Adam Habib

Vice-Chancellor, SOAS University of London

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

IMRAAN BUCCUS | SACP shocks the pundits https://t.co/cT40KUncVx

[SOAS Alumni @SOASalumni]

A warm welcome to our new SOAS scholars! 🎓

Last month, we brought together scholarship recipients from across SOAS for a special welcome event, celebrating the start of their journeys and the connections that will shape their time here.

Welcome to our scholar community!

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@CalvinMaom64701 @TimesLIVE And what about traitors, neoliberal, capitalist, bourgeois, comprador? Any more you want to throw around! 🤷🏽‍♂️😔

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@AIC100 @Tessa_Dooms 6. So to recap; my issue is JHB. I never said anything about KZN. People then questioned why I held it unfair here and not in KZN in 2024. I never said it was fair in KZN. I never commented. The difference between Zille & Zuma in the 2 cases has to do with honesty & competence.

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@shabaloyd @BradaX7 @SizweDhlomo https://t.co/I2d96kBCbY

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@BradaX7 @SizweDhlomo https://t.co/I2d96kB4mq

[Denzil Taylor @DenzilTaylor]

…. Who did this ………

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@pumla20101 🤷🏾‍♂️🙈

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

Here is why Helen should be the mayor of JHB; thoughtful, strategic, detail oriented, and laser-focused on service delivery. This is exactly what we require of a Mayor in JHB, and why I support her.

[IDEC @Mkhize_vela]

Zille is making sense hate her if you like 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@zamndlovu If your political choices, decision-making & support is informed by how much cash you make, don’t assume that it is the same for everyone else . Have a lovely evening.🙏🏾

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@JohnKwenaM I do! If you have no interest in my thoughts, you are free to leave.🙏🏾

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@iam_CARNETIUS Here is why public discourse seems so pointless with some people on social media. They here for the performative dynamics rather than the public engagement itself. 😢

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@khozak Herein lies the challenge of SA.The response says nothing about why she won’t deliver.There is no questioning of her capabilities. It has to do with her personal circumstances.Service delivery is in crisis because people are chosen for reasons other than that required for the job

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@cD9579716162488 Feel free to leave. I use this account to make my commentary and to engage those who are prepared to think about public issues maturely and to differ respectfully. It is a voluntary space provided you don’t threaten & act racist.🙏🏾

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

1. Lovely article. The most stable coalition would be with the ANC, but the Gauteng ANC needs to be constrained in any relationship going forward if a turnaround is to be effected. How possible is this in a factionalised ANC and will any agreement with the National be respected?

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

Herman Mashaba and Michael Beaumont willing to agree to Nasiphi Moya for Tshwane mayor if DA agrees to dump Zille as its mayoral candidate for Johannesburg. https://t.co/PTVsHQcPs6

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@LindaThatGuy It’s never been about indivs;you simply have assumed it. It’s not about whether I like Zuma & Malema. It’s abt what their parties stand for,what their political projects are all about - racial nationalism & ethnic tribalism respectively - & its impact on democracy & development.

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@funkrat 3. But we should never give in to ‘political abusers’. If we allow them to push us out of the public space,we lose our collective future. Wits & now SOAS - & their stability -has shown me that the majority of people are reasonable, care & are willing to engage in a shared future.

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@funkrat 2. Our society is also one of the most violent for a democracy. Activists think they progressive when they racist, foul mouthed & violent. They behave no different from the far right in the US. They have forgotten that we are defined not by our rhetoric, but by our behavior.

[Adam Habib @AdHabb]

@funkrat 1. Been here before and will be here again.😢 Our challenge is that we - intellectuals, parties, and the public - have indulged such behaviour for a long time. The consequence is that many good people stay away from public leadership & engagement. Our development is compromised.