Aubrey Matshiqi
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I am a political animal, but my passion is beauty - of the spirit, mind, words, music and images.
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We who speak English must not fool ourselves into thinking we are custodians of reason and rationality. Furthermore, we must not fool ourselves into thinking our English voices are representative of the national mood and sentiment.
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There are four storms that are coming:
1) Nkandla
2)Conflict in the ANC/the failures of the ANC
3) Conflict in the Zulu royal house
4) The hunger of poor South Africans
These storms are avoidable. They are not inevitable.
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To the young people of this country: If, as I believe, wisdom has deserted us the older generation. If, as I believe, our country is afflicted by a chronic dearth of elders, remember this: Ubudoda abukhulelwa. The wisdom of elders must now reside in you.
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The ‘President’ must put us out of our misery and let Helen Zille announce the date on which he is going to announce her cabinet..
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No matter how dark the moment … the Light will prevail … the Light has already prevailed.
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This ANC-DA GNU is the lowest point since 1652. The counter-revolution is now truly on track. Apartheid demons are rolling with laughter on the floors of hell.
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This judgment opens the door for the ANC to expel Ace Magashule and has the effect of cementing Ramaphosa’s advantage over his opponents in the party.
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The accusation that I am RET or pro-Zuma is, frankly, terribly uninteresting. But I have resigned myself to the fact that it will be repeated even if I were to say, “Happy Christmas”.
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The rush to become part of the GNU before the window of opportunism closes has now become a stampede.
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In Marikana, nine years ago, the neo-apartheid state was faced with a choice: It chose violence - violence against workers, in defence of the interests of mining capital.
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There is a very strong possibility that the ‘news’ story that Sisulu has apologised to the President is just that - a story.
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Ready or not, South Africa must accept that it is time for a female Chief Justice.
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The ANC has devoured the trust of the people. Is this what the martyrs of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid struggles sacrificed their lives for? The enemy within has won.
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My spirit is crying … it is in mourning, mourning deaths that are about to be born … the deaths of our children … killed by our deaf and dead souls. We must listen before it is too late. These deaths must be aborted. Thokozani 🙏🏽
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while suspension letters were flying, the Chief Justice went on long sabbatical leave. This sabbatical is going to end towards the end of his term later this year. The timing is not uninteresting. Does it have anything to do with rumours of war within esigodlweni samajaji?
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For those of you who can, please join me in prayer and ukuphahla daily at 3AM. There is a lot of pain and trauma in our country and the world. Let us pray siphahle for healing. If you cannot make it at 3.00, please choose another time. Khotso! Khanya! Lesedi! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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We must call what AfriForum is doing by its proper name - PROVOCATION. That it is legally permissible does not change that.
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The sun cannot shine. The sky is dark with clouds of vultures. Everywhere scavengers roam with the smell of blood. Rivers are red. Sea animals are drowning in the red. Cloaked in darkness the powerful open graves, climb mountains and swim inviting the dark to blanket SA. Pray …
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Pain is indivisible. Let us pray for and extend a helping hand to EVERYONE who is in pain - the hungry child, the mother and father who have nothing to give their children, the man and woman who has lost a business - a job, those who are alone - those who are in mourning.
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The problem with our politics of demons and archangels is that it may render true the words of George Orwell when he warned that living in a democracy does not mean we won’t be subjected to authoritarianism. It is a politics in which the archangels are beyond reproach.
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At 3AM we will be praying for peace - for God to help us be truthful when we talk about the causes of the violence. We ask God to speak to our hearts and comfort those who have lost loved ones. May they become our guardian angels.
State-sponsored vigilantism is not the answer.
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I am watching the proceedings in the dubul’ ibhunu matter. White racism has no sense of irony. It certainly lacks humility and has no sense of shame.
#EFFvsAfriforum
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The Zondo Commission is swimming in the dangerous waters of desired outcomes.
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Thokozani 🙏 Let's pray together siphahle together at 3AM
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As one of those who grew up in the ANC I am very sad about what we have become. By abandoning us, our people have done the right thing. The ANC let them down.
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Social media platforms have become so ubiquitous and omnipresent that when they are down the internet itself, and parts of the self die with them. Beware the dangers of attachment - to anything. However, freedom, not detachment, is the cure.
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If YOU take the time to listen, you will realise that your heart is a prophet. So … LISTEN …
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Was the meeting between the president and Sisulu not recorded - surreptitiously or otherwise. If it was, one of them will end up with a whole tray of eggs on their face.
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Join me at 3AM tomorrow. Let us pray for the sick, the souls of those who have passed on, and their families. Let us pray for our country, the continent and the world. Let us pray for ourselves and one another. Thokozani. Khanya! Khotso! Lesedi! 🙏🏽
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The announcement by the president proves once more that, when money talks, our government mumbles. The president was and has been under immense pressure to ‘open the economy’, which is a thinly disguised code for foregrounding profit. He has delivered.
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We must avoid becoming the brides, bridegrooms and cheerleaders of any narrative because the divorce may be physically, emotionally and psychologically painful.
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On the unmasking of the eNCA reporter, I suppose she could not mask her (subliminal?) racism.
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Zondo’s postponement probably has little to do with whether he should recuse himself. I think he was ready to tell us that he is not going to recuse himself. The postponement was forced by the fact that the answering affidavit of Zuma’s legal team challenges his version.
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Love must govern our relationship with those who have caused us pain, those who have hurt us and those who have caused us harm. But this does not mean we must be timid. We must pray for them and not wish them I’ll. Our own healing will come from the freedom of Love and Light.
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From Monday(18 September) to Sunday (24 September) let us pray siphahle together at 21.00. Let us pray for the wisdom to read the signs of these times with understanding as well as open minds and humility. May our spiritual eyes see and our ears hear. Camagu!
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It is easy, too easy, to be compassionate towards those we like, who like us and think like us. To be truly compassionate is to love and accept those for whom our compassion does not come easily. Imagine what the world would be like if everyone was like you - a very poor place.
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A plea to those of my friends who are journalists: Media freedom must not be sacrificed in defence of journalists who have gone rogue. Defending media freedom must not be confused with defending journalists who act in the public interest without fear to favour.
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The debate about whether it is legal or not to raise funds for a political campaign is as useful as debates about the colour of the sky.
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Makwande ukukhanya! Ubumnyama budede!✨✨✨✨✨Makhosi 🙏🏽
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After considering several offers from overseas, I have decided to err on the side of patriotism. I have decided to accept the position of Head Coach of Bafana Bafana. Phase 1 of my strategy is to re-assemble the 1996 squad.
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Apartheid
Demons
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Hell laughing
With verwoerdian glee
Tears burning
Vuyisile Mini
Mahlangu
Biko
Nokuthula Simelane
Craig
Williamson
Mission
Accomplished
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Unemployment rate jumps to 29% ... I still maintain that South Africa is heading towards a perfect storm of discontent ... the discontent of the poor, workers and the middle class.
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What the US government must learn is that moral authority is more powerful than the power of guns and money. Democracy packed in bombs is authoritarianism in a velvet glove. This kind of democracy is a lie no matter how powerful the bombs that the US drops on other countries.
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In our politics, the court of public opinion is an apex court. It is here that the battle may be lost or won long before theMagashule matter is settled by our courts. This case may catapult him to the presidency of the ANC or result in his political demise.
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Listen carefully to the sky. It is talking. Watch our sunsets. They are talking. Listen to the clouds. They are talking. Thokozani …
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For the record ... I did this interview with Creamer Media TV after the February 2019 SONA not after last Thursday’s SONA
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With the suspension of Ace Magashule, the battle to ‘unsuspend’ him begins
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The leaders of the ANC and the IFP in KZN must be careful not to unleash forces much greater and more dangerous than the power they imagine they have. The grass is dry. They must keep their matches in their cupboards.
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The way things are going, I think it is safe to assume that Zuma will not be appearing before Zondo any time soon.
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Prayer and doing are not mutually exclusive. We create a false dichotomy by arguing otherwise. Worshiping God is not an invention from the West. There is nothing militant, revolutionary or radical about being dismissive about prayer.
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I see something on the horizon ... the sun is setting on the New Dawn ... a false dawn
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Apparently, before a debate about whether Magashule should be part of the NEC meeting or not was concluded, Magashule’s connection to the meeting was blocked.
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The pain and suffering of poor black people continues unabated because in the neo-apartheid state of ANC misrule their oppression is not perfected.
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In many ways, the state of our politics bears testimony to the fact that there are times when the human mind will not know peace until it finds something or someone to worship. This has a debilitating effect on the quality of political thought and the narratives spawned by it.
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One of the most pernicious forms of state capture is POLICY CAPTURE. This, in part, determines which parties and leaders elite interests will fund.
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Corruption is not the only thing that is destroying what remains of what the ANC has become. It is a synonym for every word that describes its failures and weaknesses.
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I am getting ready for our 3AM collective prayer nokuphahla. May God nabadala be with you. Khanya! Lesedi! 🙏🏽
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What negotiators try to do is to win in the boardroom what they have failed to win in the battlefield of elections.
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Delays in forming a government will create space for threats to national and state security if politicians do not act expeditiously to steady the ship of state.
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I have just watched an awesome, beautiful and intelligent panel discussion on SABC news channel 404. I want these young people, especially Ntokozo Qwabe to mentor me. I AM DEAD SERIOUS. Congratulations to you all. Thokozani 👏🏾🙏
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This ANC family feud is going to be a problem for the South African family as a whole. I hope it will stay peaceful.
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With this poor result for the ‘ruling’ party, some in the ANC may not want Ramaphosa to be their presidential candidate.
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We are killing our young. This country is an eclipse. The youth cannot shine. We are killing their bodies, minds, hearts and spirits. Except for those with thirty pieces of silver in their mouths - they lie, lifeless, buried alive, in graves of hope born free.
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Effectively, these parties seem ready to declare the elections null and void. Ndiyoyika.
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The political and legal pendulum seems to be swinging against the Public Protector and those who support her. While the defeats she has suffered may be a precursor to her removal, they do not end the broader political battle in the ANC.
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The DD Mabuza imbroglio is not about who will be the deputy to CMR. It is about who will succeed him as president of the party and the Republic.
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Love and Freedom are indivisible. They cannot be reserved only for those who are like us, if they must, they must be reserved for those who are not like us. These are some of the lessons I learnt from the life of Archbishop Tutu. Enkosi Mfundisi for the love, courage and laughter
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I am watching Netanyahu’s address to the US Congress. This is a palace of the shameless. Sies!
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Let us pray together siphahle together one more time at 3AM. Thereafter, let’s gather at eAM on Thursdays. Thokozani 🙏🏽
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It is not enough to pray. It is not enough bukuphahla. God and our ancestors act in support of action. What are we prepared to do to alleviate human suffering in our country and in the world? Please join me in prayer and ukuphahla at 3AM tomorrow. Thokozani! Lesedi! Makwande!
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On Palestine, one can say many things but two are critical:
1) The P5 in the UN Security Council and, therefore, the Security Council itself, is a moral vacuum.
2) The state of Israel is a British construct that is sustained by the military and economic power of the US.
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Testifying in camera about the weaknesses of our intelligence services may, sometimes, mean you are handing over critical information to foreign intelligence services … in camera.
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My spirit is part of a macro-spirit, like the water drops of an ocean. I feel myself as something that is not separate or separated from the ‘source’. But the source has no source. It has always been there ... timeless and everywhere. Together, we are the ocean.
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One question that has never been asked: Is South Africa ready for a male this or that?
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There is a python that has wrapped itself around the moon.
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Why is South Africa cursed with cabinet ministers who tweet like twits.
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In our politics, and in our engagement with political reality, the moral high ground is a vacant plot. Who we support, regardless of their orientation towards the truth, depends on the extent to which they are willing to subordinate themselves to our interests and world view.
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Another (c)omission of inquiry? We are going to die of ‘truth’ fatigue. Why don’t we save money and time and just inject all politicians with truth serum while scientists are working on an anti-corruption vaccine.
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
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History is asking Zuma to act in the interests of the ANC and it is asking the ANC to choose between Zuma and South Africa.
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