Geriatric Gardener<p>“US gives refugee status to white South Africans while abducting and deporting brown people”</p><p>by Skwawkbox <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skwawkbox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skwawkbox</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/11/us-gives-refugee-status-to-white-south-africans-while-abducting-and-deporting-brown-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/05/11/us-gi</span><span class="invisible">ves-refugee-status-to-white-south-africans-while-abducting-and-deporting-brown-people/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Afrikaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrikaner</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brown</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abduction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportation</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Judge Contreras also noted that his ruling is largely academic because <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> had effectively shuttered the southern border & the admin is no longer processing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asylum</span></a> claims [unless you’re a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Afrikaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrikaner</span></a> cuz you know <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a></p>
Don't Sweat The Technique ✊<p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/MangoMussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MangoMussolini</span></a>'s <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> welcome to white <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> is peak <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/selfparody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfparody</span></a>.</p>
50+ Music<p>"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally written and first recorded in 1939 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SolomonLinda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolomonLinda</span></a> under the title "Mbube", through <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GalloRecordCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GalloRecordCompany</span></a>. In 1961, a version adapted into English by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doowop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doowop</span></a> group <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theTokens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theTokens</span></a> became a number-one hit in the United States. It earned millions in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/royalties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>royalties</span></a> from cover versions and film licensing. Lyrics of Linda's original version were written in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zulu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zulu</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgI4DdINQLQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ZgI4DdINQLQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
John Twynam<p>A small herd of elephants strolls through the tranquility of the South African wilderness, across a river. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Elephants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elephants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safari</span></a></p><p><a href="https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/herd-of-elephants-wanders-across-a-river-africa-john-twynam.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">john-twynam.pixels.com/feature</span><span class="invisible">d/herd-of-elephants-wanders-across-a-river-africa-john-twynam.html</span></a></p>
Georgie<p>Hey all. I've decided to post about my personal experience with a new security feature that's now apparently in use by all major <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> banks. For those who don't know, <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> has 5 major banks. All of them have their own apps, which you can get on <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/IOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IOS</span></a> and <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>. The <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> varies from bank to bank, but in my personal experience, Nedbank has the best <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/VoiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOver</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a>. Anyway, back to the story. So, I foolishly decided to uninstall the Nedbank money app, as I believed I'd be getting a new phone soon. Unfortunately, that didn't happen, and a reinstall was required. As this is a banking app, there's an additional layer of security to keep your pennies nice and safe, and there's something called an E-cert that's stored on your device. This means that each new device has to be linked in order for you to get access to all features. When I first opened my account with Nedbank, I was required to complete what's basically nothing more than a more complicated version of face ID, accept that the selfi taken during this process will be compared with records from the department of home affairs for verification. In order for the verification to be successful, you need to move your eyes and head to ensure that it fits into a circle on the screen, and talking guidance does exist in the form of prompts such as face too far away, or face too close. No matter how hard I tried, neither I nor the bank staf could get this to work. Eventually, with quite a lot of luck, we were able to get me verified, I went home and forgot about it until this particular incident. So, I'd been struggling for a few days with this stupid selfi-verify system. I got a sighted friend to help me, and we managed to verify me once again. However, when it came time to save a new beneficiary, which is something I do all the time, I was requested to go through the whole process again! What? Speaking to the bank confirmed that this was a new security measure. Luckily, this can be done on the website with no problem. What are your thoughts on this?How do we convince a group of rather large financial institutions that their new and improved security measures has the potential to lock some of their customer base out who are reliant on this form of banking?</p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Reuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reuters</span></a></p><p>«US officials have interviewed white South Africans seeking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/refugee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugee</span></a> status about their troubles with land disputes, crime & perceived racism, while refugees from other countries are being deported or barred from the US.<br>Some of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> applicants have taken part in a 1st round of interviews in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pretoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pretoria</span></a>, 3 of them told Reuters, describing positive encounters w/ US officials who seemed well disposed towards them & their accounts of persecution»</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-focuses-persecution-claims-white-south-africans-seek-resettlement-2025-04-24/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us-focuses-p</span><span class="invisible">ersecution-claims-white-south-africans-seek-resettlement-2025-04-24/</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Best South African wines in 2024: Red, white and rosé <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2034898/best-south-african-wines-in-2024-red-white-and-rose/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/2034898/b</span><span class="invisible">est-south-african-wines-in-2024-red-white-and-rose/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SouthAfricanWine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfricanWine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/vineyards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vineyards</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WineFromSouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WineFromSouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WineOfSouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WineOfSouthAfrica</span></a></p>
Charming Malcontent<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elmo</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> gimp thinks - because he bought himself an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangeShitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeShitler</span></a> - he can call <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SenatorMarkKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorMarkKelly</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/traitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traitor</span></a> without consequence? Methinks not!</p>
wineworldnews<p>Why it's time to stop underestimating South African wine <br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/rrjuaww5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/rrjuaww5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> via AOL <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wine</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/sawines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sawines</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/southafrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southafrican</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/wineworldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wineworldnews</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Michael Lewis: Government Workers Are Not the Corrupt Ones<br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/michael-lewis-government-workers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/michael-lewis</span><span class="invisible">-government-workers</span></a></p><p>"Elon Musk claims he’s rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse with all his mass firings. But <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> should be looking higher up the food chain to target the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/graft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graft</span></a>: for example, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> immigrant whose <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> company would not have gotten off the ground without the taxpayer money he still collects."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1926492/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1926492/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> White House: US judges ‘usurping’ Trump’s authority <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BarackHusseinObama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarackHusseinObama</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocratActivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocratActivist</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JudicialCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialCoup</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KarolineLeavitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarolineLeavitt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MassDeportationProgramme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportationProgramme</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PartisanActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanActivists</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RadicalLeftLunatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadicalLeftLunatic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheWhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USAidAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAidAgency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VenezuelanGangMembers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VenezuelanGangMembers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VenezuelanMigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VenezuelanMigrants</span></a></p>
Mal 🇿🇦🇮🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️<p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> @ForeignPolicy has been an utter mess for decades. It's only been the tolerance of allies that allowed the government to get away with it for so long. They'll now find patience for this type of immature behaviour only in <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>.</p><p>But it's time now to stop belabouring our friends and allies. Ideological buffoonery won't cut it. The <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is a big problem that's going to have to be managed for at least four years by intelligent and flexible thinkers. Get a plan. The <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SA</span></a> diplomats working in Europe and <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> have to work together, and they need to know what the hell they are doing.</p><p>If I had any hope at this juncture, I'd hope that <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> can rediscover its ability to represent <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>. But <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/DIRCO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIRCO</span></a> has been a junket shop for so long that I doubt there's anyone with the skill to know what to do.</p><p><a href="https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/analysis/first-take-sa-us-relations-in-full-blown-crisis-after-ambassadors-mindless-comments-20250315" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">news24.com/news24/opinions/ana</span><span class="invisible">lysis/first-take-sa-us-relations-in-full-blown-crisis-after-ambassadors-mindless-comments-20250315</span></a></p>
wineworldnews<p>South African Wine Producers Hit With Onerous New Tax <a href="https://tinyurl.com/366am6kj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/366am6kj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> via <br>@Meiningers_Int<br> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/sawine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sawine</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/wineworldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wineworldnews</span></a></p>
Mal 🇿🇦🇮🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@chu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chu</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> here.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> gets a double-dose of that as a white South African, many of whom are by default in the privileged class. He'd have grown up surrounded by invisible maids and servants, and would have no idea about what makes his own life comfortable, much less theirs.</p><p>It takes white SAns a conscious effort of will - which, to be perfectly fair, many white SAns do make - to observe and understand the effects on themselves and on their usually black domestic workers. And you don't need me to say that Musk isn't one of the observant ones.</p>
Johannes Reetz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dokmz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dokmz</span></a></span> Ich möchte anmerken, dass zur Gewährung der geistigen Freiheit auch im analogen print-Publikationsraum diverse Verlage bereitstehen, geschwurbeltes Gedankengut zu verbreiten, aufzubewahren und zitierfähig zu halten, ohne das der Inhalt des Geschriebenen bei aller schriftstellerischen <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/Pr%C3%A4gnanz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prägnanz</span></a> von irgendeiner <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/Substanz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substanz</span></a> geprägt wäre.</p><p>Es gibt immerhin das <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/M%C3%BCnchhausenph%C3%A4nomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Münchhausenphänomen</span></a>, das z.B. <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> unter <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/Real_PotUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Real_PotUS</span></a> <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> dazu bewegt, <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> zur <a href="https://gruene.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-Reservewährung zu machen.</p>
sgt1372<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RandomThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandomThought</span></a></p><p>How is it that an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrant</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> who is NOT an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmericanCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCitizen</span></a> get appointed to head a Federal agency without <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CongressionalConfirmation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalConfirmation</span></a>?</p><p>And how is it that said immigrant is entitled to brutally cut the jobs of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmericanCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCitizens</span></a> who are employees of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> based on an email with only a few hours (not even 2 weeks') notice????</p><p>Taking a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChainSaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChainSaw</span></a> to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalBureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalBureaucracy</span></a> without regard to the needs of the Government & the experience, training, ability & qualifications of the people who are so heartlessly & summarily dismissed can only have bad results, many of which have yet to be realized. 🤦♂️</p><p>I'm also still wondering how many of the people who are being so shabbily treated by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DiaperDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiaperDon</span></a> & his South African <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Henchman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Henchman</span></a> voted for the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FatOrangeMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FatOrangeMan</span></a> & how they feel about him now . . . but that's another matter. 🤷♂️</p>
sgt1372<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RandomThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandomThought</span></a></p><p>How is an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrant</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> who is NOT an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmericanCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCitizen</span></a> get appointed to a newly created agency without <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CongressionalConfirmation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalConfirmation</span></a></p><p>And how is said immigrant entitled to brutally cut the jobs of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmericanCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCitizens</span></a> who are employees of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> based on an email with only a few hours (not 2 weeks') notice????</p><p>Taking a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChainSaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChainSaw</span></a> to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalBureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalBureaucracy</span></a> without regard to the needs of the government & the experience & qualifications of the people so heartlessly summarily dismissed can only have bad results, many of which have yet to be realized. 🤦♂️</p>
Mal 🇿🇦🇮🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️<p>Sales <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> is poisonous in all sorts of ways. They are popular with governments because they're relatively easy to collect. The vendor effectively becomes a <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/TaxFarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFarmer</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> is bad for the poor.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SinTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinTax</span></a> on cigarettes and alcohol make the government complicit in encouraging poor health behaviour, which in turn destroys the logic of any tax-funded <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/FuelLevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuelLevy</span></a> was originally intended to fund infrastructure - back in <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apartheid</span></a> days. But from very early on, it was cynically diverted into the general fund.</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOiWc8mgqN4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=jOiWc8mgqN</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/eNCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eNCA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DanCorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanCorder</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> 'whites' sees the '<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AfrikanerRefugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfrikanerRefugees</span></a>' BULLSHIT for what it is. </p><p>How <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Afriforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afriforum</span></a>, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AdolphMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdolphMusk</span></a>, Fox 'News', and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WhiteSupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacist</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TuckerCarlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckerCarlson</span></a> made Trump's attack on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> 🇿🇦 </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/extr%C3%AAmedroite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extrêmedroite</span></a></p>
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