MaEmbo

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@kangminlee Proof please

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@Rushe_C My most shocking moment were the people blowing cigarette smoke in the front. Right in front of singers. Right in front of the singers who have to inhale this and still sing. Ya no.

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@Rushe_C been wondering the same for a while

EG having housekeeping announcement at the start by MC (this worked very well at Rebirth Of Ubuntu concert, but crowd was older and used to this)

I wonder if people just don’t know or if they just don’t care. I want to give benefit

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@Rushe_C Last year, Muneyi could barely hear himself sing because of how loud the crowd chats were.

And those walls reverberated everything.
Venue and audience behaviour colliding.

When The Brother Moves on asked for quiet and there was no quiet, i knew we were cooked.

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@Dzungie007 Watched people get “arrested” and back in 2 hours saying they just needed to pay cops and home affairs R2000 to get out.

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

EVERYWHERE!!!

Don’t respond with “please log a call” @CityofJoburgZA @CityPowerJhb
This city is dark! It would take us less time to count the streetlights that do actually work.

[Lelo @lelowhatsgood]

can we please have street lights bandla? and before you ask where it’s everywhere. 🫩 @CityPowerJhb

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@ienzmm @GugsM @GALXBOY Do you know how to read?

[NomaSunLover 🌞 @Spho_01]

Can't get over the fact that I experienced Jimmy Dludlu, Lira, Zoë Modiga, Internet Athi and Kokoroko, live in one weekend 😊🥰. Life is but a dream!

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

No ways. @GaytonMcK is not a serious person.

Own goals at every step. Incompetence of the highest degree

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@Rushe_C The show yesterday was a much shorter and less immersive than what you will get in an intimate experience. They were goooood last night, but you will definitely get more. More process. More engagement. More unpacking. Must see.

[Di Helleng 2.0 @Todi_M2]

Something about seeing an artist perform live that makes you appreciate their music even more 🥹😍

[Tseliso Monaheng @nemesisinc]

Went to the https://t.co/hDxrmhNEct website using the Wayback machine. Selected 2004. There are more than 5 pieces about Kwaito on the landing page alone, but revisionists will have you thinking that no one was documenting the culture...
https://t.co/zRjG9TZ0IZ

[Kitsi Sebati @itsibitsikitsi]

dress up anyway.
go out anyway.
love people anyway.
build the thing anyway.

Because one day people will remember not your productivity metrics, but your energy. Your laugh. Your outfits. Your introductions. Your warmth. The feeling after leaving a room with you in it.

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@LeratoTJ We should rename Jan Smuts

[MaEmbo @ma_embo]

@GaytonMcK

Do you see what having a spine means?

[Johann Spischak @SDGMasterglass]

More than 25 pavilions closed at the Venice Biennale including France, Belgium, Austria and Italy as a symbolic protest against Israel's presence at the Biennale. This also comes a few days after the official jury resigned #BiennaleArte2026 #VeniceBiennale #ContemporaryArt ..

[Sinister in the Presidency @AmandaBRinquest]

Today we remember the Nakba.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

[Nickolaus Bauer @NickolausBauer]

Maria deserves a street, bridge or landmark named after her in Joburg.

#RipMariaMcloy

[@luphumlongcayisa @luphumlongcayis]

I was not close to Maria and therefore cannot claim her as a friend, though we knew each other, and were forever friendly and cordial towards one another over the decades.

The last time I saw her in person was in Rosebank in 2024. @davidkau1 so happened to be there too. It was such a strangely beautiful encounter of us geriatrics. I was walking out of the bathrooms as Maria was walking out of the bathrooms too, while David was walking in. Delighted to see them both, I instinctively initiated a small group hug. It was a fleeting moment, but one that has stayed with me.

When she landed the Spotify Annual Glow Party honouring Brenda Fassie in October 2025, she reached out to me seeking insights on Brenda. We exchanged messages back and forth, with me verifying facts while laughing at how her probing questions about Brenda jolted so many wonderful memories for me. She told me she was searching for Hansa beer as part of the exhibition as it was Brenda’s favourite and I asked her to add Brutal Fruit as Brenda would drink both Hansa and Brutal Fruit at the same time. I was busy with the SA Cultural Observatory Conference at the time and we agreed to chat in the evenings. True to her gentle nature and grace, she kept me abreast of every single development around the production. I found this to have been noble and kind as she really didn’t have to.

On 6 November, I reached out to tell her how proud I was of her and of the beautiful exhibition she had put together. She forwarded me a warm message of gratitude and appreciation she had just received from Bongani Fassie, who had expressed much the same sentiment. Our last exchange was that very day after she sent me a screenshots of a photo of Brenda Fassie captured in Time Square New York from her lifelong friend and sister @thandiswamazwai , and we chuckled about it together.

We may not have been ‘friends’ in the truest sense of the word, but I am grateful that my dearest friend Brenda Fassie became the bridge that connected me to you, Maria. Having admired you from a respectful distance for many years, I feel privileged that our paths crossed, even if only briefly, towards the end of last year.

You were what we in my city Port Elizabeth, would simply call ‘a lady.’ Gentle, graceful, dignified and warm without ever trying too hard.

I am yet to meet someone who OWNED the streets of Joburg like you did. I am yet to meet someone who sprinkled colour to the streets of Joburg like you did. You were loved and you loved.

Rest gently @MariaPodesta

[Kitsi Sebati @itsibitsikitsi]

Calling Maria McCloy a “hustler” in a death headline is inelegant and reductive. One of the most important cultural connectors and tastemakers this country has produced, and THAT’S the language we reach for?

This deeply disrespectful! Do better @dailymaverick! 🤬

[Kitsi Sebati @itsibitsikitsi]

Rest in peace to a woman who shaped the texture of South African culture in ways people will probably spend years trying to articulate.