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[Eyewitness News @ewnupdates]

A Home Affairs investigation has revealed scores of super cars being purchased by Nigerian nationals in South Africa, using fraudulent documents with Porsches being the car of choice. https://t.co/4kJb12cjZM

[South African Embassy, Washington D.C @RSAinDC]

On 21 May 2026, Mr. Roelf Meyer presented his credentials to President Donald J. Trump, formally assuming his post as South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States. The occasion marks a significant moment in our bilateral relations as we advance domestic and global priorities.

[Business Explainer @businessXplain]

GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES R300M WOMEN’S FUND

Government has launched the Imbali For Her programme, a R300-million fund aimed at helping women entrepreneurs grow sustainable businesses.

The initiative, led by the Department of Small Business Development and SEDFA, will focus on underserved provinces including the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Free State.

Women entrepreneurs can access up to R5-million through a mix of grants and low-interest loans, with women living with disabilities qualifying for larger grant support.

Full details - https://t.co/oFzq3JyB73

Pictured - Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Minister of Small Business Development

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

The founders who succeed with obvious ideas aren’t the ones who found the idea first.

They’re the ones who understood the problem deeply enough to find the non-obvious solution hiding inside it.

Netflix wasn’t “movies by mail.” That idea had been tried.

What we figured out — eventually, after a year and a half of testing — was the subscription model.

No late fees. No due dates. A completely different relationship with the customer.

That was the non-obvious thing.

[Adrian Saville @AdrianSaville]

Workers' Day at Banchan. A restaurant that pays fair wages, builds service costs into prices, and asks nothing extra of the guest. Small policy. Large statement.

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

Priorities

[Sick @sickdotdev]

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

[Noémie @FedericoNoemie]

we’ve been hosting solo founders dinners at our home!

building solo is a different beast and having community that gets it is important.

who should we invite next?

[Hubert Thieblot @hthieblot]

The longer I'm on X, the more I realize:

Founders with small accounts are the most interesting ones.

- too busy building to posture
- 0 Ego, they just wanna win
- keep posting with 0 likes
- the world isn’t rooting for them yet but I will

Tell me what you are building

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Action produces information.

[Sgt Blackout 🫡 @coldcallsniper]

Had lunch with my parents today and we were talking about my uncle.

- He’s 44
- Never married
- Good shape
- Tons of money
- Travels the world constantly
- Always with different women

Mom says she feels bad for him. I’m just sitting here thinking like why his life rocks

[⚚Sage @belikesagee]

Life between accepted new offer letter & joining date

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

He didn't just serve during the apartheid era. He was a key protagonist in the transition to democracy, often a measured voice in the heated atmosphere AND became Minister of Constitutional Affairs in Mandela's 1994 cabinet. He clashed bitterly with FW De Klerk and cautioned against his party, the NP, walking away from the Government of National Unity. He left the NP over this. So he is not just ONE thing. Tsek with that framing. You CAN write "served during South Africa's apartheid era AND democratic transition."

[Hubert Thieblot @hthieblot]

Unpopular opinion: It is absolutely okay for a founder to give up.

If you're 3+ years in, 8+ pivots deep, barely paid yourself, uninspired, and your spirit is broken, you've run out of emotional runway.

Reset your energy, not your ambition. Then come back and swing again.

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

Netflix Executive Summary, 1998.

[Tancrede @Tancrededib]

You don’t have a co founder ?
I can find you one

You’re not in SF?
I can fly you there

You need funding ?
$250k fist check

[Steph from OpenVC @StephNass]

The founding team (CEO + CTO) should be able to build the MVP, sell, and reach ramen profitability without external funding.

If you can't do this, you don't have a complete founding team.

Agree?

[Tancrede @Tancrededib]

Flying 40 founders to SF this summer.

Everything covered. 2 months.
$250k for the best teams.

Convince me in one sentence.

[LayoffHedge @LayoffAI]

This Reddit post from r/employeesOfOracle is the most important thing you’ll read today.

A surviving employee telling coworkers: do not give a single extra hour. Let the deadlines slip.

This is the part of the layoff cycle nobody talks about.

Company loyalty/culture is dead.