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Open Secrets to face armoured vehicle company in court
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
No one died in battle shouting praises for the regime that sent them to war.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Try it.
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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🧊✈️ Hello, Collaborator🖕

ICE Air flights at Seattle are now being refueled and serviced by SkyService, which is a... (checks notes)

😲 Canadian company 🇨🇦

Hmm...
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
17 South African men were sent to Russia by Jacob Zuma’s MK Party for what they believed was training to become party bodyguards. Instead, they had to fight for Russia against Ukraine: www.news24.com/southafrica/... Zuma must help them, not the taxpayers.
SOS! MK Party members stuck in Russia-Ukraine war after bogus ‘bodyguard’ training | News24
Seventeen South African men are fighting for their lives on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine after they were sent to Russia by Jacob Zuma’s MK Party for what they believed was training to become p...
www.news24.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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To be clear: the deal they voted on to move forward last night still needs to be formally voted on in the Senate and House. If the eight are your senators, they should be hearing from you this morning!
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The table below lists all 32 bank branches that currently (Nov 2025) offer #SmartID and #passport applications in #SouthAfrica
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"I’ve personally witnessed Donald hanging out with too many drug dealers himself to buy any BS about stopping use or drug trafficking in the United States.
He can’t even stop drug use in his own family or himself."
“President Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior, cognitive decline and clear physical deterioration are posing a great risk to the safety of our country and represents an imminent threat if not addressed in the near term.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Flirtin' with Disaster'
President Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior, cognitive decline and clear physical deterioration are posing a great risk to the safety of our country and represents an imminent threat if not addres...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo: apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Shame on you, America!
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Leading Eswatini human rights lawyer Sibusiso Nhlabatsi likens the shadowy US expulsions of 15 men to his country to kidnappings. Since the 15 deportees arrive, authorities have blocked the lawyer from visiting them at the high-security prison where they are held: iol.co.za/news/africa/...
US deportations like a kidnapping, says Eswatini lawyer
In a grave human rights crisis, Eswatini lawyer Sibusiso Nhlabatsi has likened the recent US deportations of 15 men to kidnappings.
iol.co.za
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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What started as an idea dreamed up in the shower has become a test case for how fast, and how far, the state can reinvent itself. South Africa’s (SA’s) new digital front door to government services was built in just 10 weeks.
Behind the speedy MyMzansi screens and the race to build a digital government
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Wife of South Africa's "Charlie Kirk wannabe" sells diet to cast out "demons in your cells". R500 to join her Exodus Experience diet, R6150 for detox kit from her friend. Claims it's "not a diet but holy journey" www.netwerk24.com/nuus/aktueel... These are pro #grifters.
Winckler smous ‘heilige’ dieet wat ‘demone’ uit jou selle verwyder | Netwerk24
Aletté Winckler beweer mense verloor gewig omdat “parasiete van suiker leef en vrek wanneer suiker uitgesny word”.
www.netwerk24.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
China is upgrading a #SouthAfrican #military base, Die Brug, with its own workers & paying for most of the costs. Being done with secrecy, up until now: www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
China’s ‘top secret’ gift to SA - A R500m revamp to one of the country’s key military bases | News24
The upgrade will entail the complete redesign and modernisation of certain facilities at the centre and will cost about R500 million, which will apparently be borne largely by China.
www.news24.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
It's an empire of lies run by the toddler president, who has the most foot-stomping tantrums ever.
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A South African magazine importing the USA's problems into South Africa:
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
US Senate votes down legislation that would have required the president to obtain congressional approval for any military attacks on Venezuela.
Two Republicans joined Democrats to vote in favour of the legislation on Thursday, but the bill failed to pass by 51 to 49 votes.
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM