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Major news from bdx, Michel Rolland has died.

Lina Kostenko, Ukraine’s prominent poet, is 96 today. Here’s a rendition of her poem Wings, performed by the one and only Emma Thompson, to mark the occasion🪽 Happy birthday, Lina🎂

A great article on what is Cape Town.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…

@strategywoman Exquisite needlework!

“I thought it was lost,” my mom said. It is a vyshyvanka my grandmother embroidered more than 50 years ago for my mom. Now it is mine.

@rebecca_ryder21 In South Africa we call this corruption and are doing our best to eliminate it. We have a whole class of ‘ tenderpreneurs’ who have made millions over invoicing.

It’s no secret private companies sell things to the NHS, but the scale of the money being made from the most basic items is unbelievable. Not just the NHS either, but almost every public service. The police, civil service, social services etc etc...

NHS hospital: I noticed the clock on the wall showed the wrong time. A nurse told me they knew, but they wouldn’t report it because replacing the battery through the NHS would cost £70. A £2 battery... £70. How? Why? That's when I began to dig further. 🧵

@wblakegray @janeansonwine What an awful time you’ve had. Hope you have a speedy and complete recovery.

I spent all last week in the hospital, being mistreated by young doctors who saw me as nothing more than a "user of alcohol." Something needs to change about alcohol/health messaging. Their indifference to my pain nearly killed me. wine-searcher.com/m/2026/03/alco…

@AfricanHub_ She is wonderful!

The Zulu dance is just a different vibe

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Reshare - on the Boschendal side of the Simonsberg in Stellenbosch! Near where the Cape Epic bike race will go next week. Beautiful! @VisitStellies @StellWineRoute @gotosouthafrica

Ten years ago, I received a call. “There’s this girl missing. She went for a run on the same route we usually take. They’re looking for her.” My heart dropped immediately. A few minutes later, my phone rang again. Franziska had been found. Dead. Possibly raped. It was one of those moments that changes the direction of your life. That same night, we made a decision. We refused to surrender to fear. Instead, we posted on Facebook the very next day, calling for a Memorial Walk in Tokai Forest, one week later - to reclaim our power. We called this walk 'Women For Change' On 15 March 2016, more than 4,000 people joined that memorial walk. We walked for Franziska. And for all the women whose lives had been taken so brutally. What began as a moment of grief and solidarity became the beginning of Women For Change. Today marks ten years. Franziska would be 26 years old today. She would be a beautiful young woman with her whole life ahead of her. In the ten years since her murder, more than 1,500 stories of women and children have been reported and shared on the Women For Change page. Jesse. Tshegofatso. Hannah. Emaan. Gaby. Ntokozo. Naeema. Olorato. And so many more. Ten years of awareness. Ten years of protests. Ten years of petitions, campaigns, and calling for change. And still, the femicide crisis continues to rage through this country. Ten years ago, Women For Change was simply a name we needed for a memorial walk in Tokai Forest. Today, it has grown into a movement - a safe space for survivors and families, and a force that has helped change the laws of this country. The fight is not over. And while we carry deep exhaustion, we also carry something else. Hope. Hope that the voices that have risen over these ten years will continue to grow louder. Hope that the change we have been fighting for will come. Hope that one day, we won't have to tell the story of another sister. Rest in Power, Franzi 💜 #womenforchange

@HistorySAZAR She was stunning

14 June 1958: Winnie Mandela at her wedding. Photo Credit: Eli Weinberg

@SizweLo these are awful conditions but the farms you mention are not wine farms. They grow export table grapes. Totally different enterprises.

This is De Doorns in the Western Cape. All the residents here work for 4 families that own all of the farms in the area. The same 4 families also own of the shops in the town nearby. Basically, the same people the farmworkers work for in the wine farms also control the local Pep, Shoprite, KFC etc. During the picking season, Intercape buses drop off hundreds of workers straight from Maseru and Harare.

@sagradafamilia Amazing. Congratulations. When does all the scaffolding come down?

The Sagrada Família reaches its highest point following the placement of the upper arm of the cross of the tower of Jesus Christ. As is a tradition in construction, the Catalan flag is hoisted, indicating that the tower structure is complete and that there were no incidents, as well as the Vatican flag, as it is the Catholic Church’s tallest Temple.

@Palestinedaily1 .

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@Mylovanov Barbarian

Russian Major General Roman Demurchiev: “I will not take prisoners. I’ll piss on them first, then shoot them, then burn them.” — private voice message obtained by Radio Liberty. 1/

@supressedvoic .

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@Poplak Don is the best

Wowzer, but this is an outstanding piece of writing. Which has sadly become so rare in South Africa that it’s an almost spiritual experience to encounter it. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-0…

@benonwine Sick woman

Shocking Sight: Trophy Hunter Brittany L. killed this beautiful male leopard in his prime.😱😡 Let’s make this women famous 👇 Repost and spread this far and wide. BAN TROPHY HUNTING NOW!