PRES. TRUMP AWARDED INAUGURAL FIFA PEACE PRIZE AT WORLD CUP DRAW IN WASHINGTON . (PHOTOS).

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 President Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup draw in Washington  Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”. “This is your prize, this is your peace prize,” Infantino said, after Trump took the stage to accept the trophy, a medal and certificate. “There is also a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.”   FIFA says the prize is for “individuals who help unite people in peace through unwavering commitment and special actions”.  Accepting the award, Trump called it “one of the great honours of my life”, before claiming to have “saved millions and millions of lives – the Congo is an example, over 10 million people killed and it was heading for another 10 million very quickly. India and Pakistan, so many diffe...

THE POLISH MAN THAT MURDERED A SOUTH AFRICAN LEADER DURING THE APARTHEID,IS SET TO BE RELEASED AFTER 20 YEARS.

                       Today thursday,it was ruled by a Pretoria court that the killer of Chris Hani,Janusz Walus,will be freed on parole in two weeks after more than 20 years in prison.Chris Hani was well known South Africa apartheid leader.Janusz Walus was serving a life sentence for the 1993 murder of Chris Hani,who is a charismatic activist and politician who was both a senior member of the African National Congress {ANC} and the head of the South African Communist Party {SACP} when he was gunned down.The decision to free him is likely to be contentious in a country still dealing with the legacy of the brutally meted out by the white minority regime that prevailed from 1948 to 1994.Hani's murder threatened to derail South Africa's transition to multi-racial democracy,leading to nationwide riots and triggering fears of a civil war.Walus a Polish immigrant,shot Hani dead outside his johannesburg home.Walus was sentenced alongside Clive Derby-Lewis,a right wing politician who provided the murder weapon.Both men were originally sentenced to death,but that was commuted to life in prison after South Africa abolished the death penalty in 1995.Derby Lewis was freed on medical parole last year.More photos below.                                                                                 

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