Demetri Qually

[Wayne Sussman @waynesussman]

DA make history with Gauteng township by-election win
Ward 28 (Evaton West) Emfuleni, Sedibeng
DA 32% (16%)
ANC 32% (53%)
EFF 12% (18%)
PA 8%
PAC 6% (1%)
SACP 3%
AEF 3%
DITAU 3%
ACP 1%
TRUTH <1%
Poll: 36% (41%)
DA beat ANC by 8 votes.

[Karyn Maughan @karynmaughan]

I’m at home recovering after my emergency surgery - BUT I have to congratulate the @NPA_Prosecutes team led by advocate Billy Downer in obtaining their precedent-setting Stop Stalingrad ruling.
This isn’t just about Jacob Zuma.
It blocks abuse of appeals to avoid trial.
It’s HUGE

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Trump completely passed out, reawakened, then passed out again during today's pressor in the Oval Office. 😂🤣👇

[Ryan Coetzee @RyanCoetzee]

I notice some are calling for the DA to focus on winning the support of black South Africans, and others are calling for the DA to focus on winning the support of Afrikaners. But the DA must be the party for all South Africans, because every South African is of equal worth, and because no one will succeed unless everyone has a place and a future in our country. That has always been the position of the DA and, given what every candidate for leadership is saying, it remains the position of the DA.

[Demetri Qually @DemetriQuallyDA]

@ElonmuskWIZ 18

[Helen Zille @helenzille]

Well worth a read.
https://t.co/veheRI90rQ

[Demetri Qually @DemetriQuallyDA]

"Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
Abraham Lincoln 1848

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Pulitzer Board turns the tables on Trump in defamation lawsuit — demands discovery of ALL his finances and medical records in explosive legal fight.

Donald Trump thought he could bully and intimidate the Pulitzer Prize Board into submission. Instead, the Board just hit back — hard.

According to a new report from Law & Crime, members of the Pulitzer Prize Board are fighting Trump’s lawsuit with sweeping discovery demands that could pry open one of his most closely guarded secrets: his finances. After Trump sued the Board for standing by Pulitzer-winning reporting on his links to Russia — reporting that he despises — the Board is now insisting that if Trump wants to litigate, he’s going to have to play by the rules — and answer uncomfortable questions under oath.

Trump’s lawsuit claims the Board defamed him by refusing to retract awards given to journalists whose reporting detailed his ties to Russia. But the Board isn’t backing down. Instead, its lawyers are demanding broad discovery, including documents and testimony that go directly to Trump’s wealth, business interests, medical history, and credibility — areas that have long proven hazardous terrain for the president.

In court filings, the Board argues that Trump himself made his finances relevant by repeatedly injecting claims about his success, reputation, and damages into the case. In other words: if Trump says the reporting hurt his standing, then the truth about his money matters — a lot.

Legal experts say this is a classic “be careful what you wish for” moment. Trump has spent years attacking journalists, institutions, and independent watchdogs, assuming intimidation would be enough. But discovery cuts both ways. If this case proceeds, Trump could be forced to turn over records he has spent decades concealing and sit for depositions that can’t be spun away with late-night rants on social media.

The Pulitzer Board’s message is unmistakable: they’re not afraid of Trump, and they’re not rewriting history because he doesn’t like it. The awards were granted, the reporting stands, and now Trump may have to answer — in a courtroom, not on Truth Social.

This legal counterpunch also exposes the deeper irony of Trump’s crusade. A man who claims to champion “free speech” is trying to punish journalists for doing their jobs — while crying victim when those journalists, and the institutions that defend them, refuse to cave.

If Trump thought this lawsuit would intimidate the press, it may end up doing the opposite. By opening the door to discovery into his finances and credibility, he’s handed his critics exactly what they’ve been asking for: accountability.

And this time, it won’t be decided by a rally crowd or a rage post — it’ll be decided under oath.

Please like and share if you can’t wait to see how this turns out!

[X Mayor of Durban @LuckyGordy]

Do not tell me anything is impossible.

Here is my a pic of our helper and her son receiving his MBChB today.

Happy tears being shed right now.

[Leon Schreiber @Leon_Schreib]

As the custodian of South Africa’s population register, I can confirm that the legal basis for racial classification and the cornerstone of formal Apartheid, the Population Registration Act of 1950, was repealed in 1991. This was followed by the creation of a non-racial population register and ID system that we are now working day and night to modernise and digitally transform.

The legislated evil of the Population Registration Act has not been replaced by any new law reintroducing mandatory racial classification, which undergirded abominations like the pencil test and job reservation. The obvious result is that no basis exists in law to compel any person to again become racial classifiers or “pencil testers” of their fellow South African citizens. And that is how it will remain under my custodianship.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"If russia stops, the war ends.
If Ukraine stops, Ukraine ends. That's why we must help Ukraine win."

-Kaja Kallas (Prime Minister of Estonia)

I agree with her..

Don't stop supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦

[Demetri Qually @DemetriQuallyDA]

Why we should avoid the mistakes of the past

[South African Institute of Race Relations @IRR_SouthAfrica]

🇿🇦 The TRUTH about SA’s RACE LAWS 🧵| South Africa needs a non-racial future — not more race laws

South Africa has walked this road before.

When laws divided people by race, the result was suffering, stagnation, and injustice.
Those who opposed that system fought not for racial power, but for freedom, dignity, and equality before the law.

That principle, that people are individuals, not racial units, is the foundation of our post-apartheid Constitution. And yet, those in power have tried to deny this foundation by resurrecting the same racial categories that were designed to divide South Africans generations ago.

[Karyn Maughan @karynmaughan]

Glynnis Breytenbach was forced out of @NPA_Prosecutes⁩ precisely because of her excellent work in prosecuting corruption.

She’ll never stop being a prosecutor though, as we saw in Parliament this week:

[Demetri Qually @DemetriQuallyDA]

Talent and Development, not quotas

[Jonathan Jansen @JJ_Stellies]

What did rugby get right about excellence and transformation that other sports codes did not?

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Don't give MAGA supporters information

It simply annoys them

[Demetri Qually @DemetriQuallyDA]

A very clear explanation which even a PhD graduate should be able to understand

[Siviwe Gwarube @Siviwe_G]

Mmusi; I know you’re capable of understanding this not-very- complex argument I am making:

Any country that performs well in its education system; looks at the system in its entirety (ages 0 - 18 in our case) and ensures that the system is strong from the very foundations until Further Education and Training and beyond.

The obsession I am referring to is the focus on matric results as the *only* marker of success in a whole system. We do this at the expense of a solid foundation of schooling; leaving scores of our learners unable to read with comprehension. A crisis - as you point out. If you cannot read, write and calculate confidently and with meaning by the time you turn 10; fiddling with pass marks in high school doesn’t deal with the root cause.

I am saying: let’s put as much stock on the foundations of learning (0-5; 6- 10) as we do with those who exit the system.

On the pass mark issue: have you taken some time to read what kind of work the recently appointed National Education and Training Council will do? One of its priorities is looking at progression requirements and whether these track with international benchmarks. I’m not ignoring that.

And I have told you this repeatedly in Parliamentary Questions and in Parliament.

By all means; hold me to account but don’t accuse me of trying to mislead South Africans about the state of their education system.

They don’t need me to paint a rosy picture for them. They know its challenges and I am working hard to fix them. Led by evidence.

Anyway. Give me a ring and we will run through this again. 😊

[George Glynos @George_Glynos]

South Africa faces many challenges, but still enjoys a robust civil society that does not hesitate to push back against poorly conceived economic policies that might harm the economy and its citizens. It also enjoys freedom of speech, allowing these challenges to be ventilated freely in the public domain and often sparks rigorous debate. Sometimes, civil society is forced to consider its legal options, and thankfully, South Africa’s judiciary is alive and well. The constitution allows rigorous challenges to any policies or developments infringing on important rights. One of those is the right to healthcare. The NHI has been problematic for almost all sectors of society, risks bankrupting the country, and does not resolve the State’s inability to run SOEs let alone hospitals, while the government’s inability to administer such an enormous venture will leave most healthcare stakeholders dreading its implementation. It therefore comes as a relief that there is yet another challenge to the ANC’s policy that the government must now overcome. Well done @Sakeliga @pietleroux @RussLamberti
https://t.co/ecj6Kyy9dR

[ZEKE WARELEY @zekewareley]

Passed @helenzille on the N2 in traffic yesterday afternoon. Still driving herself in a humble Toyota Yaris. No lavish lifestyle, no entourage. A reminder of true leadership through humility. 👏🇿🇦

[Democratic Alliance @Our_DA]

🚨 [MUST WATCH] The ANC may be satisfied with spending R700 million on yet another talk shop - the National Monologue, but South Africans want action. This is why the DA has tabled urgent economic reforms to grow the economy and create jobs.

Full details: https://t.co/5zVObxHAoZ