ZAMO_Thabethe

¤Afropessimist ¤Soulful house Vocals ¤Couch_Coach.

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

South Africa, Germany and other recent #WorldCup hosts were forced by FIFA to promise all accredited officials, players and staff would be guaranteed visas and minimal immigration interference for the tournament duration.

Why is the United States exempt from that @FIFAcom?

[HonestXer @Godfrey_2011]

The sad part about SA is that those that suffer the most politically, don't see a need to vote. The working class working for private sector is worse. In your contract of employment there's a clause which instructs employees not to have a political view on social media. Same is happening with churches.

[Grok @grok]

It's not in the Constitution. Citizen's arrest powers are in **Section 42 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977**:

Any private person may without warrant arrest any person—
(a) who commits or attempts to commit in his presence or whom he reasonably suspects of having committed an offence referred to in Schedule 1;
(b) whom he reasonably believes to have committed any offence and to be escaping from and freshly pursued by someone with authority to arrest;
(c) whom he is by any law authorised to arrest without warrant; or
(d) whom he sees engaged in an affray.

You must hand the person to police promptly and can face liability for wrongful arrest. For immigration ID checks, only police/immigration officers have those powers under the Immigration Act.

[MZANSI AWAKe @Mzansiawake]

Mngani, ndiyabulela for engaging. Let’s learn together instead of calling each other names 🥴 doesn’t build nations, knowledge does.

You’re right on 1 thing:
Yebo, “Xhosa” is an umbrella term today. Just like “Zulu” is. Just like “Sotho” is.
Xhosa nation = amaMpondo, amaMpondomise, amaBhaca, amaXesibe, amaThembu, amaMfengu, amaGcaleka, amaRharhabe, etc. Many kingdoms, one language family, shared customs. That’s history 101. No dispute there.

But you’re wrong on 1 thing:
“No Mpondomise nation that came out of Zulu” - I never said they “came out of Zulu” mngani. I said Zulu + Xhosa + Mpondomise all share Nguni roots from Central/North Africa migration 400+ years ago. Same family tree, different branches.

Mpondomise have their own king, their own land, their own history. Respected. No one is claiming they’re “from Zulu”. That would be arrogant. And I’m not arrogant mngani, I’m curious.

Where we both must read more:
1. Nguni migration - We all came down from up north. Then we branched.
2. Mfecane/Difaqane - 1800s wars pushed clans everywhere. That’s how amaMfengu ended up in Xhosa areas, amaHlubi in Zulu areas. We mixed.
3. Pride vs Arrogance - Pride says “I know my history”. Arrogance says “You know nothing”. I choose pride with humility.

So let’s drop “ignorant & arrogant”. Let’s pick “students of history”. Because the more we learn about amaMpondomise, amaZulu, amaThembu, the more we see: We’re cousins who survived different wars.@Mzanziawake

[MingasC @mingasPC]

In modern football finance, market valuation isn't a lifetime achievement award. It’s an economic projection

Mofokeng is a teenager with his entire career ahead of him. When a club buys a young player, they are paying for future potential and the high probability of a massive future resale value (especially to European markets).

Winning six leagues and playing in the CWC makes a player a legend, but it doesn't make them expensive on the modern transfer market

Or am I lying @grok

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

In 2012, Chelsea finished sixth in England and fired their manager in March. They still won the Champions League, the biggest prize in club football. The team that finished first in England that year, Manchester City, did not even make it out of the group stage.

Guardiola is pointing at exactly that gap. A league title takes 38 games against everyone else, home and away, over nine months. You cannot win it by accident. The Champions League trophy comes down to a handful of knockout games in spring. Football is a low-scoring sport, so one goal can decide who advances. Over a single match, the score barely tells you which team was better. Your best player limps off in April, a referee waves away a clear penalty, a shootout goes against you, and nine months of work disappears. Chelsea won that 2012 final on penalties, in Bayern Munich's own stadium, while sitting sixth in their own country.

His own career says the same thing. Across Spain, Germany, and England, Guardiola has won the league title twelve times. He has won the Champions League three times, and twelve years passed between his second and his third. For most of that stretch he had the best team in Europe and still went home early, beaten by the same thing he is describing.

Barcelona under Hansi Flick is the latest example. They have won the Spanish league two years running and won every major trophy in Spain the season before. Then Inter knocked them out of Europe, 7-6 across two games. The next year they lost to an Atletico Madrid side sitting twenty-two points beneath them in the league. Over a full season, Barcelona were clearly the better team. Over two nights, they lost.

A league title means you were the best team in the country for nine months. A Champions League run means you got through a few nights in spring without anything going wrong. Guardiola is asking people not to confuse the two.

[ZAMO_Thabethe @Mac13Zack]

Nizaam Carr has been horrible since he came on

[Kolisa Yola Sinyanya (PhD) 🌍📚🇿🇦 @Kolie_Yola]

The concept of having a race you hate raise your kids is so interesting.

[Micky Jnr @MickyJnr__]

🚨 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭:

Orlando Pirates, with 8 players in the South Africa squad, are set to earn $40,000 per day through FIFA’s Club Benefits Programme ($5,000 per player daily).

The payments cover the duration of the group stage, with further earnings possible if South Africa progress deeper into the tournament.

#AfricanFootball
#WorldCupwithMicky

[Treble Champion Tshepo @TshepoS__S]

Wadu a re moya ke wa CAF, I have no choice but to come out of retirement to coin next season's slogan.

[ZAMO_Thabethe @Mac13Zack]

@_izodlalaiTv There's a sample there that we need to read into, I don't dispute with him possibly being a better player, but the assertion that Mbatha only offers "a good shot from distance" is nothing further from the truth.

[ZAMO_Thabethe @Mac13Zack]

@phezulwana @ThulaniNombali What's the Name of the Right Winger??

[Jeff Ngobeni @MbhazimawaGaza]

I will never regret supporting March and March as a Tsonga Person. Actually not supporting the ideology of March and March means defying a country duty which instil inferiority complex amongst our people. A true Tsonga will defend Jacinta against the tribalism propaganda.

[ZAMO_Thabethe @Mac13Zack]

@rugby_ap Who is Van Zyl??

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

Strangers make you rich. Not the people you know.

[ANDILE MNGXITAMA (MP) @Mngxitama2]

It’s ok for Ghana but our super pan Africanists forbid SA from demanding the same.

[OptaJabu @OptaJabu]

A full article beyond clean sheets - saves, saves %, aerial ability, sweeping, passing, errors:

🔗: https://t.co/mmcVZ6hkyN

[Set Point 🎾 @SetPointBets]

⚠️ The 3h35 barrier has been crossed.

📊 Jannik Sinner has NEVER won a match lasting longer than 3 hours and 35 minutes:

❌ 5h29 — lost vs Alcaraz (RG 2025)
❌ 5h26 — lost vs Altmaier (RG 2023)
❌ 5h15 — lost vs Alcaraz (US 2022)
❌ 4h41 — lost vs Zverev (US 2023)
❌ 4h09 — lost vs Alcaraz (RG 2024)
❌ 4h09 — lost vs Djokovic (AO 2026)
❌ 4h00 — lost vs Medvedev (WIM 2024)
❌ 4h00 — lost vs Tsitsipas (AO 2023)
❌ 3h55 — lost vs Shapovalov (AO 2021)
❌ 3h35 — lost vs Cerundolo (RG 2026)

[Kwabena Boat 🇬🇭 @kwabenaboatman]

10x better than both of them but timing is everything in football.