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Zakes van Tonder

@ZakesvanTonder

BSocSc, BSocSc (Hons) @UCT_news | Research & Strategy @ForGoodZA || views are my own

Observatory, Cape Town Katılım Mayıs 2013
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GOOD@ForGoodZA·
South Africa’s poverty and unemployment are the result of corruption, inequality, and State failure, not refugees or African immigrants. GOOD calls on all parties to stop fanning xenophobic flames. Violence and scapegoating will not deliver justice or dignity. Read the open letter addressed to Minister of Police on 7 May 2026 with regards to this issue: f.mtr.cool/gtoelygnil  #GOODParty #StopXenophobia #JusticeForAll
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Zakes van Tonder@ZakesvanTonder·
@stefanjacobs I've consistently appreciated that fact, and called for improved enforcement. Many countries have embarked on mass deportation programs. It did little for unemployment. The issues are many, and simply blaming immigrants is not a solution.
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Stefan Jacobs@stefanjacobs·
Where’s your appreciation of the humanity of primarily poor black South Africans who need to compete with these people for increasingly fewer jobs? If you game the system or enter illegally, you’re an illegal immigrant, and you need to be deported. SA’s unemployment rate is in dire traits. No amount of sappy commentary will change that. Others can be helped when we’ve helped our own - really not a difficult concept to understand.
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Zakes van Tonder@ZakesvanTonder·
The idea that South Africa is the only country dealing with many undocumented migrants is so patently false that it shows these arguments are simply not about facts. Understanding people's real frustration with bad governance in South Africa does not stop you from using facts.
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𝑺𝒅𝒖@shufflesdu·
After a 3 hour meeting with govvie reps [including presentations on stats] one of the March and March Marchists was talking about illegal immigrants possibly outnumbering citizens in this republic. They are not people of evidence and stats.
eNCA@eNCA

There is no evidence that South African hospitals are overcrowded due to foreign nationals. This is according to the South African Human Rights Commission during a virtual imbizo held on Monday. brnw.ch/21x2P0j

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Zakes van Tonder@ZakesvanTonder·
@slideiguess You know Malcolm X called for the mass migration of African Americans to Africa, right? Quoting him doesn't change where he would have stood on this issue🥱
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freedom is the key@slideiguess·
@ZakesvanTonder “The white liberals are foxes... The white liberals are more dangerous than the conservatives” - Malcom x
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Zakes van Tonder@ZakesvanTonder·
@stefanjacobs Nothing propaganda about it. It's an internationally recognised term, which appreciates the humanity of people fleeing their homes for whatever reason. A human cannot be illegal, although their entry into another country can be done so illegally.
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Stefan Jacobs@stefanjacobs·
@ZakesvanTonder I’ve not seen a single person make that claim. Also, they’re called “illegal immigrants”, not the propaganda term “undocumented migrants”.
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Nickolaus Bauer@NickolausBauer·
So refreshing when politicians meaningfully engaging with young people! Thanks @HermanMashaba for being the first to come on a @DlalaNje #Hillbrow tour -having a real conversation with our CEO. @LukhonaMnguni joins us on Friday @helenzille comes through this Sunday #StayTuned
Herman Mashaba@HermanMashaba

Formalising informal trading is how we restore the Economic Hub. It means traders can work in safe, regulated spaces while law & order is upheld. During my tenure, over R144 million was invested into upgrading & expanding the Mandela People’s Market to empower traders legally.

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Zakes van Tonder@ZakesvanTonder·
@RosHariMIA Ridiculous. The idea that journalists are not allowed to have or express their own political views, or that moving between politics and another sectors violates some sacred code of "independence" or whatever is so dumb.
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Mbekezeli@MbekezeliMB·
THIS is the message! There are many ways we as South Africans can solve problems without mobilizing around violence. Let’s hold our leaders accountable for improving the conditions of South Africans without harming ourselves through harming others.
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi@MbuyiseniNdlozi

The mobilisation, based on its framing of problems, DOES invite violence & hate. There is no way it is not going to result into mass looting & bloodshed. We know what we are talking about. We have organised marches since we were teenagers. We have looong engaged in nation scale agitation against - corruption, fees, anti-black racism and white supremacy. We have done nationwide shutdowns, confronted the establishment right from its heart for economic freedom & international solidarity. We are not NEW to this! We know it! We can see Counter-Revolution from far! It will not end well! Above all: it will not have any social or economic benefit from it. Zero! Just a country in ruin! We keep telling you, stop it, but you think you are heroic. Your handlers seek the destabilisation and international isolation of South Africa. And you are handing it to them on a silver platter- it will not end well! There is a BETTER way to deal with your problems: this is not it. You left those who are the cause of your unemployment, poverty and corruption unchallenged. You will only succeed to ruin your country- that is all! Again: I impress on you- stop this movement, it only leads to self-mutilation, self-sabotage and self-ruin

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Geoffrey York@geoffreyyork·
Cyberbullying is the latest tactic of the xenophobic mobs that are hijacking South Africa's political discourse. One of their targets has been this wise gentleman, who is patiently trying to inject some facts into the debate:
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Mbekezeli@MbekezeliMB·
ANC politicians will tell you that Joburg is a mess today because of coalition government. But they won’t tell you why Charlotte Maxeke is not fixed in 5 yrs of exclusive ANC government. Paarl Hospital had a fire in January 2026. It’s May 2026 and services are coming back.
Newzroom Afrika@Newzroom405

The Head of Internal Medicine at Charlotte Maxeke hospital Prof. Adam Mahomed says the blame game between the Gauteng Health Department and Infrastructure departments is crippling service and operations at the hospital. He says the deep corruption has prompted him to leave his post. Watch: tinyurl.com/yypwju4s

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Issybeatz@Issybeatz_·
AI is so popular because it gives uncreative people the illusion that they are creative. It lets them skip right to the part where they get validation. It’s not only parasitic, but extremely narcissistic.
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Chrispin Phiri 🇿🇦@Chrispin_JPhiri·
No amount of cyberbullying will change the facts: 1. Irregular migration cannot be addressed by vigilantism. Law enforcement must address all matters of criminality, including the abuse of immigration laws. 2. Migration will happen, but it must happen within the confines of the rule of law. 3. Dehumanising people does not address any problem, let alone immigration challenges. 4. Structural economic issues will not be addressed by targeting foreign nationals. 5. The history of South Africa cannot be told without understanding migration, from the Mfecane / Difaqane up to the dictates of colonial settlers.
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Oliver Dickson@Oliver_Speaking·
March and March is calling on gov to stop processing refugee applications for 40 days. This is expressly against the law. Both domestic law and international law.
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Zakes van Tonder@ZakesvanTonder·
This "conference of the left" is just a SACP recruitment vehicle. They've included parties that are devoutly ethno-nationalist, something that doesn't speak to true left politics at all.
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