Chris D Young

Director, Dad, Adventurer, Traveler, KTM Enduro and Adventure Bike Rider - Lover of Great Wine, Food & Company . True Taurus - generally full of Bull.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Exactly

[John Robbie @John_C_Robbie]

Sad about Clem Sunter. A marvellous person, deeply loved SA, & educated us all. The worst dressed guest I ever had on 702 but amongst the very top in terms of quality. At Oxford he was in a band that shared top billing with the Rolling Stones. He was so proud of that!
Hamba Kahle

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.

If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.

If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.

If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.

[The Critical Drinker @TheCriticalDri2]

Whether you agreed with him or not, Charlie Kirk is dead purely because some people didn't like what he had to say. That should outrage every single one of us.

[Lorraine 🇿🇦 @CitizenScoopX]

THE ANC’S RULES FOR SOUTH AFRICA:

1. If it works, break it.
2. If it's broken, blame apartheid.
3. If people protest... call them racist.
4. Steal from the poor... call it "transformation."
5. Raise VAT, fuel prices, and your own salaries.. all in the same week.
6. Complain about colonialism… while wearing imported Italian suits.
7. If someone questions you, say it's "Western interference."
8. Keep the masses poor... then buy votes with food parcels.
9. Call corruption "irregular expenditure."
10. Never resign. Ever. Just reshuffle.

THE ANC’S RULES FOR THEMSELVES:

1. We are never wrong... just misunderstood.
2. Accountability is for the opposition.
3. Stealing isn't corruption if you call it "cadre deployment."
4. The taxpayers' money is basically our bonus pool.
5. Blame apartheid... even if you've been in power for 30 years.
6. Never fix a problem if you can form a commission.
7. If caught red-handed, deny. If exposed, deny louder.
8. Own no businesses. Have friends who own everything.
9. If the heat's on, reshuffle the cabinet and call for unity.
10. Never deliver... just announce "bold plans" every 6 months.

[Free SA @FreeSAorg]

R520.6 BILLION. That’s how much taxpayers will have forked out to bail out failing, corrupt SOEs by 2025.

That’s over R8 600 per citizen – gone.

Here’s the breakdown:
🔌 Eskom – R241.6 BILLION
🚢 Transnet – R61 BILLION (requested)
✈️ SAA – R48.2 BILLION
🛣️ SANRAL – R47 BILLION
📮 Post Office – R8 BILLION
🛡️ Denel – R3.3 BILLION
📉 Other SOEs – R111.5 BILLION

Imagine what that money could have built instead:
🏫 Over 8 600 new schools
🏠 Over 2.6 million homes
🚔 A police force three times bigger

South Africans are paying the price of failure.

End the SA Post Office bailouts ➡️ https://t.co/JbrmumSvrS

[Mark Sham @MarkSham]

For anyone thinking about leaving South Africa permanently, I'd like to attempt to share a balanced perspective on this topic as a well-seasoned traveller and someone that has lived away from home.

I spend a lot of time in Europe and whenever I visit, I’m always struck by a powerful quote:

“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”

On paper, there are many things wrong with South Africa. So many in fact, that I don't blame people for leaving. The problem is, most people think the act of leaving is the solution, when really all they're doing is trading one set of pros and cons for another.

Sometimes people are so focused on what they don't like about about their home country while simultaneously taking the amazing aspects for granted. You only really understand the intrinsic value of these overlooked qualities when you're on the other side of the world for a while.

The problem is, once you're in a new country, and once the rose tinted glasses come off, there will be many other things you don't like on that side of the world too.

As crazy as this may sound, I actually encourage people to leave if they really want to. We live in a global world and it's not true that just because you're born somewhere, it means you have to stay there forever. The only advice I ever add is, just make sure you have many good reasons to arrive in a new place. Running away from something will make moving even harder than it already is.

As someone that travels a lot, I speak to many South Africans all over the world. There is no question that most of them see South Africa differently after living abroad for a while. Many other nationalities feel the same about their home country too.

That said, moving away may indeed be the best thing that some of you have ever done. I think the reason for this is simple. When you move, you will either love it or hate it over time depending on what you value. But again, you never just value one thing. And this is often why moving is hard.

Like most of you, I value safety and security but I also value that warm South African spirit and friendliness.

In Europe, I really value the ease of travel. This is something that's a lot harder to get right back home. When you're in Europe, you are two hours away from 50 world-class cities. But then travel can be incredibly expensive this side compared to back home. The cost of eating out is so much cheaper and you get so much more bang for your buck.

I could keep going with the comparisons but again, no matter where you live in the world, you have to be aware of all the trade-offs should you want to leave. Leaving in and of itself isn't the solution.

The best solution I have personally come up with is that I want to live on two continents at once. As someone who doesn't have kids and is self-employed, this is possible even though most people keep telling me I'm crazy.

I absolute LOVE Europe for many reasons, but I also love South Africa for others. As it stands now, I don't think I ever want to leave South Africa completely but I also can't live in just one country my whole life. So I'm going to do both (again).

If my version of life sounds crazy to you, I think people who leave because they hate one or two aspects of a country they were born in without considering the other trade-offs are even more insane.

Last point. The reason why there's no right or wrong answer to leaving your home country is because the trade-offs are all relative. Asking someone else if they're happy they moved isn't going to answer the question directly for you.

I don't blame anyone for wanting more from life. Sometimes a move will give you just that, and other times it will show you that you had the best of life at your fingertips all along. Sometimes you will realise you were never meant to live in just one place, and sometimes you'll be crazy enough to want to live on two continents at once.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

He is a very promising candidate

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

Ep. 17 Vivek Ramaswamy is the youngest Republican presidential candidate ever. He's worth listening to.

[Mark Barnes @mark_barnes56]

🇿🇦@CyrilRamaphosa - appoint our 100 best people to fix SA and let them get on with it - please, last chance … [start with 10]🇿🇦

[Ivo Vegter @IvoVegter]

If you think business owners work to enrich themselves, you're wrong. They work to enrich the government. Startling infographic: https://t.co/HXaaP3CFRu

[Renaldo “Ngamla” Gouws 🇿🇦 @RenaldoGouws]

If you love your country but hate the South African Government then like and retweet this tweet. Let's see how many people feel the same way.

[Chris D Young @chrisdavidyoung]

@RomanCabanac @JackCPT2 On my first visit to green lush Wales, I was told that “on a good day the rain falls vertically and that on a bad day the rain falls horizontally”🤣

[Chris D Young @chrisdavidyoung]

@CojWard115 @JHBWater pls assist with escalating sewerage leak 12 juweel street Jukskei park Randburg - running into street and river

[Dave Vescio @DaveVescio]

I saw a guy at Starbucks today.
No iPhone.
No tablet.
No laptop.
He just sat there.
Drinking coffee.
Like a Psychopath.

[SuperSport 🏆 @SuperSportTV]

The moment that @EliudKipchoge made history by becoming the first person to run a sub-two-hour-marathon.
🇰🇪👏👏

#INEOS159