Slindile Thabile Mapumulo

Music, sports & good food make life bearable || Here to laugh then go to sleep 🛌🏽

[Giza @Givenkazeni]

Mfana, after such a great season, things were looking SO up for him.
Hae fair this life thing, man.

[eNCA @eNCA]

[BREAKING] Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana World Cup midfielder, Jayden Adams, has died at the age of 25. Tune in to #eNCA, channel #DStv403.

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Hugo 😮‍💨🎾

[Danilo @odedanilo]

a face

[refiloe🐘 @SegodiTlour]

Nothing can hold a man,not even glue👍

[Sinethemba.🇿🇦 @cnehshuga]

🖤

[Salt & pepper 🌶️ @baltysb1]

Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng once remarked that there is no such thing as a free lunch.

That observation becomes increasingly interesting when viewed against the backdrop of the revelations and allegations emerging from the Madlanga Commission. In politics, money, influence, favors, access, and loyalty seldom travel alone. They usually arrive carrying expectations, whether spoken or unspoken.

The uncomfortable question raised by the Madlanga Commission is not simply who gave what to whom, but what, if anything, was expected in return.

If the testimony and communications presented are to be believed, then SAns are once again confronted with a familiar reality. politics is often less about ideology and more about networks, access, influence, and proximity to power. And then there are the messages themselves.

Nothing quite captures the sophistication of modern political discourse like senior figures allegedly exchanging messages that would make a high school WhatsApp group blush. One moment, the public is treated to speeches about revolutionary discipline and ethical leadership. The next, we are reading language that sounds more suited to a tavern argument than the corridors of political influence.

The irony is almost poetic. SAns are told that politics is about serving the people, while commissions of inquiry increasingly reveal a world of private chats, favors, tender interests, personal relationships, and factional warfare.

If there is one lesson from all of this, it may be Chief Justice Mogoeng's warning that there is no free lunch. The difficulty is that the public is often left trying to figure out who paid for the lunch, who ate it, and who eventually received the bill.

Meanwhile, ordinary citizens remain spectators to a political drama where everyone claims to be fighting corruption, yet somehow corruption always seems to know everyone in the room.

[Unkonfined @unkonfined]

A real friend doesn’t turn into an enemy.

You just thought that enemy was your real friend.

[Inspirational Quotes @TheQuoteBoook_]

Protect your mental health. Avoid toxic people.

[sine. @sneminaj]

I hate calls so much

[Mohamed Gad @Gadylio]

@TheGoalsZoneHQ @iRadwaR

[Epassenger @mailsofsina]

@mehdirhasan They should just give Argentina the trophy and spare this bs tbh

[Slindile Thabile Mapumulo @mapumulo_t]

@withlovesole Most def

[Nika Solé @withlovesole]

Bro is definitely a gender neutral term.

[Slindile Thabile Mapumulo @mapumulo_t]

@LuthandoFuze Ouch 😂😂😂

[MkhwanaziMthokozisi @Thokozile61]

@RetForever68 @MusaaRonalds Even apartheid did better for blacks

[Slindile Thabile Mapumulo @mapumulo_t]

@VillageGuluva He builds homes and restores hope ❤️

[linda @itgirlbackup]

Lupita Nyong'o for The Odyssey press in London🪽

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Actress and singer Mabel Mafuya, circa 1956. She toured with King Kong Jazz Musical in the early 1960's and featured on many local & international productions. She played the character Nombi in the sitcom Velaphi. Image Source: Drum Archives