Jarryd Bekker

Engineer, Entrepreneur |

[Jarryd Bekker @jarrydbekker]

@dailymaverick The ‘expert’ claims Mr Cameron should have used warning shots..

Under South Africa's Firearms Control Act (FCA), discharging a warning shot is a prohibited act. Please find better ‘experts’.

[Jarryd Bekker @jarrydbekker]

@Rolandschoeman @grok @global13news @ResaletengT I recently learned a new word: ‘ressentiment’ - a psychological state resulting from suppressed feelings of envy and hatred which cannot be satisfied.

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Starlink dazzles, but SA already has tech to connect the underserved. The gap isn’t capability, it’s political will. Let’s back home‑grown broadband before begging Silicon Valley. @SollyMalatsi @CommsZA @ICASA_org @art2gee @shapshak
https://t.co/Sd0Fcevbuk

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@helenzille I honestly hoped the DA was going to leave the GNU. At least SOMETHING would change as a result. Instead, we continue the slow boil.

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@Rainmaker1973 Daily creatine supplements
https://t.co/sgmGGWEEI0

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@LordVizo__ English, Python/C, Mathematics

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@Jikingqina @DaanBarnard @CyrilRamaphosa “If he wants to do business here, he must respect our racist laws.”

Fixed it for you

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@HermanMashaba A broken clock is right twice a day

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@IOL

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@AlbyHojel This was my most treasured book as a child. It undoubtedly played a significant role in inspiring me to become an engineer

[Alberto Hojel @AlbyHojel]

I stand where I am mainly because my parents gave me this book back in lower school

[Jarryd Bekker @jarrydbekker]

@MightiJamie You could also argue that it’s the ANC’s media arm.

ANC has influence through the Public Investment Corporation, which is overseen by the ANC-controlled Ministry of Finance. The PIC is a significant shareholder in Naspers, the parent company of Media24, which owns News24.

[Jarryd Bekker @jarrydbekker]

In South Africa, the mortality rate attributed to ambient air pollution is approximately 45.3 deaths per 100,000 population.

In comparison, the murder rate in South Africa was reported as 41 per 100,000 population.

(Based on 2022 stats from World Bank)

[Jarryd Bekker @jarrydbekker]

@maizu96 @Bhekabk Ask the Social Research Foundation. I’m sure they will happily share their methodology

Enquiries can be sent to [email protected]

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@Stanely4536616 @Bhekabk Please elaborate. What will become of them?

[RIOT Network @riotdotnetwork]

Read our latest article, "How We’re Getting It Right," to learn about our CROWDNet platform revolutionizing internet access in low-income neighbourhoods. https://t.co/BgQzal7ocx.

[Duncan McLeod @mcleodd]

Now this is the sort of stuff that will fix South Africa! If you read only one thing today, make it this...

[Connecting Africa @connect__africa]

#NEWS: @connect__africa #hotstartup is SA's @riotdotnetwork which makes fast, unlimited Wi-Fi services accessible for people in #townships.

@connect__africa @tsokamatshepo spoke to @jarrydbekker on the startup.

#ConnectingAfrica

Read more: https://t.co/xN7eoZGEFu

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Kids share their daily homework tasks in an abandoned public toilet, Olievenhoutbosch