THREAD ON WHAT HAPPENED:
I was almost raped and murdered on 14th of Feb. House was broken into. I woke up to him walking towards my bed. He tied me up. When he was done in my room & left I managed to untie my hands & then heard him coming back upstairs. He forced me outside.
A lady who is on oxygen, is crying saying when there are
#blackouts
she has to wake up her whole family to ask for help, or stand by the window for some oxygen.
She says she doesnโt know what to do. This is devastating ๐
President Ramaphosa honestly, this needs to stop!!
Happy birthday to my Zulu King, my love, my best friend, my Gxabasheโค๏ธ๐คด๐พ
May this new chapter bring you more wealth, health and happiness! ๐ฅฐ๐
@LindokuhlXulu1
Iโve tested positive for
#COVID19
Iโve only had mild symptoms but Iโm ok and I know I will overcome this. My priority remains to keep my family safe!
JUST IN: Mother of the 8-year old girl who survived the horrific
#Limpopoaccident
has arrived at the Mokopane Hospital. The 8 year old is the sole survivor. She managed to get out of the bus before it plunged 50 meters into the ravine. The gitl was with her grandmother.
#eNCA
BREAKING: The over 1 million AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in SA on Monday expire in April. This was only picked up when they arrived in SA. They have a 6month life span.
#Vaccine
#VaccineforSouthAfrica
Just a tip, there is a guy selling caps on Malibongwe close to the Engen and Tiger Wheel. He points to your wheel saying something is wrong so you can get out and then you robbed. Be on the lookout and be careful๐๐ฝ
BREAKING: Court does not find that the song โkiss the boerโ or โkill the boerโ constitutes hate speech. Court also finds
#AfriForum
failed to prove this. Matter has been dismissed with costs.
#eNCA
#EFF
BREAKING: 45 people die in a bus crash. One 8 year old survived. Bus was traveling from Botswana to Moria. Bus caught fire when it crashed and itโs believed most people perished to death.
#eNCA
#Easter
JUST IN: NORTHERN CAPE counting done.
ANC has not managed to get 50% in the province.
ANC 49.47%
DA 20.94%
EFF 13.23%
PA 8.6%
VF+ 1.94%
NCCM 1.77%
MK 0.76%
#eNCA
#ElectionsResults
#Election2024
For the FIRST time in history, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital trauma rescue area thatโs normally inundated with patients, had NO patients on the 1st of the new year.
JUST IN: The Human Rights Commisison heads to the Equality Court in the EC regarding
#RenaldoGouws
The HRC has concluded that utterances allegedly made by
#Gouws
constitute hate speech and/or harassment.
#eNCA
Itโs almost like Gauteng didnโt learn anything from the first or second wave. Now suddenly in the third wave, oh we need oxygen, oh we need beds?
This is the third time we dealing with a
#Covid
wave. THIRD time.
Itโs just not okay how they playing with peoples lives.
Mr President, anyone who cares to listen at this stage, please can something urgently be done to address the levels of crime in our country. Women and children remain the most vulnerable! This canโt be how we live. In constant fear. Please!!! Just understand how serious this is๐
BREAKING: SA has confirmed 5 cases of mpox.
One person has since died from the disease
2 cases were in Gauteng
3 in KZN
Male who died was in Gauteng
2 remain in hosptial
#eNCA
#MPox
BREAKING:
Petrol 93 & 95 will decrease by R2.06
Diesel will decrease by R2.68
Illuminating Paraffin will decrease by R1.93
This will come into effect on 4th January 2023.
#eNCA
#PetrolPrices
BREAKING NEWS: South Africans no longer need to wear face masks, be it indoors or outdoors. Limits on gatherings have also been dropped. Health Minister Joe Phaahla has published the changes in the government gazette.
#eNCA
I am completely disgusted in comments made about Karyn. How can people be this mean? How have people become so insensitive. Sies man!
Karyn will beat this!!! โ๐ฝ
BREAKING: British Airways flight from Gqeberha to Cape Town Airport had trouble landing today. Itโs believed the plane struggled to land 4 times. The pilot performed standard safety checks, and once the correct reading was achieved a normal landing was carried out.
#eNCA
Doctor just sent me my letter to say Iโm fine and fit to work again. โ๐ฝ
This has been the toughest for me but so grateful Iโm okay.
Iโll be bringing you the latest on SAA creditors meeting today. Very important one.
Thank you all for the love and supportโค๏ธ๐ฆ๐๐ปโจ
BREAKING: Registration for cohort 35-49 years old will begin as of 15 July with the goal to start vaccinating this cohort by 1 August.
#VaccineRolloutSA
I will blast this guy and hope he sees this. You are a horrible driver and a bully. You purposefully drove badly so I could crash into you. Then stopped and clapped your hands like you did something so profound. Other drivers also hooted at you. Shame on you! Sies!
When Mandela came out of prison Ntate
#Maponya
drove him. In his BMW. (Remember he was the first black he owned a BMW dealership in Soweto in the 80s)
#RIPRichardMaponya
JUST IN:
#Eskom
Board member Busisiwe Mavuso has walked out of the Scopa meeting. An argument broke out when she spoke about the issues Eskom faces today is due to the failure of the ANC & chair of Scopa Mr Hlengwa not happy with the response calling it theatrics.
#eNCA
The singing of the national anthem makes me emotional. I pray SA grows from strength to strength. It needs to get better!
๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
This is the image that places the 21-year old directly at the crime scene of Kirsten Kluyts. He was seen leaving wearing the same shirt she was wearing while on her run. He maintains though he didnโt rape or murder or but merely stumbled upon her body.
#eNCA
#KirstenKluyts
BREAKING:
Petrol 93 will go up by R2.37
Petrol 95 will go up by R2.57 per litre
Diesel (0.05% sulphur): R2.31
Diesel (0.005% sulphur): R2.30
Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale) up by R1.66
#eNCA
#PetrolPriceHike
Please look after my person guys ๐ญ๐ฅบ
Iโm going home (like real home where my ancestors are)
@LindokuhlXulu1
Iโm going to miss you baby cakes. But Iโll be back soon ๐โค๏ธ
My parents have been together for 43 years!! 43 years guys ๐ณ
I asked my mom how she feels- she says tired of repeating herself because my dads hearing is getting worse, not because of age, she says because he is a man and has selective hearing ๐โค๏ธ
Very exhausted journalist comes back to to this lovely surprise.
For all that know I went through the most and worked really hard on my
#SAA
coverage. I cried many nights & received horrible treatment I even lost some of my hair ๐คฃ so this is very important to me
@SanlamAwards
Not someone coming to me after my live asking me if we can delete the footage of him walking past. I ask why? He says my wife doesnโt know Iโm here. Iโm like brother we were live. He walks away in a complete panic. Why are men like this? ๐๐๐
BREAKING: The Delta variant that was identified in India is the variant that is contributing to the high
#Covid19
infections in SA and is driving the third wave.
Minister of Police Bheki Cele says Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana were spotted leaving the hotel heading towards the border trying to leave Tanzania. The two were found with multiple passports with different identities. People actually spotted the two.
#eNCA
#ThaboBester
I just need understand what the
@CityofJoburgZA
is actually doing in this city? I really want to understand. Have you driven down Malibongwe? Not one single street light is working. Itโs pitch dark. To Lanseria? it was so dark. Is there no budget ? Whatโs the problem??
JUST IN: Dep of International Relations says info received from the UK in SA, British Airways will resume direct flights to SA from Tuesday, 30 Nov with the first flight to London on Wednesday.
One daily flight to CPT & OR Tambo.
1 daily flight to Cape Town & ORTIA.
#eNCA
On my way to Delmas this morning and Iโve never seen so many cops on the road. Itโs about law and order right? So why canโt this be the standard all the time? Given the state of SA? Seriously. It takes a possible shutdown for some reaction & deployment thatโs clearly possible.
Today is the day Iโm going to block. You donโt want the vaccine, okay. You donโt believe vaccines are effective against the
#DeltaVariant
okay. But this negative bashing and personal attacks, Na I donโt need to tolerate this.
IMPORTANT: Stations will not be closed until all those in the queue have cast their votes. If you already in the queue you will be helped so donโt go.
#eNCA
#IEC
#ElectionDay
The situation in
#Emalahleni
remains tense. Yesterday community members attacked the mayor after she allegedly said โwhy you complaining about no electricity when you donโt even have fridgesโ
Part of entrance to township has been blocked.
#eNCA
#Witbank
BREAKING: Curfew will be lifted. There will be no restrictions on the hours of movement of people. Gatherings are restricted to no more than 1 000 people indoors and no more than 2 000 people outdoors. Alcohol will also be sold as perviously.
#eNCA
JUST IN: The first case of monkey pox has been detected in South Africa.
The patient is a 30 year old male from Johannesburg who has no travel history, meaning that this cannot be attributed to having been outside South Africa.
#eNCA
#MonkeyPox
But Iโm here. Alive. And doing much better. I know everyone has a story. I know we all go through the most. Iโm lucky to be alive and be able to tell my story. Most women and children donโt live this or survive this.
One day at a time โญ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ฆ
Nigerians have gathered outside the Nigerian consulate. They are getting into the busses so that they can be transported to the airport. First flight out of SA is at 9am. We understand over 600 Nigerians have opted to leave SA due to the recent
#XenophobicAttacks
BREAKING: Advocate Malesela Teffo has been struck off the roll as a legal practitioner. He must surrender all his legal documents. A curator has also been appointed to handle his bank accounts used while he was practicing.
#eNCA
#Teffo
BREAKING: Masks no longer required OUTDOORS. But indoors such as offices, malls, taxis, busses or any other indoor place is still required.
Masks when working on the streets or jogging or outdoor gathering is no longer required.
#eNCA
Today Iโve blocked people, Iโve also had people block me (or so I think) all because I posted that I got my 2nd jab. And thatโs okay. I knew this would happen. Itโs just sad that people believe all these conspiracies without truly understanding the importance of this jab.
Very hard week for me. Emotions ran high. I was a mess. But my person was there for me at 2 in the morning calming down. My Makathini โค๏ธ๐คด๐พ
โฆ
@LindokuhlXulu1
โฉ
Happy birthday to my best friend๐ฉ๐ปโโค๏ธโ๐จ๐พโค๏ธ
Thank you for all you are and all you doโค๏ธ๐ฆI wish ALL your hearts desires come true. Hereโs to forever ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฅณ
@LindokuhlXulu1
Just want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for ALL THE LOVE. The messages and comments of support, they mean the world to me!
It wasnโt easy speaking out but Iโm glad I did. Iโm reunited with my niece! Just what my soul was longing for. ๐๐ฆ๐ซถ๐ผ
We must call it what it is, black outs. Loadshedding is sugar coating the matter and a term used to make us feel like itโs not that bad.
Itโs black outs!
8th day in isolation after testing positive for
#COVID
This has been my hardest day so far. The weather also not helping. My anxiety is getting too much.
But Iโm going to be just fine. Stay safe everyone โค๏ธ๐ฆโจ๐๐ผ
For my peace I really donโt have time for bullying and abuse on social media. I just blocked now.
Letโs have a debate and discuss topics. But personal attacks and name calling, I really donโt have time for nor do I need to tolerate.
Have a blessed day all, stay safe โค๏ธ๐๐ฝโจ
Finger prints were found. Tons, as he wasnโt wearing gloves. Not covering his face. DNA was also found. But I was told by police he isnโt documented therefore they canโt trace him. This broke me. Because all I want is for him to be found and arrested. I want to know why? Why!!!!
BREAKING: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has passed away.
Archbishop Tutu, the last surviving South African laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, passed away in Cape Town at the age of 90 today.
#eNCA
I used to cry to my parents and say one day I will anchor and report on big stories like SONA, budget. And today, even though Iโm not in CPT Iโm on standby for Bra Dan and Iโm so proud to be here and doing what I love. My mom sent me a crying emoji because she knows.
My face was bruised and lip bust because he shoved a whole jersey in my mouth to try and silence me. Little did he know Iโm a warrior. Iโve been having the worst flashbacks this week. But I guess thatโs bound to happen.
I will conquer this and this will not consume me.