Gillian Godsell
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South African #tweetinggogo . Retired academic. Passionate about living in Johannesburg and excellent state schools.
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Celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary under lockdown. Up to now, there’s been someone else to take the pics. So while the rest of you have been learning how to make banana bread - we learned how to take a selfie.
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RIP Angie Khumalo, the friendliest cashier at the Craighall Park Spar. It seems that she died of covid, after 4 weeks in hospital. Cashiers are frontline workers really.
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No. One in three who test, test positive. It’s not the same thing.
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If the J&J catastrophe had happened at a local factory we would have heard Third World what-what forever. Because it happened Over There, I actually heard a BBC commentator referring to it as a “mishap “. 60 million doses!
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My daughter’s car broke down in the middle of the N1 North during rush hour. Thinking quickly, she took the pushchair ( fortunately bright red) out of the boot and put it behind the car to signal an obstruction to oncoming motorists and alert them to the small child in the car.
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I heard a beautiful story about that. That if you are newly arrived from the EC, you can stand in the entrance of Midrand Newscafe and call out your clan names. Your family will raise their hands.
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Dear Ernie Els, in the past year in SA there were 19,000 murders, 70 farm murders. Violence in SA is horrible, baffling, frightening.
The World needs to take notice of the ongoing farm attacks going on in South Africa! People are being murdered everyday!!
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Dear fellow Gautengers. Please put yourselves in level 5. No-one is going to do it for you.
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Our economy is alcohol-dependent. Should this worry us?
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In the 3 hour traffic jam preceding the breakdown, the driver of a Checkers truck pulled faces at the screaming toddler in the car seat until she started laughing. The angel in the Checkers truck.
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248,873 vaccinations today! That’s what the under 35s have done for us. You are wonderful. ( this figure is up to 5pm today)
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Entirely wonderful to walk past the Parkhurst Clinic and see a long vaxx line full of pink hair and short shorts. I waved at them and they looked at me blankly like the mad old lady I am. Lucky they couldn’t see I was crying too.
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Two cars pulled over. Three men came to push the car out of harm’s way. A truck blocked a lane of traffic so they could cross to the emergency lane. My faith in people is affirmed.
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FOUND. So very happy to report that Belinda Seeletso has been found. In bad shape but safe now.
MISSING: Belinda Seeletso, 26, went to buy airtime 9 am Friday in Linden.
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I fear today is the last day of Peaceful Joburg, with nearly empty streets. Dear People Who Have Left - it’s lovely where you are, why don’t you stay awhile?
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Sensitive groups are advised to abstain from breathing on Wednesday
⚠️ ALERT: VERY HIGH HAY FEVER RISK DUE TO ELEVATED TREE POLLEN LEVELS IN GAUTENG THIS WEEK‼️‼️‼️
☀️SUNBURN RISK:
🔴VERY HIGH‼️‼️‼️
🏭AIR POLLUTION RISK:
🟠 UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS ON WEDNESDAY, OTHERWISE MODERATE ‼️
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Dear Joburg birds. It is 4am on a cold and stormy morning. I admire your stamina but I question your judgment.
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I have been doing ‘Good Morning’ tweets for just over a year now. I started the first Monday after lockdown, in March 2020. The blessing for me is that I have to go outside first thing every morning, breathe, look, listen, and greet the day for myself before I tweet a greeting.
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Dear student. Verbs really matter. in academic writing. You can't have only four verbs in your voacbulary-quiver. Pay attention to the verbs in the journal articles and book chapters you read. Keep a verb-journal where you write down all the verbs you encounter in your reading.
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Dear Graduate, please do not begin your career with debt
If you’re a recent graduate, we can help you get on the road! Click on the buttons below to learn about what WesBank Graduate Finance can do for you.
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Spare vaccination capacity at Parkhurst Clinic, 5th Avenue Parkhurst. Choice of Pfizer or J&J. Walk ins accepted. Please RT.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if the next two years were regarded as a pre-election period and voters were wooed with service delivery?
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It is cold and wet and everyone is so cheerful! You probably have to live in Johannesburg to understand.
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I wish South African scientists would get credit for the excellent science that found the variant quickly, and for quickly being transparent with their information. It was not epidemiological evidence that alerted them. Just sustained study of the sequencing.
3. We do need to assume that this is far more widespread than we know given how little priority we placed on sequencing. So I’m assuming it’s near me even though we don’t know. 18/
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Please read this from start to finish. Then keep Dr Mkhize in your prayers, duas, meditations, chants
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When we give the vaccine to health workers, we need to
@include
everyone: cleaners and porters as well as doctors and nurses.
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My eyes fill with tears as I read that Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. A woman I don’t know, in a country that isn’t mine. Apparently it is a great blessing and affirmation of righteousness, to die on Rosh Hashanah. May she rest in peace, and may her place be honourably filled.
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This is extreme adulting. Making our own decisions on who to visit, whether to travel, how to gather, where to eat. Each decision affecting welfare, livelihood, life, of someone else. Can we do it, as a nation? I think we can.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning crescent moon, morning star, owls hooting softly. Good morning sun rising behind the spires of the beloved city. Good morning 71 years on this earth. Surprised and delighted that I am still here.
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Just a snippet of interest ..... At 21 minutes past 9 tonight, it will be the 21st minute of the 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st week of the 21st year of the 21st century🥂
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I highly recommend a film that has just opened on Netflix: The Two Popes. Excellent dialogue. Painful moral issues taken seriously. Anthony Hopkins and I can’t remember the other actor. And beautifully filmed
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Dear birds. It’s 3:45am and soaking wet outside. Joy is a good thing. Of course it is. But is there maybe a time and a place?
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning flock of bee-eaters calling overhead. Good morning next protea bud starting to open.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning grey skies. Good morning green frog balloon: there is a birthday in our household this morning, and adult children are here for Birthday Breakfast before they have to go to work.
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I sometimes wish we were not quite so good at sequencing the damn genome.
BREAKING NEWS: We confirm that through collaborative efforts with private laboratories and the NGS-SA members, a new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529, has been detected in South Africa. Read more here
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She has just been rescued. Thank you so much for RTs
MISSING: Belinda Seeletso, 26, went to buy airtime 9 am Friday in Linden.
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“South Africa leading the way, again”. There. I fixed it.
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Our country making history. Making us proud.
11 January 2023 - ICJ, The Hague
Watching African women & men fighting to save humanity & the int'l legal system against the ruthless attacks supported/enabled by most of the West will remain one of the defining images of our time. This will make history whatever happens.
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Good morning to anyone who can still see this tweet. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning pair of Black-eyed Bulbuls having a loud argument over my head (Ikhwebula, iPogota, Rankgwetshe, Rramorutiakole, Swartoogtiptol). Good morning dandelion with half her wishes already gone.
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Hey Joburg, look up, down and sideways. Butterfly migration is happening. Christmas butterflies. So pretty.
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Dear political parties, have you ever met anyone, one single voter, who changed their mind and voted for you because of a recorded phone message? Why do you do it??
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Dear
@CyrilRamaphosa
please please do not trim the public service by offering packages. The best, who know that they will easily find work elsewhere, will go. We will be left with the worst. Please do not repeat this mistake that is made over and over.
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Second chances are so important. This is something Minister Angie Motshekga cared a lot about, and did well at instituting.
Failed matric in 2019 and felt like giving up but 2020 god came through😭😭❤️I’m so proud of myself
#matric
congratulations to the class of 202
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Strelitzia in my garden catching the sun. We find the light where we can.
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The bilingual brain. Fascinating article, starting with an overheard isiXhosa conversation in London. "to be monolingual, as many native English speakers are, is to be in the minority, and perhaps to be missing out. "
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I bought myself a new rose. At Ludwig’s, as is proper for the season, all the roses are pruned down to their stalks. But one was still flowering so I bought it. The rose is called ‘South Africa’
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@BrentLindeque
One thing? Early morning birds in Johannesburg. People dancing in church. Strangers who greet - especially when, as an elderly person, I get the appropriate arm-across-the-chest greeting. Nando’s ads. Being called Gogo. People who greet govt failure with grief not glee. The light
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning chilly wind. Good morning white clouds flying across a blue sky. Good morning‘Little Prince’ protea, fully open now.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning loudness of birds. Good morning sunrise with hadeda.
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Dear people of Joburg Twitter. Please lift your spirits by going for a walk through the cosmos at Delta Park. A huge field of it, taller than I am! In the part of Delta next to Bantam Road.
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There is a direct relationship between English proficiency and higher earnings
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I don’t pay a lot of attention to right-wing USA politics. But I really mind that Marjorie Taylor Green is comparing Donald Trump to Nelson Mandela, because of both men being arrested. I really mind that.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning full moon high in a cloudy sky. Good morning vase of Easter tulips. Good morning Easter. Halleluia.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning pale sky turning blue. Good morning slender moon, somewhere between crescent and half. Good morning Cape Robin chat calling. Good morning Peace rose, so sorely needed.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning sky waiting for colour. Good morning bright strelitzia.
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I listen to all the responses of all the politicians. To my surprise, it is Julius Malema who resonates most with me. “The South African police need to fall in love with the South African people”
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One of those Joburg sunsets that goes from West to East an various points between
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning bright stars: Scorpio overhead. Good morning no birds yet. Good morning small visitor in my house. Good morning all who are grieving. Courage, friends.
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New profs at UCT. Are we celebrating this diversity of age, gender, race? No. We are talking neckline.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning nagapie, back from a night of foraging in the bush. Good morning last sliver of the old moon rising.
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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get to know your fellow South Africans better, I recommend this book. Don’t explain, don’t argue, just listen.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning cool clear day. Good morning little birds, bouncing and chattering, colonising the big bottlebrush tree. Good morning small orange rose unfolding.
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Opening the schools is the most difficult part of unwinding the lockdown. The Department of Education is walking a tightrope over a raging torrent, in a thunderstorm, balancing a most precious cargo. Don't shout so loudly..
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning garden full of summer scents. Good morning pair of boubou shrikes in the buddleia - what an early morning gift! Good morning white May bush in full bloom and bud.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning 3 degrees. Good morning mist. Good morning tree fern unfurling into the sun.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning sky of grey clouds moving fast. Good morning murmuration of small birds in the thorn tree. Good morning pink stars opening on the ice plant.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning half moon behind thin clouds. Good morning tiny figs and uncurling fig leaves.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning 14 degrees feels like 13. Good morning grey skies. Good morning raindrops on a rosebud.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning grey clouds and gentle rain. Good morning Monday. Courage!
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Oh I love these stories on Twitter
Gave my grandparents'home a face-lift... Easily a love letter to them for giving me and my siblings unconditional love ❤️
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This is a very serious issue. The matric curriculum needs to be reduced by about 40%. But every commentator and interest group has suggestions for the schools to cover more, not less. Tell me, Twitter, when did you last make use of trigonometry in your daily work?
💔My Daughter is in Matric this year, she leaves the house at 6am comes back at 6pm Monday to friday, goes to school on Saturdays & Sundays, she is always exhausted and all she does is sleep for 2hours when she gets home & back on her study table again,her school thinks this is
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The University of Johannesburg conferred an honorary doctorate on
@BobbyGodsell
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning clean-washed blue sky. Good morning bee-eaters gliding and calling overhead. Good morning left-over raindrops on a wild garlic bud.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning last bats, first birds. Good morning grey and white clouds moving slowly across a dawn-blue sky. Good morning Peace rose unfolding.
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Just the opposite. Science misled us for a long time about raising bilingual children. Now it seems that the earlier a child hears different languages, the better. Where did the bad science come from? English-speaking monolingual countries...
I was reading up about raising a bilingual child. I thought it would negatively impact my son and will take him longer to talk but it's quiet the contrary...
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning high blue sky, with little fringes of white cloud across the horizon. Good morning sunshine. Good morning tree fern unfurling into the new year.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning grey mist. Good morning lovely veins on an iris petal, unmoving rivers of purple.
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Joburg Twitter look up. The WHOLE SKY is pink and blue
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Please REMEMBER the BOOK SALE starting at 10 tomorrow morning. All books R20. Lots of children’s books. St Paul’s church 12th St Parkhurst. Between 4th and 5th Avenue. Please RT.
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I will be going on a silent retreat and switching off my phone. So no more greetings, for a few days.
Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning pale blue sky. Good morning flock of mousebirds. Good morning trinity of fat figs.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning grey skies. Good morning 40mm in the rain gauge. Good morning birds singing in the rain. Good morning rain falling on the protea bush on my patio.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning sky colouring slowly. Good morning Sunday city. Good morning trinity of yellow roses.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning birds, singing in the rain. Good morning pink arum lily, first of my flowers to stand up straight and bloom again after the hail.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning last bats. Good morning first swallows. Good morning, morning star. Good morning sunrise
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning mist on the mountains. Good morning fiery-necked nightjar calling: Good Lord deliver us. Good morning bushveld sunrise.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning pink rose, still deeply furled. Good morning, morning-after-we-nearly-nearly-won-the-soccer.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning moist misty day. Good morning fat freesia buds.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning pale blue sky. Good morning flock of mousebirds flying overhead, trailing your long tails. Good morning street full of brown leaves in the sunlight.
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning just a few pink clouds, moving fast across a colourless sky. Good morning flamboyant ‘disco-cactus’, a Brazilian plant that makes me happy every time it flowers, because it comes from my late father’s garden
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Good morning wide world. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning gentle rain. Good morning all the candles of the Advent wreath: Hope, Peace, Joy, Love. And the central candle, the Christmas Day candle, which is for Light.
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Good morning Twitter. Good morning Johannesburg. Good morning high blue sky. Good morning crane flower full of wings.
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