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Gaborone
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Same way the marches and vigilantes have been conflating the two on ground. The issue of hatred comes from taking law enforcement into your hands rather than allowing and/or pressuring the relevant authorities to do their part. You can't now want to sanitize what has been happening for all to see.
Julius needs to be stopped with this chorus of his that doesn’t even have a tune. He keeps making it seem as though when South Africans demand law enforcement on immigration matters, they are expressing hatred towards Africans. Those are two completely different things, and we need to stop allowing him to conflate them.
And its supposed to be accepted under the guise of "constructive criticism".
You will never even see a single social media post from the "I am an EFF supporter but Malema this and that" posting anything positive about the same EFF and its great milestones. There are so many positive contributions done by the same party and NONE of them will ever post about that or encourage others to follow or support them based on that.
They just wait for elections or Julius press conferences and then all hell breaks loose. Suddenly they become political experts on how The EFF must be run with their essays and poems and only then, all the voters of EFF must give them an ear.
Lol! Even if you were to look for a video of our boy from 15 years ago; it’s still HIM. It’s a sight for sore eyes that it’s happening between people who used to be close as brothers, absolutely. But to frame it as if the behavior is new, that’s a lie! He’s On brand.
Inaugural? Ooh?
Botswana has successfully rolled out its inaugural run of locally synthesized antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, formulated on-site at the Phakalane-based Portfolio Pharmaceuticals Botswana plant.
The accomplishment shifts the country from being purely an importer of vital therapies to a capable producer, shielding public health clinics against unexpected border closures, shipping backlogs, and volatile global pharmaceutical distribution.
2ndrepublicnews.com/2026/11/…
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to be honest, EFF is one of the few parties that actually has always put South Africans first. Not by talking, by action.
From insourcing, building houses, adopting orphanages, adopting schools, donating school uniforms, giving bursaries, refusing vat increase, data must fall,
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Mbhazima Shilowa | Abstention won’t keep your seat empty until a worthy candidate arrives news24.com/opinions/columnis…
A calculated risk for fearless journalist then, he'll be fine.
In the end, the writing is on the wall—properly displayed in percentages.
It begs the obvious question: what is it about YOU that produced this performance? Why is it that you have lost almost half of your vote share? Yes, YOU!
As I have said before, go argue with the wall.
As for me, I did abstain. A deliberate, conscientious abstention.
The right to abstain is not limited to parliament or council sessions. It is very much constitutional, and available to all citizens—especially those who DO register to vote!
That our voter registration increases by millions every time is a sign of genuine interest. When they do not show up to vote, after turning out to register, they may very well be refusing to choose between different versions of failure!
Voting MUST NEVER be a conscription; it is a right that comes with responsibility—one that can’t be deployed without conscience.
Above all, NO ONE is entitled to people's votes. VOTES are earned, just like respect. To say otherwise is the gospel according to dictators.
How else can we explain that Mandela campaigned in 1994 and lost both KZN and Western Cape, yet Mbeki won both 10 years later? They earned the votes through results on the ground by improving the living standards of our people. They were NOT ENTITLED to them!
Those who protest by deliberately not voting or deliberately spoiling their vote are exercising as sacred a right as the right to vote! A true revolutionary should know that, and would listen to them, for they too have registered a view!
It is in line with this spirit—the letter of which is in the Constitution, that 'every citizen is free to make political choices'—that Ronnie Kasrils, alongside Barney Pityana and others, in 2014 called on people to protest by spoiling their vote.
I’m sure you’ll agree, these are stalwarts of the anti-apartheid movement. They understood that no one—NOT even their own comrades—is ENTITLED to votes.
But first, go to the wall, brother. There, the measure of your weight is fully determined."
Lol, everyone saying this is why he's losing votes; you people need to be serious. SA does not have the luxury of reducing its politics to Malema’s character. Especially not Malema. He has always been this person, always. In fact, you once celebrated that very arrogance because you lived vicariously through it. So what has fundamentally changed? Have you reclaimed enough economic power to suddenly afford the luxury of demanding humility?
The political landscape being curated for you is one where Black leadership is expected to be agreeable, and palatable, trading gains of political liberation on the discounted price tag of humility?
Look at Cyril. Pleasant, diplomatic and likeable, reassuring to a capitalist establishment that has never felt the same pressure to humble itself. Herman Mashaba; the moment he steps out of line, they come out of the woodwork to remind him whose project he is, and that projects fall in line.
A different war has already been declared against you, and you are losing it. The war of narrative. The war of perception. If you doubt it exists, look at AfriForum; what it has won through narrative alone. The funding, the influence, the international ear. Narrative alone.
And now you want to use the sword of humility to sacrifice one of your own in that very same war? Talmbout losing votes because of arrogance. ARROGANCE? Your adversaries could never. They understand the value of their vote as an instrument of political and economic power, and would never reduce it to a referendum on personality at the expense of their interests.
I will always appraciate Malema’s arrogance, his stubbornness and his character, warts and all. And I hope he never allows that character to be tamed, even when the call comes from his own kin, be it a former comrade or under the guise of a young professional journalist’s ambition, whether well-intentioned or otherwise.
Because this country has not turned the tide of history far enough to sacrifice its own political and economic interests at the altar of humility. That very arrogance you are so desperate to tame may well be your last line of defence against the forces of neocolonialism and continued economic domination.
You will have your respectability.
They will have your country.
Recalibrate the value of your vote.
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There is nothing morally superior about not voting and it is irresponsible. It is even worse when one’s defence for that is that no one is perfect enough to receive my vote.
White farmers were devastated by a Foot & Mouth Disease outbreak at the behest of the DA - they did not abstain, they voted DA.
The right and a large majority of the DA’s white constituents are vociferously opposed to the DA going into a coalition with the ANC in the GNU - they did not abstain, they voted DA
When it was exposed in the Madlanga Commission that former DA Mayor in Ekurhuleni Tania Campbell introduced Cat Matlala into that municipality - DA voters did not abstain, they voted DA.
In Cape Town, when the relationship between 28 numbers gang leader Ralph Stanfield and DA MMC’s was exposed, revealing R1 billion in housing tender collusion - DA voters did not abstain, they voted DA.
Many black DA members have a bad taste in their mouth seeing Helen Zille as the Mayoral candidate of the DA, knowing her views on colonialism, and regressive views on redress - they did not abstain from voting, they voted DA.
They do this because they know that political parties just like society are spaces of contestation of ideas, direction and values. They know that sitting on the sidelines and being self-important has no positive net effect on their lives. They must participate, influence, lobby and yes, VOTE!
The suggestion that political parties which are left in persuasion or represent black interests in particular ought to be perfect for them to be voted for, is as silly as suggesting that not voting is some morally superior form of expressing one’s dissatisfaction.
It is the height of what defines the self-righteousness of an individual that inadvertently hands political power to the right because “no one is good enough for my vote”
The right does not operate like this, they vote because they appreciate that state power held by those who represent them has the potential to serve their interests.
I am extremely proud that not only the EFF is shaming people for not voting, but South Africans are doing so in general.
In social spaces, in your family, at your work place, continue to shame people who undermine voting, especially those who do so because it no longer serves their interests.
The political space has been fractured for many years, including between 2013 and 2024 when some non-voters of today, urged you to vote while they were in Parliament.
Do with that information what you wish.
Here is a nice article we wrote on the irresponsibility of voter apathy and its consequences!
ewn.co.za/2026/09/29/sinawo-…
As a former parliamentarian, which version is his? He can't distance himself from the failures he contributed to.
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The writing is on the wall, yes but the wall is not a mirror. The percentages indict all of us. Julius Malema’s electoralist rebuke is correct the masses still subscribe to politics that still treats the ballot box as the central terrain of Black freedom. So no, comrade Quintin, we will not go argue with the wall. We will organise to knock it down. No one is entitled to our votes. And no ballot is entitled to our souls. The wall is not the measure of our weight. The movement outside is.
In the end, the writing is on the wall—properly displayed in percentages.
It begs the obvious question: what is it about YOU that produced this performance? Why is it that you have lost almost half of your vote share? Yes, YOU!
As I have said before, go argue with the wall.
As for me, I did abstain. A deliberate, conscientious abstention.
The right to abstain is not limited to parliament or council sessions. It is very much constitutional, and available to all citizens—especially those who DO register to vote!
That our voter registration increases by millions every time is a sign of genuine interest. When they do not show up to vote, after turning out to register, they may very well be refusing to choose between different versions of failure!
Voting MUST NEVER be a conscription; it is a right that comes with responsibility—one that can’t be deployed without conscience.
Above all, NO ONE is entitled to people's votes. VOTES are earned, just like respect. To say otherwise is the gospel according to dictators.
How else can we explain that Mandela campaigned in 1994 and lost both KZN and Western Cape, yet Mbeki won both 10 years later? They earned the votes through results on the ground by improving the living standards of our people. They were NOT ENTITLED to them!
Those who protest by deliberately not voting or deliberately spoiling their vote are exercising as sacred a right as the right to vote! A true revolutionary should know that, and would listen to them, for they too have registered a view!
It is in line with this spirit—the letter of which is in the Constitution, that 'every citizen is free to make political choices'—that Ronnie Kasrils, alongside Barney Pityana and others, in 2014 called on people to protest by spoiling their vote.
I’m sure you’ll agree, these are stalwarts of the anti-apartheid movement. They understood that no one—NOT even their own comrades—is ENTITLED to votes.
But first, go to the wall, brother. There, the measure of your weight is fully determined."
That last sentence? Phew 😪
A deliberate, conscientious abstention? No. You abstained from principle the day you left. You don't get to register, stay home, then write essays about failure when you REFUSED to choose. That's not constitutional, that's cowardice. The wall you want us to argue with is the one you built around yourself after you walked away from the movement that made you. We lost votes, yes, but you lost yourself.
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Like yall genuinely just get off on dog pilling because it feels good to gang up on someone else. Don’t try to act like there’s some noble reason behind it. It’s not about accountability or constructive criticism.
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Political parties that manipulate the frustrations of South Africans by falsely promising to chase foreigners away will soon be chased out of office by the very people who voted for them.
In America, Donald Trump won elections by promising to build a wall to keep immigrants out.
His administration took videos of children held in cages at the border. Immigration officers carried out “raids” in the streets with television cameras following them. When conducting their raids, they would even bring along TV personalities like Dr Phil to film the arrests. Arresting people became a show for an audience.
These are the same tricks we see in South Africa, where politicians arrive with cameras to perform “raids” for social media, making a spectacle, and calling it delivery, only for those same immigrants to come back tomorrow when the cameras are switched off.
However, the recent loss of the Republicans in the Midterm Elections in America is proof that you cannot fool and trick voters forever. In the end the people want to see their lives improve, not slogans.
They want jobs, they want dignified and affordable housing. They want access to healthcare, they want safe communities, and they want education and a future for their children.
You cannot put a wall on the dinner table. Chasing an immigrant away does not mean your food prices will come down, or a factory will be built to create jobs.
The same can be said about elections in Australia. Peter Dutton enjoyed a lot of support, singing the same song of chasing foreigners away. But, eventually his party lost badly! He even lost his own seat.
We can even talk about how Lula defeated right winger Bolsonaro, with a message that spoke to hunger, poverty and the needs of ordinary families.
South African politicians who are copying these tricks must learn from what is happening in the world. A video of a raid may get you a thousands of likes, today, but it will not feed the people who voted for you.
Sooner or later, the people will get tired of the theatrics and demand jobs, houses, running water, and education for their children.
Our people are angry because life is hard. Those who use people’s anger to fool them for votes will one day face that anger themselves. The same people who cheered you into office can vote you out.
Honest political activists must not get tired. We must fight very hard for real improvements in the lives of our people.
Fight for education, fight for jobs, fight for decent housing, healthcare, running water, affordable food prices, financial security and safe communities. As it is happening across the world, we will win our people back with honest and sincere politics. Not politics of hate and deception.