Peter Carswell
@pete_carswell
Followers
1,115
Following
644
Media
608
Statuses
26,709
South African; looking for constructive ways to handle disagreement; wide range of views on the economy and politics; believer in truth and justice
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined February 2012
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Liam Payne
• 1094691 Tweets
Liam Payne
• 1094691 Tweets
Argentina
• 547019 Tweets
hobi
• 289786 Tweets
hoseok
• 239211 Tweets
Bret
• 217190 Tweets
Bear
• 176480 Tweets
SHOCK
• 175738 Tweets
WELCOME BACK J-HOPE
• 153105 Tweets
Fox News
• 144382 Tweets
maya
• 143798 Tweets
LIAM DIED
• 128983 Tweets
Genaro García Luna
• 113138 Tweets
Snapchat
• 105202 Tweets
Buenos Aires
• 92363 Tweets
Directioner
• 66996 Tweets
Tyler
• 65931 Tweets
Muñoz
• 62129 Tweets
Palermo
• 60839 Tweets
Felipe Calderón
• 59965 Tweets
Meech
• 47413 Tweets
Dove
• 28392 Tweets
Hannah
• 25106 Tweets
Bluesky
• 24564 Tweets
DE LA MANO DEL SEÑOR
• 23651 Tweets
スーパームーン
• 21894 Tweets
#OneDirection
• 13285 Tweets
ブロックの意味
• 11482 Tweets
Ambush
• 11285 Tweets
ブロックの仕様
• 10904 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
@UrbanLo
When Solly Tshitangano blatantly and falsely accused Andre de Ruyter of being racist was the day that everyone stopped accepting the argument of ‘it’s racism because I say it is’.
3
1
14
@PeterHerring
@Clicks_SA
It helps the cashiers identify which items have already been paid for on medical aid and which haven’t. It’s to make the checkout process easier, not intended as a statement about the customers.
1
25
753
Dear minister
@Leon_Schreib
- can you please have someone look at this guy to see if he is validly in the country or can be removed. We don’t need poison like this.
Da took over home affairs for granting citizenship to illegal Israeli Settlers
THEY ARE PLANNING TO BRING OVER 5 million Israelis in the Western Cape...
South Africa wake up....
Zionists Real Estate companies bought entire Cape Town already ...
Gentrification is already
670
1K
4K
218
119
718
Dear
@ThuliMadonsela3
- a message from ordinary decent South Africans to you: well done on demonstrating class to the buffoon; and we still think you are one of the best (if not the best) PP this country has ever seen.
14
100
595
People wondering why Lesufi doesn’t want the ‘wrong people’ sniffing around the provincial government, here is part of your answer:
17
180
397
@KefilweLekabe
Stand on your luggage, reach into your jacket and shout ‘allah akbar’
Please don’t do this.
37
20
384
For all the haters who asks out how the DA treats poor blacks in the western cape… this is going to give you chest pains
Khayelitsha Site C roads resurfacing and repainting is complete and looking great 😊😍
#CapeTown
72
125
702
187
79
359
@dramadelinquent
I read this and thought to myself ‘yes, but what a lot of pain you’re going to get for this response’. I scrolled down. Yep. A whole Twitter who don’t get it.
4
4
315
Is this a public admission that the ANC intentionally lied in parliament?
“We defended Former President Zuma, we even went to Parliament and said a swimming Pool is a fire Pool, The Constitutional Court led by Mogoeng Mogoeng released a judgement against Jacob Zuma but the ANC stood by him, today Zuma says he can't stand President Cyril Ramaphosa” ANC
2K
2K
3K
31
81
320
@Dick_Muller
The ANC were the revolutionary organisation this country needed. That revolution is over and we need leaders to create prosperity for our people.
14
15
301
@BeatTheCult
Isn’t that what makes it a miracle? If it was easy… well it wouldn’t be that amazing.
3
1
258
So this is what fear looks like…
The EFF is demanding the immediate reversal of the appointment of advocates Paul Pretorius and Matthew Chaskalson as consultants within the National Prosecuting Authority.
They've been tasked with prosecuting cases related to the State Capture Commission.
#KayaNews
NPM
197
315
1K
48
42
274
@ClaysonMonyela
@GarethCliff
There are so many valid things one can criticise about the minister. How she looks or dresses isn’t one of those things.
7
12
238
Here is the tweet where Herman Mashaba accuses the DA of wanting to bring back apartheid policies. I have no words.
This son of the National Party member was under the impression that we will let them take over our country and control and subject us to Apartheid policies again.
Dean, we are not going to sit back and bring back policies your parents drove and impoverished us for centuries.
659
353
2K
66
49
227
Fake outrage about the burning of a digitally created (ie fake) flag.
120
19
222
I’m getting really tired of people who want to see the anc removed but complain about the opposition (generally DA) not doing well enough. It is YOU who causes this by fighting against the opposition with your snide comments.
94
31
214
@DZumaSambudla
@SAHRCommission
- this is inappropriate and the offender must be called to account.
15
31
204
The pictures and videos of the DA KZN rally are giving the haters, the ‘DA is a small party’ and the ‘DA is a white party’ people serious chest pains.
33
32
189
For those wanting to know what a DA majority government looks like outside of the western cape, Midvaal is the place to look.
MIDVAAL RATED JOINTLY THE MOST FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPALITY FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
Joining us in the ranks of excellence are Mossel Bay Municipality (74), Saldanha Bay Municipality (73), Swellendam Municipality - SWEMun (72), and Swartland Municipality (71), all
10
29
92
40
61
185
Politician tells voters not to vote for other political parties. In the run up to an election. 🇿🇦 Twitter is shocked.
[ICYMI] "Why are they coming to the Western Cape? If they get that right, it's gonna be the biggest bank heist you've ever seen." - DA leader John Steenhuisen criticises new political parties gunning for the Western Cape.
#Newzroom405
1K
319
865
68
36
185
Midvaal is that awkward example for the DA haters. A well run municipality not under a DA provincial government. These guys set the bar so high it makes everyone look bad. Go team!
A tale of two Gauteng municipalities — Midvaal’s clean audit triumph vs Emfuleni’s persistent woes
8
27
63
12
51
171
Looks like we brought our own guns so that we could shoot ourselves in the foot.
10
24
157
@BjornLomborg
R2 = 0.0667
For those who don’t know what that means, it’s the way a statistician says ‘you can’t infer any relationship from these data points’
11
1
162
@AtholT
@HermanMashaba
I see the argument here (you can do something which move Jo’burg forward) but the talks of removing the Mayor in Tshwane are making people question what is actually going on. Is it for the citizens or just hating on the DA.
24
14
162
@neal_katyal
We can be proud that for the third time in history, a man of colour from South Africa can be the conscience of the world. Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Trevor Noah. What good company to keep.
12
10
155
@Eusebius
@TimesLIVE
This article demonstrates such a poor understanding of Christianity. The opening paragraph is dealt with at any half-decent Alpha course offered by most churches. SA deserves better ‘intellectuals’.
11
15
154
@hk970701hk
@BBCBreaking
That 1 guy must feel like the luckiest SOB in the world right now!
12
1
139
Everyone seems shocked that Tom London, a local broadcaster, has complained about hospitals and his colleagues in the media have picked up the story. It’s one of their own- of course they have picked up the story. We should be grateful he has made noise, hopefully change comes.
11
29
150
Malema embarrasses himself here twice. Not knowing the price of bread and not knowing brown bread s already VAT exempt. 🤡
The reason why Julius Malema loves to be interviewed is because he always sweeps the floors with all the journalists. Who thought he would be exposed by just the cost of bread. The EFF must be ashamed.
265
263
752
28
47
144
@JohnnaCrider1
It isn’t hypocritical- a short says ‘I think your stock price is too high and the market will correct’. It doesn’t mean ‘I want your company to fail’. If the market believes 50%pa sales growth for 5 years and you think it’s 40% then you short the stock.
22
2
135
@TheZingOne
These are banks listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. So they are owned by organisations like the Government Employee Pension Fund; and fund managers (on behalf of their clients) like Alan Gray and the PIC. It’s not black and white
4
3
136
@M_of_starlight
Add a route from Joburg to Durban - and throw in the ability to put your car on the train.
9
7
137
Is it possible that ActionSA have been played by the ANC who have manufactured this situation in Tshwane never expecting to follow through on a deal with ASA and forcing a divide between the DA and ASA leaders?
To defeat the DA first destroy their allies so they stand alone.
52
28
134
I am astounded that there are people unhappy with the government of the day but would rather stay at home than vote for a major opposition party because they don’t like the leaders. Cutting off your nose to spite your face.
14
19
126
@TheMusicBinger
You say visas are bad because they are about invisible borders and colonialism etc but then - in the next sentence - acknowledge people needing travel documents and the need to be deported across those same invisible borders. You need to pick: invisible borders good or bad.
2
1
127
@AFRICANDEMOC
Do you make this stuff up yourself or do you have a team of writers who do the work for you?
4
4
127
Watch as the minister of electricity marvels at all the amazing things that can be done with electricity, rather than trying to find a way for us to have more out it. Bloody tourist.
[WATCH]: Visitation to the Toyota Manufacturing Plant - KZN accompanied by the MEC of Economic Development Siboniso Duma
347
49
205
38
42
124
@TimesLIVE
Your headline should have read:
@RediTlhabi
asks questions that we should have. times live apologises to readers.
3
10
124
For those looking for a word to describe actionSA in Tshwane, you need search no more: struthious
Word of the day is ‘struthious’ (18th century): prone to ignoring unwelcome facts and letting a situation worsen without any intervention.
From the Latin for ‘ostrich-like’.
203
2K
7K
11
42
124
@niehaus_carl
@karynmaughan
What sport qualifications does a sports journalist have?
Does someone have to be a member of the royal family to cover the affairs of the royal family?
She is a journalist who covers legal matters.
19
6
121
@TILogAndDiary
@akheriaty
Or people who should have had regular checkups missed them in 2020 and then had them in 2021. something that should have been caught and managed in 2020 had a year to grow and became diagnosed and a problem in 2021
29
2
112
@NickHudsonCT
And when we have measles outbreaks and children are left blind or die, what will we tell the parents?
260
4
115
@GaryOxide
@NickHudsonCT
And stop letting pharma companies appoint their own chosen people to run trials. The professionals should be appointed by the regulators so they can act without fear of favour.
14
4
112
@RolyUnGashaa
Sounds like they’re saying ‘LGB lives matter’ and y’all are saying ‘no, all lives matter’. 🤔
28
3
88
@DrEliDavid
So people over 50 and/or those with co-morbidities are what, expendable? Explain it to me without making it sound like eugenics.
96
6
103
@Nitzao
Solving problems for people who can afford the solutions: business.
Solving problems for people who cannot afford the solutions: philanthropy
11
11
95
It has just dawned on me- the reaction to
@jsteenhuisen
is coming because he touched a nerve; and people are playing to race care because that is all they have left to try and beat him.
Politician tells voters not to vote for other political parties. In the run up to an election. 🇿🇦 Twitter is shocked.
68
36
185
18
16
101
@jk_rowling
@KaeleyT
@SinclairJM1987
A thought just popped into my mind: is
@jk_rowling
going to be the one who successfully stands against and survives cancel culture?
16
2
96
@joy_zelda
And then he moved to America and told jokes the American audience would relate to and understand… wow, how about that?
4
0
100
@zilevandamme
The GNU can do a lot of good for SA if they play to the strengths of the different member parties.
6
5
95
@PointNetwork
Web3 was the one where we consumed a silly amount of resources and scammed people out of their real-world money, right?
13
1
78
@ChristineQunta
Who is ridiculing the government for doing this? I see people ridiculing government for thinking this is a measure of their success while it is a measure of their failure: success would be how many people are employed and DON’T need grants.
1
8
92
Fascinating to see
@HermanMashaba
response in this article to how the EFF treated
@AtholT
when he was removed as mayor - effectively denying ATs lived experience and substituting his own. 🤡
22
29
92
We should all be grateful that President Zuma has recovered so well from his illness that was so severe it warranted him being released from prison on medical parole.
14
13
87
Sad to see race-based attacks from RM. I guess the ‘new leaders’ are the same as the old leaders.
#AxolileNotywala
: JP Smith, Alan Winde, Geordin Hill-Lewis, and John Steenhuisen are all white men who make decisions for all of you. They decided to take money from education and use it for a safety plan that is failing,”
RISE Mzansi Western Cape Premier Candidate addressing
677
66
271
16
8
88
@LorraineS81
Because they are our country’s team. We support the green and gold; not black or white.
4
10
82
Why do we want a DA government for the whole country? Reason
#132
🤩Did you know that 78.9% of all net jobs created in SA were in the DA-run Western Cape? More jobs are created where the DA governs.
Your vote can help end the unemployment crisis. On 29 May, vote DA. Visit and learn more about our solutions to
#RescueSA
.
44
95
235
16
22
86
So we paid about half a million rand for the minister and his assistant to go to the World Cup final. How is this okay‽
And who is the private company that sponsored the rest?
14
49
82
@goolammv
And it gets better. If no one can put together a deal, the provincial government will be forced to step in anyway.
7
12
84
@HermanMashaba
Sir, You have sacrificed for the good of the people; you've walked away from high office when your principles weren't aligned with those of you organisation; and you've gotten back up. Your party has given people hope and your story gives inspiration. Thank you.
0
1
81
@HermanMashaba
If the ANC were serious about service delivery,
@HermanMashaba
wouldn’t have had to enter politics. And the ANC would have a majority. Why would we expect him to enter into a coalition with people who aren’t serious about service delivery?
3
8
77
@NgcwinaM
That is a misrepresentation of the tweet. He quotes the number of streams, not the number of unique users listening to Amapiano. You can make no inference about the proportion of worlds population listening to Amapiano from this.
7
2
82
@Richard_Spoor
No biggie. My mother-in-laws car was written off by someone talking on her cellphone. How many people have been in accidents of the same cause. It is a biggie. You need to realise how dangerous you are/were.
4
4
83
@ThuliMadonsela3
@Our_DA
@jsteenhuisen
I recommend you read the DA’s economic justice policy to see the answer to your important question:
14
12
79
@IanCameron23
Suggest you do nothing to respond or expose anyone. The harder the attack, the more we (and you) know that you are doing the right thing. Stay on mission and don’t get involved in mud slinging.
1
2
80
@HermanMashaba
He’s right.
… if elected officials think they are there to RULE over the people it will fail like this. But If they are there to serve the people who elected them, then it will not be the case.
3
5
76
@Peterman43
Where are people working without being paid? Name and shame time. Or are you just making this up?
6
3
75
@Newzroom405
Can we say the same about you and your voters not having a say in the running of Joburg? You are such a small minority that you shouldn’t have input on the running of the city. Right? 😏
2
3
79
It is amazing how many people are unhappy with the joburg mayoral situation but still think that it’s okay for them to split the opposition vote because somehow it will be different next time. 🤷♂️
16
12
78
@SimonPGrindrod
I own this piece of land. You own a concrete company. You own a… flag making company. How can we all make money here.
Wait guys, I’ve got a great idea!
2
6
76
@TheCitizen_News
Black and White middle class people aspire to the same things. Not blacks want to be like whites.
0
6
74
@DeanMacpherson
10 bucks says someone is running a ‘jump the queue for coke money’ racket right now
3
2
72
@matumba_anthony
You know parliament found Floyd guilty of not declaring the money he received from
VBS?
6
1
70
@AdvDali_Mpofu
You really are afraid that this GNU might succeed. Genuine fear expressed by Advocate Dali Mpofu. I never thought I’d see the day.
7
6
72
@GaytonMcK
@da
I think that the software developer from Ontario should be left out of this, you mean
@Our_DA
.
They respected you enough to think you would honour your signed agreement. You have disrespected yourself by going back on your word. That is something your father wouldn’t have done.
4
8
68
@KateAronoff
How we let 5 Supreme Court justices get away with ruling millions of people - I will never understand
107
5
67
@WholeMarsBlog
@elonmusk
I hope not. We need professionals who are trained to ask the tough questions, analyse and report to us. The fourth estate must be protected.
25
0
67
@MbalulaFikile
What does De Ruyter have to do with the budget speech? Or has his presence and near closing of the trough been a budget issue for the ANC?
0
2
67
@fanamokoena
Interesting point. I’m just trying to find the cases when De Ruyter was called out by the constitutional court and when he was accused of abusing process so badly that a personal cost order was considered appropriate.
8
3
64
@OUTASA
I contributed to OUTA to support them when they were trying to stop the Karpowership deal and our money being wasted for the next 20 years.
6
8
65
@helenzille
@TimesLIVE
Helen is having to provide a response on Twitter because the
@TimesLIVE
journalist didn’t approach her for a comment or response to be included in the article. A good journalist would have done this. She can’t let lies stand unanswered or they will be taken as accepted truth.
6
14
63
Look at where the PA supported ANC/EFF government is spending taxpayer money in joburg. And then they will tell us there is no money for service delivery for the citizens.
What was that about 'No money for our road repairs in the CoJ"?
33
68
93
19
30
63
@brettherron
No Brett, other parties - like GOOD - are asking for votes so that they can have personal benefits like the perks that come with being a minister in the cabinet. It has nothing to do with the good of the people.
6
3
60
@PintSizePam
As a husband, am i permitted to write myself or do I need to wait to be asked by my wife?
3
3
56
@zanele_matome
Report to department of education: school cannot have this attitude to bullying
1
2
57
In Johannesburg, ASA was happy trying to work with the PA despite the warnings from the DA. Now in Tshwane ASA are going to make the citizens pay so that they can learn the same lesson, but this time for working with the ANC Gauteng.
1
16
59
@MaxduPreez
Do our whistleblower protection laws not make this an act of victimisation which is a crime?
0
0
59
Are
@ActionSA
leadership embarrassed when their people make basic mistakes like this: rubbish collection is a municipal (not provincial) service. The town on the left is under an ANC led municipality while the right is a DA led municipality.
Western Cape under
@Our_DA
. Welcome to the two Worlds of Western Cape. 29th May 2024 I will be voting for
@Action4SA
. Western Cape has to change.
28
14
40
8
14
56
@MaxduPreez
Can the SA medical council instruct a review of the case on medical grounds and pull the license of the doctor if he lied?
4
3
57
@EFFSouthAfrica
Is this going to be designed by the kids coming out that school you were going to build?
4
0
56