Matone Ditlhake

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[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

"Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it" - Frantz Fanon

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

The summit isn’t just a place; it’s a mindset. Thank you for inspiring the world, Nirmal Purja. #NirmalPurja #14Peaks #Mounteneering #RIP

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

@lilnziza I hope that these are bio degradable!

[Mteto Nyati @mteton]

I have served long enough in leadership to recognise a troubling pattern. Too many among South Africa’s elite - black and white - appear to believe the rules that govern the rest of us do not apply to them.

As chairman of an SOE, I am regularly approached by business leaders asking me to intervene in operational or procurement matters. When I explain that my role is governance and oversight, not management, they say they understand. Yet the requests continue. This reveals a belief that exceptions exist for the connected few.

It was therefore striking to see Business Leadership South Africa and BUSA, organisations that have been vocal against state capture and political interference in state-owned enterprises, actively advocate for political intervention to transfer transmission assets to the Transmission System Operator. These are the same bodies that insist on corporate governance and board independence. Where, then, is the role of the SOE board? What exactly do they believe in?

Equally concerning are recent allegations involving former Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon. Senior figures within his own party, including John Steenhuisen and Dion George, have raised issues that appear to involve conflicts of interest and undue influence. This from a voice that has long lectured on ethical standards and clean governance. Do these rules apply to everyone, or only when politically convenient? Selective morality is not morality at all.

When those who position themselves as guardians of good governance apply different standards to themselves, public trust erodes. But South Africans are watching. We see the inconsistencies. We now know where people stand.

The path forward requires courage. We must expose wrongdoing wherever it occurs without fear or favour. We must demand that those who preach accountability live it consistently. We must insist that rules bind the powerful as they bind ordinary citizens. And we must model the ethical society we want to build.

South Africa does not lack good people. What we need is the collective will to insist that principle applies to all. Let us find that courage. Let us call out double standards and build a nation where no one is above the law. That is the South Africa worth fighting for. #ProudlySA

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

Mbokazi! #WorldCupStories #fifalive

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

@KatyKatopodis I guess it’s now “John Valigate!”

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

From World Class to No Class! #CoJ

[Zille for Mayor @HelenZille4Jozi]

They may hide it from you, but they can’t it from a drone.

#BelieveInJoburg #Zille4Mayor

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

BREAKING: Cape Town earns another Moody’s Ratings upgrade! 🇿🇦

This is Cape Town's second credit ratings upgrade during our term of office! We've worked incredibly hard to become South Africa's leading city and the regional example of good governance.

Delivering services more cost effectively with financial transparency brings investment and JOBS to the Mother City.🚰🏗️

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

@KayaON959 It’s musical chairs 🪑!

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@BlackAndNative1 He doesn’t look like he has the mobility! All he’s got is that 8FT frame. Great for #TikTok gimmicks but definitely not #NBA material!

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

@ihargom This is a cellular phone on wheels!

[Daily Investor @DailyInvestorSA]

Property prices in Johannesburg could decline significantly if the city is not able to turn around its current financial situation.
https://t.co/FuVkDLs0Jf

[ITWeb @ITWeb]

Vodacom expects its purchase of an additional 20% stake in Safaricom and its subsequent consolidation to “represent a step change in Vodacom’s scale, diversification and growth profile”. #Telecoms

https://t.co/VmzqqElixG

[ITWeb @ITWeb]

Fintech group Lesaka’s consumer division, which caters for South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant beneficiaries, is continuing to make gains. #Fintech

https://t.co/thtAPV6zdn

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

For how long is the administration going to kick the can down the road on this one! #SocialDevelopment #UCLFinals

[Bulelani Phillip @BulelaniPhillip]

(WATCH) Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe responds to media reports that her “food aide” shared her government salary with her daughter. She says the two had their own arrangement that she was not aware of as they stayed together.

[@luphumlongcayisa @luphumlongcayis]

The Trials of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela documentary continues to stir deep emotion. And rightly so. She gave almost everything, her family life, her safety, her dignity at times, all in service of this country’s liberation and her people. I see the Madikizela inspired doeks. I see her face emblazoned on dresses and T-shirts. I hear the slogans: ‘Winnie didn’t die, she multiplied.’

But I am not seeing her spirit in action.

I am not seeing organised, sustained community work. I am not seeing us using whatever influence we have, big or small, to shift the lived reality of black families and young people. I am not seeing any meaningful confrontation of the social and moral decay we complain about daily.

If we claim to love and honour Winnie as we do, then symbolism cannot be the full extent of our offering. Do pardon this generalisation, as it stands, many of us who loudly sympathise with Mama Winnie are no different and no more useful than those we accuse of betraying her. It is one thing to feel anger, grief, even pride after watching The Trials Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. It is another to be moved enough to act.

Let it not end at the expression of emotion. Let us allow the polarising documentary to compel us to pick up where she left off, to do the unglamorous work of fixing what is broken around us. If we are going to wear her on our T-shirts, let it not be fashion or performance or wokeness. Let it be a declaration that we are prepared to do the work she lived for and died for.

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

@ftenergy This is mainly due to the following: 1. Deindustrialisation and 2. Green Energy!

[Matone Ditlhake @Matone_Ditlhake]

@Milli0nairePath Up Spriral.

[Daily Investor @DailyInvestorSA]

South Africa is set to double the offshore transfer limit without SARS pre-approval to R2 million for the first time in 15 years, giving individuals greater flexibility to move money abroad.
https://t.co/GOQYXwNxSg

[Daily Investor @DailyInvestorSA]

Remgro CEO Jannie Durand warned that Tongaat Hulett's looming liquidation could push South Africa’s sugar industry toward collapse due to cheap, subsidised imports, threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs.
https://t.co/hGJQVbpwBC