Mbhazima Shilowa
@enghumbhini.bsky.social
A fan of Jazz, socio-economics and political issues. Promotion of Xitsonga. I mock. Do not follow if you take social media too serious
Jazz Monday Kickstart youtu.be/qkogQxKXwZc?...
Ahmad Jamal - But Not For Me
YouTube video by UnknownArtistX
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July 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Jazz Monday Kickstart youtu.be/qkogQxKXwZc?...
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In a time of almost overwhelmingly bad news, fantastic news that the Democratic candidate for New York mayor is a socialist and pro-Palestine.
Plus, he’s an Arsenal fan!
What’s not to love?!
Plus, he’s an Arsenal fan!
What’s not to love?!
June 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In a time of almost overwhelmingly bad news, fantastic news that the Democratic candidate for New York mayor is a socialist and pro-Palestine.
Plus, he’s an Arsenal fan!
What’s not to love?!
Plus, he’s an Arsenal fan!
What’s not to love?!
Last post to Fela Faku @chrisvick3.bsky.social @charles257.bsky.social @julianrademeyer.bsky.social
@bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @capemanchris.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social @andrevlok.bsky.social youtu.be/tLGtQsXF53E?...
@bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @capemanchris.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social @andrevlok.bsky.social youtu.be/tLGtQsXF53E?...
Infinite Challenges (Live)
YouTube video by Feya Faku - Topic
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June 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Here is a Father’s Day offering
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John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, - Hackensack
YouTube video by Erlendur Svavarsson
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June 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Here is a Father’s Day offering
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Tuesday jazz kickstart youtu.be/DEsm_zzGqpg?...
No Count Blues
YouTube video by Sarah Vaughan - Topic
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March 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Tuesday jazz kickstart youtu.be/DEsm_zzGqpg?...
Goodnight youtu.be/SoIHlG_h71Q?...
Once Upon A Midnight
YouTube video by Abdullah Ibrahim - Topic
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March 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Goodnight youtu.be/SoIHlG_h71Q?...
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Great start to a beautiful day.
March 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Great start to a beautiful day.
Here’s to a glorious day in Jozi youtu.be/RJDcFBG5VYQ?...
Walkin' With Sweets
YouTube video by Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Topic
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March 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Here’s to a glorious day in Jozi youtu.be/RJDcFBG5VYQ?...
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Genius. Fucking genius.
March 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Genius. Fucking genius.
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Monday close @chrisvick3.bsky.social @charles257.bsky.social @julianrademeyer.bsky.social
@bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @capemanchris.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social @andrevlok.bsky.social
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@bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @capemanchris.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social @andrevlok.bsky.social
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Paul Gonsalves Happy Reunion
YouTube video by Paul D
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March 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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RIP Roberta. Queen of Soul. youtu.be/yOlsfC10Z98?... @enghumbhini.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social @charles257.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social @capemanchris.bsky.social @julianrademeyer.bsky.social
Sunday and Sister Jones
YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic
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February 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Please check out my latest “Black History Month Spotlight on Nina Simone: The High Priestess of Soul”. Please leave a comment in the comments section of the video and tell me who’d you like next to be spotlighted. #NInaSimone #Jazz #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
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Black History Month Spotlight on Nina Simone: The High Priestess of Soul
YouTube video by 3rd Street Jazz’s Album Insights
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February 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Please check out my latest “Black History Month Spotlight on Nina Simone: The High Priestess of Soul”. Please leave a comment in the comments section of the video and tell me who’d you like next to be spotlighted. #NInaSimone #Jazz #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
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Ramaphosa’s land reform commitment: a path to empowering South Africa’s agricultural sector.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
There are two million hectares of state farmland sitting idle, just waiting for black owners
In his journey across the heartlands of the Karoo, Wandile Sihlobo meets with some of the black farmers who are still waiting for title deeds on land currently owned by the state. And he laments the c...
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February 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ramaphosa’s land reform commitment: a path to empowering South Africa’s agricultural sector.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
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Starmer and Macron agree to show ‘united leadership in support of Ukraine’
Starmer and Macron agree to show ‘united leadership in support of Ukraine’
UK prime minister and French president will separately meet Donald Trump this week
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed to show “united leadership in support of Ukraine” when they separately meet Donald Trump this week.
The UK prime minister and…
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February 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Starmer and Macron agree to show ‘united leadership in support of Ukraine’
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Hard to think of a more creative & expressive language than Coloured Afrikaans, in all its varieties.
The Afrikaans we spoke as kids was inventive and creative; much more so, I would argue, than ‘pure Afrikaans’. It was dotted with words of isiXhosa or isiZulu. Everyone used Afrikaans.
OPINIONISTA: The ‘bushies’ creative mélange of Afrikaans in the coloured townships of the old Transvaal
www.dailymaverick.co.za
February 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Hard to think of a more creative & expressive language than Coloured Afrikaans, in all its varieties.
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Here is my monologue for the week covering;
— South Africa’s agricultural conditions
— Farm jobs data
— Brief outlook for the sector this year.
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/1m1D...
— South Africa’s agricultural conditions
— Farm jobs data
— Brief outlook for the sector this year.
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/1m1D...
There are positive prospects for farm jobs in SA
Agricultural Market Viewpoint with Wandile Sihlobo · Episode
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February 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Here is my monologue for the week covering;
— South Africa’s agricultural conditions
— Farm jobs data
— Brief outlook for the sector this year.
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/1m1D...
— South Africa’s agricultural conditions
— Farm jobs data
— Brief outlook for the sector this year.
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/1m1D...
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1998. "I have a horror of... men & women who are consumed by hate & distrust, who cloak their bigotry & intolerance in high-sounding moral & religious principles. Such are the rabid Republicans.... We must be galvanized by this desperate charge of the fascist right." books.google.com/books?id=VFk...
The Crisis
The Crisis, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the NAACP, is a journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues...
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February 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
1998. "I have a horror of... men & women who are consumed by hate & distrust, who cloak their bigotry & intolerance in high-sounding moral & religious principles. Such are the rabid Republicans.... We must be galvanized by this desperate charge of the fascist right." books.google.com/books?id=VFk...
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What a terrible moment for the world if this becomes the winter of Trump's triumph & Pope Francis' demise. Across the world, the forces of reaction, oppression, & exploitation are having their day. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pope Francis asks for prayers in message from hospital
The pontiff is receiving hospital treatment as the Vatican warns his condition is still critical.
www.bbc.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What a terrible moment for the world if this becomes the winter of Trump's triumph & Pope Francis' demise. Across the world, the forces of reaction, oppression, & exploitation are having their day. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Announcing Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey “On View At The Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters” Expanded Tone Poet Vinyl Edition! Read more & hear the previously unreleased track "The Take Off"! www.bluenote.com/kenny-burrel...
Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBS3...
Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBS3...
Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey "On View At The Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters" (Album Trailer)
YouTube video by Blue Note Records
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February 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Announcing Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey “On View At The Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters” Expanded Tone Poet Vinyl Edition! Read more & hear the previously unreleased track "The Take Off"! www.bluenote.com/kenny-burrel...
Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBS3...
Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBS3...
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Please watch my latest YouTube short celebrating Black History Month: youtube.com/shorts/xdfYM...
Black History Month Spotlight on Wayne Shorter: The Visionary Saxophonist
YouTube video by 3rd Street Jazz’s Album Insights
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February 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Please watch my latest YouTube short celebrating Black History Month: youtube.com/shorts/xdfYM...
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"After 25 years of working on transatlantic relations, I am aware of the tendency of crisis moments like this to fade and relationships to trend back toward historical norms. But this time is different."
A careful & informed assessment of where we are now. It's not a good place.
A careful & informed assessment of where we are now. It's not a good place.
The US and Europe are at a crossroads. A new world order is emerging | Christopher S Chivvis
The US and Europe are at a crossroads. A new world order is emerging | Christopher S Chivvis
We’ve seen the opening salvo in a US effort to transform the transatlantic relationship. The future of democracy is in play
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"After 25 years of working on transatlantic relations, I am aware of the tendency of crisis moments like this to fade and relationships to trend back toward historical norms. But this time is different."
A careful & informed assessment of where we are now. It's not a good place.
A careful & informed assessment of where we are now. It's not a good place.