StatsSA just released the new employment statistics for the last quarter and it’s shocking. There’s 140 000 more job seekers in the country and no jobs. What’s your experience with unemployment in the country? ✍️🎙️ Qaanitah Hunter #unemployment #economy

No South African will pass this post without leaving a LIKE for Sacha #RSAvARG| Springboks| Argentina

The Trump administration has announced its support for a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, which provides sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the U.S. market. #eNCA #SouthAfricaTonight #DStv403

I have news for the Wall St Journal. Joburg has not given up. It is full of active citizens who will work their hands to the bone to rebuild this great City. I am one of them.

Kalshi So shareholders might actually hand Musk a trillion-dollar pay package. Let that sink in. One man, one number, and a system built to reward audacity above everything else. It’s capitalism’s purest moment bold, absurd, unstoppable. Say what you want about him, but Elon plays the

Let this sink in

Isn’t it ironic how Elon’s Starlink wants to drop free, unlimited, super-fast internet into 5,000 rural South African schools, but SA’s bureaucracy insists on saying no. I think the 2.4 million kids in SA without proper access would benefit immensely. Starlink is even putting

Every Jew on earth is thinking, could I be murdered just for being Jewish? Could it happen where I live? That’s where we are, as 2025 comes to a close. An absolute disgrace.

Tesla Self-Driving V14.2 takes me 550 miles from Johnson City, Tennessee to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in my Model Y with zero driving interventions (mostly in the dark). During the trip, there is 1 scenario where the vehicle chose the wrong parking spot. Instead of trying to

South Africa’s mining industry is collapsing under bad policy, even as global green demand creates a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity. biznews.com/sa-investing/h…

The new reality creeps in.

After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal. What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full

The Presidency 🇿🇦 Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 Hey Grok. What has the South African government done this year to deserve a salary increase? They’ve stolen more money, unemployment is worse, overall growth is worse. What specific reason could they have to line their pockets further while doing Nothing to improve the lives of

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So why would SA turn this down especially when it’s provided free to rural schools?

Well in SA we may have one of these in place. 😢

Optimus robots will be the "Infinite Money Glitch" the flywheel effect here will be bigger than anything we've seen in human history...

Never position yourself as the hero of your book business. Your reader is the hero. Your customer is the hero. The problem they’re trying to solve is the story. Your role is simpler—and more powerful. You’re the guide. You hand them the map so they don’t get lost.

True. Once the solar energy generation to robot manufacturing to chip fabrication to AI loop is closed, conventional currency will just get in the way. Just wattage and tonnage will matter, not dollars.

Every time someone asks me what's going on with AI, I give them the safe answer. Because the real one sounds insane. I'm done holding back. I wrote what I wish I could sit down and tell everyone I care about. Send it to someone who needs to read it. x.com/mattshumer_/st…