Hi Moh. I'm not sure what is causing the rise. But my research suggests it's not CO2. In short, the math shows that 95% of radiant heat (sun) was/is already been absorbed by the 0.03% of CO2 levels we had in 1910. This leaves only 5% outstanding that can affect global warming. And since the CO2 greenhouse warming component of the planet is about 3 degrees, the extra 5% radiant heat can only raise the temp by 0.15degC. Please look over these 3 links and let me know what you think.

@SABCNews "Those who lobbied" mmmmm hope she has their names.

@GodPenuel Not sure where these 'many White People' are. Where are your Stats? Because certainly no one I know wants this.

@Kaapenaar_ While I welcome the foreign investment, I'm not going anywhere near the CBD while this is going on.

In this case I believe you are wrong. Why? The USA needs 3rd World and emerging market countries to grow. 1st World countries have stagnated, they are no longer needing increasing USD loans. So the only possible growth for USDs are 3rd World and Emerging Markets. The more these countries grow the more USDs they desire/need for international trade, infrastructure builds, and other goods. As for BRICS as a currency successfully working, it would need to become a more powerful currency than the USD. And I can't see BRICS+ changing this anytime soon. In matters like this I follow the money and at the moment the USD is the most used, desired, most held by governments, trusted currency on the planet. As for the BRICS as a trade group working, unfortunately I see a limit to how far that can go with the present number of partners. BRICS would need 40+ countries in its group to be successful. Why? Because we only need so much of what these few partners have to offer from each other. A lot of us mine and grow the same products. The reason we buy so little from Russia is because they have virtually nothing we want and vice versa. China and India are different but India only wants USD. And we buy twice as much from China as they do from us. So within a short while they will be sitting with way too many ZAR than they could ever use. This is why whenever I buy goods from China they also only accept USD. As for battering, we can only accept so many Chickens and Beef from Brazil without destroying our own local markets. And I can go in and on. But as it stands BRICS is not going to save SA if we lose the USA as a trading partner. This is the reality as I see it. Not my desire.

@MoroamadileM @EFFSouthAfrica I totally agree. IMO when people realise reality doesn't care about ideologies, fairness, right or wrong, pridefulness or their feelings, they can make far better decisions.

@kimheller3 All two of them. OK

@errolbsk Far and few between IMO. Most Afrikaners that I have spoken to love SA and leaving is not on their bucket list.

@SAPoliceService Stop trying to hide behind the POPI Act. You allowed conduct that is against the law. You should be held accountable.

@sandil_mlangeni @accaleys @EFFSouthAfrica So why haven't they increased their orders in the past?

@sandil_mlangeni @EFFSouthAfrica China is our biggest buyer. But what I'm saying is if any BRICS nation required more materials they would have asked us to supply them years ago. We have the capacity.

@mat_boschh @Tsombeni @EFFSouthAfrica So why haven't they increased their orders in the past. We have the capacity to increase, we have the labour, what we don't have is the demand. If BRICS countries desired what we had to offer they would already be doing so.

@Tsombeni @EFFSouthAfrica If it was possible we would already be doing it. We have always had the ability to increase capacity/supply, it's the demand that has been an issue.

@MoroamadileM @EFFSouthAfrica Ratio imports from BRICS:USA is about 20:12 (Google Brazil imports from SA, then the next, then the next). IMO That's one hell of a shortfall, that BRICS cannot cover. And we must also bear in mind that we deal with each country individually and not as a group.

@Tsombeni @EFFSouthAfrica It's not about who is the biggest, what matters is can BRICS (bearing in mind we trade with each country individually) absorb the difference.

@sandil_mlangeni @EFFSouthAfrica It's not about which is more. It's about can BRICS take up the slack.

When ZIM was sanctioned if you look at the GDP per capita of both China and Russia they are small. To put it in perspective in 2002 South Africa GDP per capita was more than Russia and China. So IMO they were in no position to help Zim. And if they did it would have been to the detriment of the people. But not much has changed come 2024. Yes both of their GDPs have grown substantially. But they still seldom loan money. I believe their personal growth is still more important than helping some little countries at the bottom of Africa.

Also correct. I also believe it's irrelevant whether I voted for a politician or not. Politicians that gained power through public voting were elected on the basis of what they said during their campaign. And I believe it's every person's right to hold them accountable (as much as a civilian can) to those words.

@PolyannaBrey @RyanCronyn 100% in agreement. Regardless of whether you vote or not, there is no law against complaining about the performance of those that are meant to be running the country for the benefit of it's citizens.