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MortarBoardCULong CU Postings to Whatsapp, 29-30 March 2017 Manipulation of the rand is a threat to our constitutional democracy Our sovereignty and our freedom mean nothing if a democratically elected president, acting within powers vested in him by the Constitution, can be whipped into line by foreign entities. This is the state of affairs that the screaming headlines expect us to embrace. - https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2017-03-28-manipulation-of-the-r and-is-a-threat-to-our-constitutional-democracy/#.WNtuGm99600 Miners' Union Slams Major Job Losses As Eskom Closures Loom South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) slammed energy privatisation yesterday, saying it would cost tens of thousands of jobs. ANC-allied federation COSATU also spoke out over state-run electricity firm Eskom's plans to close five of its own power stations to make way for contracts with Independent Power Producers (IPPs). - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-597a-South-Africa-Miners-union-slams-ma jor-job-losses-as-Eskom-closures-loom#.WNw_lW99600 Trump Tears Up Obama Climate Plans President Donald Trump signed an order on Tuesday ending Barack Obama's "War on Coal." Mr Tump said miners "told me about the efforts to shut down their mines, their communities and their very way of life. I made them this promise: We will put our miners back to work." - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-d8c4-US-Trump-tears-up-Obama-climate-pl ans#.WNw_jm99600 Zuma Stays Away From Kathrada's Funeral ANC President Jacob Zuma postponed a cabinet meeting to allow ministers to attend the funeral but stayed away himself "in compliance with the wishes of the family." South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande said: "We dare not gamble with the ANC" - after threatening to end the alliance with the movement. - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-834d-South-Africa-Zuma-stays-away-from- Kathradas-funeral#.WNw_pW99600 Zuma to justify Gordhan axing with intelligence report - sources President Jacob Zuma acted on an intelligence report that claimed Gordhan and his deputy were to use an "investor roadshow" to mobilise prominent people in London and the US to act against the state. - http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2017/03/29/BREAKING-Zuma-to-justify-Gord han-axing-with-intelligence-report-sources Mmusi Maimane summoned to London by Renwick Maimane slipped quietly out of South Africa earlier in the week under the cover of a "roadshow" to London allegedly summoned there by Lord Renwick. Renwick is credited with taming both Nelson Mandela and Julius Malema. DA sources say London is worried about the current ruction inside the DA. - http://blackopinion.co.za/2017/03/29/mmusi-maimane-summoned-london-renwick/ OAS Refuses To Suspend Venezuela A vote on OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro's scheme to suspend Venezuela, supported by the US, Canada and a dozen right-wing regional governments - was abandoned in face of opposition from Venezuela's allies. Instead the representatives urged dialogue between United Socialist Party (PSUV) President Nicolas Maduro's government and the Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) opposition, which has boycotted talks since January. - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-4f30-OAS-refuses-to-suspend-Venezuela#. WNxDBW99600 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, interview, 29 March 2017 We are ready to work with any administration, any president who would be elected by the American people. We would be ready to come back to the relationship and to develop the relationship with the United States to the extent, and to the depths, to which the administration is ready to go. Whatever is comfortable for our partners, we will support and provide it. We talk on the basis of mutual respect and equality. - http://thesaker.is/russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrovs-interview-to-the- national-interest-magazine-march-29-2017/ Pahad urges SACP caution Steve Motale, new open letter to President Zuma Seven schools torches The New Age, 30 March 2017: Most CU topical postings are now made to Whatsapp via the Whatsapp-style link with a caption. The above is a collection of the latest postings. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of malware database 15171 (20170329) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. 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