Hadlay M 🌈

One thing I'm super proud of so far is this little baby. 🥹 It's been an idea in my head for years, and I've finally stepped out of my comfort zone. If you had told me I'd be brave enough to not only have a podcast but share very personal stories, I would have scrome. 🤣

are we ready to acknowledge us, black americans, telling her she needs to assimilate & resign her SA culture term of “colored” to be marketable to black american’s is xenophobic? or we still need time? i’m ready whenever we’re ready to talk 😊

A hitman who loves… interior design? That’s the concept of “Ikeelya,” an absurdly creative game that was made in 48 hours by a couple in South Africa. @yelmjouie spoke to the developers, who love video games – and each other. <3

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@hamboneZA 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

#TrainDaddy but make it cinematic 🎞️🎭

“Haha, interesting… Eminem!” - Christina Aguilera

delete this 😭😭😭😭😭

Christina Aguilera protagonizou um dos melhores momentos da história da TV americana. Ela mostrou, mais uma vez, porque é considerada uma das maiores vocalistas que a indústria da música já viu 😉

"lets bring the audience back home" AND 5 YEARS LATER SHE RELEASED AN AFRICAN POP ALBUM WITH ONLY AFRICAN FEATURES.

.@xtina reunite with @REALDJPREMIER challenge. GO.

South Africa is the first country in Africa to roll out anti-HIV vaccine. Not only, the director of the World Health Organisation has said he knows well fast track innovation, scale roll out and empower other African countries soon. A South African HIV clinician, in the early 2010, had an anonymous digital helpline that facilitated access to reliable info, care to the point of creating global networks for people who could not just walk into any healthcare centre in they’re country like we do here to get treatment. Mother to Child Transmission is low, we have beeeeen at the U=U level of intervention. Our national heroes are activists who redefined and shifted everything you can think of around HIV: research, access, public journalism, edutainment, policy etc etc in ways that set the global standard. And people from outside SA whose countries are failing them lean into our resources. And you won’t believe this! Tjo! Tjo! Tjo! Do you know that here, you can walk into a healthcare centre, just say ‘Look, I had sex without condom” get a rapid HIV test, on your negative status confirmed get PreP. There’s so much but there are just some of the highlights. You can never shame me about HIV in South Africa. Ever. If you want to see why this country SHINES, look at our story with HIV and AIDS. Hell, calling me HIV sounds like a compliment, thank you. I take how incredible we are about this particular global health challenge for granted.

Dina Pule? ANC tradition trumps right and wrong? How did she leave parliament the first time? Here is a reminder: July 2013, President Zuma removed her as Minister of Communications. Even by Zuma's low standards, she was not fit for office. A parliamentary ethics inquiry subsequently found that she had breached Parliament's Code of Ethical Conduct. Pule had failed to disclose material aspects of her relationship with Phosane Mngqibisa, enabling him to benefit improperly from government-related activities. She also misled the inquiry on key facts. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela issued a report finding that Pule had acted unlawfully and unethically, concluding that she had "persistently" misled investigators and recommending that she apologise and repay public funds spent on Mngqibisa's travel. And today, 13 years later, @CyrilRamaphosa thinks this doesn't matter. It matters to many voters and you can not wish us away.

Even if you don’t live in NYC, please retweet this and get the word out so that the ppl in YOUR city also learn that they too can have politicians who get things done if they mobilize and vote socialist in other elections! 🗣️

The Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, calls us Stalinists when we ask that he puts policy measures in place, such as inclusionary housing and rent control/regulation so that Cape Town can be affordable for locals. Please register to vote 🙏🏾

Choose facts over fear. Fear divides. Facts build solidarity!

This Lego skit of Nene and Kenya has me screaming!!!

Whitney used to troll her so bad about this damn song 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

Christina Aguilera sings "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center It's one of President Obama's favorite songs!

Disclaimers: 1. This is long and self centered (typically 😅). 2. I don't get paid by X I cannot imagine a life devoid of stories by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) Ngugi Wathiongo (Kenya) Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan) Claire Hajaj (Palestine et al) And even though I've intentionally chosen to focus less on western literature, I can't imagine a life without stories by: Charles Dickens, Danielle Steele, George Orwell Guys, Please read as diversely as possible. It will open your mind. Growing up Zimbabwean libraries were packed with literature from all over the world. I read pacesetters from Nigeria, Followed dramas from Sweet valley High in the USA, Followed the Hardy boys, Nancy Drew, And read about British summers as told by Enid Blyton. I was born and raised in semi-rural Gwanda - Zimbabwe, But as a child, Just from reading and films- I had the worldview of someone who was extensively well traveled. South African films like "Asinamali" and "Sarafina" conscientised me about the evil that was apartheid just across the border, We would sing about Nelson Mandela, When SA got Independence, My friends and I were ecstatic at only 10 years old. I'm currently reading "The Arsonist's city by Hala Alyan, Through it I'm understanding more about life in Lebanon and Syria, Which gives me context about the current crisis in the middle East. Now, When I hear Israel has bombed Beirut yet again, I understand that at a deeper level than before I read novels written by survivors of that violence and their descendants. Just last week I reviewed "The poisonwood bible by Barbara Kingsolver, It's just a story about a couple and their 4 daughters, But it's set in Congo and talks about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, And the hand of Belgium, France and the USA in the destabilization of Congo. From reading it I can clearly see the third hand in the current crisis in the DRC. And from reading it, I now understand why we have so many Congolese immigrants in Zimbabwe, And I empathise with them. Please read. In a world where traveling isn't always feasible, Reading books set in different countries Is the next best thing.

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the Brazil, Morocco, and Netherlands press conferences, where questions in Spanish were reportedly not permitted for Hakimi, Vinícius Jr., and Frenkie de Jong: “I have covered World Cups for years, and this situation makes absolutely no sense to me. You’re telling me a World Cup co-hosted by Mexico can stop journalists from asking questions in Spanish? That’s like hosting a Formula 1 race and banning cars from using their engines. We saw it with Hakimi. We saw it with Vinícius. Now we’re hearing similar stories involving Frenkie de Jong. The players understood the questions. The journalists spoke one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. Yet somehow the language became the problem. Gianni Infantino talks about inclusion, diversity, and bringing football to everyone. Fine. Then explain this contradiction. How can FIFA celebrate diversity in every promotional video and then create headlines because Spanish journalists are being told to switch languages at a tournament hosted by Mexico? Spanish isn’t some obscure dialect spoken by a handful of people. It’s the language of hundreds of millions across the Americas and beyond. If a journalist from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or anywhere else asks a question in Spanish and the player understands it, why is football creating barriers where none existed? The irony is unbelievable. FIFA keeps telling us football belongs to everyone, but this controversy has many fans asking whether some voices are more welcome than others. Maybe there’s a logistical explanation. Maybe it’s a translation issue. But perception matters. And right now the perception is terrible. Because what fans are seeing is simple: a World Cup hosted partly by a Spanish-speaking nation, players who understand Spanish, journalists who speak Spanish, and officials telling them not to use Spanish. If that’s progress, somebody needs to explain it better. Because from the outside, it looks like football’s governing body is tripping over its own message.” “FIFA wanted a celebration of diversity. Instead, they’ve handed the internet a controversy that won’t stop being discussed.”