The politics of South African sound

From #Kwaito to #Amapiano, South African music is a bridge between past and present, where cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention collide on the dancefloor.

https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/the-politics-of-south-african-sound

https://www.europesays.com/1943961/ ‘Kill the Boer’: The anti-apartheid song Musk ties to ‘white genocide’ | Elon Musk News #África #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #genocide #music #Musk #News #Politics #Racism #SouthAfrica #UnitedStates #US&Canada

Whether Donald Trump Or Elon Musk Like It Or Not We Will Defend Our Rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUnUuE3HF9Q

“Now they want to come to South Africa and destabilize it. We must unite against American imperialism and colonialism.”
- Julius Malema, addressing a rally on the anniversary of the Sharpville Massacre which took place during the apartheid era.

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of great white sharks from False Bay, South Africa. Phys.org reports:
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ecosystem-disrupted-great-white-sharks.html

https://www.europesays.com/1940704/ South Africa president says persecution of whites a ‘false narrative’ as Musk repeats genocide claim #business #CyrilRamaphosa #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #GeneralNews #genocide #Musk #PoliticalRefugees #Politics #RaceAndEthnicity #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaGovernment #UnitedStatesGovernment #WashingtonNews #WorldNews

Could another European country develop its own nuclear weapons? https://www.byteseu.com/858163/ #NATO #Nuclear #NuclearWar #NuclearWeapons #Poland #Russia #SouthAfrica

#SouthAfrica’s expelled ambassador returns home, says US sanction is ‘badge of dignity’

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3303559/expelled-south-african-ambassador-returns-home-says-us-sanction-badge-dignity?utm_source=rss_feed

Today in Labor History March 23, 1988: Angolan and Cuban forces defeated South Africa in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The battle started in August, 1987. In addition to Cubans, volunteers from the USSR, Vietnam, the African National Congress and SWAPO joined the People’s Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) in the Angolan Civil War. It was the largest battle in Africa since World War II. Several thousand died on both sides, including citizens of South Africa, Cuba, and the USSR

Yeah, I guess that settles it
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Via #RawStory 1:09pm ET - March 20, 2025

#ErrolMusk, father of #Tesla CEO #ElonMusk, believes his son can't b #racist due 2 his past relationships w/ "Black servants" who worked 4 the family in #apartheid #SouthAfrica

In email sent 2 #WashingtonPost regarding inquiries abt his son's animosity toward diversity, equity, & inclusion (#DEI) initiatives, Errol Musk said his 2 sons were never interestd in political mattrs while growing up

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-racism-2671371615/

Penguin Colony Camera in the Stony Point Nature Reserve, South Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StGk_2DA5ig

Today in Labor History March 21, 1960: South African police opened fire on peaceful black protesters, killing 69 and wounding 180 in the Sharpeville massacre. Many were shot in the back as they fled. Thousands had been out protesting the hated pass laws, when they decided to march on the police station. The town of Sharpeville had high unemployment and poverty. Its residents had been forcibly moved there from the neighboring town of Topville in 1958. Passbooks were used by the Apartheid regime to control the movement of black residents and to enforce segregation.

Little jungle baby

In South Africa, Russia’s ‘anti-colonial’ narrative sways public opinion | Russia-Ukraine war News https://www.byteseu.com/843903/ #africa #Europe #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #SouthAfrica #Ukraine

https://www.europesays.com/1922947/ Fear at isolated Antarctica base as a man is accused of attacking a colleague and making threats #CapeTown #Crime #GeneralNews #News #science #SexualAssault #SouthAfrica #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics

Elon Musk Wanted the Cybertruck to Look Like “the Future.” But It Reminds Us of One Particular Past.
The story of the Casspir, which patrolled townships in South Africa when the Tesla CEO was a boy #Musk #cybertruck #southafrica @histodons #history
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/tesla-cybertruck-protests-vandalism-elon-musk.html#

‘South Africa’s history tells a different story — one where white dominance was not inevitable, where settler rule did not last & where a different future, however uncertain, remains possible.’

#Musk may try to subvert this story but ‘history , unlike Mars, is not his to colonize.'

#SouthAfrica #Musk #Apartheid

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opinion/elon-musk-south-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.DRT4.d_W-0Q77lvAh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"Decades later, the Tesla Cybertruck, lately a prime target for protesters demonstrating their dislike of CEO Elon Musk, blurs the boundaries between the battlefield and the public street. When Tesla released the Cybertruck in 2023, its dramatic style polarized the public. Popular theories abounded about its unusual look. Many speculated that its inspiration had come from spaceships of science fiction. In discussing the car’s aesthetic early on, Musk referenced cyberpunk and Blade Runner, a film that features sleek metallic vehicles, though with rounded silhouettes designed for aerodynamic speed. He’s also used the phrase “The future should look like the future”—a reference, his biographer Walter Isaacson said, to a question his son Saxon asked him once: “Why doesn’t the future look like the future?”

Whether or not this was intentional, the Cybertruck’s harsh, sharp edges remind us, instead, of something from the past: the larger armored personnel vehicles that patrolled streets throughout Musk’s youth in apartheid South Africa. In the 1980s, the Casspir proliferated across the country, moving from the battlefield and onto the streets. Initially improvised as a way to circumvent international sanctions against the apartheid government, the Casspir mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle was invented and produced domestically. It was a rugged all-terrain vehicle intended to withstand gunfire and mine explosions. It could drive up to 60 mph and be modified to add artillery functions.

Eventually, the Casspir was deployed to patrol townships, the residential neighborhoods where many Black South Africans lived (...) By the 1990s, the Casspir had become an iconic global symbol of apartheid oppression."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/tesla-cybertruck-protests-vandalism-elon-musk.html