SA Politics Thread Part 12

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cr@zydude said:

Someone with a subscription, please help us out.
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Rough gist, Willie aucamp is accusing Dion George of fabricating the canned lion stuff to try influence the DA on his appointment and that he abused state resources for the whole thing.

The bit in the article that is somewhat interesting is that apparently dion George has been living in the US since he's no longer minister.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Rough gist, Willie aucamp is accusing Dion George of fabricating the canned lion stuff to try influence the DA on his appointment and that he abused state resources for the whole thing.

The bit in the article that is somewhat interesting is that apparently dion George has been living in the US since he's no longer minister.
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If Dion George is in the US, the DA really needs to better handle it's caucus. I seem to remember that they previously also had an MP who lived in New Zealand for about a year, without resigning from Parliament.
 
R13... said:
It is a truly odd thing to engage in. ZA/Israel trade is $230m each way. ZA/Iran is $11m exports and 1.74m imports. Unless this is a China directive, it makes no sense for the country even if we exclude the large US/SA trade volume which dwarfs both of the above.
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It unfortunately makes some semblance of sense if you go down the road of "history" and how the ANC are seemingly unable to divorce themselves from that history when it comes to the future of the country.
 
Makes you go hmmmmm.

Extract from a document put out by the USGS

What is steel made from? Many people would correctly respond that steel is made of iron. Far fewer know that it is also made of manganese. Although the amount of manganese used to make a ton of steel is small, it is just as essential as iron to produce this fundamental building block of modern industrial societies. Put in simplest terms — you can’t make steel without manganese. US Domestic consumption of manganese is about 500,000 metric tons each year, predominantly by the steel industry.

In 2011, 70 percent of world manganese ore was produced by just four countries: in decreasing order of production, they were South Africa, Australia, China, and Gabon. Ninety percent of proven manganese reserves are also in these four countries, plus Brazil and Ukraine. The United States has no manganese reserves, as is the case for many other industrialized countries, especially in Europe.

As much as 90 percent of manganese consumption, both in the United States and globally, is accounted for by the steel industry. Manganese removes oxygen and sulfur when iron ore (an iron and oxygen compound) is converted into iron. It also is an essential alloy that helps convert iron into steel. As an alloy it decreases the brittleness of steel and imparts strength.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Rough gist, Willie aucamp is accusing Dion George of fabricating the canned lion stuff to try influence the DA on his appointment and that he abused state resources for the whole thing.

The bit in the article that is somewhat interesting is that apparently dion George has been living in the US since he's no longer minister.
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cr@zydude said:
If Dion George is in the US, the DA really needs to better handle it's caucus. I seem to remember that they previously also had an MP who lived in New Zealand for about a year, without resigning from Parliament.
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allow me to clarify - dion is my neighbor - we share a boundary wall:

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