Honestly Sizwe, some people don't deserve the airtime you are giving them. This guy made his stance clear but we are here spending data watching him coz we are in support of you.
As an ambassador, its your job to give CNN answer. No matter what country your are from, no matter the ideology of your ruling party, no matter your own ideology
I was listening to the president the other day responding to Trump's tariff threats against BRICS+ nations. His point of view as he was talking wasn't from the BRICS+, he was responding on behalf of only RSA.
BRICS is a fever dream of a Goldman Sachs executive. It's really just a vehicle for Russian and Chinese imperialism, South Africa is being a useful idiot to enable it and as a way for us to express our anti-Western prejudice.
I truly believe this guy said one important thing " I represent the interests of America and South Africans must represent the interests of South Africa" We dont have that "culturally" as a citizenship. Its like we always waiting for approval from some unknown big brother who enjoys seeing unemployment and crime rise. Until we have citizens who love SA more than they love the money they get bribed with we cooked
If only they could do so without interfering and without being disruptive…that would be awesome. After all being an ambassador is not about you setting the agenda in the country you’re sent to. It’s about taking care of your people and whatever else your country has in that country. Internal affairs are not in the Geneva job description.
@@Ntuthu-ZAyou have it twisted. The ambassador is an extension of his/her head of state. Their role is to push the foreign policy of their country. “What happens abroad affects people at home, and what happens at home affects the world. That's why foreign policy-national policies advancing interests outside a country’s borders, and domestic policy - national policies advancing interests within a country’s borders are often deeply connected. In fact, drawing a clear line between domestic and foreign policy is sometimes impossible. The close relationship between the two policy areas means that policymakers need to critically assess decisions about foreign affairs while also considering the impacts on domestic issues, and vice versa.”
@@Ntuthu-ZAhe doesn’t have to. What was explained between the dialectics between the domestic and foreign are self-evident geopolitically. The symbiotic relationship between the two is very personal to all us wherever we may be globally. Thus, the saying that personal is political and vice versa.
I think the Professor perfectly represents the position and interest of America. He regurgitates the precise points he has been deployed to do and that asserts my disagreement and dislike for the American Government as relates to international relations.
@farzana6676 I expect someone who is a professor to have the ability to think critically and use his expertise to contextualise challenges his government is facing and respond accordingly as an INDIVIDUAL. He is an Ambassador not a choirboy
@@azizwane760 And on what basis do you claim he isn't thinking critically? You are making an assumption that he doesn't personally hold the views that he is espousing. That's a problem on your part, not the Ambassadors.
@@azizwane760 ambassador - “a person who represents, speaks for, or advertises a particular organization, group of people, activity, or brand. He does not take a position. He represents those who sent him & has to stick to the brief.” That is true of all diplomats. The job is exactly what it says on the tin. When foreign policy changes the talking points will change too.
9:49 lol very dismissive on the Lady R question and usually signals “you know you didn’t do right” but I’m glad you asked him straight out.👏🏽 …Nah he must leave our shores this one. Keep up the good job Doc and spread the fire
I don’t think Sizwe pushed him enough particularly when Brigety tried downplay the fundamental difference between US’s and SA’s policies towards Israel! It was more than the US being complicit in the the genocide in Gaza. The US is funding Israel with US taxpayers’ wages at a cost of, at minimum, $3.8 billion a year. Besides, not to mention that SA took Israel to the ICJ.
Sizwe's podcast shows why it is important to allow young people to lead. Its so refreshing, and I'm sure there are more out there who can do great things if given a chance.
@@soshicryp8978Agree! Sizwe too can easily identify with Brigety as they are both Eurocentrically educated from, relatively speaking, prestigious western universities, they share academic backgrounds and are similar if not identical career tracks or trajectories. It’s an integrationist trap.
Lady R: grandiloquence Israel: Script(What they have been saying in the media since the conflict started) BRICS: US first or get under our boot AGOA: Shut up ring This was word salad, the guy didn't say anything of substance. And is good at regurgitating what his superiors tell him to say.
Dr Mpofu was targeted in his questions, and the ambassador was calculated and measured in his responses. But one thing that stood out for me, was that America makes decisions with US interests first. Which is a good and admirable display of patriotism. Though South Africa can sometimes do the same, its lack of power and identity makes it move with the current which is energized by the powerful. South Africa needs to also strive for a patriotic identity, by focusing on creating a stong and undivided South African identity. This could help anchor policy making and individual patriotism to the core values of a truly diverse S.A.
National identity is something that is lacking, I agree. We have a tendency to support countries first, then make justifications afterwards. I think our identity should be one that transcends the spoken and public. Unity and equality for all.
South Africa supports China, yet China decimated all South African industries and took all the jobs to China. South African foreign relations are led by anti Western ideologues. Not by pragmatists doing what is in the interests of South Africa.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious, so said Oscar Wilde. When a scholar with a PhD. relentlessly defends "own affairs" mentality, ideals diamatrically against building bridges between people based on facts, not politics, then the education has failed dismally.
It was cost South Africa my friend. For example the bank you use is visa system and where is that US. All the smart technologies you use where is it control is the us
@@derosime That is not the only system, plus the countries in the west need us more, if only you people would grow a pair and be more confident in yourselves.
@ Ask France. They have just learned that they need Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Senegal more than those countries need them, after those countries said no more dirt cheap minerals for you, and no IMF we do not need loans from you, we have paid off our debt with our minerals and we call the shots now🤷🏽♀️ They all need Africa more than Africa needs them, in reality. They just have big guns and bribes that they have used to keep Africa suffering silently while they fed you guys all of Africa’s wealth at Africans’ expense. If South Africa says no more uranium, gold, diamonds and all the many precious metals they help themselves to while dangling AGOA and PEPFAR what do you think will happen? Eish, please think.
@@farzana6676The US and most of the West need all of Africa in their pockets. If one breaks, we can all break. And they can't survive a day without African resources
My sentiments exactly; thus, my other comments posted regarding this interview. Africanity or blackness transcends pigmentation or one’s phenotype. It is rather an ideology, preferably one that is pan-Africanist in nature in the tradition of Biko and Robert Sobukwe.
Great job DR Mphofu great interview, even though it felt like you're interviewing a robot i still wish to know which training they undergo for them to be selected to be ambassadors coz you can tell from his responses ukuthi they didn't just pick any guy who is a son of a politician
as infuriated as I was at some point with Reuben, I respect his ability to stand by his truth. He is unapologetic and clear on who's interests he represents. I believe he has fair intentions in mind. Thank you Sizwe for another excellent piece of work!
Is it the truth (when it clearly was a blatant lie). It's more like his opinion and the brief he was mandated to promoted! The US is mostly never about the truth but their point of view! Truth is usually far from this view!
@@MBReader410 The same US diplomats that gave us WMDs in Iraq, the same who laid waste to Libya. If a boy cries wolf and you never get to see the wolf then it means for us to believe them they have to have something substantive. The US is responsible for most of the bad in this world. Remember they are the only country to have used nuclear weapons on a country that was on the verge of surrender!
@@MBReader410 We don't deal with assumptions especially regarding something this serious! Did the Ukranians ever report finding SANDF ammo over there? We can't listen to speculation and heresay- that's bartalk which shouldn't be the preserve of diplomatic corps. Speculationis very dangerous especially given the history of US justification in their forever wars!
Hey Sizwe. Honestly your platform is really great man, we disagree on alot of political ideologies but its clear you also want a better SA for all of us same like me. Wonder if you would get more conservative SA "podcasters" or "youtubers" on your platform to engage in meaningful discussions/debates. besides that merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family❤
great interview, the Ambassador was very measured and didnt actually answer on the BRICS question. without getting my village bombed for saying more😂....you did very well and asked the best questions 👌dope episode
WOW, I wasn't expecting this, quite amazing. I will not lie. He still rubs me the wrong way. That Lady R incident still remains one of the key issues that makes me dislike this dude. I found him to be very impulsive and overbearing. So glad he will be replaced. I, for one, will not miss him, and I look forward to his replacement.
Sadly, your most insipid disappointing interview yet Sizwe. 1. America has supplied israel with all their weapons used against the Palestinians. Yet you meekly accept his assertion that the USA is close to RSA in policy !? 2. The USA orchestrated the proxy war in Ukraine, yet barely a question why ? I would encourage you to listen more to Prof Jeff Sachs, arguably the doyen of international geopolitics and social development.
SithiHalala Hlubi Halala for a job well done. Thank you for having the layered conversations and asking the urgent questions. Your ability to dissect complex issues/topics for South Africa's next generation whether they have a deep political interest or not is excellent. Siyabonga as your viewers. Camagu
Im very disappointed in the channel knowing very well the abuse the American Government inflicts on us. There is no point in this conversation being held.
This interview is a clear indication of just how tone-deaf the USA is. The hegemony of the US is clearly collapsing right in front of our eyes! And yet every second sentence that this ambassador says is all about the interest of America! The world is rapidly changing.
Lol, it's literally his job to represent the interests of America. That's the primary role of an Ambassador. And one will always be hated when they are on the top. That's natural. It's envy.
@farzana6676 of course his job is to represent his country! But his diplomacy is as dry as biltong! Even his mannerisms, DRY! The US has nothing to offer... All of this is just a futile retaliation to the global East! Geopolitics are rapidly changing, and the way you engage with developing nations cannot be the same as when you viewed them as a colony.
@@farzana6676 of course I know what an ambassadorial role is! However I said they are tone deaf because the global stage is rapidly changing. America will not be at the top anymore. Their super power is falling, and this ambassador has nothing to offer accept his diplomacy that is as dry as biltong.
@@mnqobintombela1302 Lmao, so what if the global stage is rapidly changing? American interests still remain the same. The global stage is always rapidly changing. It was rapidly changing post WW2 as well, when the Soviets were gaining in power or during the 80's and 90's when Japan was rising. It sounds like there's something particular you want him to say which he is not saying. You want to control his speech as well.
@@farzana6676 by American interests remaining the same, you mean global domination? And if so, do u think that will remain unchanged in the next 50 years?
When Zuma talked about young people going to military training after matric some made noise but listening to this scammer you can tell he learned being an agent there
@@siyabongapooe5029 I love Sizwe. But this isna questable ambassador. The last ambassador we need from America, who cares oddly about what can still be milked out of South Africa.
@williamgeorge8383 I really agree with you on this William, I dislike him for the Lady R incident, his behavior was very unprofessional, that will forever put a stain on his image, but because he is American he was never held accountable, they just quietly ignored the comments. He didn't even issue a public apology.
I could never have guessed in a million years that this person is an academic. Academia has betrayed us and our world. Why is he so naive? I’d like to read his doctoral thesis to understand his focus and how we ended up here. This interview feels very misleading, as it seems aimed at showcasing only his bright side while silencing the darker truths. Academia has sold us out, and yet you act as though everything is fine while we suffer and are denied the real truth.
Trucks from military supply depots in SA arrived in Simons Town with supplies that were loaded onto the ship. After Simons Town the ship went to Mozambique and then Sudan. Just before the conflict broke out there. A known supply ship for Wagner Russian mercenaries. People with half a brain can figure out the reality and who may have profited from the transaction.
You are not an organization Podcast as they say, you are not Podcast racing to anyone kodwa uhamba wedwa Dokotela kulomkhakha... SpreadTheFire as always #AYEYE🔥
😂😂😂he just said he left the relationship stronger than he found it? South Africans campaigned to have him returned. That's American confidence for you. Gotta love him.
@limpopoRiver wrong, not all. There are many in places like Cape Town and Johannesburg that are happy with his work in calling out South African hypocrisy.
I don't trust Black Americans now that they're being used to conduct U.S government secret projects here in South Africa 🇿🇦 They're spies ... even in the United States of America you get Black Americans Americans infiltrating liberation movements and internally operate as they're instructed by their oppressors.
Another great video Doc. Mpofu. The grand goal should be parity with News 24. Rogen has 15 million viewers, and I feel you can match it within your lifetime. The world needs critical thinkers now more than ever
It is draining me to listen to a sick narrow minded US policy towards our country and Palestine. All we need in this country is to have a leader with enough balls to be frank about this thing we share with the USA. it's not a relationship but rather a "situationship", when it comes to policy, we are just tolerating each other.
Swize you sre the star, you are the King of Podcast, Well done to you on our behalf my champ, what a great interview with US Ambassador. Juju, hope you are watching, me & Sizwe have aimed for the moon n we are not far the, having completed 99.9% of the mile❤
American diplomats literally are given one script and they have mastered the art of keeping to the same script 😳
Honestly Sizwe, some people don't deserve the airtime you are giving them. This guy made his stance clear but we are here spending data watching him coz we are in support of you.
5:45 Henry Kissinger was a war criminal... Keep that in mind when you hear a 'diplomat' hold Kissinger in high regard.
@@guillaumecabano33 precisely what I thought when I heard him reference him. HIM of all people 😂. Completely detached from reality.
most of em are
Based reference whether or not he was a bad dude. Whether or not it was justified whether or not you like him, that dude needs to be referenced
I had to stop watching, can't believe that he quoted someone (with a straight face) who is objectively.... I'll stop there
Him and Paul wolfwitz
SMWX is in Charge.❤
Professor hitting us with those CNN answers mixed with CIA deployee
What a king
😂😂😂
Professor is king😂
gotta respect his resolve and clarity. wish we had more representatives of his caliber, as SA.
As an ambassador, its your job to give CNN answer. No matter what country your are from, no matter the ideology of your ruling party, no matter your own ideology
😂😂😂😂
Not even sure if I should listen to this. I will leave it for January, i don't want to spoil my December mood.
@@ronm4385 Exactly, isn't this the same guy who lied about South Africa supplying weapons to Russia?
@@freeross371Same question I asked myself.
@freeross371 Yep, that's the man. The one and only
I feel you.
😂😂 you don't have to watch it. We watched it for you. There's nothing to see.
AGOA is gone. Brics is the new kid in the block. We are not deterred by America's threats of their 100% tariffs withdrawal.
A wise man once said; 'never put all your eggs in one basket'.
I was listening to the president the other day responding to Trump's tariff threats against BRICS+ nations. His point of view as he was talking wasn't from the BRICS+, he was responding on behalf of only RSA.
BRICS is a fever dream of a Goldman Sachs executive. It's really just a vehicle for Russian and Chinese imperialism, South Africa is being a useful idiot to enable it and as a way for us to express our anti-Western prejudice.
@@gcinanomela6772yeah but SA is part of BRICS and tariffs will affect us also.
@@jabulani76christopher; American is not the only country that has huge land mass with rich population
I truly believe this guy said one important thing " I represent the interests of America and South Africans must represent the interests of South Africa"
We dont have that "culturally" as a citizenship. Its like we always waiting for approval from some unknown big brother who enjoys seeing unemployment and crime rise. Until we have citizens who love SA more than they love the money they get bribed with we cooked
Powerful words from a real san!
If only they could do so without interfering and without being disruptive…that would be awesome. After all being an ambassador is not about you setting the agenda in the country you’re sent to. It’s about taking care of your people and whatever else your country has in that country. Internal affairs are not in the Geneva job description.
@@Ntuthu-ZAyou have it twisted. The ambassador is an extension of his/her head of state. Their role is to push the foreign policy of their country.
“What happens abroad affects people at home, and what happens at home affects the world. That's why foreign policy-national policies advancing interests outside a country’s borders, and domestic policy - national policies advancing interests within a country’s borders are often deeply connected. In fact, drawing a clear line between domestic and foreign policy is sometimes impossible. The close relationship between the two policy areas means that policymakers need to critically assess decisions about foreign affairs while also considering the impacts on domestic issues, and vice versa.”
@
Okay, if you say so.
Is this from a US document?
Have you studied international relations?
Have you been or are you a diplomat?
@@Ntuthu-ZAhe doesn’t have to. What was explained between the dialectics between the domestic and foreign are self-evident geopolitically. The symbiotic relationship between the two is very personal to all us wherever we may be globally. Thus, the saying that personal is political and vice versa.
The ambassador is just giving bot answers
@artc_za maybe his got the Elon Musk chip in his head 🤔
He's as slippery as Zuckerberg
Very American of him😂😂😂😂
He is a bot with no soul
I think the Professor perfectly represents the position and interest of America. He regurgitates the precise points he has been deployed to do and that asserts my disagreement and dislike for the American Government as relates to international relations.
@@azizwane760 exactly my thoughts
@azizwane760 What points did you expect him to regurgitate? Points that are odds with his own government? Then you will attack him for inconsistency 😂
@farzana6676 I expect someone who is a professor to have the ability to think critically and use his expertise to contextualise challenges his government is facing and respond accordingly as an INDIVIDUAL. He is an Ambassador not a choirboy
@@azizwane760 And on what basis do you claim he isn't thinking critically? You are making an assumption that he doesn't personally hold the views that he is espousing.
That's a problem on your part, not the Ambassadors.
@@azizwane760 ambassador - “a person who represents, speaks for, or advertises a particular organization, group of people, activity, or brand. He does not take a position. He represents those who sent him & has to stick to the brief.” That is true of all diplomats. The job is exactly what it says on the tin. When foreign policy changes the talking points will change too.
Typical American attitude.
Very botty😂😂😂
What exactly are the interests of America in South Africa?
@@lesmok1341 money
control, minerals…
Maintain Neo Liberal economic policy ; and control our international solidarity with other non western nations
@@luciossithole5487 nailed it
Perfect supply chain of rear earth minerals.
You didn't ask him why he chooses to dress like The Nutty Professor. Eddie Murphy would be proud!
😂😂😂
Don't be that person, please.
@@ituC1008she already is unfortunately 😂😂😂
@@molokomoloko5099 She's wrong, thinking it doesn't mean you have to say it sometimes.😂😂😂
😂SA's best critics attire will never be left unchallenged
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9:49 lol very dismissive on the Lady R question and usually signals “you know you didn’t do right” but I’m glad you asked him straight out.👏🏽 …Nah he must leave our shores this one.
Keep up the good job Doc and spread the fire
And no more black ambassadors. They’re bad news. South Africa has yet to recover from his predecessor’s meddling.
Trump is sending a new, and even more aggressive Ambassador 😂
@farzana6676 Better than those who keep sizzling just to end up biting us. That's y I like Afrikaaners more. Just saying 😂😂😂😂
You are the Goat of political media. I'm happy and inspired. And I'm recruiting others to subscribe to this channel.
Well done Sizwe getting the USA Ambassador on your show
Great interview and great podcast
I don’t think Sizwe pushed him enough particularly when Brigety tried downplay the fundamental difference between US’s and SA’s policies towards Israel! It was more than the US being complicit in the the genocide in Gaza. The US is funding Israel with US taxpayers’ wages at a cost of, at minimum, $3.8 billion a year. Besides, not to mention that SA took Israel to the ICJ.
He must never come back
Hahaha
Sizwe's podcast shows why it is important to allow young people to lead. Its so refreshing, and I'm sure there are more out there who can do great things if given a chance.
He was Afraid to ask Clear questions 🚮
@@soshicryp8978Agree! Sizwe too can easily identify with Brigety as they are both Eurocentrically educated from, relatively speaking, prestigious western universities, they share academic backgrounds and are similar if not identical career tracks or trajectories. It’s an integrationist trap.
We're going international now 🔥🔥
Lady R: grandiloquence
Israel: Script(What they have been saying in the media since the conflict started)
BRICS: US first or get under our boot
AGOA: Shut up ring
This was word salad, the guy didn't say anything of substance. And is good at regurgitating what his superiors tell him to say.
Dr Mpofu was targeted in his questions, and the ambassador was calculated and measured in his responses. But one thing that stood out for me, was that America makes decisions with US interests first. Which is a good and admirable display of patriotism. Though South Africa can sometimes do the same, its lack of power and identity makes it move with the current which is energized by the powerful. South Africa needs to also strive for a patriotic identity, by focusing on creating a stong and undivided South African identity. This could help anchor policy making and individual patriotism to the core values of a truly diverse S.A.
National identity is something that is lacking, I agree. We have a tendency to support countries first, then make justifications afterwards. I think our identity should be one that transcends the spoken and public.
Unity and equality for all.
Couldn’t have said it better. Absolutely spot on!
Wa bona sekgoa, I've been trying to type this but words were not coming together.
Thank you, nailed it on the head🎯
South Africa supports China, yet China decimated all South African industries and took all the jobs to China.
South African foreign relations are led by anti Western ideologues. Not by pragmatists doing what is in the interests of South Africa.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious, so said Oscar Wilde. When a scholar with a PhD. relentlessly defends "own affairs" mentality, ideals diamatrically against building bridges between people based on facts, not politics, then the education has failed dismally.
Poignant!
SMWX is Cruising📈📈🔥
This Brigerty dude was supposed to be expelled immidiately, he was liability at that moment, SA tolerates nonsense!
It was cost South Africa my friend. For example the bank you use is visa system and where is that US. All the smart technologies you use where is it control is the us
@@derosime That is not the only system, plus the countries in the west need us more, if only you people would grow a pair and be more confident in yourselves.
@@Ntuthu-ZA Loool, the USA does not need South Africa more 😂😂😂
@ Ask France. They have just learned that they need Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Senegal more than those countries need them, after those countries said no more dirt cheap minerals for you, and no IMF we do not need loans from you, we have paid off our debt with our minerals and we call the shots now🤷🏽♀️
They all need Africa more than Africa needs them, in reality. They just have big guns and bribes that they have used to keep Africa suffering silently while they fed you guys all of Africa’s wealth at Africans’ expense.
If South Africa says no more uranium, gold, diamonds and all the many precious metals they help themselves to while dangling AGOA and PEPFAR what do you think will happen?
Eish, please think.
@@farzana6676The US and most of the West need all of Africa in their pockets. If one breaks, we can all break. And they can't survive a day without African resources
We are international Ayeye, thanks Dr Mpofu. I regard you as my distant mentor. Inspired by the way you doing things.
🙌🏽🙌🏽
Outgoing his opinion means nothing
I'd love to leave this Steve Biko quote here:
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
My sentiments exactly; thus, my other comments posted regarding this interview. Africanity or blackness transcends pigmentation or one’s phenotype. It is rather an ideology, preferably one that is pan-Africanist in nature in the tradition of Biko and Robert Sobukwe.
The good Dr is not playing, he's Spreading the Fire
Siz man, keep on keeping on.
I think .a knew person must take over the power in south Africa' and remove ' Ramaphosa' with his foreighners fighters'we dont need them here"
Your podcast, SMWX is showing mainstream media how it's done and i wish you Dr Mphofu a greatest journey ever.
well done sir and your team
An interesting & much needed conversation at a very critical point & time in the world. Ayeye SMWX Ayeye 🔥🔥🔥
Great job DR Mphofu great interview, even though it felt like you're interviewing a robot i still wish to know which training they undergo for them to be selected to be ambassadors coz you can tell from his responses ukuthi they didn't just pick any guy who is a son of a politician
Former military
Intelligence
Other alphabet
Served in the US Navy, served in the Pentagon, Phd in International Relations. Head of department at an American university.
Shoutout to Sizwe! I have no idea how you manage it, but the caliber of your guests lately has been absolutely outstanding!
Ukude Sizwe sani. Malema must be chopping onions. I like him as a focused Leader and Nationaly i did give his party my vote.
as infuriated as I was at some point with Reuben, I respect his ability to stand by his truth. He is unapologetic and clear on who's interests he represents.
I believe he has fair intentions in mind.
Thank you Sizwe for another excellent piece of work!
Is it the truth (when it clearly was a blatant lie). It's more like his opinion and the brief he was mandated to promoted! The US is mostly never about the truth but their point of view! Truth is usually far from this view!
So you think on balance of probability Lady R was visiting to pick up some food and drink?
@@MBReader410 The same US diplomats that gave us WMDs in Iraq, the same who laid waste to Libya. If a boy cries wolf and you never get to see the wolf then it means for us to believe them they have to have something substantive. The US is responsible for most of the bad in this world. Remember they are the only country to have used nuclear weapons on a country that was on the verge of surrender!
@@MBReader410 We don't deal with assumptions especially regarding something this serious! Did the Ukranians ever report finding SANDF ammo over there? We can't listen to speculation and heresay- that's bartalk which shouldn't be the preserve of diplomatic corps. Speculationis very dangerous especially given the history of US justification in their forever wars!
@@ignasiodondo3396 Lol, I suppose only you are the arbiter of all truths.
I wonder if our ambassadors know whose interests they serve?
The Ambassor is in a 'Sunken place'
yep getout vibes
This is the fire worth spreading 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hey Sizwe. Honestly your platform is really great man, we disagree on alot of political ideologies but its clear you also want a better SA for all of us same like me. Wonder if you would get more conservative SA "podcasters" or "youtubers" on your platform to engage in meaningful discussions/debates. besides that merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family❤
Yhooo Gqirha wam!!! You are on fire....
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The "MK" party is doing great
Gwaza Mkhonto!!
I just find it interesting how Sizwe phrases his questions
My mouth dropped when i saw the title
SMWX to the world !!
Luv your shirt Sizwe
Very imfomative as always. Spread the fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 thaks to ayeye podcast without you we feel so empty
great interview, the Ambassador was very measured and didnt actually answer on the BRICS question. without getting my village bombed for saying more😂....you did very well and asked the best questions 👌dope episode
I was already here before Dr Sizwe and all my peeps. Lets go...😂
Once Western diplomats choose your platform, just know that they view you as someone they can control in the future.
Respect the community guidelines but cuff this ninja
WOW, I wasn't expecting this, quite amazing. I will not lie. He still rubs me the wrong way. That Lady R incident still remains one of the key issues that makes me dislike this dude. I found him to be very impulsive and overbearing. So glad he will be replaced. I, for one, will not miss him, and I look forward to his replacement.
I'm not holding my breath with these ones. We might get worse
Sadly, your most insipid disappointing interview yet Sizwe.
1. America has supplied israel with all their weapons used against the Palestinians. Yet you meekly accept his assertion that the USA is close to RSA in policy !?
2. The USA orchestrated the proxy war in Ukraine, yet barely a question why ?
I would encourage you to listen more to Prof Jeff Sachs, arguably the doyen of international geopolitics and social development.
SithiHalala Hlubi Halala for a job well done. Thank you for having the layered conversations and asking the urgent questions. Your ability to dissect complex issues/topics for South Africa's next generation whether they have a deep political interest or not is excellent. Siyabonga as your viewers. Camagu
Thanks!
Im very disappointed in the channel knowing very well the abuse the American Government inflicts on us. There is no point in this conversation being held.
The quality of the audio doctor!!! You audio engineer is doing rhe things in this regard
I thought our American diplomat was going to speak from the heart, I guess my expectations were too high! Thanks SMWX!
Didn't this clown tweet that he had resigned and was going back to the US?
This interview is a clear indication of just how tone-deaf the USA is. The hegemony of the US is clearly collapsing right in front of our eyes! And yet every second sentence that this ambassador says is all about the interest of America! The world is rapidly changing.
Lol, it's literally his job to represent the interests of America. That's the primary role of an Ambassador.
And one will always be hated when they are on the top. That's natural. It's envy.
@farzana6676 of course his job is to represent his country! But his diplomacy is as dry as biltong! Even his mannerisms, DRY! The US has nothing to offer... All of this is just a futile retaliation to the global East! Geopolitics are rapidly changing, and the way you engage with developing nations cannot be the same as when you viewed them as a colony.
@@farzana6676 of course I know what an ambassadorial role is! However I said they are tone deaf because the global stage is rapidly changing. America will not be at the top anymore. Their super power is falling, and this ambassador has nothing to offer accept his diplomacy that is as dry as biltong.
@@mnqobintombela1302 Lmao, so what if the global stage is rapidly changing? American interests still remain the same. The global stage is always rapidly changing. It was rapidly changing post WW2 as well, when the Soviets were gaining in power or during the 80's and 90's when Japan was rising.
It sounds like there's something particular you want him to say which he is not saying. You want to control his speech as well.
@@farzana6676 by American interests remaining the same, you mean global domination? And if so, do u think that will remain unchanged in the next 50 years?
When Zuma talked about young people going to military training after matric some made noise but listening to this scammer you can tell he learned being an agent there
i feel like Sizwe needed to challenge this guy more
nice. you forgot to ask him why he accused south africa of supplying russia with arms, did he realise the impact of that perspective
I did-that’s the Lady R question. The ship was called ‘Lady R’.
Very revealing discussion about the "Anti-US" messaging that the ambassador is sending to his country. This has been the theme of his tenure.
YERRRR you obtained an interview with THE AMBASSADOR???🔥🔥🔥
@@siyabongapooe5029 I love Sizwe. But this isna questable ambassador. The last ambassador we need from America, who cares oddly about what can still be milked out of South Africa.
@williamgeorge8383 I really agree with you on this William, I dislike him for the Lady R incident, his behavior was very unprofessional, that will forever put a stain on his image, but because he is American he was never held accountable, they just quietly ignored the comments. He didn't even issue a public apology.
Wow. This show 🙆🏿♂️
SMWX AYE YE 🔥 🔥 🔥
US SA relations can't and won't improve. It's not SA but the both the global South and BRICS rising
I could never have guessed in a million years that this person is an academic. Academia has betrayed us and our world. Why is he so naive? I’d like to read his doctoral thesis to understand his focus and how we ended up here. This interview feels very misleading, as it seems aimed at showcasing only his bright side while silencing the darker truths. Academia has sold us out, and yet you act as though everything is fine while we suffer and are denied the real truth.
I don't trust the ambassador since he lied about Russian shipment
There is no evidence that he lied. Only a very suspect SA government report that was kept secret.
Trucks from military supply depots in SA arrived in Simons Town with supplies that were loaded onto the ship. After Simons Town the ship went to Mozambique and then Sudan. Just before the conflict broke out there. A known supply ship for Wagner Russian mercenaries. People with half a brain can figure out the reality and who may have profited from the transaction.
None of your factional myopic political detractors dare dim your light, let alone quench the fire!
Sizwe you always deliver substance.
SMWX is boss! Nevermind the naysayers peddling information dissonance
9:41 just say you lied about lady R and you were pushing DA agenda
Ayeye spread the fire... Hhayi wenza kakhulu manje 🌹🌹🌹🙌
Don't trust the ambassador
Ok brother ambassador
Wow thanks the show keeps on growing mr Jr Mpofu❤❤❤🎉
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Good interview and answers
You are not an organization Podcast as they say, you are not Podcast racing to anyone kodwa uhamba wedwa Dokotela kulomkhakha...
SpreadTheFire as always
#AYEYE🔥
The russian ship "Lady R ship" had no weapons
This guy is an idiot for saying it had weapons
No evidence proving what you are saying.
You should have asked him about what Mandela's statement that if two neighboring countries are fighting you must know america visited one.
😂😂😂he just said he left the relationship stronger than he found it? South Africans campaigned to have him returned. That's American confidence for you. Gotta love him.
Some Zuma aligned South Africans are campaigning to have him removed. Not all South Africans.
@@arkuis all south africans want him gone!!!
@@SikiDlanga self-deception, not confidence. He knows he did not make friends with the general public.
@limpopoRiver wrong, not all. There are many in places like Cape Town and Johannesburg that are happy with his work in calling out South African hypocrisy.
@@arkuisNah,,,not many only 5million white people out of 60million,,if 5mil is many to you,,aii I don't know...
Thanks for alternative voices. A few months back you had the former Dirco minister. Good to bring the ambassador. Ayeye. Keep up the good coverage.
our master chef always cooking the best👨🍳😎🥳 big ups to you and the crew
This man abused our hospitality.
I don't trust Black Americans now that they're being used to conduct U.S government secret projects here in South Africa 🇿🇦 They're spies ... even in the United States of America you get Black Americans Americans infiltrating liberation movements and internally operate as they're instructed by their oppressors.
My mans got an Ambassador NAH SMWX is major 😭😭
Is this ambassador not the one that ones said he bet his life South Africa transported Weapons to Russia with the Lady R?
Lom didi lo. Come here and talk to us like children. I cant stand this dude.
Another great video Doc. Mpofu. The grand goal should be parity with News 24. Rogen has 15 million viewers, and I feel you can match it within your lifetime. The world needs critical thinkers now more than ever
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This guy's a robot.
Sizwe, my brother. Keep on building.
It is draining me to listen to a sick narrow minded US policy towards our country and Palestine. All we need in this country is to have a leader with enough balls to be frank about this thing we share with the USA. it's not a relationship but rather a "situationship", when it comes to policy, we are just tolerating each other.
Ayeye🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Doctor
Wow I didn't see this coming ❤❤
This this channel delivers... AYEYE
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Always excited for Smwx really hope that I get an opportunity to be a member🎉
Swize you sre the star, you are the King of Podcast, Well done to you on our behalf my champ, what a great interview with US Ambassador. Juju, hope you are watching, me & Sizwe have aimed for the moon n we are not far the, having completed 99.9% of the mile❤
Thank you for this let me Listen then critique if needed.