Debby Lee Joubert

[Ben Walsh @History_Ben]

Quite hard to believe but 30 years to the day since this fine fellow was first published. Thank you to all who helped create it and have used it in its various editions and forms. Nice to announce at #HAConf26

[Maverick @MaxPatricius]

A tiny Karoo town is about to become South Africa’s next billion-rand export story.
Prieska.
Population ~14,000.
The middle of nowhere.
In the 90s, the IDC poured R130 million into pistachios there.
Climate was perfect.
Vision was huge.
By 2011 they called it a failure, sold the equipment, and walked away.
Two farmers refused to quit.
The Mullers spent 15 brutal years mastering what institutions couldn’t: pollination, varieties, processing. They built Karoo Pistachios and the Desert Emerald brand.
Last year: 20 tons.
Next decade target: 60,000 tons.
South Africa now chasing 5-8% of the global market. Selling at R613/kg, and rising fast as Iran stumbles.
Lesson for every deep-pocketed investor:
The biggest opportunities aren’t where capital flows. They’re where capital gave up.
Conviction beats committees.
Every.
Single.
Time.
The Mullers didn’t invent pistachios.
They just refused to bury a dream everyone else abandoned.

[I ❤️ Cape Town ~ I Stand with Russia🇷🇺 MAGA @Lolita721611021]

🇿🇦“Only Two of Our Fighter Jets Are Working Because We Fight on the Ground” — Motshekga‼️

Pretoria — Defence minister Angie Motshekga has reassured South Africans that there is absolutely no reason to panic over the country’s collapsing air force capability, explaining that South Africa has “evolved beyond unnecessary flying.”

Speaking during what was supposed to be a serious parliamentary briefing, Motshekga reportedly defended the fact that only two fighter jets are operational by reminding MPs that “wars in Africa mostly happen on the ground anyway.”

“We are an African nation,” she allegedly explained confidently. “Why must we spend billions making planes fly when our soldiers already know how to walk?”

The minister reportedly added that the remaining grounded Gripen fighter jets are not “broken,” but are instead participating in what she called a “long-term parking strategy.”

Military insiders say the South African Air Force now spends more time washing aircraft than flying them, with one pilot allegedly

[Bongekile Macupe @BongeMacupe]

This is is unbelievable hey!
Yooooooh bawooooo 😳

[World Affairs @World_Affairs11]

BREAKING:

Netherland and Iceland joined Genocide case of South Africa against Israel in International Criminal Court.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A seal sleeping peacefully in a kelp forest, filmed off Lundy Island, UK.

📽: Kaushiik Subramaniam

[Mudzunga @Dzungie007]

We don't need a white government. We don't need a black government. We need a COMPETENT government. Forget race. Forget loyalty to failing parties. Do it for the child who can't find work.

[The Common Sense @CommonSense_ZA]

It is hard to believe that the DA, now in government, could have made South Africa’s education system worse. Yet that is exactly what its Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, appears set to achieve with a new history curriculum that is at once militant, nationalist, and deeply ideological.

In its current form, it risks dumbing down South Africa’s children, undermining their ability to compete globally, and provoking the kind of anti-democratic and anti-capitalist militancy that neither the country nor the DA can afford.

https://t.co/CsnHw4dEcm

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

I have just spoken with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

I expressed France’s full solidarity in the face of the indiscriminate strikes carried out by Israel in Lebanon today, which resulted in a very high number of civilian casualties. We condemn these strikes in the strongest possible terms.

They pose a direct threat to the sustainability of the ceasefire that has just been reached. Lebanon must be fully covered by it.

I reiterated the need to preserve Lebanon’s territorial integrity and France’s determination to support the efforts of the Lebanese authorities to uphold the country’s sovereignty and implement the Hezbollah disarmament plan.

[eNCA @eNCA]

The country's history curriculum could soon be overhauled, making way for a more African-centred approach to learning. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has gazetted a draft curriculum for Grades 4 to 12. It challenges the narrative that history in South Africa began with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck. What do you make of the proposal to decolonise the curriculum? #TheSouthAfricanMorning #DStv403 #DStv194

[Samira Ahmed @SamiraAhmedUK]

I made a whole BBC TV series (2020) about the remarkable resilience of the people of Iran and their culture over centuries of threat and callous rule. You can watch it right here on the @BBCiPlayer: https://t.co/iL7gYghSUh #ArtOfPersia

[Debby Lee Joubert @DjoubertZa]

https://t.co/RcCnL8OEWp

[Ethan Levins 🇺🇸 @EthanLevins2]

Iranians have started human chains around bridges in the country.

These people are so brave, it’s inspiring.

[Current Report @Currentreport1]

JUST IN:

Iranians are gathering on bridges and around power plants, forming human chains after threats of US and Israeli strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure.

[Pierre de Vos ⚖️ @pierredevos]

Health workers, haters, humanitarians — why Imtiaz Sooliman had to be smeared as anti-Semitic https://t.co/6WqSjkxnDe

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

While the world focuses on the destruction in Iran, we must not ignore what Israel is doing in Lebanon.

1,461 have been killed.
4,430 have been injured.
1.2 million have been displaced.

Israel now occupies 14% of Lebanon.

Enough is enough. No more US military aid to Israel.

[Vusi de Villiers @Finnthehuman80]

Someone please give this auntie a Bells and a mayoral chain

[Fourways Review @Fourways_Review]

The City has finally acted on a 3.5-year-old water leak following a swim visit by Helen Zille, but residents are asking: if the resources were always available, why were they left to endure years of disruption?

https://t.co/VO6SLpZfZP

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

In case you were wondering what NYC looked like yesterday for No Kings.

📹Vuralelibol

[Marcel @illnevercallitx]

That's it. That's the best picture from Saturday's No Kings protests in the USA.

The literal Statue of Liberty being detained by police. It doesn't get much more poetic than this.