Delighted that the Madlanga Commission seems to be having swift consequences. Oh that there had been the same speedy response to the Zondo findings; but we all know why that hasn't happened. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

We are 7 weeks into the most egregious stock market manipulations of our lifetime. Orchestrated by a crooked president and his underlings. Billions siphoned via false proclamations of ceasefires and peace talks. With the criminals in charge, every day is a crime spree.

For the shadowy people behind Donald Trump, he's the distraction in the magic trick. While we're all watching him perform, the real heist is going down elsewhere.

The World Food Programme, which helped in various African countries during droughts, is no longer as well-resourced. If the 2026-27 El Niño proves harsh, some African countries will face food insecurity. We must consider key measures to mitigate this possibility now.

The masterminds may never be linked to the murders they commission, but their corruption and other crimes are so big and brazen, being convicted of those crimes will see them doing the prison time they deserve. SAPS and NPA need to work faster now on this. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

All Zille's antics are smart and PR garnering - pretty sure they could all be pulled of in more than a few parts of the DA led Cape Town too. (Caveat - would I rather live in DA Cape Town or weird coalition Jo'burg/Durban? No brainer, CT wins out every day) www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/2026...

Punchy from Zapiro 😂 www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/2026...

Imagine if you hadn't arbitrarily bombed Iran...

Municipalities should scared, very scared, of this threat. Mojadina intervening can only make things even worse! Much worse! www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

"Trump's not conservative" Oh no you don't. No no no no no. I can tolerate Republicans moving on from Bush and the neocons, 9/11 and all that. But you fucking own Trump from now until the end of time. He told you exactly who he was from day 1 and you voted for him 3 times. That's on YOU.

Astronaut Victor Glover, pilot of the #ArtemisII, and his family. They must be so friggin proud.. www.nasa.gov/learning-res...

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Seeing comments that JD has little to no chance of being elected President. Pardon me? These are the same voters who elected George W twice, and then went one better with the current buffoon menace - twice. Only not possible if the throne passes directly to Lil Don, Eric the Unwise, or Bean Pole.

Draft dodging a lost skill soon to be back in vogue.

Next conquest? So says the "No wars" 21st century Kingy.

Gee, Tony Leon was doing quite well for most of this. Thought he might get backlash from the Israeli propagandists! Then the Iran "whataboutism" making Israel OK. Palestinian dead don't count it seems. Tony Leon | Israel’s dark turn and Iran’s death penalty machine www.news24.com/opinions/col...

It's what you do when you're operating with blanket immunity and you're bat-shit crazy - you do whatever the hell you want to do.

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

Still waiting for the apology from anyone who voted for Donald Trump because they thought Hillary and Kamala were too emotional to be president.

Bit of a back peddle by @adriaanbasson.bsky.social ? News24 published then amplified the anti-Sooliman narrative with no real factual counter to the claims given prominent position in the articles. Adriaan Basson | Ignore the haters. Imtiaz Sooliman is the best of us www.news24.com/opinions/col..

Any form of retribution for the guilty parties who benefited from the looting of VBS, whether criminal or financial, is welcome. Will be interesting to see how this judgement benefits corruption recoveries in other cases. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Excellent opinion by Leslie London, Professor and former Chair in Public Health Medicine at UCT, setting out the uncomfortable truths behind the "backlash" against Dr Imtiaz Sooliman's award of a honorary doctorate by UCT. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

Yet here we are, knee-deep in the Trump shit-show.

Underpinning it all is the woefully ill-educated councilors and executive committee members making billion Rand decisions based on gut, or external influences, not sound knowledge. The days of professionals and business people sitting on councils, long gone. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

I'd like to see these avaricious billionaires sued into the ground. Their names should be mentioned in the same breath as Epstein for the harm they've deliberately caused to children through the addictive programming of their platforms, and the harm knowingly allowed, in pursuit of profits.

Depressingly true read - it's not war as we knew it; it's just about making money for those who really don't need any more of it. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

I wonder how much European capitals have considered what their response would be if the US uses nuclear weapons in Iran this week.

The FIFA Peace Prize Committee polishing up his next award for ending the war he began.

Problem with this is that it can't be undone - even if the committee reverses its ruling. Right-wingers will make hay forever on this finding. Foolish by SA to drop the ball. Boeremag trial violated right-wing terrorists’ rights, UN body rules as SA fails to respond www.news24.com/southafrica/...

liberalsarecool Dismantling our country was made easier by very stupid white people watching a white rapist protect himself from consequences.

Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland: "The threat of NATO’s break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine and blocking the loan for Kyiv by Orbán - it all looks like Putin’s dream plan."

What has the Iran war achieved, so far? dailyfriend.co.za/2026/04/03/w... (My latest column. Trump once again says that “the core strategic objectives” of the strike on Iran “are nearing completion”. They aren’t, really, but the world is headed for a deep and devastating economic shock.)

If the stakes weren't so high and the human toll wasn't so awful, it would be genuinely very funny how little of a shit Trump gives about any part of his job that isn't renovations or rigging elections. The most obviously checked out dude in history.

unlike education, health care, child care or parental leave which is woke bull shit

Well, the EFF finally managed to get their Gauteng local election funding mechanism back on track. Wonder what the split agreed with the ANC is. UPDATE | EFF’s Nkululeko Dunga is new Gauteng finance MEC as Lesufi shuffles executive council www.news24.com/southafrica/...

Think you could probably bet the house that this is happening. Let's be honest, the cadres weren't deployed as passive actors were they? They're not there to act in in we the citizens' interests - unless it's we the ANC's citizens. Whisper Zondo... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Richly deserved. One of our generation's real made-a-difference people. The right kind of difference. Congratulations to Dr Sooliman. Inside the backlash over UCT awarding Sooliman an honorary doctorate www.news24.com/southafrica/...

Ja, ja. I can imagine all the quips about Liverpool this morning around the team urn. Deeply unfair. Especially as it's really Manchester where it's actually the problem.

Pardon my cynicism, but I'm pretty sure I could identify the source of this "backlash". Won't be any passive state actor. Won't not be bombing all it's neighbors neither. Inside the backlash over UCT awarding Sooliman an honorary doctorate www.news24.com/southafrica/...

Both. Maybe. Maybe not. Curse Trump out while you're at it. JSE equity market rout: A time to buy or a time to cry? www.news24.com/business/mon...

R45 billion in fruitless and wasteful expenditure in a year? If you spend R1 million a day, that's 123 years of spending. Hold them all accountable. Adriaan Basson | SAPS wars: Mothibi and Johnson must be protected as they go after Masemola www.news24.com/opinions/col...

One more hurdle cleared on the way to getting real justice for apartheid's victims and their families. Politicians think their expedient decisions are more important than the law. Their reputations too. Zuma, Mbeki lose bid to oust Justice Khampepe from TRC inquiry www.news24.com/southafrica/...

Ah, our regional oil and gas friends Total. Not exactly covered in glory in Mozambique, and the first to price gouge on diesel in SA by lifting prices to the April pump price in mid-March. Dont miss a trick to maximize the take regardless, do they? Viva unrestrained capitalism!

"The second Trump presidency was always going to end in disaster. Now it’s happening." Yup, yebo, yes indeed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Far-right tech oligarchs have the most pathetic ideology. They hate minorities, except when they are coding for them. They want no taxes, no rules, and absolutely no democracy. There is no grand vision for society, just raw greed and a relentless pursuit of personal interests

A Trump tweet for everything.😏 #Epstein

The US literally went to war just to get back to the agreement they already had. Total incompetence…