Estaleto
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Here for politics, tennis, books, music, and some fresh air. 🇿🇦 🍉
Xenophobe Mashaba and colonialism wasn't all bad and genocide is a big word Zille. Oh joy.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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As the ANC self-immolates, Zille and Mashaba seize race for Joburg’s future
From Dada to Gogo to Homeboy: The fight for Johannesburg just got very interesting.…
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-21-as-the-anc-selfimmolates-zille-and-mashaba-seize-race-for-joburgs-future/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQM5-1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe1Vn1rbzw__uifJ_THue-NrIpTkkQkzalvfamxJfSLVmIkdijoEUqKKSO7G0_aem__sNKVHTeCNbnE-7sCRjIZg
about 21 hours ago
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The one and Only
2 days ago
Let’s just elect this guy for president. I’m loving these. It’s nice to get everything so close together instead of months or years of info spread out
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Follow @Never Stop Asking #jeffreyepstein #epstein #epsteinisland #trump #epsteinfiles
TikTok video by Delegatefowler
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThpjuHFq/
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Ambassador Bozell's message to South Africa. "When the US leads with clarity, prinical, innovation and optimism..." 😂 "... our common values, freedom, fairness, and the rule of law..." 🤣🤣 Let the gaslighting begin.
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2 days ago
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"grounded in American exceptionalism" 👀 We are going to regret letting him and his "credentials" anywhere near us.
3 days ago
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Oh, this is fascinating! And educational. And fun! If my DeLorean time machine takes me up to 1300 I'm fine, but 1200 or earlier and I'm in trouble. And 1700 was the bomb! It should have stayed that way.
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5 days ago
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I.e. inflame racial tensions.
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"It is more a Zionist school than a Jewish school. It seems they want the right to be racist and the right to call anyone who calls them out antisemitic"
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-...
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How a Jewish day school fabricated an antisemitism scandal in South Africa
When a girls' tennis match between two Johannesburg schools was cancelled, allegations of antisemitism led to resignations and apologies. But students say it was a boycott over Israel
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-jewish-day-school-fabricated-antisemitism-scandal-south-africa?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawQHjgpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETIya0VoSjVickZrYllNMWRxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHryUfKN_3Izaidleal1VRCtlNnyPdADJAvJrVePrKxsPb-6SOuUaqt_GMFWy_aem_vi6Oqg5X6_cYzdCKuO0hAg
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Adding swine flu to the list of things I absolutely never for as long as I live ever want to experience again. That thing knocks you DOWN. Today is the first time in more than a week I can vaguely recognize myself again.
10 days ago
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Legend! 👏👏
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10 days ago
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You can't make this stuff up...
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I don't really follow American sport, but why is there going to be a football match at the Bad Bunny concert on Sunday? 😜
22 days ago
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Gramsci ZA
22 days ago
Happening later today - please share 🇵🇸🇿🇦🇵🇸
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ndlela
22 days ago
How Human Rights Watch Killed a Report Calling Israel’s Denial of Palestinians’ Right of Return a Crime Against Humanity The Israel-Palestine director at HRW resigned over the decision to spike the report, which had been approved by HRW’s legal team.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/human-righ...
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How Human Rights Watch Killed a Report Calling Israel’s Denial of Palestinians’ Right of Return a Crime Against Humanity
The Israel-Palestine director at Human Rights Watch resigned over the decision to spike the report, which had been approved by HRW’s legal team.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/human-rights-watch-israel-palestine-director-resigned-killed-report-right-of-return
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Working from home today. Woke up to no electricity. Local substation vandalized. Again. No ETA. At what time is it acceptable to start eyeing the first G&T?
22 days ago
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ndlela
25 days ago
Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
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Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award
Award for late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the 'anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment'.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/1/fela-kuti-becomes-first-african-to-get-grammys-lifetime-achievement-award
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He got ridiculed by a black South African and he's TRIGGERED.
25 days ago
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With Gayton McKenzie as Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture it's just one fuckup after another. Why does this 🤡still have his job?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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South African artist sues minister for blocking her Venice Biennale Gaza entry
Gabrielle Goliath says Gayton McKenzie violating freedom of expression after ‘highly divisive’ artwork Elergy banned from SA pavilion
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/south-african-gabrielle-goliath-sues-minister-venice-biennale-gaza-entry?fbclid=IwY2xjawPq27RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFzdEpkWTVhTnVZZm1Kc3hCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtg-gs0NqW1_1afu9GKR-jB9ZsfCpCF4BE9TY7VkBSBzEovb9VCxUI7FPxDl_aem_JqjvHX-MeqG-LvJUzYdCjQ
27 days ago
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Would have loved to be able to attend this.
27 days ago
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A new space for live jazz has opened in Braamfontein (Johannesburg). 🎵🎺 "Perched 13 floors above the city, Hugh’s is intimate, considered and deeply rooted in the spirit of Hugh Masekela, without feeling like a tribute stuck in time."
www.wantedonline.co.za/culture/2026...
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Thirteen floors above the city
High above Braamfontein, Hugh’s is a jazz club shaped by legacy, care and connection.
https://www.wantedonline.co.za/culture/2026-01-30-thirteen-floors-above-the-city/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPqk_9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4QnNvUVV2RG5MRzQ4QXdac3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgW5SFuUin8pU6JQZ_sXZuPa7C4r21SGi5s8Aqx9IM9bryGjxOZNnqDKjjJr_aem_eN85HCB1j_1_qX4_5GPw7w
27 days ago
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What I find so funny is that the people who wouldn't get the Covid vaccination because of the deep state putting a tracking chip in it 🙄are now perfectly fine with this ⬇️
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28 days ago
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Hagen Engler
28 days ago
South Africa just declared the Israeli charge d’affaires persona on grata. He has 72 hours to leave the country.
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Everyone from the BBC to the New York Times is reporting on this. I really miss the days when, for most people, the "South" in South Africa was just a vague direction indicator, and questions like "My neighbor's cousin lives in Kenya, do you know him?" were common.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Melania Trump documentary not being shown in South African cinemas
No reason has been given but the decision follows a huge fall-out between South Africa and the US.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89q287qxelo?at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBC_News_Africa&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_link_id=E5170EA0-FD3C-11F0-8B4A-DD0742E528EB&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_medium=social&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&fbclid=IwY2xjawPoj7xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFXUW9XVzQ0TzgxckZtQUtSc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpWWDQIy6o5vC4Z_T3yy8xKd-TFx8XZPE7dftmz_nhKAG0CAykxsjzsbl8Bg_aem_TdgQudGJBT9zbvyrSuRCfg
28 days ago
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Howard Eissenstat
28 days ago
And they are almost certainly *still* low by a significant amount... how many people are still buried under the rubble? How many victims have no family left to report them missing?
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It is the culmination of a five-year-long investigation into an Israeli-based syndicate that operates a massive global investment and money laundering scam across several markets.
www.citizen.co.za/news/south-a...
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Multi-billion-rand global crime operation taken down in Bryanston | The Citizen
Hawks led a major global law enforcement raid on multiple syndicate premises in Bryanston and Joburg's northern suburbs
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa-multi-billion-rand-global-crime-operation-take-down/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPm1nVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFsMENHenlJaFZjUW9vUm5rc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoh9WmSc_IcsdO1jn_zo7Eq4MOqn-IMzul7bzjAA434VySz7bbknK-cTgxTv_aem_k32Jd_NtKSDPwQboqggztw
30 days ago
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Heard in conversation today: Replacing Bovino with Homan is like shitting in your pants and changing your shirt.
about 1 month ago
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If you read Afrikaans, this is well worth a look.
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Van apartheid tot Trump: dieselfde fout, nuwe held
Waarom kies Afrikaner-organisasies weer ideologie bo beginsels en waarheid?
https://substack.com/home/post/p-185178637
about 1 month ago
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Abu Aardvark
about 1 month ago
Israel blocking the Palestinian committee set to administer Gaza under Trump's cease-fire proposal from entering Gaza. Is that a good sign for the plan?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israel blocks entry of committee meant to run Gaza under Trump plan, Palestinians say
The Palestinian Committee Set to Administer Gaza Under Trump's Cease-fire Proposal Was Set to Enter the Enclave and Assert Administrative Control by the End of the Week, Sources Say. Egypt Is Working ...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-20/ty-article/.premium/israel-blocks-entry-of-committee-meant-to-run-gaza-under-trump-plan-palestinians-say/0000019b-da42-d141-afdf-faea12780000
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This is the latest in a series of warnings over the increasing instrumentalization of Christianity by external actors seeking to advance political agendas that ignore the lived reality of Palestinian Christians under Israeli occupation.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260119-jer...
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Jerusalem church leaders condemn Christian Zionism as harmful political ideology
The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem have issued forceful public statement denouncing Christian Zionism as a “damaging ideology” that threatens the unity of Christian communities i…
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260119-jerusalem-church-leaders-condemn-christian-zionism-as-harmful-political-ideology/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPcZMZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4REhFT3FINXZ5TW5YU0Zuc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgpRwUnOBwETDHDm5SGS51JEL-6oWvN9QVuNfV0UlH-ekustchPX2uSwOafS_aem_nZ6zrNcw2fwxegr76pLNLQ
about 1 month ago
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Death, taxes, and America abandoning the Kurds when they're no longer useful. This agreement would most likely definitively end the Syrian Kurds' hopes for political autonomy. I know, big picture, new regional dynamics, but, man, you have to feel for these people.
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Bowing to US pressure, Syrian military advances, Kurdish-led SDF agrees to Sharaa's terms
Syrian government forces rapidly retook Raqqa and key eastern territories from the US-backed SDF, prompting a ceasefire agreement that effectively restores Damascus’ control over much of Syria’s oil-r...
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/01/bowing-us-pressure-syrian-military-advances-kurdish-led-sdf-agrees-sharaas-terms
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Gregk Foley
about 1 month ago
I hope it’s clear that this is happening at least in part because he pulled the same unhinged belligerence against Iran last year and then Venezuela, and Europe was happy to let him get away with it because they arrogantly assumed that shit was for the browns and could surely never happen to them.
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South African trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi says Ramaphosa should not to accept the credentials of the newly appointed US Ambassador Brent Bozell III. 👏And so say all of us.
about 1 month ago
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Høsflot, Klæbo & Palmer
about 1 month ago
Amazing stuff. We are now indulging the delusion that Trump can personally replace...I dunno, the UN Security Council, I guess? thanks to his world historical deal-making skills. Literally a "new world order" that will be decided by Trump and some hand-picked dipshits.
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South Africans forced to pay for a R76 billion mistake
The public has until 21 January 2026 to comment on energy regulator Nersa's plan to force South African energy users to pay Eskom an additional R76 billion for its mistakes.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/energy/847271/south-africans-forced-to-pay-for-a-r76-billion-mistake/
about 2 months ago
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Apparently unpopular opinion: How Harlan Coben still gets work is beyond me.
about 2 months ago
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😡Read this. This opinion piece from TIMES OF ISRAEL explains why Israel is cultivating and buying off the likes of Christian Zionist groups, Afrisol, Cape Seccessionism and many others in SA. It shows how dangerous these groups and their Zionist backers are.
blogs.timesofisrael.com/africa-must-...
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The Blogs: Africa Must Fragment, South Africa First
From the blog of Grant Arthur Gochin at The Times of Israel
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/africa-must-fragment-south-africa-first/
about 2 months ago
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Carmen Harris🇿🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺
about 2 months ago
Dignity belongs to everyone.
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If you haven't already, you simply must read this piece from LAST OCTOBER. It's all just one big theatrical production.
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about 2 months ago
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد
about 2 months ago
Another thing about Maduro capture — this isn’t the work of fools, which means serious military people, and not just trumps dumb and dumber collection of idiots — went along with this. I’m so tired of seeing media frame this as just a Trump thing - this is maybe the most American thing he’s done.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد
about 2 months ago
It is the fact that we will not know these Venezuelans names or stories beyond the president and his wife who were kidnapped. That they are talked about as pawns in a global story by us all.
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"South Africa views these actions as a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations, which mandates that all Member States refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
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South Africa urges UN Security Council Session following unilateral military action in Venezuela
The Government of the Republic of South Africa notes with grave concern the recent developments, which were confirmed by the United States that the USA has conducted “a large-scale military strike aga...
https://dirco.gov.za/south-africa-urges-un-security-council-session-following-unilateral-military-action-in-venezuela/
about 2 months ago
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...here is no connection between democratically elected governments and the will of the people. It’s ended. So, the whole charade of Western liberal democracy is as much of a corpse under the rubble as the tens of thousands of Palestinians."
about 2 months ago
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The putrid delusion of the "Western rules-based international order" is disintegrating. Finally.
about 2 months ago
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Starting now. Livestream here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8CE...
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about 2 months ago
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Gorillaz doing a collab with Omar Souleyman. What??!! Utterly surreal.
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Gorillaz - Damascus ft. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by Gorillaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPffpg9KFM
about 2 months ago
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"Instead, South Africa is moving toward a hybrid arrangement that preserves Eskom’s ownership of the grid, strips the new TSO of transmission assets and risks recreating precisely the conflicts of interest the reform agenda was meant to eliminate." 😡
www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...
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WIKUS KRUGER: This is not the Eskom unbundling South Africa was promised
New TSO lacks assets, leaving grid control — and reform risks — inside Eskom
https://www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025-12-27-wikus-kruger-this-is-not-the-eskom-unbundling-south-africa-was-promised/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPAajRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeqHCA9TD6zCwRH9sh91E5f9TqrV4p_EyMK0SbKnhGsyDc_BQ32-ut-c7jeSw_aem_W_o97q6lq6d81sg4Jw5juw
about 2 months ago
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I'm a secret agent spying on Nazis in occupied France. Lord help me because I can control my mouth, but this FACE!
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about 2 months ago
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
about 2 months ago
Israel-Turkey rivalry moves to the Horn of Africa -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-turkey-rivalry-moves-horn-africa
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Israel-Turkey rivalry moves to the Horn of Africa
By recognising Somaliland, Israel aims to target Houthis and counter the deep Turkish presence in Somalia
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-turkey-rivalry-moves-horn-africa
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