Ingrid Tobin

@saniyafatma1278 Wow ... it's absolutely stunning!

I'm sitting in my bedroom staring at my grandmother's 1950s wedding dress, and I honestly don't know what to do anymore. Found it in her attic last month - sixty-four dollars was all she paid for it back then. The moment I saw all that delicate lace and the full skirt, my heart just melted. It felt like finding buried treasure. But apparently I'm the only one who thinks so. My sister took one look and said, "You're not seriously considering wearing that old thing, are you?" My best friend was even worse - "Nobody wears sleeves like that anymore, and that neckline is way too conservative. You'll look like you're playing dress-up." Their words keep echoing in my head, making me second-guess everything. But when I put this dress on, I feel connected to something bigger than trends and Pinterest boards. I feel like I'm honoring the woman who raised me, who taught me that real beauty doesn't need to scream for attention. I already found this incredible seamstress on Tedooo app who specializes in vintage alterations. She was so sweet when I explained the story, and she's going to take in the waist and adjust the hem while keeping every bit of the original character intact. I've already paid her deposit, and honestly, even if I hadn't, I don't want to change a single thing. Posted about it in a DIY group yesterday hoping for encouragement, and while people offered suggestions for "modernizing" it, I realized something important. This dress doesn't need to be fixed or updated or made trendy. It's perfect exactly as it is. I'm done asking for permission to love what I love. If walking down the aisle in my grandmother's dress makes me happy, then that's exactly what I'm going to do. Sometimes the most beautiful choice is the one that feels right in your heart, even when everyone else thinks you're crazy.

@DailyInvestorSA @ThinkFoYourself When you haven’t the foggiest idea how to generate a fresh cent, and you cling to economy-killing policies for dear life, all that left is taxation - until there really isn’t anything left. #VoetsekANC

The ANC, Ramaphosa downwards, has knives out for Prof William Gumede over his demolition of the BEE scam. Latest bombshell: secret mining research found 46 politically connected people secured 60% of BEE deals, becoming millionaires or billionaires overnight. WSM’s column on @Politicsweb. politicsweb.co.za/opinion/willia…

As a Bishop, I cannot stay silent. I have today drafted and sent an open letter to His Majesty King Charles III, the text of which reads as follows: To: His Majesty, Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the Realms, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Bearer of the ancient title Defender of the Faith. Your Majesty, I write to you neither as a politician nor as a commentator, but as one of your loyal subjects who, as a bishop of Christ’s Church, cannot remain silent while the Christian foundations of this kingdom are steadily dismantled. Sir, there are moments in the life of a nation when silence becomes a form of betrayal. If I refused to speak to Your Majesty now, this would be such a moment. For more than a thousand years the Crown of this realm has stood in solemn covenant with the Christian faith. The laws of this land were shaped by it. The liberties of our people were nurtured by it. The conscience of our civilisation was formed by it. From the abbeys of medieval England to the parish churches of our villages, from the preaching of the Reformers to the missionary zeal that carried the Gospel to the ends of the earth, the Christian faith has not merely influenced Britain — it has defined her. Yet today that inheritance is being quietly but deliberately eroded. Across the institutions of this nation there is a growing hostility toward the faith that built them. Christian belief is mocked in the public square. Christian morality is dismissed as intolerance. Christian institutions are pressured to surrender doctrine in order to conform to the ideology of the age. Within the very Church that bears the name of England, voices have arisen that appear more eager to mirror the spirit of the age than to proclaim the eternal truth of the Gospel. Meanwhile, beyond the walls of our churches, powerful political movements openly speak of removing Christianity from its historic place within the life of this nation. What would once have been whispered is now proclaimed openly: that Britain must become a post-Christian state. It is in this context that I write to you, Your Majesty. For the British Crown does not stand apart from this crisis. The Sovereign of this realm bears a title that is not merely historic but sacred in its origin and meaning: Defender of the Faith. Those words are not decorative. They are a charge. They speak of a monarch whose duty is not merely to preside over the ceremonies of the Church, but to stand as a guardian of the Christian inheritance of the nation. Yet many among your subjects now ask, with increasing anxiety: “Who will defend that inheritance today?” They see a nation drifting from its foundations. And they ask whether the Crown will remain silent while that inheritance is dismantled. Your Majesty, may I be so bold as to observe that your coronation oath was not a poetic formality. It was a solemn vow made before Almighty God to maintain and preserve the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law. Those words bind the conscience of the sovereign. They remind the Crown that its authority is not merely constitutional but moral. The monarch is not merely a symbol of national continuity, but a custodian of the spiritual inheritance that shaped this realm. History records moments when kings and emperors were confronted by the Church and reminded that their authority was accountable before God. In the fourth century Ambrose of Milan stood before the Emperor Theodosius I and reminded him that even the ruler of an empire must bow before the moral law of Christ. That tradition of prophetic witness has never disappeared. Nor should it. For when rulers forget the foundations upon which their authority rests, the Church must speak — not with hostility, but with holy clarity. And so, I write to say this, Your Majesty: The Christian character of this nation is under profound and accelerating assault. If the Crown does not stand visibly and courageously in defence of that inheritance, history will record that the guardians of Britain’s institutions watched in silence as the foundations were removed. The issue before us is not nostalgia. It is civilisation. Remove Christianity from the story of Britain and you do not create a neutral society — you create a moral vacuum. And history teaches us that moral vacuums are never left empty for long. Your Majesty now stands at a crossroads that few monarchs in modern history have faced. For the erosion of Britain’s Christian inheritance will not ultimately be judged by speeches made in Parliament or debates in the press. It will be judged by whether those entrusted with the guardianship of our ancient institutions chose to defend them — or merely preside over their quiet surrender. You may preside over the quiet dissolution of Britain’s Christian identity. Or you may rise to the ancient responsibility entrusted to the Crown and speak with clarity about the faith that built this kingdom. The first path requires little courage. The second will require a great deal. But it is the path that history honours. Your Majesty’s subjects are not asking for religious coercion. They are asking for leadership. They are asking that the sovereign who bears the title Defender of the Faith remember what that title means. They are asking that the Crown hear the growing cry of anguish from Christians across this land who feel that the spiritual inheritance of their nation is being surrendered without resistance. And they are asking whether the Crown will stand with them. For the faith that shaped Britain is not merely a cultural ornament. It is the wellspring from which our laws, our liberties, and our moral imagination have flowed. If it is cast aside, the nation will discover — too late — that it has severed itself from the very roots that sustained it. Your Majesty, to many the Crown is a symbol of authority. But before God it is also a symbol of stewardship. And stewardship carries with it the duty to defend what has been entrusted. May Almighty God grant Your Majesty the wisdom to discern this hour, and the courage to fulfil the sacred duty entrusted to the Crown. Yours faithfully, Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar FSHC Missionary Bishop Diocese of Providence Confessing Anglican Church @PhilHs10 @RevBrettMurphy @revwickland @BishopRobert1 @GBNews @TalkTV @danwootton @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @LozzaFox @BackBrexitBen @RupertLowe10 @KemiBadenoch @JohnCleese

@DailyInvestorSA How could SA sign universal healthcare in a country where only 8mn pays income tax .

After my somewhat explosive (in my opinion) 3-part series exposed how the ANC deliberately destroyed Johannesburg’s water infrastructure over 32 years, this is the final smoking gun: The Water Tanker Mafia ANC-linked syndicates who deliberately smash the pipes with angle grinders, remove manhole covers, and pump contaminants so they can sell your own water back to you at 10x the price. R263 MILLION contract to two clueless 20-somethings. Over R1 BILLION in shady tenders now under SIU investigation. This is organised crime with full ANC protection. Here is my full deep dive with all the smoking guns. The ANC didn’t just loot the system or break the pipes, they monetised the suffering. #WaterTankerMafia #JoburgWaterCrisis #ANCCorruption #WakeUpSA

For years, we warned you that political Islam was plotting to take over Britain. We told you it was pursuing, through stealth and influence, what invading Muslim armies could never achieve on horseback centuries ago. We told you it had infiltrated British universities, the civil service, the police, intelligence agencies, and even the highest levels of government. You did nothing. So don't act surprised now when political Islam appears to dictate British foreign policy and national security priorities, through a leader whose actions border on treason. If this continues unchecked, the day will come when your daughters are told to wear a hijab or stay indoors. For now, and under this government, political Islam is in the driver's seat. They'll take us wherever they want. Gd help us!

@Outdoctrination O

Magnesium has the ability to shrink arterial plaques, demonstrated by some incredible clinical trials. (🧵1/8)

Imagine if we could build this en mass instead of RDP houses. How much more would it likely cost?

🚨N2 DEATH RUN Current situation on the N2 near Khayelitsha. People standing in the middle of the road and pointing semi-automatic rifles at motorists. What war zone are we living in here? This isn’t something a wall will fix. Only an intense and highly strategic SANDF deployment and national state of disaster declared on crime will fix this. We are not angry enough!🇿🇦

State-of-the-art public school standing completely empty in South Africa – BusinessTech share.google/urA4uTopsIpJsy…

Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus. After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish authorities are now pivoting back to paper-based learning. Official data and recent studies cited by the Ministry of Education show that prolonged screen use in class has been linked to shorter attention spans, weaker reading comprehension, and reduced critical-thinking abilities. Research consistently finds that reading on illuminated screens requires greater mental effort and invites more distractions compared to the calm, linear experience of physical books—factors believed to have contributed to declining academic outcomes in recent years. Under the new plan, every student will receive printed textbooks for all core subjects, restoring books as the central learning tool. Digital devices and online resources will remain available as supportive tools, but they will no longer dominate daily instruction. This bold €100+ million investment signals Sweden’s leadership in rethinking the role of technology in education. It underscores a broader, growing recognition worldwide: while screens provide speed and access, the hands-on, distraction-free engagement of physical books supports deeper concentration, stronger memory retention, and more effective long-term learning. By choosing paper over pixels, Sweden is charting a path toward a more balanced, evidence-informed classroom future—one that puts proven pedagogical principles ahead of unchecked digital trends.

This road is now successfully decolonized and ready to be renamed to Robert Sobukwe Drive

The cadres treated the fiscus like it was a bottomless bank for the longest time, now there's no money. We are here because of corruption, mismanagement and stupidity.

I was in Graaf-Reinet recently. I love it there. Such a beautiful, quiet and well preserved town. The Cape- Dutch part of the town is stunning. You can tell, a lot of money and pride goes into keeping it as the “gem of the Karoo”. Then you move slightly out, into the Black township, where Robert Sobukwe memorial is. Completely devastated. That’s the Robert Sobukwe memorial centre. That’s supposed to be his statue. A complete and utter mess. Do you see the contrast? Where’s the honour? I don’t understand what @GaytonMcK and @SportArtsCultur are aiming for here. Beyond the surface name change, then what? Graaf-Reinet is doing just fine as is. Fix Sobukwe’s memorial site, maintain it, celebrate him. Without trying to erase other South African cultural and historical towns.

Geology of the Drakensberg is quite fascinating…..Long , long ago, the place where the Drakensberg mountains now stand was a vast inland sea, covering thousands of square kilometres. Very slowly, that sea filled up with layers of sand, pebbles, silt and clay, carried in from distant mountains by huge meandering rivers. Below are Drakensberg’s interesting facts: 1. Basalt often has pockets of holes in it from the gas bubbles trapped inside when it cooled down rapidly. These holes later fill with dissolved minerals which form small, often layered crystalline pockets when they solidify and cool. Agates, often found in the Drakensberg streams, are formed this way. 2. Cape Vultures and Bearded Vultures nest on the high and inaccessible cliffs of these mountains. Without the safety of the cliffs, these birds would not survive. We do have Vulture Hides at Giant’s Castle in the Central Berg as well as in the Cathedral Peak, Mike’s Pass 3. There are several endemic plants and animals found in the Drakensberg mountains. These unique organisms are found nowhere else on Earth. That’s one of the reason the Drakensberg was declared the World Heritage Site. 4. Two of South Africa’s largest rivers, The Orange and the Tugela, begin in the Drakensberg. 5. With a drop if 949 metres, the Tugela Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. 6. Thabana Ntlenyana, in Lesotho, is Southern Africa’s highest point, at 3482 metres above sea level. 7. The highest point in South Africa is Mafadi, 3446 metres above sea level. Photo cred: @BergHikes

It would really do South Africans a great service if they would read the history since 1652. Firstly there were only about 840,000 people in the entire landmass which forms today’s country of South Africa. When travelling the country then, people were few and far between. The whites never encountered black people until they got to the Fish river. There were no black Africans (they are the descendants of those who are migrated from central Africa) in the Western Cape. There were two tribes there, the Khoi Khoi and the San. These people were nomadic and did not farm. So they needed vast areas to do their hunting, but they didn’t settle on one spot. Land was not an issue then and it is not an issue now. Only 4.4% of the entire South African landmass has been developed into buildings, roads, airports and the like. What you’re envious of is not an undeveloped hectare of land in the veld but the development that was made of and on the land, that is the farms, with the swaying heads of crops in the light morning breeze, the homes in prestigious residential areas, and the wealth producing office blocks and factories. I will let you into a well kept secret. People had to work for those things, and not only here in South Africa but in every successful economy in the world. As the old Coloured folk used to tell me, nothing is for nothing and very little is for sixpence. You will not believe the joy that you will get for achieving something on your own without anyone else’s help. It’s the best feeling in the world. Try it.

With an Internet connection, you can learn anything for free and sell your goods to the customers worldwide

In South Africa black people who think with their buttocks are advocating for a few blacks (who may well be less than 10) to own 30% of Starlink versus the minister’s equity equivalent option of connecting 5000 rural schools benefiting 2.4 million learners (mostly black) for free. Starlink will also be investing R2 Billion in infrastructure build-out and socioeconomic programs. Creating jobs and opportunities for thousands of poor blacks. So 10 black guys who are already elites and connected to ANC or millions of black school children and thousands in jobs for blacks? Don’t be fools. Think with your brains. Leave your personal issues with Elon and the US aside. Put South Africa first.