South African businessman Rob Hersov has a message for all South Africans.
In a video on his new YouTube channel Rob Hersov – The Unvarnished Fact this week, Hersov had a virtually nine-minute lengthy message to South Africans within the wake of the information that the USA authorities has a listing of over 40 SA politicians and radical ideologues – every of them into account for focused sanctions.
On the time of publishing, the video had been considered over 310 000 occasions.
Click on HERE to view the video wherein Hersov particulars the seriousness of those sanctions and what they imply for these politicians affected.
Help their ‘adversaries’
As reported by The South African web site, officers in the USA Congress have launched a invoice to sanction senior South African authorities and ANC officers who assist their “adversaries”.
Congressman Ronny Jackson unveiled the US-South Africa Bilateral Relations Assessment Act of 2025, a big legislative proposal to reevaluate the bilateral relationship between the USA (US) and South Africa.
The invoice mandates a complete assessment to determine South African authorities officers and leaders of the African Nationwide Congress (ANC) who could also be topic to sanctions for his or her alleged assist of American adversaries similar to China, Russia and Iran.
In a press launch, Jackson accused South Africa of undermining US overseas coverage.
“South Africa has openly deserted its relationship with the USA to align with China, Russia, Iran, and terrorist organisations, a betrayal that calls for severe penalties,” he said.
The congressman emphasised that the laws goals to carry corrupt officers accountable whereas making certain Congress conducts a radical assessment of what he termed a supposed “ally.”
If handed, the invoice would bolster President Donald Trump’s overseas coverage agenda by permitting him to impose sanctions on corrupt or uncooperative South African officers.
“The period of governments undermining American pursuits with out repercussions ends now,” Jackson declared.
Co-sponsoring the invoice, Rep. John James expressed delight in supporting the laws.
“This invoice builds on and strengthens my bipartisan laws from the final Congress – which efficiently handed the Home and helps President Trump’s Govt Order from February 7 addressing egregious actions of the Republic of South Africa.”
James and Jackson have each criticised the South African authorities and the ANC for constantly undermining US nationwide safety pursuits, primarily via their alignment with Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran, in addition to their pursuit of an anti-Israel agenda.
The members of Congress have pointed to interactions between the South African authorities and the Chinese language Communist Get together as notably troubling, accusing them of violating human rights and using economically coercive techniques globally, which they argue undermine South Africa’s democratic constitutional system.
Since Trump’s return to the White Home, his administration has taken a firmer stance on South Africa, emphasising a have to scrutinise its worldwide relationships and maintain accountable these collaborating with US adversaries.
Analysts have famous that the US’s concentrating on of South Africa displays a broader technique to counteract affect from rival powers in important areas.
What the invoice says
The invoice states that no later than 120 days after enactment, the President, in session with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall undergo the suitable congressional committees a labeled report together with:
- An inventory of senior South African authorities officers and ANC leaders that US the President determines have engaged in corruption or human rights abuses.
- The report may also embody an in depth rationalization describing the conduct forming the premise of the particular person’s inclusion on the checklist, and the anticipated timeline for sanctions.
The invoice states that the South African authorities’s overseas coverage actions have lengthy ceased to mirror its said stances of nonalignment, with it favouring Hamas, the Russian Federation and China.
It identifies eight key downside areas with the ANC and South Africa:
- The ANC’s insurance policies are inconsistent with South Africa’s said coverage of non-alignment in worldwide affairs.
- The South African Authorities has a historical past of siding with malign actors, together with Hamas, a United States-designated Overseas Terrorist Group and a proxy of the Iranian regime, and continues to pursue nearer ties with the Folks’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation.
- The South African Authorities’s continued assist of Hamas.
- Members of the South African authorities delivering “antisemitic and antiIsrael” statements and actions following the October 7 assaults by Hamas.
- The South African Authorities and the ANC preserve shut relations with the Russian Federation, which has been accused of perpetrating struggle crimes in Ukraine and indiscriminately undermining human rights.
- The South African Authorities’s interactions with the PRC Authorities and ANC interactions with the Chinese language Communist Get together (CCP), who’re committing gross violations of human rights within the Xinjiang province and implementing economically coercive techniques across the globe.
- The ANC-led South African Authorities’s historical past of considerably mismanaging a variety of state sources and sometimes being “confirmed incapable of successfully delivering public companies, threatening the South African folks and the South African economic system”.
- The latest feedback by former ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, describing President Trump as ‘‘excessive,’’ and characterising him as a white supremacist.
WHO IS ROB HERSOV?
Robert Basil Hersov, born on 9 October 1960 in Johannesburg, is a enterprise government and entrepreneur.
His grandfather, Bob Hersov, was the founding father of AngloVaal, considered one of Southern Africa’s largest mining and industrial firms.
His father, Basil Hersov, ran the corporate from 1973 to 2001.
The household offered AngloVaal within the Nineteen Nineties.
Rob Hersov serves as chairman and CEO (and founder) of Make investments Africa, Chairman and Accomplice (and founder) of African Capital Investments, and Chairman of the VistaJet Advisory Board.
Life course
His dad and mom are Basil Edward Hersov and Antoinette.
Hersov matriculated from Michaelhouse within the KwaZulu-Natal midlands.
In 1982 he studied on the College of Cape City and obtained a B.Bus.Sci diploma. In 1989 he obtained his MBA from Harvard Enterprise Faculty.
He started his profession at Goldman Sachs in New York after which turned head of the European media funding banking workforce at Morgan Stanley in London.
From 1989 to 1991 he was enterprise improvement supervisor at Information Company in New York for chairman Rupert Murdoch.
After this he turned a board member of the luxurious items firm Richemont SA, and likewise managed FilmNet.
He then turned CEO of Telepiu Srl in Milan, Italy’s largest pay-TV firm, belonging to the Mediaset media group, the place he was additionally a member of the board of administrators, till August 1997.
In 1999, he began his personal enterprise as an investor and entrepreneur. In September 1999, he co-founded Antfactory; in November 1999, he helped discovered Peoplenews.com.
Cape Winelands Airport
In 2021, he acquired Fisantekraal Airport, west of Durbanville, and renamed it “Cape Winelands Airport”.
He goals to develop it right into a vibrant airport and secondary hub for Cape City.
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