Phumzile Van Damme
@zilevandamme
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Tech & Society Consultant. Counter-Disinfo Strategist. @Harvard Tech & Human Rights Fellow. @Forbes Top 20 Young Power Women in Africa. Former MP. INFJ. Virago.
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Joined September 2009
Happy 31st anniversary of our first democratic elections, South Africa. 🇿🇦♥️. Today, I honour the sacrifices of those who fought - and paid dearly - for our freedom. I carry their courage with me in my heart every day, but never more profoundly than when I walked onto the stage
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As for the ST journo, so confused. Why did she say the Bloomberg & other indepedent reports on Alebuga were not credible? How? Where? What is correct then? Russia's talking points? Hm? What did she uncover then?. I hope there is some extensive investigative journalism on this.
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I watched this episode I have SO MANY thoughts & Qs. Firstly, S/O to Mac & Sol, handled that very well, demanding accountability. 1. What is the name of PR firm in Dubai?.2. What are the details of Siya & Russia contract?.3. Influencers sue Siya. Very dodgy guy. Very red flag.
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Musk says that his Optimus humanoid robots will eventually form 80% of Tesla’s value. Would you purchase a humanoid robot? (It does not have to be Tesla). Me, no. I have a robo-vac and that's as far as I am willing to go.
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Elon Musk said Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus will eventually be driving most of the company’s value, as the tech giant shifts its focus to robots.
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I do, however, look like her daughter, my paternal grandmother. Depending on the angle and the day. I look like so many in my family. 😂
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The same wide middle face, I reckon 😂. Oh, the daughter of a British missionary who came to South Africa to spread the gospel but caught a case of the fev', instead. I'm 1/8th Caucasian. If you say anything about this and the DA I WILL BLOCK YOU. 🤨.
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My great-grandmother (born in the 1800s) and I. (shut up with “you look nothing alike, Phumzile. Nothing.” Squint. Believe in something, dammit. BELIEVE)
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Yall's obsession with childlessness is getting weird.
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I wouldn’t know. I’d be dead.
Guys what must happen to your lineage if you don’t want kids? It can’t end with you.
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Khanisho. What’s the latest on the Starlink saga? The policy directive and associated matters? Hlebel’ me.
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In my day abo @mbalimcdust, @Julius_S_Malema @Makashule et al. didn’t buy mother body skelm. They had their own ideas, their own campaigns. Innovative stuff. Come on youth of today!.
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Say, which party hasn't neutered their youth wing?Youth wings are meant to be formidable rabble-rousers, table shakers, dustbin overturners, status quo crushers who tell anyone & everyone 9, 9 including the mother body. These days? Pecked hens. ☹️Except maybe the EFF….
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Deeply proud to call both South Africa and Norway home, two countries that have chosen to stand on the right side of history. Not just with words, but with humanity in action. Free Palestine. ✊🏾🇿🇦.Frigjør Palestina. ✊🏾🇳🇴.
Norway’s sovereign-wealth fund, the world’s largest, is selling shares of Caterpillar, citing evidence that Israeli authorities used its bulldozers to destroy property unlawfully. It is also selling stakes in four Israeli banks, including the two largest.
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I have so many questions.
Day 1 of the ANCYL NEC meeting has concluded on a high note at the Boontjieskraal Incubation and Conference Centre in Kimberley. #RoadToANCYLNGC.#ANCYL2ndNGC.#ANCYL81stAnniversary.#ANCYLatWork
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True evil, Palantir is.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp laughs about profiting from killing Palestinians using AI. He calls them 'Hamas' 'useful idiots' and 'mostly terrorists'. But there is only one terrorist here, Palantir are war criminals.
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