Stuart Johnson

Eben Etzebeth's eye-gouging hearing today. In mitigation, his excellent and exemplary disciplinary record over 141 tests. In aggravation, he's a Springbok and therefore obviously a violently brutish rugby player prone to regular acts of extreme unprovoked foul play. #etzebeth

@Our_DA not covering itself in glory. Special interest groups rule. First the Gaza prevarication, now this. Beholden to right-wing Zionist interests and the canned hunting industry. Gross. Grim. Corrupt. @jsteenhuisen dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-1…

If you're part of the petrochemical or plastics industries, don't panic - @jsteenhuisen is going to remove the @Our_DA Minister who is actually wanting to do something about this. dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20… Sent with my Daily Maverick App (app.dailymaverick.co.za)

@Richard_Spoor There's useful corruption where something of value is created or gets left behind despite the corruptors becoming obscenely wealthy; then there's useless corruption which is what you are describing. Consumption of public resources with no tangible benefit. (Neither is optimal)

This is caused by optimism. Government’s optimism that the money it borrows, and then pays or lends to its cronies, will be utilised to stimulate growth and productivity. Unfortunately most of it goes to Lambhorginis and other expensive crony lifestyle enhancements. ☹️

Dear @jsteenhuisen - feels like another Roman moment doesn't it? An ill-judged decision as leader based on pleasuring a special interest group? Bit of a tangle again. DA’s Aucamp ‘absolutely’ ready if asked to replace George, who is in Brazil at COP30 news24.com/business/clima…

Well said @AdriaanBasson - these self-interested bigots have contributed nothing to the South Africa most of us aspire to live in. You left out the odious Ernst Roets though. Adriaan Basson | The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump news24.com/opinions/colum…

A necessary read if you are a conservationist at heart. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-1… Sent with my Daily Maverick App (app.dailymaverick.co.za)

Been wondering what was behind @jsteenhuisen decision. Thought it might be George going after single use plastics and manufacturers like Coke. Or Steenhuisen courting the hunting farmers as (conflicted) Minister of Agriculture. Maybe it's all three. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-1…

A must read for every sensible South African - well said @QaanitahHunter Qaanitah Hunter | Don’t legalise corruption – Fix the system that was deliberately broken news24.com/opinions/frida…

Interesting implications for SAPS. Not least in the context of the July riots where the police stood back as chaos unfolded in KZN. Court finds Minister of Police liable for farm attack losses – Moonstone Information Refinery share.google/fXqbXtxdXeoPBc…

The happiest people I know don't have perfect lives. But they do have one thing in common: They've mastered the art of moving on. They don't keep score, they don't cling to what if, they don't dwell. There’s a hell of a lot of progress hiding in not staying stuck in the past.

@ShareenSingh8 @HealthZA @GovernmentZA Not a campaign and not trying to.

@StuSJohnson @HealthZA @GovernmentZA There's not point drawing me into this campaign Stuart.

Health care in South Africa isn't under-funded. It is broken because the ANC's cadres have robbed it blind and run it into the ground through sheer incompetence. Yet Minister Motsoaledi and @HealthZA want to impose a tax on everyone else for an unnecessary NHI. @GovernmentZA

@ShareenSingh8 @HealthZA @GovernmentZA We have an "NHI" already. They just can't make it work. Throwing more taxpayer money at incompetent and chronically corrupt institutions won't fix that. The NHI is effectively the hijacking/expropriation of the private health sector. It's political noise from the incompetent ANC

@StuSJohnson @HealthZA @GovernmentZA GPs are not the problem - the entire chain was looked at in the NHI competition comission inquiry. I am not oposed to some medical insurance - but I believe in NHI and focus on fixing state - to serve everyone.

@ShareenSingh8 @HealthZA @GovernmentZA Many doctors also contract to the State as well as working in private practice. It's part of the reason why there are still (small) pockets of excellence in government healthcare where committed medical personnel make all the difference in the face of the State's rank ineptness.

@StuSJohnson @HealthZA @GovernmentZA Stuart I wish those consultants - yes paid consultants for medical aids/insurance companies would work for the state and work towards making it better.

@ShareenSingh8 @HealthZA @GovernmentZA How so? If there was a fully functional State funded alternative the market for private medical schemes would be smaller, competition real, and costs driven down. Doctors and providers can only charge what they like because of the absence of a functional State funded alternative.

@StuSJohnson @HealthZA @GovernmentZA A functional state is obvious. But the private sector is a problem too.

"One million – the number of seconds that make up approximately 11.5 days. One billion seconds, however, is approximately 31.7 years." Some perspective on how big the R49bn the Zuma's and Gupta's stole from South Africa really is. @dailymaverick

#idiots R48k for a hat? RAF officials ‘proud’ of marketing work by billion-rand media contracts news24.com/business/econo…

On the R49bn he and the Guptas looted it shouldn't really be an issue. (Plus there is a good chance Gadaffi's missing gold is in the Nkandla basement) ‘How is Mr Zuma going to live?’: Judge questions impact of pension benefit attachment news24.com/southafrica/cr…

@ShareenSingh8 @HealthZA @GovernmentZA Not sure that it is right to solely blame the medical schemes for driving costs up. The service providers are doctors and hospitals - and their billing can be pretty extreme. The alternative available to citizens should be a functional government health system. It's not.

@StuSJohnson @HealthZA @GovernmentZA Agree on the first part - but there is a need for an alternative to the Discovery type medical insurance that fleeces people. It should begin with government employees not being obliged to join private medical insurance.