Carien Du Plessis

Interesting story pitting Zim's land reforms vs South Africa's, as Zim vies for US business -->> “In Zimbabwe, we have made tremendous progress on the land issue,” Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube tells @JulianPecquet https://t.co/Jii3Bh7jH1

RT @TheAfricaReport: Trevor Manuel, Andries Nel, Tony Leon… As President Trump’s war of words against the country continues, Pretoria needs…

RT @TheAfricaReport: Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflic…

RT @TheAfricaReport: “The geopolitical landscape is shifting, making strong partnerships more important than ever,” European Commission Pre…

RT @TheAfricaReport: The eighth EU-South Africa summit will be held in Cape Town this week, with both sides seeking strategic and reliable…

My 10 cents' on how Joburg squares off against Cape Town as G20 Leaders' Summit host for The Africa Report:

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The City of Gold was picked to host the G20 leaders’ summit in South Africa, but after President Ramaphosa called it “filthy”, the Mother City, Cape Town, was offered as an alternative. Who can be trusted to perform ‘country duty’ and host a successful summit? Report by https://t.co/PW3G2j6KHK

The ANC's meeting with Iran's ambassador comes weeks before an official delegation is hoping to go to Washington DC to try to cut a minerals/gas deal with the new US administration. Our story today:

The Africa Report @TheAfricaReport

Calls to sanction South African officials over the country’s close relations with Iran have grown in the US. Yet, these have not dampened the determination of political leaders in South Africa to meet with Iranian representatives. Report by @carienduplessis and @JulianPecquet. https://t.co/FSylK1kaMy

RT @NickNorbrook: Will SADC pull their troops from Eastern DRC? That is the recommendation that will be made to regional heads of state so…

At least he’s right on the water. So much falling from the sky right now, and often even in the taps and Jojo tanks… hope the G20 can swing their routes cleverly past our neighbourhoods to fix the roads and lights. 🤩

Newzroom Afrika @Newzroom405

[WATCH] "We have prioritised certain routes within Johannesburg which are G20 routes to ensure that at least we can make them to be at the standard they should be... No potholes, no traffic signals that are not working." Joburg Mayor Dada Morero also told the U20 gathering that https://t.co/VbiUYO6yGq

RT @TheAfricaReport: “For 59 years, Ghana has lived with the contradiction of denouncing coups while honouring one of the architects of the…

RT @TheAfricaReport: South Africa has voted in favour of a @UN General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflic…

RT @GibsonErika: First wounded SA soldiers had just arrived at Waterkloof Air Force Base from DRC via Kigali 3 ernstig beseerde soldate k…

It's 18:23. Been switched off for more than four hours now. Room temperature baked beans. The supper of champions.

@CityPowerJhb @CityPowerJhb

#CityPowerUpdates #InnerCitySDC Emergency isolation is in progress until 18h00.^LP

RT @carienduplessis: South Africa remains hopeful that the United States will be persuaded to engage as part of the G20 troika, but there a…

South Africa remains hopeful that the United States will be persuaded to engage as part of the G20 troika, but there are options should the country snub the November heads of state summit too. My story for @TheAfricaReport https://t.co/CMGAI1vsC1

Tangible benefits for South Africa from the G20 as the long grass and dense overgrowth next to the highway en route to the foreign ministers’ meeting in Nasrec are being cleared, with hours to go to the meeting. Maybe roads, streetlights and water infrastructure will follow

RT @TheAfricaReport: Disagreement over a 2% VAT hike within the ruling coalition sees parliament postpone the National Budget Vote at the e…