We cannot leapfrog poor or lack of infrastructure. We can't leapfrog bad governance. We can't leapfrog bad policies. We can't leapfrog lack of goodwill. We can't leapfrog lack of equal opportunities. We can't leapfrog lack of resources! We can't leapfrog everything! Do your part!

This experience is horrid! Not uncommon even in hotels with security. Had my hotel door attempted to be opened by a security guard in my last solo trip. Luckily I had door stops so it made a loud noise when he tried. Will link below.

writers will be like "I love writing" and then do absolutely everything except sit down and write

Elon Musk was able to buy Twitter because he doesn’t spend $5 on coffee everyday

So relatable 🥲

Asking me when I'll finish my PhD is an act of violence.

Last RT. Please beloveds, don’t ask.

I’m getting this PhD and I am not looking for a tenure track position after. But academia likes to reproduce academia so there’s not much guidance for people who want to use their PhD for other things. Here to remind myself and anyone else out there: we can do other things.

So ORTambo has decided to create a super spreader event in the name of getting Covid info they already have. Hundreds of international travelers crammed into barely moving non queue.

No, the British Empire didn't just "make mistakes", with a few massacres here and there. They committed genocide on several continents, produced famines that killed tens of millions of people, and led a human trafficking cartel for 200 years. The violence was systematic.

Bhubha mhlaba 😬

"You don't have to win a Nobel Prize for your dissertation. Getting a PhD is good enough." Academic Chatter™

Umntu udiniwe kodwa

Ghana:

Ghana has really had enough 😂

😭

Hi South African Airways, my luggage was tagged incorrectly leaving OR Tambo and never arrived in Accra. Instead, I found someone else’s bag with my luggage tag on it. It’s been 3 days and no updates. Emails not being responded to. No one seems to be investigating what actually happened.

In the future, the ANC will be the dictionary example for “uzenzile akakhalelwa”