Ramaphosa warns of ‘fightback’ and ‘regime change agenda’ after ICJ ruling

Hey Mr. Ramaphosa, so you're a hero for taking Israel to court. Tell us, is it true that the ANC was bankrupt and had no cash to even pay staff salaries? And tell us, is it true that Iran bribed the ANC with so much money to embark on the ICJ action, that the party was suddenly cash rich enough to start having election rallies? Just asking.

Pity the same level of expertise was not brought in to fix the crumbling house when it was needed. Very fishy from a government that listens to no-one with expertise, that can think of something so important and execute is successfully. Who paid for this? Could not have been our venerable government when law enforcement officers can't be deployed to do their jobs without the begging bowl being out to the private sector to pay salaries. But that's another story. Can't help feeling that Mr Ramaphosa has been pawned (again). And willingly. Note that there is no aspersion cast on the merits or demerits of the case. Just huge question marks about how.

Ramaphosa - you are nothing but a spineless, hypocritical and treacherous sleaze ball, who along with your treasonous and disgusting party, has all but destroyed this country and sold it to the most vile mass-murderers on earth. Stop trying to deflect your miserable, self-imposed and grossly stupid failures on a so- called fight back by foreign forces - it is the citizens of this country who will get rid of the scum that has blighted our country ie you and your Godless party and followers.

And now the ANC strategy becomes clear. With the sure knowledge that they're about to lose power they create situations (supporting Russia, the ICJ case etc.) designed to fit their coming narrative that the elections are being influenced by "Western Imperial" forces becuase of these actions. This would give them a reason to refuse to vacate government, ala Bob Mugabe, and force a situation whereby they negotiate a power-share deal that sees them still retain power, even though the majority of Saffas don't want them.

"good grief "....the kite is irretrievably tangled in the tree. Has it finally dawned on the ANC that they have been skillfully manipulated by masters in the art deflective propaganda. They will now be left to deal with the radioactive fallout of their ill considered attempts to meddle in global affairs. All that they have achieved is directing the spotlight onto their manifest failures at home and elsewhere on the global stage (Russia, Sudan, China, etc). Nobody likes hypocrites By the way, this so called "victory for justice" has probably gone completely unnoticed by their constituency as it struggles to overcome the misery inflicted on them by the ANC

Why would Maverick call Gaza a one sided war. Hamas started this conflict just to get the sympathy of likeminded countries and now they cannot handle the conflict they caused. One sided reporting

An embarrassing article you the ANC spokesperson at the DM

Classic " Communist Liberation " tactic.... build up the imaginary enemy around every bush , keep the voter ignorant ! More reason to vote DA

I never doubt the capacity of the ANC. Just when I think they have sunk to the bottom of the barrel, they are able to find a way to sink even lower.

"we say this humbly without pointing fingers.." Really who are you trying to kid? you have already done exactly that.

Nothing but a sham to get funding for the elections from Iran. Unfortunately we will all suffer - “those that curse Israel will be cursed”. It’s not just a saying, history has a habit of repeating itself!

It's clear that the West are filled with hypocrisy. It's like Black and Brown lives don't matter. If any nation massacred 12 000 babies, they would have been branded as barbaric savages and isolated overnight, bombs would also follow promptly. Nobody can tell me killing Babies is self Defence

Is Cyril pre-empting a loss for the ANC at the polls later this year? This is the second set of excuses that he has put out there. It's never the ANC at fault, always someone else's.

What people and the ANC do not acknowledge and will not, is that Israel is not fighting the Palestinians, but they are at war with Hamas. Despite all the photographs showing the network of Hamas tunnels under hospitals, schools, and now graveyards, and ammunition hoards inside schools and below shopping malls, the press and ANC chose to ignore this and continue their onslaught against Israel. If Hamas hadn't have launched their attack in October, none of this would have happened.

How are the poor and vulnerable in our country going to benefit from the so called victory at the ICJ. Who paid for the for the South African contingent to go to The Hague. Where did the money come from? Tax payers or Iran ? By going on the world stage ,attention has been brought to the fact that our country is so corrupt , inept and unable to govern, so how can they give advice on how to sto the war in Gaza

Now this is hypocrisy doing the right deed ,for the wrong reason. And here i had thought the ANC had a shred of its old principles left. Trust the ANC for continually disappointing me.

Aid from the west goes to Palestine. So essentially it goes to Hamas. Hamas comes to SA in Dec 2023 SA opens the ICJ case. Money talks

What a bunch of clowns. Completely losing every battle at home. No credibility in any facet of life. Now trying to fight battles elsewhere to gain some credibility. Like a father who beats his own wife and children and then hands out food parcels to other families to show what an upstanding family man he is. Idiots.

Dear Mr ramaphosa, what about Russia and there atrocious acts in Ukraine? No vote from me this time sir.

What Mr Mbeki does in this international matter ... isn't he the one responsible for complete failure of protecting SA citizens against AIDS, whi is responsible for millions of deaths among our people by negating the medical science to fight the pandemic. ? He should be denied any official position in any public action and any credibility.

And what about the South Africans who have no housing, no water, no electricity, no medical assistance, no jobs and the children who are dying of malnutrition? Is this not genocide?

I believe your report is mis leading in that you state "a majority of judges presiding over the ICJ case granted most of the measures requested by South Africa to prevent a rising genocide in Gaza and the rest of Palestine." This assumes that "genocide " has already been committed. The Judges said that Israel should take steps to prevent genocide which is quite a different matter. Ramaphosa, who speaks with forked tongue, has also twisted the verdict in similar fashion.

So he has merely now come out and in effect admitted the costly ICJ junket is as much a cynical election ploy as it has been a performative externalisation of current ANC animus towards Jews, simultaneously debasing the meaning of the word genocide. It makes one wonder how much lower they can stoop to Potemkin village skullduggery to hang onto their meal tickets. I wonder how stupid they think voters are.

It's to be expected that this morally bankrupt so called government would try to claim 'victory' for their propagandist and opportunist farce of a court case. All they have achieved is to expose their true loyalties and intentions to the SA citizens. Hopefully they are watching and will put a stop to these communist lackeys in the upcoming elections, but I am not holding my breath....

Ramaphosa, you and your cabal are simply the definitive Vile Bodies. Your posturing after the "victory" in the ICJ was an exercise in pure cynicism after your inglorious movement failed so badly with al-Bashir or the Ukraine war (yes, women and children are dying there too). You really don't care about the Palestinian people or the Islamist rape and terror in Africa. Nor do you care about increasing malnutrition in South African children, drownings in pit toilets, a destitute eastern Cape woman killing her children and herself. All you care about is the survival of your odious party probably with a little help from your friends in Iran, Russia, China. You disgust me.

After Zuma's gross misbehaviour, Ramaphosa entered as our saviour, Well, as time went by, People were asking why, 'Cos he's not Ramaphoria but Ramafailure!

I looked at a map of the area today. I cannot ever see Gaza being joined with the West Bank, there's a near 50 km separation across Israel.

so mr ramaphosa ... where were you and your case for sudan ? what about the christains in nigeria. how about the matabele in zim yet you and the crocodile are big mates. what about syria and should i mention gender apartheid in iran. i guess you have no comment there because you didnt care. makes me believe the storys re iran paying you or is it just smoke and mirrors to try deflect attention from the mess sa is in. maybe you just care because jews are involved. ..please i laugh at you and yours

“Conscience and principles” yeah right

For once the ANC has done the right thing. We'll done and keep it up ? %

The ANC are really sinking to new depths - or are they preparing the grounds to dispute a lost election? They are crazy enough

The ANC had little success with the ICJ in truth. Their case aimed at securing 1) a judgement that Israel was intentionally committing genocide and 2) an interdict that Israel cease all ,military action immediately. They accomplished neither of these aims. That is a failure in anyone's book and a win for Israel. This application and hearing cost some R2 billion and one has to ask where did such funds come from, although I think we can work it out?

When despots have lost themselves in their fantasy of omnipotence, taking refuge in conspiracy theories seems to be the way to be celebrated by his followers despite the obvious failure. Trump and Putin send their regards, the patterns are always the same.

“...but we should never doubt the capacity of the ANC-led government” Nobody doubts the lack thereof. How these clowns are still in power is truly mindboggling, every statement now is just a diversion tactic from their consistent miserable failures. At least I don't have to hear about "how far we've come" anymore as if "Things may be made, but just remember they could be worse," is considered a success.

No, Mr President, there is no "third force" seeking to undertake "regime change", there is just a sizable proportion of the electorate who sick and tired of corruption, maladministration, looting, and incompetence, and who are fed up with the country being allowed by the government to fall apart and slide into disaster. It is unacceptable for the ANC to try and use the ICJ case as a diversionary tactic to try and distract the electorate from the disaster that the ANC has created, and to try and use the judgment as a populist ploy to gain votes in the election. It is truly a desperate ploy to try to blame others for the substantially declining support for the ANC, when it is the sole creator of the situation that it finds itself in.

Did Karl Niehaus scribble this piece of deranged rubbish about regime change? Yirrrrrre, Cyril! You're gonna get heavy metal poisoning from that tin foil hat you're cowering under as the ANC tanks!

Wonder what the goal is of rampies and his party of ……, let me not say it. Long time ago a Canadian friend asked me if I know why these imbeciles want to call our country ‘Azania’. Simple actually, to be first in the handout queue. We are well on our way.

I have been in Gaza many times. Gaza is a small area housing just under 600,000 people in apartment buildings. It reminded me of Hillbrow. The massive military actions against Gaza must by now have destroyed the homes of the vast majority of the ordinary people living there. It is past time for the military action against Gaza to stop, but Hamas has to stop as well. The Israel/Gaza border is one of the most extensively guarded borders in the world. A lot of technology (cameras, motion detectors, vibration detectors etc) is deployed there. Only the Israeli border guard authority can, but never will, tell the truth about how the Hamas incursion was allowed to happen and was not countered for hours, allowing the killing, maiming and kidnap of Israelis to take place. The ICJ made a proper ethical interim finding. South Africa should be lauded for leading the application BUT it is such a pity that Ramaphosa and his ilk did this because they and the ANC were paid to do it. Claiming that they initiated the application for humanitarian reasons is nonsense. The sudden burgeoning of the ANC coffers happened because of what they did. To Quote Thomas Eliot (Murder in the Cathedral) "The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason." So congratulations Ramaphosa, you used South African taxpayers money to launch an application at the ICJ and the ANC were handsomely rewarded financially.

In political terminology, the ANC's ICJ case against Israel is a classic case of the "Dead Cat Bounce" This is a tactic used by the Government of a country when it is falling out of favour with its electorate over its failure to bring about the necessary structural and economic reforms to improve the well being of its citizens during its time in power and facing the threat of "obliteration" at the Polls. This is the tactic Ramaphosa and the ANC cronies are using in their case against Israel in The Hague. They are hoping it deflects the minds of SA voters away from the 30 years of economic devastation they have inflicted on the country during their time in office. Its nothing more than a cynical trick wrapped up in the old ANC mantra of an "unseen malevolent third force" actively plotting against the future of SA which all right minded voters can see through and will not fall for in the upcoming General Election.

Isn't it convenient how this ICJ case conveniently coincides with Iran's entry into the Brics block......Iran ofcourse being Hamas' no. 1 terrorist financier and the main supporter behind the 7 Oct attacks. The incurably corrupt & morally bankrupt ANC, who couldn't care less about the genocide of women & children here in SA, most certainly could NOT care less for any other country's conflict. So perhaps this so-called "regime change agenda" is merely a smoak screen to divert from the ANC's own agenda to remain in power, by cutting a deal with an established terrorist financier nation in Iran, in exchange for help to "win" the upcoming election....

In 2023 there was an average of ~70 murders per day in South Africa. In 2022 ~75/day. The figure is probably higher in each case, putting it well within the numbers of a war zone. What exactly is the ANC government doing about this brutality on our own soil? I commend the legal team for their efforts in bringing Israel's government to book, but can't help but laugh at the hypocrisy of the ANC claiming the moral high ground.

Tested with the Ring of Gyges, you reveal what all of us have known all along. You are no better than the Nats, Cyril.

Do you want to learn the dark art of reshaping your narrative before a decisive elections? We’ll teach you how to go from ‘bumbling ruling party with record-high corruption’ to.. mythical freedom fighter and hypothetical victim of nefarious western superpowers! Kind regards, your instructor and funder: Iran

I didn't want to say anything earlier but it is so refreshing that all the sockpuppet accounts here have *finally* done some research and chosen *realistic* South African names to post their crap under! For a while there it was like a bad Hollywood movie where the bad guy is called 'Sibongile Pretorious' or 'Wouter Dlamini'. Y'all make me laugh.

Now Mr. President, do the "right" thing regarding the WAR that Russia started. Lets not forget the billions of dollars in damages to civilian structures and the deaths of thousands of Ukrainians in this illegal war. Lets see the ANC now take Russia to the ICJ. I hope that the AGOA agreements are cancelled. The ANC can then approach Russian , China and Iran for a much better deal then the West has to offer. Hamas leaders live the good life away from the fighting so they can use some of the international aid received from the West to pass on to their friends in the ANC government.

What about first getting the South African country in good working order. Hospitals, Escom, Transnet, Schools and all of the countries infrastructure back in good working order before meddling in other countries

The useful idiot face Hamas wants you to see. The same ANC, replete with the same characters and their same buddies that has looted and broken SA - suddenly became due north on the world's moral compass? Does anyone really believe this stuff?

Ramaphosa is 100% US is plotting regime change in South Africa and even before Israel, the US dream is to have a puppet DA government that would take orders from Biden

how come we are hosting a terrorist organization. is this internationly legal?

The blame for Hamas's action on 7th October rests at the door step of Israel. One cannot expect an oppressed nation not to resist occupation. A proposed Palestinian state within the pre 1967 war boundaries is a huge compromise and sacrifice by the Palestinians which Israel should grab with both hands because the Israel mandated by The UN is much smaller. There is really no legitimacy for Israel to get more land from Palestine than what was provided for by The UN in 1948. If Israel believes that war can get them more land than it should know that land can be lost due to war. The best option for both nations is a just, negotiated solution.