Songezo Zibi
@SongezoZibi
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National Leader - @RISE_Mzansi, Member of the 7th Democratic @ParliamentofRSA and SCOPA Chairperson
Gauteng
Joined December 2010
The power bestowed on elected representatives belongs to the South African people. We must use it carefully and with dedication. We must never disappoint them.
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Well done to @KaraboKhakhau @SihleLonzi & Tebogo Letsie. Accountability is possible when MPs don’t let go of unanswered questions.
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RT @RISEGauteng: RISE Mzansi is working for YOU!🇿🇦💪🫡. After mounting pressure from @Rise_Mzansi and @VuyiswaRamokgop, we are happy to infor….
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RT @Rise_Mzansi: COMING UP 🔴. RISE Mzansi National Leader @SongezoZibi MP will be live on Newzroom Afrika, discussing the reforms and fundi….
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RT @Rise_Mzansi: [READ🗞️]. 90 online gambling websites operating illegally in SA, says Minister Tau. Read article here: .
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Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks tau has revealed that 90 foreign registered and licensed online gambling websites are currently operating illegally in South Africa.
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RT @FootballTalkHQ: 🗣️ Eric Cantona: “You can change your wife, your politics, your religion. But never, never can you change your favorite….
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RT @Pontifex: Tragic news continues to arrive in these days from the Middle East, especially from Gaza. I express my profound sadness regar….
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And that’s just this week.
In only today’s Sunday Times: .1) SETA looted .2) GP Hospital Boards Compromised .3) R2bn Ekurhuleni fraud scheme .4) Madibeng looted with impunity .5) The RAF in chaos .6) Joburg selling off green zones . The scale and pace of this is insane. Another Sunday. We’re desensitised.
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Today I thought about my leaders in @VuyiswaRamokgop @Makashule @SongezoZibi and wanted to send a public message and declaration, that still I @Rise_Mzansi . I’m proud of the work you leaders are doing.
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Yes. Treasury works on a 3yr budget cycle so there are already provisional allocations for 2026/27 and 2027/28. MPs can defund certain things and allocate more to others. @MmusiMaimane chairs that committee (Standing Committee on Appropriations). He will table its report on.
@SongezoZibi Wait, you mean the budget that is likely to be tabled next year has already been sent to parliament for MPs to consider?.
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Read the defence review. It's not just the staffing but also equipment choices too that there are differences about. Then there is the string of devastating AG reports on how the same people you want to be trusted with more money are wasting and stealing it, with little.
@AdHabb So many things can be true at once. @SongezoZibi thread is exculpatory of National Treasury’s role. And doesn’t explain the chronic under funding in equipment and other capacity.
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Budget is considered and approved by Cabinet. It’s then sent to Parliament by the Finance Monister for a long period of consideration - from February to October to be precise. This supposition that Cabinet and Parliament are zombies who have no choices is patently untrue. Just.
@AdHabb So many things can be true at once. @SongezoZibi thread is exculpatory of National Treasury’s role. And doesn’t explain the chronic under funding in equipment and other capacity.
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RT @1TrueRicardo: Great thread. SANDF has become a welfare organisation, and the biggest hindrance in solving this issue is it's leadership….
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RT @VuyiswaRamokgop: [HAPPENING NOW]. Today I am participating in a post-budget vote media briefing in which I will be breaking down the ke….
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RT @RamsByTheHorns: PODCAST REMINDER| ICYMI Watch the latest episode of #TakingTheRamsByTheHorns with Mbhazima Shilowa as we unravel the go….
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Shilowa explains what Cyril Ramaphosa did, could have done, did not do and could not do regarding the Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s revelations.
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During his visit to Rabat on Tuesday , former South African President Jacob Zuma met with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and announced his party’s official recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.
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RT @defenceWeb_Afr: The gap between what the SANDF is mandated to do and what it is equipped to do is widening, and without decisive policy….
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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is facing a crisis. While irregular conflict – from organised crime to insurgency – intensifies in the region and maritime security threats grow, the...
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So you can’t tell me which judge is an ANC flunkie and you reach far and long for this pathetic answer? You’re so used to making wild claims without accountability on this app that you’re now off-ramping in defeat? Back up your claim. Grow a pair or shut up.
@SongezoZibi Then again, you have shown your bias by voting for a VAT increase with the ANC. Your credibility is in dire need of repair.
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So you can’t help me 🥺.
@SongezoZibi Let me put it this way in fear of incrimination, I suspect that that you will find them all the way from the lowest court to the highest. I will go even further, in high judicial office instructions are taken from high political office to remove matters from the roll.
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Which judge is an “ANC flunkie”? Just name one. I’m not fighting I just want to be educated.
@SongezoZibi To late. Our judiciary has been corrupted beyond repair after years of stuffing it with @MYANC flunkies.
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Absolutely.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing a judicial officer being held accountable. The judiciary, like all other arms of the state, must always be reminded that it is not above the law.
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