Valerie

An enterprise specialising in soft furnishings and hand printed textiles

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@KhuselaS Try harder

[Farai Mazhindu @FaraiMazhindu]

For years, the South African internet defense force aggressively shouted about "sovereignty" and "strict 30% local equity compliance" to keep Starlink out.

Now they've outsourced the entire operation to Space42 in the UAE. It turns out "local empowerment" just means that as long as the investors pay homage to the ANC cadres, no one minds.

The propaganda has completely collapsed. We were told that letting a foreign low-Earth orbit constellation operate directly in South Africa was a threat to local telecoms.

So the state's brilliant countermove is to buy and rebrand bandwidth from a foreign Middle Eastern conglomerate.

The hypocrisy is deafening.
They are heavily celebrating the rollout of Thuraya satellite phones.
In 2026. They are forcing rural South Africans to use bulky, 1990s style bricks that require a clear line of sight to a single distant satellite just to make a voice call.

Meanwhile, Starlink is actively rolling out its global Direct to Cell technology. Starlink allows you to connect a completely unmodified, standard LTE smartphone directly to a satellite from anywhere on Earth.

SA is out here building state backed kiosks for retro satellite hardware while the rest of the world is turning standard mobile phones into satellite receivers.

Then there's the bandwidth joke. Starlink's LEO mesh network sits 550 km above Earth, giving users 200+ Mbps speeds and low-latency gaming and streaming capabilities.

BrainSAT and its partners rely heavily on Geostationary and legacy systems orbiting tens of thousands of kilometers away.

You aren't getting next gen internet, you're getting glorified dial-up with an international premium price tag.

The plot twist is deeply embarrassing for the regime's online praise singers. They spent years defending a digital blockade under the guise of legal purity.

Now they have to pivot to defending a UAE dependent, technically obsolete middleman project just because it has a state logo slapped on the box.

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@stefanjacobs BP garage cheesy sausage rolls

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@VusiSambo 😊🤔 soon. Just now.

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@CaptMylo I also do.this. elke tweede week.. with butchery offcuts

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@CyrilRamaphosa @edmnangagwa Your brother!!! The cruelest of all. A career of thievery and violence!!! Say it isnt true

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@robertmarawa Her middle name is Medusa

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@KayaNews Aaah yes lets do the devil we know shall we what the heck

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

ICE Chases Protestor In Major Escalation in Minnesota — Air Force Called In

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@VusiSambo He really has tendencies to conspiracy theories which always relieve the ANC of any responsibility. Remember AIDS. Remember Virodene

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@MagaselaMzobe He knows everything

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@collenmashawane Well its the least you can do after not paying thousands of EPWP workers. Shame on you

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@Bruceps 😎🤠

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@DawieScholtz I think fix the mortuary for R700m

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@Action4SA @DrKgosiLetlape Yes they and their dependents can sommer ditch their medical aids as well......Cant wait. But it will never happen. Even as part of NHI MPs will keep their medical aids. That hurts my feelings a lot

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@SABCNews No he never ever does

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@CyrilRamaphosa But how did you select the so-called panel of eminent beings? It seems to me it is not citizen-led. Please reply

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@lavidaNOTA Is this a joke?

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@pookiepolls Please share the reference. You know its not true

[Valerie @grove_textiles]

@newslivesa 😂🤣😅