1) US funding for South Africa is under $500mn, 0.1% of SA GDP. Much is Pepfar which is already disrupted.

2) Refugee status for Afrikaners is hugely ironic given Afrikaner mythology but is so insanely antagonistic to SA’s young democracy. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

So obvious that it feels absurd to even engage with this, but some statistics re the extreme economic position of white South Africans, in one of the most unequal countries in the world:

Moon over Paarl Mountain

I was about to lament the fact that @alicefraser.bsky.social isn't here on Bluesky, but she is! And on the latest episode of the Bugle, wow, does she explain AI & the tech industry right now (somehow all of this said in what seems like a single breath) shows.acast.com/thebugle/epi...