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We used to get Metro beat every single month, Durban July was not only for horses we’d have fun activities at the beach, monthly grass cutting outside the yards, working street lights, refuse pickups every Thursday with free refuse plastics wee uObed Mlaba was such a mayor
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You claim to understand the situation now, but let’s look at the facts: you sat in parliament, and you willingly served as a close advisor to the very same Julius Malema who now publicly dismisses you as a "boy."
When the first wave of so-called "disgruntled" members packed their bags and walked out, you stayed. You watched, you rationalised, and you defended the status quo.
It was only when the crosshairs turned on you that you suddenly had an epiphany about the man’s cruelty. Now, from the sidelines, you want to speak from the soul about a betrayal you helped build.
If you want people to respect your voice today, you have to acknowledge your own hand in yesterday. You cannot coddle a dictator and then act surprised when he acts like one.
In the end, the writing is on the wall—properly displayed in percentages.
It begs the obvious question: what is it about YOU that produced this performance? Why is it that you have lost almost half of your vote share? Yes, YOU!
As I have said before, go argue with the wall.
As for me, I did abstain. A deliberate, conscientious abstention.
The right to abstain is not limited to parliament or council sessions. It is very much constitutional, and available to all citizens—especially those who DO register to vote!
That our voter registration increases by millions every time is a sign of genuine interest. When they do not show up to vote, after turning out to register, they may very well be refusing to choose between different versions of failure!
Voting MUST NEVER be a conscription; it is a right that comes with responsibility—one that can’t be deployed without conscience.
Above all, NO ONE is entitled to people's votes. VOTES are earned, just like respect. To say otherwise is the gospel according to dictators.
How else can we explain that Mandela campaigned in 1994 and lost both KZN and Western Cape, yet Mbeki won both 10 years later? They earned the votes through results on the ground by improving the living standards of our people. They were NOT ENTITLED to them!
Those who protest by deliberately not voting or deliberately spoiling their vote are exercising as sacred a right as the right to vote! A true revolutionary should know that, and would listen to them, for they too have registered a view!
It is in line with this spirit—the letter of which is in the Constitution, that 'every citizen is free to make political choices'—that Ronnie Kasrils, alongside Barney Pityana and others, in 2014 called on people to protest by spoiling their vote.
I’m sure you’ll agree, these are stalwarts of the anti-apartheid movement. They understood that no one—NOT even their own comrades—is ENTITLED to votes.
But first, go to the wall, brother. There, the measure of your weight is fully determined."
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I tweeted about how rude some of them are this week. Completely intolerant of any kind of critique of their party. The only other party I see the same kind of vitriol with is the green IFP. nitter.gq/gugsm/status/211871186…
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The country at the top of the list imports unskilled labour from all over the continent, and when the locals complain about it, they're called "xenophobic".
Unemployment rate
🇿🇦 South Africa: 33.6%
🇪🇸 Spain: 10.18%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 8.4%
🇫🇷 France: 8.3%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 7.9%
🇨🇦 Canada: 6.7%
🇩🇪 Germany: 6.3%
🇮🇹 Italy: 6.3%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 5.2%
🇨🇳 China: 5.2%
🇮🇳 India: 5%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 4.75%
🇦🇺 Australia: 4.7%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 4.7%
🇺🇸 United States: 4.1%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 3%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 3%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 2.6%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 2.6%
🇯🇵 Japan: 2.4%
🇷🇺 Russia: 2.2%
🇸🇬 Singapore: 2%
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In every sensible coalition model I ran Action SA will be the majority coalition party if the DA is excluded. The voters of Tshwane chose @TshwaneActionsa to lead the city and not to go back to anyone that failed before. It's also true that the ANC won't have a PR seat 🤓
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South Africa needs honest and sincere leaders, who don’t lie to the people for votes.
Voting patterns shifted significantly in our metros and cities. If we were to run a survey in middle class households in those same cities, how many would we find trusting foreign nationals with their homes, and even their children, as nannies, gardeners, and domestic worker?
You leave a foreigner with your child, they feed them, bathe them, and put them to sleep. They have access to your fridge, and the food your family eats. You eat without fearing that you have been poisoned. You leave for work trusting that your child and your home will be safe.
This is why we must question the claim by some political parties that these voting patterns reflect an inherent hatred of foreigners.
To the contrary, our people have real concerns. They cannot find work, they cannot afford rent, they fear raising children in crime ridden communities, they cannot afford education, and cannot afford the rising cost of living.
South Africans want functioning hospitals, good schools and a government that responds to their needs.
Those frustrations cannot all be explained away by the presence of foreigners. Nor will they disappear when foreigners are chased away.
When someone says they cannot find work, the answer must be jobs. When a community has no water, the answer must be reliable water supply. When families feel unsafe, the answer must be protection, and effective policing.
Political parties may win votes by directing anger towards foreigners. But winning a vote does not prove that they have correctly identified the cause of the people’s suffering.
South Africans do not need slogans driven by hate and political opportunism. They need real solutions.
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How is ActionSA not having a vission your problem? Like, ungenaphi????
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You remember this? But today young people must go argue with the wall 🧱
Young people, hear me out… without a vote, we have no voice. Put everything aside: go #RegisterToVoteEFF TODAY!
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Then we mess with you. No one is bigger than the program foh. Jeffries MUST GO. He is a shill for Israel and AIPAC 😒
He told them he didn’t want their vote so I’m sure it’s a non issue
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Always using Blackness as a shield against credible accusations of him being Israel’s bitch. Weak.
CNN: Hakeem Jeffries responds to DSA supporters who chanted "You're next!" at victory party
"It was very interesting to me, as observed by others, that there was almost zero diversity in that crowd."
Link: edition.cnn.com/2026/11/08/p…
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Why is this guy in SA 😫🤧
Nearly 30 years ago, I traveled to South Africa and witnessed the lasting scars of apartheid firsthand.
Last week, I returned to do business and speak at a conference on resurgence. So much has changed over the past three decades.
What made this trip especially meaningful was having my son Jordan by my side for his first visit to Africa. I couldn’t be happier to share this experience with him.
