Kevin Lamarque

2 days ago | theherald.co.za | Jonathan Jansen |Kevin Lamarque

Donald Trump fiasco exposes white racists If you paid any attention, there was a lot we learnt about white South Africans from the saga of the so-called Afrikaner refugees trekking to America. For a country that is hypersensitive to the mere mention of the R word, we discovered what our white brothers and sisters really think about race and restitution 30 years into our democracy. For this I would like to thank Donald Trump...

1 week ago | english.elpais.com | Iker Seisdedos |Kevin Lamarque

Elon Musk is bidding farewell. The wealthiest person in the world announced Wednesday on his X account that he is permanently leaving his duties at the White House. His departure came the day after the release of a preview of an interview in which he criticized President Donald Trump. In the interview, Musk says he is disappointed by the “enormous public spending” that will result from the tax law that the Republicans in Congress are processing with the support of the president.

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Koena Mashale |Kevin Lamarque

Elon Musk looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX could soon enter the SA market after recently gazetted new policy directions that appear to benefit the entity. According to technology expert Arthur Goldstuck, Starlink may change how underserved communities connect to the internet.

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Wandile Sihlobo |Kevin Lamarque

One of the themes that dominated a White House press session this week was agriculture — the idea that the farming sector in South Africa is under siege and people are fleeing. But this could not be further from the truth. The South African farming sector — or farming community — is not under siege. And yes, the country has a devastating crime rate, which should remain a major worry for all.

2 weeks ago | liberation.fr | Kevin Lamarque |Daniel Schneidermann

Chronique «Médiatiques»Article réservé aux abonnésLe trumpisme décortiquédossierDans la grande fresque de la réalité parallèle qui progressivement recouvre nos repères familiers, émergent quelques scènes canoniques. Voici par exemple l’humiliation publique en mondiovision dans le Bureau ovale. Après Zelensky, c‘est au tour du président sud-africain Ramaphosa. «Je ne sais pas comment il a eu mon numéro, mais j’ai décroché, commence Trump devant les caméras.