“The purpose of racism is to control the behavior of white people, not Black people. For Blacks, guns and tanks are sufficient.” Otis Maddison
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Joburg is not collapsing because of coalitions or single party mayorship as it was with the ANC . The crisis of JHB is the crisis of how SA came to be as a country.
JHB being the hub of economic activity and almost everyone being migrant laborers with controlled access via pass laws.
Post-1994, those laws have been abolished, with our former bantustans largely underdeveloped. It's only logical everyone will want to go seek opportunities in the city. So what happens to social services?
impossible.
It is a "special" city. The only city in SA that cannot be fixed without fixing the economic organization in the country. Decentralize the economy from Gauteng, and you will fix Johannesburg.
No mayor will fix Joburg without fixing the whole country. It's just imposible.
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One of Lula’s most important and least well-known achievements is US capacity to sanction it into compliance is limited, because unlike Europe, Brazilians don’t need Visa or Mastercard to make payments.
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The EFF’s Statement Condemning the Weaponisation and Abuse of the State Security Agency by the ANC
-According to court testimony, millions of rands from the SSA were misused to fund a covert operation specifically targeted at spying on EFF caucuses and trying to destabilise our organisation by aggressively poaching influential leaders back to the ANC. This constitutional delinquency occurred at the height of our robust opposition to state capture and former President Jacob Zuma. It is completely unacceptable that tax money was spent on illegal surveillance of a democratically elected political party rather than protecting the citizens of South Africa.
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Eugene De Kok appearing before the TRC Inquiry he says he was made a scapegoat. He says “FW De Klerk’s Nobel peace prize must be revoked because he is a killer who was never convicted.” @MakiLeshoro
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Lula's win was carried by the poor who depend on social grants, LGBTQI people facing discrimination and religious abuse, workers now protected by labour law, and migrants in Brazil; he stands for and protects the poor.
Your parties reject these people - Brazilians didn’t c we thank them.
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Lula has defeated the forces of Christian Nationalism, Technofeudalism, and Imperialism that sought to orchestrate regime change in Brazil.
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You discredit socialism at home and support it in Brazil... Make it make sense!
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Failure is an orphan, but victory has many fathers, Mhlali. For an example; the Municipal Equitable Share.
Beginning of the year, at budget, we (@bettergovza) proposed that Parliament increase it by R30bn, taking it to 10.9% ito the Division of Revenue, and amend the Fiscal Framework accordingly. NT opposed it. Only MKP and EFF agreed with us, but the GNU super-majority (+BOSA and ActionSA) rubber-stamped NT’s view, adopting the Framework as NT proposed.
Jiki Jiki, Minister Godongwana now proposes to increase it by R20bn, taking it to 10.1%. Do you think they will amend the revised Fiscal Framework now or rubber stamp NT’s proposal and claim the victory of the R20bn increase?
We’ll all find out in the coming weeks…
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Operation Vulela i-Private sector maniacs are also celebrating President Lula’s victory.
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Herman just saw people celebrating past his office and not sure why.
He just likes happy people😂
He has not seen the manifesto or know the history 😂
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This applies too to some South Africans who are quick to condemn Israeli human rights abuses thousands of miles away, but they fail to speak out against the abuse that their own citizens inflict on foreigners.
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Your endorsement for Helen is ok, but your departure from intellectual and scholarly rigour is INEXCUSABLE.
You KNOW for a FACT that there will be a coalition government in the City of Joburg & instead of helping residents accept that reality, you adopt a DA position. Intellectual dishonesty should not be promoted, least of all by senior academics of your stature.
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So, in one sentence: government operatives within the intelligence services withdrew R12 million to infiltrate @EFFSouthAfrica through key individuals in its @ParliamentofRSA caucus in order to collapse the party, and the project was named Project Mayibuye. Hhmmm!!
🔒Declassified: SSA planted insiders in EFF to spy on and win members back to the ANC news24.com/investigations/de… via @news24
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Lula's victory is deeply personal for me. Above all, I feel relief: Brazil has prevented the far right from returning to the presidency, alongside a strengthened right in Congress. But the result also exposes challenges facing democracies far beyond Brazil. 1/....
