Stuart Johnson
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Think southern Africa might just be far enough away.
One of the few things I'll agree with Steenhuisen on is that Afrikaaner organisations have become incredibly adept at manufacturing crises and outrage as their primary fund raising strategy.
Steenhuisen apologises to farmers, vows to end FMD crisis with urgent reforms www.news24.com/politics/ste...
Steenhuisen apologises to farmers, vows to end FMD crisis with urgent reforms www.news24.com/politics/ste...
Steenhuisen apologises to farmers, vows to end FMD crisis with urgent reforms | News24
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has apologised to South African farmers for their pain and suffering during the foot-and-mouth disease crisis.
www.news24.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
One of the few things I'll agree with Steenhuisen on is that Afrikaaner organisations have become incredibly adept at manufacturing crises and outrage as their primary fund raising strategy.
Steenhuisen apologises to farmers, vows to end FMD crisis with urgent reforms www.news24.com/politics/ste...
Steenhuisen apologises to farmers, vows to end FMD crisis with urgent reforms www.news24.com/politics/ste...
Right on the money.
The genesis of it all is Zille's unshakeable influence over the DA.
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The genesis of it all is Zille's unshakeable influence over the DA.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
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DA’s Steenhuisen moment was entirely predictable, but its leadership crisis does not end here
John Steenhuisen stepping down as DA leader was predictable, but the party’s deeper crisis is far from resolved. Years of factional loyalty over competence have left the DA with a dangerously thin lea...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Right on the money.
The genesis of it all is Zille's unshakeable influence over the DA.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
Well, if there was any chance of any rapprochement between South Africa and the Trump regime, that's it gone.
Never mind war games with Iran - this is personal 😂
Never mind war games with Iran - this is personal 😂
“Melania,” the new documentary about the first lady, has been pulled from theaters in South Africa after the film’s local distributor said on Wednesday that it would no longer release it.
South Africa Cancels Release of ‘Melania’ Documentary
The distributor, which was set to release the film on Friday, said it had canceled the theatrical premiere because of “recent developments,” but declined to specify.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Well, if there was any chance of any rapprochement between South Africa and the Trump regime, that's it gone.
Never mind war games with Iran - this is personal 😂
Never mind war games with Iran - this is personal 😂
What in God's name made you think anything different would happen?
You idiots. Can't dress it up. You're idiots.
You idiots. Can't dress it up. You're idiots.
The co-founder of Latinas for Trump is now condemning Trump’s ICE raids:
“I’m afraid of someone stopping my son.”
“This is not what we voted for.”
“I’m afraid of someone stopping my son.”
“This is not what we voted for.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:36 AM
What in God's name made you think anything different would happen?
You idiots. Can't dress it up. You're idiots.
You idiots. Can't dress it up. You're idiots.
From the outside in, the USA under Trump is a mind-boggle.
An educational one mind - and a litany of cautionary notes.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An educational one mind - and a litany of cautionary notes.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this | Marina Hyde
Truly, I am the country’s biggest fan. But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here’s a few things the rest of the world needs them to know, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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January 28, 2026 at 5:34 AM
From the outside in, the USA under Trump is a mind-boggle.
An educational one mind - and a litany of cautionary notes.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An educational one mind - and a litany of cautionary notes.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Liverpool ran out of energy?
Closeness of games aside, Slot's squad doesn't seem to as fit as Klopp's teams were.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Closeness of games aside, Slot's squad doesn't seem to as fit as Klopp's teams were.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Arne Slot says Liverpool ‘ran out of energy’ in defeat at Bournemouth
Arne Slot conceded his Liverpool side ran out of steam in defeat at Bournemouth, after Amine Adli’s 95th-minute winner condemned his side to a first loss since November
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Liverpool ran out of energy?
Closeness of games aside, Slot's squad doesn't seem to as fit as Klopp's teams were.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Closeness of games aside, Slot's squad doesn't seem to as fit as Klopp's teams were.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Not sure if this is wise of SARU.
For a start we'll be fielding a really weak team when Trump doesn't let in any players of colour.
And then all the Afrikaans okes in the team split post game and claim asylum.
We'll see them playing for the USA in Australia in 2027.
No man, not smart.
For a start we'll be fielding a really weak team when Trump doesn't let in any players of colour.
And then all the Afrikaans okes in the team split post game and claim asylum.
We'll see them playing for the USA in Australia in 2027.
No man, not smart.
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Not sure if this is wise of SARU.
For a start we'll be fielding a really weak team when Trump doesn't let in any players of colour.
And then all the Afrikaans okes in the team split post game and claim asylum.
We'll see them playing for the USA in Australia in 2027.
No man, not smart.
For a start we'll be fielding a really weak team when Trump doesn't let in any players of colour.
And then all the Afrikaans okes in the team split post game and claim asylum.
We'll see them playing for the USA in Australia in 2027.
No man, not smart.
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The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
No wonder Greenland is stockpiling food, water, and ammunition.
how are journalists still this naive about Trump? His comments today about Greenland were clearly a threat
January 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
No wonder Greenland is stockpiling food, water, and ammunition.
One of the many things future generations may hold us accountable for as they ask "How t-f could you allow this?"
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Conservation by the bullet: SA’s hunting statistics and the industrial slaughter of wildlife
South Africa’s newly released professional hunting statistics tell a story that is rarely stated plainly: trophy hunting is not a conservation tool, nor a reluctant compromise at the edges of wildlife
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January 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
One of the many things future generations may hold us accountable for as they ask "How t-f could you allow this?"
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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2 years ago, who thought World War 3 might be fought between NATO countries?
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 PM
2 years ago, who thought World War 3 might be fought between NATO countries?
In Apartheid South Africa, activists in the custody of the Security Police regularly slipped and fell out of windows, or slipped on soap in the shower, and sometimes managed both.
I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.
"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 AM
In Apartheid South Africa, activists in the custody of the Security Police regularly slipped and fell out of windows, or slipped on soap in the shower, and sometimes managed both.
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“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transistion.”
- Canadian PM - Mark Carney at Davos
(Intelligent. Honest. Sane.)
⬇️ ⬇️
- Canadian PM - Mark Carney at Davos
(Intelligent. Honest. Sane.)
⬇️ ⬇️
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January 20, 2026 at 10:33 PM
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transistion.”
- Canadian PM - Mark Carney at Davos
(Intelligent. Honest. Sane.)
⬇️ ⬇️
- Canadian PM - Mark Carney at Davos
(Intelligent. Honest. Sane.)
⬇️ ⬇️
Zuma's dirty fingerprints all over this once more.
The most destructive President we have ever had - and hopefully will ever have...
Once again frustrating justice by any means possible.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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The most destructive President we have ever had - and hopefully will ever have...
Once again frustrating justice by any means possible.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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HOLD/HYPERLINK QUERY Judge Sisi Khampepe being illegally monitored by Jacob Zuma, inquiry hears
It appears that retired Constitutional Court Judge Sisi Khampepe, who chairs the groundbreaking inquiry into possible political interference in the stalling of apartheid-era prosecutions, might be und
www.dailymaverick.co.za
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Zuma's dirty fingerprints all over this once more.
The most destructive President we have ever had - and hopefully will ever have...
Once again frustrating justice by any means possible.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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The most destructive President we have ever had - and hopefully will ever have...
Once again frustrating justice by any means possible.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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They should all be fired - urgently and summarily.
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Ramaphosa should fire Motshekga and all of SANDF top brass for Iran fiasco, say experts
Military experts call for the dismissal of Defence Minister Motshekga and SANDF leaders after Iranian warships ignored orders to withdraw from joint exercises, highlighting serious concerns about civi...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM
They should all be fired - urgently and summarily.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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The ANC has long been comfortable aligning itself with authoritarian anti-democratic regimes that are everything it historically fought against.
In the case of Iran there may be more to it.
There were many rumors in the Zuma era of massive $ payments linked to Iranian oil going to the top dogs.
In the case of Iran there may be more to it.
There were many rumors in the Zuma era of massive $ payments linked to Iranian oil going to the top dogs.
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM
The ANC has long been comfortable aligning itself with authoritarian anti-democratic regimes that are everything it historically fought against.
In the case of Iran there may be more to it.
There were many rumors in the Zuma era of massive $ payments linked to Iranian oil going to the top dogs.
In the case of Iran there may be more to it.
There were many rumors in the Zuma era of massive $ payments linked to Iranian oil going to the top dogs.
As Trump forces the UK to (rightly) align with Europe and its NATO allies over Greenland, doesn't Brexit look doubly silly?
January 19, 2026 at 6:10 AM
As Trump forces the UK to (rightly) align with Europe and its NATO allies over Greenland, doesn't Brexit look doubly silly?
Yup...
China will clinch the AI race ft.trib.al/P4UBVMN | opinion
China will clinch the AI race
Energy abundance, open-source models and manufacturing strengths will push Beijing into first place
ft.trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Yup...
A clear and present danger to South Africa's democracy.
As flagged by @psb29.bsky.social the military heads should have been fired yesterday!
PETER BRUCE | Iranian navy saga shows we’re all at sea www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026...
As flagged by @psb29.bsky.social the military heads should have been fired yesterday!
PETER BRUCE | Iranian navy saga shows we’re all at sea www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026...
PETER BRUCE | Iranian navy saga shows we’re all at sea
Our military defies our government, and the government is too weak to do anything about it, or about anything else, writes Peter Bruce
www.timeslive.co.za
January 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
A clear and present danger to South Africa's democracy.
As flagged by @psb29.bsky.social the military heads should have been fired yesterday!
PETER BRUCE | Iranian navy saga shows we’re all at sea www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026...
As flagged by @psb29.bsky.social the military heads should have been fired yesterday!
PETER BRUCE | Iranian navy saga shows we’re all at sea www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026...
When the leadership of the standing army are OK with defying the country's President, and their Commander in Chief, we're on potentially sticky ground...
Like future coup territory.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Like future coup territory.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Motshekga orders inquiry into why Ramaphosa’s orders to withdraw Iranian warships from exercise weren’t obeyed
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has ordered a board of inquiry to establish why President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instructions to the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to withdraw Iran from the multination
www.dailymaverick.co.za
January 17, 2026 at 3:22 AM
When the leadership of the standing army are OK with defying the country's President, and their Commander in Chief, we're on potentially sticky ground...
Like future coup territory.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Like future coup territory.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
With the corollary that blue collar peasants no longer work as hard as they used to - meaning it's harder to extract maximum profit from your workforce.
Aha! That's what keeping people from starving does! Shrinks that extra-extra smidgen of profit from your enterprise.
Down with welfare I say!
Aha! That's what keeping people from starving does! Shrinks that extra-extra smidgen of profit from your enterprise.
Down with welfare I say!
Sen. Jon Husted: "The welfare system is broken because it's a trap. It's a trap. It traps people there. Our work ethic is broken. We don't have the work ethic in this country that we once had."
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
With the corollary that blue collar peasants no longer work as hard as they used to - meaning it's harder to extract maximum profit from your workforce.
Aha! That's what keeping people from starving does! Shrinks that extra-extra smidgen of profit from your enterprise.
Down with welfare I say!
Aha! That's what keeping people from starving does! Shrinks that extra-extra smidgen of profit from your enterprise.
Down with welfare I say!
I imagine John, Willie, and Helen reclining in their deep leather armchairs, puffing on the fat Cubans, and gently swilling the 18 year old as they nod and smile knowingly to one another.
UPDATE | ‘Not defeated, but hurt’ – Dion George on his resignation from DA www.news24.com/politics/dio...
UPDATE | ‘Not defeated, but hurt’ – Dion George on his resignation from DA www.news24.com/politics/dio...
UPDATE | ‘Not defeated, but hurt’ – Dion George on his resignation from DA | News24
Former DA minister Dion George says he still has no clear explanation for his removal from Cabinet, despite his lawyers formally requesting reasons from the party.
www.news24.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I imagine John, Willie, and Helen reclining in their deep leather armchairs, puffing on the fat Cubans, and gently swilling the 18 year old as they nod and smile knowingly to one another.
UPDATE | ‘Not defeated, but hurt’ – Dion George on his resignation from DA www.news24.com/politics/dio...
UPDATE | ‘Not defeated, but hurt’ – Dion George on his resignation from DA www.news24.com/politics/dio...
Ramaphosa and decisive is an example oxymoron.
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Ramaphosa vows decisive action in 2026 to revive ailing municipalities or face voters’ wrath
As the country moves towards the local government elections scheduled to take place between 2 November 2026 and 31 January 2027, the ANC has placed municipalities at the centre of its political str
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January 12, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Ramaphosa and decisive is an example oxymoron.
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Seems about right.
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Seems about right.