Bheki

obsessive. reticent overthinker. sporadic reader & writer. wordpress technical support engineer. technical writer.
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[Samkeliso Tshuma @samkebusiness]

What's happening in South Africa requires all of us to be honest and to understand that two truths can coexist. South Africa has an immigration problem. This is true. South Africa has people who are both Afrophobic and xenophobic. This is another truth. To address what’s going on, we must accept those truths.

The South African government and governments across Africa must have a conversation about the immigration problem. South Africa cannot continue to bear the economic and social cost. And we can't afford to keep gaslighting South African citizens by stating that other Africans helped them during the apartheid struggle. This should never be used to silence them.

African governments must confront the reality facing their citizens and take responsibility for what has caused their citizens to migrate to South Africa. The South African government must also take responsibility for cosying up to other African governments and failing to hold them accountable for destroying their economies and making it hard for their citizens to remain in their countries. The South African government needs to be strong here. It cannot be soft. Hiding behind Pan-Africanist ideals and brotherhood that emerged from liberation movements doesn’t cut it.

We simply can't reduce this immigration problem to pushing narratives such as “South Africans are lazy, HIV-infected, uneducated.” Anyone saying so is dishonest. There is a real crisis. South Africa has remained the most unequal country in the world. The economic pie is largely in the hands of the white minority. Yet we expect the same Black people, who are excluded from accessing this economic pie, to share its crumbs with Africans from other countries. It seems unfair to expect that.

Saying this doesn't mean we do not acknowledge the existence of Afrophobes. They exist. In every struggle, there are people who exploit genuine grievances to drive selfish agendas, hate, etc. Is it right? Never. The South African government and other African governments must deal with Afrophobic and xenophobic actors. Innocent people cannot lose their lives and businesses because governments have failed to address socio-economic conditions.

SA has a crime problem, and it would be disingenuous of SA citizens to say crime is perpetuated by foreigners or illegal immigrants only. There are South Africans who commit crimes, and one cannot solve crime by scapegoating. There is an immigration problem which may potentially lead to crime and that needs to be addressed.

If immigration issues and socio-economic conditions are not addressed, these tensions will keep rearing their ugly heads.

Afrophobic South Africans also need to confront the truth about why they are solely targeting Black immigrants. This pattern mirrors what’s happening in the United States of America, where ICE disproportionately targets Black and Brown people. This disproportionate targeting isn’t random. It’s rooted in anti-Blackness and colonial hierarchies of belonging that code Blackness as foreign, criminal, or disposable. In both SA and the US, immigration enforcement becomes racialised. It has become a tool that punishes skin color by weaponising citizenship status.

It is painful to watch people stripped of dignity and abused simply for being foreigners in South Africa. To find a common path forward, we need to understand these nuances and hold all our African governments accountable. We are where we are because of them!

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@zeekthefire @PTChimusoro @mtncube Tense 😳😳

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@PTChimusoro @Ms_Aurra @mtncube Quickly for context on my end. So using a visa card or mastercard makes you kuabke to paying digital services tax? And does this apply to online payments only?

[Ruben Hassid @rubenhassid]

How to set up Claude so it never forgets you:

Prompts → Projects → Skills (explained in 3 mins)

Prompts = telling a stranger your job every morning.
Projects = giving a new hire a binder on day one.
Skills = training an employee once. For forever.

Step 1: Start with a Prompt (but don't stay there)

✦ Open Claude. Type your task. Get an answer.
✦ It works. But tomorrow? Claude forgot everything.
✦ You re-explain. Again. Every. Single. Chat.
✦ That's Level 1. Most people never leave it.

Step 2: Move to a Project

✦ Go to Claude .ai → Create a Project.
✦ Upload your voice file. Upload your instructions.
✦ Now every chat inside that Project knows you.
✦ Your context, style, and tone stick.

But you still have to open the right Project.
You still have to say "read my file first."

Step 3: Graduate to Skills

✦ Open Claude Cowork.
✦ Select Opus 4.7 + Extended Thinking.
✦ Prompt: "Use the skill-creator to help me build a skill for [your most repeated task]."

Claude interviews you. Answer extensively.
"I write reports" is useless.
"I write weekly reports that start with the headline metric, 3 sections max, next steps as bullets" is a Skill.

The specificity is the skill.

Step 4: Install and test

✦ Save the Skill folder.
✦ Go to Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload.
✦ Open a new chat. Type your task normally.
✦ The Skill fires on its own. No slash command.
✦ Claude just knows.

I just wrote my full Claude Skills breakdown. It covers setup, the skill-creator walkthrough, and the 7 hacks I found buried in Anthropic's docs.

Read it here: https://t.co/6cHYYfjpP2

To download all of my Claude infographics:

Step 1. Go to https://t.co/psB7XxAv8w.
Step 2. Subscribe for free. Don't pay anything.
Step 3. Open my welcome email (most skip this).
Step 4. Hit the automatic reply button inside.
Step 5. Download my infographics from my Notion.

♻️ Repost this to help someone on your team stop re-explaining themselves to Claude every morning.

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@2tukani Asdeshe 😭😭😭

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@2tukani Let's have hope. We're allowed to overdose at 60 minutes 😤😤

[Si Por La 16 @Sipho_Mudau]

As a Zimbabwean, your competitive advantage is knowing how much worse things can get and moving accordingly.

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@2tukani We definitely deserved to lose, we were terrible today. And generally we've become really bad at seeing games out. We'll be very lucky if we get UCL.

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@DannythatGuy Like they have one best friend they tell everything

[Euphonik™♛ @euphonik]

No matter how hard you work, luck remains a powerful force in how life unfolds. ✨

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@TeamFuloZim Frame 1

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@TeamFuloZim Frame 3

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@TeamFuloZim Frame 2.

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

Curtis Jones with some urgency for a change. Love to see it #INTLIV

[BrightoNcube @Realbeefactor]

City of Bulawayo @CityofBulawayo - lets fix this mess by the market as soon as possible. This is not what we want for uBulawayo. #Bulawayo

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@aurochrista Kuncane lokhu, I'm sure badla le lunch khonapho! The city should really look into fixing this mess soon. Siyane sihlekana nge nsikizi kodwa health outbreak loading. Ama toilets abo angaphi futhi

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@naledimashishi Strong case! I've always loved HER but I'll definitely give this one a watch. Pronto

[Bheki @BhekiAbstract]

@MsSmileSoBright Just a zambezi missing 😀😀😀

[HousingOffice @HouseInCBD]

Matopo Gin festival advance passports available ar the House In CBD immigration stall at Marvel House.