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campaignpapi. I create things that never existed.
Johannesburg
Joined August 2010
This is why I say SA film and TV writing needs a saviour. No way a story like this won’t be successful
On 24 February 1962, a Coloured journalist Joseph Louw, 23, was sentenced to six months in the Johannesburg Regional Court for conspiring with Pamela Beira, a 19 year-old White woman to breach the Immorality Act. When Louw's attorney asked for suspended sentence for his client,
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Why haven’t South African journalists explored this kind of story? Why does it take a USA rightwing network to tell it? [Yes, rightwing ever since Bari Weiss took the helm at CBS News.] Next a show like 60 Minutes will do a documentary comparing the quality of life of the
Farmer Nhlanhla Zuma says a group of men shot at him and broke into his house. After the attack, he decided to sell his farm. Black farmers are also victims of violent crime in South Africa, but “their voices are not out,” he says. https://t.co/44UTWUZoZA
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60 Minutes doing the work that our local journalists were supposed to be doing. Uncovering the real truth of farm attacks. Black farmers, as the stats show, are the most affected but their voices are never heard.
Farmer Nhlanhla Zuma says a group of men shot at him and broke into his house. After the attack, he decided to sell his farm. Black farmers are also victims of violent crime in South Africa, but “their voices are not out,” he says. https://t.co/44UTWUZoZA
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@Variety if your tourette’s tick is yelling slurs, you should have enough respect for everyone else to simply not attend a live televised event (where you “can’t help” but blurting it out). Not being ableist or anything, but you simple don’t need to be at this specific event like that.
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This week I found out people and brands across world are capable of setting aside ideology and politics to hold deep empathy for a baby, as long as that baby is a monkey, and not an actual baby in Gaza or on a pedo island with links to their favourite politician or billionaire
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BBC World Service compiled evidence on 160 cases of children shot in Gaza by the IDF It found that in 95 cases (60%) the child was shot in the head or heart In most cases the victim was under 12 And you will never see this on CNN or FOX evening news
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In Africa, a moment was filmed showing two lions, four vultures, a hyena, and a giraffe all meeting in a moment none of them seemed prepared for
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Have you ever met someone who makes your mind light up. suddenly you’re quick, clever, effortlessly funny and then you’re around someone else and it’s like your brain powers down and you forget how to form a single interesting thought? What is that phenomenon?
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Still has his accent, still pickets for a free Palestine every Wednesday at 12pm outside St George’s Cathedral.
Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997. A New Zealander, he arrived at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 1973 and deported to Lesotho in 1976 where he joined the anti-apartheid struggle and trained Anglican priests. In April 1990, after the release of Nelson Mandela, he
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The Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), the President of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa is laying a wreath in honour of the sinking of SS Mendi and fallen heroes at the Thulamela Local Municipality Memorial Hall. #SANDF
#ArmedForcesDay2026
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The sinking of the SS Mendi remains one of South Africa’s greatest tragedies of the First World War (1914–1918). A total of 616 black South African troops lost their lives when the vessel sank en route to France. On #ArmedForcesDay, we remember the bravery and dignity
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This is the shit Black people have to deal with all over the fucking world. Adonis was live-streaming in Romania minding his business when a Romanian racist thought he could spit on him without consequence. Black men are called violent thugs while dealing with this type of
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America has spent literally every second of this presidency letting us know immigrants and first generations are not American and can be removed at their whim and want to complain about people moving accordingly.
Eileen Gu, born to a Chinese immigrant mother and American father, has won five medals — the most by any female freestyle skier in Olympic history. Her decision to compete for China instead of the U.S. has drawn criticism from Vice President JD Vance.
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This song is for people who are working hard to achieve their dreams but aren’t there yet
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