Phiwo Gwala

Time waits for nothing, and everything takes its time.

[Phiwo Gwala @PS_Gwala]

Learn how to plan your day in order to get the most out of your day. Wasted time is worse than wasted money.
Scientific research say you’re capable of making 10 great decisions per day. So planning is vital.

[Phiwo Gwala @PS_Gwala]

@hlovo_ @imeverynigga I can’t 😂😂

[Ryan Cummings @Pol_Sec_Analyst]

No one:

South African rats....

[Wandile Mthiyane @wandileubuntu]

I got into Harvard’s Master in Design Engineering because of an app I built to help people in townships and informal settlements design, build, and finance their own homes.

But I can’t afford to go.

So I decided to walk from Durban to Cape Town to raise the funds myself.

Along the way, I’ve had to spend money on proper hiking gear just to survive the journey. Today something incredible happened:@kway_za through. I even connected with the guy who designed my bag, and they’re now sponsoring some of my gear.

What’s wild is that my good friend @mbalimcdust encouraged me to write an article about my journey, and that article led to Cape Union Mart reaching out. A reminder that sharing your story can open unexpected doors.

I’m even willing to take a loan, but as an international student I can’t get one in the US, and I can’t access one here because I’m leaving to study overseas.

Like the youth of ’76, I’m done waiting. This walk is my small way of fighting to become the change I want to see in a crisis that’s deeply personal to me. Three decades into democracy, 2.5 million South Africans are still waiting for an RDP home. Some families have waited for decades. My aunt passed away still waiting.

Please support and share my journey.

GoFundMe:
https://t.co/kRb7dGtGij

Journey Trailer:
https://t.co/V7u4B63Cco

Try the AI housing platform here:
https://t.co/7wz64fWrIM

[Sabelo @Mahoota11]

Yeah, I think apartheid is downplayed. The average 45- year old doesn’t have the full grasp of how much that system shaped today’s South Africa.

[Phiwo Gwala @PS_Gwala]

@phume22 After all computers crash ……

[Phiwo Gwala @PS_Gwala]

@imeverynigga 😂😂

[✒️ @Literariium]

if you start reading books again. you will feel at least a little better. i promise

[Khanya Thembane @noksy_k]

Neither is universally harder it depends on what you’re attached to and why.

A useful test: if something consistently costs you peace, clarity, or self-respect, holding on is not strength, it is resistance to necessary change.

[Brian | AI @ndukoB]

Mastering the art of contentment leaves people thinking you have everything.

[D @_Unknown_D_]

one of the main arguments ye was making in his bi-polar rants against Jews was that they control everything including finance, media and black music artists.

Sorry but doesn’t him loosing endorsements, having his assets frozen, being banned from travelling and having concerts cancelled reinforce the perception that they do indeed control everything?

[🖍 @feziledhlamini_]

So the IDC just ran a paid News24 piece telling South Africa how great they are. Allow me to do something the IDC apparently cannot: basic maths.

They say they approved R26.6 billion in “transformation funding” last year and “created or preserved” 15,000 jobs.
That is R1,773,333 per job.
One million, seven hundred and seventy-three thousand, three hundred and thirty-three rand. Per job.

You could pay someone the average South African salary for nearly seven years with that money. Or you could give it to the IDC and they will “create or preserve” one job. Maybe. If the company does not end up in their R30 billion distress portfolio.

Oh, did I not mention that? The IDC’s distress portfolio, that is the money they invested that is now in trouble, is R30 billion. That is bigger than the R26.6 billion they approved this year. They are underwater. They are losing money faster than they are deploying it.

And of that R30 billion in distress? R9 billion is in black-empowered entities. So roughly a third of the “transformation” money they are bragging about in paid newspaper articles is currently circling the drain.

But wait, there is more.

Since 2017, the IDC has given R8.5 billion to 128 black industrialists. Sounds impressive until you learn that a single manganese company got R6.1 billion. One company. That is 72% of the total. Three companies consumed virtually the entire allocation.

The average per industrialist? R66.4 million.

Here is my favourite part: the IDC says 88% of its funding goes to black-owned businesses. Beautiful number. Very clean. Very round. Very paid-media-friendly.

But when NAFCOC went to Parliament and said the IDC is undermining black industrialists through “aggressive recovery actions, premature legal enforcement, and liquidation processes,” the Portfolio Committee Chair responded: “It appears that the IDC has not effectively embedded issues of transformation in its business processes.”

That is Parliament. Not me. Parliament.
So here is what R26.6 billion in “transformation funding” actually looks like:
1. R1.77 million per job (if you believe the job numbers).
2. R30 billion in distress (which they do not mention in the paid article).
3. R9 billion in black business distress (which they definitely do not mention).
72% of black industrialist funding going to three companies (which they will never mention).

But sure. Run the paid article. The maths will still be here in the morning.

[Phiwo Gwala @PS_Gwala]

The road to recovery is rarely a straight line. Tiger’s own journey has been defined by multiple periods of rebuilding. His career has been a testament to the "never give up" mentality. Wishing him a path of health, focus, and the resilience that has always been a part of him.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

BREAKING: Tiger Woods arrested for DUI following a rollover crash in Florida.

President Trump has also spoken out following the crash, says he feels "so badly" for Woods.

"Mr. Woods did exemplify signs of impairment. They did several tests on him. Of course, he did explain the injuries and the surgeries that he had..." police said.

[مريم حسنا @Maryamhasnaa]

You don’t need to keep exposing yourself to unsafe people to prove how compassionate and kind you are.

[Phiwo Gwala @PS_Gwala]

I just realised that I still haven’t fully recovered from the 2021 Abu Dhabi F1 championship race.
The Madlanga commission has been quite triggering..😤

[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

Michael Jordan's NASCAR team is on FIRE and have now won their 4th race in just 6 races in 2026 🎉�

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Franco Le Roux 🇿🇦 powers to an African Record of 7.50s to win his 60mH heat at the World Indoor Championships!

[morg @29morg]

Lewis Hamilton call your lawyer we're getting you #8

[Springbok Sevens @Blitzboks]

Champions of New York 🗽
#Blitzboks #PoweredByUnity #HSBCSVNS

[eNCA @eNCA]

A KwaZulu-Natal team of doctors has achieved a groundbreaking medical milestone, removing a brain tumour without a single external incision. #eNCA #DStv403