I haven't stopped thinking about a brilliant little girl named Faith that I met outside the Malawian consulate in Joburg.
She was born in South Africa but her whole family is undocumented. Her dad - a gardener - said they were kicked out of their house and he lost his job
SA loves lecturing on human rights, but its "Rainbow Nation" is bleeding from violent xenophobia.
Instead of taking responsibility, Justice Minister @MamolokoKubayi falls back on the oldest hate.
While openly admitting she has "no evidence," she desperately spins wild conspiracies to mask government panic over a repeat of 2021.
Shameful scapegoating. No accountability.
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JUNE 30 PROTESTS | Professor Alex van den Heever of Wits School of Governance says a large part of the protests is not about foreign migrants, but rather a form of political marketing.
🚨WORD ON THE STREET: Reports in South Africa show that business has gone down with the elimination of black foreigners
In this video, a South African public transport operator is crying that there's no one to board the buses/taxis
This slowdown in business highlights a reality that is often overlooked. The black foreigners greatly contribute to the economy. When they disappear from communities, the economic impact is felt almost immediately
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Jacinta Ngobese says she had no knowledge of the meeting between her allies, Ngizwe Mchunu and Phakelumthakathi with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
She says she only found out about the meeting through social media, just like everyone else.
"Sepedu sikhulunywa kulamazwe enyanyisayo" what is Ngizwe saying here? The march and march vigilante group leader is dangerous to unity of South Africans.
Zimbabweans have been voting, and Pretoria has been facilitating for ZANUPF to remain in power by going around the world defending its post-election massacres in 2008, 2018 and blatant rigging in 2023 using deceitful pan-African narratives.
When the international community pressured Zimbabwe with targeted sanctions, all your presidents except the great Nelson Mandela asked for those targets to be unsanctioned.
Ramaphosa was the first to go and dance, celebrating Mnangagwa’s stolen victory in 2023, which he got after rigging brazenly in front of international television cameras.
Your ruling party takes money from ZANUPF, ask them why they do so. This is the right moment for you to ask the right questions because of this xenophobic and afrophobia crisis, but you are burying your head in the sand and engaging in denialism.
Our problems in Zimbabwe are authored by ZANUPF, and it is protected by YOUR government and the ANC. Chasing victims away shows a lack of understanding of where your problem comes from.
You have been shouting “Abahambe” since 2008. A serious adult would not repeat the same thing over and over without taking stock of why things are not changing.
In the middle of celebrating an election that was rigged, Fikile Mbalula was shouting “Viva Mnangagwa” from Harare in 2023. Do you think they were doing that for nothing? For free?
Ask yourself why South African politicians continue to side with ZANUPF while ordinary South Africans are left to deal with the consequences of Zimbabwe’s collapse.
Your leaders have been attacking our opposition, calling it Western-sponsored, and when our people become desperate, you tell them to go back and fight. That is silly. How do they fight when your government defends election rigging and takes bribes from ZANUPF?
It is like telling Oliver Tambo to go back to apartheid South Africa and fight. It would have been stupid to say so then, and it is stupid to say so to Zimbabweans who were shot in 2018 in front of international media and massacred in 2008.
Your former president Kgalema Motlanthe pocketed a six figure payout from the Zimbabwean government in 2028 for chairing a silly commission of inquiry that sanitised the killings of innocent citizens by the army.
More than 600 Zimbabweans were killed in post-election violence in 2008, yet Thabo Mbeki came to Harare and declared that there was no crisis.
For years, South African leaders have dismissed the concerns of ordinary Zimbabweans while embracing the very people responsible for driving millions out of their country.
Then, when those same Zimbabweans seek refuge and opportunities elsewhere, they are told to go back and fight the system that your government helps to sustain.
You cannot help shield the architects of a crisis and then blame the victims of that crisis when they cross the border looking for survival. That is neither logical nor moral.
When I am in South Africa, I am there legally. I do not need a single penny from your government when I live there. I could be like many others who live in the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg, as I do, and keep quiet.
But I will continue to speak on behalf of my people who have no voice, who live in fear of violence, who are terrified, and who have been reduced to statistics. I will speak for those who are insulted, abused, and blamed for problems they did not create.
Silence is easy when you are comfortable as I am. Speaking out is harder when you know you will be attacked for doing so. But the fact that some people are uncomfortable with the truth does not make it any less true.
The people I speak for are human beings with families, dreams, and aspirations. They deserve dignity, respect, and the protection of the law, just like everyone else.
Wake up and live!
Actress Dawn Thandeka King, together with Indalo Enhle Herbs and Beyond, recently visited the 31-year-old KwaZulu-Natal woman who has been trending on social media due to a rare skin condition that makes her appear much older than her actual age.
Mustafa Hazim lied about the Phala Phala buffalo purchase, he never bought any Buffalos from Cyril Ramaphosa. The foreign currency that was found at Phala Phala farm came from Zimbabwe! It was even more than $580,000!
A TASTE OF TONGA FOOD IN ZIMBABWE🇿🇼
The BaTonga People of the Zambezi Valley possess a diverse and rich catalogue of food that forms an essential part of our country’s culinary heritage.
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Zimbabweans are in aome@serious trouble now as the two architects of violence are in the presidium. And to those who do not know ZANU-PF are the authors of violence,please listen carefully here.
As they do their ritual tonight, God almighty will reveal himself to them. The ritual will backfire on them. God will not be mocked. Blessed is the MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. Every tongue that rises up against me in judgement shall be condemned & put to shame. Watch 🪄✨