

Black Queen
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@blackqueenrsa
Globe trotting with the love of my life 🕯️





More and more 12 year olds are having children in South Africa💔

Scrolling through Mazwi Mpumelelo Khubheka’s Facebook timeline, you don’t see a "competitor" or a "statistic." You see a young man who was deeply grounded—a son and brother whose every post radiated a profound love for his family and his roots. 🕯️ For too long, we’ve been lectured by "experts" and academics who romanticise the displacement of our people as "healthy competition." They told us to "learn" from foreign traders, conveniently ignoring the predatory stockpiling and aggressive territorial cartels established by those who have locked down our local economy. When we spoke up, we weren't met with solutions; we were branded with the "xenophobia" label to silence us. These experts ignored how lethal the informal sector has become for an ordinary 21-year-old South African. They call us lazy and uninnovative while we are forced to trade with our lives just to occupy our own street corners. Mazwi’s only "crime" was having the courage to say "no." He refused to sell his shop and surrender his dream. Now, after being missing for nearly a month following an alleged kidnapping, his absence screams the truth that the authorities refuse to acknowledge. 💔 Is this the democracy our parents bled for? A freedom where a young man is hunted for trying to build a legacy in his own backyard? This isn't just "business"—it’s a war zone. We are tired of losing our best while the world looks the other way. #BringBackMazwi #Spaza4Locals #JusticeForMazwi






I need more examples of people in academia who haven't had a linear path at all and missed years on the way to PhD and still did their PhD. I don't wanna feel all isolated here




