Let us talk about Kenya. A beautiful country, rich in potential, yet crippled by the very thing that plagues much of Africa, tribalism. In Kenya, politics is not about policy, it is about tribe. Kikuyu, Luo, Kalenjin, Luhya. Elections become ethnic battlegrounds. Neighbours turn into enemies. Violence erupts not over ideology, but over identity. And while Kenyan leaders fly private jets and park billions offshore, ordinary citizens fight for water, land, and survival. This is the reality you refuse to confront.
Yet you lecture South Africa about Africanism. You preach unity while you are divided at home. You demand our love while you cannot love each other. How can you speak of pan-Africanism when your own house is burning? Tribalism is the cancer that has eaten Africa from within and Kenya is no exception. If pan-Africanism has to start in South Africa, we don’t want it……keep it.
Now ask yourself🤔where do you think the services illegal immigrants receive in South Africa come from? At whose expense? Our clinics are flooded. Our schools are overcrowded. Our hospitals are stretched. And not one single African country is donating to South Africa. Not one is helping us carry this burden. We are not benefiting from your presence, we are subsidising your escape.
You come here seeking what your leaders denied you. But you bring your divisions with you. You bring your tribalism. You demand rights while refusing to demand accountability from your own governments. You expect South Africans to be your saviours while you refuse to save yourselves.
We are not your solution. We are not your escape. We are a sovereign nation with our own poor, our own unemployed, our own sick. We cannot fix what your leaders broke. Go home. Fix your house. Stop asking us to carry what you will not carry yourselves. That is not pan-Africanism. That is abdication. And we are done with it.
Let me educate you not with anger, but with truth. You assume South Africans lack exposure. You assume we believe other African countries are poor and undeveloped. That is not the case. We know the reality. We know Nigeria has oil. We know Ghana has gold. We know Kenya has tech. We know Botswana has diamonds. We know Zambia has copper. We know Zimbabwe has platinum and lithium. We know the DRC sits on $24 trillion in minerals. We know Africa is rich.
But here is what you do not understand, wealth beneath the ground does not translate to prosperity above it. You can have all the minerals in the world but if your leaders steal, your constitutions hostile towards humans rights, if your institutions are corrupt, if your people are divided by tribe, if your healthcare collapses, if your schools crumble, if your youth flee then you are poor. Not in resources. In governance. In accountability. In dignity.
We do not look down on Africa. We look at the mirror Africa refuses to face. We see our own flaws corruption, unemployment, crime and we fight them. We protest. We vote. We demand better. That is what makes us different. We do not run. We stay. We build. We hold our leaders accountable, even when it hurts.
You say we lack exposure. But we see you. We see your leaders flying overseas to get treated, some in our country to get medical treatment, while your children starve. We see your ports exporting raw minerals while your people have no jobs. We are not blind. We are not ignorant. We are honest.
The difference between South Africa and many other African countries is not wealth. It is the willingness to confront failure. We own ours. You run from yours. That is not a lack of exposure. That is a lack of accountability. And until you fix that, no mineral, no resource, no tweet will save you. Go home. Fix your house. Then talk to us about exposure.
@MyJRA@CityofJoburgZA@JoburgMPD
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Today I conducted several surprise oversight visits in the Western Cape.
The point of these visits is simple, to test the real conditions under which police officers are expected to serve, not only what appears in official presentations.
What I saw again is that many police officers are doing serious, difficult and often dangerous work with far too little support. That must be said clearly. The problem is not the commitment of the cops on the ground. The problem is a system that too often expects results without providing the people, vehicles, facilities, equipment and basic support required to do the job properly.
At Khayelitsha FCS, the unit is dealing with some of the most sensitive crimes in the criminal justice system, including sexual offences, child victims and family violence. The reported ideal staffing level is about 43 personnel. The current number is about 21.
That means a specialist unit dealing with deeply traumatic cases is reportedly about 22 people short.
This is not an administrative issue. Every shortage affects victims, investigations, court preparation, forensic follow-up and the ability of detectives to give proper attention to each case. FCS work cannot be reduced to moving dockets. It involves children, families, trauma, dignity and justice.
At the FCS unit serving Kuils River, Kleinvlei, Mfuleni and Mfuleni Satellite, the same pattern emerged. The unit reportedly has only about seven to eight investigators and one administrative clerk, while receiving around 40 dockets per month.
The D1 and D7 rape-kit stock was reported as sufficient at the time of the visit. That is important. The immediate problem there is not current rape-kit stock. The urgent pressure is too few investigators, too little administrative support and inadequate victim-friendly office space.
Victim-friendly facilities are not a luxury. They are part of proper policing. A child victim or rape survivor should not be failed by an office environment that is not designed for trauma-sensitive work.
At Khayelitsha SAPS, the vehicle situation is deeply concerning. The station recorded 38 vehicles, but 15 were at garages. That means almost 40% of the fleet was unavailable.
This affects visible policing, complaint response, scene attendance, hotspot policing and detective work. Some vehicles have reportedly been stuck for long periods, including detective vehicles delayed for 88 and 121 days.
A police station cannot properly serve a high-demand community if so many vehicles are unavailable. A vehicle in a garage is not a vehicle serving the public. SAPS must explain the repair delays, garage bottlenecks and fleet management failures.
At TRT, the concern is structural and operational. These are police officers expected to perform high-risk specialist policing, yet there are serious concerns about structural certainty, vehicles, ICT, accommodation, equipment and deployment governance.
Specialist policing cannot run on goodwill alone. If SAPS expects tactical units to confront gangs, violent criminals and high-risk threats, then those units must be properly formalised, properly equipped, properly housed and properly supported.
Across all the visits, the pattern is clear:
Police officers are doing too much with too little.
FCS units are under-resourced while dealing with some of the most vulnerable victims.
Vehicle shortages are weakening visible policing and investigations.
Victim-friendly infrastructure is still not where it should be.
Specialist units are being expected to deliver without the full structural and logistical support they need.
SAPS must now provide formal written answers and time-bound corrective plans.
Oversight is not about attacking frontline police officers. It is about making sure the system gives them what they need to serve communities properly.
Citizens deserve effective policing. Victims deserve dignity and justice. Police officers deserve the tools and support to do the job.
Feedback to follow
IC
@PhunyukaBamphet@msiziworld There must be a flat fee for transfers and then integrate bank with deeds office to fast track the process. This will make a huge difference especially for the missing middle.
@PhunyukaBamphet@msiziworld True hey, the whole system of purchasing a property is so complicated and expensive for no reason. We keep complaining about housing but we still maintain the barriers to entry. SARS and expensive lawyers must be removed from the process.
@drDendere We are carrying a burden load of Tax. The government tax is high just to cover the social welfare of all people who are in South Africa including the high number of illegal immigrants.
Action SA Joburg Manifesto is Helen Zille.
How do u vote for someone who believes Joburg problems are Helen Zille and that to resolve them is to keep Helen Zille out?
For Herman it’s about her beef with Helen. For Helen is about fixing infrastructure and improving municipal systems
@Mr_PeterM@Mzombe Their biggest market is the US, Asia and followed by Europe. Our problem is Toyota SA. They programmed us to only Corolla, Camry, Hilux & HiAce. See how the Supra struggled in SA. On the other hand, in 1986 the BMW M5 was sold in SA but no Toyota or Nisssan that level in SA.