Ntla Fesi

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[Ntla Fesi @FesiNtla]

RT @SAPoliceService: RT #sapsGP [HELP POLICE LOCATE MISSING MR TEBOGO RAMPJA WHO IS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 AND 20]

#MissingPerson Mr Tebog…

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

the sampling the sampled

[T @Uncle_Thaps]

Godongwana is at the IMF being told how to throttle public funds for investments; Ramokgopa is in China asking the country to use its public funds to invest in South Africa. This is foolishness of the highest order.

[Biko ⭐️ ⭐️ @Bikomfident]

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[Francisco Pérez @platanomics]

Mamdani is what Obama was supposed to be: an East African Muslim socialist with great rhetorical skills that is reviving New Deal liberalism

[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

[Omphile Monnaapula @OmphileMnaps]

Police are searching for 12-year-old Bandile Makhubo, who was reportedly kidnapped from his grandmother’s home in Palm Springs, Evaton, on Saturday.

He was allegedly taken by four men travelling in a white Toyota Quantum.

[Esethu Hasane @lEsethuHasane]

Vigilante violence starts when a protest has a meeting point but no destination, and its target is a “whole area” instead of a government office or institution. The protest becomes a dragnet, and anyone within that area becomes a targeted suspect.

It’s nearly impossible for crowd control to manage a crowd that’s scattered across an entire area rather than moving toward a specified location.

That’s what Jessica just announced in her tweets - they’re marching into areas, not toward specified destinations.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Portrait of King Sekhukhune, c 1882. Image Source: A Holiday in South Africa/British Library

[Iran Embassy SA @IraninSA]

Usomaqhinga (idiplomethi) akufanele neze azivumele ukuba angenelele ezindabeni zangaphakathi zezwe athunyelwe kulo noma azame ukuliyalela ukuthi lihambe ngayiphi indlela. Isikhathi sobukoloni sesadlula.

[Sean Jacobs @_seanjacobs]

The tenor saxophone player Gato Barbieri, playing here with Abdullah Ibrahim in 1968, was born in Rosario where Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María is from; but also Marcelo Bielsa and César Luis Menotti. Barbieri was a fan of @Newells Old Boys.
https://t.co/4nNyoFxpuH

[Ntla Fesi @FesiNtla]

Just saying at age 42 Roger Milla of Cameroon scored a goal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup .

[Sue Nyathi @SueNyathi]

Happy 48th birthday to me! Just like Jonasi, I am having my cake and eating it too!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Audrey Motaung (1952–2019) was a South African singer, composer, and percussionist. Born in Pretoria, she left her home country in the early 1970s as part of the pioneering multicultural rock band Jo'Burg Hawk and eventually settled in Germany, where she became a prolific, genre-spanning artist. Photo Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

Almost 200,000 followers but any story on Israel get silenced

Only 2000 views after over an hour. Turn on notifications and help me get these stories out. It is so easy.

[Jen Horsburgh @jenatlionra]

I just wanted to update my resume. Instead, I accidentally proved how a multi-billion-dollar AI tool hallucinates a glass ceiling for women.

I changed a single variable: My name.

Here is what happened when "Jennifer" became "Jeff."

[Lester Kiewit @lesterkk]

Abdullah Ibrahim was a difficult man to interview. He spoke in parable. In metaphor. In metaphysics. You could not pin him down. I later found he was a very difficult. Period. The first time I bumped into him walking anonymously on Plein street circa 2003 he literally growled.

[Mzwandile Zulu @Father_Of_Geeks]

Growing up in South Africa, coding always felt like it belonged to someone else's language.

So I built my own.
Introducing CMT-IsiZulu — write Python code in isiZulu South African can now write codes in their home language
🇿🇦 Sikhona. We exist.

https://t.co/yPjDg6rN08

[Tara Roos @tarathinks]

A few days ago, I tweeted that I think the DA will lose its majority in the City of Cape Town. That opinion has resulted in me receiving thousands of DMs containing rape and death threats from DA members/supporters.

You are welcome to disagree with my opinion. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But threatening me with sexual violence because you disagree with my view is disgusting.

In addition, I have been threatened with having my job as a journalist made “difficult”. I have been told I will not be given comment when I ask for it and that my editors will be contacted and pressured to remove me from stories.

This is a tactic many of my colleagues warned me about. I have told me to avoid talking about the DA altogether because of threats like these.

Twitter is not journalism. My journalistic integrity is measured by the articles I write, not by the opinions I share on social media. A tweet is not a news article. I did not publish a piece of reporting; I expressed an opinion.

In a country where GBV claims the lives of hundreds of women yearly and has been declared a national crisis, it is completely unacceptable that I am receiving rape threats for expressing a political opinion. This is not simply another aspect of my job. While threats and attacks against journalists are sadly common, nobody would be threatening me with rape if I were a man.

I will not be silenced because I expressed a view.

In 2023, I publicly stated that I believed the ANC would lose its majority in 2024. Many people disagreed with me, but I did not receive a single rape threat from ANC members or supporters.

I do not speak about the DA more than any other political party. Analysing political parties is literally my job as a political analyst. What disgusts me is that in a country with constitutional protections for freedom of expression, a young woman can be threatened with rape and violence simply for making a political prediction.

Disagree with me if you want. Argue with me. Tell me I am wrong. But do not threaten my safety because you dislike my opinion.

[France Résistance @FranceRsistanc1]

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