JC Young

One Life, Live It!🇿🇦

[JC Young @JC_Young]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[JC Young @JC_Young]

@_ThePugFather Happy, happy Birthday! I hope that you are having an awesome day.

[Front Row Rugby @FrontRowRugbyXV]

On this day two years ago!

[JG (Johan) van Zyl ✍✝️ @JGvanZyl_ZA]

Don’t mess with people over 50. Seriously!!!

At 5 years old, they could tell their mom’s mood just from the sound of a pot lid.
By 7, they had a house key on a string and instructions like:
“Lunch is in the fridge. Heat it up — don’t burn it.”
At 9, they could cook soup without a recipe.
At 10, they knew how to fix a leaky tap and outrun the neighbor’s dog with a bucket on their head.

They grew up outside.
No phones.
Instead of Wi-Fi, they had: monkey bars → river → home by sunset with knees that looked like battlefield maps.

And they survived.

Skinned knees were healed with spit and a plantain leaf.
And if it hurt? They heard: “Did it fall off? Then you’re fine.”
They ate bread with sugar. Drank water straight from the garden hose — with a microbiome that would make any probiotic jealous.
Allergies? If they had them, no one talked about it.

They know 15 ways to scrub out grass stains, ink, oil, and blood — because you had to come home clean.

And that’s just the beginning. They lived through:
– transistor radios
– black-and-white TVs
– vinyl records
– reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes
– CDs and Discmans
And now? They carry thousands of songs in their pocket...
but secretly miss the sound of a cassette rewinding with a pencil.

When they got their first driver’s license, they crossed the whole country in a beat-up Lada.
No GPS. No AC. No hotel reservations.
Just a map, egg sandwiches, and a smile.
And they made it — with instinct. And faith.

They’re the last generation to remember life before the internet.
Before “low battery” was a real fear.
They remember rotary phones, handwritten recipes, and birthdays without calendar reminders.
And if they forgot? They just didn’t show up. 😌

These are the people who:
– can fix anything with duct tape, a paperclip, and pliers
– had one TV channel — and didn’t complain
– know “scrolling” used to mean flipping through a phonebook
– and believe: if you don’t pick up the phone, it means you’re alive — and you’ll call back.

They’re built different.
Emotional asbestos.
Reflexes forged on rusty playgrounds.
The last true everyday ninjas.

Don’t mess with a 50-something.
They’ve seen more.
Felt deeper.
And they’ve got a mint in their pocket older than your smartphone. 😎

[JC Young @JC_Young]

Southern-most tip of Africa

[JC Young @JC_Young]

Table Mountain

[JC Young @JC_Young]

Full moon from Cape Town

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

📣 IT’S OFFICIAL: TimeOut has ranked Cape Town the Best City in the World for 2025! 🇿🇦

Thanks to @TimeOutTravel!

This will bring more tourists to our city ➡️ more jobs for Capetonians 👏✈️🌍

[Love Cape Town @lovecapetown]

Don’t believe everything you hear—come and experience Cape Town for yourself! 😉

📹: Katie Scollan

[JC Young @JC_Young]

Die Dam

[JC Young @JC_Young]

@Lil_Missus_L 🤣🤣🤣

[JC Young @JC_Young]

Die Dam

[JC Young @JC_Young]

What an honor to have met you last night @geordinhl at the Tygerberg Business Chamber dinner. Thank you for a captivating speech and willingness to take questions. Congratulations on your 3rd year as Mayor today.

[JC Young @JC_Young]

@debbiepieterse Yes, him and his wife arrested as well last night at Tonino restaurant at Benoni club

[JC Young @JC_Young]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Gina @ginnydmm]

Salt of the Earth

A Giant amongst men