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Traditional Brain Surgery in Africa: No anaesthesia. No scrub nurses. No fancy theatre room. No modern tools and equipment. Just divine wisdom and practical anatomical knowledge passed down through generations. Incredible!

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"They called my dad iKwerekwere because he is Tsonga. They pulled my sister out of the shower while naked."

*The Tsonga are an ethnic group native to southern Mozambique & the Limpopo & Mpumalanga provinces of S. Africa, with smaller populations in Zimbabwe & Eswatini*

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We are all product of influences. Every successful person was helped - either by family, teams, community...but we all enjoy the aggrandizement of 'I did it alone'.

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South Africans say immigrants are flooding their country, yet they're just 4% of the population. Jobs?
Each migrant creates 2 jobs for locals...

June 30 deadline is upon us. What will happen?

We break it down here: https://t.co/6R1AJNWKGQ

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Hollywood filmmaker, Russell Crowe said the West's version of Muammar Gaddafi's story was a fraud.

Gaddafi was pushing for one currency in Africa, a break from the Dollar & Euro. The west doesn't like to hear that.

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Johann Rupert, Africa’s second-richest man, crosses $20bn mark after Dangote. But Dangote built his on cement and a refinery Africans use. Rupert built his selling Cartier to the world's rich, a fortune rooted in Europe.

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Solana's "Okunkun" (Yoruba for darkness) is indigenous and unfamiliar at the same time. But refreshing. Fans are scrambling to name it: YoruPop, Electronic Ibile, Sounds From The West, Yoruba Indie Pop.

What's your pick?

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A BRICS bank has lent South Africa $1 billion to repair the water, power and sanitation that has brought its cities to a state of collapse. This comes amidst anti-immigrant unrest in the country.

Read more: https://t.co/A72cfXDgEw

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@carter6f "The original Banana Island construction project entitled Lagoon City was the brainchild of the late Chief Adebayo Adeleke, a University of London trained Civil Engineer (MICE), and CEO of City Property Development Ltd..." - Wikipedia

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@Jwenas_X @grok, verify this information.

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Zimbabwe-born Pan-Africanist, Joshua Maponga, has been granted citizenship of Burkina Faso, where he has emerged as a vocal admirer of revolutionary leader Ibrahim Traoré. The two share a vision of a united Africa anchored in a single currency, a single army, and free movement across borders.

Since coming to power, Traoré has severed ties with former coloniser France and nationalised key industries. For Maponga, Burkina Faso is not a country, but an idea that inspires young people across the continent.

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Michael Jackson addresses his skin colour issue in this interview with Oprah.

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Julius Malema condemns Black-on-Black violence in South Africa, says it's state-sponsored to distract citizens from the main issues and enemies. He calls it the same apartheid script.

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@LugileK Immigration is a human right. Human beings have been moving from one place to another since the beginning of time. As long as you meet all immigration requirements of your host country, and you don't commit a crime while there, you have the right to be there. Let's be guided.

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Reasonable submissions, Samkeliso.

."..And we can't afford to keep gaslighting South African citizens by stating that other Africans helped them during the apartheid struggle. This should never be used to silence them..."

However, the above is also a point we can't dismiss as gaslighting. It's a fundamental truth we must accept too. Africans in other countries actually died for the cause:

1. Tanzania took in thousands of South African exiles. Mazimbu and Dakawa, entire ANC towns, were built on Tanzanian soil. Up to 5,000 South Africans lived there. Some are buried there.

2. Zambia hosted the ANC's headquarters in Lusaka and the main Umkhonto we Sizwe military camps. President Kaunda stood firm even when the apartheid regime was bombing his country in retaliation.

3. Algeria and Ethiopia trained Mandela in 1961.

4. Angola and Mozambique paid in blood. The regime sponsored proxy wars in both countries that killed over two million people, the cost of harbouring the ANC and SWAPO.

5. According to the South African Institute of International Affairs' own estimate, Nigeria spent $61 billion between 1960 and 1995 supporting the anti-apartheid struggle. That's more than any other nation on earth. Nigeria refused to sell oil to apartheid South Africa for decades, forfeiting roughly $41 billion in trade. Nigerian civil servants paid a voluntary "Mandela Tax", 2% of their income, for years. Thabo Mbeki spent seven years living in Nigeria.

We can't just gloss over this history as if it doesn't matter. It does.

As you pointed, African governments are the biggest culprits here, and they need to take responsibility. However, as citizens too, we have a responsibility not to fan bad blood among ourselves. We should channel our grievances rightly.

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Ask yourselves, what’s in it for her? 🤔
Why focus only on "black illegals" and not the root causes - policy failures, corruption, border management, unemployment systems?

And where was this energy all along when other organisations were already raising these issues? Suddenly it appears after losing a job? 👀

Why did she wait until she was fired from her job?

Let’s not be naive… nobody runs a full-time movement for free in this economy 😅

We’ve seen this movie before, hype, noise, big promises… then silence.

Same things were said about Nhlanhla Lux… where is he now?

Sometimes we need to look beyond the message and question the motive.

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It's refreshing to see some anti-xenophobia and Africaphobia protests by some in South Africans. This bad blood is not organic. It's engineered in the interest of a bloc. Don't blindly subscribe to their agenda. It's always their playbook.

God bless Africa.

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His ignorance is legendary.

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🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂 These guys get even more ridiculous daily.

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Misplaced bad blood. It's either they genuinely don't know who bought South Africa its freedom or they chose to be ignorant, blinded by rage and mentally defeated by the weight of their history.

When the apartheid regime banned the ANC and PAC in 1960, the rest of Africa didn't shrug. They moved into action. Newly independent African nations, many barely free themselves, chose to spend their own blood and money fighting another country's oppression. This is what Pan-Africanism looked like in practice.

Tanzania took in thousands of South African exiles. Two entire ANC towns, Mazimbu and Dakawa, were built on Tanzanian soil. Up to 5,000 South Africans lived there. Some are buried there.

Zambia hosted the ANC's headquarters in Lusaka and the main Umkhonto we Sizwe military camps. President Kenneth Kaunda stood firm even when apartheid South Africa was bombing his country in retaliation for sheltering the movement. He took it in strides because that's what you do for family.

Algeria and Ethiopia trained Nelson Mandela in 1961, providing military intelligence and tactical instruction when white South Africa wouldn't even let him hold a passport. Morocco gave him safe passage the same year.

Angola and Mozambique paid in blood. Apartheid South Africa sponsored proxy wars in both countries, RENAMO in Mozambique, support for UNITA in Angola, that killed over two million people. What was their crime? Harbouring the ANC and SWAPO. That's the price of solidarity for one of your own.

Now to Nigeria. According to the South African Institute of International Affairs' own estimate, Nigeria spent $61 billion between 1960 and 1995 supporting the anti-apartheid struggle. More than any nation on earth. South Africa's own institute confirmed this number. Nigeria refused to sell oil to apartheid South Africa for decades. The forfeited trade was roughly $41 billion.

Nigerian civil servants paid a voluntary 2% "Mandela Tax" out of their salaries, for years. Thabo Mbeki lived in Lagos for seven years before joining the ANC HQ in Lusaka. Nigeria issued more than 300 passports to South Africans whose own government had stripped theirs.

Nigeria chaired the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid for 30 years, longer than any other nation. This is what Pan-Africanism looked like in practice. It's not a slogan.

So when someone says 'to hell with Pan-Africanism', remember Mazimbu. Remember Lusaka. Remember the two million dead in Angola and Mozambique. Remember the $61 billion bill Nigeria carried. You can't reject Pan-Africanism without rejecting the people who made your freedom possible.

Next time someone is fanning bad blood among Africans, remember those who paid the ultimate price for the Pan-Africanism struggle, and give your emotions direction. Selah.

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@JacintaNgobese Misplaced bad blood.
It's either you genuinely don't know who bought South Africa its freedom or you chose to be ignorant, blinded by rage and mentally defeated by the weight of your history.

Here is how African nations came together to bail South Africa out.

When the apartheid regime banned the ANC and PAC in 1960, the rest of Africa didn't shrug. They moved into action. Newly independent African nations, many barely free themselves, chose to spend their own blood and money fighting another country's oppression. This is what Pan-Africanism looked like in practice.

Tanzania took in thousands of South African exiles. Two entire ANC towns, Mazimbu and Dakawa, were built on Tanzanian soil. Up to 5,000 South Africans lived there. Some are buried there.

Zambia hosted the ANC's headquarters in Lusaka and the main Umkhonto we Sizwe military camps. President Kenneth Kaunda stood firm even when apartheid South Africa was bombing his country in retaliation for sheltering the movement. He took it in strides because that's what you do for family.

Algeria and Ethiopia trained Nelson Mandela in 1961, providing military intelligence and tactical instruction when white South Africa wouldn't even let him hold a passport. Morocco gave him safe passage the same year.

Angola and Mozambique paid in blood. Apartheid South Africa sponsored proxy wars in both countries, RENAMO in Mozambique, support for UNITA in Angola, that killed over two million people. What was their crime? Harbouring the ANC and SWAPO. That's the price of solidarity for one of your own.

Now to Nigeria. According to the South African Institute of International Affairs' own estimate, Nigeria spent $61 billion between 1960 and 1995 supporting the anti-apartheid struggle. More than any nation on earth. South Africa's own institute confirmed this number. Nigeria refused to sell oil to apartheid South Africa for decades. The forfeited trade was roughly $41 billion. Nigerian civil servants paid a voluntary 2% "Mandela Tax" out of their salaries, for years. Thabo Mbeki lived in Lagos for seven years before joining the ANC HQ in Lusaka.

Nigeria issued more than 300 passports to South Africans whose own government had stripped theirs. Nigeria chaired the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid for 30 years, longer than any other nation. This is what Pan-Africanism looked like in practice. It's not a slogan.

So when someone says "to hell with unity, we're here to clean the country" Remember Mazimbu. Remember Lusaka. Remember the two million dead in Angola and Mozambique. Remember the $61 billion bill Nigeria carried. You can't reject Pan-Africanism without rejecting the people who made your freedom possible.

So, next time someone is fanning bad blood among Africans, remember those who paid the ultimate price for the Pan-Africanism struggle, and give your emotions direction. Selah!

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@channelstv How we control the portion of it that's in our hands is the accurate charge. Not how we vote - what's the value of your vote when your options have been arrested? Choosing between 3 or more incompetent people is still an incompetent choice.