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@iswiegers
Iwan Swiegers
11 months
If only you were so passionate about fixing South Africa’s issues.
@MbalulaFikile
ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula
11 months
We will march until Palestine is free. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 #FreePalestine
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Ever seen anything like this before? 😏 Mercedes G-Class
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9 months
If you are a South African, please watch and more importantly please share this video 🙏
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Chest pains incoming… 😜👀 Share if you agree with Dricus.
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Iwan Swiegers
5 months
A statement that will upset a few people around South Africa… If you DID NOT VOTE yesterday… then you did not deserve to have a public holiday and you also have no right to comment or complain about any government service delivery for the next 4 years.
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@WallStreetSilv This is actually very sad. 😔 Imagine having to go to this extent with your little girl, to seek a better life. It takes courage.
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10 months
Whatever you think the level of corruption is in South Africa… think higher!! 🙄
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10 months
According to Minister Gwede Mantashe, government cannot be transparent about PetroSA's diesel contracts because "it's trading with fuel" which is a "highly-contested field in the market". Is this enough reason to keep multi-billion rand deals under wraps? #CarteBlanche
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@MarioNawfal This is sickening!! 😡😤 What is wrong with these people? It’s a cow, not a predator?! Those policemen are a bunch of cowards!
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
@Abramjee Who launched the first missile? Answer: Hamas Was it okay for them to launch missiles at Israel? Did they think that there will be no consequences? I'm simply posing questions, focusing on the current events rather than historical context, particularly how this war initiated
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@News24 One of the saddest stories ever. 18 years enough? I don’t think so.
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9 months
To everyone in JHB… Is it just me, or is there a strange chill in the air for this time of year? 🥶 🤔
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
In case you missed the action last night.. Quick recap 😏 🇿🇦 🏉 🔥 #RSAvsENG #rugbyworldcup2023
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Iwan Swiegers
11 months
@MarioNawfal Great news! 🍾 Unfortunately it’s not going to bring back the young girl who lost her life.
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11 months
Nailed it 😂 Brilliant!!
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@jfjoubert Wow Jacques, 😢 Im so sorry for your loss! I can’t even imagine it.
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1 year
@Abramjee One way of dealing with a hijacker!
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1 year
@danielmarven 😂🤣🤣 insane how many people are suddenly expert analysts.
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
News headline this morning by Daily Maverick. “US Senator Chris Coons proposes immediate review of SA’s Agoa eligibility” This could be VERY bad news for South Africa! Why is this happening? Because the ANC opened their mouths too much about the war between Palestine and
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Iwan Swiegers
11 months
Terrible news for South Africa The UK is a first world country and even under them NHS (National Health Service) is difficult to manage. This will be a disaster.
@MbalulaFikile
ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula
11 months
This is what people elected us to do✊🏽
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@News24 Last time I checked all of the ministers were underperforming.
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Iwan Swiegers
11 months
I get investors asking me daily whether they should invest in South Africa, as its regarded as undervalued. My simple answer is unfortunately, NO. I’m a proud South African and I love this country, HOWEVER… Take one step back and look from the outside. Below are the headings
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@pmcafrica Perhaps more of this is needed to lower the crime rate in South Africa
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Iwan Swiegers
11 months
Imagine the reaction on the SA market if the ANC got sacked
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Karin Richards
11 months
Argentina stock market closed today but their US listed stocks surge on Javier Milei’s election. •Energy Co YPF +41% •Telecom Argentina +22% •FinServices Grupo Financiero +21% Inflation in Argentina is raging at 140%. It was heading into a 6th recession in a decade. -Bloomberg
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@Abramjee Great news!! Will open another bottle on that 🍾
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4 months
@alifarhat79 Looking at Biden, he looks like he doesn’t even know where he is.
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Iwan Swiegers
8 months
SONA… Only South Africans will understand 😂😂
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@pmcafrica Why on earth does anyone want flaunt their “wealth” like this by being filmed from the shop to the car? 🤯
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
@visegrad24 Unbelievable… I’m Christian. The Bible says that we should not hate. There are many verses in the Bible that condemn hatred, and promote love and forgiveness. One example… "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:44) I leave it there…
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@SABCNews Does anyone care what he thinks?! The Springboks won! Uniting South Africa 🇿🇦 🙌 Now Malema comes again to seek attention with some race card.
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Iwan Swiegers
10 months
@miradulescu @streetwize Don’t tell Jackson Hinkle, he will cry 🙄
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Iwan Swiegers
9 months
South Africa… Is this a joke?!
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In case you think you having a bad day… 😂
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
@eNCA Well maybe Eskom should keep the electricity on, then we won’t need to use inverters. 😜 #eskom Or enable us to push back into the grid, then we can help solve the problem.
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Iwan Swiegers
10 months
Top 8 biggest political donors in SA 👀 🧵 👇🏻
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@SABreakingNews Took him 2 terms as president to realise this? 🙄
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@News24 Why on earth is this clown getting so much airtime?! He is a fraud! 🤯
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
@MarioNawfal Well done @X @elonmusk This morning I saw the attacks in Israel on X before any official news channel or Bloomberg. @MarioNawfal thanks for the coverage!
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@twatterbaas Hmmm… illegal because they can’t get their share of the pie 🫣
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@News24 Does the ANC have an “integrity committee” ? 😂
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1 year
@margieMYDNA @bonglez @ALETTAHA I’m glad for William Nicol’s sake that his name was removed, I wouldn’t want my name to be associated with weed-ridden pavements, potholes and water leaks. Changing a name = putting lipstick on a pig.
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@jacksonhinklle You should care about Israel, if you are truely a Christian as you proclaim.
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1 year
Major competition coming into South Africa for Takealot! Must say, I have always been a happy Takealot customer, but Amazon is a beast to compete with.
@SAValueInvestor
Martin Rodgers, CFA
1 year
Amazon to launch South African online store in 2024. South Africa-based sellers can register their businesses on Amazon’s platform starting 17 October.
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Brilliant representation of SOE’s in South Africa. Proudly sponsored by…………………
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@elonmusk Seems like Harvard is trying hard to destroy its reputation Founded in 1636… Takes almost 400 years to build a reputation, but a couple of minutes to destroy it all.
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Iwan Swiegers
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@JoyChauke5 @cricketworldcup No, please go straight home. Tax money is not meant to fund lavish lifestyles.
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
@News24 Repulsive! And the municipalities complain that they don’t have money. They are all corrupt. Two decent laptops should have cost +- R40k for both No respect for money.
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Iwan Swiegers
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South Africa 🇿🇦 This is a critical problem!! Please repost for exposure! @Rand_Water
@RhodieEx
🦋💫💞 My_Homeland 💞💫🦋
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The Vaal River is under siege 😳😳 Taken over by water lettuce. This is a huge problem! Each plant produces 5000 seeds. The problem almost doubles daily 😳 @Rand_Water what do you intend to do about it?
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@MarioNawfal Lol… Feminist? Every muslim guy right now…
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Iwan Swiegers
11 months
@Rainmaker1973 I get motion sickness by just looking at this video 🤢 😆
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
BREAKING: SARB (South African Reserve Bank) kept its interest rate unchanged. Signaling that rates are likely to stay higher for longer.
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Iwan Swiegers
10 months
Only in South Africa… “How much blood in your alcohol” 🍺 🤣 😅
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Iwan Swiegers
11 months
🚨 SOUTH AFRICA 🚨
@Elizvanniekerk
Eliz
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"The problem" in full view!
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel - 10 takeaways from the book - 🧵
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@News24 Terrible news for South Africa The UK is a first world country and even under them NHS (National Health Service) is difficult to manage. This will be a disaster.
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Iwan Swiegers
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South African - ZAR Keeping a close eye on this one. The DXY (US Dollar Index) looks like it's heading north which could drag the ZAR with. Wednesday we have the Fed (Federal Reserve), delivering the FOMC statement. Everyone is waiting to see what their stance/guidance is in
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Iwan Swiegers
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What are we begging for now? Or selling our souls for? 🫣
@AthiGeleba
ATHI GELEBA 🇿🇦
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#SAinQatar 🇿🇦❤️🇶🇦
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Iwan Swiegers
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Good Morning from Ballito. Have a powerful Friday South Africa 😎
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😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣
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BREAKING: 🇿🇦 South Africa Inflation Actual: 5.10% Expected: 5.20% Previous: 5.50% Rand: 18.88 $USDZAR
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@MarioNawfal 🚨😳 Does every hospital in Gaza have a Hamas base underneath it?
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Iwan Swiegers
8 months
The light at the end of the tunnel might be a train 🚆
@BusinessTechSA
BusinessTech
8 months
28 million people on grants in South Africa – with only 7 million taxpayers
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Iwan Swiegers
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@Lebona_cabonena Elections soon? 🤣 Eskom right now…… 👇🏻
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@News24 See the pattern… ? Companies wanting out of South Africa
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@Abramjee @WOOLWORTHS_SA Why you isolating Woolworths?
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Iwan Swiegers
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@LahavHarkov Good news that they released, however a child of 3 years old 😢 I can just imagine what those parents had to go through till now
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Iwan Swiegers
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South Africa Proudly sponsored by………..
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Iwan Swiegers
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The rand is giving another chance to buy US Dollars. 😉 Rand this morning 18.68 $USDZAR
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Iwan Swiegers
1 year
READ Sharenet's Iwan Swiegers: UPDATE on the USDZAR - 18 Aug'23 via @SharenetSA $USDZAR #SouthAfrica #StockMarket
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@Abramjee Wow…shocking😮 terrible for South Africa tourism!
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@Rainmaker1973 How does anyone get up and decide to crush cans with your head? 🤯😅
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Iwan Swiegers
10 months
Pouring down in Joburg… The perfect day for a nice red wine and Spaghetti Carbonara. Hope everyone’s having a relaxed Sunday. Cheers 🍷 🍷
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Iwan Swiegers
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Anyone surprised?
@News24
News24 🇿🇦
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A Harvard study finds that cadre deployment and other ANC strategies are leading to SA’s collapse. | @City_Press
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@pmcafrica 😜 not sure, but the guy on the right with the black and blue couldn’t unsee it after he noticed it 😅
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@jacksonhinklle Okay, we get that, but who launched the first missile in the last 2 weeks directed at Israel? Who killed innocent people at a music festival?
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Iwan Swiegers
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I would like to know how much money Fraser Perring / Viceroy made since they started to spook the SA market. Also curious, which hedge fund is funding them? Or they just make money by taking shorts and then creating chaos? #Capitec #Viceroy #SARB
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@MarioNawfal Why do ISIS and Hamas representatives always cover their faces?
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So nice to see Roger @rogerfederer in our Springboks dressing room last night. So much respect for this champion!! #RWC2023 #RWC2023Final
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Iwan Swiegers
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@mailandguardian Riots pending?
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@SunflowerSrina @CyrilRamaphosa @elonmusk Well said S! However, as you mentioned, don’t hold your breath for a response… 😜
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@TaraBull808 Looks more like Tiger Woods to me 😂
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@miradulescu Can someone please tell Jackson Hinkle to stay in his safe lane in the US…
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Iwan Swiegers
9 months
To all my golfer ⛳️ followers, Mount Edgecombe Country Club 👇🏻 This is painful to watch!
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@MbalulaFikile “Leads” hmm… SA into a death spiral? I agree with that.
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@IvynSambo Not saying that, was just referring to his passion for other countries, yet his/our own is falling apart 🫣
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@News24 How convenient...
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Iwan Swiegers
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To provide some perspective... VIX Comparison $VIX
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@MarioNawfal US getting involved… this could become a much bigger war!
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Iwan Swiegers
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@PeterSchiff Willing to put your money where your mouth is? Short it, I dare you!
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Iwan Swiegers
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@RobForbesDJ The crazy part is… a lot of these tabs don’t get settled at the end of the night. The owners then have to chase after these thugs with lawyers to try get their tabs settled.
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Iwan Swiegers
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If you are willing to be patient, have your pick between these 3 stocks on the JSE: 💰Amplats 💰 Impala 💰 Sibanye *NOT financial advice (as I’m not allowed to give advice on this platform) but I’m happy to buy and I’m quite confident that they will yield a good return 😉
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Morning South Africa… 🇿🇦 Rand 19.02 = 1 US Dollar 💰 $USDZAR
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Iwan Swiegers
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Rand 18.76 on the back of the Fed keeping interest rates unchanged. For clarity, US Dollar weakness NOT Rand strength. $USDZAR
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Iwan Swiegers
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@VimleshRajbansi Unfortunately we are more dependent on the US than they on us. They hold the power. As South Africans, we can only lose. My point was, the ANC could have stayed quiet and stay out of this war. The ANC have the tendency of always getting involved at the wrong time and
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Iwan Swiegers
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@BusinessTechSA Oh dear…….. ⚠️ What did we sell now? 🫣 There is no such thing as a “free lunch” Save/bookmark this post 🙄 #SouthAfrica #ChinaInSA
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@bennyjohnson I borrowed this from someone else… Very accurate! #SouthAfrica
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Iwan Swiegers
11 months
Welcome back stage 6, proudly sponsored by the ANC #STAGE6
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