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Multi-award winning investigative journalist and Pan-Africanist. Tweeting in my personal capacity as an independent thinker and not a praise singer.

Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga
Joined February 2011
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@IamMzilikazi
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2 years
If you find my tweets to be provocative, insensitive, explicit, against your religious believes or political agenda, please unfollow me, nobody is holding a gun to your head. DISCLAIMER: I’m not here to live up to your expectations neither you are here to live up to mine.
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"You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." ~ John Bunyan
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A Million Dollar Question: Who is this man?
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MELANINIARE: Be rich and proud, be a proudly melaninaire #BlackAndProud 2
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“Even in the jungle, there are those who hunt the hunters.”
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MELANINIARE: Be rich and proud, be a proudly melaninaire #BlackAndProud 23
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@IamMzilikazi
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"They laughed at your clothes; and made you change your clothes, they laughed at your names; and made you change your name; but more importantly they laughed at your God; and made you change your God.” ~ John Henrik Clarke
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ARISE and SHINE: Let the whole world know who we are 16
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"You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." ~ John Bunyan
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@IamMzilikazi
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“The only disability in life is a bad attitude." ~ Scott Hamilton
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@IamMzilikazi
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Dear @elonmusk Having read about your most insensitive, ill advised and regrettable comments about South Africa, I felt compelled to respond and expose the bigotry that motivates your comments. I am Black South Africa, who just like you, was born during apartheid and suffered
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Love like you never been hurt before and make it last forever because love makes the world go round.
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EXCELLENCE: We have the latent and the skills but we don’t support grassroots entrepreneurial development
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@IamMzilikazi
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“Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.” ~ Malcolm X
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@IamMzilikazi
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“Slavery is not African history. Slavery interrupted African history.” ~ Mutabaruka
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BOMBA: Be yourself no matter what they say 1
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HAPPINESS is an inside job because life is what you make it. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
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"You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." ~ John Bunyan
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"We were raised by queens not to become savages but to be gentlemen and role models." ~ Mzilikazi wa Afrika
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@IamMzilikazi
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LEST WE FORGET: On this day in 1993, a coward assassinated Martin Thembisile Chris Hani, a father, a leader, a visionary, a commander, a soldier of uMkhonto we Sizwe and “ the doyen of democracy and freedom.” ✊🏿
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CINA: Another Day and Another Dance 💃
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WAKANDA FOREVER: Artist Bou Bou has done it again #RIPChadBoseman
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“To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you.” ~ John Henrik Clarke
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Happy Heritage Day: Let’s celebrate our diverse culture with pride 5
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BOMBA: Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate #CelebrateAfrika 30
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RISE: Let the whole world know who we are #CelebrateAfrika 1
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HAPPINESS: Some people got talent and others got skills
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@IamMzilikazi
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"Even when a lion is hungry, it wont eat grass; and don't change your principles just because your stomach is empty." ~ Mzilikazi wa Afrika
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"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." ~ Bob Marley
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MANHERU: Hello Afrika and how are we doing today 1
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Brave @scrapperella takes it to the streets, the shameless fight against #PublicBreastfeeding
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BLACK EXCELLENCE: Be yourself no matter what they say
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NAKUPENDA: Love like you have never been hurt before and kiss like it is your last kiss 20
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@IamMzilikazi
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Just image if these kids were given an opportunity to explore their talents and follow their dreams from primary school, how far they would be after 12 years of “learning.”
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“When two brothers fight to death , a stranger inherits their property.” ~ African Proverb
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BREAKING NEWS: Facebook rapist, Thabo Bester, was reportedly arrested in Tanzania early hours of the monning. #ThaboBester #DrNandipha
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Yesterday I drove to Seshego in Limpopo to pass my heartfelt condolences to @Julius_S_Malema who just lost his granny and apparently it was a CRIME to do so according to the people who are spitting on Juju’s face. I am an African and I know what Africans do in the hour of need.
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PRIDE: Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate #CelebrateAfrika 10
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THOBELA: Bana ba thari e ntsho #CelebrateAfrika 30
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BREAKING NEWS: #ThaboBester and #DrNandiphaMagudumana are expected to land in South Africa in the early hours of the morning. And now the real circus will begin.
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"We have to teach our black children black history; tell them about our black heroes, our black culture." ~ Steve Biko
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"No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." ~ Assata Shakur
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“The youth can walk faster but the elders know the road.” ~ African Proverb
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“Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate."
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HIGHLIGHT OF YEAR: This Guy was removed from a WhatsApp group, he went and got a court order to be added back. They added him back and made him administrator then one by one left the group and created a new one. He is now heading back to court to get the members back on his
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"You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." ~ John Bunyan
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Don’t start unnecessary fights hoping your friends will help you
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@IamMzilikazi
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SWILUVA SWA MISAVA: Let the flowers of the nation blossom 3
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@IamMzilikazi
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Rest In Peace - the legend and music icon - Oliver Mtukudzi, you played your role to the fullest and you will always be remembered Mr Guitarman
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@IamMzilikazi
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BREAKING NEWS: A convoy of Deputy President David Mabuza was reportedly involved in an accident in Middleburg, Mpumalanga and one of his bodyguards apparently died on the scene but the deputy president wasn’t injured. This is the second accident in recent months.
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“What I fear is that the liberators emerge as elitists, who drive around in Mercedes Benzes and use the resources of this country to live in palaces and to gather riches.” ~ Chris Hani
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You don’t expect the people who supported apartheid genocide and benefited from it to tell a good story about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, this is how they treated the mother of the nation and expected some of us to treat her the same.
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@IamMzilikazi
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SO MANY TEARS: Another giant tree has fallen - Kofi Annan, the first African Secretary General to the UN has passed away at 80. "When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground." ~ African Proverb
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"A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” ~ African Proverb
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NAKUPENDA: Love like you never been hurt before and kiss like is your last one 1
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WORDS OF WISDOM: The youngest president in Afrika, Ibrahim Traoré, has spoken. The 35-year-old President of Burkina Faso says Africa's story has to change and he is currently the youngest president in the world. Traoré accused African leaders of “beggary” at the Russia-Africa
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Unpacking Senzo Meyiwa murder investigation bungle: Police must tell South Africa who, within their ranks, allowed two different teams to investigate one case: team 1 reporting directly to minister Bheki Cele while team 2 to former commissioner Khehla Sitole. #SenzoMeyiwaTrial
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CREATIVE: The writing is on the wall #WakeUpEverybody ✊🏿
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CINA: Another Day and Another Dance 💃
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“The only disability in life is a bad attitude." ~ Scott Hamilton
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PRIDE: All things bright and beautiful 20
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NAKUPENDA: I don't have time to hate people who hate me because I am too busy loving people who love me 15
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"I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." ~ Harriet Tubman
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"If you sell your father's land to buy a trumpet where will you stand to blow it?" ~ African Proverb
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"You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." ~ John Bunyan
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“The only disability in life is a bad attitude." ~ Scott Hamilton
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LOVE and RESPECT: Albinism isn’t a curse but a genetic condition 19
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"You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us.” ~ Miriam Makeba
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TAMANINI: Minjani ku pfuka maxaka #CelebrateAfrika 28
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“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” ~ Howard Zinn #WakeUpEverybody ✊🏿 #FreeCongo #CongoIsBleeding #CrimeAgainstHumanity #CongoGenocide
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MELANINIARE: Be rich and proud, be a proudly melaninaire #Beautiful 1
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NAKUPENDA: Love like you have never been hurt before and kiss like it is your last kiss 5
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"If you sell your father's land to buy a trumpet where will you stand to blow it?" ~ African Proverb
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"If the wise elders of the village don't teach the children, the village idiots will certainly do so." ~ African Proverb
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"They laughed at your clothes; and made you change your clothes, they laughed at your names; and made you change your name; but more importantly they laughed at your God; and made you change your God.” ~ John Henrik Clarke
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“Nobody loves the warrior until the enemy is at the gate. When this is over, let's remember that it wasn't the CEOs and billionaires who saved us. It was the janitors, nurses, doctors and grocery store workers. I thank you for your service.” ~ Kentah Gwanjez
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THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES: Even murder suspects and some harden criminals are granted bail but those armed with a pen and paper are denied #KanyaCekeshe
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"We have to teach our black children black history; tell them about our black heroes, our black culture." ~ Steve Biko
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“To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you.” ~ John Henrik Clarke
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One day I am going to tell you a story about paedophile, masquerading as a journalist, how he was caught in bed with an underage boy and also how the rogue unit is using that information to blackmail him to write whatever they want. I am not one of the generations of cowards.
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CINA: Another Day and Another Dance 💃
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“There is nothing the apartheid government has not done to me. There isn’t any pain I haven’t known.” ~ Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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“What I fear is that the liberators emerge as elitists, who drive around in Mercedes Benzes and use the resources of this country to live in palaces and to gather riches.” ~ Chris Hani
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"We were raised by queens not to become savages but to be gentlemen and role models." ~ Mzilikazi wa Afrika
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“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history and your true heroes because they know that knowledge will help set you free.” ~ Assata Shakur
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HEBANNA: This Guy was removed from a WhatsApp group, he went and got a court order to be added back. They added him back and made him administrator then one by one left the group and created a new one. He is now heading back to court to get the members back on his WhatsApp group
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GAME ON: This woman has more skills than most highly paid players in some professional leagues
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"I was born in a village where everyone was so poor but rich with love, where everyone was your brother and sister; and every house was your home. We embraced the true spirit of Ubuntu and lived like one big family with all our challenges.” ~ Mzilikazi wa Afrika
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Teach them before they grow and don’t kill them before they grow
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AMAZING: Afrika has got talent but our own people ignore it until it comes back from overseas or after winning an international award.
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"If you believe your own roots are rotten and that your own culture is backwards then you are damaged beyond repair." ~ Mzilikazi wa Afrika
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"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” ~ African Proverb
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CINA: Another Day and Another Dance 💃
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HARAMBEE: Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate 20
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Dear Mr. President, I am sorry to disturb but we need to talk frankly 20
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BREAKING NEWS: Former State Security DG Arthur Fraser has just opened a case against President Cyril Ramaphosa at Rosebank Police Station
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UMONA PHANSI: Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate 20
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AMAZING: This brother’s talent is pout of this world.
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"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” ~ African Proverb
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