Robyn Porteous

Intersectional Feminist. Writer. Runner. Bibliophile. Anti-Racist. She/Her. Disinformation destroys democracy. #BlackLivesMatter. Charlotte & Sophie’s mama.

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

The best parents 💔

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

On Tuesday afternoon, my parents were involved in a head-on collision with a driver who appears to have swerved into their lane. Tragically, both of them died, my mum on the scene, and my dad a short while later at the hospital.

[Kim Heller @kimheller3]

When Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng was approached about becoming the Economic Freedom Fighters’ mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, her husband was the first person she told. He encouraged her to make herself available, telling her that after years of fighting for other people’s rights around the world, she should bring that fight to the city they called home. That was one of their last conversations before her husband died on 10 July, leaving the 44-year-old medical doctor and human rights activist to navigate the demands of an election campaign while grieving his death and adjusting to life as a single parent.

[Ayesha Bagus @Ayesha_Bagus]

The “mayor of the people” who refuses to listen to the people.

[goma @soigomaa]

Dead poets society

[Ayesha Bagus @Ayesha_Bagus]

The privilege of this perspective.

What if that was your kids under the rubble? @geordinhl

[Jared Holt @jaredlholt]

For fuck’s sake

[goma @soigomaa]

I love seeing indigenous people win

[Eyewitness News @ewnupdates]

Almost 94% of people who took part in a new survey say they don't support the proposed R115 million N2 'safety' wall. https://t.co/RhkY685bw6

[Gillian Godsell @gilliangodsell]

Joburg look up. There is a most beautiful moon.

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

@MsNtuli Library of my wildest DREAMS 🥰

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

And so it begins…

[African Child @ZikhonaTshona]

People are doing great things for their communities. We have a grandparent who dusted off his karate gear and is teaching kids karate. Another who loves maths spends every day helping children with their maths homework, this is Soweto.

[Diaryofadreamywriter @Briellefine]

Please do not ask a bookworm if they are going to finish the books they have before buying more. It is very offensive in our culture.

[Irfaan Mangera 🍉🇿🇦 @IrfaanMangera]

The Oliver Tambo Foundation annual lecture was as many parts energising as it was sobering and reflective. Justice Madlanga was clear, we cannot keep waiting and watching, something drastic needs to be done by us, the people, to turn things around...

[RISE Mzansi @Rise_Mzansi]

Joburg loses about 45% of its treated water through leaks and ageing infrastructure before it ever reaches a tap.

Through Pillar 2: Your Services, We Deliver, RISE Mzansi is committed to fixing failing infrastructure and ensuring reliable water services for every community.

Read our Governance Plan: https://t.co/Vvxi6ecBQF

#RISEMzansi #LGE2026

[RISE Mzansi @Rise_Mzansi]

Another milestone for RISE Mzansi!
Our billboard is officially up on the M1 highway! We’re taking our message further, showing up and continuing to rise as we build momentum towards the elections.
We continue to rise!
#RISEMzansi #RiseLGE2026 #LGE2026 #WeNeedNewLeaders

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

It’s a shameful story in France’s history (one of many, you could say). And methinks that the xenophobic violence we see erupt time and again here in South Africa is one of ours. Devastating.

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

On mob violence: I’ll never forget “Eat Him If You Like,” a book by Jean Teulé. In it, he tells the true story of Alain de Monèys, a kind and well-respected nobleman, who falls victim to the vicious and violent whims of a mob of civilians after a misunderstanding.

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

As the title suggests, some of those involved eventually eat him after a string of extremely violent and horrific tortures have been enacted upon him.

[Robyn Porteous @RobynPorteous]

If you’re out here trying to justify this horror, then I honestly don’t know how to tell you that a mob murdering a man in cold blood is wrong.

[🇯🇲 @_afro_politan]

A mob of 50 people beating someone to death is barbaric. They should all rot in prison for murder. There must be consequences for killing another human being.

[🇯🇲 @_afro_politan]

A mob of 50 people beating someone to death is barbaric. They should all rot in prison for murder. There must be consequences for killing another human being.