Andrew Fraser
@Arfness
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Gradually weaning myself off this place. Find me at: @arfness.bsky.social
Johannesburg
Joined October 2010
Accidentally shuffled on to this song in my archive. It's from 1987 and sums up exactly how I feel right now. Save me, save me from tomorrow. I don't want to sail with this ship of fools.
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And where are these human beings now, Tami?.
Evictions finally concluded at the Castle in Cape Town. Nearly every national minister before the GNU delayed appropriate action on this. Credit to the Mayor @geordinhl and Minister @DeanMacpherson for moving the needle on this issue. This is a win for the rule of law.
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It seems that Afriforum think that it is wrong to deny access to beaches. Only about 70 years too late.
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Evidently the DA is upset about international news channels calling them 'white-led'. I wonder how they could fix that?.
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When you believe that everything is transactional, even ethics, it is hard to understand altruism. Legal team worked pro bono, Ivo.
Has anyone figured out who paid for SA's ICJ application, and who lit a fire under the ANC government to make it happen? It has neither the spare money nor a reputation for such efficiency. This seems to me an important question for our investigative journalists.
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49 years ago? That would be 1973. The height of Apartheid. You chose to come to a country that rewarded white people with easy jobs, free mobility, and franchise. Ok. Tell us again how you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps.
It’s strange that many people think that wealth is inherited. I arrived in South Africa 49 years ago with R36 and a degree in civil engineering. I started working 3 days after that and 4 years later went into business. It’s been a rocky road but at age 74 I’m still working.
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How's that working out in the Cape Flats?.
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South African Zionists are so lazy that they outsource their protests. .
The picketers outside Cricket South Africa (CSA) said CSA should keep politics out of sport, and they will not back down until David Teeger is reinstated as captain of Proteas U-19. Pictures: @MsimangoRosetta .@City_Press
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The crack.
DA says Gouws may have slipped through the cracks during vetting process .
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The word 'context' is doing some heavy lifting in racist twitter today.
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Treasury just handed over R3 Billion to SAA. Not loaned, not guaranteed, *donated*. Now tell me again how we can't fund tertiary education.
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Fuck off, Helen.
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So CR is still president? Cool. Now let's have a cabinet shuffle, some arrests and prosecutions.
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If they can do it faster, why should we pay extra? What additional costs are incurred to make the process faster other than jumping the queue? Effectively you'd be paying to disadvantage others.
Home Affairs planning fast-tracked premium service. Home Affairs is investigating a premium service that would allow South Africans to pay extra to fast-track their applications.
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I honestly don't care if the new Johannesburg mayor is an islamic fundamentalist, whether he is against Israeli apartheid, or if he's a polygamist. I do however care that he seems completely unqualified to manage a city.
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I grew up as white South African under apartheid. The stuff that the Zionist supporters are saying now is eerily similar to what my people around me used to say in the 80s. There is some major cognitive dissonance.
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Minister of Electricity goes to the clusterfuck that is Kusile. Speaks to the people that are likely involved in corruption who tell him that the problems are technical. Makes public comment that corruption is not the problem. God help us all.
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Can anyone explain to me how Israel is justifying the forced removal of Palestinians from their homes so that Israeli settlers can move in. I mean, I'm South African, I know what apartheid looks like and this looks like apartheid.
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Was it taken with one of those DA cameras that can't see colour? Because Mmusi seems to be invisible.
A one in a million photo. Current and former leaders of the Democratic Alliance in one picture!
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Fucks sake this is just bullshit with a tiny kernel of truth. 1. Every country has licensing laws for RF, and you need to comply with them to offer services. 2. The 30% BEE portion required by ICASA is only of the local licensee. Not the overall company. /.
30% of star link has to be gifted to the #ANC or it’s banned to the detriment of all South African 🇿🇦
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R2.2 Billion of unspent funds while infrastructure collapses. Fucking clowns.
The Gauteng Government has returned R2,2 billion of unspent funds back to National Treasury. Ncumisa Mnyani, Gauteng Treasury Head, said R3,4 billion was unspent from the previous financial year but only R1,2 billion was rolled over. TCG
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DStv doing everything possible to lose me as a premium customer, it seems. Actively reducing the value of the overpriced offering I pay for.
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I've often said that Kiffness is a moron, but I have to say that with this tweet he's absolutely managed to remove all doubt.
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There is no requirement for a foreigner to carry his passport at all times. This is harassment.
A doctor from Iran has been arrested for failing to produce his passport at a roadblock in Fourways
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AKA was a highly successful entrepreneur and musician according to his PR. So I think his estate should be fully capable of paying for his funeral. And if it isn't, maybe his music company should step up, given that they will continue to earn off his songs in the future.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi writes to Ramaphosa seeking permission to use state funds for AKA funeral
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How dare those protesters s make a noise about a genocide while you were eating. The audacity of disturbing your white middle class privilege like that. They should be arrested.
Seapoint:. @CityofCT . A cavalcade of terrorists supporters are allowed to disturb our peace, on a CHRISTIAN observed holy day?. How is this tolerance & respect for religious freedom? . Would the Islamists appreciate their holy days disrespected & disturbed?. We see you.
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DA bots out and about defending the stuff that they used to complain about when ministers were ANC.
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When you're accused of racism, it's always good to have the racists defend you. .
The outcome of the Renaldo Gouws case will be a great test for double standards in SA. He repeated what Zuma/Malema said, only changing the race, even clarifying right afterwards he didn't mean what he said, and was only proving the point by putting the shoe on the other foot.
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I'm trying to understand Zwane at the Zondo commission. He seems to be arguing that he isn't crooked but rather just inept, incompetent, unqualified, ethically bereft, gullible, and ignorant. Do I have that right? And then he was made a minister? And a parliamentary chair. ?.
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Remember when DIRCO bought a property in New York for over R100 Million? And when that property didn't actually exist. And when nobody seems to know where the money went? And when fuck all happened to anyone in DIRCO. Good times.
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My suspicion: The slow response to the Cliff situation by Nandos is an indication of a schism within the company. The sponsorship of the Cliff show always seemed a bit off-brand, and I guess it is because rather than being a strategic marketing communication decision, it was. .
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I'm starting to get a little concerned about the media's propensity to link every incident of corruption or incompetence to the Guptas. We should understand that the Guptas were just a symptom, the disease is still with us.
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Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
That's it, the last El Al flight out of South Africa flew out last night. From now on South Africa will plunge into an even darker abyss and the more Jews leave South Africa the more South Africa will move backward into the dark ages.
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For most people starting out in their career this can be achieved by foregoing certain luxuries like food, shelter and transport.
The first start to your savings journey should be building up emergency savings equivalent to three to six months of your monthly salary.
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@chrishuckle @monembe_kp @dliebo @LizaKaplanZA But having said that, he's just informing you that his rates have increased. Either pay his fee or do your own gardening. Don't try to shame him on twitter.
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De Ruyter failed at Eskom. Why is a subject for debate. However, that doesn't mean that what he said about the ANC and government is false. The ANC and government members looting Eskom is the primary reason for the issues that we now face.
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It will be 19 degrees in London today. There will be people suntanning in Hyde Park, crop tops and sundresses. Summer!. In Jo'burg it'll be 25 degrees and people will take a jacket to work because it's getting a bit chilly.
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Suddenly the US media has noticed something that has being going on for five months. All it took was. er . some white people to be murdered.
Gaza’s universities embodied the ambitions of young Palestinians. In weeks, the Israeli military destroyed them.
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As a comms guy, I'm watching the crisis comms from various entities around the explosion in Bree Street, Joburg. Here's my scoring:.1. Egoli Gas 10/10 .Clear, timely, well articulated and factual statements with genuine useful information. This is genuinely good communication.
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Am I the only person that is concerned about the tap water?.
‼️😱🛒 Clicks is selling pregnancy tests that give false positives – with tap water 🚰🤰🏽😫.
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I expect all the DA ministers to eschew VIP protection details and blue light convoys. And all of them to take over the vehicles of the previous minister. That goes for Holomisa and MacKenzie too.
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'. we've achieved that. '. Really, John? The DA? You brought the ANC below 50%? The DA did this?.
"Our goal was to bring the ANC below 50%, we've achieved that, that's good for democracy. We've ended one-party domination of our politics.". Watch as DA Leader @jsteenhuisen reflects on the election results. #RescueSA
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Those Australian cricketers that couldn't possibly tour SA because of Covid. They're still playing in India, right?.
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If your leader says things like "One man's genocide is anothe man's freedom", do you not think that you've made an awful fucking mistake? .He either thinks that this is logically consistent, and cannot fathom how the only way it can be is to support ethnic cleansing. or,.
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Me and the missus being "terrorized" in South Africa.
@JennMForster @CarlosPTeixeir1 @ExpatInSA @JackPosobiec Not for White people. They're being terrorized in SA.
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I wonder what Lindiwe has to say about this?.
In Cuba, some towns have only two hours of running water every five days. Dutch photographer Sanne Derks has spent time documenting the crisis on the island. "I did not expect there to be a scarcity of water on a tropical island," she says. "There was so much more to explore."
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Why is there a picture of the minister? What value does it add to the communication?.
Minister Dr @Leon_Schreib hereby invites qualified persons with knowledge and experience in the field of immigration law, control, adjudication and enforcement to apply to serve on the Immigration Advisory Board #TeamHomeAffairs #DHAServiceDelivery
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My opinion: The BBBEE codes of good practice were published in the government gazette in 2007, the fact that Dischem hasn't managed to follow them in 15 years is more a failure of management than an attack on white people. Shareholders should ask questions.
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People writing about de Klerk as though he had some "Saul on the road to Damascus" moment and decided to end Apartheid, when in reality he was just the guy at the top when it became inevitable. His major achievement? Managing to avoid accountability.
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Lol. Big three in the ICC fuck up the scheduling, limit the competition for test nations that are not India, England or Australia, now find out what that causes. Tough shit. Karma.
Utter disgrace that South Africa will be playing at Lords next summer.
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Am I the only person that finds John Steenhuizen's voice and delivery annoying? It's like a parody of a white, whiney,.South African middle-aged man. Except it isn't. I'd probably find his tweets annoying too, but he blocked me. Small mercies.
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If you're going to Senekal today to protest, whether you're wearing a red onesie, pep-store camo, two-tone khaki, or a political party t-shirt, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
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You can exercise under level4 restrictions. As long as you ALL exercise at the same time in the streets. Because that is better for social distancing?. How is this logical?.
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This is the problem when you don't read books. Fundamentally JS is intellectually weak, so is easily distracted by what seem like competent people. But he lacks the ability to parse the bullshit from grifters.
John Steenhuisen appoints Youtuber. Sihle Ngobese, known as Big Daddy Liberty, has been appointed as an outreach officer in Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen's office to manage and maintain relationships with interest groups.
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Dude, how did you get a PhD?.
Russia’s point is simple: it will not allow NATO to have military base right on its boarders. As a country that has suffered western invasion during Napolion & Hitler, its security concerns are LEGITIMATE. There can’t be PEACE RESOLUTION as long as people IGNORE this FACT!.
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Well, considering that the Rome Statute which was signed in 2002 (more than 10 years after the Soviet Union ceased to exist) defines apartheid as a crime against humanity, I think the foundation is full of shit.
FW de Klerk Foundation responds to EFF's attack: Says idea that apartheid was ‘a crime against humanity’ was, and remains, a Soviet ‘agitprop’ project
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How is it possible that an investigative journalist with limited access can build such a strong case of fraud and corruption while SAPS have been investigating this case for a year and have made zero arrests other than the purported trigger-men? Where are the forensic experts.
It takes two to tender, but only with Tembisa Hospital. 10 companies, no websites, no offices, no experience. no matter. R15m for Themba Shabalala and his wife Evelyn.
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I'm going to do the unthinkable. I'm going to back the DA's approach that led to the Joburg mayor's ousting. The outcome is bad (make no mistake), but not succumbing to extortion from the gangster party is a (small, principled, although possibly pyrrhic) victory.
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This is a very poor headline, @news24. Please consider the family. Maybe you should consider: "School allows pupil to take part in water activities without life jacket" . Maybe somebody needs to explain the concept of "duty of care" to your editor.
| Drowned Parktown Boys' High pupil's parents could not afford life jacket - report
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This is such horseshit. The peak demand remains at around 28GW, same as it ever was. The loadshedding is caused by, and bear with me here, the inability of Eskom to keep their coal generation units operating.
A surge in the use of air conditioners and fans by ‘affluent’ South Africans during the recent heatwave was partly to blame for Stage 6 load-shedding, says Eskom exec in the #SundayTimesZA tomorrow.
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It seems that we have an alcohol ban because Bheki Cele has poor taste in friends.
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Ask your dad. .
Guys If The Whole @PresidencyZA Can Lie On A Public Platform…What Else Have They Lied About!? 🧐🤔.
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The level of copium from the South African genocide supporters is unprecedented.
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My wife's doctor friend just sent a short text. "Please just stay the fuck at home".
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I hope this fucker gets sued by whatever news station he stole that clip from.
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Trevor did a fair job at the Daily Show, but when you see Stewart doing his thing, you see what we were missing.
Jon Stewart checks in on the war in Gaza and examines how America's "values" stack up against its support of Israel
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Inherited? Fuck's sake, Tony. You were fucking there!. He was in the fucking apartheid cabinet for 12 years. He was responsible for the crackdown on universities in the 1980s. Jesus, no wonder you guys don't grasp what's going on in SA now, you couldn't see it then.
Farewell FW de Klerk. Like Mikhail Gorbachev he reformed the system he inherited in 1990. And if he had not relinquished power in 1994, likely SA would be Syria or Venezuela today. Totsiens.
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If, and bear with me when I say if, I was a baby trafficker, is it likely that I would choose:.1. Premature babies that require specialist care and incubators. 2. Multiple births that would create buzz within the healthcare services?.
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This makes me so fucking angry. She argues here about the 'market' setting wages as though there is equal power in the buyers and the sellers. It's so obviously wrong that she cannot believe it. Which means that she's a liar.
In 2024, in George (WC), the labourers took R80 per day (=R400 per week or R1600pm). The concept of 'invisible hand of the market', is complete hogwash. Prior to the minimum wage, millions more were earning peanuts and the lack of minimum wage did not end unemployment. 2/3
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You're struggling because you're thieves, Paul.
Paul Mashatile on ANC’s financial woes: "We’re struggling because the private sector no longer wants to come on board"
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Question. Why, in a country of so many issues, are South African supermarkets so much better than most places in Europe and the States?.
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As a white South African who lived through the artistic and sporting boycotts of apartheid, I can confidently say that you are completely wrong.
Alienating Jews & Israelis won’t free Gazans. It only causes more pain & further divides deeply suffering Middle Eastern communities, while outsiders stoke flames instead of building bridges between them. Read my piece on the targeting of Gal Gadot here:.
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@BurnedOutValley @RottenInDenmark There are 3.3k people in the r/unicorns subreddit. What is your point?.
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Why is John acting like a Top Billing presenter? We don't need a mediocre politician from Durban North to tell us these things, we have BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera. They have actual journalists.
📹 DA Leader, @jsteenhuisen, has now arrived in Kyiv the capital of Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is devastating, innocent people are being attacked and killed. The effects of this war will be felt by many globally and in SA as the cost of living continues to rise.
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Sometimes it isn't political disinformation that you need to watch out for, it's unethical marketing. Take this seemingly innocuous tweet from Vanessa Smith, a "mom based in Cape Town". A thread.
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Listening to @wendyknowler talking about Vodacom's change of terms on 'uncapped' data contracts to introduce a hard cap. Wendy: Why call it uncapped?.Vodacom: For people that don't reach the cap it will seem uncapped. People that are alive don't think they're dead either.
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It's brand new, cost three times as much as budgeted, and can only perform at 70%. This is not a win.
Medupi Power Station currently has a Energy Availability Factor (EAF) of 70% and is a result one of the best performing power stations currently.
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Look, I don't want to judge, but if you feel that you have to start queuing for booze at 7am on a Monday, maybe you need to check your priorities.
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Multiple things can be true at the same time. 1. JP Smith is an abrasive, obnoxious man that says some stupid things, and should be barred from any situation or position that requires negotiation or public interface. 2. Much of the taxi industry is run like organised crime. .
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Can anyone see that line that connects 'the ANC is broke and can't pay salaries' and 'the nuclear build program will continue'?.
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Hard to believe the Zille fans. She's wrong about the ConCourt, but her fans now claim it her comments that made the judges change their minds. It's like a brain disease.
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This is what is being spread on twitter. Please note that there is zero evidence that Iran has paid the ANC, but it is now being reported as fact. This is Israeli hasbara at its most malevolent.
Today, quite unironically, this is what I'm seeing on twitter:. "The ANC seems to have found money to pay for the posters. Therefore Iran is funding them, and that's why they lodged the genocide case at the ICJ". If non sequitur was a person, they'd work for BizNews.
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I can also see what Cliff will do. He'll make an outraged statement about 'context' and 'online mobs' and likely 'cancellation'. John Steenhuizen will just grin vacantly.
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Whose VIP protection team was this? Why are we not naming and shaming their principal. Also why the fuck do our politicians need so many bodyguards?.
WATCH: Apparently, these are members of @SAPoliceService VIP Protection Unit assaulting a motorist in Joburg. No official word yet from SAPS @LivePretoria
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I'm surprised that they gave you a column to begin with. Howard.
And just like that @News24 have shown me who they are. Surprised it has taken them this long. Feel free to share this message.
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Jesus Christ, woman. Read a book. Koevoet was one the most violent and hated SADF divisions.
This has SHOCKED me! . As a 'Born Free' South African. Seeing a photo of the army and WHO fought SIDE BY SIDE for SA under Apartheid, really rattled my preconceived and indoctrinated narrative. It seems as if the reality of the situation on the ground was vastly different from.
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Oops, we accidentally paid someone FIVE BILLION FUCKING RAND?.
Eskom has refused to name the contractor that got a R5 billion overpayment from the power utility in a transaction that Parliament’s standing committee on appropriations described as too astronomical to just be explained away as an accounting error
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The trains don't work.
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