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Pauly retweeted
So surely the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture will resign over the fact that SA's most decorated Olympian swimmer is being forced to leave the country she loves?
Or over his department's R67m in irregular expenditure?
Or over the R31m trip to the Soccer World Cup?
No?
🤔
Pauly retweeted
I am so tired of this. His actual job is to fund and support our athletes, not to spend R31 million on a joyride while swimmers are told to pay R55,000. I am officially calling out this absolute failure of leadership.
Swimming South Africa has informed team members that they will have to pay R55,000 for their flights and accommodation for the World Aquatics Swimming Championships.
newsday.co.za/south-africa/3…
Pauly retweeted
Written account of Jesus rising from the dead identified in 2,000-year-old manuscript, study suggests trib.al/caFpzVT
Pauly retweeted
🚨HOLY CRAP:
Turn this off on your phone right now.
Go to your iPhone settings - accessibility - audio & visual - LIVE LISTEN.
Turn off LIVE LISTEN.
It even says it keeps TRANSCRIPTS.
This is NUTS.
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Pauly retweeted
To set the record straight on possible Bok selections, the below list are players who are all unavailable due to injury 🇿🇦
Jurenzo Julius
Cheswill Jooste
Phepsi Buthelezi
Vusi Moyo
Andre Esterhuizen
Eben Etzebeth
Cheslin Kolbe
Handre Pollard
Deon Fourie
Andre-Hugo Venter
Embrose Papier
RG Snyman
Kwagga Smith
Ben-Jason Dixon
Zekethelo Siyaya, Jurenzo Julius, Cheswill Jooste & Phepsi Buthelezi should be in this squad.
Markus Muller & Riley Norton haven't had much gametime at URC and shouldn't be here. Same way I'd love Ethan Adams here but he hasn't played enough games.
Well done to Giliomee, Ahmed & De Klerk.
Boks desperately need world class hookers ASAP!!!!!
Pauly retweeted
SA Rugby EPD (Elite Player Development) Pathway
Markus Muller, comments on here today and some of it was real nasty with an undertone of racism.
Saturday he had 3x turnovers playing in a 12x jersey. His GPS reading was of the charts. His work rate especially of the ball is special.
(Can you think of another 12 that is excellent over the ball at the breakdowns?)
We here on X only see a player with the ball or if he is in the camera shot - we never see the wider shots or the players GPS readings. I always wish to have the helicopter/drone view of the play. I can understand why coaches don't want to release these data, they keeping the good stuff close to their chess for various reasons.
Now Riley Norton, Vusi Moyo, Markus Muller, Yaqeen Ahmed, Zekhethelo Siyaya, Phiwayinkosi Kubheka, Siphosethu Mnebelele, Luan Giliomee, Danie Kruger, Lamla Mgedezi, Lwandile Mlaba, etc etc etc is in the Elite Player Development System, even as long ago as when they were u16. This system is one of the reasons why we are consecutive u20 World Champions and we are not going to give up that title easily.
The way Erasmus brings the young players through the ranks and making them Senior Springboks are already clear to see. So the pathway is already clear now for these youngsters. Erasmus 1st debutant of these new generation of players was Vusi Moyo who already played his 1st senior test for the Springboks. Riley Norton played as a senior Springbok in a non-test vs the Barbarians. I am expecting that at least one of these players with Riley Norton will make their debuts next weekend versus Italy, my guess is Luan Giliomee, it is just my guess based on his skillset and I am watching Erasmus selecting teams since 2018 and I still can be completely wrong. I have no inside knowledge of selections.
We just need to be patient with all these very special players and the race baiting comments are not needed, it is not helping anyone and it is just a reflection of yourself and the people that raised you and not of anyone else.
Today was again one of those disappointing days on here. Let us do better.
Pauly retweeted
Nearly 200 companies have delisted from the JSE.
Cheap Chinese imports are the reason. Local sugar, steel, bricks and vehicle parts are being wiped out.
The trade deficit with China is now R198 billion. Parks Tau is celebrating it.
The ANC is trading factories for friendship with Beijing.
youtu.be/RaLByERMwik?si=YMYr…
Pauly retweeted
PECC stands for Public Emergency Communication Centre
#0214807700ForAllEmergencies #PECC
Pauly retweeted
As unpalatable as I find the people of Cape Town, spending a week here has really given me a lot of sobriety around the situation in JHB.
Taking a simple drive home from dinner this evening - all the streets illuminated by streetlights. Yet to see a traffic light that doesn’t work. Pristine roads and clear markings. Sidewalks. Verges and cut grass.
It really makes you quite hopeless about the future of JHB. Infrastructure-wise it’s least 20 years behind CT (assuming CT stays still and JHB rapidly improves - both of which won’t happen).
It’s difficult to be unemotional about this stuff - but I really don’t see what JHB’s value proposition is now. As a parent, would you dare allow your daughter to drive around JHB at night? Absolutely not.
Pauly retweeted
2022
- March Brent crude: $139 per barrel
- US dollar exchange rate: R15.23
- April petrol: R21.96 per litre
2026
- October Brent crude: $103 per barrel
- US dollar exchange: R16.65
- November petrol (predicted): R32.75 per litre
Do you need me to draw it in crayon?
Pauly retweeted
🚨 WOW 🚨
This man was told that if he doesn't remove his MAGA hat, he won't be served , the man refused
This lady says what's wrong with that. It's wholesome."
And just like that, everyone got up and left the restaurant 👏👏
YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS 👇
FOLLOW IF YOU'RE A MAGA
Pauly retweeted
This CIT officer is vigilant. These guys thought it was going to be easy, but they ended up running like headless chickens.😭
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PROMOTION | We introduce the newly promoted Lieutenant Colonel Johan “Pottie” Potgieter from Mpumalanga Province, whose service and dedication have been witnessed nationwide.
He made headlines when he was hoisted from a helicopter into a crocodile-infested stretch of the Komati River. In a highly dangerous and complex operation, he secured an euthanised crocodile with a rope under extremely perilous conditions. The crocodile was safely lifted and moved, allowing police and forensic experts to recover the remains of a suspected missing person.
Human body parts were found in the crocodile’s intestines and they were taken for DNA analysis to confirm the identity of the deceased.
#NationalSalute Congratulations, Lieutenant Colonel Potgieter, on a well-deserved promotion.🫡💙🇿🇦
Pauly retweeted
Definitely worth resharing. Wish more Democrats realized President Trump is a good man with a huge heart ❤️
Pauly retweeted
Siya in Galway already coaching the kids, only 16 years and 107 test caps the difference.
