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David Isaacson

@David_Isaacson

Hubby; dad to 2 dogs; sports hack at Sunday Times & TimesLive. Views are my own, unless they land me in trouble

 Johannesburg
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Joined May 2012
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Is there a typo here? Climate change affecting brains, maybe???
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“Potholes will be there because we live in the situation of a climate change there are rains water the the streets get washed out” ANC SG Fikile Mbalula “We are not talking something that you know is falling from the sky we talking about what government is going to do to help” @MbalulaFikile
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“Potholes will be there because we live in the situation of a climate change there are rains water the the streets get washed out” ANC SG Fikile Mbalula “We are not talking something that you know is falling from the sky we talking about what government is going to do to help” @MbalulaFikile
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Replying to @JHBWater
@JHBWater @CityofJoburgZA This leak - on the municipality side of the water metre in Morell Rd, Blairgowrie - has been spewing since Friday morning. A @JHBWater crew drove past +- Friday lunch and did nothing, but you have the audacity to tell residents to watch usage. 🤡🤡🤡🤡
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@JHBWater Approaching six days. AI estimates that well more than 1-million litres of water have gone down the drain. That’s water for hundreds of households you keep telling to conserve water, but your own crew drove past here on Friday and did NOTHING.
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A 1000 likes and I'll jump off a bridge (Bloukrans Bridge bungee jumping) on Friday morning before I go to Knysna
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Israel's Ben-Gvir advocates killing '30 to 40' people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage

Israel's Ben-Gvir advocates killing '30 to 40' people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage

An extremist official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night.

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KZN athletics body threatens to cancel 2027 Comrades @David_Isaacson story: timeslive.co.za/sport/2026-0…
KZN athletics body threatens to cancel 2027 Comrades

KZN athletics body threatens to cancel 2027 Comrades

In a lawyer’s letter sent to CMA, KZNA said the Comrades body has not affiliated to the provincial body

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Bills decline to honor O.J. Simpson in making the move to new stadium

Bills decline to honor O.J. Simpson in making the move to new stadium

The Buffalo Bills are leaving O.J. Simpson and his tarnished legacy behind, in making the move to their new stadium this season, chief operating officer Pete Guelli said.

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Amnesty accuses Israel's government of 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians from the West Bank

Amnesty accuses Israel's government of 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians from the West Bank

Amnesty International has accused Israel of carrying out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.

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'To call it a ceasefire is a joke': Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP

'To call it a ceasefire is a joke': Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP

Accounts from soldiers who were stationed in Gaza amid a fragile ceasefire there are offering a rare glimpse into the Israeli-controlled part of the embattled territory.

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Surprise surprise!! apnews.com/article/trump-ken…
Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump's name on building and blocks closure

Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump's name on building and blocks closure

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations.

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Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot are suing to block anyone from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be...

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China's Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

China's Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

China’s Xi Jinping has warned President Donald Trump that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly.

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85-year-old French widow caught in Trump's immigration crackdown describes her detention apnews.com/article/french-wi…
85-year-old French widow caught in Trump's immigration crackdown describes her detention

85-year-old French widow caught in Trump's immigration crackdown describes her detention

The 85-year-old French widow of a U.S. military veteran shares her experience in U.S. immigration detention.

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Trump flexes executive power with unprecedented flouting of lower court rulings

Trump flexes executive power with unprecedented flouting of lower court rulings

The Trump administration has been found in violation of court rulings in an extraordinary number of lawsuits on a broad set of issues.

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PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger apnews.com/photo-essay/ukrai…
PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger

PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the explosion and fire struck the Chernobyl nuclear power...

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Fortunately it wasn’t the incumbent’s bus, because the wheels came off that long ago
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Great spending time with New York City’s Cutest. And thanks to @NYCMayor for giving me an excuse to break out my best “Wheels on the Bus”
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Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'truly unacceptable' apnews.com/article/pope-leo-…
Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'truly unacceptable'

Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'truly unacceptable'

Pope Leo XIV says that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization is “truly unacceptable” and that any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.

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Trump issues fiery new threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge apnews.com/article/iran-us-i…
Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge

Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an expletive-filled threat to escalate strikes on Iran if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline.

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How the Orange One lied in his address apnews.com/article/trump-ira…
FACT FOCUS: False claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran

FACT FOCUS: False claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran

President Donald Trump's address to the nation on the Iran war did not always hew to the facts. In his remarks Wednesday night, Trump declared that he inherited a “dead and crippled country” and...

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Sisanda Aluta@sisanda_alutaApr 1
[IN PICTURES] The Independent Electoral Commission has officially unveiled its brand new logo for the upcoming 2026/27 local government elections The slogan is “Get Up, Show Up, Vote” @TimesLIVE @SundayTimesZA
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