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The North Korean leader was accompanied by Kim Yong-chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the US, and by his sister Kim Yo-jong, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. North Korea appeals for food aid as regime cuts rations due to drought and sanctions Read more There was a report of a green and yellow train similar to one used in the past by Kim crossing into the Chinese border city of Dandong via a bridge. Kim’s overseas travel plans are routinely kept secret and it could take more than two days for the train to travel thousands of miles through China to Vietnam. The Trump-Kim meeting is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi. Vietnam’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday that Kim would pay an official goodwill visit to the country “in the coming days” in response to an invitation by the president Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng, who is also the general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party. In his meeting with Trump, Kim is expected to seek a US commitment for improved bilateral relations and partial sanctions relief while trying to minimise any concessions on his nuclear facilities and weapons. Kim wants to leverage his nuclear and missile programme for economic and security benefits, but doubts remains as to whether he is prepared to deal away an arsenal that he may see as his strongest guarantee of survival. North Korea maintaining more than a dozen missile launch sites, photos show Read more While North Korea has repeatedly demanded that the US take corresponding measures, including sanctions relief, Washington has called for more concrete steps from Pyongyang toward denuclearisation. Hanoi has been gearing up for the summit with heightened security. Trump expects to meet Kim Jong-un next year as nuclear talks stall Read more The Communist party’s Nhân Dân newspaper on Friday quoted the department of roads as saying the ban would first apply to trucks 10 tons or bigger, and vehicles with nine seats or more on the 170km (105-mile) stretch of highway from ??ng ??ng, the border town with China, to Hanoi from 7pm on Monday to 2pm on Tuesday, followed by a complete ban on Tuesday on all vehicles from 6am to 2pm.

The North Korean leader was accompanied by Kim Yong-chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the US, and by his sister Kim Yo-jong, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. North Korea appeals for food aid as regime cuts rations due to drought and sanctions Read more There was a report of a green and yellow train similar to one used in the past by Kim crossing into the Chinese border city of Dandong via a bridge. Kim’s overseas travel plans are routinely kept secret and it could take more than two days for the train to travel thousands of miles through China to Vietnam. The Trump-Kim meeting is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi. Vietnam’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday that Kim would pay an official goodwill visit to the country “in the coming days” in response to an invitation by the president Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng, who is also the general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party. In his meeting with Trump, Kim is expected to seek a US commitment for improved bilateral relations and partial sanctions relief while trying to minimise any concessions on his nuclear facilities and weapons. Kim wants to leverage his nuclear and missile programme for economic and security benefits, but doubts remains as to whether he is prepared to deal away an arsenal that he may see as his strongest guarantee of survival. North Korea maintaining more than a dozen missile launch sites, photos show Read more While North Korea has repeatedly demanded that the US take corresponding measures, including sanctions relief, Washington has called for more concrete steps from Pyongyang toward denuclearisation. Hanoi has been gearing up for the summit with heightened security. Trump expects to meet Kim Jong-un next year as nuclear talks stall Read more The Communist party’s Nhân Dân newspaper on Friday quoted the department of roads as saying the ban would first apply to trucks 10 tons or bigger, and vehicles with nine seats or more on the 170km (105-mile) stretch of highway from ??ng ??ng, the border town with China, to Hanoi from 7pm on Monday to 2pm on Tuesday, followed by a complete ban on Tuesday on all vehicles from 6am to 2pm.

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– Chris Bateman By Graham Sell* The appalling behaviour of ANC, EFF and UDM councillors in Nelson Mandela Bay’s council chamber on Thursday 29th March 2018 provides further irrefutable proof that once elected, politicians become a law unto themselves. South African politicians, however, top this list. In other words, 99.9% of South Africans earn less than most politicians throughout all levels of what we laughingly refer to as “Government”! Read also: Life in SA: Party politics trumps service delivery, every time – Graham Sell It is clear, at least to me, that South Africa’s Democracy (“A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.”) is a Unicorn – in other words it captivates our imagination but is nonetheless just a mythical fantasy. However, under the Proportional Representation electoral system, it is the party that selects National Assembly representatives – not us. What this really means is that when we cast our vote in National elections, we are also meekly surrendering any, and all power we might have to political party leaders. Align National/Provincial and Local Government Elections, all to be held simultaneously: Voting a party out at the National/Provincial level in 2019 will not change the status of that party at Municipal level – you will have to wait for the next Local Government elections in 2021 for that to happen. Reduce the terms of office at all levels of government from 5 years to 4 years: This, for me, is an obvious no-brainer. Removing these ineffective levels of government or increasing their powers to enable more effective governance needs to be carefully investigated. Graham Sell is author of the anti-PR blog Disconnected Democracy.