The older I get, the more I understand why people garden, paint, bake, journal, photograph sunsets, and collect books.
They’re not hobbies.
They’re little ways of staying connected to yourself.
I voted for Gayton McKenzie (& the PA) because he seemed to be doing good, impactful work in the Karoo. He posted his work regularly - like Dr Nasiphi Moya is doing currently in Tshwane.
I had hope that he would do more community-level work with greater power in parliament. I gave him one vote & gave ActionSA one vote.
After the elections, McKenzie became imbongi (a praise singer) & a vocal defender of Cyril Ramaphosa & the ANC.
He has gone back on his promises & today even speaks ill of ordinary SAns crying out about illegal foreigners, after he jumped & screamed "abaHambe" on stage.
If I supported Ramaphosa the way he does, I could've voted for the ANC, but I didn't. The ANC is corrupt, hates SAns & Ramaphosa is the worst president the country has had.
I'm very disappointed in Gayton McKenzie. I'm very disappointed in the PA.
At the time, it seemed like a good decision to vote for Gayton based on his work & where he said he wanted to put in necessary work. He's done a 180 since joining parliament & becoming a minister.
I'm sorry for voting for the PA & giving them power. I will not vote for them again. 🙏🏽
Now... we hold our breath to see if/when ActionSA will also disappoint us... coz seemingly all politicians serve their funders & not their voters nor ordinary SAns.
South Africans are in kak. We need non-racial "Afriforums" run by ppl like Vuyo Zungula, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma & Dr Nasiphi Moya. Inde lendlela ✊🏽
Let me educate you not with anger, but with truth. You assume South Africans lack exposure. You assume we believe other African countries are poor and undeveloped. That is not the case. We know the reality. We know Nigeria has oil. We know Ghana has gold. We know Kenya has tech. We know Botswana has diamonds. We know Zambia has copper. We know Zimbabwe has platinum and lithium. We know the DRC sits on $24 trillion in minerals. We know Africa is rich.
But here is what you do not understand, wealth beneath the ground does not translate to prosperity above it. You can have all the minerals in the world but if your leaders steal, your constitutions hostile towards humans rights, if your institutions are corrupt, if your people are divided by tribe, if your healthcare collapses, if your schools crumble, if your youth flee then you are poor. Not in resources. In governance. In accountability. In dignity.
We do not look down on Africa. We look at the mirror Africa refuses to face. We see our own flaws corruption, unemployment, crime and we fight them. We protest. We vote. We demand better. That is what makes us different. We do not run. We stay. We build. We hold our leaders accountable, even when it hurts.
You say we lack exposure. But we see you. We see your leaders flying overseas to get treated, some in our country to get medical treatment, while your children starve. We see your ports exporting raw minerals while your people have no jobs. We are not blind. We are not ignorant. We are honest.
The difference between South Africa and many other African countries is not wealth. It is the willingness to confront failure. We own ours. You run from yours. That is not a lack of exposure. That is a lack of accountability. And until you fix that, no mineral, no resource, no tweet will save you. Go home. Fix your house. Then talk to us about exposure.
Man, I miss the days before social media; when the return of a character would shock us, as the whole nation found out for the first time collectively at 8:28PM on a random Thursday! That shock value is completely gone now.
Bahlali, one of our Personal Trainers at Virgin Active Cedar Square has been reported missing and please can you repost and share..someone might help us find her🙏🏾🙏🏾
We don’t have much information on what she was wearing and where she was going but we last saw her at Cedar Square.
This is free advice from an expensive psychologist. If you’re an anxious person, do everything for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Anxiety feeds on importance. Don’t make everything a matter of life and death.
the school I work at now gives children porridge every morning , a full cooked meal at lunch then after school they allow them to take home what was left , to eat while they wait for their parents at home. The Department of Education has many flaws but this ? Ubuntu 🥺🤍
Girl to girl: be that girl again.
Get disciplined again. Take care of yourself again. Eat better & move your body again. Oil your edges & drink your water again. Start praying & reading your Bible again. Get your money up and sleep 8 hours again. Find your spark and put yourself first.
This woman reports that her little niece was kidnapped last night. She has been appealing to the public to help her share this video incase someone may have seen the little girl.
Please help share this video.
Let’s help find this innocent little baby. https://t.co/M38K5N0mor