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PhD Political Studies: #HydroPolitics #PolititicalTheory #Political behaviour #SouthAfricanPolitics a #FirstGen @TheNWU -RT not endorsement

South Africa
Joined February 2010
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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.
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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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Sysman Motloung retweeted
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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Bir Kere Girince Saatlerce Çıkamayacağınız 50 Site 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 15.) 'window-swap.com' — Rastgele birinin penceresinden dünyaya bakma 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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Sysman Motloung retweeted
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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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
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81 tahun sudah negri ini merdeka?
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The #MlimaBETAPlan is a great plan for the people to benefit from this government's involvement in making sure every kenyan can access water easily Water For All
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