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[Mteto Nyati @mteton]

South Africans are deeply frustrated and with good reason about illegal immigration and the pressure it places on already scarce opportunities.

But the real crisis is not the immigrants themselves. The root cause is our failure, over the past fifteen years, to deliver inclusive economic growth that creates enough jobs, dignity and hope for our own people.

This failure has been driven by three systemic issues we can no longer ignore:

• A collapse in the rule of law that has enabled corruption, criminality, land invasions, illegal migration, and the brazen theft of electricity and water.
• Bureaucracy and red tape that continue to strangle enterprise, deter investment and kill job creation.
• Incompetent and, in too many cases, corrupt leadership in key positions across government, state-owned enterprises and parts of the private sector.

As leaders, we must have the courage to look in the mirror and ask a difficult but necessary question: How have we allowed these conditions to take root and persist?

This question is not about blame. It is about responsibility and that is precisely why it is empowering. It places the power to change things back where it belongs: with us. We are not helpless. We are not victims of forces beyond our control. By focusing on what lies within our sphere of influence our decisions, our standards, our willingness to confront uncomfortable truths and act decisively, we can begin to reverse the damage we have helped create.

The time for self-criticism and honest reflection is now. The time for excuses has long passed. South Africa’s future will be determined by leaders who are prepared to own their part in the mess and do the hard, disciplined work required to fix it.

[News24 🇿🇦 @News24]

Hawks officer Karl Sander to use R180k coffee machine crowdfund for narcotics dogs

https://t.co/9MKDtRzXRt

[Dr MuVenda @Ndi_Muvenda_]

Report spaza shops charging you extra when using your credit or debit cards. Log a complaint with PASA 012 065 1950 or 010 140 7100

[Vanessa Govender @Govender_V]

Firstly acknowledge Who made the comments? Clarify his relationship with the company?
Secondly his comments are and cannot be seen in isolation of the company…. You mention the non aligned community efforts but the reprehensible comments made by the gentleman insinuated those efforts are made with expectations and come with strings attached… And that certainly doesn’t align to the spirit in which Dischem would have us believe it is given or with the South African spirit for that matter.

[Artist TREVOR🇿🇦 @Trevor_sidogi]

Meet Dr. Thakgalo Thibela South Africa's youngest female doctor at just 21 years old. She's from Mpumalanga Bushbuckridge at Violet Bank village. At 16,she received a bursary from Industrial Development Corporating and enrolled at Wits university to study medicine and surgery.

[Dr MuVenda @Ndi_Muvenda_]

In Kruger National Park, South Africa, veteran ranger Sipho Nkosi suffered a heart attack while on solo patrol. His vehicle was found empty, and search teams began looking for him.

What the park’s remote trail cameras revealed broke the hearts of everyone who saw the footage.

An old bull elephant — known to rangers as “Mnumzane” (Zulu for “Sir”) — had found Sipho’s body. For three full days and nights, the elephant refused to leave. He stood guard, gently touching the ranger with his trunk, chasing away hyenas and jackals that came too close, and even covering parts of the body with branches and leaves.

On the third night, the elephant was still there — visibly grieving, swaying slowly beside his fallen friend. Only when the full recovery team arrived with vehicles did Mnumzane finally step back, watching solemnly as they carried Sipho away.

Park officials later confirmed that Sipho had rescued this same elephant as a calf years earlier after poachers killed his mother. The elephant had never forgotten.

One colleague who viewed the footage whispered:

“He didn’t come to say goodbye. He came to make sure no one disrespected his brother.”

Mnumzane still visits the exact spot regularly. Rangers now leave fresh water and fruit there in honor of both.

[John F Kennedy Jr @John_F_kJr]

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[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Many students who learn English as a foreign language have a hard time using punctuation marks correctly.

Here's a simple guide to help you with punctuation marks:

1. Comma ,

A comma is used:

Before "and, but, or, so, yet" when they connect two independent clauses, e.g., It was raining, and I was carrying an umbrella.

Around extra information, e.g., My friend, who lives next door, invited me to party.

After introductory phrases, e.g. After the game, he went home.

2. Semi colon ;

A semicolon is used instead of a comma and a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so — remember FANBOYS)

Instead of:
I like coffee, but I don't drink it every day.

you can write:
I like coffee; I don't drink it every day.

3. Colon :

Used to introduce lists.

My paper focuses on three themes: nationalism, religion, and literature.

4. Apostrophe '

Used in contractions like Don't, Can't, etc.

Also used for possession. Pay attention to singular and plural nouns.

The boy's desk (singlular).

For pluran nouns, the apostrophe comes after "s."
The teachers' cafeteria.

5. Quotation marks (Double and single)

Double quotation marks are used for direct quotes.

He argues, "Translation in not a neutral affair."

Single quote marks are used for a quote within a quote.

He said, "The term 'world literature' is difficult to define."

6. Hyphen -

Used to create compound adjectives like well-known, well-paid, etc. when the come before a noun, e.g., a well-known scholar, a well-paid job.

7. En dash –

Used mainly for ranges

Monday–Friday
pages 36–49

8. Em dash —

Very versatile punctuation mark.

Used to add extra information or interruption.

The result is clear—we need to revise our research methodology.

Also, used in place of commas and colon.

[Artur Nadolny @ArturNadol7566]

BBC BROKE EQUALITY LAW AND GOT CAUGHT

Carrie Gracie spent 30 years at the @BBC. She spoke fluent Mandarin. She ran the Beijing bureau. She was one of four international editors, two men and two women.

Then in 2017 the BBC was forced to publish salary data. Gracie looked at what her male equivalent, the North America editor, was earning. He was on nearly double her salary. She had explicitly said equal pay was a condition of taking the China role. The BBC agreed. Then quietly paid her far less anyway.

She asked for equal pay. The BBC offered her a raise that still left her below the men. She turned it down. She resigned from the China post in January 2018 and published an open letter telling the licence fee public exactly what their broadcaster was doing.

The BBC then put her through nearly a year of an internal grievance process that went nowhere. It took three meetings with the Director-General and the threat of an employment tribunal before she got a public apology and the backdated pay owed to her. The total came to £361,000.

She donated every penny to the Fawcett Society (@fawcettsociety), the gender equality charity. She said the fight was about principle, not the payout.

A publicly funded institution, legally obligated to follow equality law, paid women less than men in identical roles, got caught, dragged it out for a year, and only coughed up under threat of a tribunal. That is not a pay oversight. That is a policy.

Gracie did not ask for a favour. She asked for what she was owed. The BBC made her fight for it like it was a privilege.

Sources: @BBCNews, @guardian, @thetimes, @Independent.

[Zwelinzima Vavi @Zwelinzima1]

Just below our noses, this is what is happening.

Deputy Minister Jomo Sibiya led a joint inspection team involving labour inspectors, immigration officials, and the police visiting a sawmilling company called Lowpal Timbers in Thaba Chwewu Municipality (Mbombela) What they uncovered is nothing short of a scandal and indictment to unions, government, political parties, including local government:

1. Out of 66 workers, only 12 were South African, despite the law being clear that foreign recruitment should be limited to genuinely scarce skills.
2. Workers have suffered severe injuries, including the loss of fingers and limbs.
3. Not a single injured worker was compensated. The employer registered them and deducted for compensation, but never paid those funds into the Compensation Fund. One worker was injured way back in 2013 - 13 years ago!!! He is still there - not compensated, not counselled - nothing!
4. All of the injured workers are undocumented. As SAFTU has consistently warned, some employers do not hire undocumented workers out of goodwill; they do so because they are easier to exploit and silence.
5. GIWUSA, a SAFTU-affiliated union, has attempted to organise this workplace, but fear is widespread. Workers are too afraid of losing their jobs to stand up.
6. The employer has now been arrested, and the company shut down without workers losing their wages. Compensation will need to be paid to those injured.

This is exploitation in its rawest form, unfolding openly.

We need to return to the drawing board. Unions only organise a quarter of workers today. Something has gone very wrong. But we can still turn it around.

[Dr. Dawn Michael @DawnsMission]

The CDC admits the Covid vaccine is causing myocarditis and cancer yet they haven’t pulled it off the market. This is an absolute crime at this point.

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

This is Sean Egan. He joined Morrisons at the age of 17.

After 29 years of dedication at supermarket chain, he was dismissed for confronting a shoplifter, which led to a scuffle with thief who spat at him.

A shameful decision by @Morrisons.
He should be thanked, not sacked.

[Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol) @FabAcademic]

Two weeks ago, as I walked out of the Kfm studios in Cape Town, I heard a familiar voice say hello.

It was Alex, one of the recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s Blue Caroet Scholarships in 2023. At the time, he was among the top matric achievers in South Africa, who we welcomed as the VC’s VIPs.

What stayed with me was not only his academic excellence, but his humility and his commitment to serving others, especially his voluntary work at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital.

So when he stood before me, now a graduate and much taller, I was not surprised by his continued excellence. I was reminded that true distinction is not just about grades, it is about character.

Moments like these affirm a simple truth: When we invest in young people, we are investing in a future that carries both brilliance and compassion.

#Leadership #Education #Impact #FutureLeaders #MakeEducationFashionable

[Tony Ward @TonyWard867811]

The pound has lost 69% of its purchasing power since 2000.

A loaf of bread that cost 50p now costs £1.40.

A pint that cost £2 now costs £6.

A house that cost £80,000 now costs £280,000.

Your wages did not keep up.

Nothing you did caused this.

They printed. You paid.

And they are about to do it again.

You and your children will work harder for less forever to pay back decades of government incompetence.

[Dr MuVenda @Ndi_Muvenda_]

“Kaizer Chiefs play better when they play for Nothing”. Junior Khanye

[@SAgovnews @SAgovnews]

South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho will next week officially unveil the completed Senqu Bridge, marking a major milestone in Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. https://t.co/9uENelxj4L

#GovZAUpdates

[World Affairs @World_Affairs11]

BREAKING:

Spain says it will join Genocide case of South Africa against Israel in the International Criminal Court.

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇮🇱🇺🇳 UN Human Rights Council urges all member states to halt weapons transfers to Israel.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

Your Android phone is sending data to Google every 4.5 minutes.

Even when you're not touching it. Even when the screen is off.

A peer-reviewed study from Trinity College Dublin confirmed it.

12 settings to change right now: