"He is supposed to set an example on how to act as minister of police. He is not fit to be the minister if he acts the way he did."
- Pieter Groenewald (FF Plus)
"He’s confirmed he is selling livestock, whereas Section 96b prohibits members of Cabinet from undertaking any other paid work."
- Vuyo Zungula (leader - ATM)
Beloved radio presenter Mark Pilgrim has sadly passed away.
Pilgrim, who was battling stage four cancer at the time of his passing, will always be remembered for touching the lives of millions of people, both on and off the air.
Rest in Peace, Mark Pilgrim.
#AllanGray
was one of SA’s greatest-ever philanthropists.
In 2013, he gave $130m to fund talented, underprivileged South African scholars – the country's largest single donation to a charity ever.
In 2016, he gave away his entire stake in Allan Gray.
#Shoprite
is giving workers in its shops and distribution centre a once-off bonus totalling R102 million to thank them for their “tireless efforts to feed the nation” during this extraordinary time.
#SouthAfricaLockdown
#CoronavirusLockdown
Two-thirds of people in the
#WesternCape
(and a whopping 8 out of 10 'coloured' voters) support the idea of a referendum on Cape independence, according to a poll conducted by Victory Research (on behalf of the Cape Independence Advocacy Group).
South African born actor Lesley-Ann Brandt who plays the gorgeous feisty demon on the Netflix series speaks Afrikaans in the latest season and made Mzansi's day! 🤣 😍
@LesleyAnnBrandt
@LuciferNetflix
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has approached the Equality Court to declare gratuitous displays of the old South Africa flag as hate speech. Do you think it's time for the old SA flag to be banned?
None of the 217 companies flagged by the courageous Babita Deokaran has been blacklisted. Some even received tenders at other hospitals.
Did she die in vain?
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of renowned journalist and former 702 presenter Eusebius McKaiser.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to his loved ones during this difficult time.
May his soul rest in peace.
#RIPEusebiusMcKaiser
🕊️
Lobby group Outa has reiterated its call for a 10-year driver's licence renewal period after a breakdown of the machine used to print the licence cards.
She lives in the United States these days, but Nomzamo still calls South Africa home and is doing inspirational philanthropic work. Watch out for her upcoming role in the Eddie Murphy sequel to Coming to America. 😍 🙌
"Mr Magashule's son was not in this business of doing PPEs. He went into it purely with a profit motive, and his father encourages him. That is just shameful." Cheryl Carolus, ANC veteran and former ANC secretary-general.
#Covid19SA
"...fortunately, the neighbours gave us footage and we saw seven cars enter the premises. And they've all been caught."
- Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers.
"I'm hoping to shift, uncomfortably, the white consciousness in this country. That's my primary objective - to say to white South Africans in particular, face your unearned privilege." - Kim Heller, author of No White Lies.
"I just want to assure everyone that I did not use half a cent or anything from the City of Cape Town. I paid for myself, the City will only pay for me when I go on an official business. I went there in my personal capacity" -
@PatriciaDeLille
"People who are themselves corrupt use anti-corruption campaigns to try to neutralise people who are fighting corruption."— Steven Friedman, Professor of Political Studies at the University of Johannesburg
Suzette Oosthuizen has been charged with crimen injuria, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and malicious damage to property following her viral K-word rant.
"I am big on preaching about 'if you can afford to save'. The fact that I was without a salary for two months but my family didn't feel it, it is because I was saving for that rainy day."
— DJ Fresh
Media personality
@Somizi
has beaten Jamie Oliver to the top spot - his cookbook Dinner At Somizi's: I Am Not A Chef is the highest-selling cookbook in SA - he recently sat down with
@thisisSJKing
to talk about his inspiration for the book
#Somizi
Beloved radio presenter Mark Pilgrim has sadly passed away.
Pilgrim, who was battling stage four cancer at the time of his passing, will always be remembered for touching the lives of millions of people, both on and off the air.
RIP Mark Pilgrim.
The DA's federal council chair Helen Zille showed up in the Free State town of
#Senekal
wearing a black t-shirt written "I am an African" in bold white letters.
The police "forcefully insisted my fiance get into police vehicle while she was breastfeeding, no safety belt , and officer driving not wearing a mask." Muizenberg resident describes being arrested after his toddler ran onto the sand.
#LockdownSA
#Covid19
Missing 8-year-old Elsies River girl
#TazneVanWyk
has been found dead in a stormwater pipe outside Worcester. She was kidnapped two weeks ago from her home.
#RIPTazne
"This is a very significant day and it shows that after 50 years and more, very few things have changed for women in this country."— Lizette Lancaster, Crime and justice information hub manager at the Institute for Security Studies
#TotalShutDown
Lester Kiewit is questioning why the Democratic Alliance has appointed its SUSPENDED MP, Renaldo Gouws to a new position, despite there still not being an outcome regarding the investigation into the racist remarks he made in a video published to social media several years ago.
And in case you've just missed it,
@lesterkk
will be taking over the evening show on CapeTalk from Sundays to Thursdays
#LesterJoinsCapeTalk
Welcome back home Lester!
"I'm saying what I say, because it is in my heart and in my mind, and because I feel passionately about this country..."
- John Maytham, CapeTalk Afternoon Drive presenter.
ANC elections head Fikile Mbalula says he is not in the position to comment on whether the party’s secretary-general, Ace Magashule, is an ethical leader or not.
“This
#TobaccoBan
infringes on a whole number of Constitutional rights", says Michael Evans, the lawyer representing British American Tobacco SA in court on Wednesday.
#CigaretteBan
[INSPIRATION WED]
@pjchudson
chats with
@VusiThembekwayo
on coming from the township of Wattville to being a millionaire venture capitalist with the world at his feet, new book
#Vusi
[Business and life Lessons from a Black Dragon] & personal habits of success
"I was alone in my apartment and felt this huge sense of loneliness. I felt like I couldn't really express myself around my team mates."
- Lyle Foster, Burnley Striker.
A case in the Gauteng High Court against the Minister of Employment and Labour is calling for a new gender-neutral maternity leave. Lester Kiewit speaks to Nkosinathi Thema, Associate at law firm Webber Wentzel.
#GMCT
Actress and TV personality
@PearlThusi
plays 'Quickfire Questions' with
@thisisSJKing
on Late Nights in a few minutes.
Will she choose love or money? Stay tuned to find out!
"How is it rational to allow taxis loaded at 100% capacity, but you cannot give a diner a glass of wine in a controlled, hygienic, socially distanced environment?"
- Francois Rossouw (Southern African Agri Initiative)
#AlcoholBan
#NkosazanaDlaminiZuma
It's mandatory that patrons are vaccinated to dine at the Duchess of Wisbeach in Sea Point.
"I've done it to protect my staff and hopefully provide a safer environment for my customers", says restaurant owner Theresa Beukes.
Pippa Skotnes, Director at the Centre for Curating the Archive is overjoyed that the irreplaceable collection of about 60,000 pages of documents that record the ideas, the thoughts, the words of the San people in the 1870s has been saved.
#CapeTownFires
Police union Popcru has defended the police officers involved in the shooting at a lodge in Muldersdrift.
"The fact of the matter is that their lives were under threat", says Popcru spokesperson Richard Mamabolo.
They fed the kids with
@lesterkk
, now they'll feed you.
@SeaHarvestSA
are giving YOU the chance to come up with your own fishiest, most romantic puns. Win R2000 CASH, plus a R1000 restaurant voucher. Tweet your fishy, loved-up pun, tag
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"My question is, the people in high places in the
#ANC
, did they not know the deputy president is living beyond his means?"
- Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast (Political analyst)
“To protest outside this hospital... where we're trying our very best to save people's lives and to help and care for people... is extremely disappointing and highly disrespectful.”
- Groote Schuur Hospital's Dr. Marc Mendelson