Shabir Madhi
@ShabirMadh
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Professor of Vaccinology @WitsUniversity. Passionate about healthier lives by prevention of diseases through vaccination. Posts are in my personal capacity
Randburg, South Africa
Joined September 2018
“Young people, took seriously what we all taught them.” This is one of the most revealing comments from a politician I’ve heard I a while.
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150 Palestinian students from Gaza’s al-Aqsa University have been celebrating after becoming the first class to graduate there since the start of Israel’s genocide, during which the enclave’s entire education system has come under assault.
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People ask me all the time if I ever regret how loud I’ve been. My advocacy for Palestine has only cost me multiple platforms and even a college tuition. Do I regret any of it? No. Because silence would’ve been the real betrayal. If the price of advocating for Palestine is
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“In the face of such violations, we have a moral and legal obligation, not only to speak out, but to act.” There is no complexity or place for neutrality as a health care worker in condemning genocide and the killing of health care workers,
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Multiple credible reports have emerged since 2023 detailing the torture and inhumane treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli detention sites.12345678 At least 75 Palestinians—including children—h...
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THIS!👏🏼🙌🏽❣️
Exactly two years ago, the University of Ottawa suspended me from my medical residency training in public health because of social media posts in support of Palestinian human rights. They framed my social media posts as “unprofessional”. The irony being that I studied the impacts
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Day one of the Cardano Summit 2025 was a great success. Thank you to @F_Gregaard, CEO of the @Cardano_CF, for the kind words and recognition. We keep building, stronger, together.
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Close the Embassy.
Value for money? The South African Gov't has thrown away R100 million attacking Israel at the ICJ - with another R500 million to be wasted next year. 0% of value for South Africans, 100% political theatre. Read more: https://t.co/WHTMNiBdra
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Why does Israel destroy livelihoods including access to water in illegally occupied territory? War criminals through and through.
Israelis pour cement into water springs to block them and prevent Palestinians from using them for agriculture. Those same people call themselves moral people.
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Jewish-American orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Perlmutter testifies that Israeli snipers deliberately target Palestinian children, often shooting them in the head and chest.
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Zohran Mamdani: "I'm an Arsenal fan... & I got very excited when you said you were from Sky News."
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Some South African schooled fighting spirit in there. Wishing for the same in SA ,to rescue the beloved country and regain the aspiration of a better life for all. Unapologetic for where he is from or his believes.
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Zohran Mamdani has won the race to become the next mayor of New York City. Mr Mamdani - who will be the first Muslim, first South Asian, and youngest person in a century to be elected as the famous city's mayor - used a victory speech to throw down the gauntlet to Donald Trump.
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There wasn’t a dry eye in the room after Ms. Rachel received a standing ovation for her #GlamourWOTY, and rightfully so.
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In Palestine there is NO ceasefire, NO peace, only destruction and the violence of ethnic cleansing. Watching world leaders play “let’s pretend” with the light-heartedness of 4th graders playing Lego is sickening. We will all pay for their complicity & the insecurity it is sowing
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli Knesset Gives Preliminary Approval of Bill to Execute Palestinian Detainees INCLUDING CHILDREN
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It's actually pretty simple…. AT NO TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY ARE THE GOOD GUYS SHOOTING KIDS….
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“The most severe propaganda attack that [Israel] has experienced” Footage of a Palestinian prisoner r-a-ped on security camera is made public, and Netanyahu is most concerned with the reputational damage it’s causing.
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@Megatron_ron Sick bastards.. see what they are doing to kids
Don't Turn your face away! Raise your voice for the children of Sudan!🇸🇩
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Israeli New Historian Ilan Pappé: “Can you imagine someone knocking on your door in Brooklyn and saying, ‘Excuse me, I used to live in your house 3,000 years ago’?”
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NEW | CBS Fires Gaza Correspondent After Pro-Israel Intervention CBS has reportedly fired veteran South Africa–based journalist Debora Patta, known for her fact-driven coverage of Israel’s genocide on Gaza, after intervention by the network’s new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss.
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This Paddy Power advert featuring the Man United fan not cutting his hair until they win 5 games in a row is brilliant 👏🤣
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The MOMENT he made Candace Owens Break 💔 A powerful exchange on the Candace Owens Podcast where Norman Finkelstein captures the reality of what it is like for babies in Gaza.
My interview with the great @normfinkelstein just dropped. I hope everyone worldwide will watch and learn the truth about Gaza. https://t.co/MfCarq3JHs
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