Suntosh Pillay

Clinical Psychologist. Political thinker🌎 Researcher, academic, and activist 📚 Posting in my personal capacity

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

The next four years are going to be VERY distracting.

Let's prepare ourselves for the exhausting emotional labour that Trump's America will necessitate.

Toni Morrison warned us.

I add: the very serious function of racism, homophobia, transphobia, & xenophobia, is distraction.

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

📣 Join us today for a webinar hosted the International Council of Psychologists:

Talking about our @PsySSA_ African LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Project.

● 7 July 2026
● 16h00 - 17h30 (SA time)
● Zoom

Register here:
https://t.co/QuoLr3XowH

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@bonsai56514395 Absolutely.

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

"You deserve a lover who takes away the lies and brings you hope, coffee, and poetry" ~ Frida Kahlo 🇲🇽

I stumbled upon this beautiful Frida Kahlo themed coffee shop in Pretoria and I had no idea that today would've been her birthday.

b. 6 July 1907.

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@ZimasaMatiwane How beautiful 😍

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@musangwe032072 Lol.

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

Well, we definitely know who's funding the Zuma/MKP election campaign now.

Gupta State Capture 2.0 loading.
https://t.co/al3svquFlY

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@NolwAzi_Tusini ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@vaneshree02 🥲🥲🥲

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

A new one to add to the treasure trove of local racism: "Chillies mafia" 🌶️🌶️🌶️

[Retweet 🐐🇿🇦 @Retweet_Goat]

@suntoshpillay Yes carry it Chillies mafia

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@SmilekeeperSA @Sophie_Mokoena And practicising my "indololwane" in case someone tests my isiZulu!

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

Oh, we must carry our dompas today because the colonial clerks want to check our ID.

Now everybody is illegal until proven otherwise.

#June30

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@MmusiMaimane Welcome to my life, Mmusi. It doesn't matter who you are, one day you will not be "— enough". Whatever is the scapegoat of the day.

[Janet Jobson @janet_jobson]

It is dangerous that media is legitimising people with no factual basis for their opinions on migration. Only 1.8% of children in our school system are foreign nationals - whether documented or undocumented. It is a lie that our education system is 'overrun'. @SAfmRadio

[Times LIVE @TimesLIVE]

More than 20,000 undocumented Malawians have gathered at the eThekwini drive-in camp awaiting repatriation, while about 7,000 others have been processed in Pietermaritzburg https://t.co/5xNd4BL4OP

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

SA government: Tomorrow is just a normal day.

Jacinta Ngobese Zuma: Here's the meeting points across 8 provinces, we start at 9h00, we march and march until we win.

Mixed messages.

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@MensCabinet @PsySSA_ 💯

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

A clear and strong public statement from the Psychological Society of South Africa (@PsySSA_):

"Psychological science demonstrates that fear, uncertainty, misinformation, and the scapegoating of vulnerable groups can intensify prejudice, deepen social divisions, erode trust, and increase the risk of interpersonal and collective violence [...]

The choices made during periods of public tension shape the society we become. We call on all South Africans to choose dialogue over division, evidence over misinformation, and humanity over hostility as we work together to build communities characterised by justice, safety, belonging, and respect for the dignity of every person."

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@roc20042 @PsySSA_ Much research has gone into this, too.

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@keke4nene @PsySSA_ Maybe this is something to ask @ZANatDialogue people?

[Suntosh Pillay @suntoshpillay]

@NoleFam84 @PsySSA_ There have been many statements by PsySSA in the last three decades.