I, Nyiko Floyd Shivambu, hereby fully accept the decision by the uMKhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) to terminate my membership of the organisation. This acceptance is unequivocal and final. I will not appeal the decision, as I respect the processes and structures of the organisation that I once served as National Organiser and Secretary General. Mayibuye iAfrika!
the men getting mad at this are realising they probably once did this to someone. Silence is not consent , intoxication is not consent , hesitation is not consent , flirting is not consent & consent can be revoked at ANY time.
On Tuesday the 30th of April 2024, I had the honour of being awarded a MSc in International Development degree by the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (@SOAS).
It’s an honour to join an illustrious Alumni notably Walter Rodney, a revolutionary Pan Africanist from Guyana and Arkebe Okubay, Africa’s most cogent Proponent of industrialization. The journey was worth it and expanded our understanding of What is to be Done!
And of course had to go via Highgate Cemetery to visit Karl Marx’s grave!
New data from the Thembisa model has been published. There were around 91 000 new HIV infections in women aged 15 and older, compared to 50 000 in men in the same age group. | @SpotlightNSP
https://t.co/1A5Lna4lAE
When you finish peeling the bark of a tree for medical use, you cover it with soil so that the tree will be able to heal quickly, you don't leave the tree damaged.🌳💚
My father @NgugiWaThiongo_ physically abused my late mother – he would beat her up. Some of my earliest memories are me going to visit her at my grandmother’s where she would seek refuge. But with that said it is the silencing of who she was that gets me. Ok- I have said it.
Section 1 of South Africa’s constitution specifies “non-racialism” as one of the country’s “founding values”. However, the good book does not explain what “non-racialism” is, let alone where the idea came from or why it’s supposed to be a good thing. So, I’ll explain🧵🧵
HERE WE GO! China bans the use iPhones in government agencies. The order was given to officials at central government agencies not to use Apple's iPhones and other foreign-branded devices for work or bring them into the office.
The ban came at such a critical time - ahead of an Apple event next week, at which Apple is expected to launch a new line of iPhones and other Apple products. With this ban, Huawei is expected to take executive dominance in China.
Post BRICS +6 Summit, Sino(China) - US tensions have reached a new high.
So far, China and Russia are technically out of the G20 and won’t be attending this year’s summit in India. Mexico will also not be attending. And even though the Indians are hosting the summit this year, the Indian PM said he wont be attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and didn’t give any serious reason why.
When asked what he thought was responsible for the Chinese and Russian leaders’ decision to skip the summit, India’s External Affairs Minister, Jaishankar rightly said their decision has nothing to do with India. Truly it has nothing to do with India. It has everything to do with Agreements to consolidate on BRICS and move forward without delay.
It’s like dating the wrong partner in a relationship and suddenly finding the right one. You might wanna be considerate and take it easy with withdrawal, but sometimes, delay can be dangerous. It gets to a point where you just go right on ahead and call it off once and for all, so you can concentrate and build your new relationship and jointly make it succeed. This is what I believe is going on. The key BRICS arrowheads seem to have made up their minds to severe ties with the entangling old order, so they can focus more on building a formidable alternative to the aging Unipolar world order.
Can you imagine that Russia and Saudi Arabia, America’s one time strong ally, are going ahead with their voluntary oil production cuts of 1.3 million barrels per day, despite America’s best efforts and pressure on Saudis not to go that route. Today, Senior officials from the Biden Admin are on their way to Saudi Arabia to see if they can figure what in the world is going on. I bet they won’t. Because, like I said earlier, it’s game on with BRICS. You can’t have that much concentration of power in one place - BRICS +6 and not put structures in place to consolidate. It’s happening before our eyes and I doubt that G20 and most of the other unipolar-affiliated organizations will ever be the same again, after this year’s events.
Take it from me, a new world is born. It’s called #MultiPolarWorld.