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Thabo Mosia retweeted
The ANC/EFF do not stand or represent what's best for ordinary South Africans. From policy to practical points of view, they have marginalised and ridiculed ordinary people. The assumption that these parties are for the poor does not hold with closer scrutiny.
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These are the Top 5 Political parties.
NOTE : Action SA is in the top 5.
This contradicts what was said at the EFF briefing yesterday.
Deputy.
I have never for once stooped that low to insult a person as you have done to me. The words stupid and a fool are not as worse as what you said to me. It is your journalist that used the word stupid refering to voters...you may wish to listen to that audio again. I have never shared the sentiments of those who may have insulted you before.....but of now, I understand why they might have do so to you if ever they did.....I wish I could say the worse as you gave it to me unprovoked....I restrain myself......
Thabo Mosia retweeted
“I AM sorry I said get your head out of your leader's backside. That was unnecessary. It undermines your right to put your head where you want to put it.”
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YOU started in the gutter by saying "most useless journalist" to a young man doing his job. I asked you why you are insulting him and you repeated the insults. YOU stayed in the gutter. So I met you there and spoke in the language of your preference. I'm versatile like that.
I don't mind being called a bitch. In fact your own leader has repeatedly liked and retweeted posts that called me a bitch. I don't mind and am not looking for protection. I do appreciate your offer though.
Yes, let's keep things professional. It starts with you exercising your right to not like the journalist's question. But it doesn't extend to you dictating what he should and shouldn't ask, where and when. And the calling him "most useless journalist." You introduced words like "stupid " and "foolish." That was not necessary.
I AM sorry I said get your head out of your leader's backside. That was unnecessary. It undermines your right to put your head where you want to put it.
Thabo Mosia retweeted
YOU started in the gutter by saying "most useless journalist" to a young man doing his job. I asked you why you are insulting him and you repeated the insults. YOU stayed in the gutter. So I met you there and spoke in the language of your preference. I'm versatile like that.
I don't mind being called a bitch. In fact your own leader has repeatedly liked and retweeted posts that called me a bitch. I don't mind and am not looking for protection. I do appreciate your offer though.
Yes, let's keep things professional. It starts with you exercising your right to not like the journalist's question. But it doesn't extend to you dictating what he should and shouldn't ask, where and when. And the calling him "most useless journalist." You introduced words like "stupid " and "foolish." That was not necessary.
I AM sorry I said get your head out of your leader's backside. That was unnecessary. It undermines your right to put your head where you want to put it.
Dear Redi, while we clearly disagree on the boundaries of media engagement & political platforms, there is no need for you to say I must remove my head from the back side. I respect the role of the media in holding leadership accountable. However, politicians also reserve the right to advocate for the focus of their own events. We can debate the ethics of journalism without resorting to personal attacks. Let’s keep the engagement professional. If a question was foolish and stupid....it is exactly that.....for you to say I must remove my head from the backside, I know exactly what you mean. I will defend you when you are called the B*tch word just like you do not have to make innuendo about my head on on the backside. You are stooping very low.
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Before I sign off on this topic. I do not know the journalist Alpha. Never met him. But I do know about the EFF's noxious abuse of journalists whose questions they find inconvenient. I'm not talking about their supporters (one should not lose sleep over strangers calling journalists, especially women, difebe, making references to their weight etc). I am talking about EFF leadership and their historic vitriol against journalists. Once the leadership enters the fray, they hunt like packs and swarm their target with abuse. Which includes labels like "most useless journalist." Because it came from a DP, it should not be left unchallenged. Alpha is lucky because he is a man. The insults would be worse if he were a woman.
Nonetheless, he needed to know that others - men and women - have experienced this. He must stand and do his job. Long after they jump ship, fight amongs themselves, implode or lose votes, he will still be standing with his microphone and pen! He needed to know that.
Thabo Mosia retweeted
That’s the reason @GwedeMantashe1 must step down from NEC,he keeps thinking people vote as you campaign that’s why they only do good on service delivery close to elections,people don’t think like that, if you keep doing bad before elections the people remember not to vote do you!
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Does Uncle Gweezy aka See-Boom-Boom honestly believe the ANC did badly because of poor campaigning? Nothing about service delivery? Indeed denial is a river in Egypt.
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MALEMA HAS RUN OUT OF ROAD - THE END IS NIGH
Malema is angry. He knows he has reached the end of the road. But his ego, which is bigger than the size of his electoral support, forces him to “double down”. South Africans are not interested in the politics of anger, insults and polarisation. People want to rebuild a functional country. The language of enemies and friends hasn’t taken South Africans anywhere. Instead it has destroyed our common cause. His bravado aside, numbers don’t lie. They state one irrefutable fact: Time is up for the EFF and no amount of angry tweets by his minions can change this fact.
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As the ANC loses voters, it must ask whose leadership can rebuild public trust, whose conduct is driving people away, and whose continued prominence has become an electoral liability. Those questions require honest answers, including retirement where necessary. You cannot implement good strategies with the wrong people, no matter how much you love them. Their past contribution is also irrelevant. The question is: who are the ANC's right leaders for this political moment? If there are none, then that is also your answer.
We commend every ANC voter for voting. We remain steadfast in commitment to implement the six pillars of the 2026 Local Government Election Manifesto with a continued focus on improving the lives of our people and strengthening local governance.
#VoteANC2026
#LetsBuildBetterCommunities
Thabo Mosia retweeted
Good speech. Great tone. But you will be judged by what you do, not what you read, by what you say when you don't have a prepared speech in the years after elections. Now, how to turn the words and intentions of this speech into a systematic transformation? How do these words become the ANC's praxis? Consistently, across all levels?
[WATCH] THE ANC IS SELF INTROSPECTING
The people of South Africa have spoken. As the ANC we have heard that my people. We recognise that many South Africans who once placed their confidence in the ANC have chosen to support other parties. Others have withdrawn from electoral participation altogether. We recognise their concerns, we will not question their judgement or explain away their decisions.
We will confront the reasons why people who
once regarded the ANC as their natural
political home have become disillusioned with our movement. We must acknowledge that in too many communities local government has fallen short of the expectations of our people.
Where communities have experienced unreliable water supplies, failing infrastructure, uncollected refuse, deteriorating roads, corruption and poor municipal administration, they have every right to demand better.
Where public representatives have become distant from the people they were elected to
serve, the people have every right to hold them accountable. And where our own internal divisions have distracted us from the needs of communities, we must accept responsibility.
We cannot ask the people to trust us merely because of our history. Our history gives us a responsibility to serve. It does not give us an entitlement to govern. The ANC must earn the confidence of the people through what it does today and what it delivers tomorrow. That is the lesson of these elections. And it is a lesson we accept with humility.
Thabo Mosia retweeted
[WATCH] THE ANC IS SELF INTROSPECTING
The people of South Africa have spoken. As the ANC we have heard that my people. We recognise that many South Africans who once placed their confidence in the ANC have chosen to support other parties. Others have withdrawn from electoral participation altogether. We recognise their concerns, we will not question their judgement or explain away their decisions.
We will confront the reasons why people who
once regarded the ANC as their natural
political home have become disillusioned with our movement. We must acknowledge that in too many communities local government has fallen short of the expectations of our people.
Where communities have experienced unreliable water supplies, failing infrastructure, uncollected refuse, deteriorating roads, corruption and poor municipal administration, they have every right to demand better.
Where public representatives have become distant from the people they were elected to
serve, the people have every right to hold them accountable. And where our own internal divisions have distracted us from the needs of communities, we must accept responsibility.
We cannot ask the people to trust us merely because of our history. Our history gives us a responsibility to serve. It does not give us an entitlement to govern. The ANC must earn the confidence of the people through what it does today and what it delivers tomorrow. That is the lesson of these elections. And it is a lesson we accept with humility.
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The EFF across ALL MAJORITY BLACK VDs in the metros (EFF %):
CPT: 11% (-5)
MAN: 11% (-4)
JNB: 10% (-6)
NMB: 9% (-3)
TSH: 8% (-9)
EKU: 8% (-11)
BUF: 8% (-7)
eTH: 2% (-14)
See Eye See is busy diagnosing the misfortune of @MYANC , even suggesting that their president should step down. What a joke!
And now, Black people must all come together and support these self-serving leaders. All in the name of Black solidarity. Hayi suka! We DESERVE BETTER!
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Dear Godrich. You are foolish and stupid. And know nothing about journalism or the responsibilities of a journalist. It is also not up to a politician to decide angle and timing. The right time and space to ask a question is when the person is right in front of you. A good journalist has no obligation to stick to the theme of YOUR occasion. He must ask what his audience deems to be in the public interest. "Sense of occasion?" Which journalism module taught you that? Get your head out of your leader's backside.
Dear Redi, there is a better way to ask a question to achieve what you want. Time and space and angle. That was amertuerish and he was pushing a narrative......he is embedded or trying to be famous as if he is brave. That was foolish and stupid. He could have done better from an objective angle with appreciation of sense of occassion. He will forever remain to be known for such stupidity.
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This fool is chronically throwing direct shades at everyone but himself...absolutely zero accountability for his personal EFF company but want to blame CR. A few years ago @Julius_S_Malema you promised to never work with ANC ,let alone black parties. Why are you such a weak flip-flopper. For once in your day take ACCOUNTABILITY that YOU could not lead EFF to alteast 14%...wa lapesa mannn🥴
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And from a communications point of view, this kind of strategy is far more effective than ANC telling voters "we gave you grants. We gave you freedom." It wasn't just Gwede. A lot of them did it. I remember one Minister cornering a student at a tertiary institution telling him how he was there because of the ANC. It doesn't work. Especially when you know nothing about that student - maybe he has no money for food and transport; maybe he has debts, maybe his siblings sre also struggling. They are abrasive, tone-deaf and very often adopt a triumphalist tone. The ANC's generic messaging (grants, freedom) can never beat these directed, forensic case studies. But they will say "You just hate the ANC." They listen to cheerleaders and that's why they are here.
You don’t even need a massive budget just do your job!
Service delivery!
Your work must speak for itself.
Helen’s campaign was super expensive because it was two pronged
-Highlight the massive failures
- Offer hope
Campaign Admin staff salaries …
Travel, accommodation, sustenance
Plus the merch and prop hire to do all her stunts.
Security too!
Thabo Mosia retweeted
There is a bright future for journalism in SA. Who is this guy who shot Malema with a question that made him lose his head? Fearless journalism deserves kudos 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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Ok. Can we then agree that your position is not based on “democratic principles” but your personal feelings?
Cause if you argue that denying Helen Zille the mayoral chains violates the substantive intent of our democracy, then you should argue the same for any party. Cause democratic principles must be consistent regardless of “personal feelings”. Am I wrong?
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The problem is, what if part of "being found wanting" includes him and the leadership, not just municipalities? The confrontation with this electoral outcome must include an audit of ANC leaders, done professionally. It should test how their conduct and messaging lands - not just amongst ANC members but the voting public. They need to understand that leaders are the voice and face of the party and if their conduct influences how the party is received, then that is something to be quantified. No emotions, just clean, fresh data and evidence.
