International Criminal Court (ICC)

Mashatile: SA Won’t Abandon the Palestinian Cause and Ignore ICC Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu to Appease US

South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who has recently shared one of his notable foreign…

The ICC is The West’s Apparatus To Coerce The Developing World

At the dawn of the 21st century, a trend in political development (and beyond) has…

Ramaphosa Called Out For Caving Into US Pressure Over Putin  

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been called out for caving into United States of America (USA)…

BRICS: Why Africa Must Look East And Resist Imperialist US Diplomacy By Threat 

The upcoming BRICS Summit in Johannesburg next month is important for South Africa, the African…

Ramaphosa’s office, ANC make U-turn on ICC withdrawal

In an overnight turn of events, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has made a U-turn on his statement that the ANC had taken a decision for South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying he had erred. This came after Ramaphosa reiterated the ANC’s statement that it had decided to pull out of the ICC over its double standards and unfair treatment of certain countries and individuals, especially African leaders.  This statement followed the ICC’s international warrant of…

ICC Fallout: Malema Blasts Ramaphosa And ANC, Embraces ‘Hero’ Putin 

EFF leader Julius Malema has laid into President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC, saying their U-turn on withdrawing South Africa from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was a sign that they are not truly in charge of the country. He said their overnight decision to backtrack on the matter last week was taken after their alleged handlers, “white capital”, allegedly reprimanded and ordered them not to pull out of the Rome statutes, despite the ICC’s perceived impartiality and double standards…

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