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@MrSkota

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Books. Saddened by life. Finds joy and comfort in books. Pedestrian rights activist.

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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
2 months
Let me get ready for tomorrow's book club meeting. I just know that this story could have been told in 200 pages, instead of 430. General message to the universe: I need editors to start bullying wordy authors. I also urge authors to save the surplus for their next books!
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@MrSkota
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4 years
He signed YOUR "book"?
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somizi somGAGA
4 years
Thank u buddy
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@MrSkota
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3 years
Call it a UK Variant kaloku zifebe
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3 years
Another new coronavirus variant found in the UK
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Free online courses
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@MrSkota
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4 years
A Brenda Fassie interview.
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@MrSkota
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5 years
It's normal to be content enough to do every single thing you want to do by yourself.
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Is it normal to go to a restaurant alone???
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@MrSkota
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5 years
46 women rescued in Joburg sex trafficking raid. Most of them were abducted while making their way home from work at Johannesburg Park Station and surrounds. via @Radio702
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@MrSkota
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4 years
"A group of 78 students from the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape who owed the institution money are set to graduate on Friday after their debts were paid by the university's alumni"
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@MrSkota
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5 years
I love a Queen who's definitely not stepping out ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Kanene you're closing down so you don't care
@dailysunsa
Daily Sun
4 years
THE 5 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUNANIS!
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
5 years
Caster deserves a rally. I don't do rallies but I'd go sing the whole day to show her love ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”
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@MrSkota
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6 years
If only you knew how to solve problems related to your network when your customers instead of being here trying to be "cool" with silly tweets.
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6 years
Balance us real quick #TelkomFam , did Somgaga just say Mnqobiโ€™s been Steve Harveyed?! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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@MrSkota
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3 years
Lol. Imagine living hand to mouth but not realizing how bad things are because some thoughtleader hasn't articulated it in English for you.
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3 years
I donโ€™t think South Africans realise how much trouble we are in. Things are bad โ€” the country is on an incessant downward spiral.
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@MrSkota
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The fact of the matter is that she cannot be dismayed because we got in contact with her two months ago and made her aware of this and obviously she cannot say she did not know that we are following [up] on the property she is staying in. Kaizer Kganyago, Spokesperson - SIU
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Interview from this book. If you don't have the book, Brenda Fassie, Not A Bad Girl is on Showmax
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Please respond with your star sign I wanna see sunthing ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคญ
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@MrSkota
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2 years
Lol. Curro is obviously launching CurroPM for THAT target market. No one is saying you and your kids must stop waking up at 5am my loves. But as the WCHC Judges said: "But, perhaps, this places too much reliance on the parties to apply their common sense."
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@MrSkota
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2 years
I miss listening to Jenny Cryws Williams. A khwin who could have a conversation about a glass or a spoon and have you listening to the ridiculousness ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ. What an Era!
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@MrSkota
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5 years
Lol. A boy starts dancing because that's probably what they do as a couple and people are cringing at the woman for responding to his call at THEIR wedding. I juuuust
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Dlala dlala Makoti
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@MrSkota
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4 years
We love Ntsiki's hair โค๏ธโค๏ธ
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@MrSkota
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4 years
President's speech in a nutshell: Just do the right thing zifebe ndini you know exactly what you need to do, stop gaslighting me.
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@MrSkota
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3 years
This broke me ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”
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@BongeMacupe
Bongekile Macupe
3 years
Limpopo teachers put fingers in primary schoolchildrenโ€™s panties, SAHRC hears via @mailandguardian #EducationMatters
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
4 years
Okay maybe I should have taken the whole page ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคญ
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Anyways guys, I hope TV awards people watched Rakgadi's performance yesterday and give her what she deserves when the awards season comes. End of story. #TheRiver1Magic
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
3 years
Aljazeera leads. Simply the best news station.
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@MrSkota
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4 years
A random photo of some of the books published by @MahlapeThabiso over the years โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž
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@MrSkota
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1 year
You are not going ZIM way guys. This is YOUR way. The SOUTH AFRICAN way. Look at your mayoral games in local government. Proudly South African. Leave others out of it. You're not exceptional. Own it.
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@MrSkota
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5 years
Sexually harassed women miners speak out. After years of vulnerability, cover-ups and fear of losing their jobs, LanXessโ€™ women miners are slowly speaking out about sexual harassment in the workplace and the effects on their mental health.
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Brenda Fassie says her husband stood her up in Frankfurt Airport for three days waiting for him to send her ticket. The next day she phoned the newspapers and said she wants a divorce ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ
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@MrSkota
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5 years
Look at what my friend @thabisobonita has produced over the years. There are more books but this should be enough to get it through your thick skull that she's a brilliant publisher. Anyways, how many titles do you own? Be very ashamed and catch a taxi to the bookstore urgently.
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@MrSkota
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1 year
The son of a farm labourer, Paul Siguqa realised a long-held dream when he bought Klein Goederust in 2019. Now heโ€™s building a boutique Franschhoek Valley wine farm thatโ€™s all about ubuntu, sharing fine wines and South African farm feasts.
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@MrSkota
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1 year
Lawyer in R103m Absa fraud case arrested for allegedly accepting some of the funds. Allegations are that he received R2 million of the R103 million. The alleged mastermind behind the fraud, Absa IT specialist engineer Xolela Masebeni has since been killed
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
3 years
There you are ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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@Angelinahhhhhh
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3 years
Since y'all dragging the princess of Africa, now's a good time to gps us to the interview where Brenda says she can't sing๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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@MrSkota
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6 years
Eusebius on @Radio702 is asking why racists always perform their acts at the beach. That's how they arrived ma dahling.
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
5 years
Here's an important book parents ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Lol. Darling, everyone IS experiencing the pandemic. Come now. Have some tea and sleep.
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@MrSkota
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7 years
Uthi u Vusi nantsi i research methodology yam. Athi u Sizwe I'm giving you a 0% because you've plagiarised someone else's thesis
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
6 years
Guys, confession time. I've been "reading" this book for the past two years. Which book have you been reading and you actually don't know why you're still on page 60 because it's not rubbish but you're just not moving?
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@MrSkota
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6 years
I hope this is a lesson for you guys to start engaging with your history and stop stanning like life is a Beyonce concert. All this "shock" is embarrassing. Read your books dolls.
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@MrSkota
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6 years
"Ha ha ha! What a joke my darling you're a pathetically liar"~ Mood for the rest of 2018.
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@MrSkota
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1 year
Rapist & murderer Thabo Bester & Nandipha were found with new identities, with Bester assuming US citizenship in fake passports they possessed when they were arrested. Bester was Tommy William Kelly & Nandipha was Martha Patience Mmerika Nitshini
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
5 years
Rolling eyes. Can she just come and run comrades marathon like all the ordinary joggers
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Riath Al-Samarrai
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Lynsey Sharp emotional after that 800. Details death threats to her and her family over Semenya situation.
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
5 years
CPUT becomes first SA university to roll out ARV treatment on campus via @IOL
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
6 years
This parcel has just arrived. Books by @JeleCynthia @SueNyathi @motseiwamollo @mpushntabeni and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi. Blacks are writing. Blacks are reading.
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@MrSkota
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2 years
Peaceful Purple Paradise with matching shorts for a Saturday morning run ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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@MrSkota
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3 years
International slay mama is absolutely rude ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ
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@MrSkota
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3 years
"Mozambique central bank fines 's Standard Bank for fraudulent practices"
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@MrSkota
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5 years
DJ Zinhle really released the best book title in this country. It's a really good title. I have decided to Stan permanently.
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@MrSkota
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5 years
Here's a story of a Professor who stole his Research Assistant's work and gave it to his PhD and MA students at Unisa. He has received a final written warning that's valid for 12 months. The fraudulently gained qualifications remain.
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@MrSkota
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4 years
The straights are fighting about their universal date rules so early on a Saturday morning. AGAIN. They're tired of talking about dishing up for each other at braais now. Heterosexuality is truly a sin.
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
1 year
Jackie Phamotse's readers STAND UP!!!!!!!
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The Tortured ANC voters Department
1 year
Can someone read that Prison Love book and give us a review?
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
11 months
Well, one can argue that "illegal mining" gave birth to Jozi. Unless the exploitation of Africans by......
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11 months
Experts have linked the underground explosion in the Johannesburg CBD to illegal activities that have been plaguing the city for years.
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@MrSkota
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So now everyone is gonna go around looking for cowards and monsters instead of MEN. This language has been addressed over and over again and you'd think revolutionary men would care but no. I just.
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#TshegofatsoPule Ndlozi: "These people who kill our woman are cowards."
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@MrSkota
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Sending out this book recommendation to all hustlers I know out there.
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@MrSkota
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4 years
@SueNyathi Wouldn't you allow a cute reader to sign your book for you? ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคญ
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@MrSkota
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4 months
Langalezwe Madonko, who is co-founder and investment principal of private equity company Summit Africa, confirmed that he does not have the range of qualifications claimed on his CV, including from the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE).
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@MrSkota
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5 years
Hi sluts. Here's a book sale ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Happy birthday month @_BlackBirdBooks . Thought I should show you some love โค๏ธโค๏ธ
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@MrSkota
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"My father was a University Professor. My mother was a University administrator". ARE YOU READY TO HEAR MY FAVE SAYING HER FAVE LINE IN PERSON? YAAAAAAAAAS.
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@MrSkota
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I'm always in awe of how excellent @N_Ayanda is. You watch him/listen to him, and it feels like he's been broadcasting for decades. That's how natural he is. Nyuzrum is lucky to have such a star waking up their viewers!!
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@MrSkota
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Dark n Lovely was found shaking
@NoxNonozi
Daai Cherrie ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ
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11 years ago. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ #TBT
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@MrSkota
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I generally enjoy Rebecca Davis. And this was nice to read. Eusebius McKaiser โ€” Brilliant, cocky, unapologetically himself
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@MrSkota
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4 years
South African trans woman sex reassignment fund
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@MrSkota
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1 year
Stop putting pictures of fruit pieces on yoghurt tubs without fruit pieces, regulator tells Parmalat via @news24
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@MrSkota
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6 years
Perfect breakfast. And I'm glad you don't have sugar to commit crime with. Sies!
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Christo ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
6 years
Phutu and masi for breakfast #DololoSugar
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@MrSkota
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5 years
I don't even need to see what Tbo Touch said to know that he was wrong. Whatever he said. It was wrong. Because it's him.
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@MrSkota
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3 years
Just a reminder that SIX trucks were torched in KZN on 9 July 2020 when they had a shutdown over foreign truck drivers. Anniversary things
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@MrSkota
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4 years
To all parents remember to hug your children โค๏ธโค๏ธ
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@MrSkota
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5 years
Anyways, moving right along. New read.
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@MrSkota
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4 years
This groundbreaking body of literature by TT Mbha is out and I saw @ExclusiveBooks says its their number 1 seller. It looks like 20 pages or so, so it's a quick read for everyone. #DecolonisingLiterature #BlackStoriesMatter #ItIsWhatItIs
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@MrSkota
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4 years
This is not The River wethu people are dying
@PhathuMakwarela
PhaแนฑhuMakwarela
4 years
I miss Nomvula Mokonyane in ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ politics - ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿพโ€โ™‚๏ธ drama-nyana to create sphithiphithi for journalists to have something to write about ๐Ÿคฃ
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@MrSkota
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2 years
Agreed. I have nights of wailing like a clown over my late parents. Those loud wails lift so much grief off my shoulders. I wouldn't be able to just do that if I wasn't alone.
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Staying alone is therapeutic..donโ€™t let em lie to you
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@MrSkota
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Remgro, controlled by billionaire Johann Rupert, hired renowned ECONOMIST Thabi Leoka as an independent director in March 2023, only to fire her less than a year later after it turned out she lied about having a PhD from the LSE via @BusinessLiveSA
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@MrSkota
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5 years
Me when I see Thapelo Mokoena
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@MrSkota
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7 years
Bring all your children to @Abantu_ . Stalwarts such as @ZakesMda , Sindiwe Magona and Gcina Mhlophe will be reading for your children. Your children will walk away with books in their mother tongues. #AbantuBookFest
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@MrSkota
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WHY DO YOU INSIST ON COMPARING THIS LOCKDOWN TO MANDELA'S IMPRISONMENT BY APARTHEID THUGS AND CRIMINALS?!
@TC_Africa
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Mandela's exercise routine would begin with running on the spot for 45 minutes, followed by 100 fingertip push-ups, 200 sit-ups, 50 deep knee-bends and calisthenic exercises learnt from his gym training
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@MrSkota
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6 years
I don't want talk about this traumatic rape trial of this Omotoso man. Buy I hope Cheryl Zondi will find herself again after this disgusting trial and, if she decides to view social media, I hope she'll be comforted by the fact that we believe her.
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@MrSkota
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Interviewer: Do you believe in God? Brenda: I believe that God is there. Interviewer: The higher force? Brenda: Yes, not a man. A man with a dick? Forget it. He died for me ? Forget it. And he wakes up after three days? Give me a break, please.
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@MrSkota
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Mafokateโ€™s daughter Owami also walked away with just over half a million rands in a tender from the same department through her company Queendom Media in 2022.
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@MrSkota
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3 years
New babies โค๏ธโค๏ธ
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@MrSkota
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6 years
Nigeria loves me. I am officially Nigerian !!!!
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@MrSkota
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4 years
Hi, I'd really appreciate it if you could share or donate to this GoFundMe campaign.*Siki Mgabadeli Fighting the effects of Stroke* Read more here Forward this message to your contacts to help this campaign reach its target!
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@MrSkota
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7 years
Looking for book recommendations? Check these from my bookshelf
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@MrSkota
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5 years
"Young people get lured to the CBD either to meet someone for a job interview and realise that it is human trafficking when they find themselves locked up in a room in Hillbrow"
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@MrSkota
Tintswalo
5 years
Okay this is the real all tahm fave ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
@CoconutKelz
Coconut Kelz
6 years
Guys. Our rent a crowd was out of control today! So embarrassed ๐Ÿ™ˆ But went to fetch them and theyโ€™re back in the DA compound for re-programming. And Iโ€™m back with Pam @phemelomotene tomorrow at 07:45am on @Radio702
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"A family who spent nine years in a basement "waiting for the end of time" have been discovered by police in the Netherlands after one of them turned up at a local pub" Dutch family 'waiting for end of time' discovered in basement
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@MrSkota
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8 months
The report released at UCT paints a picture of a narcissistic and thin-skinned leader who exploited and encouraged racial divisions โ€“ talking up a narrative of racial empowerment in public while saving some of her worst abuse for black women in private.
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@MrSkota
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4 years
@khayakoko88 @Neli_Ngqulana At the same time, a doctor relative says the pineapple concoctions is bringing them psychotic patients.
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