Maru

Well... this and that...

[Manikivana @Manikipi]

A Somali asylum seekers arrested here in SA with his safe tools.

[Maru @Maru_KGee]

@FlyingFishSA So, a bunch of people sat in the room and decided to conceptualise and execute this repulsive image? 🤮🤮🤮

[Maru @Maru_KGee]

@FlyingFishSA And whose idea was this? This is fuckn disgusting🤮!

[Jacinta Ngobese🇿🇦 @JacintaNgobese]

You guys mean to tell me that some people see absolutely nothing wrong with this? Like nothing at all? It’s all good and well to them?

[Lerato ᧔ෆ᧓ @_BellaM_]

so Dr. Motsoaledi wanted SA to withdraw from the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and rejoin with reservations because we can’t afford some of these socio-economic obligations. But @DIRCO_ZA opposed it, arguing that it would damage SA’s diplomatic relations, international reputation and commitment to international agreements. (What would other countries think? Because South Africa regularly presents itself internationally as a defender of human rights, international law and humanitarian principles.) IMAGINE!!!!

They also raised concerns about repealing the citizenship provision for certain children born to foreign parents in SA (to apply for citizenship at 18, provided they meet statutory conditions). And the legal advice was that withdrawing wouldn’t change much anyway because our Constitution already protects many of those rights.

All of this was dropped from the revised White Paper. And who was heading DIRCO during this revision? @RonaldLamola .

Why aren’t we talking about this part of Dr. Motsoaledi’s White Paper?

[Mpho🌸 @msmonakhisi]

He tried shame 💔💔. Minister Motswaledi has been preaching this for the longest time and he was seen as the bad guy.

[Jacinta Ngobese🇿🇦 @JacintaNgobese]

We have asked our legal team under SA First Forum to urgently write to The Department of Home Affairs and get clarity on this process!! Why would they prioritise this over the documentation of millions of South Africans and why have they never created an online platform for them and they need to physically come to Home Affairs, surely because it’s a safety measure! Now why would they try bypass this for foreigners? Foreigners who have been proven to be 95% of the times just abusing the system?

[pops. @Mphod0lsk1]

We have asylum seekers that go home for Christmas

[Anele Mdoda @Anele]

Why aren’t there any women @HomeAffairsSA wives and kids?

[Kaya News @KayaNews]

BREAKING NEWS: The Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum has announced fuel prices will go up on Wednesday

Petrol for 93 octane increase by R3,12 cents a litre
Petrol for 95 octane increase by R3,33 cents a litre
Diesel will go up by R2,84 and R3,24 cents a litre. KH

#KayaNews

[Sentletse 🇿🇦🇷🇺🇵🇸🇱🇧 @Sentletse]

This clown wants to be Mayor of Joburg

[Maru @Maru_KGee]

@ZYamungu @JoyOfJazz Oh man Zawadi😭! What a magical voice.

[Zawadi Yamungu @ZYamungu]

Catch us live @JoyOfJazz 2026 on the 25th of Sept Mbira Stage, you won't regret it

I’m excited to be part of The Busi Mhlongo tribute

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

South African musician and songwriter - Dr Sibongile Khumalo, was born on this day in 1957. Credit: @sphiwemhlambi

[JvL 🇿🇦 @JvanLogg]

Bethuel Eddie Ngobeni was widely regarded as the multi-millionaire mastermind behind the West Rand's illicit gold empire. Ngobeni's real name was Zingaiyi Dhliwayo (also spelled Diliwayo in court records). He was born and raised in Chipinda, a small, impoverished rural village in Zimbabwe. He crossed into South Africa completely undocumented, embedding himself directly into the lucrative black-market gold trade.

Ngobeni was a top-tier "level four" kingpin. He lived a life of staggering luxury above ground while hundreds of illegal miners risked their lives in the abandoned shafts below.

Operating heavily between 2018 and 2022, Ngobeni constructed a massive criminal enterprise. His network acted as regional middlemen. They bought raw, unrefined gold directly from zama zamas navigating hazardous, deep-level shafts.

Ngobeni's syndicate processed this gold in sophisticated, clandestine backyard laboratories. They melted it into clean gold nuggets and sold them up the black-market supply chain for massive profits.

The scale of Ngobeni’s wealth stood in stark contrast to the impoverished miners digging his gold. He laundered his illicit millions through a complex web of shell companies (like Khumba Projects), gambling institutions, and properties registered under his partners and two wives.

Before his empire fell, the asset trail seized by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) included 51 vehicles, including Range Rovers, a Nissan Navara, and an Audi S3; at least seven properties scattered across Khutsong, Carletonville, Krugersdorp, and Potchefstroom. One of his fortified mansions was infamously flaunted by his wife on TikTok, showing off its security gates and high-end finishes.

October 2022, a major joint operation by the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) and tactical police raided Ngobeni’s strongholds, arresting him alongside five co-conspirators. During the explosive bail hearing, Home Affairs proved his South African identity was a fraud.

Though initially denied bail, a controversial court loop later allowed his release on R60,000 bail in late 2023. Sensing impending conviction as the state lined up 44 witnesses, Ngobeni jumped bail and became a high-profile fugitive. His bail money was officially forfeited to the state, and the High Court amended the syndicate's indictment to proceed without him.

A real tragedy of his background fell on the innocent victim of his identity theft. In 2021, just three days after burying his father, the real, cash-strapped Bethuel Ngobeni answered a knock at his door to find tactical police officers ready to arrest him. He was left entirely shaken to discover that a high-flying crime boss had been buying fleets of luxury Range Rovers and laundering blood-gold money under his exact name.

His whereabouts remain unknown.

[Anele Mdoda @Anele]

Your wealthy guy who must be rejected nicely has been arrested.

I’m posting this here incase SAPS loses his case number.

[Maru @Maru_KGee]

@TumishoMasha @MbuyiseniNdlozi He sounds Ndebele, from Zim

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

#CountryDuty

Just in:

SAPS has this evening confirmed that an 8th body of a woman was found dumped in Ekurhuleni in Olifantsfontein

The Police have issued a R400k reward for anyone with information!

💔💔💔

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

UPDATE:

The family of missing Kempton Park runner Elizabeth Mokolo Moselakgomo cannot confirm whether a body found on Saturday is hers. She disappeared after going for a run on Wednesday.

Police are warning women to exercise extreme caution after four women’s bodies were found in the Kempton Park area over the past two months.