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[Gog_Diamond @MissMandiQ]

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[IG:Joy-Zelda @joy_zelda]

Please have a heart,return our baby 😢 if it's about money,name the price,we will donate as a country. The kid is innocent 💔 Baby Omphile Sethole is been missing for 1 month now 😥 for the last time let's not give up, even if your battery is on 1%, Please Share 🙌

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Carpenters at a Vocational Training Centre in Johannesburg, c. 1948. Credit: Constance Stuart Larrabee

[Owen Lekala @owen_lekala]

Please retweet to support the youth, to support my startup create jobs and opportunities for many, we've been building this for 5 years now, we had our ups and downs but now we are back.

This is not an AI developed slop, but a platform built with security in mind.
@hikeappsa

[Mbuyiseni Ndlozi @MbuyiseniNdlozi]

Today marks the 34th Anniversary of Boipatong Massacre, 1992.

Remember Against Forgetting!

So forgotten in public memory as the very township and people of Emfuleni. Neglected by their municipality, province and national government! What a justice scandal!

[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]

This is the harsh reality South African citizens are forced to tolerate because our government seems paralyzed by its accountability to the AU and the United Nations. What is happening in Mayfair is a breaking point; individuals who arrived seeking asylum are now showing a completely different side, leaving local communities feeling unsafe, frustrated, and utterly abandoned by the systems meant to protect them.

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

The South African film industry has mastered the art of making soft pornography, and seeding it for public consumption like it’s another day in paradise.

I can’t even remember the titles, but once I see the film trailers on Netflix, my flags become raised, because I fixate when I watch things, and my viewing experience is never casual.

I know African societies are becoming sexually charged and framing the world through the lens of sex and sexual pleasures, I also believe we didnt reach this junction by happenstance, it’s been a slow and sinister design, but whatever it is, we must sit with the whys of our decisions as creators.

The data clearly states that this is what people want or are consuming, but we need to sit with how we got here as a society.

Additionally in the case of the polygamist, for you as a consumer, these movies don’t make you into a whole person, you become suspicious of men without cause as a woman, as a man, you come to genuinely believe show after show that this is normal behaviour, no this is a mind that needs renewal.

And for you who thinks it harmless, I hope you know your brain can’t tell the difference between soft porn and regular porn? The hooks and triggers that lead you to the depths are one and the same. A sharp or blunt knife are one and the same thing; a knife.

Even more so as a Christian, whatever is noble and pure friends, you can sit this one out as a professing Christian, you are not missing anything from shows that portray sex as something to be taken, people as tools of sexual pleasure to be taken advantage of, and the heart of how family should be designed blatantly disregarded, children an the sanctity of the home broken and disfigured. You will do well to say no, this is not an idea I am malleable to, even as entertainment.

[#DeportPhilCraig @_KayTheLame_]

Video of "San" introducing each other and some of the names exist as cognates in our languages:

1. !Xum|a (Qhumca) - Nquma (cut)
2. ‡eixa (cerha)- Ci - cirha (big ear)
3. N|u||e (ncuxe)- Ngcukra (to hit)
4. N!amn|o - Ngqam, Nxam (meaning by the side, side by side = friend)

[knick @Knick_RSA]

Walaza puts everybody to sleep 😭🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦securing a victory for South Africa

[Missing Children SA @072MISSING]

#MCSAFound

Wonderful news! Yasmin Ayob has been found safe.

If you personally, or your company | or your place of work, would like to make a donation to #MCSA, please click here to donate: https://t.co/WuULg0pWNL Thank you

[Daily Iran News @DailyIranNews]

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[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

South Africa’s electricity tariffs have increased by over 1172% since 2007, outpacing the standard consumer inflation rate by more than six times.

The reason Eskom charges such exorbitant prices for electricity is not because of “Eskom’s monopoly”, as some would like us to believe.

In fact, the reason we get told the problem is Eskom’s monopoly is not difficult to see when you realise that this is said by people who are playing with words, while looking for a piece of the pie with no intention of ever charging less than what Eskom is.

But more importantly, just like water, sewerage and railways, electricity *is* in fact a natural monopoly.
A natural monopoly is wholly different from the regular monopoly that critics accuse Eskom of being. And these definitions are important.

First, a natural monopoly, as the name suggests, arises organically because high fixed costs and vast economies of scale make it more efficient for a single firm to serve an entire market. That’s Eskom and Transnet.

In this sense, high-voltage transmission grids, massive power stations, rail networks, and water pipelines are textbook examples of natural monopolies and it makes zero financial or logistical sense to build three competing sets of railway lines side-by-side from Johannesburg to Durban, or to have four different companies dig up the street to lay competing power grids to your house.

A single entity managing the core grid is theoretically the most efficient way to run it because of those massive economies of scale.

On the other hand, a regular/artificial monopoly is a result of anti-competitive practices, exclusive patents or aggressive mergers to eliminate competition. Think, South African Breweries, Multichoice and De Beers.

Whenever the privatisation brigade yells “monopoly!” without context, they blur the line between Eskom’s inherent structural nature, which is a natural monopoly, and predatory monopolies that use anti-competitive behaviour to choke out alternatives.

As to why Eskom charges exploitative tariffs, we need to remember that the company was originally established as ESCOM to provide cheap, abundant power to fuel South Africa’s primary industries, essentially operating as a utility focused on cost recovery rather than aggressive profit margins.

The shift in the late 1980s to the early 2000s to turn Eskom into a state-owned enterprise that pays taxes, aims for a return on equity, and pays dividends fundamentally changed its DNA because when a natural monopoly is expected to act like a private corporation, it creates a massive conflict of interest because its primary job is no longer just keep the lights on at cost, but to maximise revenue to cover debts, expansion, and state returns.

And because people cannot live without electricity, a corporatised monopoly can aggressively raise tariffs because consumers have nowhere else to go. So, from this perspective, the exploitation of the public by Eskom’s tariffs is not a result of lack of competition, but a result of being run like a private corporation.

Therefore, the idea of solving the expense problem by introducing competition is just a red herring. History shows that when public utilities are opened to a profit-driven market, the new entrants never compete to lower prices for the average consumer; they instead compete to secure lucrative, guaranteed returns like Independent Power Producer contracts. You can see one example of this here. (https://t.co/txCvBEhFip)

[UMKHONTO uphethwe uhlanya @sbu_sbuda90174]

Let's accept we don't have a country anymore 😭

[Open Secrets ZA @OpenSecretsZA]

More than R51 billion in unclaimed retirement benefits is owed to around 4.3 million people in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

How did we get here, and who benefits from these "unclaimed" retirement funds?

Join us for the launch of the latest Who Owns South Africa? report.

🔗https://t.co/89DCbn87Mk

[Mofiyinfoluwa Odubanke. @__mofiyinfoluwa]

i remain absolutely stunned by the degree of perseverance needed to build a meaningful life

[Princy Mthombeni @Princymthombeni]

We are trying to address this through the PIE Act bill. Please complete our online form.

Link: https://t.co/YVrP7y0Cqn

[THE TRUTH PANTHER 🇿🇦 @TheTruthPanther]

JMPD Uncovers Expired Food Relabelling Operation in Johannesburg CBD Where Suspects Allegedly Used Chemicals to Replace Original Expiry Dates With Fake Labels

Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers uncovered a counterfeit food labelling operation and recovered suspected stolen municipal infrastructure during a high-impact operation in the Johannesburg CBD. The discovery was made after officers approached informal traders selling goods from trolleys, prompting suspects to flee into a nearby building.

The suspects ran into a building located at the corner of Edith Cavell and Plein Streets. Officers searched the premises and found large quantities of expired food products, including juices and yoghurts. The operation formed part of ongoing efforts to target illegal activities and improve compliance within the inner city.

Investigators established that suspects were allegedly using chemical thinners to remove original expiry dates from food products before replacing them with fraudulent labels reflecting extended expiry dates. Officers also discovered cut electrical cables believed to be stolen municipal infrastructure. The expired food items and suspected stolen cables were confiscated for further investigation.

No arrests have been made at this stage, but JMPD has launched an investigation and said efforts are underway to trace those responsible. JMPD Chief of Police Patrick Jaca condemned the operation, describing it as a threat to public health and city infrastructure, and confirmed that high-impact operations will continue across the inner city.

[IG:Joy-Zelda @joy_zelda]

Please RT until they are Found. They are Wanted ☠️

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

South African actor Setlhabi Taunyane (best known for his portrayal of Kop Khuse in the etv soapie Rhythm City) in Canada, c 1970s/80s. Credit: Don Dutton/Toronto Star

[Simon Sithole @Simon_Sithole20]

TWO Pot System is the BIGGEST scam in recent times.

You claim R30k from your pension, SARS takes R12k from it...

But @sarstax you have already taxed the money, why tax it again??🤔🚮
#TaxRevoltSA