Ongama Mtimka, PhD

“…no State can be happy which is not designed by artists who imitate the heavenly pattern” - Socrates (Cited in Plato, the Republic).

@Kwandiwe__ Look at the picture again, . Count those fingers and determine whether they mean peace or third term.

@omtimka look who was there holding 3 fingers‼️

The ICC was full of people who favour a third term for as Chair for Oscar Mabuyane, “uBafo” in this song, based on a video circulated by a guy from Ingquza Hill talking about the challenges of running against the premier in ANC conferences.

@omtimka Mna as anc member andinacala cse noba kuwinner bani kuwine anc bt kona ezi zokuthi ningakhange nihlale as branch uve kuthiwe branch yenu ineedelegates ndiyayazi ndilixhoba layo as so much eyethu branch ayikhange ihlale was collapse bt ngekhe ndothuke if kungathiwa iseGompo

What is on trial in the Eastern Cape is not a provincial conference, a chairperson, or even a faction, it is internal democracy itself. The drama unfolding in the ANC’s Eastern Cape structures, postponed provincial conference, interdicts, Mabuyane’s sharp criticism of “disgruntled members” who dared go to court, the mysterious fake resignation letter attributed to Provincial Secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi, and the ritual invocation of a “third force”, is merely the visible symptom of a deeper crisis: the profound absence of trust in the organisation’s own rules and procedures. When branches and regions cannot trust the membership audit, the credential process, or the conference delegate list to be politically neutral instruments, they reach for the courts as the only remaining neutral arbiter, revealing how the ANC has treated internal democracy not as a principle but as an instrument to be manipulated when convenient and bypassed when threatening. This Eastern Cape saga is therefore no mere sideshow, it is a critical stress test for whether the party still believes in practising internally what it preaches nationally, with the verdict ultimately resting with voters and history in South Africa’s maturing democracy. #ANC #EasternCape #InternalDemocracy #SouthAfricanPolitics #ANCConference #DemocracyInAction Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/ONV7GcTYJbU?si…

In conversation with political analyst, Dr @omtimka. EC ANC Chairperson addressed the cadre’s forum at the ICC conference in kuGompo.

Coming up on #SouthAfricaTonight, political analyst Ongama Mtimka will be talking about political developments in the country, ActionSA and the ANC's elective conferences. Tune in on #eNCA, channel #DStv403.

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@FikileMlisana @HeraldNMB You’re correct. In defence of a principle, that local government can’t foreground procedure when it’s not enabling it to respond to an emergency. And if acting in good faith, immediate ratification is pessary. I stand by that article.

@HeraldNMB @omtimka you had time to write in the defense of this, see now

Nelson Mandela Bay conceded the decision to lease the R25m municipal owned transformer to Coega Steels was irregular. ebx.sh/rf3nRl

@phakie101 You’re a pioneer tata!

@omtimka Doc, you know i look up to you. Ndiyeza eGQ

The cat is out of the bag. This book uses a case study to show: 1) Entrepreneurship & B-BBEE aren't strange bed fellows 2) B-BBEE adds value to the economy (skills, jobs, profits) 3) B-BBEE firms can be influential & control without being passive. 4) Weaknesses highlighted too.

@Kayaletu3 @OscarMabuyane Singayisusa nanini economically sithanda as a province. The time is now.

@OscarMabuyane @omtimka iphondo is finally getting some positive recognition on the internet, please leverage to our advantage. Maybe got your social media team to jump on it, and help get more traction.

I’ve put down an offer on this Church that was about to be converted by developers! I’m sick and tired of seeing derelict and aban but anyway Church is shutting down all across the UK. If a building was built on a God and to be worship for generations upon generations, it does not need to be sold off to make profit. When the revival happens, we need churches like this prime and ready! Comment below if you agree with this idea! #christian #developer #propertyinvestor #church

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Peace that comes from mutually assured annihilation isn’t peace at all.

@GodPenuel There is peace that comes not as the world gives, but from the Prince of peace. There is rest for the soul that comes to all who have entered it. There is One who says my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Penuelism is Scientism Penuelism is Humanism Penuelism is Modernism Penuelism is Consciousness Most religions have convinced people that God is external. I believe most key religious figures were trying to teach people that God is within, but the elite didn't like that.

@AldrinSampear Amen. Blessings upon blessings brother.

“… plans to prosper you …” As I grow older I’m more grateful for the simple things. Today I mark another year around the sun and I’m grateful for life and God’s grace. Waze wamuhle umusa kaNkulunkulu.

@PNtlabati @da_myke For the most part of democratic South Africa, your beloved “Cde’s” have literally been the main party that has grappled with the issues the DA is new to at a national level.

@da_myke @omtimka Our esteemed doctor analyses everything through the lens of comrades.

The DA is going to learn a few things about the party-state nexus at a national level. The idea of the mayor may be solving for one thing, the posture of the party in the GNU, but this is not the end of tensions. An equivalent case is when there is a difference in the ANC between the chairperson of a region or province and the person occupying the mayoral or premier’s office. The ANC coined it two centres of power, and it had real implications. Cabinet or council operates by power dynamics designated in the law and to some extent the out-of-government political arrangements. The latter have no legal recourse when deviated from, whereas the former have to be made in line with the law.

@oliverburdick Gentle and kind

Describe Jesus in 3 words or less.

@MlamuliSA 🤣🤣🤣

True 😂😂😂

@MlamuliSA Gave up on it last year. My ID book issued in 1999 was in a better shape than my 2009 one.

I am this stubborn! 😂😭👌🏽