Nobody talks about being 35 upward in South Africa. No one talks about all doors being closed on you because of age. If you get retrenched at age 36, You are in trouble.
I introduced my nephews and nieces to JAPA. Leave the country if the opportunity arises. We cannot lie to ourselves any more. There are no jobs and there is no plan.
There were 101 candidates that are naturalised citizens that contested the 2026 LGEs.
How many of these 101 candidates are now occupying positions of political power, making decisions that directly affect the lives and livelihoods of South Africans? Will these elected representatives put South Africans first or serve competing interests.
Malaysia Athletics scooped up SA’s leading sprint coach, Thabo Matebedi in July 2026. He’s now out there tasked with leading that country’s sprint programme through the 2026 Asian Games and 2027 SEA Games and getting their team qualified for LA 2028.
Who did he coach? Our international superstars Sinesipho Dambile, Bayanda Walaza and Mukona Manavhela, and previously Gift Leotlela.
One of the reasons stated for leaving: our athletics federations and fraternity are a mess. Common denominators. Spot patterns. Follow the stories. 🍎
There's nothing wrong with saying no to food from people who also say no to yours, kodwa to say it's witchcraft is beyond disrespectful. We all have our religious boundaries, but we need to respect each other
THE SYSTEM.
I have a friend in SA, her daughter does synchronized swimming. My goodness, she is like a dolphin when she is inside a pool. They went to represent SA in Budapest months back and received zero support from anyone. Flights and all. We had to chip in and SA flag was raised over there. They are going again to (forgot the country now😂) to represent SA and again, zero support not even a snippet on the television or few words on radio so that other kids in remote areas can see this type of swimming. I call it dancing ama piano emanzini. It was my first time seeing it and it's soooo beautiful to watch. Besides many people thinking "oh well, mabahambe" Tatyana is sending a message here and her cry represents other swimmers and it will be overshadowed by "abahambe" njengoba engum Dutch as well. THE SYSTEM. It's always THE SYSTEM.
Lols bro is going fully fledged anti foreigners. He can see that he wss too soft on the subject
To win something in 2029 He's gonna have to literally flip the entire script be full blown xenophobic
He may be transitioning otherwise that seat in parliament may never come back