The next four years are going to be VERY distracting. Let's prepare ourselves for the exhausting emotional labour that Trump's America will necessitate. Toni Morrison warned us. I add: the very serious function of racism, homophobia, transphobia, & xenophobia, is distraction.

RT @suntoshpillay: In South Africa: ■ White-headed households earned the highest average income of R676k per annum (~ USD $37,000). ■ India…

RT @eucopresident: On my phone call with President @CyrilRamaphosa, I highlighted the EU’s commitment to deepen ties with South Africa, as…

@NatalieAndrew 💯

@verashni @realDonaldTrump 💯

Lesotho is scrambling to raise R1.2-billion after losing PEPFAR funds to pay 1,500 doctors, nurses, lab technicians and counsellors. Over 240,000 of its citizens are on ARVs. Years worth of healthcare gains are being reversed in an instant.

@HeidiGiokos I'm so confused.

@debbiehiggs02 @mbalimcdust This might have worked in 1994 as a form of reparation, and given the mood in '94, Mandela may have convinced white people to pay this tax.

@ConCaracal This is an anti-fact sheet.

In South Africa: ■ White-headed households earned the highest average income of R676k per annum (~ USD $37,000). ■ Indian/Asian-households: R417k ■ Coloured-households: R260k ■ Black African-households: R143k Reference: @StatsSA

@jsteenhuisen Why was the market closed?

@premhid 🙌🏽

RT @ZakesMda: “If the US had to redraft its constitution, it should adopt South Africa’s” -Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

@SABCNews Ndlozi was an obvious successor to Malema. I think Malema became paranoid about the possibility of Ndlozi running for president of the EFF. The simplest solution would be to trump up fake charges and place Ndlozi on cautionary suspension during an elective conference. Sad.

@elonmusk An independent judiciary is a cornerstone of a democracy.

Many of my friends who are white Afrikaners also identify as queer, including trans. I'm pretty certain in Trump's mind all his potential South African refugees are a homogeneous mass of cishet people. Ironically, queer Afrikaners have more human rights in SA than in the USA.

@mteton Agreed 💯

@nombonisogasa @MYANC Exactly 💯