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Is South Africa Safe from US hegemonic designs? Rhodes: Bad old days of Colonialism is back Not according to shock reports by the ruling ANC who in February 2016 claimed it was being targeted for regime change. At the time, (19 February 2016), African National Congress Secretary General Gwede Mantashe made the startling claim at an Anti-Racism march that "western forces are plotting daily to advance regime change in South Africa". In a meeting convened in the wake of the publicised threats, a report* detailing the discussions reveals the West's despicable, racist and contemptuous attitude to Africa and the rest of the 3rd world, unashamedly articulated by Tory PM Tony Blair's Foreign Affairs advisor Robert Cooper, when he said "...The challenge in the postmodern world is to get used to the idea of double standards. Among ourselves (West), we operate on the basis of laws and open co-operative security. But when dealing with more old fashioned kinds of states...

First published on 5/7/17 "Wasatiyyah" Definition: "the middle path" or "Ummatul Wasatah" , "an Ummah justly balanced", the name of the May 2017 symposium convened to tackle the ISIS phenomenon in South Africa  might have added hype to a phenomenon not really a current crisis in the local Muslim community, and in so doing, also unwittingly took ownership of ISIS  - The ISIS "problem" in South Africa was beautifully put to rest - almost entirely debunked as a verifiable non-issue in South Africa by non other than (invited speaker), SA police minister Fikile Mbalule. In fact, the reality of ISIS was hidden in Mbalula's restrained attempt at subtly explaining the nefarious origins of ISIS and the challenges the SA government faces - not of over hyped Islamo-extremist terrorism, but of fighting off pressures of "certain" states who were bent on furthering an obviously deceptive agenda (of which ISIS is but one) and one which t...