Reunion for Congolese Women from Eastern DRC Kivu

MR MOSENGWO, US KIVUCIANS WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR GAMES THAT KEEPS US OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY IN SLAVERY!! WE ARE PREPARING TO RETURN BACK HOME BY ALL MEANS , JUST WAIT AND SEE.

PEOPLE MUST STOP FOLLOWING THAT CORRUPT LAURENT MOSENGWO, HE IS A DISTRUCTOR, HE MUST DECIDE TO WHETHER BECOME A POLITICIAN OR REMAIN AS AN ARCHBISHOP AND HE MUST SAY WHICH POLITICAL PARTY HE REPRESENT! MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE KILLED UNTIL TODAY IN KIVU, HE NEVER CALLED UP FOR THE PROTEST , SO NOW HE WANTS TO BLIND US AS IF HE DOES CARE , NOT AT ALL. AT THE MEAN TIME HE MUST ALSO BE CHARGED WITH CRIME AS MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED BECAUSE OF HIM. SINCE MOBUTU HE HAS BEEN PLAYING THIS GAMES, HE MUST BE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER OF THE CONGOLESE PEOPLE. MR MOSENGWO, AS AN INTELLECTUAL , WHY DID YOU AT THE FIRST STAGE ACCEPT AND ALLOWED MR JOSEPH KABILA TO CONTINUE CLING INTO POWER WHILE KNOWING VERY WELL THAT HIS TERMS WERE ALREADY EXPIRED? MR MOSENGWO, YOU DESERVE TO BE ROTTEN IN PRISON AS FROM NOW. YOUR GAMES ARE OVER AND WE ARE TIRED OF DOING SERVITUDE JOBS IN COUNTRIES OF REFUGE.

OUR EYES WILL DRY FROM TEARS ONLY WHEN KILLINGS, RAPES AND ALL SORTS OF ATROCITIES GET STOPPED IN THE ENTIRE ANCIENT KIVU !!!

Today people are talking about the killings and rapes that is taking place in the kivu provinces, it looks like the world is so hypocrite and pretending as if there is nothing that is going on there. Since the the so-called independence, people of KIVU have never ceased to endure hardships, injustices and oppression from our own people called our brothers and sisters from other provinces or regions on the DRC, so now we have never enjoy anything or any good of our wealth, therefore , we are asking those countries wanting to press and push for the creation of the republic of kivu, to come talk to us, we are ready for our own independence. Do not go around and uses rwanda, us we are ready for it. and i believe if you are a true Kivucian, you are going to support and be the first to join . we are tired of wars, rapes, being dominates by people from our sister provinces. The time is now !!!

Today many women in kivu are r***d defensively and no one around the world talk about it !!



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The ConCourt has done its work, but SA politics remain messy

22 April 2016



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Since the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgment on the Nkandla matter, South Africans have heard many strange and wonderful interpretations of the judgment itself. The first, of course, is that President Jacob Zuma did not actually do anything wrong. In his words, it was all just ‘confusion’.

It is worth remembering that the ConCourt found the president had acted in breach of his obligations in terms of section 96 of the Constitution. This is essentially also a breach of the Executive Members’ Ethics Act, which sets out the code of conduct for members of cabinet, their deputies and the president himself.

Section 96 states clearly that: ‘Members of the cabinet and their deputy ministers may not … act in any way that is inconsistent with their office, or expose themselves to any situation involving the risk of a conflict between their official responsibilities and private interests; or use their position or any information entrusted to them, to enrich themselves or improperly benefit any other person.’

There was therefore a breach that was – in the language of section 172 – ‘inconsistent’ with the Constitution. Nevertheless, these findings have been largely trivialised by the president’s supporters. Gauteng province has said that Zuma should resign, and has traditionally always broken ranks with more pliable provinces such as Free State, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.

The months ahead will be littered with illogic as the ANC goes straight into election mode

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The African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League issued its usual baffling statement in support of Zuma. It was a stream of consciousness that would make James Joyce proud.

The ConCourt found that the president failed to ‘uphold, respect and defend the Constitution’ as required by section 83 of the Constitution. So it is no surprise that we have ANC members bending over backwards to distinguish between conduct which is ‘inconsistent’ with the Constitution; and conduct which ‘breached’ the Constitution. It’s all semantics, really. At the end of it all, the question is whether the conduct ascribed to the president in the ConCourt judgment is indeed conduct that the ANC feels comfortable with. Clearly, many do.

And so, the months ahead will be littered with illogic on the part of the president and his supporters as the ANC goes straight into election mode with Zuma front and centre. Despite it all, the ‘Teflon president’ recently called for a more ‘African way’ of dealing with disputes, presumably in a sideswipe at the ConCourt.

Parliament is obliged to set up a committee; but all of this rests with the speaker

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One need not wonder too much what the president actually means by those mutterings spoken to a traditional leaders’ constituency. Zuma has always shown extreme discomfort with leading a modern state undergirded by a Constitution that requires adherence to the rule of law.

Parliament also came out of the entire episode looking weak and executive-minded. Speaker Baleka Mbete, who clearly has political ambitions, is unfit to lead Parliament and is now in a situation of unparalleled conflict of interest. The ConCourt, as well as the Public Protector, found that Zuma had breached the Executive Members’ Ethics Act.

Parliament is therefore obliged in terms of section 4 of the Executive Members’ Ethics Amendment Act of 2011 to set up a committee of the National Assembly to deal with the president’s breach of the code of ethics, as outlined in the Public Protector’s report – which has now been affirmed by the highest court in the land. The problem, of course, is that all of this rests with the speaker – who has consistently appeared disinclined to hold the president to account on Nkandla.

Within the ANC, things seem equally confused. As the ANC secretary-general awaits further collation of evidence of ‘state capture’ by the Gupta family, rumours continue to swirl about ministers taking quick trips to Dubai, chief among them Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, David van Rooyen – who seems to have popped over for just a day. Van Rooyen also shamefully postponed a briefing on election readiness ‘indefinitely.’

Anyone who believes that the Guptas have left SA forever must be somewhat naïve

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That was no coincidence given the allegation of the Dubai flight and some questions as to whether he might have visited – or been summoned – by our ‘other government’, the Gupta family.

Anyone who believes that the family was leaving South Africa on a jet-plane forever must be somewhat naïve. The Guptas are simply too politically connected and have too many potential deals in the pipeline to abandon ship because of a ConCourt judgment. But, the heat is on, and corporate South Africa is also finding a voice in shutting down the Guptas from access to banking and accounting services; if a tad late.

The ANC is kicking to touch and hoping to mobilise its substantial election machinery to prove that sticking by the flawed Zuma was the right thing to do. Yet for it to think that it can paper over the cracks and dismiss the ConCourt judgment as Zuma, Mbete and Mantashe have done is short-sighted, and it’s a matter of time before Zuma will exit the stage.

But, as predicted, he will not go quietly and the end game is going to be long, drawn out and very messy.

Judith February, Consultant, Governance, Crime and

Rebelions zote zinakuaka zi na simamiwa na Batu ba kutoka zingine Provinces, habana huruma na siye, njo maana munaona hata Viole, ubakaji, R**e banaiyona kawaida tu, juu banajuwa k**a hatukuake na Parente wala relation hata moja nabo. Awo wanamke wenye wanakuaka na Viole, siye kwetu ni ba Dada yetu, watoto wetu, Wa mama yetu, Wa shangazi yetu, Wa tate yetu, ect... Kwabo ebo bako bure.

Tunaomba kila mtoto wa kivu kwenye iko, ahanze ku fanya activisme kufundisha watu wetu wote gisi ya kuipigania uhuru(Independance) yatu. Tiya mawazo fasi moja, Toka Mobutu mpaka hivi, wa Tate wetu na wa zazi wetu walikua wanaitiwa " YO PETIT" ivi tunaitiwaka ba YUMA, ba VIllagois, so ushindi ni kawaida, mais tusimame wote pamoja.

Wandugu wote watoto wa KIVU, tuikale chini tujiwaze juu ya nini siye tu ndo hatuwezi ku acceder ku Presidence? Tuliteswa sana na wa Kinois, leo kule mu Kivu kuko watu wakutoka Province zingine wenye wako mu Bukavu, Uvira, Goma, Maniema, wenye wako na ma postes za juu sana hata wa Bourgoumestre, Commissaire de zone, ba Administrateurs,Receveur wama doines,wa DG, ect... zenye wa Kivuciens hawana, lakini hakuna Kivucien mwenye ateandaka kuwa na Poste ya mukubwa, mwa zile Province zingine, j'amais hakuna ndo mana inatupashwa tusimame, tujipiganiye juu ya uhuru wetu, na tukuwe Pays Independant.

CONSEIL AUX KIVUCIENS: ULISE NOS TEMPS EN REFLECHISSANT COMENT ON PEUT ET QUELLE STRATEGIE POUVONS NOUS ADOPTES POUR QU'ON SE SEPARES DE KINSHASA, ET DEVENIR UN PAYS INDEPENDANT. SI ON FAIS PAS CECI, NOUS RESTERONS A J'AMAIS L'ESCLAVE DE KINOIS ET D' AUTRES PROVINCES, ET LE KINOIS NOUS TRAITENT COMME : SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

SHAURI KWA RAHIA WA KIVI: CHUKUENI M'DA WENU KWA KUJIFIKIRIA GISI GANI TUNAWEZA KUJIONDOA NA JIKATA KUTOKA UPANDE WA KINSHASA, ILI TUWE UHURU, NA TUWE INCHI YENYE KUJI TEGEMEA. BILA KUFANYA HIVI, BASI TUTABAKI WATUMWA WA WA KINOIS NA WATU WA MIKOWA MINGINE, SO JIFIKIRIENI WOTE.

MY ADVISE TO ALL PEOPLE OF KIVU IS THIS: WE MUST ONLY SPEND OUR TIME THINKING ON HOW TO BREAK AWAY FROM KINSHASA AND BECOME AN INDEPENDANT COUNTRY. IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE'LL REMAIN SLAVE OF KINOIS AND OTHER PROVINCES. THINK ABOUT THIS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS.