Sebastian Preston

[IRS Forensic Investigations @FraudWatchZA]

You want receipts, we got them….

When a whole brigadier allows his uniform to be disrespected, then you know the value ethos of our senior members is out the window.

We have a lot of info, and it’s safely preserved.

[Shell LiveWire International @LiveWIREIntl]

Introducing Zuko Mandlakazi, founder of Senso, a South African assistive technology company developing affordable wearable solutions for Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.

🗳️Vote for Zuko here: https://t.co/sejgDzOW96

[Shell LiveWire International @LiveWIREIntl]

Congratulations to the entrepreneurs shortlisted in our Impact Makers Social Impact category 🫶

Learn about their businesses and cast your vote: https://t.co/dBki5YYU0X

[Business Explainer @businessXplain]

SHELL INVITES ENTREPRENEURS TO APPLY

Shell Downstream South Africa has opened applications for its 2026 Shell LiveWire Enterprise Development Programme, aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses become structured, scalable and investor-ready.

The programme offers different support depending on revenue stage, ranging from business setup and coaching for start-ups to financial audits and funding readiness for more established firms earning up to R50-million.

Backed by over 30 strategic partners, the initiative is powered by GROW IMPACT's Growth Formula and tracks progress quarterly.

Applications close on 9 September 2026.

Apply here - https://t.co/Tq2DhUSPx6

[Frank Dialogue @Frank1Dialogue]

3 DAYS TO GO! 🚨

The countdown is on! Join us for the upcoming Frank Dialogue on the State of Transformation in the Transport & Energy Industries.

🗓️ 28 August 2026
⏰ 09:00 - 17:00
📍 The Maslow Hotel, Sandton
🔗Link in Bio

#FrankDialogue #jjtabane #EnergyEfficiency

[Mteto Nyati @mteton]

It has been 32 years since the birth of our democracy. The 1994 elections marked a profound turning point: the previously voiceless black majority assumed political power and brought white minority rule to a permanent end. Through boycotts, marches, strikes, armed struggle, defiance campaigns and international sanctions, ordinary South Africans forced the old order to yield.

Today we have a Government of National Unity exercising political power. We have a Constitution anchored in a Bill of Rights. We have elected representatives who are meant to be accountable to us. Yet many South Africans remain deeply disillusioned by the slow progress in tackling poverty, inequality and unemployment.

What is striking - and deeply troubling - is that although the people now possess both political power and formal structures through which to channel their grievances, these structures remain largely unused. Too often we still reach first for the tools that served us under apartheid: strikes, marches, and burning of tyres. The methods of struggle have not evolved to match the new political environment we ourselves created.

We have Chapter Nine institutions. We have portfolio committees in Parliament. We have the Public Protector, the NPA and a host of other accountability mechanisms. Yet the first port of call for many communities is still the street, not these institutions. When frustration deepens, people simply withdraw from the political system altogether by not voting.

Our community based organisations must now strategise according to present reality, not past necessity. The real battle of ideas in a democracy is increasingly fought with data driven research, rigorous analysis and the work of think tanks. These forms of engagement still feel foreign to too many of our organisations.

It is high time we move with the times. The struggle for a better life has not ended; it has changed its character.

The next phase requires us to master the institutions we fought for, to use evidence rather than only emotion, and to turn democratic instruments into effective weapons for justice and development. Only then will the hard won power of 1994 begin to deliver the dignity and opportunity our people still await. #ProudlySA

[Sebastian Preston @SebastianEarl]

@LuckyMontana_ZA Fokof. The 6 day thief will be caught on 7th day

[Sebastian Preston @SebastianEarl]

@RediTlhabi At School we did Comprehension. Clearly many of those who read what you typed failed that basic comprehension test

[Mteto Nyati @mteton]

Most so-called political analysts lack technical depth in economics, law, and political theory. They argue from emotion and ideology, not evidence—consistently falling short. Instead of educating, they fuel confusion, laziness, and ignorance.
This isn’t analysis. It’s performative noise disguised as insight. Substance over slogans.