Mutsu @wittyintext

Yes, men are murdered. Nobody disputes that. But women are hunted, abducted and killed while doing something as ordinary as going for a run. They are disproportionately killed by men they know, love or have tried to leave. Proportionally, how often are men placed in that position, and how many men organise their daily lives around that fear? Femicide identifies this distinct, gendered pattern. Pretending that all murders happen in the same context is simply dishonest.

Null @Vhoyde

a day ago

Femicide is a such a nonsensical term. 8 out of every 10 murder victims in SA are men. Women are not being specifically targeted. This is not a gender issue. It's a crime issue.

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There is no political will to make this country safe for anyone, least of all children, women and the elderly.

There is nowhere safe!

top 5 worst feelings: 1. day after a concert 2. coming back home after vacation 3. finishing a good series 4. the end of a movie 5. finishing a book

Sis @AthlendaM I’m afraid we won’t pass this group assignment. There are 32,3 million dynamics on the way to and from work, transport stops, schools, health facilities, restaurants, malls, conferences, airports, supermarkets, offices, petrol stations. It all involves planning, walking and we’re often needing to run in any event. Perhaps in line with the declaration of GBV being a national emergency, a force majeure is what the situation warrants. I know you mean well, but we need @SAPoliceService @PresidencyZA @CrimeSecurity to pull out the NatJoints like we do for global | escalated events. Kubi. Kuningi. Kuyabheda.

eNCA @eNCA

2 days ago

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe has urged women who walk, exercise, or jog to do so in groups as police investigate the deaths of five women in the Kempton Park area. Tune in to #eNCA on #DStv403.

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i heard someone say, “the highest form of peace is having no desire to be seen, validated, or understood by anyone.” whew

DO AN IDENTITY-THEFT AUDIT ON YOURSELF!!! I got this information from someone a home affairs official! Please go through your records and check what is actually registered against your ID number. Identity theft in South Africa is very common, most citizens are victims and they’re not even aware, it goes far beyond someone taking out a loan in your name. 1. SARS / eFiling Log into your SARS eFiling profile and check: Employers registered against your tax profile, Income or IRP5s you don’t recognise, Tax returns and assessments Banking details, Cellphone number and email address, Any changes or submissions you did not make If there is an employer or income on your SARS profile that you don’t recognise, report it immediately. 2. Department of Employment and Labour / UIF Check whether your ID has been used in employment or UIF records. You want to know whether someone has: Registered you as an employee Reported employment under your ID Used your details for UIF-related purposes Linked you to an employer you have never worked for 3. Get your CREDIT REPORT This is extremely important. Check for: Loans you never applied for Credit cards/accounts you never opened Unknown credit applications Unknown credit enquiries Defaults or accounts you don’t recognise Any suspicious changes to your credit profile If something doesn’t belong to you, dispute it with the relevant credit provider/bureau and report the fraud. 4. Check your BANKING PROFILE Contact your bank and make sure there aren’t accounts, loans or other financial products registered under your ID that you don’t recognise. Also contact other banks to check if your ID number is not linked to any account.

I heard someone say, satan got adam and eve to fix their eyes on one tree when god had already given them an entire garden, think about that. The enemy didn't have to convince them that they had nothing. He just had to make them forget everything that they already had. And he still, till this day, uses the same strategy. He gets us to focus on relationships we don't have, the job that we don't have, the opportunity we don't have, the healing we haven't seen yet. Meanwhile, we are blind to the countless prayers god has already answered. Gratitude isn't pretending you don't want more, it's refusing to let what you don't have make you forget the goodness of god that's already surrounding you.

​𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐚 @sunnkssdseraph

a month ago

What's the hardest lesson you've learned?

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No, you are not the only one. A beautiful , well dressed, poised black woman reflecting on the women's March and the icons of the struggle with a whiskey in her hand. She swirls it, and savours its weight in her hands. Then, she toasts to the icons of the struggle. And all without a libation, which could have rescued this advert. However, the ultimate moment of arrival here, is the whiskey. A symbol masculinity and manhood, of a refined man. So women fought to be able to do the things that men have always been able to do. Wow. So we fought to become men... Mxm... Which agency did this advert?

Noxolo Madonsela @Noxxcee

3 weeks ago

Am I the only one offended by this ad?

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It’s hard to imagine many people having a bigger impact than Dolly Parton. Born in a one-room cabin, she earned 11 Grammys and an Emmy, built a business empire, helped millions of kids learn to read, and — as if that wasn’t enough — helped accelerate the research that led to the Moderna COVID vaccine. What a life. Michelle and I are thinking of Dolly’s family and her many, many fans.

The New York Times @nytimes

3 weeks ago

Breaking News: Dolly Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur known for her outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent that placed her in a class by herself, has died at 80. nyti.ms/45Prr77

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The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books. She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built. Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included. Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million. In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes. Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.

Dolly Parton @DollyParton

3 weeks ago

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

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My absolute favorite is “delegating tasks” They be eating that one up lmfao

ti ✧*:･ﾟadults s2!! @obviouslacking

3 weeks ago

does anyone genuinely know what to say when you’re asked in an interview what your weaknesses are

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Now, you can legally block EVERY spam call in South Africa with ONE click. As of July 2026, the Consumer Protection Act now has a National Opt-Out Registry. Register your number once with the NCC and every registered telemarketer MUST remove you within 30 days.

Having buried two friends and colleagues this year, both under 40, I’ve realised how much we deceive ourselves with the belief that we have time. We don’t know how much time we have. So live. Love. Say the thing. Do the thing. Be present.

I made a web app to educate people on TFSAs Check it out thatomashigotfsa.lovable.app

ℑ𝔱’𝔰 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔪𝔢 🗡️ @KiidBlunt

a month ago

I found out about TFSAs way too late into my adult life and it upsets me

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