Kwanzaa

Real richness is when we are so expensive that no one can buy our character.

[African Moving @African_Moving]

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**PUNCHLINE**

Being a student and having to talk about the prevailing education crisis makes it difficult to maintain my objectivity.

Maybe I should start by saying that I, like any concerned member of the black community, value education. I sincerely believe that a nation borne of illiterates is a nation doomed for disaster.

While we may all agree that education is important, we the black students have found ourselves having to answer the question of, "What is our idea of good education?"

To this we have answered that for any education system to gain credibility, it has to be the kind that fosters the social goals of living together and working together for the common good. An education system has to prepare us, the young people, for a dynamic and constructive role in the development of a society in which all members share fairly and in which progress is measured in terms of human well-being.

The present upheavals in our schools should be seen as a response to the realisation that our education is not the education that inculcates social responsibility. To the question of whether our education is relevant to our times and our material conditions, black students all over the country gave the answer "No".

Students resolved to revolt for as long as it will take to destroy and radically change the poison we are being given under the guise of education.

We the black students rightly reject the present education system because we have seen it encourage attitudes of inequality within our black community.

We have seen how the present education system has groomed those who succeed to enjoy its fruits alone and not with their immediate communities. We have seen how, among those who succeed, it induces a feeling of superiority and leaves the majority a feeling of inferiority. It has arranged to divorce its participants from the society it is supposed to be preparing them for.

That the objectives of our present education system have to an extent been met is seen by the creation of the petty bourgeois who are aspiring to be absorbed into the ranks of the capitalist white rulers. Even if they do wish to serve their communities they first think of the remuneration they are entitled to because of the years of studying hard and money behind their academic achievements.

This is a sign that after our academic achievement we are left with no feeling of responsibility for our communities. This is not something that was unforeseen in the structuring of an education system but is something that was pre-meditated and well-planned.

Students feel this is unfair to those who are less privileged than themselves. All that is needed is the introduction of an education system structured by the black people who know better where their interests lie.

We do know that the present inferior education system is meant to keep us in a position of inferiority and black students have bravely said we will fight.

What blacks demand now and are determined to get, whatever the cost, is an education that will foster a sense of commitment to the total community, and an education that will teach pupils to accept the values appropriate to our kind of future. Students are prepared to work for this, whether assisted or unassisted by their parents and are sure to get it.

We have seen how aggressive pupils can be and parents should not allow interests in the status quo, but if the response of the parents to what students stand for is negative students are given no choice but to classify parents with the forces we are fighting against.

Sesi Baloyi is the General Secretary of the Azanian Students Movement.

(Source: TRUE LOVE December/January 1985/6)

[Lithemba @lithemba_G]

@maetsebane Thank you to Glen core cars, not sure what type of work the brothers are doing but form now forward they have gained a fan and would sure Google them to find more information. May God bless them and their families abundantly.

[Lerato @_BellaM_]

I’m putting together a compilation video of statements made by ANC ministers about South Africans and will be sharing it across social media platforms. I also plan to run targeted ads aimed at young voters during the election week on TikTok, Facebook, YouTube. These people are too comfortable in their positions and out of touch with the realities of South Africans.

[Kwena Molekwa @Miz_Ruraltarain]

It is deeply disheartening to see the Malawi government claim it is too broke to charter buses for its own stranded citizens, while President Arthur Peter Mutharika, regularly travels to Johannesburg, South Africa, for private medical check-ups.

He frequently receives his medical care in South Africa rather than in Malawi. He can comfortably fly to South Africa for medical care as many times he wishes. This glaring double standard is exactly why Malawians shouldn't lose faith in their "leadership" but there's need to fight hard for systemic change in Malawi.

Where is the political will? Let’s not forget that when it came to smuggling Shepherd Bushiri out of South Africa, this administration (presidency office under Lazarus Chakwera) moved heaven, earth, and an entire aircraft with absolute urgency. Yet, when everyday citizens plead for basic rescue and dignity, the coffers are suddenly empty. How do you find the resources for a fugitive, but run out of options for your own people?

[Dr Sediko Rakolote (PhD) 🇿🇦 @SedikoR]

Dr Dube, thank you for engaging with my post. I truly appreciate the time and thought you invested in responding.

You have indicated that you are an established scholar, and it is from that position that I appeal to you to help me understand your call for the removal of borders. My view is that if we are serious about the claim that “an African can never be a foreigner in Africa,” then surely the starting point should be at home, pressing our own governments to dismantle borders, abolish restrictive immigration laws, and move towards a single continental currency. Otherwise, the statement risks sounding like a slogan without substance. Please correct me if my perspective is inaccurate.

Would it not be a more courageous step if, instead of fighting to remain illegally in countries often characterised as xenophobic or Afrophobic, people channelled that energy into advocating for free movement and passport free travel within their own nations? If Pan Africanism is indeed the goal, might it not be more convincing if it were driven from within countries by citizens through civic action, policy reform, and grassroots mobilisation, rather than only through social media or by remaining illegally in other states? Kindly guide me, as you are an established researcher, and simplify this for me.

That way, countries accused of xenophobia could learn from genuine examples of unity and integration, rather than being lectured with lofty words that never translate into practice.

I raise these questions sincerely as someone willing to learn from an established researcher, Dr Dube.

Thank you again for engaging 🇿🇦🙏🏽

[Musa Ronalds @MusaaRonalds]

The Gulf nations have foreign labour but under kafala laws where workers have no rights, no citizenship path, and can be deported at will. Is that your model? Because South Africa offers asylum, permanent residency, and constitutional protections that Qatar would never dream of giving a Pakistani labourer. So don't compare apples to hand grenades.

African constitutions violate human rights!

Why must South Africa carry the pardon for the entire continent's failures? Your leaders imprison you for protesting. Your constitutions protect corruption, not people. You flee that oppression and we welcome you. But then you turn around and demand we change our systems to accommodate the very dysfunction you ran from?

We are not blaming foreigners for all our problems. Load-shedding is Eskom. Corruption is the ANC. But when undocumented foreign nationals operate outside our laws, sell expired food, and undercut our poorest citizens yes, that is also a problem. And pointing it out is not scapegoating. It is called law enforcement.

You say "build strong institutions." We agree! But strong institutions require borders. Require enforcement. Require putting citizens first. No country on earth builds a functioning state while ignoring its own immigration laws except South Africa.

So let’s be honest, you want us to fix our systems while you benefit from their failure. You want accountability from our leaders but demand none from yours.

We are saying people should go home. Fight for human rights in their countries, fight for what you deserve. Build their own strong institutions. Then come visit us legally, with a visa, and respect our laws!!!!

Until then, stop telling drowning people not to notice the weight pulling them under.

[Kwanzaa @Kudjo02]

@AobakweMushi @mr_shimmy The offense should be treason.

[Max du Preez @MaxduPreez]

To the man who called himself a ‘proud Jew’ who harassed me publicly and aggressively at the Franschhoek Lit Festival because I said on a panel that I view Gaza as a genocide & the actions in Lebanon & the West Bank as atrocious: you’re betraying what it really means to be Jewish

[Sentletse 🇿🇦🇷🇺🇵🇸🇱🇧 @Sentletse]

The son of Dischem founder is a pathetic and rabid Zionist like his parents.

Redi Tlhabi criticised Netanyahu and Israel and this was his response.

He deactivated his account afterwards.

It may be time to boycott @Dischem

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

Hello. Some of you mean well and I always appreciate and reflect on your counsel. But not always. For months, @Dischem 's Mark Saltzman (who has now deleted his account ( called me a bitch. I did nothing. I assumed he was another angry troll. I didn't know who he was until he outed himself and talked about his mommy's money.

Last week someone accused me of taking CR17 money. They retracted and apologized. Previously it's CIA, Stellenbosch Mafia, USAID and mysterious "handlers." I let it go so many times. So when you advise me to be restrained you must know I HAVE BEEN restrained. But there are days when things must be addressed. Today is one of them.
Presumably @Dischem is familiar with Mark's vocabulary and they know that he exercises his freedom of speech by calling people who disagree with him "BITCHES" for opposing Israel. I do hope that unlike Mark, they don't demand that their philanthropic interventions are conditional to South Africans supporting Israel. We don't have to. But I can live with the son of the founder of @Dischem and a major shareholder calling me a bitch. Repeatedly. But don't accuse of taking any money that I have not earned. I have also lent my name, time and access to worthy courses. Including for the some of the people who now call me antisemitic. The difference between me and them is that I don't think contributing to OUR South Africa must be transactional and conditional on them bending to my will. In conclusion, please do call me a bitch any time you want. But do not lie about serious things. I won't play along.

[Kwanzaa @Kudjo02]

https://t.co/8owr9SWEHj #Hashtag

[Kwanzaa @Kudjo02]

@Ndi_Muvenda_ @dr_lovelee Will gladly switch to Nosso

[Vuyo Zungula MP 🇿🇦 @ZungulaVuyo]

When Mr Ramaphosa concealed the theft of $580 000 that was not declared to SARB, He was in the wrong.

When Parliament voted against an Independent Panel report that concluded there is prima facie evidence of wrongdoing, Parliament was in the wrong.

When the Constitutional Court takes over a year to issue a judgment on the oversight failure of Parliament, the CC is in the wrong.

#PhalaPhala has shown to citizens how all three arms of the State are compromised!!!

[Miss Ziprusha @destinyzee]

#InCaseYouMissedIt
Good Morning 🌅

[Princy Mthombeni @Princymthombeni]

South Africa’s Revised Immigration White Paper Explained. Public comment open.

Let’s participate. Here’s the SACR links: https://t.co/p2FOt0NfUT

#FixImmigrationSA

Cc: @HomeAffairsSA

[Kwanzaa @Kudjo02]

Nkabinde Enquiry: A witness walked out of Zondo enquiry, a court order was issued and executed. Will we see the same thing happening here?

[African Elixir @Elixir_Africa]

@Abramjee This should be our Speaker of Parliament

[Engineer Matšhela Koko, MBL @koko_matshela]

Guys, this is explosive. The only kind of stuff you hear at the Madlanga Commission.

In a stunning twist to the ABB corruption saga, Swiss prosecutors in Zurich have launched a probe into the Swiss industrial giant itself for allegedly fabricating false accusations against its own low-level managers to shield higher executives in a bribery scandal tied to @Eskom_SA's Kusile power plant in South Africa.

What began as a $315 million global fine in December 2022—ABB's spectacular confession of greasing palms with South African state energy reps—has unraveled into a farce.

All German investigations against implicated employees quietly collapsed without charges, yet ABB still forked over €9.4 million in ill-gotten profits to Mannheim authorities, fueling suspicions of a deliberate blame-shift to dodge deeper accountability.

A Zurich High Court ruling, overriding initial prosecutorial reluctance, spotlighted damning evidence of document tampering—like an incriminating email mysteriously altered with swapped names (from "Ingo Hermann" to a fabricated "Ingo Hermand")—exposing ABB's "selective presentation" as a calculated ploy to evade justice.

As the company stonewalls commentary, this "lack of investigative zeal" in its homeland underscores a rotten core: corporate impunity where scapegoats are sacrificed, but the real puppeteers pull strings unscathed, leaving South Africa's justice system—and Eskom's legacy—buried under layers of multinational deceit.

@goolammv
@camerondugmore
@RSASIU
@NPA_Prosecutes
@ferialhaffajee
@CowansView
@PieterDuToit

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

Growing up in Germany, the Netherlands, and the American Midwest, I was extremely pro-Jewish and extremely pro-Israel. I believed every bit of the narrative we were fed. I even had a Palestinian guy in my class, and whenever he talked about his situation, I’d get angry. I called him an anti-Semite more than once. Looking back, I feel ashamed of how deeply I had internalized that mindset.

I genuinely thought Judaism was the best religion in the world. I even considered converting at one point to support these “poor, prosecuted people”. That’s how far gone I was. And all of that happened without me even knowing any Jews in real life. I had met maybe one or two in my life until a few years ago.

That started to change during my PhD. We had a research partnership with a Hebrew university. The academics we worked with were hardcore Zionists. They talked about Palestinians like animals. Justified the killings. Brushed off the land theft. That’s when the mask began to fall.

I started digging. I learned about the Balfour Declaration, how American Zionists played a role in destabilizing my own country of birth. I learned about the Nakba. How settlers destroyed water wells and entire orchards. How people who had lived there for centuries were treated like subhumans. I saw the ugly truth no one ever talks about.

Even up to October 7th, I still thought: there are good Jews and bad Jews, just like in any group. But since then, what I’ve witnessed is beyond shocking. Almost every Jewish voice I’ve come across, online, in media, in real life, has been defending genocide. Demonizing anyone who dares speak up for Palestinians. Calling people Nazis, animals, anti-Semites, just for standing on the side of humanity.

That kind of moral blackmail used to work on me. Being called an anti-Semite as a German? That was the worst thing you could say. But not anymore. Not after seeing who’s really fueling the hate. Not after hearing the things that are being said… things that sound like they came straight from hell.

What changed me was not hate, it was clarity. I realized Zionism is not about survival but dominance, and it has nothing in common with Christian values, either.

And honestly, what still puzzles me, what I genuinely don’t understand, is why they behave the way they do.

They say they want peace. They say they’ve been hated throughout history, kicked out of country after country, persecuted without reason. But then you look at how they act,right now. They smear anyone who dares to criticize Israel. They slander. They don’t try to make allies, they issue threats. They demand people be canceled. They justify war crimes. They talk about exterminating others.

If they really want to be liked, if they want to live in peace, if they want people to stop criticizing them, then why do they act like this? Why don’t they try kindness, truth, humility? Why not show some decency, some humanity, especially now that the entire world is watching?

It makes no sense, unless domination is the goal. Not peace. Not coexistence.

Because when I listen to people like Mark Levin or Ben Shapiro or that Randy Fine dude, what I hear isn’t just propaganda, but pure venom. It’s a kind of moral filth that feels like it crawled out of hell. The arrogance. The dehumanization. The glee in war and death.

You can’t act like this and expect the world like you. You can’t demand sympathy while trying to silence those who demand the truth. You can’t play eternal victim while behaving like a tyrant. Eventually, people wake up. Just like I did.

I used to believe everything they told me. Now I see it clearly. Thank you! 🙏🏼

[Tony Beamish @TonyBeamish]

Paul O’Sullivan was convicted in 1999 of assaulting his wife, breaching a previous restraining order, malicious damage to her motor vehicle, and crimen injuria:

Here is the docket:

https://t.co/DLXLFhPk3K

BDK Attorneys interdicted him:

https://t.co/NdVbda5V3X

Politician Neil Diamond interdicted him:

https://t.co/D7C3N4tMYK

Pension fund curator Tony Mostert obtained an interdict and is also suing him for defamation:

https://t.co/IWghf3zmYA

Regarding O’Sullivan’s ‘forensic’ report, Judge Crutchfield stated:

“[98] Moreover, the forensic report does not contain facts and the averments that the forensic report does contain are substantially false. The respondents do not make out a case that the contents of any future version of the forensic report will be different or anything other than substantially untrue.

[99] The respondents' statements regarding the applicants reflect an absence of concern on the part of the respondents, not only with the truth or correctness of those statements but also with the language used to express them.”

An interdict against Paul O’Sullivan was also obtained by businessman Antonio  Trindade. Laurance Hodes SC acted for Trindade.

I am also suing him for defamation and an interdict.

@beyondfreefall @margieMYDNA @SothoDudu @S11E11B11A