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Cnr Winnie Mandela Drive & St Andrews.
Grass growing out in the middle of the road.
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@SupaVanSA @arsenal_ltd @RyanCharton @Jonathan_Witt @CityofCT You described a law 😄. Removing squatter camps illegally unfortunately opens a govt. to legal action from NGOs. They'd just end up still having squatters in addition to paying them compensation for illegal eviction.
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@arsenal_ltd @RyanCharton @Jonathan_Witt @CityofCT You mean a line of ink on a page of paper is preventing the elected government from protecting it's own people?
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No new dams.
Millions more people.
You do the math @CityofCT.
City of Cape Town@CityofCT
Cape Town's dam levels have dropped to 50.4% due to high water usage and the heatwave. Remember, water is essential only for necessary purposes. Let's work together to save water and delay restrictions. Every drop counts!
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Funny to say but development in a broad is almost never the top priority for most African electorates I've studied. Sure, they want it, but it comes below a whole host other priorities like ethnic/racial solidarity, loyalty to particular politicians etc.
The Common Sense@CommonSense_ZA
Recent polling data reveals one of the most striking political paradoxes in Johannesburg. 84% of voters say the DA would improve service delivery where they live. Yet only 39% say they would actually vote for the DA. Among black voters, 80% believe the DA would deliver better services, but just 25% intend to back the party. The DA has won the argument on delivery. It is still losing the argument on trust. Read the full analysis in The Common Sense. #TheCommonSense #SouthAfrica #DA #Johannesburg #Politics #Polling #Elections #ServiceDelivery f.mtr.cool/qxdfxmgzff
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I'm fascinated by the emerging consensus that having your navy and air force destroyed, your leadership killed off, and having lost complete control of your air space is actually evidence that one is winning.
Crazy that we are only now discovering this new military strategy.
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@The_Suburbanist It's just a coincidence that even in urban areas, the first thing people buy as soon as they can afford it is space.
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Of course, no one really wants this. It's just government zoning and highways forcing people to have more living area against their will.
Ramez Naam@ramez
Indoor living area per person has roughly tripled in the US since 1950.
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@paddypower Chelsea 6th, Newcastle 9th, Spurs 16th... They're bums in the league too. Man City losing so badly to Madrid is the only surprise here. Liverpool still probably qualifies.
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"The Premier League is the best league in the world."
PSG 8-2 Chelsea
Real Madrid 5-1 Man City
Barcelona 8-3 Newcastle
Atletico Madrid 5-2 Spurs
Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool
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@Gideoomatic Chelsea 6th, Newcastle 9th, Spurs 16th... They're bums in the league too! Only City away was truly unexpected.
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@CFCMods Man City aside (who are in a slump still), the other clubs are bums. Chelsea are 6th, Newcastle 9th, Spurs 16th. The dregs of the league, basically, lol.
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@nocontextfm1 Tbf, they're 6th and 9th in the league. Spurs are 16th.
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Premier League fans with Newcastle losing 8-3 to Barcelona after Chelsea lost 8-2 to PSG
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@joxtha @Blue_Footy Arsenal are unbeaten in the CL retardo. We've literally had an easier time in the CL than the prem
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@Blue_Footy But epl team so poor like this shows that arsenal are just lucky to win the league because to team in epl is actually turning up .
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@DoubleEph 'A complete lack of technological learning, upgrading or mastery after 20yrs of govt protection.'
This is exactly what one would expect to happen without real competition. It would be odd if it *weren't* the case. It's cheaper to spend money lobbying than doing r&d...
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This - from The Economist - is the first time this specific topic has been brought up in any major media in relation to Dangote. A complete lack of technological learning, upgrading or mastery after 20yrs of govt protection.
Every other criticism I make of Dangote you can hang it on this one. It is utterly utterly shameful.
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@TheMindScourge Yeah ppl in the developed world have an outdated view of the third world. It's been steadily (haltingly, unevenly) growing since like the mid nineties. There are pretty nice parts!
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A lot of comments on this account saying (the equivalent of) “this is Baghdad?”
It’s like that video of Addis Ababa that circulated a month or two ago. Everyone’s surprised cities in the developing world aren’t all grass huts and tumble weeds
Infrastructure is (mostly) a solved problem. Baghdad builds in a modem architectural style like anyone else. They either import the products through global supply chains, or they important the machine tools and knowhow that enables building this way
The people who live there are all on TikTok and see how people live in Melbourne or Orange County. They want that locally, too
Clash Report@clashreport
Outdoor dining, Shahed and C-RAM. 📍 Baghdad, Iraq.
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@NixonPunished @brianchaley @ManDaveJobGood I was about to bring up No Country... then I realised ten years is 2016. Damn. I guess you're right.
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@brianchaley @ManDaveJobGood Mid-1990s schlock winners like Forrest Gump and Braveheart are better than the last 10 Best Picture winners.
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@ErnstRoets No policy created this, though. This is a result of governmental neglect.
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It's incredible that they want us to believe that the policies that created this mess will get us out of it if we just implement the same policies more aggressively.
Jozi vs Jozi@jozivsjozi
37 Soper Road. Johannesburg. South Africa. 2009 vs 2025
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Why is Villeneuve seemingly the only guy left in Hollywood who can make good movies with normal budgets and on tight timelines
Any other guy and it takes 5 years per installment minimum
DUNE@dunemovie
Experience the epic conclusion. Dune: Part Three only in theaters and IMAX December 18. #DuneMovie #FilmedforIMAX
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@LFCLaurie Absolutely justified though. No matter how outrageous one thinks the officiating was, leaving the pitch was absolutely not on.
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This might be the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of football.
Fabrizio Romano@FabrizioRomano
🚨🇲🇦 BREAKING: Morocco have been announced as AFCON winners with final result overturned by CAF. Senegal have been declared to have forfeited the match with Morocco declared 3-0 winners by official statement. CAF statement tonight. ⤵️🇲🇦
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@aGuyOnMyPhone @AndyMasley This doesn't resolve anything though. Herbert says it is a cautionary tale about messianic leaders and then writes a messianic leader who's actually right and does save humanity.
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@AndyMasley The Lisan al Gaib is a false messiah figure that Paul steps into only after long propaganda campaigns create the role for him. The Quisach Haderach is a real messiah figure and Paul is that
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Yeah this point does confuse me a lot. Dune is "a cautionary tale about messianic leaders" and yet in later books it's revealed that Paul's actions were the only way to keep humanity free. The messianic leader was in fact smarter than everyone else and had to use cold utilitarian logic to do what was best. He literally is a messianic leader saving everyone. That doesn't seem like the message people often scold you into taking away!
itamar@ItamarLevyOr
@AndyMasley You need to understand that even though paul atreides can canonically see the future, and is following the only course of action that persists humanity, he is actually a bad man.
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@PhunyukaBamphet @TimesLIVE @CilliersB Only 23% of it is historical invoices. 77% is new spending after Brink
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@TimesLIVE The is no such a thing as “city’s R777m emergency water supply” the bulk of that amount is made out of historical invoices not paid and settled by @CilliersB when he was mayor of Tshwane. If you want to campaign for DA do so openly not through lies
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Despite not owning a single water tanker, two companies linked to ANC Tshwane heavyweights, Eugene “Bonzo” Modise and Rhulani James Shelenge, scored R31.7m for water trucking services during the city’s R777m emergency water supply project.
Click link to read more: tinyurl.com/3a3fr33v
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