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On 18 occasions since South Africa, a year ago, took the chair of the G20 group, formed to ensure financial stability and development, US President Donald Trump aimed his barbs.
The mission: clearly to destabilise South Africa under the influence of a powerful group of right-wing political actors in the country and in the US. The target was the G20 meeting, which Trump continued to try to upend until days before, when his administration issued a diplomatic note warning the group against making its standard political declaration.
On Sunday, a nineteenth attack came from White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly, who told Fox News that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s refusal to facilitate…
The Cradle of Humankind: A paleoanthropological site near Johannesburg, it is
one of the richest hominin sites in the world.
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Babbelas – hangover [bub-ba-las] This word is derived from the Zulu ‘ibhabhalazi’ and is used to describe a really bad hangover.Example: “Eish, babbelas my bru!”
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Kiff / Kief – cool [kif]/[k-eef] Derived from the Arabic kayf, meaning enjoyment or well-being, kiff or kief is most often used to convey similar feelings of nice, cool, great.Example: “This chow is kiff my bru!”