Kateka Mathwassa 🇿🇦

An idea written down becomes a GOAL.
A goal broken down into steps becomes a PLAN.
A plan backed by action becomes a REALITY.

[THE TRUTH PANTHER 🇿🇦 @TheTruthPanther]

3 Important Questions by ATM Leader Zungula in Parliament:

1. How many foreign prisoners got bail & never returned? —NPA: We don't Know.

2. How many MPs & Cabinet have dual citizenship?— Home Affairs: unknown.

3. How much spent on court interpreters?— DOJ: Over R76 million.

An ATM leader raised a series of parliamentary questions this month focusing on foreign nationals in South Africa’s justice and governance systems, with government departments providing limited or no data on some of the issues while confirming significant spending in others.

The first question focused on how many foreign prisoners who were granted bail failed to return to court. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) responded that it does not have electronic records capturing how many accused persons, including foreign nationals, were released on bail and later absconded. The NPA further indicated that while it records cases involving foreign nationals in both regional and district courts, it does not track post-bail compliance or return rates in a way that allows such figures to be verified.

The second question raised concerns about how many members of Parliament and Cabinet hold dual citizenship. The Department of Home Affairs responded that it does not have the required data to confirm or quantify dual citizenship status among public office bearers. This mirrors broader limitations in government record systems regarding citizenship tracking across different categories of individuals, including officials and public representatives.

The third question dealt with the cost of foreign language interpretation in South African courts. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development confirmed that R76 million was spent on interpretation services for non-official languages between April 2024 and March 2025. The department said services are provided in both official and foreign languages, with demand driven largely by court cases involving foreign nationals. It also noted that thousands of cases involving foreign nationals were processed during the period, contributing to the need for interpreters across multiple languages, with Shona identified as one of the highest-cost languages.

[Mzilikazi wa Afrika @IamMzilikazi]

This is what @ATMovement_SA leader in parliament @ZungulaVuyo has to say about the appointment of Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka as the @PublicProtector.
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[Mzilikazi wa Afrika @IamMzilikazi]

❝Tribalism is more dangerous than imperialism, it eats into the heart of the nation and leaves malodorous leftovers.❞ ~ Mzilikazi wa Afrika #WakeUpEverybody✊🏿

[Kateka Mathwassa 🇿🇦 @ExMathwassa]

Amandiya aya tshontsha

[shums @YourBoiShu_]

Kanti niyenzani lapho e Woodmed?🫣

[Engineer Matšhela Koko, MBL @koko_matshela]

Thank you for your robust engagement with my provocative post.
I was not offended even by the insults this time around. The engagement was more meaningful than the insults. But I was reminded of the Hugh Masekela song, "Stimela". For the first time, I took the time to appreciate its meaning.

" Stimela" is not just about men from rural Transkei. The coal train carried miners from Lesotho, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, etc. Our mines and farms were built on their sweat. There was gold in Johannesburg. Dug out by hands that belonged to families hundreds of kilometres away, across borders that the British drew but our economy enforced.

Those men lived in hostels. They could not vote. They couldn’t bring their wives. They sent money home and died underground. And the wealth they created? It stayed here. Still does.

So when the law-abiding South African's march, they would not be just marching for today’s problems. They will be marching because the same system that tore families apart back then still has not been fixed. Many of the same families, the same villages in Lesotho or Malawi, are still sending people here to work in conditions that look too familiar.

The march should not be about “foreigners taking our jobs.” It’s about remembering whose labour built the jobs in the first place. It’s about saying: if this country was built with regional hands, then regional workers deserve dignity, not hostility. Proper papers. Family visits. Decent housing. Not being blamed every time the economy tightens.

Hugh Masekela in, Stimela, cried “Masibuyeleni Emakhaya” — let us go home. But many never went home. Their children are still here, still working, still building. This March, law-abiding South African's march to make sure they don’t have to keep crying the same song in a different year.

[Kateka Mathwassa 🇿🇦 @ExMathwassa]

From kwaZulu Natal

[SWARTSKAAP @Shikonekeni_]

I dont have proof yet but the owner is definitely from Giyani. 🇿🇦 South Africans come confirm here with me :

[Rampard 🇿🇦 @RamaphiriMpho]

So guys we completed the PAIA(South Africa’s Promotion of Access to information Act) form 2 requesting access to records relating to the administration,allocation and expenditure of the 500 million Spaza Shop support funds .

@Stellarated you will account to the 500 million whether you like it or not Ausi shame .

We emailed @DSBD_SA @GovernmentZA

[My Kheswa 🇵🇸 @ThandoAfrika]

The SAPS criminalised a child 🥹💔

[MJ @MLMathebula]

South Africa mourns different depending on your looks and shade.

If the family was light in skin color and the nose sharp... even @PresidencyZA would have cried on National TV.

[BOSS @henrypirfa]

Just saying.

[Jessica Maswanganyi @jessicdutchess_]

Mandisi u r nothing but a degenerate, pathetic misogynistic man who is the real definition of a boy that's left behind, every time u speak about women, u sound more like someone who is projecting unresolved issues, u can't be a misogynist & a human GoFundMe page, Pick a struggle

[Msunu ka Johann Rupert @ZizinjaAbelungu]

The night that Nhlamulo Sambo was murdered.

a mob attacked a small community of residents from Giyani in Mossel Bay, burning down their shacks and chanting, “Abahambe, Kubo"

It was during this attack that they brutality killed the young man. 💔💔💔

#JusticeforNhlamuloSambo

[Hatlani John @hatlani4real]

@AfricaisBlack @RSA_IPID @SAPoliceService @OCJ_RSA @PresidencyZA Thembisile Patekile should be called to account for rushing to dismiss the statement made by Nhlamulo's mother. Justice must be served without fear or favor as no one has a right to kill in South Africa.

[MZANSI AWAKe @Mzansiawake]

They doubted a mother’s tears.
They wrote a story before the truth could speak.

Nhlamulo Sambo ran for shelter and found death.
If he was killed because he was Tsonga, then his blood is on all of us who stayed silent while “amakwerekwere” became a death sentence.@Mzanziawake

A mother was right all along.
Let that shame us into change.

No more lies. No more cover-ups. No more sons dying for their language.
Give Gogo Sambo justice. Give Nhlamulo dignity.

[Msunu ka Mkhonto Wesizwe @MatencheGodfrey]

I rest my case as the court pleases my lord. THE EFF EXONERATED AGAIN

[Andile Gogoda @AfricaisBlack]

Journalism demands the truth, not just carrying state press releases. Mainstream media ran with the narrative from Commissioner Patekile and Acting Commissioner Dimpane without checking the facts. Now that the tables have turned, @SABCNews and @Newzroom405 go back and interview them with the same energy! 🔥 #JusticeForNhlamulo

[Sandile @sandile_gqoboka]

I hear people are saying the people from Swaziland,Lesotho and Botswana are not illegal even if they did not enter illegal. If we are using this logic, the Children of Mzilikazi, Ndebele will never be legal in South Africa. South Africa is the home of the grandfather......What about the children of Soshangane?

Are we that selective manene? How long is the piece of string?

[Babygal003 @babygal003]

Damn Moghel said it all, She ate. 🤏🤏🤏

[Jessica Maswanganyi @jessicdutchess_]

calling a grieving mother a “bitch”.
I honestly can't believe there is a person who can look at a mother in pain & choose insults over empathy, & then proceeding to make various posts laughing at her
I'm not even suprised at the "people" who liked that post.

[011Shiesty @011Shiesty]

They lied about a Young Tsonga boy. They used every trick in the colonizers books.
Called him a thief
Called him a gangster
Discredited the family
Used the state apparatus, all to protect their hate for black people. We justice for Nhlamulo.

#JusticeForNhlamulo