LIONEL PITCHER

[Paul Gorst @ptgorst]

"There’s something real about Liverpool. People here can spot nonsense a mile off, and I’ve always respected that. After nine years here, I’ve realised there’s room in my heart for two cities."

Andy Robertson pens an open letter to the city of Liverpool.
https://t.co/H7wuexmgkX

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

What a journey we've been on with these two ❤️

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

I have witnessed this club go from doubters to believers, and from believers to champions. It took hard work and I always did everything I could to help the club get there. Nothing makes me prouder than that.

Us crumbling to yet another defeat this season was very painful and not what our fans deserve. I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear and back to being a team that wins trophies. That is the football I know how to play and that is the identity that needs to be recovered and kept for good. It cannot be negotiable and everyone that joins this club should adapt to it.

Winning some games here and there is not what Liverpool should be about. All teams win games.

Liverpool will always be a club that means a great deal to me and to my family. I want to see it succeed for long after I have moved on.

As I’ve always said, qualifying to next season’s Champions League is the bare minimum and I will do everything I can to make that happen.

[Netflix UK & Ireland @NetflixUK]

A new manager, departing striker, and a season in chaos ends in European glory. You’ve heard the story, but not like this.

UNTOLD UK: LIVERPOOL’S MIRACLE OF ISTANBUL premieres 19 May, featuring interviews from Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Rafael Benitez, Xabi Alonso and more.

[Abier @abierkhatib]

I think Iran might win the Grammy next year… 🔥🔥🔥

[Dasen Thathiah @DasenThathiah]

Quotes of the day:

“I won’t apologise to that p###”
“F### the court”

[Explosive Media @ExplosiveMediaa]

Nothing but WAR

Find the real history here;
In our Lego-style videos.

[Ayesha Bagus @Ayesha_Bagus]

Thank you @GiftoftheGivers for the work you’ve been doing across SA this week. 🙏🏼

To contribute to these interventions:

https://t.co/IRtJfJJhJu

[Abier @abierkhatib]

I can't stop replaying it

Absolute banger

[Rahul SA 🇿🇦 @Rahul_AJ_1990]

"Look up at the sky
It's a bird
It's a plane
Dropping UFO files
Just to mess with your brain

It's a weapon of mass distraction"

Another banger!!!

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

LMAO this LEGO movies starting to be too much for Trump 😭🤣😂

Keep the UFO Files, Drop the Epstein List | Fix America Before Judging Iran - via Brick Beat Battalion

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

Trump: “I’m releasing the UFO files!”

Iran: “We’re releasing a new Lego video that exposes your cover-up of the Epstein files and discloses to the whole world that the president of the United States is a pedophile.”

[Lorenzo Davids @UrbanLo]

My take on current BBBEE practices.
It’s it’s a wealth transfer system to connected elites - it’s not a mass empowerment process.
A long read - not for the fainthearted.

https://t.co/WGBa8xCLJe

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

MUST WATCH!

Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane SC🔥

https://t.co/Zbwl7iWQ3S

[Bryan Build those Bridges Torien 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 @BryanTorien]

Carlos Alcaraz -
“Legacy isn’t about fame or fortune. It’s about who you help stand back up when life knocks them down. If we leave this world comfortable but nothing changes, then we didn’t really do enough.”

[Rahul SA 🇿🇦 @Rahul_AJ_1990]

The dumb one is YOU.

(1) We don't hate America. The narcissistic Trump - for whom u twerk - is binary: disagree with an issue, & he labels u an enemy.

(2) America is NOT South Africa's largest trading partner. China is.
- By country, USA is no. 3.
- By region, Americas is no. 4
#1 Region: Asia
#2 Region: Europe
#3 Region: Africa (fast-growing, high surplus)
#Others: Americas & Middle East (strategic but smaller)

(3) Foreign currency (capital inflows) is always in US dollars, because the international banking & trade system. It's the same for almost all countries except for those where the USA has imposed sanctions.

(4) FDI is from Europe, North America, and Asia, in that order.

(5) Trade & investment should be premised upon mutual respect, not the bullying we and the world currently experience from Trump's America. For example, the recent UN Resolution to recognise the State of Palestine, which was supported by all except USA & Israel, to which Trump lambasted Europe, Australia and others.

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

Girl, please. 😂

You're “interested” in South Africa because it is the topic du jour in right-wing grifter circles.

You're “interested” in South Africa because you imagine it as an easy vehicle for popularity, and clout in the broader global white replacement theory grifters community.

You're “interested”
in South Africa, because you imagine your “interest” will generate you a following and notability in that community. And, you hope, Elon Musk will notice you.

It isn’t. It won't. He won’t.

Baby, you are nothing special Padawan with little talent in a saturated market of white replacement theory charlatans and grifters. You bring nothing distinctive, captivating or interesting to say or write. No depth, no originality, no edge, no insight. Boring. Warm water on a hot day. Unsalted crackers let open in the cupboard. Sliced 3-day old bread with no spread.

We’ve seen so many like you. Yet another random grifter thinking we will take them great.

We won’t. You are not interesting enough.

Enjoy the momentary spike in engagement from
South Africa. By day’s end, you will forgotten and will remain as bottom rung as you started.

🫶🏾

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

New brilliant LEGO Video from Iran: A Prayer for Struggling Americans 🥹🥺😇

[Drikus Weideman @denialmustend]

The idea of a genocide happening in South Africa is when you think about it, so ridiculous that you must wonder what kind of people 1. Believe it and 2. Spread the false crap.
If black people wanted to get rid of white people, I can think of a 101 ways that would be much quicker

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

Right. Fine. Goalposts moved. Some thoughts.

This does not come without heavy consequences, both retrospectively and for the future. The implications are grave.

It is now the DA’s position, and by implication a policy, that Ministers must not be held accountable for tender irregularities in their departments. They are not involved in the procurement process and therefore, failures of oversight regarding whether legal procedures are in place and are being followed by officials do not lie with Ministers. Executive authority and responsibility regarding tender procedures according to the DA, are, then, dead.

This has not been the party’s position, and correctly so. The buck has always stopped at the Minister’s door, regardless of involvement.

And that is what the Constitution requires. It does not matter who, what, when, or how. It is clear. Executive authority requires Ministers to ensure lawful, effective administration through continuous oversight, intervention, and accountability to PREVENT problems, not only act POST-FACTO. That is why the buck stops at their door, and will continue to do so.

Gwarube has, for months, said the DG is a “problem,” we are told. And thina senzeni ngalokho? Sim’khalele? Simenzele i-pity party?

Gwarube knew. Gwarube knew a problem existed. Gwarube did not act, and instead angled for pity.

A DG actively obstructing a Minister from exercising lawful executive functions is no small matter. If the dysfunction was serious enough to be said publicly, it was serious enough to be acted on formally.

Those words and realisation should have been followed by removal: a precautionary suspension, and escalation to the President. It did not. It has not. The DG was allowed to remain in office, and still is.

A precautionary suspension could have meant that a problematic DG would not have overseen the awarding of this tender.

That, my dear, is an oversight and leadership failure. That is executive failure. That is a Gwarube failure. The buck stops at her door. Period. No ifs, whens, or buts.

This cheap spin will not work on me. I’m not buying what is being sold. It’s a polished turd. And I have a nose. Hhay’suka. 🤚🏾