Thobekile Luthuli

Another strong BLACK woman!

[VT @VusiThembekwayo]

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

[Azania @azania1023]

Limpopo rejected tribalism peddled by EFF disguised as Vatsonga and Mashaangan…

Limpopo is March and March

#abahambe
#June30

[Dr. Koena Moabelo 🇿🇦 @RealKoenaza]

Just retweet to irritate all of those who hate South Africa.

[Thobekile Luthuli @Lady_Thobs]

Stop the Helen Suzman Foundation from Operating in South Africa - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/Zvg1ckVP37 via @ChangeorgSA

[𝑰𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒂𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒇𝒖 @Fikani_Sthole]

Siyacela ma South Africans amahle🙌🏾🙌🏾

[Thobekile Luthuli @Lady_Thobs]

@VusiThembekwayo @AbutiSlesh Agenda?

[Dr. Koena Moabelo 🇿🇦 @RealKoenaza]

Retweet to irritate those who hate South Africa.

[🇿🇦Olivia La Grange🇿🇦 @Olivia_LaGrange]

It's time to address everyone who is RENTING accommodation & shops to illegal immigrants.

They are complicit.

[Nolwazi K🌸 @Nolwazii_K]

While Jacinta is mobilizing the fight emphakathini, Enhle Njomane & Princy Mthombeni are gathering resources to fight this via constitutional reform. Let Black women run this county🙏🏾

[VT @VusiThembekwayo]

I suppose the problem is that we expect the party that presided over the problem to fix it.

We are the fools, actually.

They don’t have a solution.

They didn’t have one before these protests started.

They don’t have one now.

[Thobekile Luthuli @Lady_Thobs]

@Tinkzilli @feziledhlamini_ 😂😂😂

[Thobekile Luthuli @Lady_Thobs]

@feziledhlamini_ Does not taste the same though.

[🎀Strawberry Cheesecake🎀 @Radebe_merci]

Please rt till she’s found .

[Ntokozo Masuku @visse_ss]

This should tell you something as South Africans.

The level of youth unemployment we are facing in South Africa is a national crisis. 💔😭

[VT @VusiThembekwayo]

This post might not be popular, but hear me out.

I just finished a phone call with my business partner, Lamar, in Atlanta, USA (the sixth such call since Monday), asking about the turmoil in South Africa.

Ordinarily, when we talk, I am asking him to explain the orange man and the politics of the USA. Today, he said to me, “Seems like the craziness has travelled across the Atlantic & docked at the Cape of Good Hope.”

Each of these six calls is with a respected & highly successful black business leader from another country.

They’ve seen the videos circulating on social media, & they are wondering if it's safe to travel into SA. Lamar is bringing black investors to SA soon to seek investment opportunities.

He and the people he is due to travel with have seen the images, videos and posts depicting clashes and violence between South Africans and foreign nationals.

Remember that in the world of PR: facts come after the party is over. By the time the facts, the nuance, & perfectly crafted statements arrive, the impressions have been set, people have their beliefs about the matter and society's attention has shifted elsewhere.

Let me be clear: this post isn’t about whether South Africa faces an immigration crisis, an economic crisis, or whether the country’s system is being exploited.

Those are important debates, but that’s not what I’m addressing here.

What I want to highlight is this: in the absence of bold leadership, chaos & opportunism rule.

There’s a dangerous lack of clear, unambiguous leadership. A clear lack of visible action.
… I can’t help but wonder, where is our leadership?

Why are the business leaders silent? They all want to talk about how Africa is their growth economy, but remain silent when Africa turns on itself. Make it make sense.

Why are civic leaders quiet?

And most critically, where is our head of state, the leader of our nation? Where is his executive?

Where is the Tourism Board of South Africa & Department of Tourism? After all, they are the custodian of Brand South Africa?

Where is the DIRCO? They are the stewards of South Africa's soft power with its peer nations.

Where is BUSA, BLSA & their peer network of organisations? This moment needs action beyond opinion pieces about “building network industries.”

This moment is near-on existential, & left unattended, it will affect the image of South Africa (and the world's perception of South Africans) for at least a generation.

Why is the corridor of leadership so empty?

It's unimaginable that our Presidency department (the primary client of our intelligence service) has not provided clear leadership at this moment.

They, more than all of us, should know the cost of poor international perception left unattended.

Leadership, clarity, and communication are crucial now.

Some say that our leaders are quiet because they are taking their time to understand the forces ar play.

However, the optics (the visual impact) of our current situation are undeniably grim.

Regardless of your political stance or favourite political party, the image of the country is at stake. The image we are currently projecting is one of institutional failure.

There is a sign hanging above South Africa’s leadership that reads “House To Let.”

This is a dangerous crossroads.

So, can the real leader please stand up?

Can the president, his executive, the well-paid company heads, and our prominent civic leaders lead us out of this darkness?

True leadership in these critical moments.

<sidenote: I am not diminishing or ignoring the human experience around this whole issue. But that has been well ventilated. And solving the absence of leadership issue might actually alleviate some of that pressure>

I might be wrong, but I doubt it.

Let's argue in the comments.

VT

[Village Lawyer ⚖️🇿🇦👆 @Malatjie_]

South African middle upper and middle class labelling us xenophobic because we are asking for their undocumented cheap labour to leave our country.

Clean your own damn house if you can’t afford minimum wages.

[Born-in-SA🇿🇦 @_Tee__G]

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[Thobekile Luthuli @Lady_Thobs]

@EFFGautengProv Lol Y'all can go to Hell!

[Katalia @KatapillarK]

Please note that tomorrow (1st of May) at 10:00 AM we are meeting at Mazwi’s Spazashop in Vosloorus Ext 9, which is opposite to Benjamin Dube’s church. Where the community will be embarking on a total shutdown of all Pakistanis Spaza Shops in Vosloorus. We want justice for Mazwi Kubheka. Vuka Darkie and other organisations will be there…

[KetswaNdofaya 🇿🇦 @MrA_Official1]

Make him trend and found @SAPoliceService