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South African apartheid didn't end because the racist regime suddenly grew a conscience. It ended due to consistent and unrelenting international pressure.
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So Canada won’t accept PCR tests from South Africa and Botswana, yet will believe our scientists when they identify a new variant. Am I understanding correctly?
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We met here on Twitter, arguing over a particular issue. He invited me to Soweto so we could talk more in person. Over beers, dombolo & stew, we discussed many things & laughed a lot. There’s much more we agree on than what we don’t. Sometimes this country ain’t too bad 🇿🇦
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The DA sent John to assess the destruction in Ukraine, but when 10 000 children are killed in Gaza, they say South Africa should "focus on domestic issues".
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@MichaelRapaport They don’t call themselves Palestinians — that’s the English word. And by the way “J” doesn’t exist in Hebrew, so by your logic Jews don’t exist either?
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NDZ isn’t my favourite person either but I don’t understand the need to call her nicknames like “kopdoek”. So what if she wears a traditional African doek IN AFRICA? Why should that be a point of ridicule?
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@cpt_depression_ Yet people think Israel is going to change it's ways without facing relentless international pressure.
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Group Areas Act Separate Amenities Act Immorality Act Mixed Marriages Act Bantu Education Act Native Labour Act Natives Resettlement Act Etc etc etc Versus BBBEE(?) = Apartheid had fewer racist laws than today? 🧐
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@googleafrica I suspect whoever is running this account isn't West African.
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South African Jews played a key role in ending apartheid. So exploiting their identity to make some kind of racial supremacist point about “deep, dark Africa” is weird.
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That's it, the last El Al flight out of South Africa flew out last night. From now on South Africa will plunge into an even darker abyss and the more Jews leave South Africa the more South Africa will move backward into the dark ages.
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I would pay good money to see Gates debate Ndlozi on literally any topic.
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Ghana is introducing African prints to school uniforms. 🇬🇭
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@unclescrooch This is nauseating. If “blacks are a problem” then what is he doing in Africa! (Did he not get the memo?)
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I wonder if Helen’s noticed that since she stopped tweeting ahistorical things, way more attention has been directed towards the ANC’s failings.
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@HermanMashaba No sir. We are a secular state, not a theocracy. I disagree strongly on this. And Secular doesn’t mean atheistic. It just means all beliefs are equally respected: whether you believe in a God, gods or no god.
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Can’t help but weirdly admire ANC leaders’ ability to march for/against things they alone have complete control over.
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@faniaoz My humble advice to Israelis is the same as it would have been on Oct 8: Take a moment, breathe. Hamas is not an "existential threat" to a nuclear power for God's sake. Instead of calling everyone antisemitic, listen to what the world is saying and reflect. Slow it all down...
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@MbuyiseniNdlozi What about this - is this unity?
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@1sihle @unclescrooch As a whitey I’m exposed to his mindset. He feels embattled, scared. Generation brainwashed by “swart gevaar” propaganda. He must wake up tho
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Sounds familiar. Like something that may have been tried but that failed dismally and was internationally condemned. Can’t quite put my finger on it. Oh well.
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@Politicsweb Gouws’ mask slipped repeatedly, though. Look at the clip where he mocks African praise singers. It’s from 2024. No one is paying me to say that Renaldo needs to use this time to introspect and heal.
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@ApostateProphet An independent investigation is needed to separate those killed by Hamas from those killed by the Hannibal directive.
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In 1993, right-wingers stormed the venue for post-apartheid negations in South Africa. They disappeared into history. Hoping the same happens after today’s events in the US.
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@ecomarxi @TigayBarry Translation: "These people are not capable of statehood, so should live under our blockade forever (but don't look too deeply into the effects of our blockade), while at the same time we keep stealing their land in the West Bank, and from Gaza with our new 'buffer zones'".
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@MbalulaFikile @nikestore @Nike South Africa I love you but sometimes we think the entire world revolves around us. These happen to be global trend colours for this particular season. Let’s condemn those who display the actual Apartheid flag, but is it worth getting tizzed over a pair of Nikes?
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The DA’s ability to get a clean audit versus the DA’s ability to keep Helen off Twitter.
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Narrator: “Turns out it wasn’t all Mmusi’s fault.”
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I spent my childhood in Northcliff. Now you’re telling it was holy ground all along.
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@haaretzcom Rape allegations should always be taken seriously. With that said, this article doesn’t supply the cited document so it’s impossible to judge the evidence. It’s also noteworthy that Haaretz previously questioned ZAKA’s credibility yet cited them here as a source.
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@RonSFriedman No lies detected. The USA needed SA as a bulwark against Soviet expansion. That did indeed trump the international pressure, but sanctions etc also played a tremendous role. Do you reckon the US/West just “needs” Israel too much? Like they needed SA back in the ugly 80s? 😵‍💫
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@ThatReal_Tiny When I took the time to read the entire bible from cover and realise it’s definitely not the word of God.
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@MosabHasanYOSEF How dare people try go back to their homes after 4 months of starving in a tent. 😤
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@AviBittMD @masrellobello @adraria8 So the first premise of your Tweet actually doesn’t hold?
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Has John pre-emptively blocked all of South Africa? I can’t remember ever mentioning or tagging him.
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@PhumlaniMMajozi Also, please don’t conflate people who want to see freedom and dignity for Palestinians as automatically being Hamas supporters.
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@nickhedley @Uber_Support Uber took the humane & ethical step of revealing trips to drivers before they accept. Our demanding modern culture forgets that these drivers are free agents with the right to say yes/no. I don’t use Bolt but I sense it’s an inferior product attracting inferior drivers/cars.
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This guy got us through 2019. “Tough times never last, only tough people last.” Dammet! 🇿🇦
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@ApostateProphet No need to get nasty. This tank commander fired on a house full of hostages, killing over a dozen Israelis. Maybe it’s not called Hannibal anymore, but it happened. Those are the facts.
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Israeli Lt. Col. Golan Vach suggests his tanks killed at least 19 Israelis, including 8 children, in one strike on 10/7 During this presser on 10/14 in front of a destroyed kibbutz home (resembling the Pessi Cohen home in Kibbutz Beeri), Vach said, "This destruction is due to
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Let’s buy local in 2021. Let’s do our best to get money circulating through all our communities. 🇿🇦
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I've seen burnout really mess people up. A close friend has started scoring noticeably lower on aptitude tests - it's literally diminished his cognitive ability. Modern life can be relentless. We have to find small, consistent ways to protect ourselves.🌱
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@AvivaKlompas It’s totally out of revenge and collective punishment.
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@MiddleEastEye Hey @ori0n7 remind me why you’re still unsure about Israel’s leaders ethnic cleansing campaign? John Mearsheimer called it.
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@DalrympleWill John Mearsheimer summarises it well.
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@FloydShivambu When it suits you...
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@MbuyiseniNdlozi Here is Floyd choking a journalist against a wall.
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It’s insane that we leave 12 years of schooling without being taught: - how to open a bank account - what debt is - what compound interest is - what insurance is - why buying an expensive car with your first paycheck is unwise - why overspending on your wedding is unwise
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@Alonso_GD It reminds me of the South Africa I was born into.
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Compared to African peers, SA doesn’t have a tax problem. It has a problem with wisely stewarding its taxes.
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Africa's Biggest Tax Revenues in 2021 1. South Africa 🇿🇦 ($107.86 billion) 2. Egypt 🇪🇬 ($29.31 billion) 3. Morocco 🇲🇦 ($22.46 billion) 4. Nigeria 🇳🇬 ($15.5 billion) 5. Kenya 🇰🇪 ($7.68 billion) Algeria's data is not available.
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Can’t Ernst and Julius just duke it out in an inflatable pool of jelly?
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@makungo_watson1 @Julius_S_Malema @EFFSouthAfrica @euphonik I can’t recall the EFF physically intimidating Zuma. The parallel you’re trying to draw here is bogus.
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@Mary_JaneSA This does a fairly good job of answering your question (and explaining how Dollar supremacy might be under threat post-Covid)
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The destruction wreaked on uninsured small businesses, many black owned, makes these recent events particularly tragic.
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@NiohBerg Indeed.
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@AviKaner 1. The illegal blockade on Gaza was never full autonomy 2. Netanyahu and friends enabled Hamas’ growth 3. The West Bank is illegally occupied by a brutal apartheid regime, with settlements continuing unabated 4. Glazer chose to vocally distance himself from all of the above
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Apartheid was utterly atrocious AND the post-apartheid government has made costly mistakes. Racists and politicians both thrive on our inability to hold these two truths in our heads at once.
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@AvivaKlompas @benshapiro @sherylsandberg Why didn’t she talk about this during her first interview? You know, the one where she spoke of how well she was treated.
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@SohiubN @EFischberger 100% right, Assaf. And I’ve noticed each of his “exposés” are based on super flimsy evidence. Furthermore, if he applied the same moral standards to Israel’s leaders it would be a bloodbath. But that’s not part of his agenda.
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@paulrpotts @jerseybigjim @mehdirhasan This is where the line generally goes quiet…
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@dramadelinquent Have you tried restarting?
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@AsaWinstanley It seems the amount of hype around these supposed rapes is directly proportional to how badly Israel needs to save face.
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@PhumlaniMMajozi Israel is the biggest recipient of US aid in human history. Talk about entitlement and socialism. All the things you hate!
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Just like there were white South Africans who spoke up to end apartheid, we need more brave Israelis to do the same. Bravo, Gideon Levy! 👏🏼
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If you zoom out far enough you can almost reach Australia with Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein. (Yes, I should be working right now.)
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@YaariCohen This is 100% scripted 🤣
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@GeromanAT @EylonALevy Elyon makes a living off lying for a morally bankrupt apartheid state.
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@truthandfiction Their war crimes dominate my TikTok feed :(
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@helenzille I’m trying to understand why you spend so much time on an app that you have such a low opinion of.
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My prayer for South Africa is that we get past our toxic dependency on Apartheid-era state monopolies.
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@mrv_ndaa @iam_danone @akreana_ If your medical aid doesn’t cover this I’m happy to sponsor one of your sessions.
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@HenMazzig Then why did Haaretz say that IDF admitted they fired on them?
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Melville in Johannesburg and Observatory in Cape Town are basically the same place but in different cities.
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@AsaWinstanley Whoops. I wonder if Biden will retract saying he saw these things "with his own eyes".
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@JimmyRamokgopa @MbuyiseniNdlozi I’m certainly no expert, but my gut tells me I’m with the doctor on this one too.
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@ImcocoMash Take advantage of your tax-free investment allowance (up to 33k per year). Use it to buy a low-cost index fund that’s exposed to global companies, e.g. the MSCI World Index Fund (available via Satrix from R500 pm) Don’t touch this money for decades & your children will SMILE.
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I can’t help but worry that the 100MW announcement, while welcome, suggests we’re in deeper shit than we might realise.
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As a white South African, you walk the tightrope between admitting you’re a beneficiary of an unjust system, while not confusing this for being personally responsible for the entire system. Correctly channeled, we can overcome unproductive self-hatred to make a positive impact.
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This neither the time to gloat nor to use Zimbabwe as some kind of political football for issues in SA. “90% of children aged six months to two years not consuming enough food”. 😞🇿🇼
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🇿🇦❤️
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@MaxduPreez I wouldn’t mind being a billionaire, though.
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@AvivaKlompas Is this where the IDF tank fired on them because of the Hannibal directive?
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@Julius_S_Malema Selective race-baiting at its finest from our beloved CiC.
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@Sentletse The conspiracy theories are lit. After one interview, Trevor is now Gates’ PR specialist who is going to help him take over the world.
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@ChrisMumbeck A colleague from The Netherlands asked me how bad the “white genocide” is. He said from the media he’s seen he almost thought he needed to get involved to help. 🤦🏻‍♂️ This notion feeds racist impulses, damages the country’s image and detracts energy from bigger problems, e.g. GBV
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So we’re supposed to believe a Hamas leader can be killed with a precision drone strike, yet it was necessary to reduce Gaza to rubble and displace its entire population?
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@PRmudau23 @1sihle @unclescrooch Right?? It’s ridiculous that he can’t see that.
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@mzwandileMasina @PresJGZuma Mr Mayor, didn’t you also say you’d resign if Ramaphosa became president?
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We evolved in a largely zero-sum environment. So we’re still hardwired to think that the success of an other comes at the expense of ourselves.
Why is success so offensive?
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It’s depressing that SA spends so much on education just to end up with comments like this.
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DA in Western Cape 1,088,303 votes 55.29% and MK in KZN 1,590,898 yet is 45.35% @IECSouthAfrica MK cannot be on 45% percentage is much more higher. This results are rigged. Rand MK Party ANC of Ramaphosa Mbalula Zuma ANC NEC Floyd Gwede Rigged
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@BenzionSanders @NorwayMFA @SpainMFA @SimonHarrisTD @jonasgahrstore Ignore all the far-right Zionists calling you names in the comments. I'm a white South African, and those who opposed apartheid were also called ugly names by their fellow whites.
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If you’re not a fan of corruption, communism or “apartheid had fewer racist laws”, then honestly who do you vote for in SA? The big three all have major problems.
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Is there something wrong with me for generally finding Instagram rather boring? Only so many babies, rooftop sunsets and edgy fashion shoots I can see before I come crawling back to twitter for the memes, toxicity and outrage. 😂
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@Sapphire9890 @aziz0nomics @_JoelRayner His tweet also relies on heavy equivocation.
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@HermanMashaba Mashaba is an infinitely more capable mayor in improving the lives of the poor than Masina will ever be.
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@MbuyiseniNdlozi Where does the State get tax revenue from? (Hint: it’s not the state)
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@lukemcgee Are Catalans deprived of Spanish citizenship?
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I appreciate Scott Galloway, but on this topic he's wrong for a few reasons: 1. WWII happened in a pre-Geneva Conventions world. 2. Bush, Blair and friends should be in The Hague for Iraq. 3. The IDF has committed many well-documented war crimes. 4. Gaza is not a state.
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People who love what they do will go the extra mile without even realising it. It’s difficult to fake enthusiasm.
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