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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
South Africa says the US' new policy of visa restrictions targeting certain South Africans "aligns with the mischaracterisation of South Africa’s domestic policies by fringe groups."
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Defiant South Africa accuses United States of aligning with ‘fringe groups’ in visa row
South Africa says it expects Americans to respect its sovereign right to develop laws to address its conditions.
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On a poster during a march by women protesting GBV:

"Don't teach my daughter what to wear. Teach your son not to rape!"

We have to start much earlier with educating men. Boys need to learn to respect and be civil, or adult men will be unrestrainable. Women ultimately pay the price if we fail at the early stage. Then we demand from them to not wear, to not walk, to not live. A crime.

Never say: ”Boys will be boys.” Instead, make sure they won't. Or more women will die.
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 16/09/2026
About 100 people picketed outside Cape Town City Hall and the police station on 16 September, in response to the murders of eight women in Kempton Park since July as well as the murder of a ten-year-old girl from Kraaifontein on Monday. Read groundup.org.za/article/abou... by Liezl Human
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Picketers outside City Hall demand safety for women and children
Women and civil society groups call for government to act against femicide
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“I encourage pregnant women to attend antenatal care from early in their pregnancy, learn the warning signs of complications and have a birth partner where possible.” www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-a...
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Too few mothers saved: South Africa faces slow progress on maternal deaths
Mortality rate rises amid slow improvements and resource shortages
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"The language of ‘cleaning up’ is absolutely dehumanising and reminiscent of the genocidal language of the Nazi genocide of Jews, the Rwandan genocide, and the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians. It is disturbing and unconstitutional to use such language." www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-a...
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WATCH | We’ll be back, says March and March after clash with refugees
Documented migrants and NGOs say human rights abuses are being ignored by the state
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wildlife and nature enthusiasts are in for a treat during the 21st annual South African National Parks Week, which will grant free access to selected national parks between 7 and 13 September 2026.
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Here are the parks you can access for free during 2026 SA National Parks Week
Over 105,000 South Africans visited national parks for free during the 2025 edition.
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Cape Town News @ctnews.co.za · 03/09/2026
Biggest Story: Ocean View Park Renamed In Memory Of 7-Year-Old Emaan Killed In Gang Crossfire OCEAN VIEW: A neighbourhood park beside the street where seven-year-old Emaan was killed in gang crossfire six years ago has officia… Get the Cape Town News Daily Brief: ctnews.co.za/newsletter-4
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Ocean View Park Renamed In Memory Of 7-Year-Old Emaan Killed In Gang Crossfire
OCEAN VIEW: A neighbourhood park beside the street where seven-year-old Emaan was killed in gang crossfire six years ago has officially been renamed in her memory, transforming a…
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PressPortal 🇿🇦 @pressportal.co.za · 03/09/2026
Woolworths Recalls 250ml WBeauty Complete Clarifying Shampoo Over Bacterial Contamination Risk The bacterium can occur in wet manufacturing… pressportal.co.za/stream/story/9e5f… #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
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Woolworths Recalls 250ml WBeauty Complete Clarifying Shampoo Over Bacterial Contamination Risk
The bacterium can occur in wet manufacturing environments. While the risk to healthy individuals is considered low, Woolworths is advising customers with weakened immune systems to stop using the product due to the potential risk of…
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 03/09/2026
The Public Protector has intervened to get over R2.6-million removed from a Johannesburg mom’s water bill. Read groundup.org.za/article/jobu... by Seth Thorne
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Joburg mom’s R2.6-million water bill reversed after Public Protector steps in
JoburgCAN warns of a much deeper billing crisis in the metro
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gauteng’s battle against foot-and-mouth disease appears to be turning a corner, with new outbreaks falling by more than 96% in less than a year.
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Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Gauteng plunge by 96%
Foot-and-mouth disease new outbreaks in Gauteng have fallen by over 96% in less than a year, according to GDARD.
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has appointed Adv Ntuthuzelo Vanara as the acting head of the NPA's Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC).
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Ex-Eskom inquiry evidence leader Ntuthuzelo Vanara named acting IDAC head
Vanara made headlines after accusing the then State Security Minister Bongani Bongo of offering him a bribe to collapse the Eskom inquiry
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 04/09/2026
Vigilante group March and March raided a refugee camp in Durban on Thursday. Several people were injured and four refugees were taken to hospital. Read groundup.org.za/article/Seve... by Joseph Bracken
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Several injured after March and March raids refugee camp
Vigilante group’s “clean-up” targets displaced refugees in Durban
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 04/09/2026
In April 2026, about 200 soldiers were deployed to the Cape Flats as part of Operation Prosper, which is expected to last until 31 March 2027. Read groundup.org.za/article/fewe... by The Outlier and GroundUp Staff
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Cape Town News @ctnews.co.za · 04/09/2026
Biggest Story: CapeNature Opens 23 Western Cape Reserves For Free Access Week WESTERN CAPE: Thousands of residents will have the opportunity to enter 23 CapeNature reserves without paying the normal conservation entry fee duri… Get the Cape Town News Daily Brief: ctnews.co.za/newsletter-4
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CapeNature Opens 23 Western Cape Reserves For Free Access Week
WESTERN CAPE: Thousands of residents will have the opportunity to enter 23 CapeNature reserves without paying the normal conservation entry fee during a seven-day Access Week from 19th…
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SMF News @smfnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Measles cases are on the rise in Stellenbosch and the surrounding Cape Winelands area as confirmed by the Western Cape department of health and wellness. 📝Amahle Thabethe Read more here www.smfnews.org/measles-case... #measles #vaccination #stellenbosch
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Finally we are agreed. Mbalula says some members ‘lazy liars’ as ANC faces IEC heat www.timeslive.co.za/politics/202...
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LISTEN | Mbalula says some members ‘lazy liars’ as ANC faces IEC heat
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says he does not want to be pitied over the party’s IEC saga, in which the ANC missed a crucial deadline to submit candidate lists in some municipalities.
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PressPortal 🇿🇦 @pressportal.co.za · 31/08/2026
JOMBA! @ The Market Theatre Returns With HEROES Mantsoe Nyamza and International Programmes pressportal.co.za/leisure-entertain… #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
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JOMBA! @ The Market Theatre Returns With HEROES Mantsoe Nyamza and International Programmes
9 – 12 September 2026 / 7pm / John Kani Theatre, The Market Theatre: Following the 28th edition of the Centre for Creative Arts' JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience in Durban (26 August to 6 September), the pioneering festival returns to…
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 01/09/2026
Alongside the deeply potholed Denne Avenue on the south-eastern edge of Bloemfontein, leaking municipal water pipes have created a 1,500 square metre vlei on land belonging, ironically, to the Rivers of Living Waters Ministry. Read groundup.org.za/article/mang... by Steve Kretzmann
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Elections 2026: Blunders in Mangaung are poisoning Free State water
While the municipality loses billions, sewage flows into rivers and residents struggle for water
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Air France has announced the return of its popular seasonal Cape Town-Paris direct service for the 2026/2027 South African summer travel season.
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Air France reveals Cape Town-Paris flight schedule for South Africa’s 2026-27 summer
The airline says it will use one of its flagship long-haul aircraft, the Airbus A350-900, for this service.
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Parliament's impeachment committee has reversed its decision to nominate Adv Thandazani Madonsela SC as the evidence leader in its inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala scandal.
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Another Phala Phala victory for Cyril Ramaphosa
The committee voted 18-9 to rescind Madonsela's nomination as evidence leader.
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PressPortal 🇿🇦 @pressportal.co.za · 01/09/2026
Henkel South Africa continues STEM education initiative for young learners during milestone year pressportal.co.za/business-economy-… #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
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Henkel South Africa continues STEM education initiative for young learners during milestone year
Henkel South Africa hosted its second Forscherwelt (Researchers’ World) Day, introducing 35 children from Almond Tree, Children of Promise to the world of science through fun, hands-on discovery Forscherwelt is a global STEM (Science,…
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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · 01/09/2026
Here is the original report by Matt Bradley from @nbcnews.com on how they got beaten up by Israeli settler youths in the West Bank. The 51-year-old Palestinian woman was beaten unconscious! I am glad Matt and the others are okay, and the woman was discharged from hospital now. #Israel is criminal!
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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · 01/09/2026
My colleague Matt Bradley from @nbcnews.com, who I know since our times in Cairo covering the Arab Spring, was attacked by terrorists (aka settlers) in the #WestBank while interviewing a 51-year-old Palestinian woman whose house was taken by the settlers. 4 young men beat them up. Criminal, #Israel!
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We’ve been covering settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank for years. 

But yesterday, we found ourselves on the menu. 

A group of masked settlers beat our team and pummelled the 51 year old woman we were interviewing unconscious. 

We’re all ok now - and Aida is out of the hospital - but this is just one incident among an unprecedented surge in settler violence across the West Bank. 

Here’s out story on yesterday’s attack on Sunday Today on @NBCNews
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#Israel #WestBank @TODAYshow
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 25/08/2026
The Casual Workers Advice Office has noted a sharp rise in reports of unlawful treatment of immigrant workers by employers in Gauteng. Read groundup.org.za/article/immi... by Seth Thorne
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Fired for being foreign: how employers gave in to March and March threats
The Casual Workers Advice Office has recorded a sharp rise in reports of xenophobic labour practices in Gauteng
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 25/08/2026
Donations have helped a youth church band in Samora Machel replace stolen instruments and start rehearsing again Read groundup.org.za/article/toot... by Emihle Ngwane
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Readers’ donations get church band going again
Instruments worth R100,000 were stolen from the Samora Machel band and sold for scrap
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PressPortal 🇿🇦 @pressportal.co.za · 25/08/2026
Durban FilmMart 2026 (9–12 Oct) spotlights South African cinema and industry reforms The 17th Durban FilmMart (DMF), scheduled from 9 to 12… pressportal.co.za/stream/story/7742… #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
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Durban FilmMart 2026 (9–12 Oct) spotlights South African cinema and industry reforms
The 17th Durban FilmMart (DMF), scheduled from 9 to 12 October 2026, once again anchors conversations about the health and future of the local industry within the wider market (Image source: © 123rf 123rf ) The event remains a significant…
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PressPortal 🇿🇦 @pressportal.co.za · 25/08/2026
SanParks announces 2026 free day-entry week for South African visitors (Sept 7–11 for select parks) Source: freestock.ca via Wikimedia Commons |… pressportal.co.za/stream/story/dc23… #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
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SanParks announces 2026 free day-entry week for South African visitors (Sept 7–11 for select parks)
Source: freestock.ca via Wikimedia Commons | Kruger National Park, South Africa, along the Sabie River. The initiative applies to day visits only. Visitors will still pay the normal fees for accommodation, guided activities, game drives…
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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
CapeTalk’s Read the Room with Karavan Press and Indeed Books @capetalk.bsky.social @indeedbooks.bsky.social @kerryhammerton.bsky.social @karinamszczurek.bsky.social karavanpress.com/2026/08/25/c...
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CapeTalk’s Read the Room with Karavan Press and Indeed Books
CapeTalk’s next edition of READ THE ROOM book club will tell the story of publishing. Author and independent publisher Karina Szczurek of the multi-award-winning Karavan Press will join John Maytha…
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PressPortal 🇿🇦 @pressportal.co.za · 25/08/2026
South African businesses urged to invest in GBVF prevention alongside survivor support The anti-femicide demonstration in Cape Town, South… pressportal.co.za/stream/story/bd95… #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica
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South African businesses urged to invest in GBVF prevention alongside survivor support
The anti-femicide demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa, following the death of Uyinene Mrwetyana outside the Houses of Parliament whilst President Cyril Ramaphosa gives a speech. Image credit: Discott , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia…
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ANC NEC member Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has withdrawn her claim that fellow NEC member Ronald Lamola was involved in vote buying at the party's 2017 national conference.
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma withdraws big claim about Ronald Lamola
However, she remains mum about her other claim that Fikile Mbalula "dished" out money at the party's 2022 conference.
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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · 26/08/2026
“Since its origin 250 years ago …”? You are not aware that Native Americans existed and America existed before (sic!) 250 years ago? America only started when white folks invaded the land, committed a genocide on the native population, stole the land and declared it theirs?" jonathanmoremi.com
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How Americans ignore Native Americans
When Americans celebrated 250 years of its (alleged) existence on 4th of July 2026, the question had to be asked which America they actually meant. Heather...
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
You can't make this up. Pest control services at #ANC Luthuli house. And where is the result ?? www.timeslive.co.za/politics/202...
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Taken to the cleaners: ANC faces default judgment over R880k Luthuli House bill
Bidvest Services demands payment for cleaning, hygiene and pest control services rendered at the party’s headquarters as the party’s finances flounder
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
As South Africa marks Youth Day, young people in 2026 are still fighting for opportunity 50 years after the 1976 Soweto Uprising, writes Luvolwethu Ngani.
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OPINION | We remember your sacrifice - the youth of 2026 are still fighting for opportunity
As South Africa marks Youth Day, young people in 2026 are still fighting for opportunity, 50 years after the 1976 Soweto Uprising.
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GOOD @forgood.org.za · 16/06/2026
From Soweto ’76 to 2026, young South Africans face barriers in education and work, trapped in a bottleneck of unemployment and poverty. #YouthDay #GOODParty #EndExclusion #YouthPower
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"To see this young dead boy being carried away in the arms of another boy our age, who was crying his heart out, was another shock and convinced us, that defying the ruthless Apartheid regime had been a must and was not in any way negotiable." #June16th commentandopinion.co.za/2026/06/16/h...
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“It is a systemic human rights crisis that is fed by governance failure, infrastructure neglect, poor to no financial controls, corruption and very weak transparency.” groundup.org.za/article/gaut...
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Gauteng water crisis in the spotlight at SAHRC inquiry
Auditor-General and civil society organisations made submissions on Tuesday
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"Mbalula says ANC was never built on wealth and tenders." #FindTheFault currentaffairsza.com/2026/05/20/m...
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Mbalula says ANC was never built on wealth and tenders
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has urged party members to shun the pursuit of wealth and tenders, and pursue service instead.
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"Residents of ward 28 have not had access to water for more than eight years ... in spite of securing an interim court order four years ago compelling national, provincial and local authorities to ensure they have potable water." Now the Minister is forced to act! groundup.org.za/article/judg...
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Judge tells minister to get water to Eastern Cape families
Centane residents win court victory
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 21/05/2026
Residents of Chavani and surrounding villages in the Vhembe district of Limpopo are still without running water, despite a R486-million water system having been built in the area. Read groundup.org.za/article/vhem... by Thembi Siaga
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A new R486-million water system, but the taps are still dry in these Limpopo villages
Vhembe District Municipality insists families will have water soon
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Donald Trump again shows kindness to South Africa, offering to rid Mzansi of 10,000 more right-wing white supremacist Afrikaners. Can't thank him enough.
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Current Affairs ZA @currentaffairsza.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
SASSA has fired 43 officials for fraud, theft, corruption and serious maladministration during the 2025/2026 financial year.
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SASSA fires 43 officials in corruption crackdown – and 65 more have pending cases
Some of the dismissed officials have also appeared in court after SASSA referred their cases to law enforcement agencies.
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Artslink.co.za @artslink.co.za · 21/05/2026
Cape Town Theatre Awards - www.newslink.co.za/cape-town-th... A new era for the much-loved and long-running Cape Town theatre awards has been announced, alongside the nominees for the 61st Awards.
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GOOD @forgood.org.za · 18/05/2026
Today the DA-led City of Cape Town and Western Cape Government are in the Constitutional Court, challenging the Public Procurement Act. Last week, Solidariteit ran to the UN to oppose racial redress. Different stages, same playbook.  #GOODParty #Justice
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
When you are too dumb to commit the perfect crime, perhaps better refrain. This is beyond stupid.
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 18/05/2026
Anti-immigration group March and March has held protests in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg over the past month. Protesters have come armed weapons, people perceived to be immigrants have been assaulted, shops have closed to avoid violence. Read groundup.org.za/article/blam... by GroundUp Editors
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Blaming immigrants for our problems is a fool’s game
Lives will not be improved by vigilante action, mass deportations and expressions of hatred
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GOOD @forgood.org.za · 19/05/2026
Chunks of masonry are falling from Elsies River public housing, where children and elders walk daily. GOOD Councillor Suzette Little warned the City in 2023. Three years later, the danger is worse, and residents are still unprotected. #GOODParty #SafeHousing #Accountability
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Nothing beats claiming innocence quite like wearing sunglasses while sitting on the bench in court ...
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Firing people seems to be the name of the game with the #MK party. Obviously there is no concept that holds.
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News24 @news24southafrica.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A flood of unpredictable applications has nearly tripled the Constitutional Court’s workload since 2010, triggering a severe backlog crisis. A critical new report warns that an open-ended legal test has effectively become an open invitation for meritless litigation.
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Flood of frivolous lawsuits pushes Constitutional Court to breaking point | News24
Freedom Under Law warns that the Constitutional Court’s backlog crisis stems from a legal test so vague that it cannot be predicted, with at least half of all petitions filed in 2024 still pending aft...
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Comment & Opinion 🇿🇦 @commentandopinion.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In the draft of the new history curriculum for Grade 12, #SteveBiko and the #BlackConsciousnessMovement will be reduced to only 2 hours of teaching. This is an #ANC distortion of the anti-Apartheid struggle. Protest against that! You can still today! READ: commentandopinion.co.za/2026/05/06/s...
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