Donwald Pressly

Editor of Cape Messenger

[Athol Trollip @AtholT]

The new ActionSA branch chair and his committees in Bizana have celebrated the birth of this branch by cutting a birthday cake. Hi hip hooray!

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

When we all vote and make our voices heard, we can change our democracy for the better. Join me tonight at 8pm ET for a virtual rally to kick off @WhenWeAllVote's National Voter Registration Day Week of Action! I hope to see you there: https://t.co/gToY2g9oQL. #BackToTheBallotBox

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

I don’t have to tell anybody that these are really crazy times.

But we cannot lose sight of the fact that we have a global climate crisis.

And we cannot allow Congress to pass an outrageous $740 billion defense budget while neglecting the needs of our people.

[Max du Preez @MaxduPreez]

My advice to a matriculant in my extended family: do a BA degree with history, sociology, languages, etc to broaden your mind and then qualify as a plumber, electrician, chef, technician, welder, mechanic or such. An actual job + an active mind + love = happiness

[Iraj Abedian @IrajAbedian]

Elections 2019 have spared SA the agony, volatility &damages that a coalition government would have caused. The economy couldn't deal with more uncertainty&speculations about policy directions. Now Pres. Ramaphosa has no excuse to delay or prevaricate on what needs to be done.

[Helen Zille @helenzille]

I try not to be a grammar Nazi (I sometimes get things wrong myself) but ppl who confuse "fewer" with "less" press my buttons. It is "FEWER" votes (because you can count an actual number of votes) NOT "less" votes. Use "less" for a quantity you can't actually count (Less Water)

[Scapegoat @AndiMakinana]

Listen to FF Plus’ premier candidate for Western Cape, Peter Marais telling journalists that state land should be sold to coloured and black people at 50% discount or at 1994 prices.

#SAElections2019

[Nigel Casey @NigelCaseyHMA]

25 years ago today I was privileged to serve as an Observer in 🇿🇦 first democratic elections. Wishing all S Africans a very Happy #FreedomDay #Democracy25 @ukinsouthafrica

[The Presidency 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA]

The Order of the #Baobab is bestowed in SILVER on:

WILLIAM SMITH: For his superb contribution to the teaching and demystification of mathematics and science. Through TV, he made mathematics and science accessible even to the most marginalised in our society.

#NationalOrders

[Ferial Haffajee @ferialhaffajee]

So which ANC are voters being asked to make an X for? The book-burners or the reformers? And how do they sit under the same flag? It’s now an impossible contradiction.

[Helen Zille @helenzille]

Joking with the President about how appropriate it is to replace Yellow Trains with Blue Trains in order to improve service. (I have a suspicion he agrees).

[Wayne Duvenage @wayneduv]

So it comes down to thinking that he who throws chairs the furthest and causes most chaos, should attract most votes. Throw in looting of people’s money from banks and other self enrichment schemes, why is it that they attract votes? Roll on the SA political circus.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

There is a global struggle taking place of enormous consequence. Right-wing authoritarians backed by a network of multi-billionaire oligarchs are forming a common front. We who believe in democracy must join together to build a progressive global order based on human solidarity.

[ann bernstein @annbernsteinSA]

For SA to make progress on growth and jobs, the ANC is going to have to slaughter some ideological holy cows. https://t.co/yIIo3sB8JT

[Justice Malala @justicemalala]

It’s simply astonishing that a party that:
1. Cannot provide electricity
2. Has fielded crooks as potential MPs
3. Whose president finds himself stuck on a train.....
Is still the most likely to win the May 8 election. Are our standards this low? Is the opposition that poor?

[President of Zimbabwe @edmnangagwa]

It is an honour to welcome President @CyrilRamaphosa t Zimbabwe. The strength & depth of our relationship is the epitome of true brotherhood, of a common people with a shared past & destiny. You are a key & true ally. I am looking forward to a fruitful visit!

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

I urge Nicolás Maduro to allow humanitarian aid inside Venezuela’s borders peacefully. People are in need of life-saving medicines, children are subsisting on one meal a day, and a peaceful delivery of food and supplies is to the benefit of all.

[TENDAI BITI @BitiTendai]

When a regime starts arresting its comedians , pastors , it’s civic leaders it is proof beyond doubt of its pariah status. When a regime starts raping its women , conducts mass trials , shoots its people it’s proof beyond reasonable doubt that it has gone rogue .@CyrilRamaphosa

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Trump’s budget cuts $1.5 trillion from Medicaid, $845 billion from Medicare and $25 billion from Social Security.

Make no mistake about it: Trump’s budget is a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations in America.