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🧵 THREAD: How VisionflowM tracked Operation Epic Fury before it launched 👀 For anyone asking 'how did you see this coming?' — here's the complete signal trail 🌍 #GlobalWarSignals #Iran #Israel #VisionflowM #VisionFlow

A hacker group called XP95 whose website looks like Windows 95 stealing 154GB from Statistics South Africa and demanding R1.7 million 👀 The branding choice alone deserves attention. Windows 95. The operating system from 31 years ago. Used as the aesthetic for a group that just successfully breached one of SA's most critical data institutions. Either the irony is deliberate or SA's government cybersecurity is so outdated that Windows 95 is genuinely aspirational. Stats SA holds the data that SA's government uses to make every major decision. Population figures. Employment statistics. Economic indicators. The census data. The poverty measurements. The numbers that determine where resources go, how grants are calculated and which communities get prioritised. 154GB of that now with XP95. Stats SA saying they won't pay is the right call. Paying ransoms funds the next attack. But the data is already compromised. The deadline is April 20. The same government that: 🔴 Paid R31.7M for water tankers that didn't exist 🔴 Wrote off R62B in irregular municipal expenditure 🔴 Hid R32B in undisclosed irregular spending Is now also the government whose statistical foundation just got stolen by a group with a retro aesthetic and a R1.7 million invoice 😔

A brand new hacker group called XP95 — whose website looks like Windows 95 — has stolen 154GB of data from Statistics South Africa and is demanding R1.7 million. Stats SA says they are not paying. The deadline is 20 April. This is the same group that already hit the Gauteng Provincial Government this month. 🇿🇦 #StatsSA #Cybersecurity iol.co.za

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola praising Mkhwanazi and confirming his KZN contract renewed for five years 👀 The timing of this announcement deserves to be read carefully. This week the same Mkhwanazi: 🔴 Appeared before the Ad Hoc Committee facing serious questions 🔴 Had his expired 2018 security clearance raised publicly 🔴 Called the vetting unit 'dirty' — saying he'd fire them all 🔴 Was named in testimony about resources being diverted from Cape Flats communities 🔴 Had Fadiel Adams accuse him of prioritising the wrong issues Five year contract renewed. While the committee investigation is still active. While his security clearance question remains unanswered. The National Police Commissioner who praised Mkhwanazi today also leads the institution whose task team arrested the Witness D suspect last week. Both things happening simultaneously. The renewal isn't just an administrative decision. It's a signal. To the Ad Hoc Committee. To the communities Fadiel Adams spoke for. To every witness watching whether testimony at these commissions produces consequences or contract renewals. The 12-year-old shot in Lavender Hill before 9AM is still waiting for the resources Adams said were diverted. The Commissioner being renewed for five years just answered who those resources are protecting 😔

LIVE NOW | National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has praised KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for crime reduction during his tenure. This comes after Mkhwanazi's contract as provincial commissioner was renewed for another five years.

Medicare24 CEO Mike Van Wyk testifying that he provided work for EMPD with no formal agreement facilitated by suspended EMPD boss Julius Mkhwanazi 👀 No formal agreement. A phone call. Work rendered. Money followed. The handshake that became the contract appearing again at the Madlanga Commission. The same Medicare24 Holdings that: 🔴 Carrim testified receiving R10M from — commission found R12.12M 🔴 Where the R1.12M gap appeared — 'bad signal' defence 🔴 Now confirmed as operating through informal facilitation by a suspended EMPD boss Medicare24 isn't just a company anymore. It's a thread that keeps connecting people who shouldn't be connected. Van Wyk meeting Sizakele Masuku then Ekurhuleni Safety MMC. Meeting suspended EMPD boss Isaac Mapiyeye. Mkhwanazi facilitating an MOU that was ultimately rejected. Work rendered anyway. The MOU rejection is the detail that matters most. The formal process said no. The informal network said yes anyway. In SA's corruption ecosystem the formal rejection isn't the end of the conversation. It's the beginning of the workaround. The commission that started with Carrim's bad signal keeps finding the same Medicare24 thread running through different hands 😔

Medicare24 CEO, Mike Van Wyk, says he rendered work for EMPD, with suspended EMPD boss Julius Mkhwanazi facilitating the process. He says he got a call and provided work with no formal agreement in place. The Madlanga Commission has heard how Medicare24 Holdings was favoured. Van Wyk also says he met then Ekurhuleni Safety MMC Sizakele Masuku and suspended EMPD boss Isaac Mapiyeye. Van Wyk alleges Mkhwanazi facilitated the MOU but it was rejected. #eNCA #DStv403

Sibongile Mani spending R818,000 of accidentally credited NSFAS funds convicted of theft received a suspended sentence and community service. No jail time. Meanwhile NSFAS just confirmed it paid bursaries to 822 deceased students while living qualifying students get rejected. The system that failed to credit the right amount to the right student also failed to notice R14 million going to the wrong one. And the accountability that followed a suspended sentence is the same accountability that follows R62 billion in irregular municipal expenditure. R630 million in vanished education grants. R31.7 million for water tankers that didn't exist. The pattern isn't just about one student making a wrong choice. It's about a system that makes wrong choices at every level and applies maximum consequences to the most visible individual while the institutional failures that created the conditions get a suspended sentence too .

NSFAS Under Fire After Auditor-General Reveals Bursaries Paid to Over 800 Deceased Students NSFAS is facing renewed outrage after the Auditor-General revealed that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme continued to pay bursaries to more than 800 students recorded as deceased, while thousands of ineligible applicants also received funding meant for the country’s poorest learners. According to the investigation, 822 students listed as dead in the Department of Home Affairs database remained on NSFAS’s active funding list. In addition, thousands of students who exceeded the income threshold and therefore did not qualify were also paid. Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela confirmed the findings, acknowledging that they expose serious deficiencies in NSFAS’s verification processes. Funds intended for poor and working-class students have been diverted due to inadequate cross-checking with death records and income data. The scandal has sparked widespread outrage on social media, with many South Africans comparing it to the persistent problem of “ghost employees” in government departments. Critics have called for urgent intervention by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Hawks, questioning how such payments could continue undetected and urging authorities to trace where the money has gone. Some have pointed out the irony, as living students often struggle to secure or retain NSFAS funding due to strict academic and eligibility checks. NSFAS, which supports over a million students annually, has faced repeated criticism for inefficiencies, including payment delays, fraud allegations, and weak systems integration. This latest disclosure underscores the need for better data-sharing between government departments and tighter controls to prevent the misuse of public funds. No exact monetary figure for the overpayments was provided in the report, but even modest monthly disbursements to 822 accounts would represent a significant leakage from the fiscus. As calls grow for accountability, the Department of Higher Education and NSFAS are expected to face increased pressure to implement immediate fixes, including automated death notifications and enhanced eligibility audits.

A massive fire engulfing the Botha Sigcau Building in Mthatha 11 storeys housing Health, Education and Land Affairs . The building that holds the records of Eastern Cape communities. Birth certificates. Land claims. Educational records. Health files. All potentially at risk in one Tuesday evening fire. The cause unknown. The damage still being assessed. Mthatha deserves better than this being the headline about its city centre. But the concern that always follows a government building fire especially one housing departments that manage land and records is whether the damage was accidental or convenient. SA has seen enough suspicious fires in records-holding facilities to ask the question honestly. The Eastern Cape Land Affairs records in that building include land claim documentation that communities have been waiting decades to resolve. If those records are damaged or destroyed the people waiting for land justice wait longer. Possibly forever. Firefighters responded swiftly. No injuries confirmed. Those are the things that matter most tonight. The full damage assessment and the fire investigation will tell the rest of the story 😔

Breaking news Massive Fire Engulfs Botha Sigcau Building in Mthatha A large fire broke out on Tuesday evening at the 11-storey Botha Sigcau Building in central Mthatha, which houses several provincial government departments including Health, Education and Land Affairs. The blaze was reported this evening around 7pm, with firefighters and emergency teams responding swiftly while police secured the area. Firefighters are still working to contain the flames. No injuries had been confirmed at the time of reporting. Eyewitnesses reported thick smoke and flames visible across the city, raising concerns about possible damage to infrastructure and important records. The cause of the fire remains unknown as authorities continue investigations.

AfriForum refusing to cancel tomorrow's press conference despite Mbalula's legal threat Gerrie Nel presenting the 'Mbalula Dossier' at 10AM .The legal letter that demanded cancellation by 16h00 today didn't work. AfriForum has the police docket. Has been pursuing this since 2016. Had the NPA decline prosecution in 2023 a decision they called 'patently irrational.' And now has new developments they say justify going public. The timing and the irony are both significant. Fikile Mbalula the Secretary General who wrote the letter stopping Bernice Swarts from distributing bread because it brought the ANC into disrepute is now the subject of a dossier alleging a R684,000 Dubai holiday was partially funded through irregular payments. The man who defines what brings the ANC into disrepute is being asked to account for what he brought to Dubai in 2016. AfriForum's political motivations are debatable. Gerrie Nel's prosecution record is not. The allegations deserve to be tested not through legal threats designed to prevent a press conference but through the same accountability process Mbalula's own party claims to champion. The NPA declined prosecution. AfriForum disagreed. Tomorrow the public gets to hear why 🇿🇦

AfriForum to Release “Mbalula Dossier” Despite Legal Warning from ANC Secretary-General Civil rights organisation AfriForum has refused to back down after receiving a formal legal warning from African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, who is demanding the cancellation of a media conference scheduled for tomorrow. The group plans to release a detailed dossier alleging corruption, fraud, and money laundering linked to Mbalula’s 2016 family holiday to Dubai. In a strongly worded letter dated today from A Mothilal Attorneys Inc on Mbalula’s behalf, the ANC leader’s lawyers accuse AfriForum of preparing to disseminate “unfounded allegations” and warn that the planned briefing at the organisation’s Centurion studio could amount to defamation. The letter demanded an immediate retraction and cancellation of the event by 16h00 today, threatening High Court interdicts, damages claims, and a public apology if AfriForum proceeds. AfriForum’s communications head, Barry Bateman, and executive director Kallie Kriel responded swiftly on X (formerly Twitter), confirming the organisation will not be deterred. “ANC SG Fikile Mbalula has threatened to gag us… We’re not going away,” Bateman posted, quoting Kriel’s earlier statement. The group says Advocate Gerrie Nel, head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, will outline the allegations at the 10h00 press conference tomorrow, which will be streamed live on AfriForum’s Facebook page. The controversy centres on Mbalula’s luxury Dubai holiday, which reportedly cost approximately R684,000 while he served as Sports Minister. AfriForum has long alleged that part of the trip was funded through irregular cash payments by Yusuf Dockrat, a director of Sedgars Sport a supplier to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) at the time. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) declined to prosecute Mbalula in 2023, a decision AfriForum has repeatedly described as “patently irrational” and possibly selective. The organisation obtained the police docket in 2024 and formally asked the NPA to reconsider prosecution last October. Tomorrow’s conference marks the latest escalation in what has become a protracted private prosecution campaign by AfriForum against high-profile ANC figures. The group says the “Mbalula Dossier” contains new developments it intends to make public. Neither Mbalula nor the ANC had issued a public statement at the time of writing, but the legal letter insists Mbalula “vehemently denies” all allegations and is entitled to the constitutional presumption of innocence. The press conference is set for 25 March at 10:00.

Parliament's Portfolio Committee hosting a roundtable on podcast regulation and the key question is whether this is about protecting listeners or managing voices . Khusela Sangoni chairing a conversation that SA's growing creator economy is watching carefully. The podcasting space has done something remarkable built sustainable, independent, largely black-led media businesses without state support or broadcast licences. That success is now attracting regulatory attention. Which is worth examining honestly. Regulation that emerges after an industry succeeds needs to justify itself against what was already working without it. The practical challenges are real. Misinformation spreads on audio platforms. Accountability gaps exist. Listener complaint mechanisms are inconsistent. Those problems deserve solutions. But the solutions need to match the actual problems not create new gatekeeping frameworks for a space that grew precisely because gatekeeping didn't reach it. Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh made the sharpest point at yesterday's roundtable you cannot regulate what you cannot define. And nobody in that room has cleanly defined what a podcast is yet. Start there. Define it. Then ask what existing law already covers. Then identify the genuine gaps. In that order 🇿🇦

South Africa’s fast-growing podcast industry is in the spotlight in Parliament. The Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies hosted a major roundtable on how to regulate the space. Committee Chairperson Khusela Sangoni explains #TheSouthAfricanMorning #DStv403 #DStv194

Namibia blocking Starlink from operating in its territory 👀 The decision that puts one of Africa's most stable democracies directly in the path of the world's most valuable man. Namibia's reasoning matters more than the headline. This isn't anti-technology. It's sovereignty. The question every African nation is navigating right now — is whether foreign-owned satellite internet infrastructure serving your citizens is a connectivity solution or a dependency. Starlink offers genuine value. Communities without fibre. Rural areas that government-owned telecoms never reached. Students downloading at speeds that change educational outcomes. The connectivity argument is real. But so is the regulatory argument. Who controls the data flowing through those satellites. Who can switch it off. Who sets the terms when the billionaire owner is simultaneously advising governments, influencing elections and running his own geopolitical agenda. The 2Africa cable — paused because of the Iran war — was supposed to bring connectivity on African terms. Through infrastructure with African stakeholders. Starlink brings connectivity on Musk's terms. Through infrastructure with one owner. Namibia just said — those terms need to be our terms first. Every African regulator watching this decision is asking the same question 🌍

Elon Musk's Starlink blocked from operating in Namibia bbc.in/4t8NtLN

SABC journalist Natasha Phiri suspended after Sergeant Nkosi admitted paying her R500 for Musa Khawula's personal details 👀 R500. The price of a source's personal information. Paid by a police sergeant. To a journalist. At the national broadcaster. The same Sergeant Nkosi who: 🔴 Left Molefe's house with a bag of Harley Davidson merchandise 🔴 Forwarded documents asking 'my general how legit is this' 🔴 Placed Deputy President Mashatile in a meeting with Cat Matlala Is now also the officer who paid an SABC journalist R500 for a blogger's contact details. The Madlanga Commission didn't just expose a political killing network. It exposed the infrastructure that surrounds it. Journalists who sell information. Police who buy it. Bloggers who become targets because of what they know or publish. Musa Khawula controversial, polarising, often uncomfortable had his personal details sold by someone whose entire professional identity is built on protecting sources. The SABC that just lost Face the Nation because powerful people couldn't afford the questions now has a journalist who sold information to the powerful people asking them. R500. That's what press freedom costs when it's for sale 😔

SABC Journo Natasha Phiri Suspended After Paid To Hand over Musa Khawula’s personal details! SABC after senior journalist Natasha Phiri was dramatically suspended over claims she was paid to hand over controversial blogger Musa Khawula’s personal details! The revelations came out at the high-stakes Madlanga Commission, where Sergeant Fannie Nkosi dropped a bombshell—admitting he paid Natasha R500 shortly after she allegedly sent him Khawula’s contact information. At first, Nkosi denied the payment… but under pressure, the truth came spilling out, sending shockwaves through the newsroom and beyond. Suddenly, what looked like routine journalism has spiralled into a full-blown scandal involving money, leaks, and questions about media ethics at the highest level. The SABC wasted no time, slamming the brakes and placing Natasha on immediate suspension as investigations begin, making it clear they are treating the matter as serious and potentially damaging. "The SABC views this matter in a serious light and has placed Ms Natasha Phiri on a precautionary suspension while the matter is being investigated," said Mmoni Ngubane, head of communications. "The SABC always encourages its staff members to uphold the corporations values of trust, respect and integrity in all their interactions." buzzlifenews.com #MadlangaCommission #AdHocCommitee

You just described the most important pattern nobody in mainstream media is naming directly 👀 Trump statements dropping at market open. Oil reacting instantly. Deadlines aligning with energy market closes. Threats escalating. Then silence. Then reset. Then repeat. This isn't chaos. This is a playbook. Consider what this pattern produces: 📈 Oil spikes on threat — energy traders positioned correctly make billions 📉 Oil drops on 'talks' — same traders positioned correctly make billions again 🔄 Rinse. Repeat. Every 48-72 hours. The war that costs $2 billion per day to fight — is also generating trading opportunities worth multiples of that for anyone with advance knowledge of when the next headline drops. Mario you're identifying something that connects to a deeper architecture. The petrodollar system that Iraq, Libya and Iran all threatened doesn't just need the dollar to remain the oil currency. It needs oil PRICE VOLATILITY to generate the trading revenue that makes dollar-denominated energy markets the most profitable on earth. A stable peace produces stable prices. Stable prices produce thin margins. Volatile war produces volatile prices. Volatile prices produce extraordinary margins. For the right people. At the right desks. With the right information. The Strait of Hormuz doesn't need to close permanently. It just needs to threaten to close repeatedly on schedule 😔🌍

🇺🇸🇮🇷 What if Trump’s statements aren’t random at all? Every week, right when markets open, he drops a big headline and oil reacts almost instantly. Prices move, sentiment shifts, and then… things cool off. Coincidence? He even sets deadlines that seem to line up perfectly with the closing of energy markets, which makes you wonder if the timing is part of the strategy rather than the message itself. Because if you look closer, there aren’t really negotiations happening, there’s no clear path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and yet the threats keep coming as if something bigger is at play. Strong words lead to market drops, then silence, and eventually it all resets again. And if Iran’s position hasn’t actually changed, why does it keep ending the same way, with Trump backing off? So what’s really going on here?

The Gauteng High Court ruling that Terror Lekota was mentally incapacitated from May 2025 until his death on 4 March 2026 💙 Ten months. A man of unsound mind for ten months. While someone with access to his accounts transferred substantial sums. While legal proceedings about his mental capacity were already underway. The withdrawals continued after the court case began. That detail is the most damning in Judge Anthony Millar's ruling. Not before the family noticed. Not before legal intervention. After. Transactions made while a court was already examining whether he could protect himself financially. Cynthia Lekota his wife brought the application. Seeking clarity on what happened to the man she was married to. While he was most vulnerable. The court has referred aspects to relevant professional bodies. Which means this doesn't end with a ruling. It continues with investigations. Terror Lekota survived Robben Island. Survived apartheid's full machinery. Survived the political battles that broke lesser men. Spent his final ten months legally unable to protect himself. From someone he trusted with access. The law that he spent his life fighting for is now the last protection his name has. It should be enough 💙🇿🇦

Court Finds Mosiuoa Lekota Was Not of Sound Mind, Says Partner Drained His Bank Account The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that late Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota was not of sound mind and unable to manage his personal and financial affairs for several months before his death earlier this month. The ruling followed an application brought by his wife, Cynthia Lekota, who approached the court seeking clarity on his mental capacity and the management of their joint estate. Judge Anthony Millar found that Lekota had been mentally incapacitated from May 2025 until his death on 4 March 2026. This meant he was legally unable to oversee his financial decisions during that period. The court further heard evidence that a romantic partner transferred substantial sums of money from his accounts while he was in a vulnerable condition. The judgment noted that the withdrawals required explanation, particularly as some transactions were made even after legal proceedings regarding his mental capacity had begun. The court has referred aspects of the matter to relevant professional bodies for further consideration. Lekota, a veteran anti-apartheid activist and former defence minister, died at the age of 77.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile denying he ever met Cat Matlala after police sergeant Fannie Nkosi testified he did at the Madlanga Commission 👀 The network that started with: 🔴 Carrim — R300M municipal payments 🔴 Shibiri — R70K loan + perjury admission 🔴 Mchunu — WhatsApp contact + 32 churches praying 🔴 Gayton McKenzie — C-Max letter allegations 🔴 KT Molefe — Big Five cartel + Kenny Kunene connection Just reached the Deputy President of South Africa. Nkosi's testimony placed Mashatile in a meeting with Cat Matlala. Mashatile is denying it. One of them is lying to the nation. The commission that Commissioner Baloyi said consequences should follow from has now produced testimony implicating the second most powerful person in the country. The Harley Davidson gloves that didn't fit for 11 months. The auto-deleted WhatsApp messages. The R70K loan that wasn't needed. The bad signal defence. Were all building toward something. Fannie Nkosi the same officer who left Molefe's house with a bag of merchandise just named the Deputy President in sworn testimony. The architecture isn't just visible anymore. It has an address 😔

[BREAKING NEWS] Deputy President, Paul Mashatile denies allegations that he met alleged criminal kingpin, Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala. Police sergeant, Fannie Nkosi made these claims during his testimony at the Madlanga Commission. Tune in to #eNCA, channel #DStv403. #MadlangaCommission

Contacts ongoing for US-Iran talks in Pakistan — potentially led by JD Vance with Israel surprised by Trump claiming progress on 15 points 👀 The exit ramp that Iran's Foreign Ministry said was closed apparently has a back door in Islamabad. Pakistan. The country that has maintained relationships with both Washington and Tehran. That has nuclear capability of its own. That understands the cost of being a frontline state in someone else's war. Chosen as the meeting ground. But the most revealing detail isn't the venue. It's that Israel was surprised. The ally that launched strikes alongside America. That has been coordinating operations throughout this war. Didn't know Trump was claiming progress on 15 points. 15 points. Not a ceasefire sketch. Not a preliminary framework. 15 specific points of potential agreement. While the Foreign Ministry was denying talks publicly. While Mojtaba's revenge doctrine was being broadcast on state TV. While Wave 54 was being launched. The war that has two public faces obliterate vs irreversible destruction has a third face being negotiated quietly in Pakistan. JD Vance who said he didn't want to go to prison for revealing Situation Room conversations may be about to have the most important conversation of this war. In a country neither side is bombing 😔🌍

🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰 A senior Israeli official says contacts are ongoing for a possible meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials in Pakistan this week. The U.S. side could be led by JD Vance as part of the talks. 🇮🇱 Israel was aware of mediation efforts but was surprised by Trump claiming progress and possible agreements on 15 points. Source: @BarakRavid

Iranian Foreign Ministry formally denying any talks with the US conditions unchanged Hormuz position unchanged . The official denial that matters most in this sequence. Not Mehr news agency. Not unnamed sources. The Foreign Ministry spokesman. On record. Named. Esmaeil Baghaei saying no talks happened. Conditions haven't changed. Hormuz position hasn't changed. Which means one of three things is true: Trump fabricated the call entirely for domestic consumption ahead of the 48-hour deadline. The call happened through back channels Iran won't officially acknowledge because Mojtaba's revenge doctrine cannot be seen negotiating under threat. Or both sides are telling their own truth contact was made at some level but Iran's definition of 'talks' and Trump's definition of 'Iran called me' describe different things. The 48-hour clock is still running. The B-52s are still airborne. HMS Anson is still in the Arabian Sea. The Marines are still at Hormuz. And the Foreign Ministry just confirmed Iran's conditions for ending this war have not changed. The exit ramp that Trump's announcement briefly suggested just got a formal sign saying closed. Whether it's actually closed only the next 24 hours will confirm 😔🌍

BREAKING: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has denied that Iran held talks with the US, saying that Tehran’s position on the Strait of Hormuz and conditions for ending the war have not changed. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/alyk4u

Thungela swinging to a R7.1 billion loss — hit by falling coal prices and a stronger rand 👀 The SA business story that rarely gets told sometimes the rand strengthening hurts too. The same rand weakness that drives R8 diesel spikes and import inflation is the rand strength that wipes billions from export-dependent companies when it reverses. Thungela's double blow is the SA resource economy's permanent tension: Weak rand consumers suffer at the forecourt Strong rand exporters suffer on the income statement Both can't win simultaneously. But the detail that deserves recognition operational performance remained strong. Production exceeded targets. The people mining the coal did their jobs. The market conditions and currency movements did the damage. R8.8 billion in non-cash impairments on top of the operational result means the book value of assets was written down. Not cash lost. Not corruption. Not irregular expenditure. A legitimate business absorbing legitimate market risk. In a week where R630 million in education grants vanished at ETDP SETA. R31.7 million went to Tshwane water tankers that didn't exist. Thungela losing R7.1 billion to currency and commodity cycles is the loss that comes with receipts 🇿🇦

STRONGER RAND HITS THUNGELA Thungela Resources has swung to a massive R7.1bn full-year loss, a stark reversal from its highly profitable 2024. The thermal coal producer was hit by a "double blow" of falling global coal prices and a strengthening South African Rand, alongside R8.8bn in non-cash impairments. Thungela CEO Moses Madondo (pictured) noted that operational performance remains strong, with production exceeding targets. Full details - ln.run/ofQnW

Dumisani Dlamini escorted out of Doja Cat's Pretoria concert — after she says she invited him and he declined 👀 The story that hurts most isn't the security escort. It's the sequence. She invited him. He said he was busy. He came anyway. She said no. The father who was too busy when invited arrived uninvited when the stadium was full and the lights were on. Doja Cat built a global career from South African roots that SA only fully claimed after the Grammy nominations started arriving. The Zandile Dlamini who grew up navigating an absent parent became the artist who sold out Pretoria. The Dumisani Dlamini who had a busy schedule found time when the concert was unmissable. There's a version of this story that's about security protocols and management decisions. And there's a version that's about a daughter who drew a boundary and a father who tested it publicly. Doja Cat performed for thousands who chose to be there. The one person she asked not to come came. Sometimes the most painful family conversations happen in the loudest rooms 😔💙

Actor Dumisani Dlamini escorted out of the Doja Cat concert in Pretoria on Saturday Actor Dumisani Dlamini does a video sharing that he was chased out of her daughter Doja s concert, while Zandile "DojaCat" Dlamini revealed that she had invited him to her show and he declined citing that he has a busy schedule, it seems like he had a change of mind and decided to go to her. Upon arrival he says her management couldn't allow him to enter the venue and demanded him to leave as DojaCat doesn't want him there, they said they will refund him the ticket money but however he isn't allowed to attend the concert

Nkosi claiming a bag seen leaving Molefe's house contained Harley Davidson merchandise being returned purchased 11 months earlier 👀 Eleven months. The gloves that didn't fit. The helmet shield that didn't fit. The T-shirt that didn't fit. Purchased December 2023. Tried on apparently for the first time November 2024. Returned. Through a police officer. Who is a 'regular customer' at Harley Davidson. The Commissioner finding this 'not plausible at all' is the most restrained judicial language for what the rest of us would call impossible. But read the detail that destroys the story completely. Molefe was riding under Nkosi's mentorship between 2022 and 2023. Before the December 2023 purchase. Meaning Molefe was already riding. Already had gear. Already knew his sizes. Then purchased Harley Davidson merchandise in December 2023. Left it unworn for 11 months. Then tried it on. Then it didn't fit. Then called his police mentor to return it. The commission that caught Shibiri lying on recorded calls. That found Carrim's R42M pipeline. That is building toward something just found a bag. Leaving a controversial businessman's house. Filled with 11-month-old merchandise. That a police officer is returning as a favour. The bag is small. What's inside it isn't 😔

#MadlangaCommission: Nkosi explains the bag seen in video of him leaving Mr. Molefe's house on 27 November 2024 contained Harley Davidson merchandise (gloves, helmet shield, T-shirt) being returned because they "did not fit." However, invoices show these items were purchased on 20 December 2023—11 months earlier. Nkosi claims Mr. Molefe only realized they didn't fit when he tried them on after 11 months, which Commissioner finds "not plausible at all." Nkosi admits Mr. Molefe was riding under his mentorship between 2022-2023, well before the December 2023 purchase, and had other riding gear. He says Harley Davidson would accept the return because he's a "regular customer." #Madlanga youtube.com/live/LeqleZO9t…

Trump claiming Iran called him for talks. Iran's Mehr news agency saying there are no negotiations. 👀 Two contradictory statements. Issued simultaneously. During an active 48-hour ultimatum. One of them is true. Both of them are useful to the side making them. Trump saying Iran called first matters domestically. It means the maximum pressure worked. The obliteration threat produced a phone call. The base that cheered Operation Midnight Hammer hears victory. Iran denying negotiations matters domestically too. A Supreme Leader who just issued an undefined timeline revenge doctrine cannot be seen calling the enemy for talks 17 days into a war. Mojtaba's credibility depends on the denial. What's actually happening is probably somewhere between both statements. Back channel contact. Through intermediaries. Oman perhaps who has historically carried messages between Washington and Tehran. Qatar possibly despite being an IRGC target. The 48-hour clock that was running may have just found its exit ramp. Or Trump is managing his narrative while the B-52s stay airborne. The most important signal isn't what either side is saying. It's whether the B-52s turn around 😔🌍

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump claims that Iran called him for talks, and not the other way round. No official comment from Iran yet on Trump’s claims of talks but its semi-official Mehr news agency says there are no negotiations. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/gk4qk1

UK deploying nuclear-powered submarine HMS Anson to the Arabian Sea 👀 Keir Starmer received polite British applause for saying no to Operation Midnight Hammer. That was 17 days ago. Today — a nuclear-powered British submarine is positioned for conflict with Iran. Britain didn't join the war. Britain became the war's western flank — one submarine deployment at a time. HMS Anson isn't a frigate. It isn't a destroyer. It's a nuclear-powered attack submarine. The kind that doesn't surface for months. The kind that carries Tomahawk cruise missiles with ranges measured in thousands of kilometres. The kind that changes the military calculus of every commander in the Arabian Sea — including Iran's. Mario Nawfal asking 'is this going as planned' — is the right question. Because the plan was: Targeted strikes. Limited scope. No ground war. No allied entanglement. 17 days later: B-52s from UK soil. 2,500 Marines at Hormuz. 48-hour ultimatum issued. Nuclear submarine deployed. Iran threatening irreversible regional destruction. Hamas urging restraint. And Britain which said no is now the submarine in the water. The war that was planned as a hammer became something that doesn't have a name yet 😔🌍

🚨 BREAKING: 🇬🇧🇮🇷 UK has deployed the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Anson to the Arabian Sea in preparation for a possible conflict with Iran. The submarine would be ready to attack if the situation escalates. And you want to convince me this war is going as planned?

Google's data centre buildout potentially topping $1 trillion 👀 The same week Meta is cutting 20% of human workforce to fund AI infrastructure. 45 new AI billionaires joined the Forbes list. The 2Africa cable connecting 3 billion people is paused. And Google is planning $1 trillion in data centres. The infrastructure that will run the world's artificial intelligence is being built. The infrastructure that will connect the world's unconnected people is waiting. $1 trillion in computing power. To process the data of people already online. While 3 billion people wait for the cable that gives them the connection to generate that data in the first place. The AI that Google is building $1 trillion of infrastructure to run will be the most powerful information tool in human history. The communities that can't access it because the 2Africa cable is paused and data costs remain the highest relative to income on earth will watch that power from the outside. The digital divide isn't closing. It's being institutionalised at $1 trillion scale. The question Africa needs to answer urgently is whether the next generation inherits connectivity or inherits exclusion from the infrastructure that will determine everything 🌍

Google’s Data Center Buildout Could Top $1 Trillion In an exclusive interview, Google’s new AI infrastructure chief says the tech giant has a “significant investment” planned. At current levels, Forbes projects it could be a very big number indeed. forbes.com/sites/richardn…