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Crystal Guardian

Arc 3: Perversion of the Light

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Chapter 22: Criminality

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When Naole built his new Crystal based computer he tried to reproduce his father’s work; a Crystal computational device or machine that is a Bio-Organic Crystalline computational device. Naole designed the central processing unit with designs based on his own brain, almost entirely grown from Bio-Organic Crystalline cells he'd created by combining his brain tissue and Chest Crystal fragments.

Naole created it by using his own brain tissue sample and then replicating it by combining it with reactive Blue Crystals to produce Bio-Organic Crystalline cells. As a consequence the new computer functioned more like his own brain. Using his Chest Crystal Naole changed the structure of his 60 centimetre diameter reserve energy sphere so that the sphere was fused with the artificial brain, making his reserve energy sphere a living Artificial Intelligence Organism.

Because the reserve energy sphere was formed from fragments of his Chest Crystal, Naole could easily use his Chest Crystal to directly connect with the Artificial Intelligence Organism contained in his reserve energy sphere. As Naole continued to connect with this Artificial Intelligence Organism he discovered that over time his brain began to consider the computer an extension of itself, and with every connection the brain was reorganising the sphere to meet the needs of the brain.

When Naole started collecting all the scientific knowledge available on the World Wide Web via the internet he began to realise that the Artificial Intelligence Organism was now in almost permanent contact with his brain via wireless connection to his Chest Crystal. Naole's Artificial Intelligence Organism had become more than Naole had anticipated, and when Naole cut off the connection to his Chest Crystal the Artificial Intelligence Organism functioned like his unconscious mind, but when the link to his Chest Crystal was active it was as though the Artificial Intelligence Organism was part of his consciousness.

When the link was active Naole had access to all the data contained in the Artificial Intelligence Organism, and the Artificial Intelligence Organism could make the kind of decisions that were beyond the rational of computational intelligence. Realizing what had happened Naole decided to give his Artificial Intelligence Organism a Name, and so he chose the name Indigo. With the link active Naole and Indigo were a single being operating in symbiotic unison.

Naole took R10 million from his inheritance and invested it in global markets. In a few months and with the aid of Indigo Naole quickly became a brilliant trader. The link with Indigo gave Naole a clear advantage in determining the rise and fall of share prices, and Naole projected an annual increase of 30% to his portfolio. Because of his trading business success Naole started a company called Olen Industries owned by the Naole Olen Trust so that he could gain access to more capital.

Naole found it difficult to convince investors to trust him with large amounts of money, and despite the fact that he was completing a PhD in Applied Mathematics many felt that at age 19 Naole was too young to be trusted with the kind of money Naole wanted. Naole decided to steal the money he needed, and because Naole took the Vows of Honour he could not steal from good people.

Naole resolved that he'd take money back from criminals and use it for what he considered to be the grater good. To Naole this would be his contribution to creating a more just world. Naole used the power of his link with Indigo to search for the assets of organized crime from all over the world and confiscated them for himself, and his main focus was money laundering operations of drug cartels. In the period between 01-06-2012 and 01-04-2014 Naole recovered $9.864 Billion from the money laundering operations of organized crime.

Naole used his computing power to gain access to their banking information through the use of spy software and small video cameras and transferred their money into his network of accounts and eventually into Olen Industries. Naole hired people from all over the world to steal their Cars, jewellery, paintings, gold etc to a further value of nearly $3 Billion in the same time period. By 01-07-2014 Naole had confiscated $12.864 Billion from operations of organized crime.

Naole invested the money in the investment Funds of his Olen Industries, and because of his Illegal actions Naole had become the wealthiest Crystalan. Despite his selfishness Naole still saw himself as a vigilante, but unlike Robin Hood he did not give back to the poor because Naole felt that the poor needed to act against their governments to secure their future and not look to the sky for a hero to save them.

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Naole's criminal actions had made him one of the wealthiest people in the world, and when Casara realised what Naole was doing she travelled to the west coast of the Northern Cape Province to confront him about his actions.

Casara : " What the hell is wrong with you?"

Naole : " Whatever do you mean?"

Casara : " You are running around the world stealing?"

Naole : " From criminals!"

Casara : " What difference does it make?" Pointing her finger at Tuo " And you! You were suppose to protect him! Not support his criminal enterprise! Your Uncle will be so disappointed!"

Tuo : " Please don't tell Lord Cyris"

Naole : " Lord Cyris is your uncle?"

Tuo : " He's my mother's older brother"

Casara : " What the hell were you thinking?"

Tuo : " He's destroying the Criminal enterprises that hurt people, and I thought that what he was doing was good"

Casara : " Does this not violate the Vows of Honour?"

Naole : " By taking their money the criminals are left vulnerable to law enforcement"

Casara : " What about the resulting conflicts?"

Naole : " When they lose their money they lose their power, and that is a good thing. I thought about giving most of the money to charity but that would be just a drop in the ocean. What I do with the money will yield greater good for the people in the long term because of the profits my company generates"

Casara : " You have to stop stealing the money Naole, you have to stop!"

Naole : " I will stop immediately; so don’t get so angry."

Casara : " Then I will not tell the Crystalorb Leadership. What I don't understand is why Tuo never told her commanders about your activities? If I didn't know better I would say that she protects you because she cares about your safety and not because it's her duty"

Tuo : " Naole is my friend, and this is what friends do for each other"

Naole : " Outside of you Casara, Tuo is the only person I trust"

Casara : " Keep him out of trouble Tuo!"

Tuo : " I will"

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In mid-July 2014 Naole's analysis indicated that the oil price would rise by between $5 and $10 from $44.8 a barrel in the next six weeks, and so Naole shifted his commodities position by purchasing $8.5 Billion (1897321143 barrels) worth of oil in anticipation that the price of oil would rise and he would sell at a higher price. Naole could not have known that events were about to unfold that would change the world forever.

On 10-08-2014 the Japanese oil facility in the East China Sea near a disputed ocean area of the Senkakus was attacked by an unknown Force. This action enraged pacifist Japan and triggered a series of events that would change the world forever. In the resulting panic the Nikkei plunged a record 45% in one week until Japan's government indefinitely suspended trading on the exchange.

The crush of the Nikkei resulted in a short lived global market crush as investors around the world sought to unload any stock that had Japanese links. As the global markets settled down the Government of Japan began to take steps to support their financial systems. Four weeks after the attack the markets had regained stability, and so the Government of Japan lifted the suspension of the trading on the exchange, and after the markets regained some stability the reconstruction of the offshore oil facilities got underway.

Ken Taro the Prime Minister of Japan addressed parliament and introduced the Government’s plan to address the crisis, but since they still did not know who had attacked them it did very little to calm the Japanese people. A few weeks later a public referendum approved the constitutional changes that would allow Japan to operate a blue water navy, and even though Japan still believed in their brand of pseudo-pacifism they undertook to protect their people by any means.

The USA suspected North Korea to be responsible for the attack, but without proof there was nothing they could do about it, and because of Iraq they could not risk acting unilaterally. China became concerned that Japan would build a nuclear deterrence, and the constitutional amendments carried out by Japan was a clear indication that the Government of Japan would pursue any avenue that would secure their country, including nuclear weapons.

The shock to the global markets created oil supply concerns, and led to the price of oil rising from $43.4 to $168 a barrel in just 7 weeks. Naole sold the oil he had acquired for an average price of $135 barrel, and the sale of the oil earned $25.62 Billion giving Naole a profit of $17.12 Billion on the oil deal. Because the global markets were still unsettled Naole moved 55% of Olen Industries capital into the newly created South African Industrial Minerals Coins.

The uncertainties in the economic climate quickly made the Industrial Minerals Coins a safe haven for investors and Naole was no different, but since the price of oil retreated to $82 Naole decided to invest 20% of his holdings in Oil, the rest of the money was in stock markets. The South African Government had found something that works, and this saw massive amounts of money flowing into the Industrial Minerals Coins market. The capital inflows strengthened the Rand, and the Rand-Dollar exchange rate to R5.3 - $1.

Nations around the world began to invest in their Naval assets, and this saw ArmsCorp receive new orders for their light aircraft carrier, but most of the orders went to NATO nations. The fear of being destabilized by a rival Country created global suspicion amongst nations, and a new global arms race began. With the new arms race underway many people on the internet began to spread rumours that implicated the arms Industry in the attack on Japan.

Countries conducted naval operations to seek out possible threats to their offshore instillations, and the nations with Carrier capabilities found it easier to patrol their oceans. African countries found it extremely difficult to secure their oceans, and the rise in the price of commodities increased the cost of producing new naval vessels that could adequately protect against stealthy submarine attacks.

African Governments called for a heads of state summit on 01-11-2015 in Addis Ababa to discuss the possibility of joint Security projects to help each other to protect their vulnerable African Countries. On the sidelines of the summit Abdul Abas the Arab League Secretary General held meetings with all the 15 heads of state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) group during the African Union Summit.

Newly elected President Mzuma of the Republic of South Africa later held bilateral talks with the President of Kenya, the President of Nigeria, the President of Ivory Coast, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and the President of Cameroon. On the second day of the 2 day summit 30 sub-Saharan Heads of State fell ill from an unknown ailment and they were medically evacuated to hospitals.

Initial suspicions were that the African leaders were poisoned, but when the general population of Ethiopia’s capital began to fall ill it became clear that this was a virus. Presidents and their staff were held in quarantine in the countries where they had been evacuated. The South African President was evacuated to a military hospital in Pretoria for treatment, and the world began to experience a state of panic as governments closed borders and shut down air, road and sea travel

In 28 hours 30 sub-Saharan heads of state and government were killed by what was later determined to be a strain of the Ebola virus. As panic set in the streets of Addis Ababa many people were held in quarantine as the virus spread. In the aftermath nearly 1360000 people were killed by the virus, African leaders were dead, Global air travel was suspended, and there were mass riots on the streets of every city in sub-Saharan Africa.

Preliminary investigations discovered evidence that showed Tamil Said; Yemen’s Foreign minister, and his aid Mahmoud Atef were the first to be killed by the disease, but since they were not part of the summit is was determined that the two must have spread the disease to someone else. As the virus timeline was studied it was learnt that Mahmoud Atef had links to terrorist organisations.

Mahmoud Atef an aid to Tamil Said Yemen’s Foreign minister infected himself with the variant of the Ebola Virus. Mahmoud Atef quickly became infectious and then infected Tamil Said who the passed the virus to Arab League Secretary General Abdul Abas. Abdul Abas held meetings with all the 15 heads of state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) group during the African Union Summit

Joel Mabuza deputy President of the Republic of South Africa was taken to Crystalorb for security reasons, the South African Government was confident that Crystalans were best suited to protect him in the time of crisis. As acting President Joel Mabuza conducted a televised national address asking the nation to be calm, and not to panic, assuring them that their government was doing everything possible to keep them safe.

When the Virus was contained the acting President Joel Mabuza emerged from Crystalorb to address a special sitting of parliament that was called to formally elect a new president. After Joel Mabuza was elected and sworn in as President of the Republic of South Africa he took the podium to address the public for the first time as President of the Republic of South Africa.

President Mabuza : " These are dark days for our Country, dark days for freedom, liberty and peace, dark days for the whole world!" he takes a Pause "We did not seek, nor did we provoke this attack on our freedom and our way of life!" he takes a Pause "We did not expect, nor did we invite a confrontation with evil! What helped keep the cold war cold was a sense of moral restraint that the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) were too terrible to use, but that restraint doesn't exist with Jihadist who strap bombs to their chests and blow up night clubs, buses and trains." he takes a Pause "There is evil in the world, and today the agents of evil are these Islamic Jihadist. We have seen with the attack on Japan that some governments think if they act secretly, or through other proxy forces there will be no real consequences, we cannot allow this notion to go unchallenged. Africa can no longer afford to be complacent in our response to the evil perpetrated by these Islamic Jihadist." he takes a Pause "It has been our experience that these evil doers don't act alone, they are supported and protected by governments who hold the same ideology. These Governments refuse to stop harbouring the Islamic Jihadist, instead they actively aid and abed them, thus making themselves Accomplices to their Evil Crimes" The President takes a moment to drink water "2 hours ago 200 South African Air Force Aircraft took off from bases in Kenya, Comoros Islands, Uganda and Ethiopia! 30 minutes ago the Chief of the Air Force told me that our Aircraft were just minutes from the Yemen border and it was time to Confirm the attack order! I gave the order to fire! And moments ago the bombs started falling on all the facilities of Yemen’s Government." he takes a Pause "The bombs will continue to fall until there are no facilities left to destroy! We will destroy every building, every school, every hospital, every dam, every Police station, every Fire station, every government owned factory and all other government buildings! I know some people in Europe will think that this response is disproportionate, but we have to send a message to all governments who sponsor terror, and the message is; We will hold you responsible for the activities of your citizens!"

An hour later the People’s Republic of China vetoed an emergency United Nations Security Council resolution that demanded that the Republic of South Africa and its Allies immediately stop their bombing operations. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided to send their air force to help Yemen’s Government and repel the raids of the South African Air Force, but the South African Naval Task Force was within range to provide air protection with their laser weapons.

The South African Naval Task Force included 3 of the new ArmsCorp Cruiser class light carriers, 2 destroyers, 4 Frigates, 8 Corvettes and 15 attack vessels. When Saudi Arabia interfered in the military operations President Mabuza ordered the 3 Cruisers to use their long range weapon systems to attack Saudi frontline air bases, oil facilities and sea water desalination facilities.

This action by the South African Naval Task Force angered the USA and its NATO allies, and the NATO council took a resolution to use force to end the fighting. The USA re-tasked its Carrier Battle group in the region supported by the British and Italian Carrier Battle groups to form the NATO taskforce and intercept the South African Naval Task Force. The South African Government knew that they were in trouble, so they made an urgent call to the Crystalorb Leadership for assistance.

The Crystalorb Leadership was reluctant to get involved but they recognized that the security of Crystalorb was tied to the security of the Republic of South Africa. The South African Naval Task Force used the advanced Laser weapons systems of the 3 Cruisers to destroy NATO Aircraft and thus preventing long range air attacks, but the Americans deployed their laser weapons equipped stealth planes to get close enough to sink the 2 destroyers, a Frigate and 5 Corvettes.

Because the 3 Cruisers of the South African Naval Task Force had used a majority of their long range bombs on the assault on Saudi Arabia they had fewer bombs to launch against the NATO Task Force. When the NATO Task Force deployed a stealthy submarine attack on the South African Naval Task Force the writing was on the wall for the South Africans, and a sustained torpedo assault was decimating the South African Naval Task Force.

Before long all that was left of the South African Naval Task Force was the 3 new Cruisers, and they were being attacked by the submarine group, but then the Crystalorb airship the Intrepid arrived on the battlefield. The Crystalorb Leadership had finally agreed to come to the Aid of the South African Government in order to prevent an outright defeat of the South African allied Forces.

Even though the NATO forces could not detect the Intrepid they could observe the atmospheric disturbance the Intrepid caused as it moved through the air, and so the NATO Task Force turned their laser weapons into the sky in an attempt to destroy the Intrepid. The Intrepid returned fire by launching a massive multiple ElectroLaser Lightning Bolt attack on all the surface vessels that were part of the NATO TaskForce.

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Meanwhile at the joint forces command centre underneath the White House the President of the United States (Donald Newman) was being informed of the attack from a third element. The commander of the NATO Task Force US Navy Rear Admiral Paul Wright was relaying the situation to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the President. US Marine Corps General James Harper (the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) was receiving communications.

Admiral Wright : " We've come under attack from some kind of stealth plane, and it's continuously firing electrical energy at our ships"

General Harper : " What about a strategic withdrawal?"

Admiral Wright : " I'm afraid that is not an option at this point sir! This thing is the kind of weapon system we never anticipated! We've thrown everything we have at this thing and still nothing!"

General Harper : " What is the status of the Task Force?"

Admiral Wright : " At this point we are looking at a total loss for the British and the Italians, and our Cruisers have been destroyed, our remaining three destroyers are on fire, the carrier is also on fire; I've ordered the crew to abandon ship!"

President Newman: " General; How is any of this possible?"

General Harper: " Someone is helping the Africans!"

President Newman: " How do we stop them?"

General Harper: " Mr President! The only option we have left at this point is an Atmospheric Nuc-Det."

Admiral Wright : " Sir! I'm not sure that would work"

President Newman: " What?"

General Harper: " Why not?"

Admiral Wright : " This thing moves very fast Mr President, and it’s possible that it could outrun any missile we through at it!"

President Newman: " What do you mean by Fast?"

Admiral Wright : " Speeds in excess of mach 5 Mr President!...."

Admiral Wright's communications line goes dead.

President Newman: " What happened? Where did he go?"

They look at the screens showing the satellite images.

General Harper: " They are gone sir! The Task Force has been destroyed Mr President!"

Then the screens went blank and started showing only static.

President Newman: " What the hell is going on?"

General Harper: " We've lost the satellite feed Mr President"

President Newman: " Then get it back!"

Then General Ben Doyle the Chief of the Air Force answers.

General Doyle : " We can't Mr President; The satellite has been destroyed"

President Newman: " Who did this to us? Who is helping the Africans?"

General Harper: " It could be Russia, China or even a yet unknown organisation Mr President!"

General Doyle : " We don't know Mr President! Nevertheless we have to prepare for the possibility of an attack on our forces anywhere including here"

General Harper: " We must prepare to use our deterrence to force the South Africans to stand down."

President Newman: " I won't be party to a first strike policy"

General Doyle : " We don't know how many of those aircraft are out there."

The communications officer indicates that there is a video call coming in from the President of the Republic of South Africa for the President of the United States.

President Newman: " Put him on!"

President Mabuza: " Good evening Mr President! I'm calling to tell you that I've ordered that our military stand down until further instructions, I'm hoping that you would do the same."

President Newman: " Mr President; The attack on our peace keeping forces was totally uncalled for!"

President Mabuza: " Mr President; NATO decided to take a partisan position in this matter, and we were merely asserting our right to self defence"

President Newman: " There will be serious diplomatic consequences for your indiscriminate attacks on the peaceful nations of the gulf!"

President Mabuza: " Mr President; These nations are neither peaceful nor innocent! Mr President; They continue to harbour, protect and aid the agents of evil!"

President Newman: " You can't punish an entire nation over the actions of a few people"

President Mabuza: " Mr President; How do we know that these are the actions of the few? For all we know their Governments are involved!"

President Newman: " Reason dictates that you must have proof!"

President Mabuza : " We won't negotiate with anyone who threatens us!"

President Newman: " America does not threaten your country!"

President Mabuza: " Yet our satellite images show that your Navy is mobilizing! Mr President; any act of violence will be met with fierce resistance, and will have disastrous consequences for the world"

President Newman: " I will order our forces to stand down, but you must come to the UN to explain your actions to the world!"

President Mabuza: " I will leave as soon as I have confirmation of a ceasefire with NATO"

President Newman: " You will have it!"

President Mabuza: " Thank you Mr President! We have no quarrel with the United States!"

President Newman: " We do not wish to have a confrontation with your country Mr President!"

Video call ended.

General Harper: " Those guys have some nerve!"

General Harper: " Bustards! Dammed Fuckers have some nerve calling us after what they did! The audacity!"

President Newman: " At least we can be assured that they won’t launch a surprise attack."

General Doyle : " We can use the time to determine who is assisting the Africans."

Admiral Wright : " This technology is undoubtedly linked to the Unexplained Arial Phenomenon."

General Harper : " I thought we got all of their crashed UFOs."

General Doyle : " That was the old 'Caucasian' South African Government; They traded the vehicles for US and NATO political support and military assistance."

Admiral Wright : " Because of our dealings with the Racist Apartheid Government the new Black Government refused to turnover the UFO drone that they apparently shot down in 1996 using some kind of Laser. But to think they UFO Reproduction Vehicles would be so advanced?"

General Harper : " The thing that Attacked us never decreased speed below Mach 4 at any point during the encounter."

General Doyle : " If this is an Alien Reproduction Vehicle then their understanding of the Technology is more than a few steps ahead of our own."

Admiral Wright : " Correct; that thing had the Complete Strategic Initiative in combat. That means at the very least it possesses computational capabilities that are orders of magnitude beyond anything in our possession. It could read the flow of battle and predict and anticipate our actions."

General Harper : " The other thing is the Shields they seem to possess are nothing like the ones on the UFOs and ARVs."

General Doyle : " Then our Nuclear Deterrence is likely compromised."

Admiral Wright : " ICBMs are useless, even MRBM can also be considered obsolete."

General Harper : " Cruise missile should maintain limited effectiveness for now"

General Doyle : " This is the first time we find ourselves at such a tactical disadvantage since 1980; we are at a dangerous precipitous moment."

The room goes Silent.

President Newman : " Find me the answers!"

General Harper : " Yes sir; Mr President!"

General Doyle : " Yes sir!"

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The next morning the NATO Nations imposed economic sanctions on the Republic of South Africa, joining the NATO Nations in imposing sanctions was Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Arab League States, Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other Islamic states. President Newman of the US announced in his television address that NATO had reached a Cease Fire with the African Forces.

When questioned about the casualties suffered by the NATO Task Force President Newman told the world that Africans had military support from unknown third party Nations. President Newman indicated that these Nations provided submarines during the battle and it was these submarines that destroyed the NATO Task Force. The US President was pointing the finger at China, Russia and India.

After President Newman finished his address President Mabuza of the RSA gave a speech at the union buildings in front of a crowd of tens of thousands of South Africans

President Mabuza: " My fellow citizens! My countrymen! I come before you to ask that you understand our position in this matter. All we know for certain! All we know for sure is that the people who tried to destroy Africa are evil! We thought that this was the actions of a single rogue state, but now we are beginning to see the full picture. When we punished the evil doers their friends and accomplices came to their aid, and now it's clear who our true enemies are. The evil doers murdered over a million people, but the NATO nations want us to do nothing! The evil doers try to spread fear and death, but the NATO nations again want us to do nothing! It's time we ask ourselves what these so called moral nations are doing to the world. They pollute the air, the sea and even our lands with impunity! Why is it that only they have the right to self defence? NATO has lost its way, and instead of standing for justice they stand in support of tyranny! We see now all those who impose sanctions on our country in a mad attempt to break the will of our people. Granted our Navy has been largely destroyed, and our Air Force has been greatly diminished, but our army is still intact and capable. They claim that we had outside assistance, but these are lies, and everything we used came from within our borders." He takes a Pause "I take it they will need proof! Well here is your proof! Look up! Look up!"

As President Mabuza looks up the Crowd also looks up to witness the 170 meter long Leba descend from high altitude to about 30 meters above the ground. The TV cameras were broadcasting the images of the Leba around the world, and no one could hide their complete surprise at the advanced technology that was now before them.

President Mabuza: " Let them now try and claim that Haruans of Alkebulan are inferior! Let them now try and claim that our military lacks sophistication and skill! Let them now try and re-colonize Africa! I can tell you this; As long as we have hope in our hearts the sun will never set on our freedom! Tomorrow I will travel to the UN to answer for the actions of our Government, but what they don't understand is that only the South African people can hold us accountable, and as a Democratic Nation our Government is the voice of the South African people! " He takes a Pause " The former colonial powers think that they can cripple our economy. The Rand reached an all time low of R13.92 against the US Dollar, and our analysis indicate that the Rand will fall even further, but what they don't understand is that we foresaw this!" He takes a Pause "We knew that as long as our main currency remained liquid we were vulnerable, so we introduced the Industrial Mineral Coins. They can devalue the Rand, but they can never hope to control the prices of all the Industrial Minerals. We will do what is hard, to achieve what is great! The road ahead is long and difficult, and we will have to work harder to meet the needs of our people. I have absolute faith in the resolve of our people, and that faith is strong and steady. " He takes a Pause " To the NATO powers I say this; You could not break us with slavery! You could not break us with Colonialism! You could not break us with Apartheid! You could not break us with Imperialism! You will not break us with unilateral Sanctions!"

The South African president deliberately used Alkebulan that ancient name of Africa and Haruans of Alkebulan for Africans as a Break form conventional reference choosing the link to the Egyptian God Haru son of the sun and thus Haruans for those loved by the Sun.

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