Lamola said Bozell's "role as a guest is to support us to build one nation", "not take us back to a polarized society along racial lines."
South Africa seeks to project a non-aligned foreign policy stance.
11.03.2026 19:37
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At a conference on Tuesday, Bozell waded into controversy by arguing that South African liberation chant "Kill the Boer" amounts to hate speech, despite local courts ruling that it does not.
Bozell said: "I'm sorry, I don't care what your courts say. It's hate speech."
11.03.2026 19:36
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South Africa's government called in the new US ambassador to the country to explain himself over "undiplomatic remarks," foreign affairs minister Ronald Lamola said on Wednesday.
11.03.2026 19:33
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“With QuitGPT, we have an extraordinary historic opportunity,” Bregman says. “An actually effective consumer boycott that may take a company down and that will send a signal to all of Silicon Valley, to boardrooms everywhere: you could be next.”
11.03.2026 18:22
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He has joined the QuitGPT group, which is demanding OpenAI stop all donations to Trump and for the company to “refuse to allow AI for mass surveillance of Americans or lethal autonomous weapons”.
11.03.2026 18:21
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Should we be boycotting ChatGPT? – podcast
Rutger Bregman on why he thinks consumers should cancel their ChatGPT accounts
“A lot of people don’t know that their friendly chatbot, ChatGPT, has embedded itself into the authoritarian infrastructure of the Trump administration,” Bregman tells Helen Pidd.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
11.03.2026 18:21
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(2022)
11.03.2026 17:43
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Sarah Polley delivers a powerful feminist film that examines our reactions to male violence.
Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Jessie Buckley.
11.03.2026 17:42
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#FBmemory - The happiest years: 2015/16 in Bristol, UK
(with the 1990s, of course, but on top of being a great decade of political illusions, i still had a child's mind, so... too easy)
11.03.2026 17:24
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Other African carriers like Kenya Airways, Air Tanzania, and RwandAir could experience similar operational setbacks in the coming weeks, including disruption to the price of aviation fuel as oil costs rise.
11.03.2026 16:32
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The war in the Middle East is hitting African airlines, some of which are already reporting losses over flight cancellations and rising operational costs.
Ethiopian Airlines, the continent’s largest carrier, said it incurred a $137 million loss in a single week, Business Insider reported.
11.03.2026 16:32
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Not enough however, and not a sustainable solution for Lebanon!
Stop targeting civilians! Stop aggressions! Stop illegal wars!!
11.03.2026 15:47
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In Gaza, my child lies in pain, and I feel helpless watching him suffer. He urgently needs medical treatment outside Gaza to survive. I never imagined I would beg the world like this, but today I am
Please donate or share — help me save my child.
chuffed.org/project/168482
11.03.2026 06:12
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Please, even 5 dollars can make a difference. My son is in critical condition and needs urgent treatment. Your small act of kindness could be part of the miracle that saves him.
@melissaontheroad.bsky.social
@emelle.bsky.social
@bronzestarvet.bsky.social
@socsurg.bsky.social
11.03.2026 13:59
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The United Nations' cultural agency on Wednesday urged all parties to protect the region's outstanding cultural sites, saying four of Iran's 29 world heritage sites had been damaged since the start of the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran.
11.03.2026 13:57
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UNESCO said it is deeply concerned about the fate of world heritage sites in Iran and across the region, after Tehran's Golestan palace, often compared to Versailles, and a historic mosque and palace in Isfahan were damaged in the war.
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According to the AFC/M23, the Rwandan-backed armed group that controls the city, drones targeted a residential area.
The group acknowledges three deaths.
11.03.2026 12:59
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This information was confirmed by the European Commissioner, Hadja Lahbib.
11.03.2026 12:58
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A French aid worker for the UN children's agency has been killed in an air strike in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a city controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.
11.03.2026 12:57
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Israel fires white phosphorus in southern Lebanon, illegal under international law
11.03.2026 12:55
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Same here from MME:
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman - is caught in the crossfire.
It says the Gulf states are bearing the brunt of the economic and security fallout.
11.03.2026 11:19
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Resentment is mounting in Gulf Arab capitals at being drawn into a war they neither initiated nor endorsed but are now paying for economically and militarily, with airports, hotels, ports and military and oil installations hit by Iranian strikes, said three regional sources, anonymously.
11.03.2026 11:17
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