South Africans are deeply frustrated and with good reason about illegal immigration and the pressure it places on already scarce opportunities.
But the real crisis is not the immigrants themselves. The root cause is our failure, over the past fifteen years, to deliver inclusive economic growth that creates enough jobs, dignity and hope for our own people.
This failure has been driven by three systemic issues we can no longer ignore:
• A collapse in the rule of law that has enabled corruption, criminality, land invasions, illegal migration, and the brazen theft of electricity and water.
• Bureaucracy and red tape that continue to strangle enterprise, deter investment and kill job creation.
• Incompetent and, in too many cases, corrupt leadership in key positions across government, state-owned enterprises and parts of the private sector.
As leaders, we must have the courage to look in the mirror and ask a difficult but necessary question: How have we allowed these conditions to take root and persist?
This question is not about blame. It is about responsibility and that is precisely why it is empowering. It places the power to change things back where it belongs: with us. We are not helpless. We are not victims of forces beyond our control. By focusing on what lies within our sphere of influence our decisions, our standards, our willingness to confront uncomfortable truths and act decisively, we can begin to reverse the damage we have helped create.
The time for self-criticism and honest reflection is now. The time for excuses has long passed. South Africa’s future will be determined by leaders who are prepared to own their part in the mess and do the hard, disciplined work required to fix it.
Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
This is how it's done - hijack ATTENTION and you hijack the population's sense of reality. Gotcha. The unanswered question at the end here of 'who is doing it?' does have an answer. It is the other-dimensional force I have been exposing for decades working through the Global Cult of interlocking secret societies constantly generating the human rollercoaster 'drama' that captures ATTENTION.
It's impossible to overstate what a big deal this is. According to all the evidence shared publicly and reported so far, senior leaders in the SANDF conspired with Iran, Russia, the UAE, and China to disobey an order from Ramaphosa & nobody in any position did anything about it.
Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God.
No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other.
Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice.
Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously.
God bless every persecuted Christian.
Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.
🚨 THREAD: How THEY are forcing YOU to bankroll the BEE MAFIA 🚨
For over 20 years, BEE has enriched the elite while leaving millions in poverty. Increasingly aggressive BEE policies are draining your wallet — crippling businesses, inflating prices, killing jobs.
Let's break it down. 🧵👇
A City of Johannesburg director paid R62.5 million for 20 vehicles that were not delivered. What followed showed how taxpayers’ money is wasted.
https://t.co/0JDLIfQRx4
[WATCH] "South African borders are porous because you, the politicians, have decided you want a Mickey Mouse defence force," says SANDF Lieutenant-General Ntshavheni Maphaha. He warns government that the country's borders are not protected. #Newzroom405
South Africa has a crippling spending problem, not a revenue problem
the real demon is reckless spending, suffocating debt payments, government inefficiency, misguided capital allocation, absent accountability & crime
a country with huge potential strangled by poor leadership
🚨 What’s happening in Sicily - Italy 🇮🇹 is absolutely extraordinary
Mount Etna is erupting with its summit covered in snow
Here are some explorers skiing between snow and fire!
Unprecedented
🇸🇻 BUEKELE DELIVERS: EL SALVADOR HOMICIDES DROP TO RECORD LOW
El Salvador hits historic low of 114 homicides in 2024, down from a staggering 6,656 in 2015.
Bukele's tough approach dropped the murder rate to just 1.9 per 100,000 - making it the Western Hemisphere's safest nation.
Citizens who once lived under gang terror now freely walk their neighborhoods.
The dramatic turnaround came after Bukele's March 2022 crackdown dismantled the country's notorious street gangs.
The success earned Bukele a landslide reelection victory, with voters backing his proven security strategy.
Source: Associated Press @nayibbukele
Here's a story. 🧵
I got the Covid vax in January 2021. While the specific details aren't all that important, basically, I was in a situation where I was being "strongly encouraged" to get the shot. They would eventually make it mandatory later on in the latter half of 2021.