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Co-Founder. Tech & Society. Geopolitics. @Harvard Tech & Human Rights Fellow. @WEF Global Future Council. INFJ. Virago. Ex-MP.

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Some South African classics. Please enjoy.

Some South African classics. Please enjoy.

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“Recording is nothing, I’m too wealthy.”

“Recording is nothing, I’m too wealthy.”

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I thought this was AI. It ain’t so. My brothers and sisters in Christ, it is real. It’s just the usual. It’s a per usje: black people doing the absolute most when in mascot and cartoon character suits. 🤣

I thought this was AI. It ain’t so. My brothers and sisters in Christ, it is real. It’s just the usual. It’s a per usje: black people doing the absolute most when in mascot and cartoon character suits. 🤣

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Wait. The South African accent slip is actually a trend on TikTok. See yourselves. 😂

Wait. The South African accent slip is actually a trend on TikTok. See yourselves. 😂

455,743 views

Satafrika. I was amazed to discover there is an entire genre on TikTok of people across the world talking about why it isn’t a good idea to mess with South Africans online. Kuthiwa we are onbeskof, siyathukana, roastmasters only rivalled by the Beyhive and Swifties. Why ni so? 💀

Satafrika. I was amazed to discover there is an entire genre on TikTok of people across the world talking about why it isn’t a good idea to mess with South Africans online. Kuthiwa we are onbeskof, siyathukana, roastmasters only rivalled by the Beyhive and Swifties. Why ni so? 💀

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My new favourite TikTok account. A TL cleanser! A Mum and her so record these every Sunday before church in the Sunday’s best. ♥️💫

My new favourite TikTok account. A TL cleanser! A Mum and her so record these every Sunday before church in the Sunday’s best. ♥️💫

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Isn’t this just the most South African thing you’ve seen? South Ah mindset in one video. A touch unhinged, main character, self-love, a family deeply dysfunctional indoors, but when emphakathini, during the people: united front that will show you jou Ma se vader if you try it. 😂

Isn’t this just the most South African thing you’ve seen? South Ah mindset in one video. A touch unhinged, main character, self-love, a family deeply dysfunctional indoors, but when emphakathini, during the people: united front that will show you jou Ma se vader if you try it. 😂

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Tonight we add maple syrup to boiling water and mealie meal to make the pap bigger. 8 1/2 hours to go. #BafanaPride

Tonight we add maple syrup to boiling water and mealie meal to make the pap bigger. 8 1/2 hours to go. #BafanaPride

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Hello from heaven after the rapture. If you’re still on earth, you’re in hell. Bye.

Hello from heaven after the rapture. If you’re still on earth, you’re in hell. Bye.

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So glad we are playing in Mexico City! And anyway, South Ah and Mexico are mos the same country, no? Still gonna have to beat you, though. ♥️😂 World Cup, here we goooo!

So glad we are playing in Mexico City! And anyway, South Ah and Mexico are mos the same country, no? Still gonna have to beat you, though. ♥️😂 World Cup, here we goooo!

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That rand these days:

That rand these days:

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When I get homesick, I look up “South African core.” LEGENDS. 😂♥️

When I get homesick, I look up “South African core.” LEGENDS. 😂♥️

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And when you think you don’t have your original accent until you listen to a VN 😂

And when you think you don’t have your original accent until you listen to a VN 😂

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Journey through the province of the Rising Sun - Mpumlanga, continues. 🌞🇿🇦 First stop: Lisbon falls. 🌊

Journey through the province of the Rising Sun - Mpumlanga, continues. 🌞🇿🇦 First stop: Lisbon falls. 🌊

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I’m sorry for flooding you, but these are hilarious.

I’m sorry for flooding you, but these are hilarious.

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This is why I remain positive about South Africa’s future. Its PEOPLE are amazing, and the kids? Love them kids.

This is why I remain positive about South Africa’s future. Its PEOPLE are amazing, and the kids? Love them kids.

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Charlie Kirk on South Africa. The TikTok algorithm is quite something.
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Charlie Kirk on South Africa. The TikTok algorithm is quite something.

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3,428,701 views • 1 year ago

I love how people try South Africans like they don’t know that as a unit South Africans have two personalities, each operating at full tilt depending on the situation. 🤣♥️
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I love how people try South Africans like they don’t know that as a unit South Africans have two personalities, each operating at full tilt depending on the situation. 🤣♥️

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128,597 views • 1 month ago

A friend sent an old school kwaito video posted by [at]musicspaceafrica on Insta. Went to the account & was lost for hours in nostalgic bliss last night. Sharing is caring. Pls enjoy in thread. 80s South African music 🇿🇦🎵 Background sounds to some of our childhoods.
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A friend sent an old school kwaito video posted by [at]musicspaceafrica on Insta. Went to the account & was lost for hours in nostalgic bliss last night. Sharing is caring. Pls enjoy in thread. 80s South African music 🇿🇦🎵 Background sounds to some of our childhoods.

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16,606 views • 5 days ago

Some South African classics. Please enjoy.
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Some South African classics. Please enjoy.

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233,454 views • 3 months ago

If you know, you know.
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If you know, you know.

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132,635 views • 2 months ago

A call for a positive portrayal of South Africa answered: How many young people embrace unity, free from ingrained racism. A thread of the cherished tradition returns: inter-school competition cheers and war cries.
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A call for a positive portrayal of South Africa answered: How many young people embrace unity, free from ingrained racism. A thread of the cherished tradition returns: inter-school competition cheers and war cries.

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1,079,029 views • 1 year ago

I’ve been reading a lot about Simon Nkoli of late. His coming out as gay during his imprisonment as part of the Delmas 22 in the 80s helped shift the ANC & broader liberation movement’s stance on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. By the 90s, he & others lobbied directly for its constitutional protection, and it was. We do not honour him enough for the intersectionality of his anti-Apartheid work, and the need for the protection of human rights to continue to be thus.
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I’ve been reading a lot about Simon Nkoli of late. His coming out as gay during his imprisonment as part of the Delmas 22 in the 80s helped shift the ANC & broader liberation movement’s stance on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. By the 90s, he & others lobbied directly for its constitutional protection, and it was. We do not honour him enough for the intersectionality of his anti-Apartheid work, and the need for the protection of human rights to continue to be thus.

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156,120 views • 4 months ago

A TL cleanser. I think I’ve watched it 20 times. Where there is groove, there will be a South African. 😂
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A TL cleanser. I think I’ve watched it 20 times. Where there is groove, there will be a South African. 😂

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768,411 views • 2 years ago

South Africa remains undefeated 😂♥️🇿🇦 Nothing is not a joke. It’s the detail for me.
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South Africa remains undefeated 😂♥️🇿🇦 Nothing is not a joke. It’s the detail for me.

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713,160 views • 2 years ago

I thought this was AI. It ain’t so. My brothers and sisters in Christ, it is real. It’s just the usual. It’s a per usje: black people doing the absolute most when in mascot and cartoon character suits. 🤣
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I thought this was AI. It ain’t so. My brothers and sisters in Christ, it is real. It’s just the usual. It’s a per usje: black people doing the absolute most when in mascot and cartoon character suits. 🤣

Phumzile Van Damme

105,078 views • 3 months ago

Wait. The South African accent slip is actually a trend on TikTok. See yourselves. 😂
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Wait. The South African accent slip is actually a trend on TikTok. See yourselves. 😂

Phumzile Van Damme

455,743 views • 1 year ago

You are denying yourself joy and a source of immense personal & national pride, bhut’wam. Give it a shot & remember that aboMampimpi and others also grew up with immense hardship in hoods & villages. They need your support too. Angilwi. Just want to make your joy bigger ♥️🤗
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You are denying yourself joy and a source of immense personal & national pride, bhut’wam. Give it a shot & remember that aboMampimpi and others also grew up with immense hardship in hoods & villages. They need your support too. Angilwi. Just want to make your joy bigger ♥️🤗

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102,884 views • 3 months ago

Katt Williams said it best 😂🤌🏾
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Katt Williams said it best 😂🤌🏾

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57,122 views • 2 months ago

Satafrika. I was amazed to discover there is an entire genre on TikTok of people across the world talking about why it isn’t a good idea to mess with South Africans online. Kuthiwa we are onbeskof, siyathukana, roastmasters only rivalled by the Beyhive and Swifties. Why ni so? 💀
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Satafrika. I was amazed to discover there is an entire genre on TikTok of people across the world talking about why it isn’t a good idea to mess with South Africans online. Kuthiwa we are onbeskof, siyathukana, roastmasters only rivalled by the Beyhive and Swifties. Why ni so? 💀

Phumzile Van Damme

535,691 views • 2 years ago

This speech is needed right now.
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This speech is needed right now.

Phumzile Van Damme

82,863 views • 4 months ago

You damn near in tears, American accent gone, sounding hella South African because someone made a joke about you & you felt more people should have empathy for you, feel sorry for you, because Tesla was being boycotted cutting its stock price in half because you decided to be pander to Neo-N*z*s. Spare us.
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You damn near in tears, American accent gone, sounding hella South African because someone made a joke about you & you felt more people should have empathy for you, feel sorry for you, because Tesla was being boycotted cutting its stock price in half because you decided to be pander to Neo-N*z*s. Spare us.

Phumzile Van Damme

154,187 views • 10 months ago

Forever an icon, and for my generation, as Timothy Traddle. RIP, Soli. Condolences to his family, fiends and loved ones.
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Forever an icon, and for my generation, as Timothy Traddle. RIP, Soli. Condolences to his family, fiends and loved ones.

Phumzile Van Damme

118,005 views • 7 months ago

98.56% Helen Zille resemblance. 😂
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98.56% Helen Zille resemblance. 😂

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76,504 views • 5 months ago

I still can’t believe Elon Musk thought he could hate tweet himself into an ICASA license. He must blame whoever didn’t warn him about going up against the hornet’s nest that is SA Twitter. Brother, It would have been easier to just apply & deal with ICASA. Trevor said it best.
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I still can’t believe Elon Musk thought he could hate tweet himself into an ICASA license. He must blame whoever didn’t warn him about going up against the hornet’s nest that is SA Twitter. Brother, It would have been easier to just apply & deal with ICASA. Trevor said it best.

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92,226 views • 6 months ago

This rubbed me the wrong way in a major way. Is it just me? Is chewing gum in any professional setting while answering questions acceptable? In Parliament? It’s a deliberate act to express “IDGAF.” It’s a middle finger.
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This rubbed me the wrong way in a major way. Is it just me? Is chewing gum in any professional setting while answering questions acceptable? In Parliament? It’s a deliberate act to express “IDGAF.” It’s a middle finger.

Phumzile Van Damme

199,256 views • 1 year ago