The British government has announced it will ban social media for children under 16.
Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and X are among the platforms set to be banned in the UK by early next year.
Should the U.S. do the same, or should this be left to parents?
With some groups predicting violence on the back of the call for illegal immigrants to leave South Africa, I find myself reflecting on a moment from our past that feels eerily familiar.
In 1994, just before our first democratic election, certain voices in our society predicted that black South Africans would riot, loot and seize properties the moment apartheid ended. Some quietly stockpiled food and essentials, bracing for what they feared would be chaos and retribution.
Yet the black majority - together with all South Africans of goodwill - chose a different path. We pursued a negotiated settlement through CODESA. We built the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We chose justice with mercy rather than vengeance. The world witnessed not an explosion of savagery, but one of the most remarkable peaceful transitions in modern history.
Today, I hear echoes of that same pessimistic script: predictions that black South Africans will inevitably turn violent against illegal immigrants.
But why do we so readily make this giant leap in abstraction?
The organisers of the planned marches have repeatedly emphasised their commitment to peaceful action. More importantly, the overwhelming majority of South Africans - especially black South Africans who endured the full weight of apartheid - have consistently chosen peace, negotiation and nation building over retribution. We are not a radical people. We love this country. We are resilient, welcoming, and deeply invested in its future.
Genuine concerns about illegal immigration are real: the pressures it places on jobs, housing, healthcare and safety in communities already under strain. These challenges deserve honest, effective responses rooted in the rule of law and our constitutional values - not scapegoating or fear mongering.
What they do not deserve is to be used as proof that black South Africans are inherently savage or prone to barbarism. That narrative reveals far more about the assumptions still held by some than it does about who we truly are.
What will it take for us to finally see one another clearly - beyond stereotypes, beyond fear, beyond the easy stories we tell ourselves about each other?
It starts with recognising our shared humanity, our shared love for this land, and our shared responsibility to build a South Africa that works for all who call it home.
We are stronger together. ๐ฟ๐ฆ
#ProudlySA #StrongerTogether #Ubuntu
This was HEARTBREAKING
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, who volunteered in Gaza, exposed Israel:
"I held a lifeless child in my arms. There was no equipment to save him. This is not a war; it is a massacre of the innocent."
โI am convinced that @MYANC is deliberate, like the nation party, they want to see black people poor and uneducated so that they can control them.โ ~ @HermanMashaba leader of @Action4SA on this weekโs episode of #UnpopularOpnion
You can watch the full conversation here https://t.co/zIzD2iP7Zw
The South African State already Collapsed under this ANC government.
Therefore citizens take things now in their own hands like with the March and March movement.
Nehawu President come to the rescue of Solly Mapaila after he was booed for saying the can be no illegal African in South Africa. You can not come to workers and promote lawlessness.
๐จ The image that "scares" the system.
Lumumba Vea โ ๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo's legendary living statue โ standing strong in the crowd.
Denied US visa for the Uzbekistan clash. FIFA watches it happen.
This is what Global South resistance looks like. They fear the spirit that won't bow.
When will they stop weaponizing football against Africa?
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ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan blew the lid off Trump and Netanyahu ๐ฅ๐
Khan: "They threatened ICC judges, UN staff, and my family over Israel cases.
๐บ๐ธ 12 U.S. senators sent a letter saying 'Go after ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel and we go after you and your family.
Then came sanctions, frozen accounts, travel bans. It is deeply dangerous for states to bully international justice."
Finally someone said this. What a COURAGE this man has ๐ช ๐ซก