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Thandiwe

@heythandi

🇿🇦 CEO of @studioyezi — producer, writer, pop culture enthusiast, and I build stories that last | MaDlomo | Mamntande

 All Up In Your Mind
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Before Someone Defines You, Define Yourself

Before Someone Defines You, Define Yourself

Most empowerment advice tells women what to do. This piece is about who to be. On the formation we inherit, the wholeness we forget, and the practices that bring us home.

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Residents of Tshwane let me take this opportunity to thank you all and appreciate the support to the EFF.We thank you and appreciate your support.We did all to change the condition of our people without any corruption allegations .We played our part and history should judge us.
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after watching this, i completely understand why kanye said he’s been uninspired since lauryn hill retired
𝓑𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷 (@Benjaminus3r) profile picture𝓑𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷@Benjaminus3r12h
When Ms. lauryn hill asked, “is it okay if i do a lil sum?” and proceeded to go absolutely crazy.
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Dr Nasiphi Moya
@nasiphim6h
With the declaration of 2026 Local Government Elections, my term as the Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane has ended. Thank you, residents of Tshwane. You were patient as we began the process of turning around a broken city. We have laid a solid foundation for rebuilding the Capital City 🇿🇦. Thank you for trusting us with your households and for never chasing us away from your communities. My love and commitment to the people Tshwane is unwavering. ActionSA’s Tshwane caucus is ready to camp in all communities to ensure that services are delivered. Re a leboga Siyabonga Baie dankie Ndiyabulela Thank you 🇿🇦
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Lights are back! Oh, thank God!
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Ebrahim@EBthewarrior11h
South Africa was warned 💔 Shahid Bolsen: "The US is seeking to pursue regime change in South Africa by means of a soft coup by out-funding the ANC and providing funding & technical assistance to the Democratic Alliance"
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Power outage in Pretoria AND Joburg and I have an assignment due for the morning. KILL ME!!
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Azania
@azania102312h
The ANC should blame itself for failing to announce Mayoral Candidates before elections. I am convinced it would have made a huge difference. Not knowing who is the mayoral candidate before elections was a mistake and an unfair decision to people like Tlangi who worked hard. #Elections2026 Tshwane Ethekwini MKP
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And just like that, the narrative is changing!!
The Black Oprah (@Drasticallyy) profile pictureThe Black Oprah@DrasticallyyNov 7
OHHHH BUT WHEN THE QUIRKY BLACK GIRL DOES IT ITS A PROBLEM
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MA LE BO
@Melo_Malebo15h
SHE ATE THIS SO BAD. What a refreshing perspective.🔥
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🧵Remember this moment from CNN's town hall with Texas Democrat James Talarico? He told @ErinBurnett and a Texas voter that, at one point when he was a public school teacher, he had 45 students in a classroom. Burnett gushed he was doing "God's work"...
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nazzo
@nazzobetweetingNov 7
republicans politicians dropping their acts and finally talking like the ivy league-educated people they are after the blue tsunami is sooooo funny to me lmao
John Loftus (@JohnCFLoftus1) profile pictureJohn Loftus
@JohnCFLoftus1Nov 6
Ron DeSantis explains why the GOP "screaming socialism" doesn't work anymore: "Young people have a very positive view of socialism compared to capitalism. The question is, why is that? Some of it is the education in our universities. But I think a big part of that is, what they're comparing is not free enterprise versus socialism. What they're comparing is how government gets involved in business, and you have crony capitalism. The best kind of indirect supporters of socialism are some of these corporatist republicans who propagate these crony policies. The average person is seeing that and saying, 'Wait a minute, you're trying to bend the government to funnel benefits to this corporation or that industry. What about having a competitive market? ... Young people really aren't seeing that. They're seeing just a handful of companies that have an outsized influence on our economy and on our society"
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This is fake but also yuck.
☈€ᗰ☡€↳ 🥀⭒ (@ohremzel) profile picture☈€ᗰ☡€↳ 🥀⭒
@ohremzelNov 7
I literally just lost my job and this is how my love of my life responds... I'm actually shaking right now 😭
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That’s unfortunate
Wayne Sussman (@waynesussman) profile pictureWayne Sussman@waynesussmanNov 7
Tshwane MMC for Roads Tlangi Mogale and Tshwane MMC for Human Settlements Aaron Maluleka have lost their seats in the Tshwane council. The ANC won only one PR seat and despite them coming in 2nd and 3rd on the list they did not get back in.
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Mima (@RealLifeGold) profile picture
Mima
@RealLifeGoldNov 7
We simply did not show up
Dawie Scholtz (@DawieScholtz) profile pictureDawie Scholtz@DawieScholtzNov 6
1/ JOHANNESBURG demographic breakdown - Turnout Differential Majority Black VDs 45% (+8) Majority Coloured VDs 56% (+8) Majority White VDs 62% (+9) A +17 differential, similar to last time. One of the crucial questions for this election was whether it would grow - didn't
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Now I see why he was offended by that girl interviewing him about cheating. Look at the material?
LQ (@LeboQholosha) profile pictureLQ
@LeboQholoshaNov 6
I love it when artists sound like real artists. I don’t know much about this boi but he sounds cool.
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Dr. Nasiphi was not going to win outright in Tshwane. She's not a Mayor bc ASA won majority last LGE. If anything, you guys showed up for her. In 2021, I don't even think ASA had 10% in Tshwane.
LANCE (@lance_letuka) profile pictureLANCE@lance_letukaNov 5
We failed Dr. Nasiphi 💔😭
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They barely ran a campaign. I can see why people theorise that they're purposely scaling down.
My Kheswa 🇵🇸 (@ThandoAfrika) profile pictureMy Kheswa 🇵🇸@ThandoAfrikaNov 6
I might be wrong but the ANC ran a poor campaign.
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LQ
@LeboQholoshaNov 6
I love it when artists sound like real artists. I don’t know much about this boi but he sounds cool.
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You’re so classy, tle @tlangimich ! You make me wanna believe in the ANC (even tho I don’t). You handle things with grace and poise. I admire that.
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