Estaleto
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So Siya Kolisi met Carlos Alcaraz today and was all star-struck 😂😂😂 Totally valid reaction. Love it!
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So Siya Kolisi met Carlos Alcaraz today and was all star-struck 😂😂😂 Totally valid reaction. Love it!
Firsthand account by a Palestinian evacuee:
They did not know they would end up in SA.
They were solicited by a controversial NGO.
The Israeli military facilitated his group’s transfer through an Israeli airport.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
They did not know they would end up in SA.
They were solicited by a controversial NGO.
The Israeli military facilitated his group’s transfer through an Israeli airport.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘Trip of suffering’: Gaza evacuee details 24-hour journey to South Africa
One of 153 Palestinians who left Gaza without knowing the final destination, says Israel helped facilitate transfer.
www.aljazeera.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Firsthand account by a Palestinian evacuee:
They did not know they would end up in SA.
They were solicited by a controversial NGO.
The Israeli military facilitated his group’s transfer through an Israeli airport.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
They did not know they would end up in SA.
They were solicited by a controversial NGO.
The Israeli military facilitated his group’s transfer through an Israeli airport.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
It's that time of year again when I start choosing grocery stores based on their in store Xmas soundtracks. Is getting old really this lame, or is it just me?
a man in a green elf costume says i 'm in a store and i 'm singing !
ALT: a man in a green elf costume says i 'm in a store and i 'm singing !
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It's that time of year again when I start choosing grocery stores based on their in store Xmas soundtracks. Is getting old really this lame, or is it just me?
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I feel a lot of pundits and social media warriors are so intent on finding proof of pedophiles on the other side of the fense, that they miss the bigger picture. This transcends left vs right. From what I’ve seen so far, there are three big issues here, and they are both separate and interrelated.
Has anyone else been digging through the 23,000 pages of Epstein documents that just dropped? Because I have, and there is so much in there. It’s honestly frustrating watching mainstream coverage pull a few flashy details while most people never see the firsthand sources themselves.
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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These are ethnic cleansing operations by thr Israeli government using an NGO to traffic Palestinians outside of Gaza. The goal for Israel is to empty Gaza of Palestinians either by killiny them or removing them to other countries.
(Video via Jared Sacks)
(Video via Jared Sacks)
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
These are ethnic cleansing operations by thr Israeli government using an NGO to traffic Palestinians outside of Gaza. The goal for Israel is to empty Gaza of Palestinians either by killiny them or removing them to other countries.
(Video via Jared Sacks)
(Video via Jared Sacks)
Based on “feedback” from those who have arrived already in South Africa, Sooliman said Israel appears to be “removing people from Gaza … and sending them on chartered planes” without stamping their passports.
Chartered plane carrying group of Palestinian passengers was second to land in South Africa in recent weeks.
South Africa lets 153 Palestinians disembark following 12-hour plane ordeal
Chartered plane carrying group of Palestinian passengers was second to land in South Africa in recent weeks.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Based on “feedback” from those who have arrived already in South Africa, Sooliman said Israel appears to be “removing people from Gaza … and sending them on chartered planes” without stamping their passports.
Welcome!
"Israel deliberately did not stamp the passports of these poor people to exacerbate their suffering in a foreign country. We are grateful that the Minister of DIRCO took the initiative to write to the Ministry of Home Affairs to waive this requirement..."
"Israel deliberately did not stamp the passports of these poor people to exacerbate their suffering in a foreign country. We are grateful that the Minister of DIRCO took the initiative to write to the Ministry of Home Affairs to waive this requirement..."
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Welcome!
"Israel deliberately did not stamp the passports of these poor people to exacerbate their suffering in a foreign country. We are grateful that the Minister of DIRCO took the initiative to write to the Ministry of Home Affairs to waive this requirement..."
"Israel deliberately did not stamp the passports of these poor people to exacerbate their suffering in a foreign country. We are grateful that the Minister of DIRCO took the initiative to write to the Ministry of Home Affairs to waive this requirement..."
I am so glad I have a lot more of my life behind me than ahead of me. Because I don't know how much more of this world my heart can take.
Wealthy foreign gun enthusiasts paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot residents of Sarajevo during the siege of the city during the 1990s, according to claims being investigated by Italian magistrates ⬇️
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for chance to shoot civilians in Sarajevo’
An Italian writer says he has uncovered evidence that Italians paid Bosnian Serb forces for ‘human safaris’ during the siege in the Balkan Wars
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I am so glad I have a lot more of my life behind me than ahead of me. Because I don't know how much more of this world my heart can take.
This is email that interests me the most. The one where Wolff and Epstein discuss how they can blackmail Trump.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is email that interests me the most. The one where Wolff and Epstein discuss how they can blackmail Trump.
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The council’s censure of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng for her social media posts about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu and propagandist Hillel Neuer is out of step with contemporary understandings of linguistic context.
Tlaleng Mofokeng: Language and misjudgment
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The council’s censure of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng for her social media posts about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu and propagandist Hillel Neuer is out of step with contemporary understandings of linguistic context.
All of them must end up in the Hague. All of them.
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
All of them must end up in the Hague. All of them.
UJ's Annual Academic Freedom Lecture. Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. 'What the University Cannot Tolerate: Feminist Speech in a Time of Genocide'.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
UJ's Annual Academic Freedom Lecture. Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. 'What the University Cannot Tolerate: Feminist Speech in a Time of Genocide'.
At the 2025 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Ms. Rachel wore a gown with drawings by children from Gaza.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/s...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/s...
Ms. Rachel wears dress with children’s artwork from Gaza | CNN
Social media personality Ms. Rachel, who creates videos for children, wore a dress covered in artwork from children in Gaza to the Glamour Women of the Year awards. She showcased each design and the c...
edition.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
At the 2025 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Ms. Rachel wore a gown with drawings by children from Gaza.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/s...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/s...
They're so beautiful this time of year that I even forgive them for what they're doing to my sinuses.
#JacarandaInYourPocket season from mid-October to mid-November is a month-long love letter to Johannesburg, captured through the lenses of hundreds of photographers.
Jacaranda In Your Pocket is a month-long love letter to Joburg
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
They're so beautiful this time of year that I even forgive them for what they're doing to my sinuses.
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Interesting to think how Zohran Mamdani might be a lawyer in Johannesburg or doctor in Cape Town right now had it not been for the University of Cape Town's incredible racism.
mg.co.za/article/2018...
mg.co.za/article/2018...
20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCT
The academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’
mg.co.za
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Interesting to think how Zohran Mamdani might be a lawyer in Johannesburg or doctor in Cape Town right now had it not been for the University of Cape Town's incredible racism.
mg.co.za/article/2018...
mg.co.za/article/2018...
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Zohran Mamdani won NYC Mayor while unapologetically:
-Calling Israel's siege on Palestinians a genocide
-Upholding ICC's warrant to arrest Netanyahu
-Upholding BDS as a legitimate form of free speech
-Demanding Palestinian self-determination
-Securing a plurality of Jewish voters
This is the future
-Calling Israel's siege on Palestinians a genocide
-Upholding ICC's warrant to arrest Netanyahu
-Upholding BDS as a legitimate form of free speech
-Demanding Palestinian self-determination
-Securing a plurality of Jewish voters
This is the future
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Zohran Mamdani won NYC Mayor while unapologetically:
-Calling Israel's siege on Palestinians a genocide
-Upholding ICC's warrant to arrest Netanyahu
-Upholding BDS as a legitimate form of free speech
-Demanding Palestinian self-determination
-Securing a plurality of Jewish voters
This is the future
-Calling Israel's siege on Palestinians a genocide
-Upholding ICC's warrant to arrest Netanyahu
-Upholding BDS as a legitimate form of free speech
-Demanding Palestinian self-determination
-Securing a plurality of Jewish voters
This is the future
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Elon Musk is not the only S African human export.
[Prof] Mahmood Mamdani- ‘Citizen and Subject’ and survivor of the Mamdani Affair at UCT, South Africa.
Zohran Mamdani- Mayor of New York City.
Legacy.
mg.co.za/article/2018...
Zohran Mamdani- Mayor of New York City.
Legacy.
mg.co.za/article/2018...
20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCT
The academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’
mg.co.za
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Elon Musk is not the only S African human export.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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This is gorgeous and harrowing - war photographer Don McCullin looking back at his life. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is gorgeous and harrowing - war photographer Don McCullin looking back at his life. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
SOAS University becomes the first British University to Issue a Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza.
www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...
www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine
The Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’.
www.soas.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
SOAS University becomes the first British University to Issue a Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza.
www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...
www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Fabulous article
60% of those who speak French daily now live in Africa, and 80% of children studying in French are in Africa. There are as many French speakers in Kinshasa as in Paris.
“French flourishes every day in Africa,” said Souleymane Bachir Diagne, professor of philosophy & French at Columbia U.
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“French flourishes every day in Africa,” said Souleymane Bachir Diagne, professor of philosophy & French at Columbia U.
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How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time
More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Fabulous article
An inquest held under the apartheid government concluded that Luthuli, the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died after being struck by a goods train.
South Africa's government reopened the case this year. A court has now ruled his death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid police.
South Africa's government reopened the case this year. A court has now ruled his death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid police.
Albert Luthuli: South African court rules apartheid police assault killed Nobel laureate
Albert Luthuli: South African court rules apartheid police assault killed Nobel laureate
The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
An inquest held under the apartheid government concluded that Luthuli, the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died after being struck by a goods train.
South Africa's government reopened the case this year. A court has now ruled his death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid police.
South Africa's government reopened the case this year. A court has now ruled his death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid police.
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🔴 Breaking: Israeli Army Launches Criminal Investigation Into Whistleblowers Who Exposed Detainee Rape at Sde Teiman
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🔴 Breaking: Israeli Army Launches Criminal Investigation Into Whistleblowers Who Exposed Detainee Rape at Sde Teiman
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...