#News from 02002 about "necklacing" making a return to #South-Africa. “In scenes reminiscent of the highly controversial necklace attacks by anti-apartheid youths on collaborators with the apartheid regime in the 1980s, the three men had tyres placed around their necks and were then doused with petrol before being set alight.” After a trial in an informal justice system, though.
on 02026-08-11#video #news about #South-Africa with 33.5% unemployment in the middle of last year. State-run monopoly Eskom cuts off power for load shedding roughly once a day to anywhere.
on 02025-08-12#Weaponry #news from April. Another repetition of the NYT’s claim that in #Ukraine, “#drones caused 70 percent of battlefield injuries or deaths in 2024, supplanting artillery,” inspiring #Burkina-Faso, etc. “[#Turkey] is Africa’s top supplier, with a total of 32 agreements, 28 of which have occurred since 2021. Türkiye has succeeded by appealing to the desire of countries across Africa to acquire affordable, modern weapons outside the supply chains of major technological powers. Israel, the #UAE, and #Iran have similarly expanded their reach on the continent via the supply of drones.
On the demand side, #Nigeria (18 acquisitions), Algeria (15), Ethiopia (12), and Morocco (11) are Africa’s top drone seekers. (...) Enterprises in nine African countries (Algeria, #Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, #Nigeria, #South-Africa, Sudan, and #Tunisia) now produce military drones, supplying approximately 12 percent of Africa’s overall drone market. South Africa, the continent’s longest-standing drone producer, has manufactured unmanned military systems since the 1970s. #ENOVA Robotics, a Tunisian company, is exporting 50 of its ground security robots to the United States.”
on 02025-06-17“BRILLIANT” #HIV vaccine clinical trial in #South-Africa is among the programs halted by #Elmu’s shutdown of #USAID #USA #politics #news
on 02025-02-06