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Sibusiso Mkhize
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Rooted in the history of the struggle. 🇿🇦 Supporting the ANC for a united and non-sexist South Africa. ✊🏾 The march continues. #VoteANC #Unity 🖤💚💛
Everywhere Katılım Nisan 2014
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@SibbzMkhize @RomanCabanac Can u align with corrupt thugs from anc/eff/mk morons and expect things to get better
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Thank you, @DereleenJ, for your relentless and fearless efforts in leading the call for the dismissal of the now former Minister Tolashe!
Read: actionsa.org.za/actionsa-welco…

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President Ramaphosa must immediately remove Minister Sisisi Tolashe from the Government of National Unity, following serious corruption allegations against her.
The GNU cannot ask South Africans to believe in reform, while tolerating conduct that undermines it.
While the ANC often protects compromised leaders ❌
The DA fights for clean government ✅
📲 Full article: news24.com/politics/da-le…

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@SABCNews More jobs lost means more crime. We will never rest in this country..!
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@HermanMashaba That one guy who thinks he’s better that everyone, politics will humble you sir.
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We would have to be a nation of absolute fools to have such a democratic outcome.
Sir Lebona Cabonena@LCabonena
I'm speaking on behalf of South Africans. Millions of South Africans want Pieter Groenewald to be President after Cyril Ramaphosa.
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@khal_juniier The scam that is being brewed there is not for you age
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@Dzungie007 People love forcing false equivalence in politics. President Ramaphosa has not been convicted of any crime and remains democratically elected. Governance cannot run on social media outrage and political fantasies. Institutions and legal processes must lead — not emotions.
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@daddyhope Mandela mattered, yes, but SA’s democracy was built by institutions and collective struggle — not one man alone. And Zimbabwe’s story is far more complex than “Mugabe stayed too long.” Colonial history, sanctions and economics all shaped outcomes too.
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The difference between South Africa and Zimbabwe, my brother, is like day and night. You had a founding leader in Nelson Mandela who stayed in power for only five years, and we had a founding leader in Robert Mugabe who stayed in power for 37 years.
Those two founding leaders helped shape the political culture and trajectory in which their countries find themselves today.
One normalised the peaceful transfer of power and strong institutions, while the other normalised the concentration of power around one individual and weakened institutions over decades.
cyrillejay@therealcyrillej
@daddyhope Why does this type of accountability exist in SA but not in Zimbabwe 😭 Does it come down to the type of institutions both countries inherited after colonial rule or is there a deeper reason?
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@daddyhope People are overhyping this judgment because they want political drama. Ramaphosa is not going anywhere. GNU understands the stakes, business understands the stakes, and even the DA knows collapsing the government would create instability. This is politics, not fantasy football.
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The Phala Phala judgment is not really a judgment on President Cyril Ramaphosa himself, it is a judgment on parliamentary procedure and accountability.
My view is that ordinarily, if this had happened during the first term of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, he would probably have resigned and not wait to be impeached.
But because of the nature of South African politics today, particularly the so-called Government of National Unity, which is in reality a coalition government involving multiple parties led by the ANC, I do not think those seeking to impeach him have the numbers.
You need the Democratic Alliance to successfully impeach President Cyril Ramaphosa. But the DA would not want Ramaphosa to be removed because his impeachment could collapse the GNU altogether.
The likely alternative would be Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who is politically to the left of Ramaphosa and would probably be more open to a coalition arrangement with the EFF and MK, something both big business and the DA clearly do not want.
So I think this is ultimately an academic judgment that is unlikely to result in Cyril Ramaphosa being successfully impeached. The only real possibility is if he decides to leave of his own accord rather than face a prolonged political battle, but I doubt that too.
I suspect that big business in South Africa is already making calls behind the scenes urging him to stay put. I also think the DA will quietly be doing the same thing, reassuring him that they are unlikely to support any impeachment process whilst sabre-rattling publicly.
In response to the judgment, the Democratic Alliance said that it would not support any wrongdoing, but ultimately politics is about survival, and it is very opportunistic. My view is that the DA would look at the bigger picture and not specifically at Cyril Ramaphosa’s issues, but at the bigger picture, because his removal would immediately, in my view, collapse the GNU.
And the DA would be under so much pressure, not just from its supporters but from its financiers who sponsor it, to put the bigger picture ahead of a narrow political victory by removing Cyril Ramaphosa.
I have seen other comments saying that the DA would be worried about the local government elections and that this might push it towards supporting Ramaphosa’s impeachment. But the biggest threat to the DA in Cape Town is not the ANC. It is probably the PA.
And the PA leader, Gayton McKenzie, publicly stated a week or two ago that he would support Cyril Ramaphosa all the way until the end of his term in 2029.
What I actually see happening now is probably the DA, the PA and others whose numbers could become significant in any impeachment motion trying to extract concessions on other unrelated political issues.
That is how coalition politics often works. Moments of political vulnerability are frequently used by smaller or strategic parties to negotiate influence, policy concessions or political guarantees behind the scenes.
That tweet from veteran South African journalist Clement Manyathela in 2024 is quite instructive.
But, as they say, time will tell.

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@joy_zelda The irony is unbelievable. People who built careers on chaos and confrontation now want to lecture the President about leadership. Ramaphosa was democratically elected and continues to lead the country through difficult global conditions. Political grandstanding won’t replace ANC
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@ME_Beaumont Every election season comes with big promises and marketing campaigns. Turning around a city takes more than slogans and timelines. South Africans must ask: who has the experience, structures and mandate to deliver long-term transformation? That answer is clear, ANC.
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@SollyMsimanga “Non-racial opportunities” is just code for abandoning transformation. The DA wants to scrap BEE because it challenges privilege, simple. You can’t fix a racially unequal economy by pretending race doesn’t matter. This is regression dressed up as reform.
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🔴 *[LIVE NOW]* Watch as the DA unpacks the Economic Inclusion for All Bill, which seeks to replace the job-killing BEE with a real empowerment system that will deliver growth, create jobs, and unlock non-racial opportunities for all.
*Broadcast links* ⬇️
*YouTube:* youtube.com/live/RY7g5ftU6…
*Facebook:* fb.watch/GWIi2ufjrI/

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@LCabonena Let’s be clear — the DA has always stood against real transformation. Dressing it up as “good governance” doesn’t change who benefits and who gets left behind. Supporting them means supporting a system that protects privilege. Call it what it is.
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