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Taxis are the lifeblood of the economy

Taxis are the lifeblood of the economy

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If you let them in they will discover your land and colonise you😒

If you let them in they will discover your land and colonise you😒

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Congolese immigrant: The South African government is very weak

Congolese immigrant: The South African government is very weak

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The United States🇺🇸 had a list of people they lined up to succeed Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran🇮🇷...but they accidentally bombed them🥲

The United States🇺🇸 had a list of people they lined up to succeed Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran🇮🇷...but they accidentally bombed them🥲

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The Islamic Republic of Iran since 28 February:

The Islamic Republic of Iran since 28 February:

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If this happened in 2024, General Mkhwanazi The Assassin would have cut them down on the spot and solved the Black man problem right there🤭

If this happened in 2024, General Mkhwanazi The Assassin would have cut them down on the spot and solved the Black man problem right there🤭

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Oliver Tambo: “The worst of all horrors in the world is to live forever as a slave—as a hated, despised subhuman. And this we reject”

Oliver Tambo: “The worst of all horrors in the world is to live forever as a slave—as a hated, despised subhuman. And this we reject”

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This man is demanding an explanation

This man is demanding an explanation

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In 1954, the United States overthrew the democratically elected, socialist government of Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala🇬🇹. Árbenz had instituted land reforms that nationalised unused land, heavily impacting the American-owned United Fruit Company. In 1964, the United States backed a military coup that ousted democratic social-democrat President João Goulart in Brazil🇧🇷 in 1964. Goulart had proposed progressive tax and land reforms, which Washington feared would lead to a “second Cuba”. In 1965, the US and UK actively supported the anti-communist military faction in Indonesia🇮🇩 as they marginalised the socialist President Sukarno. The transition was accompanied by the mass slaughter of 1 million members of the Indonesian Communist Party, utilising intelligence lists provided by US officials. Before Guyana🇬🇾 gained independence in 1966, the CIA and British intelligence covertly funded disruptive general strikes and destabilised the democratically elected, Marxist-oriented Premier Cheddi Jagan, successfully forcing him out of power before independence. In 1971, the US supported the military coup in Bolivia🇧🇴 to overthrow General Juan José Torres, a leftist leader who had nationalised American mining properties and established a “People's Assembly”. In Chile🇨🇱, Marxist President Salvador Allende was democratically elected. So, the Unites States actively worked to destabilise the Chilean economy. “Make the economy scream”, they said, before backing a 1973 violent military coup led by Augusto Pinochet, during which President Allende was killed. In 1983, the US launched a full-scale military invasion called Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada🇬🇩 in 1983 to depose the military council and halt Cuban influence on the island. There’s the 1953 coup in Iran🇮🇷. The 66-year long embargo on Cuba🇨🇺. The Cold War on the Soviet Union & the Eastern Bloc. The 76-year long sanctions on North Korea🇰🇵. The 1975 - 1994 embargo on Communist Vietnam🇻🇳. The funding of Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua🇳🇮 in 1985 - 1990. The sanctions on the Chávista government in Venezuela🇻🇪, culminating in the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro.

In 1954, the United States overthrew the democratically elected, socialist government of Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala🇬🇹. Árbenz had instituted land reforms that nationalised unused land, heavily impacting the American-owned United Fruit Company. In 1964, the United States backed a military coup that ousted democratic social-democrat President João Goulart in Brazil🇧🇷 in 1964. Goulart had proposed progressive tax and land reforms, which Washington feared would lead to a “second Cuba”. In 1965, the US and UK actively supported the anti-communist military faction in Indonesia🇮🇩 as they marginalised the socialist President Sukarno. The transition was accompanied by the mass slaughter of 1 million members of the Indonesian Communist Party, utilising intelligence lists provided by US officials. Before Guyana🇬🇾 gained independence in 1966, the CIA and British intelligence covertly funded disruptive general strikes and destabilised the democratically elected, Marxist-oriented Premier Cheddi Jagan, successfully forcing him out of power before independence. In 1971, the US supported the military coup in Bolivia🇧🇴 to overthrow General Juan José Torres, a leftist leader who had nationalised American mining properties and established a “People's Assembly”. In Chile🇨🇱, Marxist President Salvador Allende was democratically elected. So, the Unites States actively worked to destabilise the Chilean economy. “Make the economy scream”, they said, before backing a 1973 violent military coup led by Augusto Pinochet, during which President Allende was killed. In 1983, the US launched a full-scale military invasion called Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada🇬🇩 in 1983 to depose the military council and halt Cuban influence on the island. There’s the 1953 coup in Iran🇮🇷. The 66-year long embargo on Cuba🇨🇺. The Cold War on the Soviet Union & the Eastern Bloc. The 76-year long sanctions on North Korea🇰🇵. The 1975 - 1994 embargo on Communist Vietnam🇻🇳. The funding of Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua🇳🇮 in 1985 - 1990. The sanctions on the Chávista government in Venezuela🇻🇪, culminating in the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro.

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When Europeans civilised the entire world

When Europeans civilised the entire world

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This is what you’re faced with as a 🇿🇦South African

This is what you’re faced with as a 🇿🇦South African

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Prof William Gumede laments how the ANC shut down technical and vocational colleges. This is true, the ANC did do that. What Prof Gumede doesn’t say is that the ANC did all of that because of neoliberals like him who wanted a small government and for the markets to lead the economy. How else was the ANC going to implement GEAR and its fiscal discipline policies without cutting public spending somewhere? Decade after decade, the expert analysts insisted the government was broke demanded that it meet the deficit targets required by global financial markets. So the ANC had to streamline the public sector, and closing or merging vocational colleges was an easy way to slash the budget🤷🏾‍♂️ Then there was the part about “the knowledge economy” trend which pushed university education and “white-collar” services. Again, the idea was that the market, not state-run colleges, should dictate skills training. By the time the government realised that a developing economy cannot survive without large numbers of plumbers, teachers, nurses and welders, the infrastructure for training them had already been gutted. Many intellectuals and advisors who now cry wolf about the “skills gap” or the “failure of the state” were the same architects and cheerleaders of the policies that dismantled the state’s capacity to train artisans.

Prof William Gumede laments how the ANC shut down technical and vocational colleges. This is true, the ANC did do that. What Prof Gumede doesn’t say is that the ANC did all of that because of neoliberals like him who wanted a small government and for the markets to lead the economy. How else was the ANC going to implement GEAR and its fiscal discipline policies without cutting public spending somewhere? Decade after decade, the expert analysts insisted the government was broke demanded that it meet the deficit targets required by global financial markets. So the ANC had to streamline the public sector, and closing or merging vocational colleges was an easy way to slash the budget🤷🏾‍♂️ Then there was the part about “the knowledge economy” trend which pushed university education and “white-collar” services. Again, the idea was that the market, not state-run colleges, should dictate skills training. By the time the government realised that a developing economy cannot survive without large numbers of plumbers, teachers, nurses and welders, the infrastructure for training them had already been gutted. Many intellectuals and advisors who now cry wolf about the “skills gap” or the “failure of the state” were the same architects and cheerleaders of the policies that dismantled the state’s capacity to train artisans.

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Emmanuel Macron to African leaders: We are not like the others, allow us to colonise you.

Emmanuel Macron to African leaders: We are not like the others, allow us to colonise you.

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Her: Babe, I think I’m pregnant Him:

Her: Babe, I think I’m pregnant Him:

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Julius Malema has been on the attack path since before

Julius Malema has been on the attack path since before

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Good morning, Black people

Good morning, Black people

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Here Klaus Schwab says in ze late ‘80s and early ‘90s zey searched for ANC officials in exile and integrated them into zeir “community”

Here Klaus Schwab says in ze late ‘80s and early ‘90s zey searched for ANC officials in exile and integrated them into zeir “community”

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Chad Thomas: Hijacked buildings are controlled by South Africans

Chad Thomas: Hijacked buildings are controlled by South Africans

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Nah! This fighter😭😭

Nah! This fighter😭😭

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They kept getting angrier with each Grok reply💀💀
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They kept getting angrier with each Grok reply💀💀

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2,294,981 views • 7 months ago

Radio 702 man: What do you think of Cyril? Adv Muzi Sikhakhane: I view each of the post-Apartheid presidents through political systems and compromises they represented. Mandela was used as a buffer between downtrodden people and the system, driven by an obsession with sainthood rather than pushing for radical structural change. Thabo Mbeki is a modern leader who accomplished some great things, but was overly aligned with “Western modernity”. Jacob Zuma was another “missed opportunity.” He needs to do introspection regarding his presidency and the self-serving agendas around him. Cyril Ramaphosa represents compromise and selling out, even if unconscious, symbolising how money and political manoeuvring are used to stay at the top. Cyril embodies long-standing flaws within the ANC, namely, a moderate compromise that neglects the daily reality of the country’s most vulnerable people.
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Radio 702 man: What do you think of Cyril? Adv Muzi Sikhakhane: I view each of the post-Apartheid presidents through political systems and compromises they represented. Mandela was used as a buffer between downtrodden people and the system, driven by an obsession with sainthood rather than pushing for radical structural change. Thabo Mbeki is a modern leader who accomplished some great things, but was overly aligned with “Western modernity”. Jacob Zuma was another “missed opportunity.” He needs to do introspection regarding his presidency and the self-serving agendas around him. Cyril Ramaphosa represents compromise and selling out, even if unconscious, symbolising how money and political manoeuvring are used to stay at the top. Cyril embodies long-standing flaws within the ANC, namely, a moderate compromise that neglects the daily reality of the country’s most vulnerable people.

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208,688 views • 1 month ago

Rhodesia 1973, a farmworker was made to search for landmines using a pitchfork so the White man could drive safely
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Rhodesia 1973, a farmworker was made to search for landmines using a pitchfork so the White man could drive safely

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1,017,984 views • 6 months ago

Prof Richard Werner explains what happens when a country like South Africa borrows in a foreign currency and why this is foolish.
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Prof Richard Werner explains what happens when a country like South Africa borrows in a foreign currency and why this is foolish.

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118,789 views • 27 days ago

Terrible things are happening in Cape Town, yet somehow there are people in Johannesburg who are salivating at the thought of Helen Zille being their mayor
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Terrible things are happening in Cape Town, yet somehow there are people in Johannesburg who are salivating at the thought of Helen Zille being their mayor

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139,830 views • 1 month ago

The US put a $50 million reward for Maduro. His chauffeur and one of his bodyguards collaborated. The US has not paid them.
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The US put a $50 million reward for Maduro. His chauffeur and one of his bodyguards collaborated. The US has not paid them.

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693,662 views • 5 months ago

By the way, France dropped 17 nuclear bombs on Algeria
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By the way, France dropped 17 nuclear bombs on Algeria

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474,584 views • 4 months ago

I seem to remember this being a dumb man when I was growing up🤔 2011:
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I seem to remember this being a dumb man when I was growing up🤔 2011:

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788,610 views • 8 months ago

Phakelumthakathi: South Africa can pay South Africans 1 million every year for the rest of their lives. We don’t even need to work. We can have legal immigrants work for us like in Dubai. I would transform SA to the 2nd-most beautiful country in the world. Better than America.
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Phakelumthakathi: South Africa can pay South Africans 1 million every year for the rest of their lives. We don’t even need to work. We can have legal immigrants work for us like in Dubai. I would transform SA to the 2nd-most beautiful country in the world. Better than America.

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182,472 views • 2 months ago

Former American army soldier: Hey, Iran. Teach the United States and Israel a lesson
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Former American army soldier: Hey, Iran. Teach the United States and Israel a lesson

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477,120 views • 6 months ago

Junior buffoon: 🇮🇷Iran is not taking care of its people, instead it’s spending money on tunnels, missiles, launchers, UAVs. Senior buffoon: 🇺🇸America is a big country. We’re fighting wars. It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.
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Junior buffoon: 🇮🇷Iran is not taking care of its people, instead it’s spending money on tunnels, missiles, launchers, UAVs. Senior buffoon: 🇺🇸America is a big country. We’re fighting wars. It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

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367,894 views • 5 months ago

Dr Rahmeh Aladwan talking about why Palestinians do NOT look to South Africa as a model for liberation.
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Dr Rahmeh Aladwan talking about why Palestinians do NOT look to South Africa as a model for liberation.

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37,327 views • 14 days ago

Israel sold Iran weapons in the 1980s under the Ayatollah Khomeini. Israel wasn’t afraid of Iran in the 1980s as they saw Iraq as the greater threat. It was only when Iraq became weaker that they turned to saying Iran is the existential threat.
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Israel sold Iran weapons in the 1980s under the Ayatollah Khomeini. Israel wasn’t afraid of Iran in the 1980s as they saw Iraq as the greater threat. It was only when Iraq became weaker that they turned to saying Iran is the existential threat.

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403,299 views • 5 months ago

Listen and weep
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Listen and weep

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345,544 views • 5 months ago

It appears “Phakelumthakathi” knows something the former Statistician-General of South Africa doesn’t. Nkepile Mabuse: What will the economy look like if, hypothetically, undocumented migrants would leave? Dr Pali Lehohla: It’s not going to change. Business is White, it will continue to dominate, and Blacks will wake up to a disillusion—as disillusioned people—that “we thought they are gone, we will survive”. We have to deal with the economic policies that will make South Africa the engine.
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It appears “Phakelumthakathi” knows something the former Statistician-General of South Africa doesn’t. Nkepile Mabuse: What will the economy look like if, hypothetically, undocumented migrants would leave? Dr Pali Lehohla: It’s not going to change. Business is White, it will continue to dominate, and Blacks will wake up to a disillusion—as disillusioned people—that “we thought they are gone, we will survive”. We have to deal with the economic policies that will make South Africa the engine.

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180,339 views • 2 months ago

In 1992, Sinead O’Connor performed an a cappella version of Bob Marley’s song “War” and ended it by tearing up a photograph of Pope John Paul II to protest against child abuse in the Catholic Church while telling the audience to “fight the real enemy.” Americans cancelled her.
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In 1992, Sinead O’Connor performed an a cappella version of Bob Marley’s song “War” and ended it by tearing up a photograph of Pope John Paul II to protest against child abuse in the Catholic Church while telling the audience to “fight the real enemy.” Americans cancelled her.

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421,666 views • 7 months ago

Dr Naledi Pandor: We’ve allowed the US to be more powerful than it should It’s surprising that Africans have voted in favour of Israel Africans could present a different moral voice, but if you are bought off and persuaded by projects or money, you are a client, not a force
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Dr Naledi Pandor: We’ve allowed the US to be more powerful than it should It’s surprising that Africans have voted in favour of Israel Africans could present a different moral voice, but if you are bought off and persuaded by projects or money, you are a client, not a force

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123,534 views • 1 month ago

Iran is seizing the property of those who had been calling for Iran to be bombed and compensating victims
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Iran is seizing the property of those who had been calling for Iran to be bombed and compensating victims

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313,875 views • 5 months ago

President Duma Boko: I’ve told South Africans that coalition politics is going to be the future of politics. The ANC and EFF are going to have to come together, strike compromises to prevent the rise of Hitler in our region. (Except, the ANC is already in bed with Hitler)
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President Duma Boko: I’ve told South Africans that coalition politics is going to be the future of politics. The ANC and EFF are going to have to come together, strike compromises to prevent the rise of Hitler in our region. (Except, the ANC is already in bed with Hitler)

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264,345 views • 4 months ago

Martha Nussbaum: Indians know how to pass exams, not how to think critically. They are not taught to think for themselves.
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Martha Nussbaum: Indians know how to pass exams, not how to think critically. They are not taught to think for themselves.

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444,605 views • 8 months ago