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I am truly excited to be welcoming home our exceptional young champions and receiving the African Spelling Bee trophy, following Team South Africa’s outstanding first-place achievement on the continent. The team will soon be travelling to China for the global championship. Today is not only about celebrating a trophy, but about recognising the power of education, the commitment of teachers and parents, and the bright future that lies ahead for these learners. This victory speaks directly to the importance of building strong foundations in reading. Literacy is the gateway to learning, confidence, and future success and initiatives like the African Spelling Bee play a critical role in nurturing a culture of reading, language mastery, and academic excellence from an early age. 🇿🇦

Tickets to the Obama Presidential Center Museum tickets go on sale May 6. For access to a ticket pre-sale, become a member today: tinyurl.com/2dn3t2b2

Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96. apnews.com/article/juerge…

This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech. He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh. This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.

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Hilarious. When her husband walks the dog, he always stops at the pub for a beer and treat for dog. 🐕

What was Jimmy Carter doing in the Supreme Court last week?

Justice Robert H. Jackson, writing for the Court in Johnson v. United States, 333 U. S. 10, 13-14 (1948). The man could write.

Now this is a roadblock we don’t mind 🦌✨ A rare and beautiful sighting of a Eland moving through the Cape of Good Hope. Thank you to Shagon Charles for capturing and sharing! We love the commentary 😉 #SANParks #LiveYourWild #TableMountain #CapeOfGoodHope

in episode 6 of my new philosophy podcast, Working Definition, I talk with @M_Ignatieff about liberalism! [link to full episode and transcript in next tweet]

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Cape Town has honoured outstanding citizens for exceptional service and achievement. Recipients include Jacques Kallis, Temba Bavuma and others with Freedom of the City to be awarded to David Kramer and the late Taliep Petersen in January 2026. Read more: brnw.ch/21wXutv

Thank you @CBSSunday for the chance to talk about our founding and why this is a story for all of us. Hope everyone can watch The American Revolution on PBS starting Nov. 16

Ezra Klein on Charlie Kirk: “You can dislike much of what Kirk believed and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him. He was one of the era’s most effective practitioners of persuasion. When the left thought its hold on the hearts and minds of college students was nearly absolute, Kirk showed up again and again to break it. Slowly, then all at once, he did. College-age voters shifted sharply right in the 2024 election. “That was not all Kirk’s doing, but he was central in laying the groundwork for it. I did not know Kirk and I am not the right person to eulogize him. But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness. In the inaugural episode of his podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California hosted Kirk, admitting that his son was a huge fan. What a testament to Kirk’s project.” “Kirk and I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side on the continued possibility of American politics. It is supposed to be an argument, not a war; it is supposed to be won with words, not ended through bullets. I wanted Kirk to be safe for his sake, but I also wanted him to be safe for mine, and for the sake of our larger shared project. The same is true for Shapiro, for Hoffman, for Hortman, for Thompson, for Trump, for Pelosi, for Whitmer. We are all safe, or none of us are.”

Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga will hang up his robes this month, marking the end of a judicial career that has spanned seventeen years on the Bench.

Devastated by this news. I saw Ms Kriek several times a week walking with her friend, going to the shops or church. I admired her independence in old age. A cruel and senseless murder. I hope the perpetrator is brought to justice.

24 years ago today, 'Two Cathedrals' aired and the season finale ended with 'Brothers in Arms' by Dire Straits.

If you watch one thing today make it this remarkable speech by an independent French senator. It captures the moment @ClaudeMalhuret

John Adams in the back: “Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it."

Mannas Fourie from Potchefstroom has rescued hundreds of zama zamas from mines. Over the past week in Stilfontein, his team set a world record for the most people brought to the surface in a rescue attempt like this. | @City_Press brnw.ch/21wQ6wR