Heads up - next steps in the #UNTaxConvention negotiations: The first draft negotiating text is scheduled to come out this week, followed by another round of written responses from governments, civil society etc. Here is the UN website to keep an eye on: financing.desa.un.org/un-tax-convent…

Jodi Allemeier 🌇 The thing I have always found confusing is the seeming amnesia regarding the creation of a white middle class in SA through community savings in 20s/30s and then public infrustructure spending in 40s-70s. Ppl seem to have forgotten where Eskom, Sasol, Transnet, etc come from.

My sister? The tax is to level the playing field so that Chinese companies don’t undercut South African retailers. It’s also to protect and create South African jobs in the fashion industry. Where do all taxes go? To the national fiscus.

[Radio] SANCO have handed over a memo to Johannesburg's city power putting forward a proposal for a flat rate electricity tariff for low income users. I joined Thomas Thaga, Chair (Jozi) & Oliver Dickson yesterday on SAfmRadio 📻 listen in TUED omny.fm/shows/late-nig…

Here in NY, the negotiations on ToR for a #UNTaxConvention have ended and the FINAL text has been published: financing.desa.un.org/sites/default/… We expect a UN-vote on this text Friday 16 August at 15.00 New York time, and we are calling on countries to vote YES! What's at stake? 1/11

All the white-right pod-bros getting their thank-you positions that they’re all qualified for, because there is no cadre deployment in the DA 💪 #whiteexcellence news24.com/citypress/news…

📌Please don't forget to join us tonight at 6 PM to discuss the impact of local government financing models on access to basic services, affordability, and the pursuit of privatization. Let's unpack the consequences together! ✊🏾 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: bit.ly/3z8ci3Y

Look at this graph to see how Gaza has changed everything. Israel is emboldened to carry out indiscriminate slaughter in Lebanon after almost a year of live-streamed genocide—backed fully by the U.S.—with zero consequences.

This might sound like nothing but this is one of the most extraordinary revealing things Israel has said. In the words of Israeli officials themselves Nasrallah literally died because he refused a side deal that abandoned the Palestinians. In effect this man labelled

Our Al Jazeera Investigations investigation exposes war crimes in Gaza through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year-long conflict. Watch the full film here. #GazaCrimes

SAFTU Statement on the Stilfontein Massacre* SAFTU is outraged and deeply saddened by the unfolding massacre at Shaft 11 of Stillfontein, where 59 bodies of miners have already been brought to the surface, and 101 survivors have emerged resembling walking ghosts after enduring

The sad truth is that SA does, in fact, need radical transformation and enormous public investment. The fact that the US gov mistakenly thinks that the SA gov is committed to radical change is darkly funny.

If the US keeps this up there'll ne a BRICS currency by the end of next year 😂😂 years of soft power influence peddling and diplomacy down the drain, shame.

She's a unversity student doing a science major. She woke up @ 5am & got to campus ka 8am. 3 hours traveling. Then, batho will ask why dropout rates are disproportionately higher for traveling students 🤦🏾‍♂️

It’s Budget Day Today (again) and the Minister is set to speak - will you? Join REFA UCT and the AIDC for a Post Budget Speech Discussion where we unpack the debts, deficits and the drama. Get to know REFA a bit better and stand a chance to win BIG on a budget 😉.

The South African government’s rush to clear visa applications has led to mass rejections, bureaucratic chaos, and an overloaded appeals system—leaving thousands in limbo. africasacountry.com/2025/03/the-vi…

Israel is intentionally destroying as many Palestinians it can—irrespective of age, gender, health, or religion—using all means available. This is a genocide in plain sight, and it is absolutely outrageous that European states continue to prioritize their

DA AND PA PARLIAMENTARIANS’ SECRET FROLIC TO ISRAEL The DA and PA must tell South Africans what their MPs are doing in Israel, who they have met, what they told them about South Africa, who they have claimed to represent, and who paid for the trip. Read

I'll be live for an interview today with Democracy Now! discussing the arrival of Afrikaner "refugees" in the US. Here's a piece I wrote on how right-wing populists and white nationalists exploit crisis to advance the interests of economic elites: africasacountry.com/2025/02/race-p…

Donald Trump has welcomed white "refugees" from South Africa, claiming they face "genocide" as the country tries to address the ongoing legacy of apartheid. "This accusation of white genocide emanating from the White House is a conspiracy theory and a myth," says writer Andile