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@XFreeze @GNews_Vegan SA Govt pays R9,5m per month to provide "free internet access" at 599 schools. R114m per year. Elon offered it free. Offer rejected. Someone's pocketing millions...

Let me explain something to the MAGA crowd, because clearly someone needs to. They seem to think NATO is cosmic room service. You pick up the phone, say “hello, we’re having a bit of a war here,” and thirty-one countries march to your rescue. A continental Uber for military adventures. That is not how it works. Article 5 is a mutual defense clause. The clue is in the word mutual. And it has been triggered exactly once in NATO’s entire history. After September 11. When America was attacked. Not Europe. America. Every NATO member showed up. They went to Afghanistan. They fought. They bled. They died. In America’s war. On America’s behalf. Now imagine they hadn’t. Over 1,100 allied soldiers died in Afghanistan. British, Canadian, German, Danish, Polish. And yes, even Ukrainian soldiers, who had no NATO obligation whatsoever. Gone. Without them, those are American names on those graves. Sons from Ohio. Fathers from Georgia. Kids from Nebraska who never came home. Then there is the money. NATO allies spent over 100 billion dollars on a war that started on American soil. Without that, Washington pays every cent. On top of the 2 to 3 trillion the war already cost. And without allied bases across Europe and Central Asia, American supply lines collapse entirely. Without British forces in Helmand and Canadians in Kandahar, the Taliban reconstitutes in three years instead of ten. The gaps get filled one way. More American deployments. More American coffins arriving at Dover. Afghanistan was bloody. But NATO took the hit. Without them, every single one of those casualties would have had an American name. Trump called allies like these losers. Suckers. If you are a certain kind of broken person, that probably makes sense to you. But for the rest of us, what those soldiers did has a different name. Honor. The bond between men who have been in the same dirt, under the same fire. Between Brits and Americans, Frenchmen and Norwegians, Canadians and Danes. Not a diplomatic relationship. A blood bond. Brotherhood forged in places most people will never see and cannot imagine. In that culture, you do not mock a fallen ally. You do not sneer at the dead. It is the lowest thing a human being can do. Trump did it to a standing ovation. If you are a MAGA supporter travelling to NATO countries, understand this. There are no friendly pats on the back waiting for you. No one will buy you a beer. The governments who share your worldview sit in Minsk, Moscow and Pyongyang. Brutal dictatorships where journalists disappear, elections are theatre and dissent is a medical condition treated in basements. Not London. Not Paris. Not Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin or Ottawa. You have abandoned the open societies, the free press, the rule of law, the places where people actually want to live. You traded the best of civilization for a very small, very dark room. Frankly, it serves you right.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

Well, it’s an interesting question Jeremy, so I looked up the answer. It seems Mr Dunga has no financial qualifications at all. This is then quite an odd decision then, given a R179 billion overhead budget is bigger than that of any corporate in South Africa (who are filled with actuaries, economists and CA’s). One would imagine having responsibility for 7% of the full national budget, who be placed in the hands of someone who had the qualifications and experience to do this, and had not been fired by the very same party, for not being able to handle that budget efficiently nor effectively. But maybe I’m just too simple to understand the logic of it all?

Special Agent uGogoZille has done it again!! 🤣🤣🤣 She went fishing at the public swimming pool in Windsor. Pain loading! 🤣🤣

@GSGB01 @WietsJBuys If he cannot be the defender of the faith then he must abdicate.

🚨BREAKING: British citizens are calling upon King Charles to ABDICATE amid huge backlash following the announcement that he will not be giving an Easter message this year. Should Charles hand over the throne?

A good news story for a change. They called him crazy. Now his urban farm is doing what Joburg could not news24.com/opinions/featu…

The only conclusion one can draw is that Lesufi et al want to clean out the Gauteng public purse before they get toppled.

@Coinvo Evil woman has ruined her Nation.

CRAZY: 🇩🇪 Ex-Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted she opened Germany's borders to mass migration to "prevent the far right from gaining power."

@AmukelaniMoyani A toss up with CR.

Is Jacob Zuma the most irritating old politician in South Africa?

SHOCKING: 100’s of thousands of Ethiopian Christians gather in an unapologetic explosion of faith. While the godless West dies in atheism, Ethiopia rises as an UNSTOPPABLE force for Christianity.

Must Read: MP's can still dodge accountability. Resign, Investigation ends, No consequence. #OUTA is calling for stronger ethics rules to close these gaps and protect public trust. Fix the loopholes - Strengthen enforcement. Read more: outa.co.za/blog/newsroom-…

The African National Congress will never get my vote in Gauteng again. Panyaza Lesufi has appointed Nkululeko Dunga, someone who was removed from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality over incompetence and corruption concerns, and handed him an entire finance portfolio. We’ve already seen the mess he created in Ekurhuleni. This shows a complete disregard for voters and effectively hands Johannesburg to the Democratic Alliance. It’s shocking and deeply disappointing.

@Who_flungdung Quiet reminder that Zuma still owes R28.9mill despite the court order issued in October last year. The deadline for Jacob Zuma to pay back his legal fees was December 22, 2025. 101 DAYS OVERDUE with no assets attached as yet?? @RSASIU @NPA_Prosecutes @SAPoliceService

🇿🇦If ignorance and deceit combine that toxic compound will be our final undoing …🇿🇦

@donaldtusk Carried out by the orange man.

The threat of NATO’s break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine and blocking the loan for Kyiv by Orbán - it all looks like Putin’s dream plan.

@joy_zelda @MariusMari87140 😡😡😡😡😡

Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza removed Nkululeko Dunga as MMC of Finance due to Corruption and now Premier Panyaza Lesufi has made him MEC of Finance in Gauteng The reason why you should not vote for ANC and EFF

@Lina_rays1ya E

Simple poll. Please be honest! As of today, how much do you still trust this team? A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25% E. 0%

@MykhailoRohoza FAKE

Trump stated that he does not respect Putin, calling him a war criminal, and emphasized that a war of aggression in the 21st century is unacceptable. Trump highlighted that he admires Ukraine’s resistance, Zelensky’s leadership, and the Ukrainian people’s commitment to European values. He said he will continue to support Ukraine in every possible way, reaffirming his belief in democracy, justice, freedom, liberal ideals, and the development of independent institutions. “We will stand with you for as long as it takes,” the U.S. president stressed. He also added: “Slava Ukraini!”

@RpsAgainstTrump Trump is the antithesis of everything good.

Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White compares him to Jesus: “You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It's a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us…Because of his resurrection, you rose up.”