Rakgetsi

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today. - Will Rogers

[CertifiedEcoTourismDoyenne @ms_tourist]

Yesterday, I had an absolutely horrible experience at Olive & Oill Hillcrest.

I’m someone who is extremely mindful of my surroundings and the people around me. I would never intentionally be rowdy or disruptive because I understand that there are other patrons trying to enjoy themselves too. We were simply sitting, having drinks, chatting and enjoying ourselves, not being a nuisance to anyone. In fact, there wasn’t even an occupied table next to us.

So imagine my surprise when the manager walked up to me and told me that we were being “too noisy.” Hhaibo, kanjani wenja? We are literally here to have drinks, have fun and enjoy ourselves, obviously within reason, not attending a funeral.

Naturally, I took exception to being singled out in that manner.
What made the situation even worse was that later on, another table became occupied and the patrons there were noisy AF, yet they were allowed to carry on without being reprimanded. You can guess their colour.. Meanwhile, we were expected to tone it down despite not disturbing anyone.

I eventually called the manager over and asked him why he had felt the need to reprimand us earlier, but wasn’t doing the same with the other table. He mumbled something in response, and at that point I told him straight up that his behaviour felt racist and discriminatory.

I also reminded him that I’m a frequent patron of the establishment and have never been treated in this manner before. His response? He told me that he didn’t care and that even if I never came back, it wouldn’t matter.
As a paying, regular customer, I expect to be treated with the same respect and consideration as everyone else. If there are rules around noise levels, that’s perfectly understandable but those rules should be applied consistently and fairly to everyone, regardless of who they are.

I left feeling disrespected and disappointed. It’s one thing to be asked to keep the noise down, it’s another to feel that you’ve been singled out and then dismissed when you question the inconsistency.

Needless to say, this experience has completely changed the way I view Olive & Oill Hillcrest. PS I frequent most restaurants in my hood, even bring them business and I’m friends with the owners not racist managers ie Oscars, Black Rabbit even Bel Punto and other fine dining spots like the 9th Avenue & Mist..

Olive Oil Hillcrest, you have lost a client. Zinja

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

Is there an ambassador who has been afforded such high level engagement in RSA? From Ministers lining up to meet him, often at HIS residence to the President and IR Minister, with their senior aides, lining up for a man who has ZERO influence in Washington?

This diminishes SA's authority. Diplomacy requires engagement, yes. It does not require deference.

Anyway, the midterms and 2028 will prove to you that Bozell's stint and experiment as a diplomat will be a temporary hobby for him. The way RSA is diminishing its authority by groveling to this man. He can't do ANYTHING for US-SA relations because nobody is listening to him in DC. Mara lona, kort kort...Bozell, Bozell! Read the room! We will return to this soon. And you must assess if all this highest ministerial and presidential acquiescence was worth it. It will look good on his CV though, when he resumes his right wing activism and "ghost writing" activities. Lona? What will it say about the dignity of your state?

[Chriselda Zozi Lewis (Babes Wendaba) @Chriseldalewis]

BREAKING

#DJWarras

[DJ WARRAS ALLEGED SUSPECT WANTED]

Police have issued this photo of Hlengiwe Buthelezi. #SABCNews understands that Buthelezi is wanted in relation to Warrick "DJ Warras" Stock's murder on 16 December 2025.
I understand this to be the girlfriend of Victor Majola (the man police say was the orchestrator of the assasination).
Remember during Majola's bail application which was denied, police had said that Buthelezi (pictured) allegedly sent to Majola's phone personal details of Warras and his partner. Buthelezi is believed to have stayed in that building where Warras was killed.
Co-accused Armindo Pacula pleaded guilty some weeks ago to being the gunman in the murder for R25 000. He has been sentenced already.

#sabcnews

[Khaya Sithole @CoruscaKhaya]

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[Dave Nosworthy @DONCRICKET]

UNACCEPTABLE 🤢 🤮 behaviour being aired all over social media from the EG Jansen vs Menlopark HS match today in Pretoria…

There’s enough footage to identify some of the guilty parties @SAPoliceService 👮 🔐 ⛓️‍💥 and also for the @BlueBullsRugby and @LionsRugbyCo to take the necessary STRONG action…!!!

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#Rugby #EGJansen #Menlopark #Sick
Footage: die_gebeure_van_pta TikTok

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

“He once reminded us: ‘We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.’

He was not making a geopolitical argument. He was making a moral one.

Today Gaza confronts this Assembly with the same question that apartheid once posed to the world. Does international law apply equally to everyone?

If the answer depends on geography...
If it depends on alliances...
If it depends on military strength…
If it depends of race…
If it depends on religion…

Then it is no longer law. It is power. And its opposite is oppression.

Mandela knew war. He understood violence. But he also understood that the systematic erosion of human dignity can never become the price of political expediency”- @RediTlhabi

[Anonymous @YourAnonCentral]

Spain’s players refused to celebrate with Trump after the U.S. president attempted to insert himself into the middle of their victory photo. He was politely pushed aside.

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

Just remembered this @mybroadband article a few days ago. Mind you Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa is the CEO of multinational conglomerate Naspers. Previously CEO of Shanduka, Co-founder of Sigma, VP at Fieldstone. Finance Degree, Rutgers. MBA, Montfort. Exec Ed, Harvard.

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

In the EU. Competition and leaving space for local operators.

In SA. No competition plans are in place. No feasibility studies. No national security assessments. No data sovereignty protection plans. All serious democracies that approved Starlink went through these processes.

Over here it’s just vibes and “whatabout the poor blacks” “Is it because he is white,” reducing every argument to race and BEE and lies about “faster, cheaper and more reliable internet,” that Starlink is said to provide. It does not.

This is not tiddlywinks. You’re not seeking approvals for a company to provide wheelbarrows. These are serious democratic existential questions that need to be carefully considered and answers provided.

Take us seriously. Publish policies, conduct studies etc and then we can talk. Until then, akho Starlink eza la. Nis’jwayela kabi.

https://t.co/KhdxmQi3Ty

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

#KnowYourDA

The Constitutional Court ruled today that the City of Cape Town & Western Cape Government entrenched apartheid spatial housing patterns by failing to provide affordable housing in areas such as Sea Point & Cape Town CBD.

#CountryDuty

[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

One final point regarding Starlink and Elon Musk. Re-sharing this so you understand his Starlink market access playbook.

Elon “Gupta Om’Hlophe” Musk bought himself a President in Donald Trump. The Trump administration then rewrote federal broadband funding rules to favour Starlink. See, regulators had previously examined Starlink for rollout in rural America and found that it failed to meet the required speed and reliability standards and was also the more expensive option. The regulators were in the process of considering non-Starlink alternatives. (The oft-repeated myth of Starlink providing “cheaper, faster, more reliable” internet 🙄)

Trump reshaped public policy to benefit Elon Musk’s Starlink. He re-wrote regulations to enrich Elon Musk. The People be damned.

Sound familiar? Net so.

The Guptas walked so Elon Musk could run.

Keep your eyes open and your wits about you.

Salute 🫡🇿🇦
Gadani iKhantri! ♥️🇿🇦

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[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

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

"The Editorial Board." Why are your authors reluctant to put their names to their words? Yes I know "The Editorial Board" is a thing in the US and you seem to have cut and pasted their style and tone. But I'd argue there is a more compelling case for bold, courageous and transparent authorship. If you are not brave enough to show name and face, you should not write. Readers need to know the orientations, beliefs and history of the writers. It's a decent thing to do when people have taken the time to read your stuff. I personally don't debate anonymous writers, however compelling their output. Cowardice is a total turnoff. And whatever one might think of Leon, he is not a coward. So own your defence of him.

[Sunflower @Sunflowerreal]

Bail denied for the criminal Janitha Van Reenen who killed her won colleague .She knew her about the murder and kept quiet .

[Malebo Kobe, MP @KobeMalebo]

🚨MEDIA ALERT🚨

The Public Service Commission will officially be investigating the irregular appointments of political allies and friends by Minister Dean McPherson in the Public Works Department.

The allegations surrounding the appointment of the Chief Director: Executive Support in the Office of the Director-General paint a deeply disturbing picture of cadre deployment.

Evidence before us suggests that there was no public advertisement for the position, no properly constituted selection committee, and that the individual appointed may not even possess the qualifications required for such a senior role, but was rather appointed at the singular insistence of the Minister. If true, this would constitute a serious breach of Regulations 65 and 67 of the Public Service Regulations and a flagrant abuse of public office.

What makes this even more hypocritical is that it involves the very same @Our_DA that spent years posturing as the moral crusader against cadre deployment. South Africans were lectured endlessly by the DA about merit, professionalism, and clean governance. Yet now, comfortably ensconced in the GNU, it appears those principles have been abandoned in favour of perks and rewarding politically connected comrades in blue.

@Action4SA will support the Public Service Commission as it conducts a thorough and uncompromising investigation into these irregularities.

We will continue to fight for a professional, merit-based, and capable public service that serves the people of South Africa not politicians and their friends.

#ActionSAInParliament #7thAdministration #LetsFixSouthAfrica 💚🇿🇦

[🇸🇦Abdulsalam Saleh @abdulslam2017]

🚨 To Senator Lindsey Graham… A message from the heart of Riyadh

Read this carefully, for what you are about to hear is not a flowery diplomatic statement, but the truth from the capital of decision-making that is leading the world towards a just peace:

Firstly: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not need lessons in ‘boldness’ from anyone. Remember, on 22 May 2026, Riyadh launched its historic ‘International Coalition for a Two-State Solution’ initiative, bringing together 165 nations from across the globe to endorse, recognise and support it. This is our international standing, and this is our boldness, which needs no endorsement from you.

Secondly: The entire world holds the Kingdom in the highest regard and esteem. We build our strategic relations with the East and the West, with Beijing, Moscow and Washington, and with the European Union, Britain and other influential international powers, in accordance with our national interests and our firm principles, not according to anyone’s dictates. And if you issue a statement linking the continuation of relations or threatening ‘grave repercussions’, you are thereby – in the most blatant manner – undermining the historic strategic relationship between the Kingdom and the United States. Such crude language is unbecoming of allies, and we address it only to those who are ignorant of the Kingdom’s standing and prestige.

Thirdly: Who inspired you to ask us to join the Abraham Accords as if you were doing us a favour or dictating our choices? Let us be clear with you: our position on the Palestinian cause is not a bargaining chip, and neither threats nor enticements will sway it. There will be no peace without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. This is the position we have declared to the world, and this is the essence of our initiative, which 165 countries have rallied behind. We are on the right side of history, and international legitimacy is on our side.

Fourthly: A word of free advice… Before you threaten and make threats, take a good look at the bigger picture. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia draws its strength first from God, then from its wise leaders throughout the centuries, from the founder King Abdulaziz, may God have mercy on him, to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and on to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is leading this historic transformation, alongside its loyal people and all free people of the world. Rest assured that history proves that Riyadh has never bowed down, and will not bow down today.

In conclusion: history will remember those who led the world towards a just peace, and it will remember those who gambled on the language of threats and blackmail and lost the bet. Do not misjudge the situation… again.

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

Hello. Some of you mean well and I always appreciate and reflect on your counsel. But not always. For months, @Dischem 's Mark Saltzman (who has now deleted his account ( called me a bitch. I did nothing. I assumed he was another angry troll. I didn't know who he was until he outed himself and talked about his mommy's money.

Last week someone accused me of taking CR17 money. They retracted and apologized. Previously it's CIA, Stellenbosch Mafia, USAID and mysterious "handlers." I let it go so many times. So when you advise me to be restrained you must know I HAVE BEEN restrained. But there are days when things must be addressed. Today is one of them.
Presumably @Dischem is familiar with Mark's vocabulary and they know that he exercises his freedom of speech by calling people who disagree with him "BITCHES" for opposing Israel. I do hope that unlike Mark, they don't demand that their philanthropic interventions are conditional to South Africans supporting Israel. We don't have to. But I can live with the son of the founder of @Dischem and a major shareholder calling me a bitch. Repeatedly. But don't accuse of taking any money that I have not earned. I have also lent my name, time and access to worthy courses. Including for the some of the people who now call me antisemitic. The difference between me and them is that I don't think contributing to OUR South Africa must be transactional and conditional on them bending to my will. In conclusion, please do call me a bitch any time you want. But do not lie about serious things. I won't play along.

[Sentletse 🇿🇦🇷🇺🇵🇸🇱🇧 @Sentletse]

Brown Mogotsi was wearing a crop to today.

Inmates are gonna think he’s a baddie.

[Rakgetsi @_Rakgetsi]

@Knox_Mageba056 @MbuyiseniNdlozi That's @Newzroom405 for you. Always pushing one agenda or the other

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

Elon Musk has posted 50 times about South Africa in just 7 days, and Zimbabweans are just as angry as he is.

This is because they both desperately need South Africa to allow Starlink in.

We all know that the Starlink constellation is the largest array of satellites in the world. However, even with all of those satellites, Starlink still needs to connect to internet data centres on the ground.

The satellites have to beam the data down to a ground station, which then sends the data across the internet using undersea cables.

This is where South Africa comes in as one of the most connected countries on the continent with seven of the major undersea cables landing in Cape Town and Durban. These are the cables connecting Africa’s internet directly to Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Because of this, Elon Musk wants to build a Starlink ground station in South Africa because it would ensure he gets fast, stable, high capacity routes straight into the global internet.

Beyond the cables, South Africa also has world-class data centres alongside Tier 3+ infrastructure, which means high uptime, power redundancy, cooling and security.

NAPAfrica, one of the largest internet exchange points on the continent is also in South Africa, with facilities in Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg.

So, it should be clear that Starlink in SA is not about selling satellite dishes to households. It’s about plugging into the continent’s internet backbone and using South Africa to build a solid launch pad for a robust infrastructure build.

Elon Musk can turn on Starlink in every single country on the continent, but without South Africa, he reaches a dead end and can never get his service to work properly on the continent.

This also explains why some Zimbabweans are livid about South Africa not letting Starlink in. The service will just not work well over there without South Africa’s participation.

OK, but if this is so important to Starlink why is Elon Musk stubbornly refusing to adhere to straightforward BEE requirements?

Well, as pointed above, South Africa’s value to Starlink is mostly as infrastructure backbone, not as a massive retail customer base.

We all know he won’t get any meaningful number of customers in SA. There’s simply no market for it.

Musk just wants to use South Africa to route through neighbouring countries, and to him, this is not worth giving up a 30% stake in South Africa’s operations.

For Musk, the BEE thing is just a strategic business decision. All that racism talk is just a smokescreen for a hard-nosed business choice.