Fanana Mlambokatzi

Be better. Do better. Become better!

[Russia X 🇷🇺 @Rusia_HD]

🚨 BREAKING

Putin: "I want ordinary citizens of Western countries to hear me.

The truth is that the problems you are facing now are the result of years of actions by the ruling elites of your own countries."

[SizweLo @SizweLo]

Instead of glorifying club DJs and podcast hosts, China is pushing researchers and scientists as celebrities

[Sahel Revolutionary Soldier @beyondB_DAG]

Macron says: « We are planning a meeting
here in France 🇨🇵 and we will invite all African leaders so that we can discuss Africa's economic prosperity

Captain IBRAHIM TRAORÉ RESPONDS:

« So you're not African, but you're planning a meeting to discuss African issues outside of Africa while inviting African leaders to travel outside of Africa to attend an African summit chaired by a non-African outside of Africa? Well, count me out of participating. »

The true definition of an african leader that possesses dignity and self esteem.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Your 90-year-old self would give anything to be where you are right now. Lift weights, walk, eat healthy, and sleep well. You are living your golden years right now. You're younger than you think you are. Don't waste it.

[Sentletse 🇿🇦🇷🇺🇵🇸🇱🇧 @Sentletse]

‘30 June’ is propaganda victory for Israel, primarily because we are led by fools who failed to locate these xenophobic protests within the wider geopolitical context.

There will be a concerted effort to isolate South Africa because marauding armed thugs have been allowed to parade the streets inciting hate.

That is now the image of South Africa globally.

While other countries are confronting illegal immigration, they do not have armed thugs running around harassing, intimidating, assaulting and murdering foreign nationals. It is law enforcement in those countries that is doing its job.

[Prof Thuli Madonsela #KindnessBuilds @ThuliMadonsela3]

NO TO HATE
Hate is not the answer!

Can we be honest and agree that the anti-foreigner sentiments are rooted in unaddressed economic and social wants that are plaguing black communities exacerbated by uncontrolled immigration.

Can we be honest that townships and black rural areas are bearing a disproportionate share of the uncontrolled inflows and consequent socio-economic pressures that such inflows place on economic opportunities, housing and shared public services such as schools and hospital spaces, water and electricity.

Can we admit that the absence of a national economic policy framework that seeks to reverse the colonial and apartheid disablement of rural and township economic ecosystems and related livelihoods is a major contributory factor.

That said, hate is not the answer!

If you harm anyone or anyone’s property, that is a crime and you must and will go to jail.

Stay safe and disciplined. Say
#NOTOHATE ⚖️🕊️🦋🇿🇦

[Wonder Peters @PetersWonderboy]

"What I fear is that the liberators emerge as elitists... and use the resources of this country to live in palaces and to gather riches."- Chris Hani (28 June 1942- 10 April 1993)

[Jessica Maswanganyi @jessicdutchess_]

One thing most of you are not ready to admit about your so called movement is that in reality, ALL BLACK foreigners are being targeted, illegal or not, It's Xenophobia. So unfortunately what you think your movement is, in reality?
it is not

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

"A good man without strength is only hoping evil has mercy."

— Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[The Driven Man @Thedrivenman]

MAN to MAN:

Stay silent even when triggered.

You will win 99% of your battles through SILENCE and OBSERVATION.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Japan has the highest life expectancy on earth and almost zero obesity while eating seed oils every day.

Most people think it's because they're Asian and have great genetics. They're wrong.

They are healthy because of their culture and behavior.

1. Their culture practices hara hachi bu, meaning eating until 80% fullness. In the west, people eat until they feel stuffed.

2. Portions are smaller and meals lean heavy on fish, vegetables, rice, and fermented foods instead of ultra-processed junk.

3. They move a lot. They use public transportation to get around and clock thousands of steps without thinking about it.

4. Being lean is the social norm, and healthy eating is taught in schools from a young age.

5. The government takes it so seriously that Japan's Metabo Law requires annual waistline checks at work, with counseling for anyone over the limit.

You don't have to move to Japan to not be fat.

These aren't genes or magic. They're behaviors and standards. Focus on those and you'll be ahead of 95% of everyone else.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Getting in shape is a spiritual process that’s disguised as a physical one.

[Malvin @ManOfFocus_]

When you start making money, please don't rush to upgrade your lifestyle. Dear bro, Buy assets that help you make more.

[Ross Simmonds @TheCoolestCool]

Being calm is a flex.

It’s easy to lose control. It’s easy to blow up and get angry. It’s easy to snap. It takes real power and strength to stay calm amidst chaos. It takes real power to stay steady when drama strikes & a crisis shows up. Calm isn’t weak. It’s control. It’s mastery.

[Motlatsi Rah Kolobe @Motlatsi_RC]

🔴ZAMA ZAMAS: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN SOUTH AFRICA?🔴

19 June 2026
By Paul Hattingh

South Africa has conducted thousands of arrests linked to illegal mining.

The problem keeps growing.

That is where the story begins.

Not with the miners.

With the contradiction.

If the response is working, why does the industry remain so large?

If the industry remains so large, what is missing from the response?

Those questions matter because illegal mining is no longer a small criminal problem.

It has become a national one.

🔴 THE COUNTRY KNOWS THE FACES AT THE BOTTOM

South Africans have seen the images.

Men emerging from mine shafts.

Mass arrests.

Deportations.

Police operations.

Seized equipment.

The public has become familiar with the people at the bottom of the chain.

Much less is known about the people at the top.

Yet illegal mining requires far more than a man with a shovel.

Someone supplies food.

Someone supplies explosives.

Someone moves the gold.

Someone buys the gold.

Someone launders the money.

Someone profits.

The larger the operation becomes, the harder it is to believe that extraction is the whole story.

A criminal economy survives because many parts connect.

🔴 FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE GOLD

Gold has value only when it reaches a buyer.

That means the mining itself is only the first step.

The second step is transport.

The third step is sale.

The fourth step is integration into the legal economy.

At every stage, people make decisions.

At every stage, somebody earns money.

Reports over many years have pointed to smuggling networks, organised criminal groups, money laundering schemes and international markets linked to illegal gold flows.

Dubai is frequently mentioned in reporting on illicit African gold trade.

The exact scale remains disputed.

The pattern does not.

Gold leaves.

Money returns.

The question is who controls the route between those two points.

🔴 THE HARD QUESTION

The public discussion often focuses on illegal miners.

That is understandable.

They are visible.

The organisers are not.

Suppose every illegal miner disappeared tomorrow.

Would the criminal networks disappear too?

Or would they simply recruit replacements?

That question changes the focus.

It shifts attention from labour to organisation.

From workers to networks.

From symptoms to causes.

🔴 THE STRONGEST COUNTERARGUMENT

There is an important reality that cannot be ignored.

Many illegal miners come from conditions of severe poverty.

Some are former mine workers.

Some are migrants looking for work.

Some enter illegal mining because legal opportunities are scarce.

That matters.

It explains part of the problem.

It does not explain all of it.

Poverty may explain why somebody enters a shaft.

It does not explain international smuggling networks.

It does not explain organised violence.

It does not explain money laundering.

It does not explain armed syndicates.

The existence of poverty does not remove the existence of criminal organisation.

Both can be true at the same time.

🔴 THE NUMBERS ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO DEMAND ANSWERS

Estimates over the years have suggested tens of thousands of illegal miners operating across South Africa.

Thousands of abandoned mine openings remain difficult to secure.

Industry estimates have placed economic losses in the billions of rand annually.

The precise figures vary depending on methodology.

The broader conclusion does not.

The problem is large.

Very large.

Large enough to affect communities, investors, mining companies, law enforcement and taxpayers.

🔴 WHAT HAS THE STATE ACHIEVED?

The honest answer is that there have been successes.

Operations such as Vala Umgodi have resulted in arrests, seizures and disruptions.

To ignore that would be unfair.

The harder question is whether those successes are changing the overall trajectory.

If the industry continues operating on a massive scale, then disruption alone may not be enough.

[The Driven Man @Thedrivenman]

Not telling your friends and family everything is the highest level of maturity.

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

The next generation of African billionaires will likely emerge from manufacturing, logistics, energy, agribusiness, and technology infrastructure.

[Mindset Machine @mindsetmachine]

Most successful people I've met are not that smart. They just move fast, take risks and work a lot. Trust me.