Political Analysis South Africa

Former minister Naledi Pandor’s comments on “Zionists” and “powerful forces” reveal how antisemitic tropes are being laundered through political language in South Africa. In a rambling interview with Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, former minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Naledi Pandor lets the mask slip. She is careful to speak only of “Zionis...

South Africans rarely think of foreign policy as a kitchen-table issue. It feels like something diplomats discuss in Pretoria’s marbled corridors, far removed from load-shedding schedules, school fees and the price of bread. This year has made that separation impossible to defend. When Washington imposed a 12.5% forced-labour tariff on South African exports in July […]

The Lays investment scam is the latest investment scheme targeting South Africans, operating through the website leshinfeqkdsxmc-01.com. Despite the name, the platform has absolutely nothing to do with the internationally recognised Lay’s potato chips brand owned by PepsiCo. Instead, it appears to be another short-lived investment scam borrowing the identity of a well-known ...

The SnapArbitrage or Snap Arbitrage scam, operating from snaparbitrage.pro, has begun spreading across South Africa with claims of AI-powered cryptocurrency arbitrage and automated trading profits. Most investment scams targeting South Africans promise extraordinary returns generated through supposedly sophisticated technology. In recent years the narrative has ranged from a...

The VaultGrow or Vault Grow scam, operating from bold-app-115.apps.hyperdev.com, has spread rapidly across South African social media by promising a free R50 sign-up bonus and daily investment returns. Most online investment scams spend considerable time and money constructing an image of legitimacy. They register polished domains, incorporate companies, create professional ...