Juanita Terblanche

Opinionated. Open minded. Free spirit. Dedicated mom of three.

[EN Honor a Mi país México @Eje_Mar_GN]

Lo más hermoso que verás el día de hoy.

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

After 3 days under the rubble in Venezuela, rescue teams from El Salvador just pulled this 15-year-old girl and her dog out alive.

[Noks😍Ntom'bomvu @MoloiNoks]

Please retweet 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Please help us find our beloved son Bandile, he was kidnapped in Palm Springs (Vaal) by 4 armed men travelling in a white Quantum

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

In 2013, Amanda Nguyen was three months from graduating Harvard. She'd spent summers at NASA, hunting for planets. She was the daughter of Vietnamese refugees who once read the stars to find their way to freedom by boat. She had one dream since childhood: to go to space.
Three days after her 22nd birthday, a classmate raped her.
She did everything she was told to do. Hospital. Forensic exam. Rape kit collected as evidence.
Then she found out the evidence had an expiration date.
Massachusetts gave her 15 years to decide whether to press charges. But her state would destroy the rape kit in just 6 months — unless she filed a renewal request. Every six months. For fifteen years. With no instructions on how. She'd have to relive the worst day of her life on a recurring deadline, just to stop the system from erasing its own evidence.
She checked the other 49 states. The rules were a patchwork — some kept evidence for years, some for months, some charged survivors to even collect it. Justice depended on a zip code.
So in 2014, at 23, with zero legislative experience, she wrote a bill herself.
For two years she sat in congressional offices hearing "this isn't a priority" from staffers who'd never been asked to wait six months to matter. She kept showing up anyway.
In 2016, the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act passed the Senate 89–0 and the House 399–0 — unanimous, in one of the most divided Congresses in history. President Obama signed it on October 7, 2016. Nguyen stood in the Oval Office. She was 24.
That law covered federal cases only — about 1% of assaults. So she kept going, state by state, helping pass similar protections in more than 40 states.
In 2019, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
And the dream she'd put on hold? On April 14, 2025, Amanda Nguyen flew to space aboard Blue Origin's NS-31 — becoming the first Vietnamese and Southeast Asian woman ever to leave Earth's atmosphere. She carried 169 lotus seeds from Vietnam with her, a gift of peace marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War.
When she landed, she said: "I want all survivors — or anyone who has ever had a dream deferred — to know: you will make it through."
She delayed her own dream for over a decade to fight for people she'd never meet. Then she reached for the stars anyway.

[Newsy.Sportu @Newsy_Sportu]

‼️💔 Przez 70 godzin argentyński piłkarz Lucas Trejo własnymi rękami przekopywał gruzy, szukając żony i dzieci. Do końca wierzył w cud...

​Gdy trzęsienie ziemi nawiedziło Wenezuelę, grał mecz w Caracas. Na wieść o zawaleniu się jego domu natychmiast ruszył do La Guairy. Nie czekał bezczynnie. Przez trzy doby, ramię w ramię ze strażakami i wolontariuszami, walczył z czasem i zmęczeniem. Napędzała go jedna myśl: oni tam są i czekają na ratunek.

​Niestety, ta historia nie ma happy endu... 💔

​Pod gruzami ratownicy odnaleźli ciała jego żony i dwójki małych dzieci. Cały piłkarski świat łączy się dziś w niewyobrażalnym bólu z Lucasem.

​Trzymaj się, mistrzu. Cały świat płacze dziś z Tobą 🕊️🖤

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

The Tshwane ANC PR Mayor has a choice to make.

Stand up for Tshwane residents and protect a city manager blocking corrupt tenders. Or do what the ANC tells her and look the other way.

We all know which one she will choose. Because that seat means more to her than the people she is supposed to serve.

[Jordan Griffiths @JordiGriff]

I cannot believe how arrogant the DA is. Here in Tshwane, there are 107 wards and 794 voting stations. The DA has a table with volunteers outside everyone one!

How dare they care about democracy so much!! It's outrageous. I bet they are doing this in all the cities.

Why can't they be like the humble ANC, who rocks up 5 hours late, pitch an umbrella in the sand, asks the DA folks if they have water and snacks and then leave.

Or the EFF who come to push the ANC umbrella over.

Or MK who don't rock up and make no effort at all.

Or ActionSA who take pictures outside of one VD, post on social media and hope people believe they are at all 794 and not like 2.

Or the VF who are fighting about their registration slogan.

Or GOOD, Rise Mzansi, ATM, ABC, 123, LMNOP which are basically made up.

Is the DA being competent.....sorry I mean arrogant in your city to?

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

The ANC and EFF in Tshwane have spent years campaigning on the claim that townships were being neglected by the DA administration.

Now they are in government and things are getting worse.

Real change will only happen when the DA has a majority and five years to implement long term solutions.

Register to vote at https://t.co/HlJhTk6V62 🗳️

#TakeBackYourCity #BackBrink

[Sanaya @Sanaya10998]

@MarioNawfal President of engineers' college made racist gesture at World Cu. Internet found him in hours. That's not "just a fan." That's a professional leader acting like trash. Fire him.

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

How much longer must residents wait?

The Lynnwood Road project has dragged on for months, with little sign of progress and growing frustration from motorists.

We’ll keep holding the City accountable and applying pressure.

Register to vote for a DA government at https://t.co/HlJhTk7sVA 🗳️

#takebackyourcity #backbrink

[Newzroom Afrika @Newzroom405]

[BREAKING NEWS] DA puts forward Cape Town mayor and party leader Geordin Hill-Lewis as its mayoral candidate for Cape Town.

#Newzroom405

[Juanita Terblanche @JFTerblanche]

@Manikipi @Newzroom405 @geordinhl Helen Zille did the same in 2007.

[puppies 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 @Puppy1254410]

The fully armored K9 looked exhausted—then a toddler handed him a tiny pillow and the entire parking lot melted

[Marc Ashton @zamarcashton]

Johannesburg currently has a budget bigger than about 15 sovereign African countries and its failure is catastrophic for this country.

https://t.co/73qx9fCUXs

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The House voted to end the war in Iran, as four Republicans sided with Democrats in a striking rebuke to President Trump. https://t.co/Oeeox0iq9q

[John Steenhuisen MP @jsteenhuisen]

Since February this year, South Africa has procured 13.5 million doses of FMD vaccine internationally.

Last week, 3.5 million FMD vaccine doses of Biogenesis Bago vaccine from Argentina arrived in the country.

I’m happy to announce that SAHPRA has approved the Section 21 application for Dunevax to import 14 million doses of Dollvet vaccine from Turkey.

[Jarrod Delport @Jarrod_Delport]

Our nation’s capital deserves better.

It cannot afford more excuses, corruption and decline.

The DA is the only party with the vision, policies and capability to lead Tshwane forward.

Better services, safer communities and cleaner government

Let’s get Tshwane working.

[DA Gauteng @DAGauteng]

🥷🏼⚡ Emergency circuit repairs in Johannesburg appear to be a profit-driven scheme for circuit breaker mafias.

When we take over Johannesburg on 4 November 2026, we will stop this looting. Register to vote now. Visit https://t.co/gd62h50lk7.

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

I visited a privately operated, engineered wastewater treatment plant in Midstream to learn how innovative water treatment solutions can help address long standing challenges in places like Hammanskraal and Bronkhorstspruit 💧

My 3rd mayoral pledge focuses on fixing critical infrastructure, including water supply, through private partnerships.

Register to vote for a DA government.
Take back your city 🗳️
https://t.co/HlJhTk6V62

#backbrink #takebackyourcity