People used to ask me why I’m always the one at clinic with the baby. ❤️
Here’s why: Her mom is at university right now, building something bigger for our family. She’s in lecture halls, writing tests, chasing a degree. And while she’s doing that, someone has to make sure our daughter’s Road to Health booklet gets filled, that the vaccines happen on time, that she’s safe and warm.
So that someone is me.
I sit on this wooden bench with her asleep on my chest, her little pink onesie all bunched up, clinic card in my hand. I used to think fatherhood was about providing from far away. Now I know it’s about showing up close. It’s the questions I ask the nurse. It’s learning which way she likes to be held. It’s being the calm when she cries.
And here’s what I want every father reading this to hear:
Your child doesn’t need you to be rich. They don’t need you to have all the answers. They need your arms. They need you to know their clinic dates. They need you to love them without making it complicated.
While her mom studies for all of us, I get the privilege of loving her through every fever, every vaccine, every quiet moment on this bench.
Brothers, step up. Hold your babies. Learn the clinic schedule. Change the nappy. Sing off-key. Love them loudly.
#PresentFather #GirlsDad #LoveInAction
This video footage was filmed by South Africans who were surprised to see big houses in Bulawayo. This is what we mean when we say that Zimbabweans are way better than black South Africans and there are no shacks in Zimbabwe. Remember, these houses were built without credit or installment and these houses are owned by the people who built them.
🇿🇦THE BEE 100: PROF GUMEDE’S R1 TRILLION LOOTERS LIST‼️
Key Finding: “Over R1 trillion has been transferred to fewer than 100 politically connected individuals under the banner of black economic empowerment”
🔴TOP BEE BILLIONAIRES & MAJOR BENEFICIARIES
1. CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
• Net Worth: R14 billion ($800 million)
• Major BEE Deals: Standard Bank consortium,
Shanduka Group, multiple mining deals
• Position: President of South Africa
• Quote: “They feel good when they see me rich”
2. PATRICE MOTSEPE
• Net Worth: R33.5 billion ($1.8bn)
• Major Deal: BEE: Sanlam transaction – R8 billion
profit from R200 million investment
• Other Deals: Mining and telecom BEE transactions,
African Rainbow Capital
• Family: Brother of Bridget Radebe
3. TOKYO SEXWALE
• Net Worth: R1.5 billion ($100 million)
• Major Deal: R13 billion tender involvement, R1.3
billion BEE acquisitions
• Position: Former Minister of Human Settlements
• Background: Diamond magnate, multiple
government positions
4. SAKI MACOZOMA
• Net Worth: R865 million
• Major Deal: R1.6 billion Standard Bank and Liberty
BEE deal (2004)
• Company: Safika Holdings (Founded 1995)
• Background: Struggle veteran and political prisoner
turned billionaire
5. PHUTUMA NHLENGETHWA
• Major Deals: MTN’s R1.1 billion BEE deal (2002), BEE
deals in telecoms (2003-2005)
• Company: Pembani Group
• Background: “Deal maker of note” – multiple major
BEE deals
6. BRIDGET RADEBE (Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe)
• Net Worth: R1.5 billion ($105 million)
• Position: Sister of Patrice Motsepe, married to
Minister of Energy
• Achievements: “South Africa’s first black female
mining entrepreneur”
• Background: Vast mining BEE deals
7. SIPHO NKOSI
• Company: Former Exxaro CEO; Eyesizwe Mining
• Major Deals: Kumba Iron Ore’s “biggest BEE deal”
(2006), Exxaro 2005 BEE structure
• Other: R20 billion credit from Great Basin Gold BEE
deal
• Background: Multiple mining BEE transactions
8. VINCENT MTHAMBO
• Net Worth: R1.1 billion
• Education: Yale University
• Company: ASG Consulting Solutions (Chairman)
• Position: Former director
• Profile: Called “South Africa’s humble, multi-
millionaire man”
9. LEHLOGONONO SOWAJI (Nthikole Leonard Sowaji)
• Net Worth: R1.5 billion
• Company: Tiso Group (co-founded 2003), Tiso
Blackstar Group
• Position: Kagiso Tiso Holdings Chairman
• Background: Executive Chairman 2003-2010
10. MIKE TKE
• Net Worth: R825 million
• Positions Held: Seriti Resources Holdings Group
CEO; Mhlobiso Holdings Group
• Major Deals: Anglo American coal mines acquisition
(R2.3 billion, 2017)
• Position: Former Chamber of Mines president
11. DALIHLAYAYA ZHLANGI
• Net Worth: R825 million
• Company: Merafe Resources (Founder and CEO)
• Background: Former AngloAlpha executive, Barlowrand, former Alexander State (Standard CEB)
• Deals: Multiple mining and telecom BEE deals
🔴 BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES:
• Standard Bank BEE consortium members
• Liberty BEE deal beneficiaries
• Sanlam BEE transaction partners
• Various black elite shareholding entities
🔴 TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
• MTN BEE deal beneficiaries
• Vodacom BEE partners
• Cell C BEE shareholders
🔴 GOVERNMENT TENDER BENEFICIARIES:
• Various state capture beneficiaries
• SOE BEE deal recipients
• Government contract BEE partners
🔴 KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEE 100:
• Political Connections:
o ANC leadership positions
o Trade union background
o Government ministerial positions
o Family connections to ministers
• Recycled Beneficiaries:
o Same individuals in multiple deals
o “Transformed and empowered over and over again”
o Cross-sector participation
• Deal Patterns:
o Minimal initial investment
o Massive returns through political access
o Preferential tender awards
o Monopolistic market positions
🔴PROF GUMEDE’S DAMNING CONCLUSIONS:
“BEE only benefits a very small group of politically connected, & tied to the ANC, linked to the trade unions, and the same people are recycled again and again”
“…is a covert transfer, stimulus, this is state-enabled looting under the guise of empowerment…”
“Black Economic Empowerment has led to increased poverty, unemployment and inequality in South Africa”
“South Africa’s BEE model has created a model of corruption because people set up companies just to get a contract”
🔴 THE R1 TRILLION BREAKDOWN:
• Individual Fortunes: Top 12 beneficiaries worth over R80 billion combined
• Major Deals: Individual transactions worth hundreds of millions to billions
• Sector Concentration: Mining, banking, telecommunications, government contracts
• Time Period: 30 years since 1994
• Beneficiaries: Fewer than 100 politically connected individuals and families
🔴 MINING SECTOR BENEFICIARIES:
• Mxolisi Mgojo – Exxaro Board CEO, SESITI
shareholder
• Duduhe Moleone – Eyesizwe Mining shareholder
• Daphne Mokwena – Eyesizwe Mining shareholder
• Masello Radebe – Eyesizwe Mining shareholder
• Tim Tlelolilo – Scinta Resources
• Vunene Kumbe – Iron Ore BEE partners
• Multiple Anglo American BEE consortium members
• Seriti Resources and shareholders
Source: Prof William Gumede, Wits School of Governance
POLICE
RESPONSE TO BRACKENDOWNS INCIDENT
The video circulating on social media, in which members of Brackendowns SAPS are seen allegedly refusing to assist a member of the public with an affidavit, has been brought to the attention of the Acting District Commissioner for Ekurhuleni, Brigadier David Ngcobo.
The members depicted in the video have since been identified.
The matter is being addressed internally, and the members concerned will be subjected to appropriate internal disciplinary processes.
The Acting District Commissioner has condemned the conduct depicted in the video and reiterates that members of the South African Police Service are expected to serve the public with professionalism, courtesy and respect as required by the Code of Conduct.
Members of the public are encouraged to report service delivery complaints involving SAPS members to the following numbers;
-SAPS National Complaints Service Centre at 0800 333 177
-Gauteng Service Complaints Standby 082 442 2000
VIDEO: WATCH
WATCH | A prayer was offered for President Emmerson Mnangagwa during today’s National Spiritual Conference at the Johane Masowe eChishanu Gwanzura Shrine in Harare. The prayer was part of the proceedings at the gathering, which is being attended by thousands of congregants.
Fun fact:
India was the first country to sanction apartheid South Africa, this was followed by Caribbean Island nations, then Canada and EU states.
Independent African countries only joined the sanctions after some European nations, they never joined because it was right.