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@sandileswana "12 February 2008 The Scorpions will be dissolved and the organised crime unit of the police will be phased out and a new amalgamated unit will be created Nqakula told Parliament in Cape Town during a debate on President Thabo Mbekis State of the Nation address. The Scorpions are not part of the police but report to the National Prosecuting Authority which answers to the Justice and Constitutional Development Department. The best experience of the two bodies will be merged. This Nqakula said is part of a holistic approach to the revamp of the criminal justice system which will have organised"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-24 17:17:30 UTC 7404 followers, XXX engagements

"Xenophobia has been and continues to be one of the perennial roadblocks to reaching the aspiration of African unity. Undoubtedly this is a complex phenomenon caused by many broader issues and social ills. Some of the broader issues include intolerance misplaced nationalism and scapegoating often linked to political interests. Additionally undertones of economic despair can fuel xenophobic rhetoric and violence as locals look for scapegoats to blame for their economic challenges. This is because migrants (who often form a minority group in larger local communities) are seen as being in better"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 01:17:55 UTC 7407 followers, XXX engagements

"Meet Njabulo Mbokane. From selling fish and chips to running two farming enterprises . Njabulo did her Matric at Carolina Academic school she had no idea what career path she would follow. With only one breadwinner in their household the chances of Mbokane ever attending university was slim and she knew it. But the Ermelo Mpumalanga born farmer will boldly tell you that shes never given up easily. While figuring out her next move Mbokane started selling fish and chips on the corner of a filling station for R10. Today shes an award-winning farmer creating job opportunities for others and thats"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-24 21:11:44 UTC 7407 followers, 3821 engagements

"In South Africa if we were to talk of High Quality Economic Development: A. Strong high quality trainining N3 to N6 artisans master artisans and where relevant technician and master technician- T3-T4. Diploma to Advanced Diploma. B. Get the earned wage above R10000kpm based on productivity and innovation. C. Get free high quality healthcare education recreation and sports facillities - upgrade Quality of Life all over RSA. D. Create localised cheap high quality food supplies. Create food self-sufficiency in local economies and national back up in food security. E. Create high quality safety"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-24 00:23:56 UTC 7388 followers, XXX engagements

"I would give SACU citizens South African citizenship change my security mandate around migrants and migration and launch much more wide ranging SADC economic development and hood governace programs. These are our people.: The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is comprised of five member states:Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Namibia and South Africa.These countries form a customs union meaning they have eliminated tariffs on trade among themselves and apply the same tariffs to goods imported from outside the union. Here's a little more about each member: Botswana: A landlocked country known for"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 01:02:03 UTC 7408 followers, XX engagements

"@oyama0501 I am not doing this to promote any specific political party. In posting this I am refuting the notion that Africans are not interested in commercial farming and in reclaiming land including comnercial farm land"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 03:20:14 UTC 7385 followers, XX engagements

"Comrades must get ready to face sanctions by the USA sanctions are definitely coming.: The bill introduced in the United States Congress to review relations with South Africa and sanction some politicians has passed through the US Committee on Foreign Affairs with majority support. The bill known as the US-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025 (H.R.2633) calls for a comprehensive review of the relationship between the US and South Africa. It also seeks to identify South African government officials and ANC leaders eligible for sanctions. This bill was introduced into Congress on"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-23 09:53:17 UTC 7375 followers, XXX engagements

"US President Donald Trump has said he does not expect to reach a trade deal with Canada after he gave the country a deadline of X August to carve out an agreement. "We haven't really had a lot of luck with Canada" Trump told reporters ahead of his trip to Scotland on Friday. "I think Canada could be one where there's just a tariff not really a negotiation." His remarks come after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled earlier this week that Canada "will not accept a bad deal" and rush into an agreement. Canada is among several countries given an August deadline by Trump as part of his"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-26 00:12:37 UTC 7408 followers, XXX engagements

"They were in a Rush to shut the Scorpions down"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-24 17:13:00 UTC 7404 followers, 1576 engagements

"Comrades- can you rely in actual skills you have. Wake wanayo ingqondo ngaphambili or buyibhari nje kwasekuqaleni : BusinessTech logo Business Opinion Another director in South Africa fined R500000 for lying about a PhD Luke Fraser XX Jul 2025 The JSE has fined Anushka Bogdanov R500000 for lying about having a PhD a similar punishment to that which Economist Thabi Leoka received last year. Bogdanov was appointed as an independent non-executive director of EOH in 2019. She served on the Social and Ethics Governance and Risk Committee Nomination and Remuneration Committees and as lead"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-26 06:44:09 UTC 7408 followers, XXX engagements

"Unacceptable nonsense and bullying by the United States. Democracy and freedom can never be defined by the USA alone. Singapore and many other successful nations including China and Russia define democracy their own way. UK and USA have directly and permanently opposed Westetn liberal democracy in Iran since 1903. The state of Israel was not founded on democracy but on arbitrary violent settler colonialism and apartheid supported by the USA and UK and other white supremacists who have a long history of hating Jews and conducting pogroms and holocaust in Europe. South Africa is well within its"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-23 15:41:27 UTC 7380 followers, XXX engagements

"Former ANC SG and ex-President of SA Kgalema Motlanthe has no regrets disbanding the Scorpions.He maintains that given a chance of being a president again he will do the same"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 00:57:29 UTC 7407 followers, 160.7K engagements

"@OupaOJ Wits University PDF university of the witwatersrand johannesburg/south africa . by KDIDHO JEAN-MARIE The state of migration research in South Africa Foundation for Global. Dialogue"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-26 06:59:37 UTC 7406 followers, XX engagements

"Thanks my brother plz read some of the reports and articles from Wits about that matter.: Wits University PDF Immigration internal migration and crime in South Africa by U Kollamparambil 2018 Cited by XX Abstract. A review of South African literature on crime confirms the lack of a study that considers the impact of"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-26 06:58:59 UTC 7406 followers, XX engagements

"Why are Canada and Mexico suffering tariff wars"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-26 00:52:43 UTC 7407 followers, XXX engagements

"Africas minerals are being bartered for security: why its a bad idea A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security. The peace deal signed in June 2025 aims to end three decades of conflict between the DRC and Rwanda. A key part of the agreement binds both nations to developing a regional economic integration framework. This arrangement would expand cooperation between the two states the US"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-23 01:45:06 UTC 7400 followers, XXX engagements

"H.R.2633 also known as the "U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025" faces opposition due to concerns that it could negatively impact diplomatic ties with South Africa. Specifically some object to the bill's potential to impose sanctions on South African government officials and African National Congress (ANC) leaders citing concerns about the narrative of "white genocide" in South Africa and the bill's potential to dismantle decades of diplomatic progress. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Opposition from Democrats: Some members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-24 00:30:32 UTC 7390 followers, XXX engagements

"Public officials and politicians routinely blame immigrants for a range of social and economic problems in South Africa. This reinforces negative xenophobic sentiments among many people. The research and analysis presented in this report tests the validity of these widely held beliefs. It shows that they are largely false and can only have detrimental consequences for South Africas economy and people"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 01:16:22 UTC 7407 followers, 1690 engagements

"Worldwide leaders who are unable to lift the Quality of Life and Standard of Living of their local populations following credible macroeconomic policies turn to xenophobia tribalism and racism scapegoating. The UK Poland USA parts of Japan etc. Here in RSA you start chasing Somalis next it will be Xhosa refugees or amaShangane etc. White Afrikaners are also spreading their own version of xenophobia anti BEE etc. All of that signals one thing- poor leadership. Energy is focused on the wrong things with no prospect of good long-term results. Leadership focuses human effort and energy on the"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 00:56:23 UTC 7407 followers, XXX engagements

"Comrades have tolerated and even encouraged Land Invasions Building Hijacking Neglected Bylaws and Builfung permits. Unfortunately Lesufi Morero and all mayors must ersdicate Lawlessness Shacks and Squarter Camps before RSA becomes a ghetto. I leave in DA Ward with an informal settlement 1.2km from my gate. Bloody hell"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-26 02:14:21 UTC 7407 followers, XXX engagements

"Russian exports of precious metals to China have surged nearly XX% this year as Moscow deepens its reliance on Beijing amid Western sanctions Bloomberg reported Monday. Russian shipments of gold silver and other precious metals to China reached $X billion in the first half of 2025 nearly double the same period of last year according to data from Chinas Customs Administration cited by Trade Data Monitor. China has become one of Russias primary buyers of gold- and silver-containing ores and concentrates after Western markets largely halted purchases following Moscows invasion of Ukraine. Rising"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 01:15:11 UTC 7407 followers, XXX engagements

"If you earn less than R10000pm. You are in the lower income groups. Middle income starts around R15kpm.: Research published by The University of Cape Towns Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing noted in 2023 that a household or person would need to earn around R22000 to be seen as middle-class in South Africa. Eighty20 also noted in its latest Credit Stress Report that households with an income of around R25000 a month and a personal income of R15000 can be defined as middle-class workers"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-23 23:54:02 UTC 7404 followers, XXX engagements

"English Donate Now Trending The Trump Administration and Human Rights Israel/Palestine Syria Sudan Russia-Ukraine War Tigray Conflict May X 2024 9:28AM EDT News Release South Africa: Toxic Rhetoric Endangers Migrants Stop Scapegoating Foreign Nationals Ahead of Elections Protestors demonstrate in front of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against xenophobia and vigilantism in the country Johannesburg during Africa Day May XX to expand Image Protestors demonstrate in front of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against xenophobia and vigilantism in the country"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 01:18:02 UTC 7407 followers, XXX engagements

"US Representative Jonathan L. Jackson during an address to the House Foreign Affairs Committee has opposed H.R. 2633 the US-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025 that aims to sanction South Africa and some ANC officials"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-24 00:31:33 UTC 7388 followers, XXX engagements

"I would give SACU citizens South African citizenship change my security mandate around migrants and migration and launch much more wide ranging SADC economic development and Good governace programs. These are our people.: The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is comprised of five member states:Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Namibia and South Africa.These countries form a customs union meaning they have eliminated tariffs on trade among themselves and apply the same tariffs to goods imported from outside the union. Here's a little more about each member: Botswana: A landlocked country known for"
@sandileswana on X 2025-07-25 01:43:28 UTC 7407 followers, XXX engagements