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Phumzile Van Damme

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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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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. 😂

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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? 💀

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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“Attempted hit.”

“Attempted hit.”

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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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And more funny ones 😂

And more funny ones 😂

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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.

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

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3,428,279 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

If you know, you know.

If you know, you know.

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132,022 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen

Some South African classics. Please enjoy.

Some South African classics. Please enjoy.

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230,913 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Katt Williams said it best 😂🤌🏾

Katt Williams said it best 😂🤌🏾

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57,122 Aufrufe • vor 23 Tagen

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.

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 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

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.

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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140,439 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

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. 🤣

Phumzile Van Damme

105,017 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

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 ♥️🤗

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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102,380 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

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

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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768,245 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

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

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

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713,160 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

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. 😂

Phumzile Van Damme

455,645 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

This speech is needed right now.

This speech is needed right now.

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82,797 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

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? 💀

Phumzile Van Damme

535,691 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

South Ah why like this? Why so unserious? Why humour trauma response? Why nothing not a joke? Asks me, who has had to learn that not everyone deals with life like so & inappropriate humour is rarely appreciated at awkward/tense/tragic/embarrassing moments like at home.

South Ah why like this? Why so unserious? Why humour trauma response? Why nothing not a joke? Asks me, who has had to learn that not everyone deals with life like so & inappropriate humour is rarely appreciated at awkward/tense/tragic/embarrassing moments like at home.

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46,376 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

98.56% Helen Zille resemblance. 😂

98.56% Helen Zille resemblance. 😂

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76,188 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

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

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

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117,947 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

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.

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 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

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.

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-Nzs. Spare us.

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154,183 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

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.

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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199,256 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

mrredpillz jokaqarmy Jacques Joubert I present, “Jessica you can’t swim.”

mrredpillz jokaqarmy Jacques Joubert I present, “Jessica you can’t swim.”

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60,999 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten