(1) With reference to his speech during Africa Day celebrations on 25 May 2023, wherein he stated that some countries, including the Republic, are being threatened with penalties for pursuing an independent foreign policy for adopting a position of non-alignment, (a) which countries have threatened the Republic with penalties, (b) on what date did the threat take place, (c) how and (d) what is the nature of the specified penalties;
(2) (a) which other African countries were also threatened with penalties, (b) on what date and (c) how;
(3) whether he has made the threats that were made by other countries known to Cabinet; if not, why not; if so, on what date?