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Mahasha Rampedi is African Times Editor-In-Chief; International & Diplomatic Correspondent; Award-Winning Investigative Journalist; Ex TV & Radio Broadcaster.

Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined January 2011
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9 months
Earlier, I joined @RT_com co-hosts @NikkiAaronRT and @NuNuWako to dissect the 15th #BRICS Summit taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. #BRICS2023 #BRICS #BRICSSummit #BRICSProtest #BRICScurrency #BRICSSummit2023
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West tried every trick in the book to sabotage BRICS summit – Mahasha Rampedi Follow us on Rumble:
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I bumped into @AdvDali_Mpofu , the people's advocate in Cape Town this week. History will forever remember Adv Dali Mpofu as a hard working lawyer who cares about the interests of the masses. #dali
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I declined interviews from @eNCA , @Newzroom405 , @SABCNews etc. @bonglez , @XoliMngambi & co, whose inflated sense of self worth can't be matched by notable achievements, think i need their platforms to profile me. I DON'T. They must interview each other. I can't aid & abet deceit.
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We stand by our story. We have no intention to retract and apologise. Mr Thandisizwe Diko and Mrs @KhuselaS are free to proceed with any legal action, if they so wish. And we are ready to prove our case.
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#Sithole insists she delivered her 10 babies at Steve Biko Academic Hospital. So where are the babies?
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It's time for this man to receive a call from Naturena. Gavin Hunt is the only coach who can take @KaizerChiefs to greater heights. At this rate, Middendorp's promising tenure looks set to result in more heartache and pain. He lacks game management & the ability to defend a lead.
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3 years
I stand by my Tembisa decuplets story, will vigorously defend any litigation, and challenge ministers and MECs to deny Sithole's delivery under oath.
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4 years
I've been granting interviews to journalists whose sole purpose was to interrogate (discredit) me. They play smart when they can hardly put together decent stories of their own. No longer talking to people who just found themselves behind the mic. I can't aid & abet stupidity. 🤷‍♀️
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In his SONA, president Cyril Ramaphosa promised a similar high speed train to reduce travel time between Cape Town & Musina. Five years later, nothing 🤷🏾‍♂️. Instead, rail transport has been destroyed, Prasa looted, billions worth of cables & tracks stolen on @MbalulaFikile ’s watch.
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This is the fastest HSR train between Beijing and Nanjing. 1025 km, 3 hours and 17 minutes.
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5 years
Finally, the podcast of my interview with @iamthabomdluli . Thanks Twitter friends for demanding transparency & media accountability. Thanks @Newzroom405 for correcting your mistake, & for rejecting the temptation to fix narratives & be part of the problem.
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SA, I am a credible and reliable journalist who has NEVER lied to you. So is Independent Media. We will not start today. We are dealing with something bigger here. A grand conspiracy. A cover up. Unprecedented stuff. REST ASSURED. TRUST US. WE WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT YOU. #Sithole
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In @pietrampedi and independent media I believe ! Something is really dodgy about the Tsotetsi statement ...I don't trust this MAINSTREAM thumamina media ,they may have forced or made them to release that statement just to discredit Piet.
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3 years
Gosiamo #Sithole responds to the Tsotetsi family statement. She denies she's missing, and that did not deliver the babies. She says the was released after the Tsotetsis met some politicians. Says they are angry because they wanted to benefit financially from the public donations.
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This is one of the idiots who have been following @IamMzilikazi and I around since this morning. He took pictures of our cars, while five others in four cars literally monitored our movements and circled around the restaurant. We won't stop exposing the truth. #RogueUnit
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Some Blacks have vowed never to support the Boks, due to its make up & SARU's racial discrimination. That's exactly what racists want you to do: to be disillusioned & stop laying a valid claim to rugby. Rugby is a national sport, NOT anybody's culture. So, let's support our team.
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Things ⁦ @NandosSA ⁩ should be worried about: Their dry, expensive dusty buns that turn into a stone when left for a day. Instead, they are obsessed with political campaigns and propaganda against me at the behest of owner Adrian Einthoven. #PoliticalChicken
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4 years
But why do you always feel obliged to connive with Black subjugation, apologise for racists, defend racism, trivialize Black dehumanization, & rationalize Black humiliation? Have you internalized racism to that level Prof @ThuliMadonsela3 ? #clicksadvert #ClicksShutdown #Clicks
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Prof Thuli Madonsela #KindnessBuilds
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#UnconsciousBias is a form of racism, sexism, heterosexualism, xenophobia, ageism, etc that is different from intentional bigotry and related intention to harm, demean or dehumanize. The holder of unconscious bias does not set out to discriminately harm #Clicks #BlackHairMatter
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#Eskom implements 10-hour blackouts (Stage 6) for 6 months running (Sep 2022), including on Sundays in summer. #EFF announces a planned #NationalShutdown . 3 days B4, six coal-fired power stations miraculously achieve a 70% Energy Availability Factor. SA is alive with possibility.
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In the @SundayIndy 1 Ledla paid R300 000 towards Royal Bhaca's R4m PPE bill, while Diko attended payment arrangement meeting, says supplier's SIU affidavit 2 Min Gordhan hires his niece as @Eskom_SA fund trustee 3 DFM David Masondo breaks his silence on ANC Integrity Commission
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It's high time @ThabileNgwato & @ThokozaniNkosi take the country into confidence about their ownership of @Newzroom405 , shareholder structure & capital injection just like @MzwaneleManyi once did. The secrecy, editorial staff movement between them & @eNCA , & tone raise suspicious
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Our sensitive probe into #Tembisa10 story is ongoing. It shifted from a feel good story into a full investigation into the whereabouts of babies, where Sithole gave birth, what transpired during & after delivery, why was the family denied access to babies, & who played what role.
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We know through painful experience that #freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed. The victim has to draw a line himself & firmly let the oppressor know that any disrespectful behavior won’t be tolerated - Martin Luther #FreedomDay
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In the @SundayIndy 1 The @GautengHealth paid Royal Bhaca R80m for PPEs services over the past week alone through a front company called Ledla Structural Development. 2 Eskom snubs black woman for post 3 There's a worrying rise in misappropriation of funds, warns @ProfTinyiko
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I agree with President Mbeki. He's raising a fact Nigerians, our government & fellow Africans are refusing to acknowledge: many Nigerians are involved in drug dealing & human trafficking. Instead of working with locals to fight & jail these criminals, they cry #XenophobicAttack
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South Africa's former President, Thabo Mbeki says xenophobic attacks in South Africa aren't targeted at legitimate Nigerian Workers or Businessmen, but 'Nigerian criminals.'
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One by one, most cabal members who tried to smear me for 5 years, to divert attention from their own corrupt journalism, are having their skeletons tumbling out of the closet unprovoked. What service did @RanjeniM render to crime intelligence to earn R150k
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For the first time ever, Min Pravin #Gordhan admitted under oath that the @sarstax rogue unit existed, and that he took part in the decision to establish it. He says he "can't dispute or confirm" whether the initial intention was to locate it within then NIA #StateCaptureInquiry
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This is the US billionaire who funds @SAEditorsForum , @amaBhungane , @dailymaverick & @Corruption_SA . His name is George Soros. His Open Society Foundation is banned in countries like Hungary, Russia & Turkey for pursuing a regime change agenda. @justicemalala is OSF board member.
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Phumla, our law enforcement agencies can't find and bring to book a single high profile corrupt/ thieving politician despite what's public knowledge. Does it mean they don't exist because @mirriamp can't see and touch them? Your illogical reasoning and poverty of thought is sad.
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We have spent a better part of today tracing the story of @IOL of a woman having given birth to 10 babies! @IOL can you please help the public where this birth happened!
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Dogs only bark at a moving car. The folly of playing to the gallery, & throwing tantrums out of desperation for a photo opportunity. Just bcos a person is ignoring your call, doesn't mean something doesn't exist. @mzwandileMasina @mirriamp #GuinnessWorldRecord #NationalBabyShower
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Mzwandile Masina
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Dear @mirriamp we’ve found the family and we are informed babies are well. Will share the information with National Gov, I know we were a joke ystday when Gov was genuinely looking for family. Some of our local comrades have been assisting this family. So we are good OK🔥
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Congratulations Coach @TheRealPitso for winning your third CAF Champions League trophy as a coach. You have cemented your place as the most successful African coach. You made South Africa proud son of the soil. We salute you. #CAFCLFinal #CAFChampionsLeague #pitso #CAFCL #AlAhly
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It seems we are back to the days of censorship and manipulation of news at @SABCNews . The muting of #KZNshutdown protests must stop. The SABC is funded by taxpayers. It has an obligation to inform the public. Censorship is a violation of the Broadcasting Act, and SABC mandate.
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S Africa's SABC broadcaster condemned for "censorship" over non-coverage of violent protests
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In the @SundayIndy 1 @HealthLimpopo awards R932m PPE contracts to handpicked companies that aren't on its database, & are linked to politicians & officials 2 MEC Masuku tells SIU the Dikos worked behind his back 3 Covid-19 nurses still unpaid 4 Joburg bosses' "shaddy" contracts
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Some journalists are more equal than others - thanks to white privilege & connections. Same @eNCA fired a black reporter for wearing a doek on air. In another newsroom, white reporters who had no issues with smelly pets at work, complained about a black colleague's "smelly" food.
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Mandoyiswe...
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Is it coincidence that none of the 24-hour news channels - @SABCNews , @eNCA & @Newzroom405 - is broadcasting Lucky Montana's response to allegations made at Zondo Commission, which they all covered live? Instead we are shown memorial services, & have to rely on youtube livestream
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One of the lessons of this famous "tea session", which forced the media to camp in Nkandla again, is: never say never in politics, there are no permanent enemies and permanent friend, and never inherit other people's squabbles, nor be a victim of hotspotted anger. #JuliusMalema
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This chap, @iamthabomdluli , thinks I owe my career success and professional recognition to his #Cabal networks. He has no idea I am where I am due to qualifications and hard work. Now, he's allowed himself to be rented to attack & undermine my professional integrity. Nxa, Nxa 🤣
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It must form part of our National Anthem.
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Thina Sizwe ✊🏾
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Adrian Enthoven, son of @NandosSA owner @RichardEnthoven , also benefited from millions given to his youth fund, Harambee, by @the_dti & @TreasuryRSA . Pres @CyrilRamaphosa officially launched the fund. The Nando’s ad is an attempt to silence us for exposing the #CR17 gravy train.
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8. This is the man who connived with Pravin #Gordhan to kick me out of @SundayTimesZA for exposing #RogueUnit . His name is editor @SiqokoST . He abandoned ethics, retracted factual stories, & issued bogus apologies to discredit us & "clean" Gordhan's image. #PublicProtector
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Dear @mirriamp . Why are frustrating and torturing your poor soul for no reason? What stopped you from politely asking for family's contacts? Throwing your toys out of the cot like an entittled Prima Donna, is so 1920 Phumla. If you can't find it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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We have spent a better part of today tracing the story of @IOL of a woman having given birth to 10 babies! @IOL can you please help the public where this birth happened!
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Also, I wish clarify that I am not a Tsotetsi family spokesperson. I know them personally, and they entrusted me with their story. I was asked if i could speak for them. But I explained it would be a conflict of interest, because I was writing the story. They got someone else.
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Julius Malema is a shrewd, master political tactician & orator with an amazing fighting spirit. He's driven by conviction, personal belief & values political loyalty. He never lost a conference or did an 8-5 job. U can accuse him of anything but a fool @AldrinSampear #powertalk
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3 They violated me for 5 yrs for exposing #RogueUnit . They used a clique of paid journos, columnists, NGOs & authors like @Jaqqs to smear me; used #SARS to destroy my paper; ordered politicians & advertisers not to support it; & blocked me from economic opportunities. #Mkhwebane
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My statement on the Public Protector’s decuplets report.
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Desperate @NandosSA owner, @RichardEnthoven must stop hiding behind adverts to pursue his #CR17 political agenda & a funded campaign to discredit me. He must have the guts to stand on the podium & articulate his positions. He has turned Nandos into an expensive #PoliticalChicken
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So government finally confirms the open secret that the so-called "missing" decuplets mother, Gosiame Sithole, who got frustrated journalists harassing me for "comments", has been enjoying fresh air and avoiding media vultures for the sake of her sanity. Such unnecessarily drama
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Following @iamthabomdluli 's pathetic "interview" on @Newzroom405 , I get more sense there's a feeling (or mandate) among some colleagues that I must be invited for interviews under false pretence, ambushed & humiliated for challenging the cabal & narrative fixing. #BORROWEDENEMIES
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5 years
Finally, the podcast of my interview with @iamthabomdluli . Thanks Twitter friends for demanding transparency & media accountability. Thanks @Newzroom405 for correcting your mistake, & for rejecting the temptation to fix narratives & be part of the problem.
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But #ThuliMadonsela , are you saying people can’t disagree with you or your handling of the State Capture report without being paid bots and defenders of state capture? That’s a tired narrative. Just explain why you said Molefe was hired by the Guptas given Ramaphosa’s admission.
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To the paid bots, I understand you are doing your job and to those whose patronage financial streams have been interrupted by anti-state capture action, I understand your pain, BUT please read the #StateOfCapture report and base whatever you say on it, not fiction #JustAThought
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The day Jesus comes back @robertmarawa . Certainly not in our lifetime. R15b has been stolen in Gauteng (PPE tenders). Not a single thief has been arrested. Not one Range Rover, or even a fridge, has been attached despite available proof. The poor are targeted, & food destroyed.
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robertmarawa
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Konje when are they confiscating the Ferraris, Range Rovers and passports from the REAL looters of state funds?? #CookingOilRaids
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President @CyrilRamaphosa : Establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into SA Media Capture with a focus on narrative fixing, political manipulation and disinformation campaigns against targeted individuals - Sign the Petition! via @Change @PresidencyZA
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My name is Adrian Enthoven, owner of overpriced and tasteless #PoliticalChicken @NandosSA . Now that our political propaganda against Piet Rampedi has been exposed, we had no choice but to send my #ChickenInfluencer @ThuliMadonsela3 to clean up my mess. I hope our puppet succeeds.
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Some senior ANC leaders accuse President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 general elections. In the @SundayIndy tomorrow. @IamMzilikazi @karabongoepe1
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Just finished with legal consultation. Happy with the advice. Unshaken.
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Inside Senzo Meyiwa murder cover up. Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe slams ANC integrity commission as a toothless body. North West mayor implicated in R134m scandal. Boks bask in their rugby world cup glory. All in @SundayIndy . Sharp! Sharp! @IamMzilikazi @karabongoepe1
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The Zion Christian Church (Z. C. C) has decided to remain on #Covid19SA Alert Level 5. It decided against reopening its churches despite Ramaphosa's announcement that churches can operate from June 1. A brilliant move given that the worst (40 000 deaths) is expected from August.
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If anything, EFF #NationalShutdown has proven that: We have no policing & resource problems. We have political will & selective morality problems. We have no electricity generational capacity issues. We have political will, internal sabotage & privatisation-drive issues. #Malema
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Typical of his fellow travellers, @dailymaverick columnist @oliver_meth pretended to be an honest seeker of the truth while casting aspersions on @PublicProtector @AdvBMkhwebane . But deep down, he knew he was on duty & earning his #CR17BankStatements salary. SAD #RamaphosaLeaks
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Meet Adrian Lackay, the convenor and editor-in-chief of the sinister #ThumaMinaMediaGroup . He's a former @sarstax spokesperson and currently handles the media affairs of Minister Pravin Gordhan. Lackay has Thuma Mina Media Group journalists and editors on speed dial.
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This is the heartless palooka that called journalist @samkelemaseko a rat for joining SABC. His name is @KanthanPillay , an active politician known as Purple Cow. @eNCA owners hired him as Head of News to enforce their political will on the newsroom. He's serving his masters well.
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You're really determined to make yourself cringe worthy, shed the little respect you seem to enjoy, & increase your level of moral deficit. All by yourself, Prof @ThuliMadonsela3 . Unprovoked. For no apparent reason. You just decide to mutilate your dignity. #clicksadvert #Clicks
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Prof Thuli Madonsela #KindnessBuilds
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#UnconsciousBias is a form of racism, sexism, heterosexualism, xenophobia, ageism, etc that is different from intentional bigotry and related intention to harm, demean or dehumanize. The holder of unconscious bias does not set out to discriminately harm #Clicks #BlackHairMatter
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36 Cabal member Nomboniso Gasa is a gender activist & part of the commentator's branch. She flatly denies #RogueUnit existence, accused me of spreading lies about Min #Gordhan in 2016 before blocking me. She chips in as a "columnist" when the cabal has no facts to smear targets.
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For @KarimaBrown to invoke @gwalax 's unfortunate illness to force @Radio702 to renew her contract, is beyond pathetic. It's crass & inhumane. Unlike this entitled prima donna & quasi-politician, Gwala is an asset, NOT a liability. @SAEditorsForum supports her legally & morally.
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News never sleeps
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Based on Sithole's interview, my personal observation, family and relatives confirmation, and photographic evidence, she was pregnant. The government must produce medical evidence disputing the pregnancy, explaining her medical condition, how and when it was miraculously cured.
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Just imagine if all black families, clans and tribes had a principled and no nonsense elder like Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. There would be very few unnecessary squabbles over issues of culture and traditions. Most buy faces. The Zulus are lucky to have Umtwana ka Phindangene 🤞
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Leadership. Hlabisa's pragmatic and necessary approach should, however, not be limited to Black brothers/sisters from other parts of Africa. Even unskilled foreign nationals from Europe, Asia etc should be "assisted" to leave. Foreigners should not be confused for Black Africans.
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Sowetan LIVE
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New IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa believes that foreign nationals who have no skills value to add to the South African economy should be assisted by the government to return to their countries.
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Bring it on. We are fully armed with the truth and ready for you. History and truth are on our side. Thank you very much. Looking forward to meeting you in court. @IamMzilikazi @moshoeshoeMN @SiqokoST @SundayTimesZA
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Times LIVE
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"Tiso Blackstar Group has noted the inaccurate, false and fabricated statements from its former employee Piet Rampedi."
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@oliver_meth By the way, you are not the only journalist who was on the CR17 pay roll. There is dozens of others, whose names are known to us, who were paid through front communications companies or dodgy entities owned by third parties that handled them. #RamaphosaLeaks
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My name is @ThuliMadonsela3 , a proud puppet of #PoliticalChicken @NandosSA . I may look like I bought this overpriced and tasteless meal, but In reality I’m Adrian Enthoven’s #ChickenInfluencer . Hustling is hustling bakithi🤷🏾‍♂️. It doesn’t matter where, when and how. I’m on duty nam
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Prof Thuli Madonsela #KindnessBuilds
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Thank you ⁦ @NandosSA ⁩ for the amazing #Nandos dinner. In the end it was a feast that we decided to share with others that need it most. Super #Grateful
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That's not true. In reality, the North Gauteng High Court judgment on PP #RogueUnit report has put to bed the fallacy that, the SA judiciary is independent, all judges consider & interpret the law only, & that all journalists are independent & report without favour & prejudice.
@ferialhaffajee
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Comment: The judgment on the Public Protector's rogue unit report puts that sorry saga to bed. For good. Live with it. It's dead.
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Here, privately, you question the purpose and motive of the #ThumaMinaMediaGroup and seek my intervention @msmkokeli . When i try to help you, you publicly defend your abusers, claim the group is "harmless" and call me names. You're too old to be this spineless and dishonest Sam.
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Mr Putin
3 years
These are members of the #ThumaMinaMediaGroup , a cabal of journalists from various media houses who have apparently been fixing narratives, coaching each other and coordinating stories among themselves. Most of them have been attacking and trying to discredit me for years. Sad.
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Mr Putin
3 years
This #Brackenfellhighschool racist attack on peaceful protesters highlights the folly of permanently begging and negotiating with your oppressors about how to treat you, while they have pressed your necks to the ground with their knees. Racism is an economic power phenomenon.
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Mr Putin
3 years
Assuming @TokyoSexwaleSA was launching @MYANC political comeback & positioning himself to lead, what would be wrong with that @RediTlhabi ? Shouldn't we focus on his claims, press him for proof or expose him with facts? What he did in Polokwane is irrelevant. #ThumaMinaMediaGroup
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Redi Tlhabi
3 years
I'm stunned, not at Tokyo but at the poor memories. His pre Polokwane "third way" is so recent! And then abandoning that when writing was on the wall, then earning himself Housing portfolio. Then again pre Mangaung. Any corruption info is vital! But political tactic is familiar
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Mr Putin
4 years
I'm proud NOT to be one of you, @MaxduPreez . And, pls, NEVER EVER claim any relationship with me in future. Don't even tell people you know me. Any association with you, regardless of the capacity, would damage my standing in society. Nothing about you would enhance my reputation
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Max du Preez
4 years
@pietrampedi You're a liar, a charlatan and a national joke. I'm ashamed as a journalist that you claim to be one of us. Close your account and crawl under a rock.
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Mr Putin
5 years
40 Cabal member @SikonathiM , formerly with @BDliveSA & @FinancialMailSA , is its trusted business journalist. He's used his writing to defend the status quo & focus on one group of State Capturers at Eskom while ignoring 40 yr+ evergreen contractors. He's joined @dailymaverick
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Mr Putin
3 years
Dear ⁦ @ThuliMadonsela3 ⁩. Still on Molefe, please explain what you meant in paragraph 7.3 on SOEs appointments. It seems you implied, without any evidence, that he was a Gupta appointee or proxy? Why was it necessary to repeat damaging allegations in an investigative report?
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Mr Putin
5 years
2. After spending the last 22 years doing proxy journalism for various ANC factions, including pre Polokwane Zuma camp, & you have the audacity to lecture us about media ethics? Climb off your high horse @KarimaBrown . You are nothing! Just serve your masters and leave us alone.
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Mr Putin
2 years
By rejecting ⁦ #TheEff coalition conditions, which are a mirror of ⁦ @MYANC ⁩’s own #nasrec resolutions, “⁦ @CyrilRamaphosa ⁩’s ANC”, as Helen Zille calls them, proved they hate their party’s resolutions so much they would rather lose the big metros than implement them.
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Mr Putin
3 years
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Mr Putin
3 years
Former @SAEditorsForum chair @Radio702 editor Mahlatse Gallens & her cronies hired Judge Kathy #Satchwell to discredit me & other critics of the #ThumaMinaMediaGroup in the name of media inquiry. Their mercenary "invited" me to "testify" specifically on rogue unit. I refused.🤣
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Mr Putin
3 years
It's interesting that members of this so-called #Thumaminamediagroup seem to have endless opportunities across media houses, often simultaneously, despite retrenchments and rampant unemployment in the country. Some easily move around different newsrooms almost like deployees. 🤔
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Sam Mkokeli #TheXchange
3 years
Obani laba bantu, ba own-a ama whatsapp groups, obani lababantu
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Mr Putin
3 years
But you're misleading the public @PaulivW . It's not true that Nugent made findings on the @sarstax #RogueUnit 's capabilities and investigate rights. Nugent refused to hear the matter, saying it was not part of his terms of reference. He only made a remark in passing. Stop lying.
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Mr Putin
3 years
Hawks boss Godfrey Lebea confirmed that #TokyoSexwale opened a case, and that he referred it (or him) to the Serious Economic Crimes Unit. Direct your inquiries there @MarianneThamm . Why did you approach SAPS when the man clearly said the Hawks were investigating the case?
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MarianneThamm
3 years
SAPS would like the CAS number please Mr Sexwale...We have requested it ..would be great if you could forward it...seems SAPS has no idea #TokyoSexwale
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Mr Putin
4 years
But the Print & Digital Media SA, a body of media owners, should be the one welcoming the president's support, NOT @SAEditorsForum . Why are SANEF editors & journalists entangling themselves in commercial matters, thus blurring the lines? They have no business commenting on it. 🤷‍♀️
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POWER987News
4 years
Sanef welcomes Ramaphosa’s commitment to support media through advertising spend .
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Mr Putin
5 years
My interview with @iamthabomdluli on @Newzroom405 , thanks to @MiWorld_ . Thabo seemed irritated, interjected non stop, made inaccurate statements about #RamaphosaLeaks & assumed our story was not factual until proven otherwise @ThabileNgwato @ThokozaniNkosi
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Mr Putin
4 years
You're such a disgrace and sour loser @PaulivW . You insult me and make stupid insinuations simply because we scooped your @dailymaverick led media propaganda factory machine? Sesi we, just do basic journalism and stop relying on rogue unit for stories. Simple. 🤣🤣 #Pauliisaliar
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Mr Putin
3 years
Why was it called Thuma Mina Media Group? What was its purpose? What was being discussed? What criteria was used to select journalists? Why was its lifespan extended beyond Kathrada's death if indeed it was set up for his funeral? And why was Sam Mkokeli suddenly removed from it?
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Matshidiso Madia
3 years
Hayi Piet, this group was initially set up by the Kathrada foundation for his funeral
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Mr Putin
3 years
The clinicians who co-authored this statement must say this in signed affidavits under oath, & we take it from there. Unless they, & their political principals do that, they’re just blowing hot air. This isn’t binding on their consciences. #decuplets #tembisa10 #Gosiame #Sithole
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