You get a new parliament, YOU get a new parliament… you all get new parliaments. But, remember, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
Yeah that’s right folks… the national broadcaster is being shown the ropes by a nation that has censored everything from Google to Facebook and who executes civilians for speaking out against the state…
In a completely unsurprising move; the country with one of the worst human rights records has put a blanket ban on content that ‘exaggerates the dark side of society’.
Well of course the country that regularly executes dissidents would grant the man that murdered 20 000 Ndebele a peace prize…
Government officials sure love China, so much so that they’ve spent R7.4 million in tax money on more than 40 trips there in the last year alone.
After a recent study tour of China the ANC’s head of research, Thami Ka Plaatjie, reported that the country has as many as five “opposition parties”. But he was not comparing apples with apples.
According to almost president Cyril Ramaphosa, not all of South Africa’s 700 SOE’s are performing poorly; that said, government believes that we would perform even better if we were to adopt a Chinese model of state ownership.
As the Asian giant continues its expansion into Africa, here’s what consumers can look forward to in their shopping baskets.
Remember when your mum told you to tie your shoelaces before going onto an escalator?
Our government doesn’t know, the Chinese say they had links to terrorists, but haven’t actually charged them with terrorism and all the while Ramaphosa is having a blast… in China.
Shoddy construction or environmental factors? Regardless of why, these poor people didn’t stand a chance.
The Asian Giant’s human rights abuses have ‘intensified to a point not seen in a very long time’, perhaps their waning economic growth is spurring governmental clamp downs.
According to a state-run Chinese newspaper, the slaughter at Charlie Hebdo in Paris is payback for slavery and colonialism — but they make no mention of the Chinese government’s systematic violation of Muslim people’s rights such as banning the Burqa –.
Chinese officials went on a buying-spree for illegal ivory in East Africa, sending black-market ivory prices soaring to over $700 per kilogram.
Zimbabwe welcomes Yuans, Yens and Rupees to its complicated currency market, as trade with Asia intensifies amid an economic downturn
South Africa, which attracts about a fifth of all foreign direct investment into Africa, has been named Country of the Future 2013/14 by London publication fDi Magazine.
The Chinese people’s fight for national independence inspired South Africans – now the two countries are set to further improve bilateral ties. China has moved into direct investment in South African wine and now in recent weeks, there have been two significant Chinese investments in South Africa’s media.
China’s capital is becoming a doorway to the Orient for many visitors who come to explore a lively metropolis with an ancient history.