Journalist. 'The world needs journalism with a human face'- Francis B. Kasoma
Johannesburg
Joined April 2009
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Thabo Leshilo retweeted
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs.
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
Let us dedicate this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day tomorrow to the children of Gaza who continue to be killed and maimed by the genocidal Zionist #ApartheidIsrael regime.
Palestine 🇵🇸 shall be free from the River to the Sea! ✊🏾
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
“Whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realize that they are also human, not inferior.” - Steve Biko
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
Apartheid was a violent legal system that stripped Black South Africans of citizenship, land, movement, education, and skilled work. Today’s redress policies are not “anti-white laws.” Equating the two is historically illiterate, morally bankrupt, and deliberately dishonest.
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
These old photos remind me how many of us stood up in those days—not because we were brave, but because the times demanded it.
If there is anything “progressive” about those pages of history, it’s because so many ordinary people chose courage over comfort.
The struggle continues, and I’m grateful to walk it with the many people who are fighting for justice, peace, dignity, and sustainability.
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
South African “townships” didn’t appear naturally. Apartheid built them. Forced removals created entire communities designed for poverty and distance from economic opportunity. That spatial engineering is still very much effective.
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
This is the UP Medicine class of 2025. Despite the loud claims that white children are “discriminated” from studying in SA universities, more than half this class is white, while white South Africans make up only about 7% of the population.
What did we do wrong to deserve this level of service from @CleanerJoburg @DadaMorero @CityofJoburgZA? This is Boulder Avenue, Berario, just after they'd picked up to the trash. The truck that usually comes earlier to collect recyclable stuff did not pitch, same as two weeks ago.
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
Taxi drivers (SANTACO members) are saying that South Africans are not allowed to have more than one passenger in their cars. It doesn’t matter if it’s your kids, family, friends, or colleagues, if they catch you with more than one person in your car, they could damage it, crash it in public, or even burn it.
They’re basically saying: your kids must use taxis to get to school, not your own car and your family should also use taxis for personal trips instead of your car.
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
Let’s be clear: The creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank is illegal.
It must stop.
The wholesale destruction of Gaza is intolerable.
It must stop.
Unilateral actions that would forever undermine the two-state solution are unacceptable.
They must stop.
Thabo Leshilo retweeted
Let’s be clear: Statehood for the Palestinians is a right, not a reward.
The only realistic, just, and sustainable solution is two States – Israel & Palestine – living side-by-side in peace.
I urge the international community to take urgent & concrete steps to make it real.
Iyoo, cancelling a Telkom contract is an ordeal. I held on for over 30 minutes before a consultant could talk to me. She cancelled the first contract. I held on again for her to cancel the second. The call then ended. I'd spent 43 minutes 38 seconds on the line. 😲 😲 😠 😠.
Randburg UIF office is a mess. Hundreds not paid their #uif funds. Forced to spend money to visit office to be told "there is a backlog". Paymaster won't speak to them. Callousness and contemp. The unions don't care @Cosatu @Numsa_Media @deptoflabour
This infuriates me so much wena Mkhaya because there are no funds that the South African government receives from the USA government. Not now, not before, not ever. Americans are led to believe that the South African government is dependent on “foreign aid” from the USA for its survival. Many South Africans think so too because of the influence of western media, and no one ever corrects that. Yes, there are so-called low-income countries whose budgets are supplemented by “foreign aid” from western “donor countries”. South Africa is not one of the. The aid that came to South Africa via such agencies as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) went to NGOs. Yes it helped because NGOs offered healthcare services that supplemented government services. Government must find funds to provide those services. But no American money went directly to the South African government. I’m surprised a propagandist like @joelpollak doesn’t know that.
Stand with South Africa against Trump’s wrath mg.co.za/thought-leader/opin…
