Thando Phuti

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

After attending the Parliamentary Symposium on Migration and Social Cohesion, I am left reflecting on how little scientific evidence means today and what this disconnect ultimately means for social cohesion, governance, public policy and the future of African solidarity...

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@tlangimich @Youthunitefound 🔥The type of leaders with ideas whom we wish Africa's young people followed.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@Julius_S_Malema @mpho_shambie @EFFSouthAfrica They see themselves in you CIC.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@advocatemahere 😂😂😂

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

Our struggles are extensive dear Africans and they are shared throughout the continent!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

This is Jacob Zuma, the former President of South Africa, whose political party, MK, has been encouraging South Africans to chase not only undocumented immigrants out of the country, but even black Africans who are legally living and working in South Africa. His campaign vehicles have been driving around KwaZulu-Natal with loudspeakers urging people to drive black Africans out of the country, regardless of whether they are in South Africa legally or not.

And then, after all of that, he flew to India to meet the Gupta family, the very people accused of helping to orchestrate the industrial-scale corruption that nearly bankrupted South Africa through state capture. When they faced accountability, they ran away from South Africa, first for Dubai and then for India.

Think about the contradiction. A man whose campaign encourages hostility towards fellow Africans is, at the same time, embracing foreign friends who became synonymous with one of the biggest corruption scandals in South African history.

By his own admission in this video, he has made it clear that he is unhappy with the direction the country took in pursuing those implicated in state capture.

Meanwhile, ordinary black South Africans are being mobilised against fellow black Africans who are living in South Africa legally, while the political battle being fought is, in reality, about power, accountability and the legacy of state capture.
They are being drawn into a campaign that serves political interests rather than addressing the country’s real challenges.

History should record this moment. It should record the irony of fellow Africans being turned against one another while those accused of presiding over one of the darkest chapters of corruption in South Africa seek a return to political power. That is a tragedy that future generations should never forget.

Imagine dehumanising fellow black Africans who look like you, speak languages like yours, and share the same continent, all so that Jacob Zuma’s Indian friends can return and loot South Africa again.

[Tlangi Mogale: CoT MMC Roads&Transport🖤💚💛 🇿🇦 @tlangimich]

I absolutely love this frame!! Tells a story, a deep one that I hope to grow up to tell to many other younger women like me who have to put in tripple more effort in order to prove their worth and earn their respect in society. Firstly because they are female, secondly because society has attributed certain stereotypes to how women leaders ought to look like. And I am proud that I have defied both. The gendered leadership debates which are regressive in nature, because leadership goes beyond who we are by what we are. So yes, we continue to put in the effort and walk tall knowing that every battle won or lost, was to be🙏🏾

We are a product of our struggles🙏🏾

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@PrinceOfMutasa Another aspect Zimbabweans will have to be deliberate about is buying Zimbabwean products. The era of the mass importation of South African groceries and household goods must come to an end, if the economy is to rise. It might just decline naturally as Zimbabweans return home.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@GaytonMcK We expect better from you as a leader than adding fuel to an already blazing fire. Being undocumented does not take away their basic human rights...they still deserve dignity.

[UNAFRI @UNAFRI21]

📢 Meet the voices joining the next #AYCPP session as we unpack the realities of Mob Justice in Africa.

🎙️ Host - @john_viannyAye

👥 Speakers - Edgar Omondi Abuto, @NandawulaDian, @Nothando_Phuti_

🗓️ Friday, 26 June 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM EAT
📍 X Spaces:
@UNAFRI21

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

Praying for the people of Venezuela💔

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Two powerful earthquakes, magnitude 7.1 and 7.5, struck west of the Venezuela capital Caracas, causing widespread devastation.

Interim President Delcy Rodriguez declared a state of emergency. Experts warn the death toll could be in the thousands.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

Thank you @MINDSAfrica for tirelessly inspiring young Africans to shape the continent's future.
Grateful to the mentors, scholars & alumni who continue to inspire and challenge me. I remain committed to building a more inclusive, connected and united Africa. The work continues✨

[MINDS @MINDSAfrica]

Meet Nothando Phuti, a MINDS Scholar Alumnus and PhD candidate based in South Africa 🇿🇦
Through her research and advocacy, Nothando explores migration, identity, & belonging, while supporting vulnerable migrant communities through rights-based initiatives & community engagement.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

Honoured to be part of this important conversation with Africa's young people at the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) this Friday from 06:00pm - 07:30pm(SAST). https://t.co/gfgiCq9wDL

[UNAFRI @UNAFRI21]

This Friday on African Youth Crime Prevention Platform X Spaces.

🎙️ Topic: XENOPHOBIA IN AFRICA: Hate, Fear and the Future of Regional Unity

📅Friday, 19 June 2026
⏰7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EAT
📍@UNAFRI21

Join us for the discussion on the future of Africa from a youth perspective

[UNAFRI @UNAFRI21]

This Friday on African Youth Crime Prevention Platform X Spaces.

🎙️ Topic: XENOPHOBIA IN AFRICA: Hate, Fear and the Future of Regional Unity

📅Friday, 19 June 2026
⏰7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EAT
📍@UNAFRI21

Join us for the discussion on the future of Africa from a youth perspective

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@FabAcademic @Mos_057 @zibusiso431 @nyawodzam @Darkiemantsu @Lord_Ori_ 100%. It's unfortunate that often times those who comment on education being useless are themselves uneducated.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

This, right here, is the crux of the problem with vigilante logic. What this person implies is that murder would be justifiable, if this young man were an illegal African migrant. The dehumanisation of those considered illegal, dehumanises everyone.

[zar platform @zar_platform]

@SebothomaSolo @FlyAtWill There’s no tribal conflict in South Africa. The issue of Nhlamulo might’ve been a matter of mistaken identity.

The entire country as an issue with illegal foreigners. No one has said people of Limpopo [Tsonga, Pedi and Venda] are foreigners.
Let’s not lose the plot here.
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[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@zar_platform @SebothomaSolo @FlyAtWill This is the crux of the problem with vigilante logic. What this you imply is that murder would be justifiable, if this young man had been an illegal African migrant. The dehumanisation of those considered illegal, dehumanises everyone.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@Sinawo_Thambo The downside of social media is that we now have to suffer from listening to many such idiots with mics and free airplay. And unfortunately, we have many gullible people taking these lies as facts.

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@jessicdutchess_ They did not confuse him for a foreigner, that would imply that killing a black African would have been permissible. Taking any life, for whatever reason, is wrong and should be condemned in the same light. We mourn the senseless murder of the young man and call for justice

[jacket po-a-o @buhlebathabile]

For South Africans to have stood up in support of Gaza against the genocide to turn around and do this to its own African folk is interesting (derogatory).

[Thando Phuti @Nothando_Phuti_]

@waltermzembi All very good questions but the South African state is mum.