Honestly its rude to be invited by a country to meet their president who decided to respond to your criticisms of their administration only to not show up and go meet the opposition.
Being invided and then no showing shows complete disregard to basic diplomatic Etiquette since it was a mission to show solidarity against the embargo
Bonus socdems being cringe part 4.5: about another member that didnt show up to the presidential meeting
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Deeply unserious people
That's not communist that's just reactionary and chud talking points. I've lived there for my entire life as a "born free" (born after the end of apartheid which happened in 1994) , it is most definitely not as bad as apartheid. I've heard the stories from older people, the country is better now in many ways. South Africa is just a third world/global south country with those kind of problems. From corruption to crime to unemployment to failing state infrastructure.
Completely agree with you. It was such a shit take and that and their take on Hamas was the last straw, I left (sorta got kicked out). See response Nocturne Dragonite for more info. They legit see themselves as communists, but for practical purposes are shit. It really discouraged me for a while because them and a trotskyist group (sorry for sectarianism) with bad takes on AES and any actual existing anti imperialism were the only communist groups I could find in the whole area. Just horrible chauvinism all around.