Lintle Lebuso

Just a good person

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

“The more you understand this world, the more you destroy yourself. That’s why fools are happy”

-- Some Dead Guy

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

“Controversial.”
“Military Doctor.”
Are you out of your mind?

He was the head of the apartheid government’s chemical and biological warfare programme, Project Coast. One of its aims was reducing Black population growth, so insidious he investigated a biological agent intended to selectively kill Black people.

Project Coast scientists testified that the programme provided the drugs and poisons developed for use in murders of anti-apartheid activists.

Frank Chikane, then Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches, was poisoned through his clothing using a lethal poison. He suffered organ failure and nearly died twice. A Project Coast scientist testified that he had supplied the poison to security police operatives and instructed them how to apply it to clothing.

Clandestine SANDF units testified that SWAPO prisoners of war were given overdoses of muscle relaxants Basson provided before being thrown from helicopters into the sea. One Special Forces officer testified that Basson personally and regularly supplied him with these drugs, which he used on the majority of the more than 200 people he killed and disposed of at sea.

Controversial? Nay. Monstrous. War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity per the Rome Statute. The only reason he was not hauled before the ICC to answer for his crimes is because its rules did not exist during the commission of his crimes.

The only reason he isn’t behind bars in South Africa is because of a botched criminal prosecution in 1999. He faced 67 charges, including murder, conspiracy to murder, drug offences and fraud. The court did not adjudicate the substance of some of the most serious allegations, including those concerning the alleged killing of hundreds of SWAPO detainees in Namibia.

The State appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal, which declined to hear the matter because the papers from the State were lodged late. The Constitutional Court found that the SCA had failed to give proper weight to the extreme gravity of the charges and held that the SCA should have accepted the State’s late filing and allowed the appeal. The Court reinstated six charges that had been quashed, expressly leaving questions of double jeopardy and unreasonable delay to a trial court if the State proceeded with the prosecution.

The NPA nevertheless declined to re-prosecute Basson. A court therefore never got to test those questions.

The programme was only wound down in 1993. 1993. One year before South Africa’s first democratic election. Three years after Nelson Mandela and others were released.

A man who headed apartheid South Africa’s secret chemical and biological warfare programme, involving the development of lethal agents and the investigation of their use against human beings?

He is a deeply disturbing figure in South Africa’s history.

He is a symbol of the machinery of apartheid at its most depraved.

That is why his moniker is “Dr Death.” He was the Apartheid regime’s Josef Mengele.

And that is the history that must never be sanitised or sugar-coated. Bfr.

[Mhlongo da Herbalist 🍃 @Qokani]

To think that one day the sun will set without you makes you realise that we have to live not just survive.

May we all get to experience at least half of our heart’s desires. ❤️

[​𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐚 @sunnkssdseraph]

Beyonce's husband cheated on her, Khloe Kardashian's husband cheated on her, and even Monica Belucci's husband vincent cassel cheated on her, monica belucci, maria shriver, jennifer lopez, emily radakowski, princess diana, natalie portman, some of the most beautiful, successful and desired women in the world, women admired by millions and yet it still happened. Because cheating was never a reflection of a woman's worth, it's always a reflection of a man's choices, so stop believing that there is some level of beauty that guarantees love, loyalty or a happy relationship. There is no woman beautiful enough for a man who lacks values, but there is something far more important. You can choose yourself every single day. You can take care of yourself not for a man, not for other people's approval, and not to prove anything to anyone, but for your own happiness. Dress beautifully. Express your individuality, protect your energy, look in the mirror and genuinely like what you see, not because it will make someone stay, but because it will make your own life better. Stay true to yourself, but don't forget about yourself.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Did you know Nestlé tried to patent South Africa's national tea, rooibos?

[Isaiah @isaiahsofyne]

Is God Is (2026) deserves more attention.

[Isaiah @isaiahsofyne]

One of the reasons I love “Is God Is” (2026) so much is because how creative it truly is. The twin telepathy being subtitles was one of the best creative decisions they could have done. It brings out so much raw emotions, especially in later scenes. Kara Young and Mallori Johnson helped create art in the most poetic way.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

«Innocence»

[Bonga @musaznd1989]

There is something almost unbelievable about Ngwathe.

Somewhere in this municipality is a piece of Earth created by an asteroid impact about 2 billion years ago.

The Vredefort Dome.

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

People travel to South Africa to see it.

And yet, for many people in Ngwathe, the bigger story is simply getting through the week.

This is Parys, Vredefort, Heilbron and Koppies.

This is Ngwathe.

[Lintle Lebuso @LebusoLintle]

@tebeneme @mphoramabule2 It has to be 😢😂

[Lintle Lebuso @LebusoLintle]

@NiekieRoodt @VusiThembekwayo Definitely will

[Lintle Lebuso @LebusoLintle]

@NiekieRoodt @VusiThembekwayo 🤔 Crazy but it's a possibility

[Asa EL-ROI ✨ 🌷💐 @Blossomsky_4]

Let's dig into closure, but in sew-in form! Yes, it's possible. 🫵🏽
Nothing beats a versatile hairstyle. 👌🏽

Credit: Ashley.akemi

[Diar @mokcondo]

so delicious

[Lintle Lebuso @LebusoLintle]

@DidahMotaung

[Jean Jacques Dessalines 🇭🇹🇵🇸🇳🇪🇲🇱🇧🇫🇨🇺 @JeanJacquesDes7]

Does systemic racism exist? Short answer: Yes. Even in fields like medicine. Here’s an important example of systemic racism in medicine that’s lasted over 200 years.

Joelbervell

[Fem Mindset @fem_mindset]

I know many women can relate to this feeling...💔

[Prof Thuli Madonsela #KindnessBuilds @ThuliMadonsela3]

I have discovered that some of the most damaged and evil people who walk among us hide behind Christianity, punctuating every sentence with God or bible references and even virtue signalling on their e-mail signatures.
Don’t be fooled by such wolves in sheepskin #JustAThough🫶🏽