Sandra Rippon

Environmental sustainability researcher and consultant, recovering architect, global and local citizen

[Sandra Rippon @RipponXs]

@Read_Meee YES. it’s a generational thing, but she deserves the respect of having her ways honoured

[Phindile Kunene🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 @kunenephindz]

Appalling. The attacks of migrants, their displacement corrodes the very foundations of society. This kind of violence is reprehensible. We have normalised practices that have no place in a healthy society. We will pay dearly for the atrocities being committed in our name.

[Sandra Rippon @RipponXs]

@Constitution_94 😰

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

As front pages go, this one's so beautiful.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Following Israel's attack on Lebanon this morning, Iran had canceled negotiations and prepared to attack Israel, per Fars News.

However, after "last-minute concessions" offered by President Trump, Iran was "persuaded to forgo the attack."

These concessions reportedly include:

1. The preservation of Lebanon’s territorial integrity

2. Israel’s withdrawal from the Lebanese border.

3. "The immediate lifting of the siege"

Iran is expected to release an official statement on the peace deal shortly.

[Sandra Rippon @RipponXs]

@SongezoZibi @CoruscaKhaya @SongezoZibi you have earned my vote once again 👏🏼

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Iran's President Pezeshkian responds to President Trump's threats to target Iranian infrastructure calling it "a sign of desperation."

Full statement:

"Critical infrastructures are the lifeblood of the people. Threats to target them, from transportation networks to the electricity and water industries, are not a show of strength but a sign of desperation in the face of a nation's will. Iran, relying on the knowledge and capabilities of its specialists, national unity, and solidarity, will stand firm against any pressure or threat," Pezeshkian says.

[David Coltart @DavidColtart]

South Africans, @CyrilRamaphosa and the @MYANC in particular, need to understand that if the faction within Zanu PF pushing for Constitutional Amendment Bill 3 get their way, and desecrate Zimbabwe's Constitution, Zimbabwe will be further destabilised and that will only drive even more Zimbabweans into economic and political exile in South Africa.

The time has come for the South African Government to speak out firmly, publicly and unequivocally, that the destruction of Zimbabwe's Constitution (and the consolidation of power by and into a tiny, corrupt elite) is unacceptable.

The historical facts show that the overwhelming majority of migrants to South Africa come from Zimbabwe. All South Africa's internal measures to deal with this crisis will come to naught if the push factor coming from Zimbabwe is not dealt with.

@geordinhl @Sophie_Mokoena @peterndoro

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

People coming to South Africa are not foreigners, one of Africa’s young minds says.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today I am in Britain. We will have our bilateral talks with Keir and a meeting in the E3 plus Ukraine format: President of France Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer. Our teams have already done substantive work to prepare all the meetings. Now it is important to discuss everything and agree on the key things at the leaders’ level.

The main focus is our defense in the war, greater cooperation for the security of all of Europe in the area of air defense, and our shared view of diplomatic prospects – Europe must be part of the negotiations and must be strong. A meeting with His Majesty King Charles III is also scheduled for tomorrow.

I thank the United Kingdom and all our partners who, through real steps, are helping us strengthen the protection of life and increase pressure on Russia for its aggression. Russia must end its war.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

BREAKING - A Swiss Tribunal recognises the legitimate right to peacefully oppose the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

One again: justice for Palestine starts at home. It only takes people caring and applying Intl Law. And persevering.

[BDS movement @BDSmovement]

“We do not load death.”

Dockworkers’ unions from more than 35 ports sign joint declaration calling for an end to Israel���s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians and for a day of international struggle of dockworkers in October.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

El Niño is arriving on our doorstep in the coming months with 90% certainty.

The world must treat it as the urgent climate warning it is.

The only effective response is #ClimateAction equal to the crisis – ending the addiction to fossil fuels, accelerating the shift to renewables, protecting the most vulnerable, and delivering early warning systems for all.

https://t.co/owmmCChyb3

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

@wmo warns: prepare for El Niño.

A warming Pacific Ocean is driving the development of El Niño, increasing the likelihood of higher global temperatures & more extreme weather in the months ahead.

Forecasts provide a window to act. Time for preparedness is now: https://t.co/8Om7CqRPKB

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, gutted USAID, which supports some of the poorest people in the world.

Now there's an Ebola outbreak in the Congo, which USAID could have helped prevent or slow.

When you dismantle the systems that stop deadly diseases, people needlessly die.

[Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh @SizweMpofuWalsh]

Makashule Gana will chair the impeachment committee. Congratulations, @Makashule. For me this is a good choice. A major moment in SA politics, as a process of this importance is no longer within ANC control.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars.”

— Carl Sagan

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

That last line....

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: President Trump says he is "in no hurry" to make a deal with Iran and "if we don't get what we want, we are going to end it in a different way."

Last weekend, President Trump said a deal was going to be announced "shortly."

Today marks 93 days since the Iran War began.