🧵 https://t.co/PhZ6pzFFUQ amazing being able to listen to the spoken voice of my great grandfather, ZK Matthews. An activist and academic, he speaks about the impact the laws of the apartheid government had on Africans, himself included (his home, teaching position, freedom)

So many amazing things have happened in my life and I’ve done some decent stuff too. But by far the most incredible, wonderful and affirming has been giving birth to and bringing up children. By far. Female biology was literally made to cater for it. Of course, each to his/her

MORE support and publicity for can-do, can-build, can-fix organizations doing good in SA and the rest of the world 🙌💕

Great work 🙌

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Completely agree with this. HOWEVER. If what has made that country great, and the good values that that country enshrined, ever become at risk, I think it’s up to both citizens and transplants (and sometimes transplants can see it sooner), to speak out and ensure those beautiful

It wasn’t a ‘mishap’. It was a deliberate ‘double strike’ mass killing of hospital workers, journalists, and other civilians.

At that age where when you call your parents, at the end of the call, neither of you wants to be the first to put down the phone 🥺

“We had one chance to leave Gaza, early in the war. At that time our lives had grown very difficult. We’d been displaced. We sat down and had a family discussion, and the consensus in the family was not to leave. We’d just learned that our house was still standing, so we thought:

“My name is Weam. It’s a beautiful name for me, because my mother gave it to me. She died of cancer when I was eight years old-- so I love my name, because my mom loved it. It’s also perfect for me because it means ‘peace, love, and harmony.’ And everyone who meets me says that

First TV interview with my mom, on @SABCNews. Tried to sneak a screenshot. Both a fun and weird experience 😁

The pain tolerance it takes to start and grow a startup 🤧🤕

Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo

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Few things I've experienced that can match the high from good momentum on a project you're passionate about

Make it exist

Cause Good Trouble

Let's be honest, Naledi Pandor is Presidential Material

Dr Naledi Pandor: The Nelson Mandela Foundation, which I now chair, often gets asked what Mandela would say or do on certain issues if he were alive today? We too ask this question of ourselves. In the context of my call here today, the question arises – What kind of world would

This #nelsonmandeladay, reflecting again on how sorely the world is in need of better, stronger, good leaders. President Mandela was a humanitarian who was visionary, compassionate, humble, resilient, courageous, inclusive and inspirational. He connected people instead of

Nelson Mandela showed how one person can transform oppression, struggle & subjugation into reconciliation, social justice & unity. Change starts not in capitals, but in communities. On #MandelaDay, let's remember that the power to end poverty & inequality is in all our hands.