My South African Diary

Reading my way through South African history. This is my notebook, not my manifesto.

[Chris Hattingh 🇿🇦🌐🚢 @ChrisHatt11]

"Wits Professor Alex van den Heever and I calculate that close to R20bn has been stolen from the Gauteng Department of Health in the last 10 years. The scale of this theft makes former President Jacob Zuma look like a clumsy shoplifter."

https://t.co/epMJlnJc5o

[v0oDoO CHiLD @WittyHendrix]

“If you listen carefully to all South African music that cry is there. I don’t care whether you raise the tempo, you can raise the tempo but when it starts playing there is that lament. I hear it. I hear it.”

[MoTaz @motazazaiza9]

The most devastating transition ever:

[Ndilula @MwahafarN]

"I got to Germany in February this year & I was asked to speak in a museum. The first thing I asked the Germans was "why are you paying Millions of Dollars to the Jews but you're not paying the same amount to the Herero of Namibia who you exterminated"

[Bebé @NoozBebe_]

Is the youth in another room?

[📀🎙khaltsha yikasi eKapa yidolophu🎹 @KhayelitshaE]

The only pic that can be redone and still mean the same thing 😩

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

In an act of pride and defiance, Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela stand outside the court at the Rivonia Trial wearing traditional garb, 1963. Picture: Alf Kumalo

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

The first Black medical doctor in Johannesburg - Dr Alfred B Xuma (1893-1962).

[My South African Diary @zoloftzaddy]

Okay, just to be clear, this bill will not ENSURE that public representatives use public healthcare. The bill allows public representatives to have a choice to choose their medical aid, and not be forced to use PARMED. Public representatives are still going to enjoy private healthcare.

[Crochet Creator🧶 @OreAkinde]

If you don’t form a very strong opinion of yourself, you’re going to end up internalizing everyone else’s perception of you.

[My South African Diary @zoloftzaddy]

Does everyone see what’s happening to our economy while we watch?

[eNCA @eNCA]

South Africa's largest steel producer ArcelorMittal, is pulling the plug on its long steel business and taking thousands of jobs along with it. #eNCA #DStv403

[My South African Diary @zoloftzaddy]

1985 — just 40 years ago. The people in this photo look like they were in their 20s or 30s then, which means many could be at least 60 years old today. Around Queenstown in the still very rural Eastern Cape, most still live without reliable access to food, water, electricity, or healthcare.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

The funeral of the victims of the 1985 Queenstown Massacre. The Queenstown Massacre was an incident in Queenstown, in 1985 where 14 people were shot and killed by police, and 22 others were injured.

[My South African Diary @zoloftzaddy]

If you haven't heard of the Queenstown Massacre: 2000 residents from Mlungisi township gathered in a church to hear feedback on negotiations to end the consumer boycott. The SAP stormed the meeting and opened fire on them.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

The funeral of the victims of the 1985 Queenstown Massacre. The Queenstown Massacre was an incident in Queenstown, in 1985 where 14 people were shot and killed by police, and 22 others were injured.

[My South African Diary @zoloftzaddy]

"South Africa is confronting its most testing national and geopolitical stressors.

The constraints posed by a changed government and attitude in the USA; by a diminishing multilateralism; by a rather weakened and directionless Europe; by a China that needs to look inward to gain strength; and by an Africa still searching for its essential being.

All of these place South Africa in a situation which keen intellect and bold resolve should be pre-eminent"
- Dr. Naledi Pandor

[My South African Diary @zoloftzaddy]

Cherry trees aren't fully blossoming
Mount Fuji's went its longest ever without a snowcap
Manual workers are hit the hardest by the extreme heat
Communities are running out of water - facing dehydration, kidney dysfunction, and heatstroke.
How much worse must it get before we start taking climate change seriously?

[eNCA @eNCA]

Tokyo logs record 10 days of 35C or more https://t.co/JxuobF9hG7

[‏ً @wxletweet]

Being alone with music is so peaceful

[leven @levenness]

last night I fell asleep while reading. today i noticed my husband had bookmarked the page where I left off. being loved is truly wonderful.

[My South African Diary @zoloftzaddy]

The man is tangential, circumstantial - I would even consider intentionally derailing. He's distractible and is delusional about fake news (if he's not outright lying for propaganda). "I'm sorry I do not have a plane to give you"👏🏽 because wtf is he even talking about?