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[@sandileswana](/creator/twitter/sandileswana)
"In admiring China today we forget that it is only in the past XX years or so that China's GDP per capita overtook Malawi. Malawi looks at China as an untouchable genius today but within living memory Malawi was ahead of China. Forget that China overtook RSA during this democratic era.: China's GDP per capita has been significantly higher than Malawi's for decades. For example in 2024 China's GDP per capita was approximately $13303.1 while Malawi's was about $508.4$ XXXXX . Historically in 1978 China's GDP per capita was roughly $XXX which was lower than Malawi's at the time but China has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980329110686597367) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T17:43Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"MyBroadband logo Subscribe Energy8.10.2025 The average Eskom employees pay package is now over R1 million per year By Hanno Labuschagne The average employee at Eskom received an annual pay package worth over R1 million in the power utilitys 2025 financial year. Eskoms latest integrated report shows its net employee benefit expense was R43.16 billion in 2025 up XX% from roughly R35.10 billion in 2024. The power utility attributed the increase to four factors. Firstly it reinstated its short-term incentive (STI) scheme which added an additional R4.2 billion to employee expenses in the last"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1976439728690925942) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-10T00:08Z 9320 followers, XXX engagements


"Renowned political economist Moeletsi Mbeki said contrary to popular belief the ANC was not behind black economic empowerment (BEE) in South Africa. Instead BEE was introduced by the financial service provider Sanlam which had close ties with the National Party. Mbeki explained that BEE was never ANC policy because the organisation was multi-racial during the struggle against Apartheid. As a multi-racial organisation the ANC could not come up with a policy which favoured one race over another he said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1978974593156288576) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-17T00:01Z 9324 followers, 6208 engagements


"Sanlam pioneered broad-based black shareholding in South Africa concluding its first major empowerment transaction with the Ubuntu-Botho consortium in 2004. This transaction was significant because it was the first of its kind from a major financial institution and created a broad base of black ownership initially giving the consortium a XX percent stake. Sanlam continued this initiative with later deals increasing black shareholding and making Sanlam Investments the largest black-owned asset manager in the country in 2020. 2004 Partnership: Sanlam partnered with the Ubuntu-Botho consortium"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1978975247798788138) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-17T00:04Z 9324 followers, XXX engagements


"Urban Foundation was set up in 1977 by Anglo American's Harry Oppenheimer and Anton Rupert who served as the groups founding chair and vice chair respectively. X The Foundation closed in 1995. Another of it's founder was Clive S. Menell. X Patrick Bond writes that: "The agents most responsible for introducing the late-apartheid regime's neoliberal housing policy were a group of academics advocates and deal-makers located within and around the Urban Foundation (UF) the privately-funded think-tank and housing developer set up by the Anglo American Corporation in the immediate wake of the 1976"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979222425574298030) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-17T16:26Z 9322 followers, XXX engagements


"The Urban Foundation/Stedelike Stigting was established in reaction to the 1976 unrest in South Africa and the dwindling economy. Its aim was to unite business in managing urbanisation so as to curb political unrest improve the lives of urban blacks and to provide blacks with a role in the economy. Apart from a development agency role the Foundation also played the role of a change agent. The development agency role of the Foundation was very successful. The change agent role was directed at changing business but also politics. This resulted in the democratisation of business as well as the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979223077654532145) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-17T16:28Z 9322 followers, XXX engagements


"Philanthropy in one form or another has been evident in South Africa for many years. Soon after the 1976 Soweto uprising corporate pioneers Anton Rupert and Harry Oppenheimer established the Urban Foundation as a private sector initiative to address poverty and encourage the development of an African middle class. In more recent times people like Donald Gordon and Allan Gray have established significant philanthropic initiatives and formed partnerships which have built schools and hospitals provided bursaries for materially disadvantaged students and seed capital for black entrepreneurs and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979223729415639176) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-17T16:31Z 9322 followers, XXX engagements


"Chinese state media and pundits have called the Dutch government a pirate and even threatened it with a ban on rare earths following its seizure of control of the Chinese-owned semiconductor maker Nexperia in late September. On September XX the United States Department of Commerces Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim rule extending its Entity List and Military End-User List to cover affiliates of the sanctioned entities. Any company at least XX% owned by a listed entity now automatically inherits the same restrictions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979370152723452185) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T02:13Z 9324 followers, XXX engagements


"@BMap256 If so then it usanother attempt to dismantle BRICS and to neuter China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979397415451980048) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T04:01Z 9324 followers, XX engagements


"Nhlamulo "Nota" Baloyi a controversial music executive reportedly had his US visa revoked after making public comments regarding the murder of American conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The United States government confirmed revoking the visa statuses of several foreign nationals who expressed support for or celebrated Kirks assassination online calling such actions a direct endorsement of violence and extremism. In a statement the US Department of State said it had identified and quoted several individuals who celebrated the heinous assassination of Kirk. The department added that it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979465619599700017) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T08:32Z 9324 followers, 1277 engagements


"Robert Sobukwe's "one human race" philosophy is the core belief that there is only a single human race and that racial divisions are a myth. As the founder of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) he advocated for a non-racial future for Africa envisioned as a free Azania where individuals would be judged by their character rather than their skin color. He believed this vision was rooted in African soil and was committed to a socialist democracy that treated all people as individuals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979466671849967778) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T08:36Z 9324 followers, XXX engagements


"Chinese companies in the Fortune XXX include energy giants like China State Construction Engineering and Sinopec state-owned enterprises such as China National Petroleum Corp and China Railway Engineering Group and private companies like Alibaba Tencent and BYD. The list features a diverse range of sectors including telecommunications technology finance and manufacturing. Energy and construction China State Grid: Ranked third on the list. China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC): Ranked fourth. Sinopec Group: Ranked fifth. China State Construction Engineering: Among the companies listed. Finance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979564328161292737) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T15:04Z 9327 followers, XX engagements


"People must learn from Royal Bafokeng in terms of Rural Economic Development. Our kings and chiefs must learn from Royal Bafokeng and contextualize the Development models in terms of local culture language and local resources and climate etc. The potential of our villages is neglected but it is a great potential"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980014057613656385) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-19T20:51Z 9326 followers, XXX engagements


"@Nguduyablack @revolutionZhere Who then is the current kgosana of Tsitsing village"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980204688562880563) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T09:29Z 9325 followers, X engagements


"Wits University professor William-Mervin Gumede recently said R1-trillion had been transferred to about XXX politically connected people. A quick sense check should make it obvious that this is not true. It means that the XXX individuals received an average of R10bn each which is clearly nonsense. I am the expert on this topic and have interviewed and met most of the founders and leaders of large BEE companies. After XX years of democracy there is now a super league of about XX companies (not individuals) that are worth more than R1bn. A handful are worth more than R10bn. The largest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1955775566436819286) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-08-13T23:36Z 9323 followers, 35.8K engagements


"Remember that white is the key problem. That in fact separates you from other human beings. There is in reality one Human Race with no sub-species. If you want to identify your ancestry you can call yourself a European settler here in Africa. Other identities are driven by the need to establish a hierarchy a perking order and eventually many versions of apartheid. I am an African. I am black only for purposes of exclusion from white privilege. You are white only for purposes of inclusion in white privilege"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979461459496063301) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T08:16Z 9327 followers, 6566 engagements


"Australia Derived from the Latin term australis meaning "southern". The name was inspired by the long-held belief in a theoretical southern continent Terra Australis. Oceania This term is used for the collection of island nations in the central and eastern Pacific. The name Oceania is not from a single origin but can be traced to the French for the Pacific Ocean Ocanie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979534856431301035) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T13:07Z 9327 followers, XXX engagements


"Let me say technology and pricing mistakes are being made at Eskom as a result cheap and reliable electricity will be unreacheable to the average South African within a X to XX year window that is by 2035. The lower income groups are being worked out of the market and precarious and pricey technologies are being imposed on us by Europeans and their local puppets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980032598291218825) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-19T22:05Z 9326 followers, XXX engagements


"You are aware of course that Africa is seriously underpopulated per square kilometer. And we have surplus arable land and natural resources.: Yes the statement is true as Africa holds approximately XX% of the world's uncultivated arable land. This vast resource is more than any other continent but the potential remains largely untapped due to challenges like low-intensity farming lack of modern infrastructure and limited access to technology and capital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980208714603720782) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T09:45Z 9323 followers, XX engagements


"Expropriation Without Compensation- where is the respect for private property Nexperia: Dutch government takes control of China-owned chip firm The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands in a bid to safeguard the European supply of semiconductors for cars and other electronic goods and protect Europe's economic security. The Hague said it took the decision due to "serious governance shortcomings" and to prevent the chips from becoming unavailable in an emergency. Nexperia's owner Wingtech said on Monday that it would take actions to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1977778507649294716) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-13T16:48Z 9323 followers, 1177 engagements


"Men must be careful of orgies sex parties and reckless sexual acts with minors etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1979590243901718936) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-18T16:47Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"Africans will be mistaken to think that they can have equality here in RSA with European settlers if they do not have equality in wealth income culture language and education. We must develop credible wealth creation accumulation and conservation strategies. A poor person does not have a voice. Ecclesiastes 9:16 New International Version XX So I said Wisdom is better than strength. But the poor mans wisdom is despised and his words are no longer heeded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980012878439600543) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-19T20:47Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"Israel says it has "begun renewed enforcement" of the ceasefire hours after carrying out a "wave of strikes" on Gaza and both sides accused each other of breaching the deal The Israel Defence Forces earlier said Hamas "fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire toward IDF troops" near Rafah killing two - but the group says it is unaware of any clashes there Hamas has said Israel "continues to breach the agreement" while the IDF says the alleged attack by Hamas is a "bold violation of the ceasefire" Hospital sources in Gaza say XX people have been killed across the territory today and the IDF also"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980111611164565620) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T03:19Z 9321 followers, XXX engagements


"Iran announces official end to 10-year-old nuclear agreement An international deal with Iran designed to keep the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons has officially ended with Tehran announcing the termination of the decade-old agreement. Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by the 2015 agreement officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) under which international sanctions were lifted in exchange for limitations on Tehrans nuclear programme"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980287969886908452) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T15:00Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"China is now calling upon its leaders and citizens to start going for the status of a highly developed country. South Africa was overtaken by China in terms of GDP per capita Malawi was also overtaking by China in the past XX years or so. I think we should go full steam not for these Sustainable Development Goals but straight for Highly Developed Country status. We can become a high income country within XX years. Maintain Gross Capital Formation at XX% and above create an education system that competes with Finland South Korea Japan and China create products for Africa Free Trade Area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980327217239359979) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T17:36Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"China's GDP per capita surpassed South Africa's sometime in the mid-1990s. While exact data for both countries is needed for a precise year studies indicate that China's GDP per capita surpassed South Africa's in 1994. This was a turning point for China as its economy was experiencing rapid growth. South Africa meanwhile was still under international sanctions at the time. 1994: This was the year China's GDP per capita is estimated to have overtaken South Africa's. Mid-1990s: China's economy began experiencing significant growth in the mid-1990s while South Africa's economy was still"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980329286448865301) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T17:44Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"China's GDP per capita surpassed South Africa's sometime in the mid-1990s. While exact data for both countries is needed for a precise year studies indicate that China's GDP per capita surpassed South Africa's in 1994. This was a turning point for China as its economy was experiencing rapid growth. South Africa meanwhile was still under international sanctions at the time. 1994: This was the year China's GDP per capita is estimated to have overtaken South Africa's. Mid-1990s: China's economy began experiencing significant growth in the mid-1990s while South Africa's economy was still"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980329310520242507) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T17:44Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"GDP per capita: Africa Vs China 1980 vs 2016. "In 1980 only two African countries had a lower GDP per capita than China (Guinea-Bissau and Uganda). n 2016 it's a whole different story: only Equatorial Guinea and Seychelles (not visible on this map) had a higher GDP per capita"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980329396461261131) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T17:44Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"In admiring China today we forget that it is only in the past XX years or so that China's GDP per capita overtook Malawi. Malawi looks at China as an untouchable genius today but within living memory Malawi was ahead of China. Forget that China overtook RSA during this democratic era.: China's GDP per capita has been significantly higher than Malawi's for decades. For example in 2024 China's GDP per capita was approximately $13303.1 while Malawi's was about $508.4$ XXXXX . Historically in 1978 China's GDP per capita was roughly $XXX which was lower than Malawi's at the time but China has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980492164632137826) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-21T04:31Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"Our beliefs about democracy and governance are not the same. As an example successful institutions like Lekganyane Zion Church (ZCC) or Shembe Church or Kaizer Chiefs or Royal Bafokeng all have their own beliefs about democracy and good governance. When you look at DA IFP and others they have had anchor leaders like Tony Leon Helen Zille or Mangosuthu Buthelezi and so on. China Russia Australia are nations that have had long-serving leaders. I am worried that we read textbooks that are not well grounded on realities on the ground and then we talk about cults and family this and that. If you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1964494876524925168) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-09-07T01:04Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"The US and Australia have signed a deal intended to boost supplies of rare earths and other critical minerals as the Trump administration looks for ways to counter China's dominance of the market. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the deal would support a pipeline of $8.5bn (A$13bn; 6.3bn) "ready-to-go" projects that would expand his country's mining and processing abilities. It includes $1bn to be invested by the two countries in projects in the US and Australia over the next six months a framework text says. The US and Australia have been working on these issues since Trump's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980504421084848432) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-21T05:20Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"Animal Welfare Alert: SANDF Horse Tender The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has issued a tender to buy XXX horses even while facing prosecution for severe animal cruelty at its Potchefstroom base. In that case horses were found starved neglected and dying some had to be euthanised and XX were rescued by the NSPCA. Until accountability and proper welfare systems are proven this new tender is unacceptable. Share to demand transparency and protection for these animals. Here are reliable references you can include for both the tender and the abuse case: Tender: South African"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980119558703768048) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T03:51Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"Jimmy Mohlala (1965 - X January 2009 was a South African politician whistle-blower and Speaker of the Mbombela Local Municipality in Mpumalanga. He exposed alleged corruption in the awarding of tenders related to the construction of the Mbombela Stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was assassinated in what many believe was a politically motivated killing to bury the construction tender fraud. Mohlala was born in 1965 and served as Speaker of the Mbombela Municipality. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) he was also vice-president of the South African Football Association"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980185781189632062) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T08:14Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"The matter of African languages in South African schools is going from bad to worse. We are being methodically Westernised and Europeanised. Culturally and linguistically we are in reverse gear"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980388231167504552) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-20T21:38Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"Goldman Sachs analysts believe China holds "very strong" and potentially long-lasting market power over rare earths due to its dominance across the entire supply chain. This leverage comes not just from controlling the rare earth minerals themselves but also the crucial refining process and the subsequent production of the magnets derived from them. While common light rare earths aren't scarce the supply of heavy rare earths (like dysprosium and terbium) is tighter because they are harder to find in economically viable amounts. Although the U.S. is investing in new rare-earth production these"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980492165429010897) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-21T04:31Z 9323 followers, XXX engagements


"You are not going to teach me economics. BEE is a red herting the entire BEE story is propaganda of interested White Monopoly Capital and resurgence Western white Christian civilization led by Donald J Trump. The entire war on BEE is unscientific nonsense.:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sandileswana/status/1980520598502588448) [@sandileswana](/creator/x/sandileswana) 2025-10-21T06:24Z 9323 followers, X engagements