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A peek behind the scenes at the US Embassy in Pretoria, SA and a rare opportunity to learn about the fragile relationship between South Africa and the US

Pretoria, South Africa
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@SchalkAvdMerwe
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I have just released a book titled FRAGILE, for anyone interested in international diplomacy and the US's relationship with #SouthAfrica . My book provides a captivating peak into the inner sanctum of the #USEmbassySA . The reader gets an opportunity to learn about the fragile
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@ThisIsKyleR Can't be bigger than you permanently erasing two BLM deviants from society, can it?
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@IanCameron23 It's an absolute disgrace Ian. Quoted from my book: It remains to be seen what will eventually happen to the thugs from Deputy President Mashatile's VIP protection detail. I would bet that once the dust has settled after they have been convicted (if at all) for their brutal
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@IOL Gareth Cliff should instead double down on his comment. Why should he apologize for being absolutely correct?
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@charliekirk11 Just proves Tucker is an icon all over the world. Fox News has lost a gem. It will come back to bite them. TUCKER FOR VPOTUS!
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@twatterbaas Socialism at its absolute best! The "we demand" mentality works well for them in this country.
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@twatterbaas LOL! Who knows - this is South Africa. Anything is possible
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@The_Trump_Train NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!
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@FoxNews Does anyone really still listen to anything she barks from the sidelines??
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@AdvDali_Mpofu Exactly! They must apologize to the upstanding EFF 👇 , whose noble philosophy everyone should aspire to
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@The_Trump_Train I am not surprised. You must understand they are dealing with a seasoned criminal
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@ThisIsKyleR This will scare off any looting BLM criminal for sure
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@BreitbartNews Does that mean we are never going to see her ugly purple mop again?
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@News24 Well if the protesters were anti-Israel and pro-Hamas I am sure we can find it in our hearts to forgive them
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@HolCal1 @ThisIsKyleR He was acquitted Blondie, meaning it was self defense. And yes, he did society a huge favor by deleting two convicted criminals. Really not worth a single tear or afterthought.
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@The_Trump_Train He's hiding behind the boxes of classified documents in daddy's garage. The same garage where the old man's Corvette is safely parked
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@twatterbaas Please post a photo of the killer so that everyone can see what a vile, savage criminal looks like! Read the chapter "A Breed of Criminal"
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@DonaldJTrumpJr Double standards. No surprises there. But you keep on forgetting.. The boxes of classified documents were safe in his garage because his CAMARO IS PARKED THERE TOO
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@DonaldJTrumpJr Tucker for VP!!
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@City_Press Steadily treading down the Zimbabwe road of failure.. Soon the masses here will also be sticking out their begging hands, wishing the farmers were still here.
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@TulsiGabbardrep ABSOLUTELY! This has to be stopped. Right now.
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@charliekirk11 I have been waiting for someone to say this for so long Tucker would be the perfect running mate. If he doesn't accept, then Elon! @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk @TuckerCarlson
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@_Michelangelo__ @GOP @tatereeves He is still no match for Crooked Joe. Read the chapter "The Big Guy" 😀
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@News24 @IamAlexSweet Typical of our absolutely useless police "service"
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@capean_ @cape_front Exactly where filth like this EFF moron belongs.. Behind bars. Just like their brainless "leader". Good riddance of bad rubbish
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@GillianYoungBe1 Maybe more Russian cargo ships here for more arms from the South African Government
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@EFFSouthAfrica And a "fighter" must never pick their nose in parliament
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@FoxNews This is the first time that I actually agree with him. Pleasantly surprised!
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@DIRCO_ZA Did you also call on Hamas to do he same? Just asking..
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@PaulivW Only Cyril will know the answer to that question, Pauli. And I doubt he is going to tell anyone..
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@SundayTimesZA Really? And this is your "expert" opinion. Where exactly do your expertise come from? Is it maybe nasty envy because Gareth is one of South Africa's really brilliant writers? Obviously way superior to your inferior class of journalists. Wonder how long the Sunday Times will be
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@TulsiGabbardrep I know who should really be his running mate.. Her name is Tulsi 😊
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@LauraLoomer Believe me that is not where you want to be. Ask me. I am living in one (a Banana Republic). You still have time to fix it!
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@The_Trump_Train Absolutely Yes! Pity Paul was the one that was home..
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@PapiTrumpo Spiffy! 💪
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@charliekirk11 It's absolutely scandalous
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@TheArenger @capean_ @cape_front They should declare independence. It's the only province without corruption and wait for it... Potholes. It is also the only province where there is SERVICE DELIVERY. It should therefore not remain part of this 👇👇👇👇👇👇
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@twatterbaas Just once again concrete proof that the whole bunch of them are also terrorists. No other label is more appropriate. DISGUSTING FILTH
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@twatterbaas The Botswana Police doesn't take nonsense from vile South African criminals. They kick ass! That is probably why the US Government built their world class ILEA (International Law Enforcement Academy) there instead of in South Africa. Read the chapter "World class training"
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@catturd2 He believes he is Arnold Schwarzenegger 2.0
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@charliekirk11 Sad to see this happening more and more in the States. Hopefully you won't get to the level where South Africa is. Read "A breed of criminal" to see how bad things can really get..
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@IOL Um.. aren't they already struggling to post a profit? Maybe everyone standing firmly behind Israel should boycott them too. Let them suffer the same painful fate Dischem suffered 💪
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@IOL Hero's welcome?? What exactly made these brain-dead idiots "heroes"??
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@FoxNews Trump only chooses the best of the best as his friends. I can see why he is friends with Orban. They both know what they are talking about. Just look at what South Africa has become. Let it be a warning for Western Europe.
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@TulsiGabbardrep HELL YEAH!!
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@SecBlinken Um.. What about Hamas terrorist supporters in plain sight? Seems you only have the guts to act against some but for some reason hesitate to act against others, like the South African Government. Cut funding!
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@EFFSouthAfrica @Julius_S_Malema Ground forces? 😀 😀
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@City_Press It isn't just a one way street. Your "we demand" mentality isn't always going to cut it. Do your part too. Like stopping your unwavering support to mass murderers like your best pal and "comrade" Vladimir Putin.
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@TulsiGabbardrep I somehow doubt it.. Did she buy hers too like most South African Ministers?
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@maroelamedia Uitstekend! Nou het jy ervaar wat duisende onskuldige Suid-Afrikaners reeds ervaar het. En ek kan ook getuig hoe dit voel as 'n nikswerd krimineel 'n pistool teen jou kop druk. Hoeveel ander kan nie, nadat die sneller getrek is. Lees "A Breed of Criminal"
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@TulsiGabbardrep Absolutely yes. And also all payments to countries like South Africa that are hostile to the US. Why does the US continue wasting hardworking US taxpayer money on countries where the funds are stolen from organizations like USAID anyway? Revealed in my book.
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@twatterbaas She is clearly getting the top chef treatment. Lucky lady!
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@mailandguardian OMG you have the same moronic opinion as every brain dead idiot in the South African "legal team". Read this article in the latest Economist and at least try and gain some measure of intelligence. Morons.
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@TarMasii @IanCameron23 And South Africa is too Black. Brain dead idiot
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@RomanCabanac Just be careful, the useless State Security Agency (most of them former Apla's & MK's) may just come after you for this "unforgivable sin" you have just committed. They have nothing better to do. They couldn't even manage to spy on the US Embassy 😅
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@charliekirk11 It did however impede their ability to have illegitimate voters vote for them. Excellent
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@IOL Do we detect some kind of nasty public spat going on here?.. 🙈 Rather read about the much more interesting behind-the-scenes spats between two governments
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@IOL At least they are not blaming "Apartheid" like their brilliant Minister Lindiwe Sisulu 😆 I am surprised though that they didn't start off the bad news with their usual "Due to a loss in generating capacity bla bla bla..
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@IOL If you don't make a clear example of this hooligan looting criminal, they are just going to do it again
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@TulsiGabbardrep Hey talk to me too! :)
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@City_Press Demarche yourselves you Turds!
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@IOL Now you can join thousands of innocent South Africans already living with the trauma of having a pistol pressed against their head. I can also attest to that, unlike the victims that died because a savage criminal pulled the trigger. Read "A Breed of Criminal"
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@News24 Yes, I bet the State Security Agency will be effective in this one (and only) way. They are not in ANY OTHER. Interestingly I am one of the few plep ordinary South Africans who got to see the inside of their very plush Headquarters. When Avril Haynes visited their "boss" they
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@PaulivW @vercingetorics That picture says it all. You just have to look at it to see a smug, arrogant criminal who got away with stealing Millions. Disgusting
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@VNNews_ @POTUS It almost sounds as if you are trying to convince yourself 😀
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@seanhannity He was asking himself "WHERE AM I??"
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@DonaldJTrumpJr Can anyone add names to that list? If so, I have quite a few. Just let me know. You will get an idea of who in my book 😀
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@maroelamedia Weereens nog 'n tragiese dag in Suid-Afrika. Nog 'n slagoffer van ons barbaarse kriminele. Dit sal so aanhou totdat ons die vuilgoed weer die doodstraf begin gee.
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@City_Press Wildlife criminals are among the most despicable of all criminals. "Without funds the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) cannot focus on critical issues like the trade of donkeys in South Africa. The poor animals are slaughtered for their skins which are
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@IOL Is it therefore any surprise that this is the US Embassy's official view: "South African public hospitals are sub-standard". Read the chapter "Brutal assessment"
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I am amazed by the reaction from people literally from all over the globe. We are clearly not alone
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‘My white privilege is to go to work and pay taxes, so I can be insulted by people who don’t work’ Politicians calling for the killing of my people while the taxes I pay sponsor their luxurious lifestyles. If I dare talk about it, I am called a racist. Well, so be it then.
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@charliekirk11 Voter ID is the most basic of all measures. Why would anyone not be in favor of it?! It is even done in the 3rd world
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@maroelamedia As mens kyk na sy gedrag toe hy deur #IanCameron gekonfronteer was, het die man duidelik ook anger issues. Dit help ook nie dat hy daai belaglike gangster hoed dra nie. En dan maak hy ook nog die stelling dat 'n vrou haarself gelukkig moet beskou dat sy net een keer verkrag is en
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@News24 Then maybe everyone who has bought their brand in the past should stop supporting them! Are they now going to sponsor Hamas is instead?
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@kalliekriel @afriforum Sad that you have to donate anything. Where have all the rates and taxes, paid by hardworking residents, gone? Stating the obvious - stolen by corrupt politicians.
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@IOL It is a shame what a Shithole Durban has become. It used to be such a great holiday destination in the old days. Now it is beyond saving. Sad.
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@twatterbaas OMG, do these idiots realize there are certain jobs where AA can never work, like actually being able to FLY THE PLANE?? No way I am getting onto a plane where the pilot (Sipho) got there thanks to AA alone. No ways!
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@News24 Glad that someone is pointing out to this so-called Minister of International Relations and "Cooperation" what her job actually entails. Pathetic
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@charliekirk11 Meanwhile here in South Africa the government closed Isreal's Embassy in Pretoria. The US Government stands behind Israel. Whe will they start acting against governments like South Africa that arrogantly support Hamas. But instead they continue wasting US taxpayer funds on
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@News24 Well then maybe the ICC should also hear arguments about the genocide of white South African farmers in South Africa, seeing that the SA regime is so quick at pointing fingers at Israel?
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And still the US believes that South Africa is a "valued partner".. 🤦‍♂️ @StateDep @SecBlinken @ReubenBrigety @USEmbassySA
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Russia’s Gazprombank – currently under US sanctions – is PetroSA’s preferred choice to refurbish the gas-to-liquids refinery in Mossel Bay, at a cost of R3.7-billion. - ⁦ @sajournalist
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@TulsiGabbardrep ABSOLUTELY YES
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@DineshDSouza @RudyGiuliani He will always be America's mayor. Doesn't matter what the leftists say
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@IOL And we want this corrupt South African Government to pack their bags too. And while you are busy telling people to pack their bags, why not include terrorists like the Russian and Iranian Ambassadors?
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@IOL So what exactly do the two absolute geniuses suggest should be done more??
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It has once again been determined that the many fires raging in the Western Cape are the work of vile ANC and EFF filth. It is clear that this is the only way these animals know how to respond to not having control over the one province they have not yet destroyed like the rest
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@colza91 @News24 @Lisaleesolomon1 In this country.. Absolutely!
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@EFFSouthAfrica My "unique perspective" cannot get over this image..
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@IanCameron23 @maroelamedia Ian jy moet weet hy is vrek besig om te "dazzle" oorsee (in die 1ste wêreld) en te soek vir enigiemand wat glo dat wat hy te blêr het sin maak of enigsins iets werd is. Wat dit natuurlik nie is nie 🙈😀
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@GOP It was just a matter of time before they started to appease their radical left wing
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