Zoe Lees

sustainability and climate change advisor, coach, and change agent

[Tayler Hansen @TaylerUSA]

I just returned from filming multiple documentaries in South Africa…

I can assure you: no one in South Africa sleeps with their doors unlocked.

That illusion of safety is reserved for the 1%—people like Cyril Ramaphosa and Johann Rupert—whose wealth is rooted in ANC corruption.

Living in mansions protected by 24/7 armed security, motion detectors, cameras, electric fences, biometric gates, and private patrol units does not count as “sleeping with your door unlocked”.

Meanwhile, the average South African installs burglar bars, panic buttons, razor wire, and sleeps with a gun next to the bed praying that they will live to see another day.

You think people like @CyrilRamaphosa have to organize community protection groups on WhatsApp with his neighbors to stay safe?

Decades of state looting & capture have gutted the energy grid, collapsed/corrupted law enforcement & the judicial system, destroyed the once thriving economy, and unleashed a crime wave so horrifying you’d think you were in a movie.

The ultra rich aren’t safe—they’re just hiding in fortresses, while the rest of the population are left to survive in what can only be described as a war zone.

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

UK spring 2025: 30% drier than the infamous 1976. Soil moisture is critically low, and crops are failing to grow or establish. Where growth occurs, yields down >40%. 1 year it's drought, the next it's floods - #Agriculture needs a stable #climate, one we are moving out of.

[Daily Investor @DailyInvestorSA]

South Africa ranks last globally in ease of doing business according to the IMF, highlighting the urgent need for regulatory reform to stimulate private sector-led growth.

https://t.co/DhkBXSXuKw

[Zoe Lees @ZoeLeesSL]

@OUTASA @dailymaverick https://t.co/WvFDad1cfu

[Mark Barnes @mark_barnes56]

🇿🇦A government that doesn’t make money, but instead borrows it, or simply takes it from those who work to buy votes from those who don’t, will perpetuate dependency, entrench inequality and eventually go broke and lose power🇿🇦

[Zoe Lees @ZoeLeesSL]

Worst budget ever - not adjusting tax brackets for inflation means we pay more income tax…DOES ANYONE OUT THERE GET THIS ??? https://t.co/WvFDad1cfu @Our_DA

[Zoe Lees @ZoeLeesSL]

A government that asks for more taxes while wasting billions on inefficiency and corruption is not credible. SA needs bold spending cuts and a clear, actionable growth strategy — not endless tax hikes and political promises that fail to address the real problems @PresidencyZA

[Sue Spurgin @SueSpurgin]

A stunning shot of our modern day unicorn - this poignant image gives our majestic #rhino a mystical quality. We can't let #rhinos become a distant memory relegated to the history books, due to ignorant #rhino horn consumers & greedy #poaching syndicates! #StopRhinoPoaching

[Zoe Lees @ZoeLeesSL]

@YakuzaKokae @mark_barnes56 @YakuzaKokae Where are your smart ideas? If you can’t say something constructive don’t say anything at all

[Mark Barnes @mark_barnes56]

🇿🇦No more politicians, no more speeches, no more working groups - Jo’burg needs
a new leader with a kind heart, a good brain and big systems management experience - to gather a team that’ll take the city by the scruff of the neck and fix it! [three years]🇿🇦

[Zoe Lees @ZoeLeesSL]

This is still too many rhinos…the birth rate cannot compete with such losses @SANParks @EZEMVELOKZNWild

[Sue Spurgin @SueSpurgin]

#SouthAfrica records 16% drop in #rhino #poaching but still hit hard with > one #rhino killed PER DAY! #KZN is the top #poaching hospot with 232  #rhinos lost to #poaching - 55% of the national poaching average of 420! #StopRhinoPoaching! 🦏🚫💊⌛️⏰️🆘️
https://t.co/wof9OBL0SV

[Zoe Lees @ZoeLeesSL]

@DailyInvestorSA @dailymaverick @Our_DA seems that another disincentive to investment has snuck into the new budget https://t.co/q46nDtWmUT

[Zoe Lees @ZoeLeesSL]

Another broadcaster struck with cancer. It’s an epidemic 😢

[HOT102.7FM @Hot1027FM]

HOT 102.7FM Statement on Darren Scott

HOT1027 presenter Darren Scott has thanked HOT1027 listeners for their well wishes and prayers as he once again wages a battle against cancer.

Darren was diagnosed with melanoma - an aggressive kind of skin cancer - almost 40 years ago - and recently doctors discovered new tumours.

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Vietnam has come under scrutiny from CITES for not sharing enough data regarding seizures of rhino horn
https://t.co/exg3eDBXPD

[Yaroslava @strategywoman]

On schedule.
Drones arrived in Kyiv.
Every evening and night
they are here.
Air defence is at work.

russia wants peace?
Perhaps somebody should tell this insane in the kremlin
that the doves of peace
look a bit different.

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

Studies predict that the #AMOC might collapse by 2050, potentially earlier. This change could lead to a significant drop in temperatures in the #UK, decreasing by 10°C on average. Such a shift could herald a new ice age for the area. Mitigation is urgent.

[Chris🦣Sand @ChrisSand20]

Stabbed with a concealed nail, a tug on the fish hook digging into the elephants sensitive ear. THIS is how elephants are forced to perform at #FestivalofElephantAbuse #Laos 🇱🇦 @Laostourism @Laotiandreaming @LaotianTimes

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

"‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist" | My full interview today with @Channel4News UK: https://t.co/b8bVBbvrAG