By virtue of being human, EVERYONE has the right to: - life - equality - human dignity Life & human dignity are sacrosanct & are ENTIRELY non-derogable. The right to equality is non-derogable wrt unfair discrimination based on race, colour, origin, sex, religion or language. ✌🏾

[THREAD] The vast majority of USAID money spent in SA goes to civil society, research groups and to 'health systems support' of government projects. See a detailed breakdown here: foreignassistance.gov/cd/south%20afr…

If you’re trying to understand what’s happening in Goma, I highly recommend this week’s issue of The Continent . It’s free to access via WhatsApp and it’s the most comprehensive weekly newspaper on matters Africa.

Pumpkin Spice Putin: “White South Africans have no rights, they’re having their land taken away. It’s very bad.” Meanwhile White South Africans:

Let’s be clear, Afriforum represents its about 315000 paying members. It does NOT represent all white people or even all white Afrikaans speaking people in South Africa. Campaigning for a foreign government to interfere or influence South African domestic policy is

I completely forgot about Gareth. He’s still around? Hiding indeed.

Might not feel this way on twitter - but back here on earth, DOGE did not have a great day yesterday on the USAID front. Elon's attempt to speedrun the destruction of USAID is starting to hit real legal and political bumps. The pushback is starting - and must be sustained. 🧵

Zero chill.

My favourite is “adventurers”. Like our ancestors were just out for a stroll to document different kinds of trees... ‘Oops! I commandeered a country! Oh well, the sunshine is nicer here than back home. Might as well stay…. Guess we’ll need to install our own government then.’

Oh, he 100% knows it’s misinformation. He doesn’t care.

Today’s News24 🇿🇦 cartoon

🚨 Big win for democracy! A German court has ordered X to hand over election data after researchers flagged possible voter manipulation. 2024 saw the highest rates of election misinformation ever recorded. This is a crucial step for transparency! More: sa.lrc.org.za/4gy0oA7

Happy Valentines Day ❤️🌹

I don’t think there’s been a time in my life when the world felt better primed to be reminded why we need journalism. Proper journalism. Independent, ruthless, courageous storytelling. We are not going to survive this *gestures at… everything* without it.

Only South Africa can simultaneously be the country that took Israel to the ICJ and also the country that just had to shut down the Pretoria High Court because it has no electricity. We are both so serious and somehow not.

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…