Maphuti Mahlaba

The Father’s daughter.

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Women should never have to alter how they live, work, or move because of fear. That responsibility belongs to institutions and to society.

Learn more about how communities can become safer for women: https://t.co/mWmtU8TpqG.

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

@UNinSouthAfrica @UNHCRSouthernAF At the 2-day Gender-Responsive Reporting on Migration workshop, specialists from @unwomenSA
@UNICEF_SA @UNHCRSouthernAF @IOM_EHSA shared practical insights on storytelling that's
☑️accurate
☑️ethical
☑️nuanced and
☑️grounded in human rights.

#MakingMigrationSafeForWomen 🇿🇦

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Migration is not gender-neutral, neither should reporting on it be.

We’ve just concluded our media training workshop on Gender-Responsive Reporting on Migration in Johannesburg South Africa, bringing together journalists and communications professionals.

[UN Women Africa @unwomenafrica]

💜 A star. A first. An inspiration for generations.

👏 Congratulations to Angélique Kidjo, the first African woman to receive a star on the #HollywoodWalkOfFame.

Your journey continues to inspire women and girls across Africa and beyond.

@UN_Women

#ForAllWomenandGirls

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

On this day 70 years ago, 20 000 women marched against apartheid laws in South Africa.

This #WomensMonth2026 we celebrate the foundation they built as we keep pushing forward for equality & empowerment #ForAllWomenAndGirls.

Happy #WomensDay 🇿🇦!

[GCIS Media Liaison @GCISMedia]

Thank You to @MaphutiMahlaba for making our #WomensMonth mentoring session one to remember! Your authentic insights, generous guidance, and words of encouragement inspired @TUT students to see the endless possibilities within media and communication. Thank you for participating!

[Maphuti Mahlaba @maphuti]

@GCISMedia @Tut An absolute pleasure to have been part of this initiative. Thank you!

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Are you a journalist or communications professional interested in reporting on migration through a gender lens?

Join our Gender-Responsive Media Reporting on Migration training.

📍 Cape Town | 17–19 Aug
📍 Joburg | 20–21 Aug
⏰Register by 12 Aug
🔗https://t.co/gKZTrmK5Oi

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Better migration data means better protection.

@UN_Women & @StatsSA are working to make women's experiences visible in the numbers that shape policy and services #ForAllWomenAndGirls.

🔗Read about it here:

https://t.co/1fUtaq1CzI

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

The African Girls Can Code Initiative🇿🇦 coding & robotics bootcamp is back! This time the focus in on young women in TVET colleges.

For the next 10 days @unwomenSA & @HigherEduGovZA will be in Bloemfontein w/ students of @MotheoCollege & Free State Community & Education College.

[Dept of Women, Youth & Persons with Disabilities @DWYPD_ZA]

🚨 Women’s March Commemoration Launch — Watch Live 🚨

Watch Minister @s_chikunga alongside Deputy Minister @msletsike, officially launch the Commemoration of the Historic 1956 Women’s March. ✊🏾🇿🇦

📺 Watch live:
Youtube: https://t.co/nCIbU6lSzA
Facebook: https://t.co/ha65beKFMT

[Maphuti Mahlaba @maphuti]

Hi @WOOLWORTHS_SA this poster is making the rounds on WhatsApp. Is it legit?

[The Diary of an Investor @Hamnjela]

How to Start Your Investment Journey With EasyEquities

If you have ever wanted to start investing but felt overwhelmed, EasyEquities is one of the simplest ways to begin. It’s a platform designed to make investing accessible for everyone, even if you only have R10 or R50 to start. Inside the app, you can buy shares, ETFs, unit trusts and even crypto, and you don’t need thousands to get started.

One of the best places to begin is the demo account. EasyEquities gives you R100,000 in virtual money so you can practice buying, selling and testing strategies without risking anything. Once you feel confident, you can switch to your real account and start investing for as little as a few rand. Fractional shares make this possible. If a share costs R3,000 and you only have R20, you can still buy a piece of it. You own a slice, and it grows the same way the full share would.

The platform also lets you invest globally by opening accounts in different currencies. You can buy South African ETFs like the Satrix 40 in your ZAR account, or global companies like Apple and Amazon in your USD account. There’s even a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) where your growth and dividends are completely tax-free within the annual limit. Over many years, that tax-free compounding becomes incredibly powerful. And if you want to lower your fees, the Thrive program rewards you for learning and staying consistent.

Investing is not about guessing or timing the market, it’s about time in the market. Prices rise and fall, but you only lose when you sell during a dip. Most long-term investors keep buying, stay patient, and let compounding do the work.

[Khaya Dlanga @khayadlanga]

Just because one has benefitted from the gains of democracy does not mean one must consent to abuse, mismanagement, willful blindness, political criminality or corruption. Benefiting from change is not a lifelong contract to tolerate poor leadership. It is astonishing that this still needs to be said out loud.

There is a reason so many have abandoned the ANC. People are not irrational for walking away. Humans vote in their self-interest. As Napoleon put it, "Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest." Well, the electorate at this point is moved by both: the fear that their future is being squandered by elected officials, and the self-interest to preserve what remains of it.

It is ironic then, that ANC leadership decries this "self-interest" among voters while many within their own ranks have ruthlessly pursued self-enrichment at the expense of the people they are meant to serve. Voters are, after all, merely following the example set by their leaders: prioritising their own survival by abandoning those who have abandoned them: the ANC.

Gwede saying that the middle class is “ungrateful” ignores historical data. There is also a reason why the ANC’s middle class support peaked under Mbeki. Yes, he had shortcomings, no one disputes that. But he presided over the longest period of economic expansion in our history, including the apartheid era for those who are oddly nostalgic about that economy. This did not happen by accident.

In fact, had the economy continued to grow at the same rate (4.5%) after Mbeki left, it would be double its current size. That should anger anyone. Sorry Gwede, people are not ungrateful, they are angry.

Some data under Mbeki:

Growth: The economy grew at an average of 4.5%. Had we maintained that trajectory, our economy would be double its current size today.

Employment: The "jobless growth" narrative is a fallacy born of laziness. Under Mbeki, the economy produced 500,000 new jobs a year. Employment nearly doubled from roughly 8 million in 1994 to 15 million by the time the Polokwane conference concluded.

Service Delivery: For every one shack erected during that period, ten formal houses were built.

Fiscal Health: Mbeki handed over a budget surplus, the first in our history.

The ANC even secured a two-thirds majority during this era because people felt the results in their pockets and their communities. They rewarded competence.

Contrast this with what followed. The very party that now demands loyalty abandoned its responsibility to the economy in favour of factionalism and self-enrichment.

Under Jacob Zuma, average growth plummeted to 1.8%, and job creation halved to 250,000 a year.

Under President Ramaphosa, despite the "New Dawn" rhetoric, we are averaging only 100,000 new jobs a year. (Although I am cautiously optimistic recently).

The ANC vote share declined seems to follow the pattern of the economy. As Bill Clinton’s Chief Strategist, James Carville put in when Clinton was running the presidency in 1992, “It’s the economy stupid!”

So for Gwede to claim that the middle class has benefitted most from change yet refuses to identify with the ANC is either arrogant or out of touch. It sounds very much like an argument made to protect power rather than to interrogate the ANC’s very poor performance, which I understand [power is lovely] but cannot condone.

Why should the current ANC be rewarded? For commissions of inquiries? For apologies? People reward delivery, not nostalgia. The ANC is losing votes because it abused the platform it inherited sixteen years ago. People are not confused. To quote my favourite philosopher, the late great Paul Bearer, The Undertaker’s promoter, people are, “Sick and tired of being sick and tired,” and being expected to applaud decline.

[Maphuti Mahlaba @maphuti]

Not @canva crashing as I'm about to present?!!! 😱😱😱

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Empowering the next generation of women in SA🇿🇦 media & communications! Our Communication Analyst @maphuti Mahlaba joined industry professionals as a mentor at the @GCISMedia x @Official_TUT Speed Mentoring session for women journalism students.

#WomenInMedia #WomensMonth2025

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Happy International #YouthDay!

We're inspired by young women raising their voices and making a difference in their communities and in the world✊🏾

[TheTruePath @The_Truepath]

YOUR MIND IS SATURATED

It's not ADHD.
It's not anxiety.
It's excess.

Your brain can't take it anymore, it's burned out from so much cheap stimulation.

Here are 12 methods to empty it, focus, and think like a man again.

[Maphuti Mahlaba @maphuti]

Consistently proud of this baby, and excited for these babies.

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Day 1 of 10 at @AGCCIAfrica_1 South Africa 2025 bootcamp, and the girls are already inspired to take what they learn back home and light the way for others girls to pursue STEM. 👩🏽‍💻

Hear their reflections on Day 1 and their hopes for the days ahead. #AfricanGirlsCanCode