From Pretoria to the UN: How Naledi Pandor Became a Mouthpiece for Terror
Pandor is a dangerous ideological operator helping to smuggle terror-aligned narratives into the heart of Western diplomacy under cover of South-South solidarity.
Written By: Joshua Schewitz
Naledi Pandor, South Africa's former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, and the current Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Foundation has emerged as a chief ideological instrument for the Iran-Hamas axis within the UN and international judicial bodies.
Despite stepping down from her official role in May 2024, she continues to operate within the framework of the United Nations and with non-aligned actors with diplomatic clout under the guise of academic and NGO platforms.
Her track record of antisemitic rhetoric, overt solidarity with Hamas, deep ties to South Africa's radical Islamic clerical networks and proximity to Iranian state proxies, position her as a hostile to the West, ideological actor cloaked in "Global South" moralism.
Her upcoming UN appearance is not merely symbolic.
It is part of a broader push to launder terrorist-aligned narratives through institutional legitimacy, using South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel as cover. Pandor's upcoming UN appearance is part of a wider lawfare and soft-power insurgency.
From New York, Pandor flies to Washington DC, where on July 20, she is the keynote inciter at the Marriott Washington Dulles in Virginia, where they are set to host an event featuring Pandor—an open Hamas sympathizer who leads the ICC and ICJ campaigns against Israel and spreads anti-American, pro-terror propaganda.
*This event is expected to glorify terrorism, demonize Israel, and after two Israeli Diplomats were murdered earlier this year, she will endorse the terror attack with sarcastic and cynical remarks as she has been trained to do. This event is not simply a middle finger in the Trump administration's face but further endangers the Jewish community.
Perhaps Pandor is acting as a covert special Ramaphosa envoy for the missing in action Mcebisi Jonas who was denied diplomatic entry into the USA.
Additionally, she is expected to meet with Phillip van Niekerk, who is the editorial director of Scrolla Africa.
In a previous life, he spent 20 years as a journalist in South Africa, working as an Africa correspondent for the London Observer and Editor of the Mail & Guardian from 1996 to 2000.
Today, he is based in Washington DC, an alleged DIRCO agent and a Ramaphosa agent (some may call him a South African spy). Van Niekerk is shady, married 3 times, twice in Africa, and recently to a US woman. His affiliation to the late Jesse Duarte, Son Yusha, also in the USA is even more intriguing as Duarte was part of South Africa’s state security operation team some years ago and then was suddenly seen in the United States.
Van Niekerk is not only Ramaphosa’s private investigator in DC, but he is also his covert voice, alongside Redi Tlhabi, a daily critic of Israel and the United States via the South African Daily Maverick. The two delve into joint investigations about Iranian nuclear and military sites and they discuss Israel's motives, potential repercussions, and the United States' ambiguous role in these developments.
Their discussions also touch on domestic issues in the US, including Trump's controversial military parade on his birthday, the crackdown on immigrants in California, and increasing authoritarian tendencies under his administration.
One must ask what Pandor will discuss with Van Niekerk or what messages she will receive from him to take back to Ramaphosa.
While Pandor seeks to co-opt multilateral institutions to erode support for Israel in Western capitals, she has boots on the ground, suspiciously in Washington DC. Allegations that van Niekerk is a DIRCO agent should not be overlooked and perhaps warrant further investigation.
Her rhetoric includes amplifying claims of Israeli "genocide" and framing Hamas-aligned NGO voices as legitimate victims or civil society partners.
She is also part of the push to delegitimize Western democratic norms, painting them as "colonial," while defending tyrannical theocracies like Iran. Strategic Implications Naledi Pandor is not a harmless post-apartheid figurehead.
She is a dangerous ideological operator helping to smuggle terror-aligned narratives into the heart of Western diplomacy under cover of South-South solidarity.
She is one of the main figures in bringing and driving the ICJ case against Israel.
Her links to Hamas, Iran, South African Islamist clerical circles, and state-backed propaganda channels and radical activist groups make her a serious, not to be ignored, ideological threat.
Washington needs to know.
Joshua Schewitz is a researcher and analyst specializing in Africa and the Middle East, with a focus on security related-topics in addition to blockchain technology.
Remember how the said that mossad had trued to take her out, Now she's entering into the heartland of mossad. We saw how Mossad took out its foes. She doesn't warrant the time or the expense.
Nice article.