Rhodé Marshall

Integrated Communications Strategist & Editorial Consultant | Former: FleishmanHillard, City Press, Mail & Guardian, POWER 98.7, News24 | [email protected]

[Rhodé Marshall @rhodemarshall]

@Buhlebonga The stars align on this day... Happy birthday @Bonang ♥️

[Rhodé Marshall @rhodemarshall]

@Buhlebonga I miss our days...

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

My piece on why Starlink IS a national security issue for South Africa.
https://t.co/a9fq8znv7G

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

Hello. Some of you mean well and I always appreciate and reflect on your counsel. But not always. For months, @Dischem 's Mark Saltzman (who has now deleted his account ( called me a bitch. I did nothing. I assumed he was another angry troll. I didn't know who he was until he outed himself and talked about his mommy's money.

Last week someone accused me of taking CR17 money. They retracted and apologized. Previously it's CIA, Stellenbosch Mafia, USAID and mysterious "handlers." I let it go so many times. So when you advise me to be restrained you must know I HAVE BEEN restrained. But there are days when things must be addressed. Today is one of them.
Presumably @Dischem is familiar with Mark's vocabulary and they know that he exercises his freedom of speech by calling people who disagree with him "BITCHES" for opposing Israel. I do hope that unlike Mark, they don't demand that their philanthropic interventions are conditional to South Africans supporting Israel. We don't have to. But I can live with the son of the founder of @Dischem and a major shareholder calling me a bitch. Repeatedly. But don't accuse of taking any money that I have not earned. I have also lent my name, time and access to worthy courses. Including for the some of the people who now call me antisemitic. The difference between me and them is that I don't think contributing to OUR South Africa must be transactional and conditional on them bending to my will. In conclusion, please do call me a bitch any time you want. But do not lie about serious things. I won't play along.

[TKZee @tkzeeband]

You wrote the very first article published about us. Thank you for being a day 1 believer and a foundation stone that shaped the “New South Africa’s” youth culture. Rest now Maria McCloy. You race is run. Thank you for time and we’ll see you out there 🙏🏾

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

Right. Fine. Goalposts moved. Some thoughts.

This does not come without heavy consequences, both retrospectively and for the future. The implications are grave.

It is now the DA’s position, and by implication a policy, that Ministers must not be held accountable for tender irregularities in their departments. They are not involved in the procurement process and therefore, failures of oversight regarding whether legal procedures are in place and are being followed by officials do not lie with Ministers. Executive authority and responsibility regarding tender procedures according to the DA, are, then, dead.

This has not been the party’s position, and correctly so. The buck has always stopped at the Minister’s door, regardless of involvement.

And that is what the Constitution requires. It does not matter who, what, when, or how. It is clear. Executive authority requires Ministers to ensure lawful, effective administration through continuous oversight, intervention, and accountability to PREVENT problems, not only act POST-FACTO. That is why the buck stops at their door, and will continue to do so.

Gwarube has, for months, said the DG is a “problem,” we are told. And thina senzeni ngalokho? Sim’khalele? Simenzele i-pity party?

Gwarube knew. Gwarube knew a problem existed. Gwarube did not act, and instead angled for pity.

A DG actively obstructing a Minister from exercising lawful executive functions is no small matter. If the dysfunction was serious enough to be said publicly, it was serious enough to be acted on formally.

Those words and realisation should have been followed by removal: a precautionary suspension, and escalation to the President. It did not. It has not. The DG was allowed to remain in office, and still is.

A precautionary suspension could have meant that a problematic DG would not have overseen the awarding of this tender.

That, my dear, is an oversight and leadership failure. That is executive failure. That is a Gwarube failure. The buck stops at her door. Period. No ifs, whens, or buts.

This cheap spin will not work on me. I’m not buying what is being sold. It’s a polished turd. And I have a nose. Hhay’suka. 🤚🏾

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

Oof. The DA’s first tender scandal in GNU. The tender was awarded in April 2026 to Lighthouse Publishers, a Cape Town-based company with no publishing history registered 3 days before tender applications opened.

[Caster Semenya @MightyCaster]

Waking up this morning only realising what I have just done after 15 years . The feeling is like it’s just the beginning of demonstrating the kind of leadership and sports governance I want to see when I take my role.

[Rhodé Marshall @rhodemarshall]

@MsAphelele H&M ones far better. x

[AJ @ajgyasi]

This year has taught me that a good year can also be a hard year. I've held joy and pain in equal measure. The joy hasn't made it less painful and the pain hasn't made it less joyful. it’s the year I learnt what it means to hold all things in a delicate balance.

[Tyla @Tyllaaaaaaa]

Had many opportunities to go but swore to myself that the first time I go to Coachella, imma be performing… and look now!💋

[Buhle Mbonambi @Buhlebonga]

In 2025, @AFI_SA marks a historic moment as the first African partner of the #MetGala, an event renowned for setting the global fashion agenda.

#SuperfineTailoringBlackStyle

https://t.co/coKlqMgkil

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”

[Nolwazi Tusini @NolwAzi_Tusini]

Hi, I’m just here to say Chris Brown is violent. You can go enjoy his show(as is your prerogative) but it doesn’t change that u’ve used ur money to support a violent & abusive man who has harmed multiple women (and men)🤷🏾‍♀️ And ur money & fandom empower him to escape accountability

[HYPETRIBE @hypetribeng]

🚨Tyla’s Debut Album ‘Tyla’ makes Rolling Stones list of Predicted Grammy Nominees for ‘Album of the Year’🏆

[Chris Roper @ChrisRoper]

Ag shame, as we say in this part of the world. You've just told your followers that you're a hypocritical grifter who was lying to them to get engagement, you've deleted all your incendiary edgeclown tweets, and then you get fired from the job that you sacrificed the followers for. And people claim there isn't a trickster god.
"Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen asks Roman Cabanac to step down as chief of staff"

https://t.co/FD9YqbT6mY

[bongeziwe mabandla @Bongeziwe]

Announcement! 📣

I have been travelling and performing in different places around the world all year. But I wanted to make sure that I end the year off here at home, in November with my South African Tour!

Tickets will go LIVE @QuicketSA this Friday, at 12PM SAST!

[SuperSport Rugby @SSRugby]

The best six minutes you’ll watch today 🥹

Despite a horrible injury, Siya Kolisi went on a lap around Emirates Airline Park to celebrate with the fans 🤳

The smiles on all the faces tell you how much love South Africa has for their rugby captain 💚🇿🇦

[Simone Biles @Simone_Biles]

I love my black job 🖤

[Natalie Morris @Nmozz]

If a woman doesn’t speak English, she is 25 times (!!!) more likely to die in childbirth in the UK. Horrific
https://t.co/0Z3w7Y8g9R