They Should Know

@officialshlelo @ZeeNxumaloZA Hold on now .

@ZeeNxumaloZA nobody asked you, focus on “amatekkie ayadura” wack ass music. we tired of the garbage you and mates “benzo” are dishing out to the people

Le music yama nigga iyangihlula 🧎‍➡️

@KhumaloFk @Miz_Ruraltarain Chatgpt clearly. She doesn't even listen to Thando's music .

@Miz_Ruraltarain I wonder who wrote this tweet for you because Wena never

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Not gone even hold you this the first time I’ve known about the BET Awards in advance IN YEARS 😭😭😭😭

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@Phislash Consequences

This lady was apparently tortured to death by Police in Khayelitsha after they found her drugs in her house. She was also pregnant 💔🤦🏽‍♂️

@RachelTrue One of the best theme songs to a sitcom.

One of these people is me 👩🏽‍🦱back when we had Black TV shows on air I used to opine that all the Black comedy shows were segregated on one night, but now there’s no nights & that sucks more 🫠

@Themb_Mazi @RealVersatile @RachelTrue @Official_SABC1 Please never speak on our behalf again 🙏🏿.

@RealVersatile @RachelTrue @Official_SABC1 It's not all of us, it's only a small handful in the run up to the elections hoping for Political office.

@Themb_Mazi @Official_SABC1 I got a lotta love from people on the street when I was in South Africa 🇿🇦 because of this show!

Taking that man’s dockets was equivalent to killing John Wick’s dog

@le_Parka They don't even have McDonald's.

@mrrasmulan Battery acid . If you take out your car Battery .

Do all of my friend's shirts have these holes on the front? Does anyone know why? What's the reason?

Damage…

@TrendTalkZa @camagu4life @Kgadi_yaMoloto It's okay to say you don't know when you don't know .

@camagu4life @Kgadi_yaMoloto Mining people don't go to varsity. You get trained inside the industry. To be a mine superintendent, manager or overseer requires a competent A, B certificates and experience.

I still remember when I was working at American Swiss and his sister would come to pay her Tfg account, she would always tell me of how she’s taking clothes for her younger brother and she never complained even one bit. Best believe me that lady is living her best life now.🥹🤌🙏🏿❤️ And also they are givers in that family. Every time she comes to the shop, she would leave R100 for me.

@Thabile_TTO Too big for top billing

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@nokwandamhlong0 @Phililezondi5 I wanted to say Mpumalanga

The way I love my country, it genuinely didn’t cross my mind that relocating could mean another country. I was about to say Durban 😭

"So people" ..... close the video . Heard enough to know what she is.

@Bunny_ngl And why would he torture people who listened to him instead of God.

Why will Satan torture people in hell for disobeying the same God he disobeyed ?

@ogiso900 @mrs_paki @lildav25 @PenAndPills @PempheroMphande Worry about what we choose to do in our own country .

@mrs_paki @lildav25 @DiNinja2 @PenAndPills @PempheroMphande Perfectly fine as long as you co-exist with your minority white sl@ve masters huh? 😂😂. You really can’t make this up 😂😂😂

Hey Xenophobe, Black South Africans are 81% of the population but own only 4% of privately held land. White South Africans are 7% yet own around 72% of that land. You don’t have land to protect. If anything, you are protecting the white man’s land as you languish in slums!

@PenAndPills @PempheroMphande At least you understand why we need the illegal foreigners gone.

@PempheroMphande See them going home after chasing foreigners all day😂😂

@townxipclownza You can only laugh .

Ask yourself why there is no moving forward in Nigeria. The president thinks the same as this Oshiomole. They want a company that benefits Nigerians to leave. South Africans wants Nigerian drug dealers gone and Nigeria wants South African companies gone. Make that make sense.

@DrRebrand But do they kill each other on sight, I don't think you understand how far tribalism goes in the North . We are not fighting over land here in SA. No tribe is kidnapping women and kids of other tribes.

@DiNinja2 I don't agree because there is a "superior" tribal group, also a minority tribal group. There is no way the two don't have a negative interface. We see which group gets platformed and preferences. We see which one tends to press and discriminate and how the other fights back.

This is not true. Tribalism was a tool of apartheid hence the creation of divisional provinces. There also is a superior tribe and minority tribes. Tribes compete and hate each other, even in the workplace. Decisions (voting e.g) have been proven to be influenced by tribal lines.