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[BizNews.com @BizNewsCOM]

South Africa faces a new double wave of state capture 🇿🇦 Economist Dawie Roodt warns that two specific groups have seized control: overpaid bureaucrats and rent-seeking tenderpreneurs. The massive state wage bill and tender system are pushing taxpayers to their absolute limit 📉
#BizNews #StateCapture #SouthAfrica #DawieRoodt #Economy

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[Farai Mazhindu @FaraiMazhindu]

No logical citizen should need to be told that destroying their own railway network is a civilizational suicide pact.

The moment a society normalizes vandalism, lawlessness, and destruction as a legitimate economic hustle, it kills any future prospects of development.

[yes (in mourning) @loverspiral]

<3

[Skye @SkyeZedA]

The infrastructure projects:

[White Lion II (NDDN) Wittoslav Lionovski @WhiteLionII1]

Viva ANC!! This is what you get if you vote for these incompetent criminals.

[Farai Mazhindu @FaraiMazhindu]

It is exponentially more difficult to survey, engineer, and lay a railway line from scratch through the African terrain than it is to simply maintain and upgrade an existing network. Yet, modern leaders cannot even manage the basic upkeep of the wealth they inherited.

Rhodesia Railways achieved massive accomplishments before 1980, operating with world class, military grade efficiency.

Its legendary Beyer-Garratt steam engines and early diesel fleets were the literal lifeblood of the regional economy, providing high-capacity, dependable heavy freight services that moved chrome, coal, and tobacco straight to global ports.

For ordinary citizens, the network offered pristine passenger services with silver-service dining cars that ran strictly on time.

The economic value unlocked for agriculture and industry was immense simply because the network was run by competent administrators who truly understood logistics.

But what followed was a textbook masterclass in systemic ruin and sheer incompetence.

The transition into the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) became a tragic story of political patronage and technical decay. Qualified engineers and track inspectors were pushed out in favor of political appointees.

Maintenance budgets were looted, signaling electronics were stripped, and the fleet was left to rot.

Today, the sad state of the NRZ stands as a devastating monument to institutional collapse. The network now consists of broken, unsafe tracks overtaken by weeds, and ancient locomotives that break down constantly, carrying only a tiny fraction of its historical capacity.

Consequently, the economy has been forced onto the roads, which are now being completely destroyed by overloaded haulage trucks because the trains simply do not work.

The ultimate tragedy is that South Africa had a front-row seat to this disaster right across the Limpopo River.

They had a decades-long warning. They watched exactly how political interference and a failure to protect transport corridors completely hollow out a country, yet the ANC administration failed to learn a single lesson. Instead, they sleepwalked down the exact same path of self-sabotage, allowing Transnet and PRASA to be stripped bare by syndicates until thousands of kilometers of their own tracks vanished.

When you refuse to learn from your neighbor's downfall, you are condemned to repeat it.

[Pookie's Polls & Opinions @pookiepolls]

@MYANC Choosing the best of the best.

On a scale of 1-10 how much faith do you have in her?

[Farai Mazhindu @FaraiMazhindu]

A highly organized criminal operation in South Africa has dismantled and stolen nearly 10 kilometers of active railway track, inflicting an estimated $2.3 million in infrastructure damage.

The perpetrators operated with professional, engineering-level precision, leaving no room for error.

Yet, despite the massive logistical destruction, the stolen rails are expected to yield a mere $120,000 on the illicit scrap metal market.

The immediate fallout has paralyzed local rail services, stranding vital freight and passenger trains.

The operational halt has placed the future of the rail depot in jeopardy, threatening the livelihoods of workers whose jobs are now at risk.

Beyond the immediate economic impact, this sabotage deals a massive blow to the national mobility of the South African people, as well as businesses and industries reliant on rail to move cargo and materials.

While addressing this crisis should be a top priority for the Ramaphosa administration, its reluctance to act decisively reflects embarrassing incompetence.

Ultimately, this incident highlights the escalating crisis of metal theft in South Africa, where the systemic stripping of essential infrastructure has evolved into a catastrophic economic threat costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

[AlphaFox @alphafox]

These people all seem so familiar, but I can't put my finger on it. 🤔

[spasskultur @spasskultur]

I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣 WAIT FOR IT

[Latest @latestnew00]

Real 💔

[Dr. Kiran J Patel @kiranpatel1977]

Information Update ℹ️: China's helicopter reached the spot where the glacier had broken, and the water released from it had caused massive destruction in Nepal. This event is called a GLOF.

Glacial Lake Outburst Flood can occur when the dam of a lake held back by a glacier suddenly bursts.

According to The Kathmandu Post report, the ice avalanche blocked the Lhende river, creating a lake that ultimately burst. An earthquake also occurred on the Tibetan side around the same time.

[Marcius_Van @marcius_van]

No family sleeps safer than a South African family whose father hears a noise at night and takes it personally.

#4amclub #marciusvan #southafrica #dads #funny

[Cartoonasaurus @cartoonasaurus]

@PhysInHistory This must be an Ai image because Richard Freeman was only 5 foot three…

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Richard Feynman with his family in front of his popular van painted with Feynman diagrams.

[Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA]

Update on #Koeberg Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 power output:

Eskom has safely increased generation at Koeberg Unit 1 to 70%, after previously reducing output to 50% as a routine safety precaution. This controlled adjustment followed the automatic shutdown of a cooling pump due to a buildup of marine material in the seawater intake area. The increase comes amid heightened sardine mortality along the Southwestern and West Coast, which is under inter‑agency investigation as noted in the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s media release.

Eskom remains committed to operational transparency and the highest safety standards in managing Koeberg���s performance.

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

Wits researchers have achieved a world-first breakthrough in optical communication. 💙🏛️

In collaboration with the University of Bordeaux in France, the team has shown that information encoded in a beam of light can survive real-world atmospheric turbulence without the need to correct for distortion.

Read More: https://t.co/5EBQufyPXX

#WitsForGood #WitsResearch #ResearchForGood

[🟡 Sven Quark 🐸🦎🐍🐊 @SvenQuark]

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[Mark 🇿🇦 @markmywords]

This is crazy!

[Disprin @DisprinXtra]

My fok Marelize.