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umumb’ ombulazi | umphostoli | father | husband | culé | strategic communication consultant | crisis management consultant | lobbyist | angel investor

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

congress politics 101… without fear, passion or prejudice… thinkers will reflect and engage…….. https://t.co/PvQg79XZiY

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

@Born_Again_Man we were raised on a steady diet of chinua achebe, cyprian ekwensi, christopher okigbo, sade, jay jay okocha, etc… nigeria is africa, africa is our home… we will never hesitate to celebrate african excellence like yours, my brother!

[Mteto Nyati @mteton]

I have served long enough in leadership to recognise a troubling pattern. Too many among South Africa’s elite - black and white - appear to believe the rules that govern the rest of us do not apply to them.

As chairman of an SOE, I am regularly approached by business leaders asking me to intervene in operational or procurement matters. When I explain that my role is governance and oversight, not management, they say they understand. Yet the requests continue. This reveals a belief that exceptions exist for the connected few.

It was therefore striking to see Business Leadership South Africa and BUSA, organisations that have been vocal against state capture and political interference in state-owned enterprises, actively advocate for political intervention to transfer transmission assets to the Transmission System Operator. These are the same bodies that insist on corporate governance and board independence. Where, then, is the role of the SOE board? What exactly do they believe in?

Equally concerning are recent allegations involving former Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon. Senior figures within his own party, including John Steenhuisen and Dion George, have raised issues that appear to involve conflicts of interest and undue influence. This from a voice that has long lectured on ethical standards and clean governance. Do these rules apply to everyone, or only when politically convenient? Selective morality is not morality at all.

When those who position themselves as guardians of good governance apply different standards to themselves, public trust erodes. But South Africans are watching. We see the inconsistencies. We now know where people stand.

The path forward requires courage. We must expose wrongdoing wherever it occurs without fear or favour. We must demand that those who preach accountability live it consistently. We must insist that rules bind the powerful as they bind ordinary citizens. And we must model the ethical society we want to build.

South Africa does not lack good people. What we need is the collective will to insist that principle applies to all. Let us find that courage. Let us call out double standards and build a nation where no one is above the law. That is the South Africa worth fighting for. #ProudlySA

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

does the institute of security studies not have an obligation to disclose that it is working for senzo mchunu?

[SABC News @SABCNews]

WATCH | Willem Els (Institute for Security Studies) argues that it is imperative that National Commissioner Gen. Fannie Masemola be suspended following the summons issued against him to appear in court next month on matters related to the Medicare24 tender.

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

@elonmusk @KatieMiller could you please stop, elon?!?

so much wealth, so much intelligence but still you choose to be a lying and polarising devil!

[SABC News @SABCNews]

WATCH | EFF Leader Julius Malema asks Police Minister Senzo Mchunu for the interministerial committee report on the PKTT. Mchunu says he does not have a report, but former Police Minister General Bheki Cele gave him a handover report.

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

@TheCleanCarClub 40

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

@HelloThando @samkelemaseko lotto drama perhaps???

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

@fanamokoena ‘sibisid’ esimaphandla, esaphandl’ abanguni bavungama’… sibisde is one of my forefathers from whom the mkhizes, the mpondos and the xesibes are descended… is this not a good enough historical record of the existence of abanguni, ngwenya?

[Lives On The Line @_LivesOnTheLine]

Uncover the truth with 'Lives on the Line', a proudly South African book now available at Exclusive Books Hyde Park.

A gripping crime intelligence story that will keep you hooked!

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

@elonmusk the preamble to the south african constitution - the white genocide manifesto according to your hateful propaganda… you and tim waltz are the opposite sides of the same coin!

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

like pretty much every other south african commentator/analyst, @AdriaanBasson has got this one completely wrong… ebrahim rasool and dirco are not the issue here…

you really want donald trump to stop his ‘madness’? ask cyril ramaphosa to guarantee elon musk all the rare earth minerals in the drc, sort out his joe biden-sponsored issues with vladimir putin and sort out his tehran-sponsored issues with benjamin netanyahu!

[Adriaan Basson @AdriaanBasson]

FIRST TAKE | SA, US relations in full blown crisis after ambassador’s mindless comments https://t.co/qfkYBAylQd

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

@ZANewsFlash wayengalibheki ipali lomlisa enyuvesi… kwakufanele ngabe udlala kwi-psl kwasho kona-ke ukuthi uphiwe nangalapha engqondweni… congratulations, mbhoza!

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

the sellouts of today are bold… guess they were emboldened by the ‘punishment’ that was meted out to winnie mandela in the aftermath of her 1986 ‘boxes of matches’ speech… viva winnie mandela!

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

the problem in south africa is not capitalism/the markets or jacob zuma/the mk party…

the problem is the ingrained racism of most of the country’s white business/thought leaders and the extraordinary stupidity of most of their proxy black political leaders!

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

🎶"my friends”, he said, "we've reached our goal"/"the threat is under firm control"/"as long as peace and order reign"/"i'll be damned if i can see a reason to explain"/"why the fear and the fire and the guns remain"🎶

- ‘weeping’, bright blue, 1987

[eNCA @eNCA]

Police Minister Bheki Cele says no one is allowed to threaten the declaration of the elections. He insists the IEC has the authority to disclose the results as it sees fit. Cele says he's satisfied with the law enforcement efforts in avoiding any disturbance during elections. #DStv403 #ElectionResults

[FBG @LesediMCFC]

this was in 2022 when zweli mkhize lost to ramaphosa, people will literally tweet anything and yall will buy it

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

on the eve of election day, a friend challenged us, via facebook, to publish our voting record since 1994… this was my response……..

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is incredible, but sadly unsurprising.

When he received threats not to go after Israel, @KarimKhanQC reveals "a senior leader" told him the ICC "is built for Africa and for thugs like Putin", and not for the West and its allies.

[the saint @VuyoMkhize]

the pond where the mk party is fishing for votes does not give a rat’s arse about constitutionalism… the pond where the da is fishing does… what about the pond where the anc is fishing?

answer this question and you will know who benefits from today’s concourt ruling!