A return flight Cape Town-Durban in early Dec is going to cost R8000+ with
#Safair
whereas a return flight Cape Town - NYC with
@KLM
in Nov is costing me R15,000.
How do you justify this price-gouging,
@FlySafair
@flysafairVA
?
For every R1 govt collects, 31c goes to public service wages & 15c to grants, says Godongwana. We really can’t afford such a bloated public service especially when so many govt employees don’t give a damn about serving citizens!
As always, the first person
@eNCA
gets to respond to
@PresidencyZA
speech is the liquor industry guy. This is a public health emergency not a booze cruise!’
#level3
#LockdownSA
1/ News24 Projection for NATIONAL BALLOT:
ANC 42.3% (-15.2)
DA 21.8% (+1)
MK 13.6% (+13.6)
EFF 9% (-1.8)
IFP 3.5% (+0.1)
PA 2.2% (+1.2)
Extraordinary election! MK the key driving force. Much more detail and analysis to follow.
In a desperate attempt to humiliate advocate Thuli Madonsela, Dali Mpofu gleefully dredged up every demeaning,
misogynistic insult he’s ever heard from her past detractors.
Good thing she ate him up. His conduct was shameful and should be called out.
Dear
@Our_DA
: either you (1) love racists OR (2) are so incompetent you don't do basic checks on employees. Which is it,
@jsteenhuisen
? (Btw have you even LOOKED at the many Black professionals available for Chief of Staff?)
Super-proud of my youngest daughter, Naledi Kekana, who graduated today from
@UtrechtUni
with her MA in Gender Studies, and is already putting her skills to work at
@Women_Win
, working to make the world a better place for women and girls.
@NkenkeKekana
My fabulous first-born Nikita Kekana graduated today with an LLM in public international law (cum laude) from Leiden University. So proud of this hard-working, smart, kind young woman who wants to make the world a better place!
@surfinggirl007
@NkenkeKekana
@UniLeidenNews
There's been a steady takeover of public tidal pools by a businessman in my hood,
#KalkBay
. His latest move is build over the sand at the kiddies' pool. If you're in Cape Town and care about public spaces being available for everyone, please join!
@UrbanLo
@BBCHARDtalk
I am a South African journalist. I’d like to see the evidence that there has been a rise in anti-Semitism,
@stephensackur
? Jewish people were an integral part of the anti-apartheid struggle & many have called out Israel’s war in Gaza.
@emgbar
It's being pushed by the same conservative Catholic crowd that's trying to prevent abortion worldwide, and they're promoting it massively in S&E Africa, where I live:
So bored with
#LindiweSisulu
outbursts now. She rants in public but when
@RonaldLamola
responds, she's suddenly offended he didn't come to her privately. I suppose it's a bit much to expect someone like her to practice what she preaches.
#Lamola
A big fat bloated Cabinet filled with failed
@MYANC
hacks and
@CyrilRamaphosa
trade union buddies who’ve been at the eating trough for years is definitely not going to help change people’s lives for the better!
#cabinetreshuffle
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Journalism is in crisis. About 70% of South African journalists have left the field since 2009. Why do you expect free news when you pay for everything else?
My beloved daughter Nikita Kekana was admitted to the Bar as attorney today. A triumph in a bleak week for women! Shine for justice & those who no longer can
@surfinggirl007
@NkenkeKekana
Journalism is not a crime. I also stand with
@karynmaughan
#jacobzuma
is a bully who is trying yet another distraction to try to avoid the consequences of selling SA to criminal mafias.
@RediTlhabi
While she’s pretending to be anti-corruption she’s actually anti-Zondo Commission. The entire ANC crew in parliament herself included had the opportunity to have a no-confidence vote in Zuma & most refused. Thinks we are stupid.
Ex judge John Hlope being sworn in as an
#MKP
MP is confirmation of the many claims of his pro-
#Zuma
bias. So many bitter corrupt MPs in opposition benches were part of the criminal mafia selling our country’s assets.
All that Dali Mpofu has shown so far in
#JSCinterviews
is how unfit he is to ever be a judge: bitter, self-centred, emotional, immature and sexist.
@palesa_morudu
#JSC
The
#SABCRetrenchments
today are incredibly painful. These are victims of wanton looting by
#Hlaudi
who was appointed to make our corrupt, greedy ex president look good.
#Sickening
As people condemn
@PresidencyZA
&
@DIRCO_ZA
over
#PolandArrest
, it's worth noting
#Poland
is ruled by a far-right party that recently introduced a bill to crack down on opposition & banned abortion. It's no democracy & treating our people like this is unsurprising.
JUST IN: Presidential Protection Unit Head Wally Rhoode explains why a significant amount of Ramaphosa’s security team has been left stranded for more than 10 hours at the Warsaw airport. They were supposed to provide protection for the president during the Africa Peace Mission.
Almost 3 years ago, my sister was attacked by a vicious stranger and needed stitches in her head a dental work. After multiple postponements, he was convicted of assault & got tiny R1,200 fine. Tomorrow SHE appears in court on a trumped up charge laid by the perpetrator 1/ 2
@ukinsouthafrica
It's hard not to see your decision as racially motivated as it's surely not science-based. There are virtually no Beta cases in SA as Delta is by far the most dominant variant.
NowInSA News: Glynnis Breytenbach is firing off on all cylinders. TIn addressing G4S representatives of Mangaung Correctional facility. She surgically questions reps who seem dumbfounded.
The Body entered into the prison allegedly in a TV Stand.
#ThaboBester
The blue drop (
#water
quality) and green drop (
#wastewater
) reports released today by
@DWS_RSA
are bad news for SA - with 50% of municipalities showing poor/ bad water quality.
🧵 1/5
What I’m celebrating on no-moan Friday: South Africa pulled off a fair, peaceful election. The ruling party suffered significant defeats & accepted the result. A great example for Africa & the USA!
#LGE2021
I’m sick of politicians & their cynical manipulation but
@DrZweliMkhize
&
@alanwinde
have been non-partisan and good communicators during the pandemic and I’m grateful for that.
#COVID19
@eThekwiniM
Tsek. You couldn’t even prepare the Durban beachfront pools cos you’ve eaten the money yet want to be clever about sewage spills caused by loadshedding caused by
@MYANC
looting of Eskom.
In a functional state, taxation is a way of redistributing wealth and I support it 100%. But it burns me every
#tax
period to pay to this kleptocracy, knowing it's likely to end up in some fat cat's pocket instead of paying for healthcare or education.
#greylisting
#SARS
#ThaboMbeki
started the rot, silencing MPs who wanted to question the executive and setting the stage for Zuma's
#StateCapture
, writes Mondli Makhanya
via
@City_Press
My amazing first-born, Nikita, has just started an LLM in international law at Leiden Uni after working for a couple of years in corporate law. It's possible to chase dreams during
#COVID19
!
#lifeafterlockup
@NkenkeKekana
@UniLeidenNews
Hard to celebrate
#FreedomDay
when so many South Africans are suffering - no jobs, erratic water and power, a pandemic of crime & gender based violence. The aspirations of the liberation struggle have been undermined by greed.
Despite being much maligned at home,
@CyrilRamaphosa
is well regarded internationally –particularly for his role in pushing for
#COVIDVaccines
for Africa &
#ClimateCrisis
-related loss & damage compensation for the continent.
Yes! In 1994 the vast majority of this country wanted
@MYANC
to succeed but all that hope was squandered by the looter from Nkandla and the entire party leadership that enabled him. We want to save what little is left.
You lot who defended ANC corruption for years - supporters, politicians, some government spokespeople - ALWAYS dismissing the rot & insulting those who expose it;calling them names; how did you think it would end? Jesus has come, finally. We told you: this is OUR country too.
Lots of protesters gather at Cape Town harbour right now to unwelcome the Amazon Warrior, Shell’s seismic blasting Ship.
#SaveTheWildCoast
#oceansNotOil
So far,
@RogerJardineZA
's
@change_nowza
seems like an older, wealthier version of
@Rise_Mzansi
.
Why didn't he throw his weight behind them instead of further complicating the fractured opposition?
Not in the mood for this BS after 5 hours of
#Loadshedding
in a 10-hour work day during which a back-up battery burnt out and my internet satellite dish (yes, I'm that desperate: no internet=no work=no pay) malfunctioned & needs replacing. Who the F caused this but
@MYANC
!
Love & solidarity to all those who have lost loved ones during
#COVID19
We had to honour our mother’s passing yesterday via Zoom & a socially distanced (illegal) beach gathering.
Friends couldn’t come over, the 80yo+ battled with Zoom - but somehow me managed. RIP Mum
#grief
Kudos to
@TAC
for 25 fighting years. You've saved millions of lives, given hope to people living with
#HIV
, and fought for
#ARVs
despite the huge price tag & the country's
#AIDS
denialist president
#ThaboMbeki
telling everyone they were poisonous.
🧵 1/ 3
Today is the first anniversary of my mother's death and (coincidently) the day of my first Pfizer vaccination. I'm taking it as a sign that she's continuing to offer me life and protection. It's a good way to honour her memory. 😊🌈
#Zwane
claims he gave his iPad to ‘choir members’ who used his email address to contact Guptas - while he was a minister. Aside from the lie, what about security?
https://www.daily
It's possible to support
#CovidVaccines
AND acknowledge some people have side-effects (generally short-lived, with rare deadly cases) AND be against
#pharma
profiteering.
Tedious
#antivaxx
groups claim to be custodians of 'truth' with everyone else as mere pharma stooges.
Since the deliberate sabotage of SA's National Intelligence Agency during the Zuma era, intelligence-gathering is pretty much only being done by investigative journalists!
Thanks to
@amaBhungane
@dailymaverick
@News24
@OpenSecretsZA
& others
Imanuwela David, the man alleged to be the ringleader in the robbery at President Ramaphosa’s game farm, skipped the country with the aid of two dodgy forex traders — a certain Papa J and a man named Prince. AmaB’s investigation reveals their identities.
Heartwarming: 32 Gauteng hospitals took part in
#MandelaDay
by addressing surgical backlogs, ensuring hundreds of patients got surgeries they needed.
@HealthZA
@GautengHealth
Bittersweet
#FreedomDay2024
. Apartheid is gone but corruption flourishes, alongside crime & unemployment.
@MYANC
, we had such high hopes but in the past 30 years, you lost your way.
@Derek_Hanekom
Some of us are not mourning. She has been associated with so many scandals it's hard to keep count - selling strategic oil reserves, SAPS DNA computer system, the Zuma stooge pushing the Russia nuclear deal...
Being a mother is joyous, complicated and often difficult. Today I am counting the infinite blessings it has brought to me & sending love to mothers everywhere, especially those whose children are no longer with them.
#MothersDay
@bonglez
@Radio702
I’ve just spent 3 months in NYC. If you want to go to a restaurant, concert, movies etc you need to show your vaccine certificate. It’s working to stop the spread and life is returning to normal.
@EFFSouthAfrica
is playing politics in a pandemic.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for
#Putin
for war crimes related to the abduction of
#Ukraine
children. Will
@DIRCO_ZA
continue to consort with a war criminal?
@nytimes
So
@DIRCO_ZA
has no knowledge of Lt Gen Lawrence Mbatha’s trip to
#Russia
- coinciding with SA trying to motivate to stay part of the massive US trade deal Agoa? Was it sanctioned by
@CyrilRamaphosa
? Who is running our country?
Hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterated that South Africa was firmly non-aligned in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Russian Defence Force announced that SA's army chief is in Moscow to discuss 'combat readiness'. |
@karynmaughan
@QaanitahHunter
@mmodiba10
The default judgement happened because you squandered your opportunity to present your side in court. Now you've decided to wake up and cry. If you want to pick a fight, at least have the guts to stand up and present evidence.
Neither the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness, nor the Premier’s Office, was in any way involved with the event hosted by the provincial legislature, and distance themselves from the purported views expressed by the invited speaker.
So now it’s ‘detention without trial’ for someone charged with contempt of court? We are so sick of the apologists of this thief that enabled R57-billion to be stolen.
#ZumaArrest
Tomorrow at 10h00:
H.E Prez Zuma will be making his 1st public appearance virtually after 12 days of his detention-without-trial, for the postponement application of his trial.
We trust that in the public interest, the national broadcaster, the SABC, will beam this hearing live
Ordinary South Africans are struggling to survive. But
@MYANC
jeopardizes a trade arrangement with the US worth billions to suck up to
#Russia
that is a 1% trade partner. Not hard to see the party is selling us for kickbacks.
#ANCmustgo
The
@Our_DA
congress starts on April Fools Day... Sigh.
If ever we needed a strong official opposition, it's now. But this lot is on its way to re-elect the white dinosaur that is a colonialism apologist and its tone-deaf grievance politician leader.
#DAcongress2023
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It took 3 months for the world to get to 1 million
#COVID19
cases, and 5 DAYS to get to 2 million.
#Level3
means much more risk. Plz be careful out there. Mask up, keep distance, wash hands a lot. 🇿🇦❤️
#StaySafeStayHealthy
@zilevandamme
This is the same organisation that took money from Coca Cola to produce an ’independent’ report against the tax on sugary drinks. No ethics!
THIS is the biggest news in the history of
#HIV
prevention! Two injections of
#Lenacapavir
per year provided 100% protection to 2000+ teen girls and women in a trial in South Africa & Uganda. Now
@GileadSciences
is under pressure to make the medicine widely available.
👏
@DTHF_SA
’s
@LindaGailBekker
🇿🇦 receives a standing ovation after presenting full results from the PURPOSE 1 study. The results confirm
#lenacapavir
demonstrated 100% efficacy for
#HIV
prevention in cisgender women.
@PhumlaniMMajozi
Those are SOUTH AFRICAN lawyers defending Palestinians who are being bombed, shot and starved to death. They represent me and all those who support human rights - which makes sense why you don't support them.
This is how a democracy does electoral transition. South Africa's ruling
@MYANC
has lost its majority it doesn't squeal about stolen elections.
#Trump
& many
@GOP
politicians could learn from us.
#SAElection2024
@SowetanLIVE
Fine work by the sangoma. Makes sense that the arrests had nothing to do with detective work, as that is not a strong point of
@SAPoliceService
.