Paul Marais

Green Architect with over 30 years experience, rammed earth specialist, natural builder, off grid living, permaculturist and explorer, doctoral student.

[Paul Marais @greeniewizz]

@JenTruns Hi Jen. Hope all good!

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@EdwardthembaSa Good thing you used "was" and not "is". I've seen lots of tourism infrastucture in decay

[SHAV★ @shavnyuy]

Africa’s most honest architecture is increasingly coming from its women.

Nzinga B. Mboup grew up between Mozambique, Cameroon, South Africa and Senegal. She saw what colonial urbanism did to African cities. Then she decided to build differently.

Her practice Worofila works with compressed earth bricks, typha plant fiber, and self-supporting earthen vaults, materials that have kept people cool in West Africa for centuries. In Dakar, where concrete dominates because it’s cheap and politically convenient, that is a radical act.

She puts it plainly: “Why did we ever stop building with earth?”

Nobody has a good answer.

Nzinga B. Mboup | Worofila | Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳

[Paul Marais @greeniewizz]

@Ruesavatar Depends on the clay you use to cover

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@phethani4 Gibela has made 300 trains . https://t.co/4Gp1w6s37w. .

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@Ruesavatar Is this a writing bestie? If not then a myriad of good reasons to keep quiet.

[Sinister in the Presidency @AmandaBRinquest]

its nonsensical to be mean to an individual. OUR mayor who hasn't regulated airbnbs, OUR department of home affairs who hasn't implemented a better visa system & OUR government who hasn't properly addressed inequality, resulting in tourists accessing things we can only dream of.

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@DadaMorero Odd that corruption is not included as a challenge, when it's led to this

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@RoxanneReidSA @HomeAffairsSA @Leon_Schreib Yes it took me two days to do it, I even got up at 3 am when it would be quiet! Unfortunately the pin verification didn't work them. It could do with an overhaul.

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@mwmoedinger Uninstall that Gates software! I . I have used Libre (open) Office without any problem and don't bother with Adobe!

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@Micylaaa Mom's name Joanne en die Pa is Hannes?

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@lungile_mashele @MorolongZA So True. I was issued a new passport and ID card faster than the two big boastful banks in SA could issue me with new bank cards! #FNB #Nedbankj

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@DoctorVive @volcaholic1 and "climate change is real, it's going to open up opportunities"

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@woestyn_wolf The perfect match

[Desiree @DesireeAmerica4]

America, look at this.
Australia just told TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and every other algorithm to f*ck right off.
Starting December 10, any kid under 16 is banned. No parental override. No “my kid’s mature.” Just gone.
$32 million-a-day fines if the apps don’t enforce it.

They’re calling it the toughest child-protection law on the planet.

Parents down there are apparently cheering because someone finally played the bad guy for them.

So real talk from the land of the free:
Are Australians onto something… or did they just hand the government the keys to your phone?

Would you be okay with this in the U.S., or is it straight-up nanny-state overreach?

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@rosenthal_jon @_joshjs @TheEconomist Is this progress from "pet rocks" ?

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Agreed!

[Titty Mboweni* 🇵🇸 @PearlPillay]

A complete ban on all gambling advertising is the only proposal we should be entertaining tbh.

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@NickolausBauer Better the devil you know than the deep blue sea

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@JustineLimLaw @Richard_Spoor Well said! although even the middle class are excluded! Sadly the courts are only serving the rich! So much for the ideals of the freedom charter. We would need an actual justice system for this to work!