Carryfast:
You haven’t actually explained the inconsistency in fact that he was definitely arrested for a breach of the peace and convicted for contempt of court.You do know that ‘his legal team’ were actually told not to attend the court.
It is not unusual to arrest someone on a “holding charge”, which may be subsequently dropped, before being charged with another offence. It is a common tactic to avoid “double jeopardy” I believe. Just/Proper, or not, it isnt particularly sinister. And yes, you
re right, we should all feel sympathy for Mr Robinson who clearly has no control over what his legal team, says and does. Poor little man.
Carryfast:
You’ve admitted yourself that he was reporting on concluded cases in which case it’s you who’s only making assumptions from that point when you know the test is proof beyond reasonable doubt that he wasn’t.
I “admitted” no such thing. And since he admitted to Contempt Of Court what proof is needed? (Spoiler Alert: the answer is none).
Carryfast:
As for your laughable double standards to defend the Communist terrorist Mandela while crucifying Robinson that can be given the same credibility as your attempt to smear Paul Weston.
“Communist” Mandela? The first president of the Rainbow State? The one who signed exactly how many deals, with how many communist states? Spoiler Alert… Stick any label on him you like, but judge a man by his actions…
Paul Weston? Id never heard of him until clicking onto that link of your
s. A few more seconds of that video has him referring to Robinson and “D-Notices”. More nonsense. Robinsons trial was initially subject to a reporting restriction, as happens in some court cases. Not a D-Notice to do with National Security, and after all a man who can
t control his own lawyer is hardly a serious threat to the country is he? If Mr Weston can`t get past 45seconds in his own video without making such basic errors I will not subject myself to a full minute of him, thank you.
Carryfast:
As for South Africa no it’s a failed basket case regime based on Communist type reverse racism and it shows compared to the prosperous country it once was under your supposed ‘wrong colour’ rule.
South Africa currently the only African country in the G-20.
Historical statistics
This is a chart of the trend of South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund:[34]
Year GDP, US$ bln US dollar exchange in early January Unemployment rate Per capita income, in US$
1980 80.547 0.8267 Rand[35] 9.2 2764
1985 57.273 2.0052 Rand[35] 15.5 1736
1990 111.998 2.5419 Rand[35] 16.0 3039
1995 151.117 3.5486 Rand[35] 16.7 3684
2000 132.964 6.1188 Rand[35] 25.6 2986
2005 246.956 5.6497 Rand[35] 26.7 5267
2010 363.655 7.462 Rand[36] 24.9 7274
2015 510.937 15.52 Rand[37] 22.8 5744[38]
Youll note the drop in Per capita income under white rule 80 to 85. A 30% drop. Just like another smaller blip in 95 following Mandela
s coming to power in turbulent times. And the subsequent rise in his hands.
Not a smooth rise in recent times, tis true. The same as all world economies S.A. has had hard times.
Unemployment is on a par with some Eu countries.
The Rand is worth 5 times more against the dollar from Mandela`s time.
It is not a perfect country to do business, by some western standards*, maybe. But a “basket case”? The facts do not support that statement.
Im not setting Mandela up as a saint, nor S.A. as paradise. It isn
t. There are social and economic problems there, of course. The same as most other countries have too.
*(Some western countries still use bribery remember, but we don`t want to mention James Finley, Keith Barnett and Louis Zuurhout at Rolls Royce do we?)