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Political scientists and politicians ought to do the work of an activist. In order to change, not maintain the status quo. By 'presenting the absent'
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Replying to @joy_zelda
@FordSouthAfrica bless this beautiful teacher with lifetime Service Plan so she can always get to work and bless more of our kids.
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This is so Beautiful to watch 😍❤️❤️
Nomfusi Mafikwana Mtwesi Accounting Teacher from Eastern Cape
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Exciting news!
My book on the history of the #Lesotho Highlands #Water Project (#LHWP) is now available as an Open Access (free) ebook.
White Gold and Thirsty Communities.
Create a free account with @HSRCPress and you can read it!
hsrcpress.ac.za/product/whit…
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A new way to see global development: the Atlas of Global Development 2026, a data visualization & storytelling powerhouse tracking 75 years of progress across 5 key areas: People, Prosperity, Planet, Infrastructure, and Digital.
Explore: bit.ly/4yojHpc
#WBGAtlas
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Next time you want to discuss cheap and affordable electricity, please read this article and you'll understand why those days are behind us.
The more complication and liberalisation you call for, the more expensive things become.
Spain’s renewables boom now needs an influx of batteries bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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Shrinking international funding is pushing African peace operations to adopt smaller, targeted missions and strengthen national ownership of security efforts.
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Unbundling @Eskom_SA grid is just corporate foreplay — looks busy, delivers no power. South Africa doesn’t have an org-chart crisis; it has a megawatt crisis. No amount of restructuring will move a single electron until the transmission gap is actually built out.
Read and inform yourself please 🙏
#Eskom #EnergyCrisis #TransmissionGap #Loadshedding
atnews.co.za/unbundling-esko…
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Dear @Discovery_SA
I’ve trusted you with my health for over 16 years, investing not just my trust but my money—no loans, no credit, just a genuine commitment to your services. Today, I am at the hospital, admitted with severe abdominal pain that’s almost unbearable.
Yet, I’ve been told that the hospital is still waiting for your approval before I can receive medication or any relief. I am left to endure the pain while waiting for approval.
Despite having comprehensive cover and choosing Discovery for my health and other financial needs, this experience is profoundly disappointing. Healthcare should never be delayed when it’s most needed.
#Disappointed
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During my participation in the African Renaissance Podcast, I attributed a voice note to comrade Ronald Lamola. Comrade Lamola has since advised me that the voice was not his. I withdraw the attribution on the basis of his clarification.
The broader concern I raised regarding the influence of money in leadership contests remains an important matter that must be addressed for the renewal and integrity of the African National Congress.
@AfriRenPodcast @RonaldLamola
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Mangaung has released its Performance Agreements.
But what are they?👇
They set out what senior municipal officials are expected to achieve, their responsibilities and the targets used to assess their performance.
🔗 mangaung.co.za/2026/08/13/pe…
#MangaungNotice #PlanningNotice
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The notion of a universal power market design is a dangerous fantasy. Electricity runs on precise physics and fine margins—cheap to break, slow to fix.
You can shut a coal or nuclear fleet in 18 months; but to restore dispatchable capacity can take a decade. Lose a smelter cluster; reindustrialisation takes a generation.
The UK is on its fifth wholesale redesign in 35 years and industrial tariffs are still uncompetitive. Germany built the fastest renewables but is losing its core industries. France kept EDF vertically integrated and has the lowest industrial tariffs in Western Europe.
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Salga's new tender document notes that municipalities lose about R25bn annually in water and electricity revenue due to physical infrastructure leaks, electricity and water theft, illegal connections, inaccurate or outdated meters and weaknesses in metering and billing systems.
businessday.co.za/news/2026-…
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East Africa's energy architecture just underwent a seismic shift.
Tanzania has commissioned the 2,115 MW Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP), surging its national capacity by >80 per cent.
Here is how Dodoma’s power surge reshapes regional geopolitics 🧵🇹🇿🇰🇪🇪🇬👇
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1.) 'zoom.earth' — Dünyayı canlı uydu görüntüsüyle izleme
2.) 'flightradar24.com' — Şu an gökyüzündeki her uçağı görme
3.) 'marinetraffic.com' — Denizdeki tüm gemileri anlık takip
4.) 'windy.com' — Rüzgar ve fırtınaların canlı haritası
5.) 'lightningmaps.org' — Dünyaya düşen yıldırımları anlık izleme
6.) 'earthquake.usgs.gov' — Son depremlerin canlı listesi
7.) 'submarinecablemap.com' — İnterneti taşıyan okyanus kabloları
8.) 'globalforestwatch.org' — Ormanların yok oluşunu uydudan izleme
9.) 'worldometers.info' — Dünyanın istatistikleri saniye saniye
10.) 'internetlivestats.com' — Şu an atılan tweet ve arama sayısı
11.) 'thetruesize.com' — Ülkelerin gerçek boyutlarını karşılaştırma
12.) 'oldmapsonline.org' — Yüzyıllar öncesinin haritaları
13.) 'davidrumsey.com' — 150 bin tarihi harita arşivi
14.) 'openstreetmap.org' — Gönüllülerin çizdiği dünya haritası
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16.) 'virtualvacation.us' — Şehirlerde sanal yürüyüş
17.) 'mapcrunch.com' — Dünyanın rastgele bir noktasına ışınlanma
18.) 'atlasobscura.com' — Dünyanın en tuhaf yerlerinin kataloğu
19.) 'neal.fun' — Etkileşimli bilgi deneyimleri
20.) 'htwins.net/scale2' — Atomdan evrene ölçek yolculuğu
21.) 'eyes.nasa.gov' — Güneş sistemini 3B gezme
22.) 'stellarium-web.org' — Tarayıcıda gerçek gökyüzü haritası
23.) 'apod.nasa.gov' — NASA'nın günün astronomi fotoğrafı
24.) 'images.nasa.gov' — NASA'nın tüm görsel arşivi ücretsiz
25.) 'pudding.cool' — Veriyle anlatılan görsel makaleler
26.) 'ourworldindata.org' — Dünyanın gerçek verilerle hali
27.) 'gapminder.org' — Dünya hakkındaki yanlış bildiklerimiz
28.) 'informationisbeautiful.net' — Karmaşık veriyi görselleştirme
29.) 'data.worldbank.org' — Dünya Bankası'nın açık verileri
30.) 'data.tuik.gov.tr' — Türkiye'nin resmi istatistik veritabanı
31.) 'archive.org' — Milyonlarca kitap, film ve yazılım arşivi
32.) 'gutenberg.org' — Telifi düşmüş 70 bin ücretsiz kitap
33.) 'openlibrary.org' — Dünyanın her kitabının kaydı
34.) 'loc.gov' — ABD Kongre Kütüphanesi dijital arşivi
35.) 'europeana.eu' — Avrupa'nın kültürel miras arşivi
36.) 'dp.la' — Amerika'nın dijital kütüphane koleksiyonu
37.) 'artsandculture.google.com' — Müzeleri evden gezme
38.) 'rijksmuseum.nl' — Sanat eserlerini yüksek çözünürlükte indirme
39.) 'wikiart.org' — 250 bin sanat eserinin arşivi
40.) 'publicdomainreview.org' — Tarihin unutulmuş görsel hazineleri
41.) 'openculture.com' — Ücretsiz kültür ve eğitim arşivi
42.) 'metmuseum.org' — Met Müzesi'nin açık koleksiyonu
43.) 'musicmap.info' — Müzik türlerinin soy ağacı
44.) 'radiooooo.com' — Ülke ve on yıl seçip o dönemi dinleme
45.) 'listen.hatnote.com' — Wikipedia düzenlemelerini sese çevirme
46.) 'wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:R…' — Rastgele bilgi kuyusu
47.) 'timeanddate.com' — Zaman, gündoğumu ve gökyüzü olayları
48.) 'sciencedaily.com' — Bilim haberlerinin güncel akışı
49.) 'arxiv.org' — Bilimsel makalelerin ücretsiz ön baskıları
50.) 'observablehq.com' — Veriyi canlı kodla görselleştirme
İnternet, algoritmanın önünüze koyduğu o beş siteden ibaret değil.
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The modern Nile dispute is rooted in the 1929 colonial pact. Britain gave Egypt near-total water control & veto rights, ignoring upstream Great Lakes nations like 🇺🇬Uganda, 🇰🇪Kenya, 🇹🇿Tanzania, & 🇪🇹Ethiopia. Decades later, these nations are reclaiming their water rights.
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I welcome Ivo Vegter’s clear-eyed article on the grid ownership debate.
He correctly shows that the real issue is not the destination (a competitive market with a neutral grid) but how we get there without risking financial instability or delay.
The piece takes the Eskom Board’s concerns on debt covenants, execution capacity and regulation seriously and rejects the false binary that has dominated the discussion.
Worth reading in full:
dailyfriend.co.za/2026/07/21…
#Eskom #EnergyReform #SouthAfrica
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Basically...
The DA says its plan to involve the private sector in providing services, through transparent tender processes, will be rolled out to all municipalities it governs after the November 4 municipal polls. tinyurl.com/y27ym4ya
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In line with the directive of Mr. Governor @jidesanwoolu to rid the Lagos-Badagry Transnational Highway of all forms of infractions, environmental pollution, illegal motor parks, roadside trading, and market displays on highway setbacks and pedestrian walkways, enforcement operations uncovered a disturbing act of vandalism beneath the newly constructed bridge linking Festac Town to Alakija.
Investigations revealed that suspected hoodlums had deliberately vandalised critical structural components of the bridge by removing iron rods, steel reinforcements, cables, and other supporting materials essential to the integrity of the infrastructure. This criminal act poses a serious threat to public safety and undermines the government’s investment in critical infrastructure.
Following this discovery, a joint midnight enforcement operation involving officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) task force was conducted at the location. The operation led to the arrest of 27 suspected hoodlums, who will be prosecuted in accordance with the extant laws of Lagos State.
The Lagos State Government remains committed to protecting public infrastructure and will continue to take decisive action against individuals or groups engaged in acts of vandalism, environmental infractions, and other criminal activities that threaten the safety and wellbeing of residents.
#ZeroToleranceLagos



























