Kate Bartlett
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283 appearances
41 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 4 Sep
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NPR has seen terrified WhatsApp messages from the men saying they had no idea they were going to be fighting in a war.
Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
Didizeli Sambudla Zuma resigned from the Mkonto-Wisizwe 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.
NPR has seen terrified WhatsApp messages from the men saying they had no idea they were going to be fighting in a war.
Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
Trump said on social media that South Africa would not be receiving an invite to the summit event and was unworthy of membership of the G20 altogether.
He repeated false claims that the South African government is allowing a, quote, genocide against its white minority.
President Ramaphosa said it was regrettable Trump continued to target South Africa based on misinformation and distortions.
He has his spokesman, Vincent Maguena.
The chairmanship was handed over at government offices this week.
Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
South African attendees broke out into cheers as President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the summit closed.
Usually, the outgoing president of the G20 hands over formally to the incoming one, but as President Trump was not in attendance, that didn't happen.
The U.S.
administration had boycotted the summit after falsely accusing South Africa of human rights abuses against its white minority.
It had also objected to the summit's themes surrounding debt alleviation and climate change.
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