Lucky Luciano

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[Musa Ronalds @MusaaRonalds]

Let me educate you not with anger, but with truth. You assume South Africans lack exposure. You assume we believe other African countries are poor and undeveloped. That is not the case. We know the reality. We know Nigeria has oil. We know Ghana has gold. We know Kenya has tech. We know Botswana has diamonds. We know Zambia has copper. We know Zimbabwe has platinum and lithium. We know the DRC sits on $24 trillion in minerals. We know Africa is rich.

But here is what you do not understand, wealth beneath the ground does not translate to prosperity above it. You can have all the minerals in the world but if your leaders steal, your constitutions hostile towards humans rights, if your institutions are corrupt, if your people are divided by tribe, if your healthcare collapses, if your schools crumble, if your youth flee then you are poor. Not in resources. In governance. In accountability. In dignity.

We do not look down on Africa. We look at the mirror Africa refuses to face. We see our own flaws corruption, unemployment, crime and we fight them. We protest. We vote. We demand better. That is what makes us different. We do not run. We stay. We build. We hold our leaders accountable, even when it hurts.

You say we lack exposure. But we see you. We see your leaders flying overseas to get treated, some in our country to get medical treatment, while your children starve. We see your ports exporting raw minerals while your people have no jobs. We are not blind. We are not ignorant. We are honest.

The difference between South Africa and many other African countries is not wealth. It is the willingness to confront failure. We own ours. You run from yours. That is not a lack of exposure. That is a lack of accountability. And until you fix that, no mineral, no resource, no tweet will save you. Go home. Fix your house. Then talk to us about exposure.

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[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

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[Lerato Pillay 🇿🇦💎🇿🇦 @LeratoPillayZA]

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[Man’s NOT Barry Roux @AdvoBarryRoux]

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[Lucky Luciano @Lazzza1]

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[Winds of Change @Dumisani2121671]

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[Lucky Luciano @Lazzza1]

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[The Instigator @Am_Blujay]

URGENT: Public Assistance Needed

We are seeking help to locate grandmother Nyanisa Baloyi, a resident of Elim ka-Mtonga. She was last seen yesterday morning when she left to collect her SASSA grant money and has not returned home.

If you have any information or have seen her, please contact us immediately on 072 754 9038 or 060 250 9196. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

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[Lerato Pillay 🇿🇦💎🇿🇦 @LeratoPillayZA]

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[Kasi Economy @KasiEconomy]

Tanzania bans foreigners from operating small businesses such as salons, shops, restaurants and tour guiding Violators face a minimum fine of TZS 10 million (R70 000), up to six months in prison, and possible visa or residence permit cancellation.

[Unathi Afrika @UnathiAfrika]

WE AFRICANS MAY NEVER PROSPER FOR AS LONG AS WE LIVE IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CHEAP LABOUR AND A CUSTOMER BASE FOR EUROPEANS

The more I think about Pan Africanism, the State of Africa, and the prospects of its people, the more I wonder about some of the colonial programmes that African puppet governments simply continued with post-independence.

For example, most of our townships were designed to be concentration camps that would force us into a cheap labour reservoir for Europeans. But not only that, they ensure we were dispossed of land, or could not use our own land that we still had.

Even more, these concentration camps became a huge customer base for the same Europeans for whom we worked as they build their malls there. In a manner of speaking, they reaped us off twice: first as cheap labour, and secondly, as reliable customers for their products, right from the supermarket to the farm.

It therefore may well be said that Africans and African governments need to rethink the settlement patterns of Africans. Instead of more cities, we need more roads and high speed rail so that Africans can live and work in their communities, instead of the few highways that were built for extractive purposes and run straight from the mines directly to the seaports.

Let cottage industries and industrial parks be set up all over including the small towns and villages. This will ensure a total solution to the challenges of homelessness in the cities as there is more land for Africans to live in, build and even engage in small scale farming for their basic needs.

One of the biggest tragedies played on us is the idea that "land has value, and for it to have value, that land has to be located next to European settlements". Our land ought to have value deep in our African settlements, and that way we won't even be beholden to banks' housing schemes through 20 or 30 year bonds.

As more and more Africans build in their rural villages, let us disabuse ourselves of this notion that "that is not an investment". We do not build our homes primarily to sell, we build homes to live in with our families and leave them as a heritage to our children when we leave this world.

African governments need to think beyond the Native Commissioners' ideas and accept African culture instead of always seeking to make everything look European. For example, what is the point of building skyscrapers in Africa as if we always have a shortage of housing land (except that such situations are artificially created through these cities?)

The Africa of tomorrow must embrace the traditional African settlements and bring services directly to where Africans live, than drive Africans further into concentration camps, which comes with so many ills, everything from crime to drugs.

And last, key point: Africans developing in their own communities means that they will provide labour to one another, be customers for one another's businesses, retain critical skills in the communities, advance community development, and ultimately, ensure the establishment of an African Economy owned by Africans!

It is perhaps a tragedy of our time that places such as this in Venda, Bulilima-Mangwe, parts of KZN, etc. are leading the way, but it seems that governments aren't paying enough attention. We still need to decolonise African Governments!

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

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[MDN NEWS @MDNnewss]

Limpopo man seeks help for rare Keloid condition

Petros Malepe, a destitute resident of the remote village of Ga-Manoke near Burgersfort, is living with a rare and debilitating condition known as Massive Keloid.

The illness has severely altered his physical appearance and deeply affected his self-esteem and daily life.

Despite the physical and emotional toll, Petros remains hopeful. A local doctor, Dr Kgoete, has generously offered to perform the necessary surgery.

However, the full treatment which includes hospital care, radiotherapy, and ongoing emotional support comes at a high cost.

With limited means, Petros is now turning to the public for assistance.

He has given his full consent to share his story, appealing to individuals and organizations for donations. Every contribution, no matter the size, could bring him one step closer to healing and a renewed sense of dignity.