Carl Steenekamp
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Ward Councillor & Chief Whip of the @Our_DA in the Merafong City Local Municipality | Humanist | Rationalist | Liberal incrementalist
Carletonville, South Africa
Joined August 2016
@James87580855 @devolute @GerardMcL @damiengayle @JustStop_Oil You can be bothered about both, James. It's not mutually exclusive. Regardless, you'll definitely not get more people on board with your agenda when pulling tricks like those 2 girls.
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Its with great pleasure to say that I've officially been elected as @Our_DA candidate the Ward Councillor for Ward 17 (Oberholzer) in the Merafong Municipality with a majority of the votes! It's an exciting new journey that only starts now. Let's get to work!.
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Kudos to these amazing firefighters! The parliament buildings would've been burnt to the ground by now if it weren't for them.
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@WendellHusebo @Liz_Cheney You work for Breitbart. That's more than enough reason not to take offence or meaning in anything you have to say.
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10 years ago, the DA governed only one metro in the entire South Africa. Now, the DA governs nearly 5 out of 8 of all metros in South Africa - in addition to now being the most popular party in urban areas. Change is possible! S. Africans just need to believe in it & act on it.💪.
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Gosh but fake news about the DA is now getting haywire online. One can't help but think there's a Bell Pottinger type of campaign going on against the DA.
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I've been calling this for weeks. There is a Bell Pottinger type of campaign going on in South Africa against the DA to try & destabilise an ANC/DA power sharing agreement. This is all clearly orchestrated. Amount of bots, online smear campaigns, fake news, etc is astonishing.
Meanwhile, there is a serious information operation currently ongoing - sponsored and orchestrated by unknown powers - to taint the DA as an irredeemably "racist" party. The aim is to drive a wedge between the ANC and the DA, and frighten Ramaphosa, by inflaming racial discord.
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At this stage I'll trade Lesufi in for an AI bot for Gauteng Premier.
"Artificial intelligence is here, and its the future, and we must be the first province that should convert everything that we do to incorporate AI," says ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi.
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@WoganMay @DasenThathiah The coalition that now runs KZN has 54% of seats, compared to 45% for MK and the EFF. It's called representative democracy.
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A one in a million photo. Current and former leaders of the Democratic Alliance in one picture!
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@jmrgrowth Well maybe just explain to her how things work? Not everyone is clued up with the ins and outs of the State. No need to be condescending.
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The youngest councillor is me.😁.
[STATEMENT] The youngest councillor – at the age of 20 – was elected in the municipal council of Merafong in Gauteng, while the oldest councillor at age 83 was elected in KwaZulu-Natal in the municipality of Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
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A fierce and courageous leader. Premier Helen Zille is an inspiration to each and every aspiring politician and is by far the most accomplished Premier in South Africa. She has truly laid a legacy to be remembered. #HelenZille
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My name is Carl Steenekamp. I am 22 years old and I will NOT be voting for the ANC in 2024! 🖤💚💛✊🏾. #RegisterToVoteDA.
My name is Collen Malatji. I am 30 years old and I will be voting for the ANC in 2024! 🖤💚💛✊🏾. #RegisterToVoteANC
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"Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.". - Walter E. Williams, Professor of Economics.
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Helen Zille has my full confidence in her being the @Our_DA Federal Council Chairperson for the next term in office after our #DAFederalCongress2023 .
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Helen Zille would, without any security, campaign and protest in the streets of Mitchell's Plain against powerful drug gangs. She'd also get arrested for it. I want politicians like that.
[CANCELATION] Due to the inclement weather and ongoing gun violence in Mitchells Plain, we have taken.the decision to cancel National Leader, Songezo Zibi’s, programme in the Western Cape planned for today. Zibi will address the Cape Town Press Club on Wednesday!
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Want stable governments? Want an actual alternative to an ANC-run South Africa? Don't vote for small parties that'll sell your vote for nothing but their own self-interest. Voting for these small parties will result in exactly what has happened in JHB today.
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@rweingarten @AFTNewHampshire Children's futures shouldn't have to be determined by their zip code. Let families have a choice in where they send their children to school - as they know best.
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Container housing is extremely affordable & could be a source of housing for lower-income households. The metal casing is structurally stout & can survive in harsh conditions. This could be a viable private sector based alternative for RDP housing in SA.
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I had a fantastic time at the event with @helenzille & @jsteenhuisen last night. Both of their speeches were highly insightful. It was also a remarkable encounter for me in meeting my inspiration, Premier @helenzille . Two leaders that have truly laid a legacy to be remembered.
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@SpokespersonRSA So it took the previous government 4 years to implement this? You're just demonstrating the ANC's inefficiency among its ranks. I'm glad Minister Schreiber is fast tracking what should have happened a long time ago!.
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Thanks for apologizing Mr. Mayor, but seeing that Dianne Kohler Barnard got lambasted by the party for sharing a post (not nearly as offensive as your posts in my opinion) on social media, even though she also apologized, I think the DA needs to reprimand you too. It's just fair.
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Michael Beaumont really is ActionSA's biggest liability. So much potential lost because of ASA's constant bickering against the DA. What wasted potential. Clearly they haven't learnt yet from their underwhelming election results this year.
[WATCH] Action SA's Michael Beaumont says they would gladly give up their position in the Tshwane multi-charter coalition to the ANC if the DA reached an agreement to govern with the ANC. #Newzroom405
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And people want to tell me the DA is just allowing the ANC to trample all over them? This is a major win from the DA re the NHI.
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Just when the DA is on course to internal reflection and reconnecting with voters, something damaging like this happens. Khume Ramulifho's decision to back Lesufi must unquestionably be investigated by internal structures. I can't express how damaging this is to the DA's stature.
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AngloGold is leaving now because of regulatory uncertainty, electricity constraints, labour unrest, and inept SOEs that jeopardizes investment. If our economy continues on this downwards trajectory, only time will tell when it'll collapse completely.
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What an honour to have been interiewed by @News24 about my candidacy in the local government elections. For those who'd like to read it, don't hesitate!.
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The DA is the party of business and markets! Want a growing economy? Vote DA.
Cape Town is no longer just a holiday destination. It’s becoming the business capital of South Africa. They have plans to fix power problems and they experience less blackouts when compared with the rest of the country. International and local interest continues to increase.
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Today I was officially sworn in as a Ward Councillor in the Merafong Council! Once again thank you to residents, as well as the @Our_DA, for placing your trust in me! I will do the best in my ability to serve residents & hold the incumbent government to account!
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@goodfoodgal The Danish govt only temporarily suspended their vaccination programme given the success of the programme - very high vaccination rates and success in controlling the virus. The programme will resume before the winter season again.
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Only if our government consisted of people with the willpower to bring about change for their communities like Solidarity and Afriforum. You can have whatever opinions you like about Solidarity and Afriforum, but they know how to look after their communities.
What happens when you remind Panyaza Lesufi that while his department wasted R430 million on sanitizing schools that were closed, the Solidarity union built a world-class R300 million Afrikaans technical college campus (Sol-Tech) in Gauteng?. This:
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No underdeveloped country has ever become wealthier through aid, and none has done it without economic trade/liberalization. Wealth is created by trade, not by redistribution. To help poorer countries on that upward path, they must open their markets & trade freely.
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@Rise_Mzansi John Steenhuisen visited KZN communities during the 2021 riots, Songezo Zibi refuses to go to Mitchell's Plain because of "security" reasons. I think it's clear who's much more willing to be there when the "bullets" come.
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I would like to wish the Federal Leader of the @Our_DA, @jsteenhuisen, a very happy birthday! He is a great fighter for liberal principles, and has thus far led our party firmly with dignity and strength, as we look forward to a more prosperous country free of corruption!.
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@nickhedley She's a very good administrator for us, Nick. She runs the internal structures of the party quite efficiently. Much for efficiently run now than how the DA was run in 2019. That's why I'll support her candidature for another term.
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@AmericaFirstRy @itsdeaann Must be nice hiding behind an anonymous account tweeting stuff like this, thinking there will be no consequences.
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@jayqua2 @SamJWoolston @craigspoplife Be careful with this. Lots of very elderly people don't like feeling useless. Allow them their independence, to whatever extent possible.
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Former Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille has been chosen to serve in the cabinet of Pres. Ramaphosa. This is a clear indicator that her career has always been solely based on self-interest political opportunism, no conviction nor loyalty whatsoever.
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@CameronPetersSA And how does the EFF treat their activists, Cameron? At the last registration weekend I as the DA Ward Councillor had to buy food and drinks for your party's activists after they complained to me about being hungry and thirsty. At least we take care of our activists.
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@kgosi_maepa Oh Kgosi, you're such a sorry excuse for a man. You're nothing but a nobody boot-licker for Lesufi. Tyrone has done more for Mogale than your sorry excuse of a party has done in decades.
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For the rolling blackouts, high crime rate, jobs crisis, electricity & fuel price increase, corruption, & everything in between, co-sign @Our_DA’s motion for Parliament to remove President Ramaphosa's cabinet. #CabinetMustGo
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Helen Zille will officially step down tomorrow as Premier of the Western Cape province. May this remarkable person, one of the best politicians this country has ever had, have a wonderful future ahead of her. She will always remain my inspiration. #ThankYouHelen
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📺 | 96 hrs since the assault on innocent civilians by the Deputy President's VIP blue light bullies, and Police Minister Bheki Cele has remained silent. The DA demands full accountability and transparency. Was Paul Mashatile in one of the vehicles during the violent incident?
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@_joebelcher @BBCPolitics The UK has some of the lowest percentages of empty housing in Europe. The problem isn't the abundance of empty housing, the problem is the lack of housing overall. It's simple to realise that to counter this we need to relax the regulatory framework for more homes to be built.
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@afriforum is one of the only sane organizations left which I'm aware of in SA that are strong on property rights and doesn't arbitrarily place individuals into social groups & determine their roles in society on the grounds of such. Well done on the #EWC presentation @ErnstRoets
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The Minister of Basic Education, the DA's Siviwe Gwarube, will have the authority to determine the norms and standards for how the Act is implemented, as well as what the admissions policies will be. Good to hear! Glad the Task Team worked their issues out. Now back to business.
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"BEE is not broad-based and empowering. If it was, we wouldn’t have a 42% unemployment rate, we wouldn’t have black households 10% poorer than they were 10 years ago." - John Steenhuisen. We must focus on poverty and real empowerment. Full interview link:
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Newly elected DA interim leader @jsteenhuisen joins farmers on patrol talking about improving the police service and creating specialised units to keep farming communities safe:
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I would like to wish a very happy birthday to @helenzille . A once-in-a-generation leader, and someone who has always been a rolemodel to me. A real inspiration to many of us. Can't wait to read her latest book!
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@GaytonMcK Stop using this tragic insident for your own political narrative. It's disgusting.
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@goolammv This is the type of mentality which will bring our democracy no-where. A democracy is doomed to fail when voters act more like accomplices to corruption than accountability-holders.
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@MbalulaFikile South Africa is a member of the ICC. Respect international law and have Putin stay away from South Africa.
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@HeidiGiokos @LynneOConnorSA Absolutely, Heidi. Most South Africans can also not afford solar panels or inverters. Most just have to sit without power for half of the day. It affects our economy, especially our informal economy, so badly.
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Results are in and the DA has won the Ward 92 by-election in Ekhurhuleni with increased results compared to the last election! Congratulations to @GrahamGersbach on becoming the next ward councillor.
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I'm stoked about tomorrow's election & possibly being elected a councilman in my local council. I really can't believe it's actually happening now. What I'll promise to the @Our_DA & residents is to be accountable & accessible at all times. See you all on the other end!.
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@goolammv Yes Goolam. He wanted to give the DA only 2 MEC positions whilst we have a much larger mandate in the Gauteng Legislature than that. I hope the ANC's NEC intervenes and takes appropriate action. Lesufi is not negotiating in good and fair faith at all.
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@Rise_Mzansi @Cilna Only of Rise Mzansi could invest this much energy in Gauteng and KZN? Two provinces in a much worse state than the Western Cape. We need a post-ANC SA, not a more fractured opposition.
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@brigadoonblunt @PeteButtigieg Yes there is. If people want to choose to have private insurance, I don't think it's your place to tell them otherwise.
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@HuXijin_GT On Human Rights Day, who speaks up and steps out for the 1 million+ Uyghur Muslims who are in concentration camps in China?.
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As someone who adheres to free-market principles, I just love this quote from John Steenhuisen's campaign manifesto for DA leader. I've just read through his manifesto and I have to say that I'm highly impressed! Decisive & tactful - as we have already seen under his leadership!
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@GvanOnselen @KanthanPillay .Even though my vote is a secret, I would just like to say that please don't let the ZACP disappear after the election. In a pool of small parties with old ideas, there is finally a party with new, fresh and dynamic ideas.
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@Thando3296 Any Constitutionalist party that supports vital reforms, and doesn't support eroding our institutions and the rule of law. Coalition governments is the future of SA. Much more accountable form of politics.
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@YikeYuke @foxcub72 @mrjamesob Trans rights and women's rights aren't mutually exclusive, but sometimes, for example when it comes to sports and athletics, they can be in conflict. It's not bigotry to try and give women a fair chance at sports and athletics.
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Reagan had 4 simple ideas: Lower tax, less regulation, restrained gov spending, noninflationary monetarism. As result, US economy grew more than a third, producing $15 tril increase in wealth, with investor confidence soaring. This is the recipe for a succesful economic recovery.
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The adjustment budget of Tshwane was passed without the amendments that you've mentioned in your thread. Why deceive? Why grandstand for absolutely nothing? Why not just be a normal, helpful coalition partner striving to build the rational and moderate centre for a post-ANC SA?.
We are proud to announce that the Tshwane adjustment budget has passed after a number of important accommodations were made at the last minute by the multi-party coalition. We are pleased that victories have been secured for the residents of Tshwane.
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@jvgraz I don't think it was completely her fault. I mean there was a global shift to right wing populism.
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@GaytonMcK If you care so much about the economic well-being of SAns, why is your political party siding with the ANC, who in the past 30 years oversaw the problems you mentioned, wherever it seeks to govern? Don't manipulate voters when you enable the very people that caused this.
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@Dark_Magician81 @practice_outlaw @OfficialSPGB @charliekirk11 Socialism contrasts with human nature. If working harder, longer, or smarter produces no add. benefits because everyone is compensated the same regardless of effort, production will fall. Socialism's greatest flaw is that it fails to recognise the individual need for incentives.
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@SKamhunga While other countries have reconstructed parts of their edu systems to adapt to the 4th industrial revolution& growing tech innovation,our edu system has rarely been updated& is not even close to international standards regarding this subject.This will result in mass unemployment.
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@go2Michelle Maybe go and organise a meeting with the Mayor? And propose solutions to what you might think would work better? It's one thing to just complain, but another to actually come up with actual and practical solutions.
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@EvanAKilgore @itsdeaann Defending a self-claimed Holocaust denier is not a good look, Evan.
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@MatJGeorge @HermanMashaba @Miz_Ruraltarain @ramalokot @kabelodick Remember when ActionSA wrote this? Lol.
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@minemanager @mphophalatse1 @mlungisi_baso 1. No, she shouldn't. She wasn't lawfully removed. 2. This is a seriously racist remarks. Does Dr Phalatse not have her own conscience? Or does she only have her "own conscience" when it is in agreement to yours?.
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@MarianneThamm @IvoVegter I don't know how a video of Trump is in anyway related to Ivo's point but hey, keep on strawmanning.👍.
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@Mbatha10 I have the Essential Saver plan from Discovery, and I have had no problems. People really need to read all the benefits that come with medical aid plans before they take out a medical aid.
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@TheRealClementM Also depends on what the positions are, Clement. Agriculture is not a big portfolio in Gauteng as the economy is more dependent on industrialisation and the services sector over agriculture.
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@ColleenMakhub Girl, YOU are causing the drama for illegally removing a Mayor for virtually nothing but to assist the ANC's own gains. Most voters didn't even vote for the ANC, and voted for alternatives to the ANC, yet you're actively helping the ANC to power-grab the City of Johannesburg.
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Millions of South Africans continue to find themselves locked out of opportunities 26 years post-democracy. It is time to find working & evidence-based solutions for our society, and I believe only the DA can achieve that!.#DACongress
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Verbasend hoe AfriForum oor so klein tydjie so vinnig gegroei het. Ek is bly dat ek by hierdie organisasie aangesluit het. Min organisasies oor in hierdie land wat werklik doeltreffend vir ons burgerlike vryhede veg.
Volgende keer wanneer jou instink inskop om te sê “Afrikaners kan nie saamstaan nie”, neem ‘n oomblik om daaraan te dink dat @AfriForum bykans ‘n kwartmiljoen lede het en dat bykans 10 000 mense as vrywilligers by AfriForum se buurtwagte betrokke is.
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@SpokespersonRSA @GvanOnselen Maybe the President should hire another Spokesperson because you're just damaging his reputation with your impulsive tweeting. Nothing else.
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@annelizevanwyk Where was this attitude of yours when the ANC enlarged the cabinet and created all these positions to keep their fellow colleagues happy? Call it "self-interest", but I'm glad the DA is not being a pushover to the ANC. The DA is entitled to claim a third of all positions.
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@BigDaddyLiberty @helenzille As a DA activist, I am fully behind Premier Zille. We should repudiate identity politics & double standards in all its tenets & embodiments, and never ever pay obeisance to such levels just for an attempt to win votes. Inconvenient truths do not always have to be liked everyone.
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@Traitorius @Our_DA Housing, economic policy, etc are primarily a national govt issue. So go and ask the ANC.
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@ConCaracal In Franschhoek is daar 'n museum oor die geskiedenis van die Franse Hugenote wat na die Kaap gemigreer het. Hulle het ook 'n soortgelyke kaart van al die Franse Hugenote-vanne en hul oorsprong.
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Is the French Huguenot/Cape Dutch architectural style just not the most beautiful?. 📍 Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa
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@chantelle4u @jmrgrowth Surely living on minimum wage would make her want to apply for a grant?.
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@Leversmanganye @EFFSouthAfrica Zimbabweans tried Mugabe (who espoused the same values and policies as the EFF) for 5 years. 40 years later the country is one of the poorest in the world. Fact remains that state socialism does not work.
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