Patty Akriel

Storyteller
Writer
Mother
Woman

[Patty Akriel @Pattyakriel]

#WinnieMandelaFuneral “Life was neither something you defended by hiding nor surrendered calmly on other people's terms, but something you lived bravely, out in the open, and that if you had to lose it, you should lose it on your own terms.” Edwige Danticat

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It's time we did something about this - please sign: https://t.co/pwbpvDLXEV

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a gentle soul transitions #RIP #BobMabena @mabena_bob

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I really can't add to what everyone is saying - just thank you, @Eusebius , seems like a tiny word for the huge presence your show has been as we morphed, stumble at the abyss...you helped us individually, maybe collectively to gain insight. thank you

[Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh @SizweMpofuWalsh]

.@Eusebius your show was a beautiful mix of critical engagement and public therapy.

You elevated the public debate, and dignified your profession, at a critical moment in our young democracy.

All the best for the future. Take a bow! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Patty Akriel @Pattyakriel]

@Eusebius @Stellarated @Radio702 @Eusebius Stella , like most of government will not resign, or step down...it is up to the President to use the tough measures being used on the ordinary SA citizen - haul her off to jail and face the consequences like any SA citizen

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@Eusebius I revisited my bucket list. At almost 60, I'm learning to crochet. I continue to paint, read and write. I work from home anyhoo

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#SONA2020 effortless style

[SteveBikoFoundation @BikoFoundation]

Today, 01st February 2020, marks the 46th anniversary of the brutal assassination of Black Consciousness leader, Onkgopotse Ramothibi Tiro, by apartheid agents. Tiro was killed with a parcel bomb while living in exile in Botswana in 1974. To date, no one ever accounted.

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@AmbLINSongtian @DIRCO_ZA @HealthZA What plans are there to evacuate South Africans? Should SA's in China report to the embassy?

[吴鹏 Wu Peng @AmbWuPeng]

It is safe and wise for SA students to stay in Wuhan and China. Parents could feel reassured and relaxed. In case of any help, they can contact the university on duty 24 hours or the Embassy education attache Mr. Wang Daoyu at 0732858403 for emergency.@DIRCO_ZA @HealthZA

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@penguinrandom @TrazeyLee @nunn_cedric

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@PenguinBooksSA #VoicesFromTheUnderground is a narrative about ordinary humans in extraordinary times #AshleyKrielDetachment #ANC #MK #HeritageDay @Eusebius

[Patty Akriel @Pattyakriel]

@PenguinBooksSA #HeritageDay #VoicesFromTheUnderground 18 Members of the #AshleyKrielDetachment offering stories from the underground which forms part of our collective narrative and our heritage.

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@MsToniMorrison I stopped apologising for my anger about poverty, abuse, exploitation & racism when I started reading her books

[Patty Akriel @Pattyakriel]

@MsToniMorrison storytelling invited me to belong and accept my black womaness. At times during my 30s, I felt myself unravelling, drowning, suffocating, yet rising again and again as I continued to find myself in the pages of her stories.

[Patty Akriel @Pattyakriel]

@MsToniMorrison I was gifted Jazz, The Bluest Eyes, Tar Baby 40 yrs ago @20 yrs old, unemployed, uneducated,unmarried and every "un..".to complete me as a confused,overwhelmed young black woman. soaked myself into her work,recognising myself,Mother,Aunts,grannies,cousins& friends

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is it correct to dismiss a crime/incident if it's older than a decade? to not bring same to legal process? @pierredevos #GordhanvsPublicProtector #JudgeSuletPotterill

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#GordhanvsPublicProtector was LAWFARE differentiating between truth and lies, evidence & opinions, politics & law

[Patty Akriel @Pattyakriel]

#PP legal team ..when they argue that interdict on #Ghordhan matter will damage her reputation🤭Khanti didn't court rule already damage her reputation? #GhordahnvsPublicProtector

[Patty Akriel @Pattyakriel]

“the president is not above the law, nor is the public protector”..

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#ZondoInquiry hot at this moment,Up to now - #Zuma parrot fashion like answered questions, by quoting the 'process', but it's not working with regard to Barbara Hogan's testimony - even #ZumaLawyers are worried when he dances around the questions #StateCaptureInquiry