⭐ Maralyna ⭐

Trust and believe. Quitters never win and winners never quit. Never give up on your dreams, no matter what. Loving life ❤

[⭐ Maralyna ⭐ @Maralyna1]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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@Lebona_cabonena Hi

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[Brent Lindeque @BrentLindeque]

It was almost 1,500 days ago.

I had been locked in my house for 18 days.

We all had.

Some of us were still working. Some of us were watching all of Netflix. Some of us were day drinking. Some of us were baking banana bread. Some were trying to figure out how to homeschool a 5-year-old. Some were taking styling lessons from their hairdressers via Zoom.

It was so weird.

But we were all just trying to get through it.

Why am I bringing this up?

This morning, I read my Facebook memories from the 13th of April 2020 and it actually made me cry.

I was trying to find help for 2,500 families who did not have food and could not get the government to help them.

The President gave a “fantastic” speech the week before about looking after the most vulnerable South Africans.

It made us all feel warm and fuzzy.

We were led.

But there was no one on the other side of the telephone number he dished out.

Families were left destitute by the very people who promised to look after them. The number of people in need grew daily. Kind South Africans stepped up to help, eventually assisting millions of strangers in need.

Not the government.

I know this is heavy for a Saturday, but just this week, I have been tagged, emailed, and messaged with the same stuff.

1,500 days later and we are still seeing the same stuff.

If not worse.

This week, we received around 50 messages from hungry South Africans. We also get tagged in so many posts on social media. Just this week, we were tagged in a story about a homeless woman living in a tree to try to escape the rain. She covers herself with a plastic bag to keep her “warm” and dry in the storms. She is down the road from me. That is one of around 100 posts we are tagged in weekly with people in need. There was also a protest that blocked off traffic this week. Everyone in my area was sharing the photos and videos. Apparently, the informal settlement was protesting because a young child had drowned in a hole that was left open by the government. They just wanted someone to hear their cries for help.

There are so many people in our country that just need help.

Meanwhile, for the first time in who knows how long, the government has been able to keep the lights on in our country. For 18 days now. It’s a bladdy miracle. This week, the government press release portal announced job creation programmes to combat unemployment, new plans to help communities with water “challenges” and even commitments to finally getting essential services to communities that haven’t had them for the last 30 years.

So many things to make us feel warm and fuzzy.

Can you say election year?

I feel like we’re being led again friends.

Please don’t fall for it.

Any of it.

I mean, the ANC did throw an event 2 nights ago to celebrate the “switching off of etolls”. There was a countdown clock and everything.

You read that right.

The government put on a “party” to celebrate a failed concept they tried to implement 11 years ago. But etolls didn't work because South Africans saw corruption and said no. It had nothing to do with the government. It was good South Africans. And OUTA.

Oh, but you’re still getting an invoice this month and the next month, and forever.

You really cannot make this stuff up.

So where to from here?

We have 46 days to go to the elections. That’s 46 days to not fall for the empty promises. That’s 46 days to remember how the government has let South Africa down. And keeps doing so. That’s 46 days to have critical conversations with everyone around you.

Imagine what our country could be like if the people in charge just put South Africa first… all of the time. They wouldn’t even need to ask for our votes with things to make us feel warm and fuzzy. Because we would all actually be warm and fuzzy.

You have 46 days to think about this.

Okay. Love you. Bye.

[Boer @twatterbaas]

YouTube pulled the livestream of her frank conversation on the slaughter of White Famers in South Africa within 2 hours. Good thing I took a screenshot recording before they took it down.

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-Katie Hopkins

[Boer @twatterbaas]

Today, 9 October 2023, South Africa, University of Pretoria.

“NO WHITES ALLOWED”

[Aaron @LibertarianZA]

Note for foreign observers:

Depicted here is a stadium of EFF supporters in South Africa singing a song about shooting white people in South Africa and mimicking the sound of gunshots ("pah! pah!").

They will tell you it's a traditional song (which it isn't, and wouldn't justify this hate speech anyway), or they will say that when they sing "kill the boer" ("Boer" is Afrikaans for farmer but is widely used as slang to refer to white South Africans more generally) that they are actually singing "kiss the Boer" (they are not).

The EFF is an opposition party that usually garners about 10% of the popular vote but which has become increasingly extremist and militant. They support open borders and are rumoured to be increasingly recruiting foreigners in large numbers. Their manifesto is based on marxist/communist doctrine and they vow to seize all land, mining and heavy industry. Members frequently engage in racial hate speech.

[⭐ Maralyna ⭐ @Maralyna1]

#Truth

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#TrueStory

[Renaldo “Ngamla” Gouws 🇿🇦 @RenaldoGouws]

What is most important to you as a South African when it comes to service delivery? (Retweet for bigger sample size).

[⭐ Maralyna ⭐ @Maralyna1]

#TakeResponsibility

[⭐ Maralyna ⭐ @Maralyna1]

Today, 28 years ago, my brother passed. He was only 29. I miss him every day. My children know him only through me and photos. Hope I make you proud Michael 💔 CancerSucks