Theresa

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@Abramjee @ferialhaffajee According to the picture, he definitely needs a leg day

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@CityPowerJhb Hi, https://t.co/RGHQ2MiDoU is not working

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@Godsebutterfly

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@CityPowerJhb Hi, Citymobi is not working. No power in Pine Avenue, Ferndale. Please can you assist. Thank you

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

South Africans are tired of paying for government failure, and it’s not sustainable https://t.co/Cef3QaHrNB

[Acclaimed Journalist @Jonathan_Witt]

So there’s a new SARS travel form, a new car license levy on the way, and your solar panels are going to be taxed.

Can anyone give me the last instance when the Government passed any legislation or rules that actually helped the average person as opposed to harming them?

[Dasen Thathiah @DasenThathiah]

Madlanga Commission witness checklist:

✅ Water
✅ Facecloth
✅ Extra underwear

Optional extras:
✅ Unlimited sick leave
✅ Small car

[Dereleen James MP @DereleenJ]

A speedy recovery to all Madlanga ward patients, their recovery is of national significance. 🙏
#sokanditnieaangaannie

[Wayne Duvenage @wayneduv]

Very weak PR from these buffoons at @MyJRA. Photographing yourselves fixing the odd pothole, when you are behind with over 3,000 km of road resurfacing, more that 200 bridges that need significant repairs. Not to mention faded road markings and hundreds of faulty traffic lights. Wake up and do your job.

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@karynmaughan Amazing how they can do this bad stuff with no conscience but then they can’t cope when they are called to the commission. It is laughable 😂

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@WOOLWORTHS_SA I am speechless…… an empty open bottle of sparkling water in my 6 pack! WTAF!

[Douglas Wayne @Bound2Liberty]

R13.2 billion. R13.2 billion. That is the sum total write-off by the City of Joburg, led by the corrupt ANC coalition.

"R13.2 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure that the City of Johannesburg wrote off or regularised during the 2024/25 financial year."

This is the money meant to fix your potholes, the antiquated water pipes, the unstable electricity supply, the street lights. All gone. Disappeared into thin air or into back pockets. All this while the COJ jacks up rates to exorbitant levels.

The ANC leadership, along with their corrupt and incompetent coalition partners, do not care about the residents. They are more worried about getting the money into their own back pockets.

Property rates rise by 3.6 percent which is the lowest increase with the first 300000 rand of residential property value exempt. Electricity goes up by an average of 8.63 percent for households driven by Eskom bulk costs. Water increases by 12.5 percent driven by Rand Water. Sanitation or sewer rises by 11 percent. Refuse removal increases by 6.2 percent.

These hikes come on top of the City's chronic service failures, massive write-offs, and huge internal losses (water around 44 percent, electricity around 27 percent). Residents get hammered with higher rates while potholes, water pipes, electricity, and street lights continue to collapse. The ANC coalition's idea of financial recovery seems to be squeezing residents harder instead of fixing the rot and stopping the theft.

Vote Greater ANC at your own peril!

#SAElection2026

Source: https://t.co/nZxMBX0A9j

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

On 2 June 2021, authorities intercepted 805kg of pure cocaine worth an estimated R400 million hidden inside the hull of a ski boat being towed on the N1 near Pretoria.

The drugs were found in the boat’s hull and were being transported on a trailer pulled by a Ford Ranger.

Arrests were made at the time, yet the matter was removed from the court roll.

Serious questions remain:

What happened to the case?

Who were the syndicates behind the shipment?

Were there failures in the investigation or prosecution process?

@SAPoliceService and the @NPA_Prosecutes need to revisit this matter.

South Africa cannot allow major organised crime cases involving hundreds of millions of rands worth of cocaine to simply disappear without accountability.

@pule_jones

[Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh @SizweMpofuWalsh]

The Madlanga Commission should be extended.

[Clement Manyathela @TheRealClementM]

Shouldn’t we start a petition to extend the work and mandate of the Madlanga commisison?We can discuss the mandate or what new form the commisison will take. But my goodness,this commussion could help expose more crooks. And that may serve as a crime deterrent. What do you think?

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

An Open Letter to Warrant Officer Karl Sander -
COMMENT: Well said https://t.co/HxstwlHxdE

[Nhlanhla Sbusiso Mkhwanazi @africans80288]

Compose yourself WO . Your tears will not be in vain.
#Senona
#MadlangaCommission
#CRTT

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@KayaNews This poor man! Watching him made me emotional too. All because he did his job too well! Thank you Karl Sander for your service to your country.

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@WOOLWORTHS_SA absolutely shocking! Perhaps your customers should do the same - cut their spending at Woolworths by half and thereafter not purchase at all.
This story leaves a really bad taste in my mouth and I have been a very loyal customers for many many years!

[Theresa @MaryM2905]

@WOOLWORTHS_SA absolutely shocking! Perhaps your customers should do the same - cut their spending at Woolworths by half and thereafter not purchase at all.
This story leaves a really bad taste in my mouth and I have been a very loyal customers for many many years!

[Mark Sham @MarkSham]

The @WOOLWORTHS_SA and Beyers Chocolates breakdown is another reminder that corporate companies will "protect their business and their growth" at all costs. Any smaller business that forgets is doomed. You can have a 34-year supplier history with a corporate but the moment you stop playing by their rules, they will cut you down to size, even if that means you liquidating your business!

From what has been reported, Beyers had been supplying Woolworths since around 1990 and at one point Woolworths made up roughly half their business. That kind of relationship could fool you into feeling secure when you’re in it. It "feels" like there’s history and trust which is already the first warning sign in this story.

Apparently Beyers acquired a second factory which was already supplying Checkers and Pick 'n Pay. According to Beyers, this was a way to increase volumes, support mechanisation, diversify the business, and reduce their dependence on Woolworths, especially because Woolworths had already started bringing in other chocolate brands years earlier.

Woolworths apparently found out about the second factory and took issue with it. The dispute centred on exclusivity. According to Kees Beyers, Woolworths wanted the second factory closed but Beyers refused.

From a business owner’s point of view, I understand why. Beyers had reportedly invested around R200 million and had roughly 75 employees at that second site. You don’t just switch that off because a major client is uncomfortable with you diversifying.

Then came the hammer as Woolworths reduced its orders. First by around R100 million and then by another R100 million a few months later.

When one customer carries that much weight in your business, they don’t have to “kill” you in some dramatic movie villain way. They just have to reduce orders and suddenly cash flow gets squeezed, your bank gets nervous, your options disappear, and the thing you spent decades building can start falling apart in real time.

The exclusivity issue itself is still disputed. Beyers says the exclusivity agreement expired in 2019. Woolworths apparently says it rolled over automatically. Woolworths has also said it cannot comment on the details of the relationship because of confidentiality 🤣

I want to personally remind you. Corporate companies are not people. They don’t operate on loyalty, memory, history, or sentiment in the way small business owners often do. They operate through systems, contracts, leverage, risk management and self preservation.

If you build your business around one massive corporate client, and that client decides you’ve stepped outside the lines, they will likely not sit down and ask how this affects your people, your factory, your investment, or your future.

If you take ANYTHING from this post, it's an understanding of WHAT (not who) you’re dealing with. Never forget this and play the game accordingly 🤓