. Twenty five cases, involving R768 827 043 in KZN in 2010 alone
72. The Glen Agliotti case
73. Diverting of public funds to Swazi King
74. Diverting of public funds to Robert Mugabe
75. Diverting of public funds to Zanu-PF
76. Funding of military equipment in Zimbabwe with SA public funds
77. Zuma’s corruption in numerous cases prior to his presidency
78. Fraud, corruption, tender-rigging, kickbacks and irregular appointments at Tshwane municipality
79. Endemic corruption at the heart of Mpumalanga municipality including physical violence to avoid publication of facts
80. Public Works’ endemic misuse of public funds for private residences of government officials, disguised as security upgrades.
81. Public Works leasing back property from its own employees for official use, while footing the initial bill too
82. BEE fronting for SAPS land deals outside of the main contract for PTA head office through Roux Shabangu
83. R2.4bn in improper bonuses paid out by SABC to directors
84. SABC paying fictitious staff
85. ANC controlling SABC with threats of fund withdrawals
86. SABC awarding tenders to its own employees
87. Ekurhuleni employees signing off on deals that do not exist
88. Land fraud in KZN worth R50m involving three officials and a businessman for farms and other properties
89. Department of arts and culture misuse of R42m during the soccer world cup
90. Loss of dockets relating to high profile corruption cases
91. Education department officials involved in examination selling
92. Parastatals’ inflated sponsorship of events hosted by the Guptas and New Age
93. New Age website having massive funds diverted its way from government budgets without readership stats to speak of
94. The City of Johannesburg rigging a large tender in favour of Regiments, an ANC-connected empowerment firm central to a consortium that made the JHB mayor’s wife a *multimillionaire.
95. On-Point Engineering securing Limpopo tenders through Julius Malema and his accomplices
96. Amathole district municipality awarding irregular tenders relating to vehicle tracking
97. John Block’s R112m tender fraud relating to water purification equipment
98. Gaston Savoi’s R112m tender fraud relating to water purification equipment
99. DoC official awarding R500k tender to his wife
100. Martin Masemola from Dept of Minerals & Energy receiving financial kickbacks and land for favours to friends and family
101. Bosasa and Correctional Services corruption to the tune of R3bn in tender rigging
102. Public Works corrupt relationship with Saab and the blacked out agreements that not even they are entitled to
103. R63 million tender fraud at Limpopo traffic department involving Mbhazima Sithole, 45, Felix Baloyi, 34, Mphateleni Musubu, 43, and Lufuno Muladi, 27, all directors of various companies that secured tenders illegally
104. Gauteng Finance dept awarding R23m in IT tenders fraudulently
105. Kelly Group securing labour broking tenders worth R372m by BEE fronting
106. Eastern Cape health department and their tender fraud worth over R800m in just one single case
107. Obed Mlaba securing tenders to the value of R3bn in KZN
108. KZN misuse of public money to the tune of R532m in 2009
109. Public Works in Limpopo involved in tender fraud for undisclosed sum late last year
110. Tshwane kickback scheme for tenders to the tune of R1b
111. Tshwane maladministration in their financial dept for undisclosed sum
112. Philemon Mohlahlane (ex Land Bank CEO) embezzling R19m out of the Land Bank for his personal and business use
113. Prestige Portfolio tender corruption at Public Works as investigated by SIU (this appears to be linked to Project prestige – Zuma’s development)
114. Bobby Motaung’s multi-million rand fraud involving stadium tenders
115. Ekurhuleni Metro IT tender for R21m that was used to buy Porsches and Mercs
116. Limpopo transport tender fraud of R63m
117. Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale’s influence in awarding tenders
118. Buffalo City Metro tender fraud of R12m
119. Ekurhuleni Chief Financial Officer Mr Zakes Myeza, Chief Director Water and Sanitation Mr Slindokuhle Hadebe, Acting Head of Department of then Roads and Stormwater Mr Moses Maliba, Junior Official Water and Sanitation Ms Nomusa Malimabe and Independent Contractor Mr Miyelani Holeni’s all involved in tender fraud worth R166m
120. Julius’ cousing Tshepo Malema involved in corruption and fraud through the government worth R63m
121. Pikitup tender fraud relating to contracts awarded through City of Johannesburg for undisclosed sum
122. Vivian Reddy’s company awarded an inflated contract of R1.25bn for smart electricity meter reading in Joburg despite never having done anything like it before
123. Xhariep district mayor Mongi Ntwanambi’s fraudulent travel expenses claims costing half a million rand a year
124. Free State Government paying R140million for their website created with a $40 WordPress template
125. Limpopo Health’s unaccounted for R739m tender spend for 2012
126. Gauteng Health’s R1bn corruption in 2010
127. ANC’s investment body, Chancellor House, receiving yet another state tender worth billions of rands
128. ANC’s investment arm, Chancellor House, receiving millions from the Medupi and Kusile deals
129. ANC’s investment arm, Chancellor House, to benefit significantly from R40bn Eskom tenders
130. The spending of more than R13.5m on Nomvula Mokonyane’s home. A home that was purchased for R11.5m
Zuma’s position weakens as he loses battle to keep ‘spy tapes’ under wraps
131. Bankrupt SAA
132. Bankrupt Post Office
133. Bankrupt SABC
134. Corruption and takeover of the Media
135. The Gupta’s
136. FIFA
137 Bankrupt Eskom
138 Bashir saga
139. Safa president Danny Jordaan allegedly turned to the Gupta family to cover up a $10 million (R138 million) hole in the organisation’s books
140. 12 000 ‘dead people‘ doing business with SA government, says Treasury
141. 14,000 state employees who are listed as directors of companies that have been awarded state contracts in violation of regulations
142. In the 2017/18 financial year, R45.85m was spent on maintenance for official ministerial residences in Pretoria and Cape Town
143. Senior intelligence officers could land in hot water after a parliamentary committee proposed that they be investigated for allegedly “pilfering” more than R1bn from the intelligence account.
144. Trevor Manuel approved a R200 million salary golden handshake to Coleman Andrews of SAA
145. The corruption around Bidvest and Ramaphosa’s business
146. Truckloads of evidence of corruption of Pravin Gordhan made rounds. Multi Billions missing in Treasury. Mountain of corruption in PIC. Banks he is a shareholder in.
147. Gordhan award of a R10 million Contract in Treasury, to his own daughter Anisha Gordhan
148. Top black “executives ” in the SABC earns more than R 12 million
149. Florence Radzilani, the Deputy Chairperson of the ANC in Limpopo and the Mayor of Vhembe District Municipality took a R300 000 bribe for not withdrawing the money her municipality invested with VBS Mutual Bank.
150. The South African Revenue Service’s head of legal, Refiloe Mokoena, who wasat the center of granting the controversial Gupta family in a reported R420m VAT refund.
151. Suspended commissioner Tom Moyane is still getting full pay while being suspended.
152. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) paid a law firm R120,000 to read a book to establish whether suspended Commissioner Tom Moyane was mentioned in it and whether its contents was defamatory.
153. SARS executive Luther Lebelo has racked up more than R750,000 of taxpayer money to prepare his submission to the Nudgent commission.
154. Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has been subpoenaed to answer why his department allowed an unpaid R67 million invoice owed to an information technology (IT) company undergoing liquidation to balloon to almost R800m.
155. Controversial North West MEC for social development Hoffman Galeng has been given until Tuesday to explain why more than R600 000was spent on security at his private residence.
156. ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule is at the centre of a criminal investigation into the disappearance of a valuable Pierneefpainting from the premier’s office in Bloemfontein.
157. Ace Magashule was fingered for mismanagement amid fears that the province will be placed under administration. The Free State government’s finances are in a dire state. There are various reasons for this: the botched R250 million Vrede dairy farm project; millions of rands shelled out for demolition works for the new provincial legislature complex; and more than R100 000 in monthly rentals for the provincial treasury department.
158. The Free State provincial health department is facing R1.5 billion worth of lawsuits for malpractice,while the education department is alleged to have recorded a bank overdraft of R800 million to help alleviate the financial crunch.
159. A defence force project meant to give jobless matriculants a foot in the door has degenerated into a job creation project for the children ofdefense force generals.
160. Denel accumulated a staggering loss of R 1.7 milliard rands- it’s boss Riaz Saloojee still gets a hefty bonus.
161. The South African Airways (SAA) will get R5bn, SA Express R1.2bn and the South African Post Office R2.9bn in new funding from the government (tax payer again)
162. Recently fired Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama will still receive his salary for the next six months despite not having to report for duty.The fired Transnet boss will still be paid R3 million for doing nothing.
163. Hundreds of millions of rands have been spent by Prasa on dodgy security contracts. Roy Moodley implicated in deals worth over R300-million.
164. Jacob Zumja and Tina Joemat Petersen illegally sold off 10 million barrels of crude oil left the country, at $28 a barrel.
165. A new factory are going to build R51bn locomotives that South Africa can’t use
166. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and the 55 000 Nigerian oil barrel sacndal
167. Tony Yengeni and his R349 950 Merc scandal
168. Pnuell Maduna and the oil scandal
169. Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been asked to clean up tender irregularities in exess of R52 million in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), as more allegations pile up against senior officials
170. SABC CEO Madoda Mxakwe says that the public broadcaster’s top management cannot let the SABC collapse due to its poor finances that makes it technically insolvent
171.Then there were the humiliation for the SABC incompetent robbers when SCOPA chased them away to go and find R 4.9 BILLION they have wasted
172. An in-depth forensic investigation by Grant Thornton and SizweNtsalubaGobodo Advisory Services into the awarding of a SAPS/SITA contract to Keith Keating’s Forensic Data Analysts amounting to R61 million for the provision of forensic light sources, has uncovered massive potential fraud and/or collusion between at least 20 senior SAPS officials and FDA employees.
173. The ANC received a R2 million election campaign donation from the bosses of VBS Mutual Bank.

174. Stanley Khanyile‚ a former social development head of department in the Eastern Cape province‚ was allegedly instrumental in stripping some R30-million from the National Development Agency budget over two years via “rigged tenders.
175. With cash-strapped non-profit organistations (NPOs) struggling to stay afloat, there are concerns that the R1 billion being spent by the KZN Social Development Department on NPOs annually, is being channeled to bogus welfare entities.
176. A former acting municipal manager of Makhado municipality in Limpopo, Johannes Kandwendo, is to face disciplinary action over his involvement in the irregular investment of R63m at VBS Mutual Bank.
177. What was meant to be the start of a thriving multimillion-rand protea farming project is yet to get off the ground in an Eastern Cape village – despite R2.5m apparently already having been paid for 290,000 plant cuttings.
178. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises is now part of a “campaign” aimed at destroying Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. This is according to the embattled minister, following reports of a leaked preliminary report into electricity provider Eskom. According to Business Day, Gigaba and former public enterprises minister Lynne Browne are among 44 people and 25 companies who should be criminally investigated over alleged mismanagement and corruption at the utility.
179. The quality of diesel produced by PetroSA has become so poor that it is on the verge of losing its last big client, Shell South Africa, which could cost the oil company billions.
180. The SA Police Service (SAPS) is planning to promote 37 former black only Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and Azanian People’s Liberation Army (Apla) “freedom fighters “ to the top rank of General – a move that could see some of them skip as many as five ranks.
182. In what Daily Maverick suggested in February 2018 was the largest state-sanctioned, corporate-sponsored fraud in the history of Big Mining in democratic South Africa, an insight was provided into how 350,000 mostly unemployed members of the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela were robbed of their inheritance.
183. DA leader Mmusi Maimane has implicated the son of Cyril Ramaphosa in questionable financial dealings with controversial government service provider BOSASA‚ alleging that Andile Ramaphosa received a suspicious R500‚000 payment from the company.
184. THE civil rights movement Afriforum is going to take South Africa’s government Health Services head on about the waste of R 10 MILLIARD rands in the 9 provinces.
185. The Travelgate scandal
186: Nkosazana Zuma’s R 50 million AIDS scandal
187. The Amersfoort Police apprehended a ANC Chief Whip Obed Thulani Shabangu (41) in connection with corruption relating to RDP houses on 18 December 2018.
188. PRASA is a cesspit of mismanagement, breached procurement rules and looting of billions of rands in taxpayers’ money.
189. SABC Boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng was illegally paid a R11,5-million “success” bonus.
190. Old Ramkraal prison: Another R 120 million ANC failure
191. Fraud “on an enormous scale” has been uncovered in the land reform program in which ANC government officials handed out farms and millions in grants to beneficiaries who did not qualify.
192. Hlaudi Motsoeneng has confirmed Agrizzi’s claim that Bosasa paid more than R1 million to the former SABC head.
193. Soweto owes Eskom R17 billion, half of the total national debt- another very expensive ANC “free bee.”
194. Former acting CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Rail, Mthuthuzeli “Mthura” Swartz, made a brief appearance in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday. Swartz faces an array of charges including fraud, money laundering and theft of over R1.5 million.
195. A leaked AG report reveals Tshwane’s R12bn GladAfrica contract was irregular
196. Ramaphosa’s son Andile paid a monthly amount of R 300 000.00 to Cyril Ramaphosa which came out in the Bosasa scam hearings.
197. South African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) Worker Health Programme (SWHP) former CEO Colleen Khumalo (51) has appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court on charges of fraud involving R50-million.
198. EFF R12billion Tshwane scandal resurfaces, similar to VBS
199. ANC bigwigs scored millions of rands from a botched broadband project for the City of Johannesburg while its costs more than doubled to nearly R1.7bn
200. KwaZulu-Natal’s Asset Forfeiture Unit on Thursday swooped in on top ANC KwaZulu-Natal politician Mike Mabuyakhulu and seven of his co-accused in a corruption case, seizing their property and cars in an early morning raid related to their involvement in the North Sea Jazz Festival graft scandal.
201. ANC bigwigs scored millions of rands from a botched broadband project for the City of Johannesburg while its costs more than doubled to nearly R1.7bn. Public service & administration minister Ayanda Dlodlo, Deputy defense and military veterans minister Kebby Maphatsoe and former diplomat Lerema Kekana were directors of the BEE partner involved, CitiConnect Communications (CCC).
202. Vhembe municipality has reportedly lost R1 billion of taxpayers’ money
203. Eskom paid R300 billion (and counting) for 2 deeply flawed coal-fired dinosaurs
204. Soweto owes Eskom R17 billion, half of the total national debt
205. R 220 million rand for drought relief went “missing” in Kwa-Zulu Natal - 07 Feb, 2019

TO BE CONTINUED/.....

[U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa @USAmbRSA]

The Government of South Africa rolls out the red carpet for Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, while Deputy President Mashatile is in Beijing deepening ties with China. Pretoria calls this "non-alignment." We call it what it is: a choice. The South African people deserve an honest conversation about who their government is choosing to stand with. #NotSoNonAligned

[Guy @whits__end]

@baharkarakrt 3

[Lee Harris @LeeHarris]

I kid you not. Keir Starmer just said at PMQs 'thanks to *my* decisions the country is moving in the right direction'.

He's the most unpopular PM in history and he just resigned because he's incompetent and everyone hates him.

He misled the house again.
All he does is lie.

[Guy @whits__end]

@AmericaRecharge April Fool, surely (and foolishly late, too)

[Guy @whits__end]

@NotFarLeftAtAll No! Why get on a sinking ship????

[Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar]

Everyone is outraged about Sánchez legalizing 500,000 illegal migrants, but what about the 500,000 labor migrants Meloni is brining in legally?

We at @SaveEuropeAct are against replacement migration, be through illegal or legal routes.

It all has to stop.

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Spotted at the England game in Massachusetts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar]

He is right. Nobody is coming to save us.

We will do it ourselves.

Join us: https://t.co/fRo1EkASsa

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Congratulations UK, we will have another Marxist vegetable at the helm as Prime Minister.

One that supports Muslim extremists.

What could possibly go wrong?

[Thaïs d’Escufon @ThaisEscufon]

Louis, 17, beaten to death by a bunch of thungs who ambushed him.

Europeans, wake up. War has already begun and we’re counting our dead.

#Remigration is the kind solution. Those sons of bitches need to go home.

#JusticepourLouis

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Marlon West has done more than any politician to end the Pakistani rape gangs. His daughter is a survivor. He has seen the evil.

If elected as Greater Manchester mayor for Restore Britain, he will go to war with the rape gangs.

Watch this. @MarlonTag is a proper fighter.

[Guy @whits__end]

@TomK_Brit1993 Leaving it (hopefully!!!!)

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I don’t know what comes next, but for this one glorious evening let’s just appreciate that Rachel Reeves is on the way out.

A woman so devastatingly incompetent it’s almost impressive.

None of this ‘she tried her best’ guff.

She did a shit job, and we should say so.

[Nate Friedman @NateFriedman97]

My documentary on the Islamification of Birmingham has been demonetized on YouTube after reaching 600,000 views. So here is the entire video on X.

In the video, I'm told that it's okay to strike your wife if she's disobeying you. I'm told that I would have to leave the grocery store and go to the city center in order to be able to find a white person. I'm told that all women in the UK who cheat should be executed.

Thank you to @elonmusk for commenting on this video and allowing this content to be on X. If it weren't for X I genuinely think the west would have reached the point of no return already.

[Weronika Rogowska @Rogowskawero]

Andy Burnham won't change a thing. He may even prove to be a tougher establishment hardliner—and that's a worrying prospect for Britain.

The only answer is a General Election. People want safe communities, secure borders, and leaders who put citizens first.

Britain needs strong, confident leadership. Many see figures such as Tommy Robinson and Rupert Lowe as embodying the kind of assertive leadership they believe the country is missing. Britain needs growth, law and order, and renewed national confidence.

[Alice VL @RiseAgainstEvil]

Privileged?

We didn’t just "fall" into our life here in the US. We hit the ground running from day one. Husband took whatever job he could get until he landed the one he truly wanted. It's what he knows. It's what he's good at. For the past 7 years, he's driven from state to state, site to site, keeping America's power grid serviced and maintained at all times. He doesn't work a standard 40-hour week; he averages 84 hours. Whether it snows, or whether it's sweltering. Some sites demand 24-hour cycles to get the job done. He sends his crew to sleep at night while he survives on 20 to 30 minute naps in his truck every 4 hours or so, sometimes pushing through for 4 days straight, only to pack up and head out to the next job. I sometimes don't see him for months at a time. Other times, I travel with him. Within four months, he was promoted to Ops Manager, running the entire US operations, after starting out as a maintenance technician.

We have never received one cent of financial assistance from the US government. Instead, we contribute directly to keeping the lights on for American families.

That's not privilege. It's called hard work and the right kind of pride.

This is exactly what the South African government took from us when we chose to shut down our company rather than hand over a large portion of it under their racist policies.

We left with one suitcase each and a few hundred dollars, built everything through sheer hard work and faith, and we remain forever grateful to America for the opportunity. No regrets.

We are appreciated. We are safe. We're not surviving, we're thriving. That's not privilege. That's called earning what you want.

[The British Patriot @TheBritLad]

🚨BREAKING: Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński has vowed to drag Keir Starmer into court.

Starmer banned him from Britain.

Now after resigning and losing all No.10 privileges, he’s is being hauled into court like a common criminal.

FAFO incoming.

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

The EU has invited Taliban officials to Brussels to discuss a migration deal — and today I am shaken and deeply disturbed by this.

This is the same Taliban that banned girls from secondary schools and forced them into marriage. The same Taliban that, earlier this month, arrested dozens of women in Herat for how they were dressed. The same Taliban that detains, beats and executes women who dare to speak out or break their rules.

Through its system of gender apartheid, the Taliban have erased women and girls from public life. Europe must not legitimise a regime responsible for one of the worst human rights crises in the world.

Any engagement with the Taliban must begin and end with the rights of Afghan women and girls.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I am delighted to announce Marlon West (@MarlonTag) as Restore Britain’s candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election.

West is one of the most prominent campaigners against the rape gangs in the country - he spent more than two years forcing the government to establish a national rape gang inquiry, meeting repeatedly with senior politicians, including safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, and publicly accusing Labour of breaking its promises to victims and families when they stalled.

Marlon’s own daughter was groomed and raped. He understands the evil, and wants to use his experience to ensure that others avoid the same fate.

I have such enormous respect for that.

Marlon played a central role in our independent Rape Gang Inquiry, working alongside Sammy Woodhouse to gather evidence and support survivors throughout the process. The inquiry's report, published this month, is the most comprehensive and honest independent examination of rape gang abuse ever conducted in Britain.

Marlon is born and bred in Greater Manchester and has worked in the NHS across the region for over 30 years.

He is standing on a broader platform for the city he has spent his life in. He will push to attract genuine business investment, cut wasteful public spending including on the GMCA's own bloated administration, protect greenfield land from developers, and overhaul a transport network that has failed commuters for years.

Greater Manchester is not a backdrop for Marlon.

It is where his family was failed. Scarlett was groomed by gangs operating across the region while Andy Burnham ran the city.

Marlon spent years fighting the institutions that looked the other way - he is now asking Greater Manchester voters for the chance to run those same institutions.

I will do everything in my power to back and support Marlon.

A good man who wants a better future for his home.

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

We United The Kingdom against Keir Starmer, he went all out to tarnish us, destroy us, stop us.

He literally cried and left.

Battle won, the war goes on.