Kate Bartlett
speaker
283 appearances
41 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 4 Sep
Kate Bartlett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Ramaphosa, a keen cattle breeder, denied wrongdoing and said the $580,000 was the proceeds of a sale of prized buffaloes.
His political opponents accused him of a tax dodge or money laundering and called for his resignation.
But in 2022, Parliament voted against starting impeachment proceedings.
Now, the country's highest court has ruled that was a mistake and ordered that an impeachment committee be set up to investigate.
Roma poses political future now hangs in the balance.
Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
Local media reported South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, said Iran must sit the exercises out over concern about antagonizing the U.S.
However, Iran did take part in the drills, and the government is now investigating why the president's orders were ignored.
Iranian vessels have been in South Africa as part of a maritime exercise that also includes Russian and Chinese ships.
The countries are all members of the BRICS group of developing economies.
The U.S.
embassy on Thursday accused South Africa of, quote, cozying up to a state sponsor of terrorism.
It said Iran's participation in the exercises was especially egregious given Tehran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters this week.
South Africa's presidency also released a statement condemning the crackdown on protesters in Iran.
Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
Yudizeli Sambudla Zuma resigned from the Mkonto Osiswe party Friday amid allegations from her own half-sister she had trafficked South Africans to Russia.
Sambudla Zuma denies the charges, saying she too was duped by a recruiter.
She claims she thought the men were being sent to Russia to train as bodyguards and return to work for her political party.
Earlier this month, the men contacted the South African government, saying they were on the front lines in Donbass, Ukraine, and begging to be repatriated.
The government says it's working with the Russians and Ukrainians to get the men back, and a police investigation has been launched.
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