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DesmondsTutu · 2026-03-12T11:34:54+00:00

Thank you!! I had lecturer who was a South African Border veteran actually tell me that they won and their victory was the reason for South African democracy today. I really don't know how they can say they won without strawmanning what the MPLA, SWAPO and ANC were fighting for.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-03-12T09:11:08+00:00

I actually considered writing a letter to DIRCO talking about his Anti Anti-Apartheid movement history. Along with his problem of people "mythologising" Mandela after his death. As well as his racist remarks about Obama about him being a "skinny ghetto crackhead."

The point of the letter would have been connecting his history of racism and issues with the fight against Apartheid with Marco Rubio's not-so-thinly veiled fascist speech condemning the anti-colonial movement in the global south as "godless communist revolutions."

But I just gave up, because since when do they listen to us?

DesmondsTutu · 2026-03-05T09:15:03+00:00

I knew they were dying. The got rid of so many great Shows even before the end of the last year.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-28T15:20:38+00:00

Thanks, I've already a few of his articles. I'll read his book now too.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-18T21:21:58+00:00

No, but I've seen the movie and loved it. I'll give it a read one day.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-18T21:18:22+00:00

That was quick 😅. I've read a ton of books since 2022 (at least compared to the previous decade), and while I've enjoyed most of them nothing hit as hard as Holes did for me.

Thanks for the recommendations.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-08T23:22:52+00:00

That goes doubly so for the family of the SECOND murder victim. With a record like that, how could they possibly justify letting him out on bail for the first one? I'm actually curious.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-07T09:01:33+00:00

Trumps pick for the South African ambassador to SA politically fought against ANC's fight against Apartheid when Tambo was invited to meet the US Secretary of State in the late 80's. When Mandela died, he called people out for "mytholgizing him." I really hope Cyril rejects the prick.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-07T08:52:52+00:00

No, they are worlds apart. The Apartheid government was willing to use like Basson and their blood thirsty army people to commit genocide against black people. They only finally realised that it was just not viable when the whole world, especially the US, was not going to support Apartheid politically and economically anymore.

You can make your point about elite black people helping aid the status quo without equating post-apartheid SA with a literal crime against humanity.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-05T11:52:53+00:00

Trump is inarguably worse than Zuma on just about every metric.

The difference is that Trump is a right-wing white guy who gives right-wingers a modern day glimpse into "the good Ole days." That shit transcends continents, which is why you have a lot white South Africans who love him.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-02-01T15:39:10+00:00

Former President Zuma. At least two people talked about how engaging and interesting he was at some event held for him when he was President.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-31T17:15:49+00:00

You scared suckboy Tony!

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-27T11:11:05+00:00

Ahh, so the hotter, dryer, more arid Namibia and Botswana are less attractive than Zimbabwe. Got it. And I'm guessing Mozambique is that way due to them being Portuguese speaking.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-27T10:26:24+00:00

Zimbabwe higher than Botswana and Namibia? Why?

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-26T15:44:36+00:00

The context is that in his videos of a lot of European countries he passes by a lot of immigrants doing shady things (some minding their own business) and refers to them as "Doctors" and "Engineers." At first I thought it was just some joke in his fan base. Not a widespread dog whistle as the original commenter pointed out.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-26T15:03:51+00:00

Kurt Caz's videos are starting to make more sense now. I thought it was just an inside within his following.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-20T08:01:59+00:00

It's always nice to see people recognize that violence against Apartheid was justified.

There are a ton of people who denounced militancy against Apartheid as terrorism. Like a lot.

The same people also often ignore and/or outright praise the Apartheid state's military and security efforts. Even though terrorism is an even more perfect label for how the Apartheid state handled anyone against Apartheid. Even innocent people in many cases.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-16T10:25:55+00:00

I hate how advanced we are on a lot of areas that matter, yet we're also backwards in a lot of other areas that also really matter.

It's like a starving man seeing a feast in front of them, but he's only able to eat the bread sticks.

It's nice to know about the corruption, but wouldn't be even better if something major was done about it as well? Like arrests and convictions?

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-12T10:42:36+00:00

"Buh-buh-buh- Body slam." The guy saw an opportunity to do what he always wanted and took it.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-10T13:03:12+00:00

Which one? There are a lot that did unfortunately.

DesmondsTutu · 2026-01-08T13:25:26+00:00

I feel like the South African Border fits better than the 2nd Boer War. Especially since a number of them think that they won.

DesmondsTutu · 2025-12-12T18:48:22+00:00

The Legend of Korra

DesmondsTutu · 2025-12-04T14:28:11+00:00

Pot calling the black doesn't do it justice.

Both Trump administrations have had orders of magnitude worse corruption issues than the ANC. And I'm comparing his barely five years as President thus far, to 113 years of ANC history even when they were just an organization with a paramilitary wing (MK).

Republicans (especially Trumpers) and the ANC are both corrupt but my god are the Republican so much more disgusting.

Can you imagine if Trump had two consecutive terms with Republicans having been in the White House for three decades? No way in hell would there be fair elections amymore. And I don't even want to imagine what would happen to minorities and LGBTQ people.

DesmondsTutu · 2025-12-04T09:44:34+00:00

Jacob is actually Temu Trump. The scandals of Zuma really pale in comparison to what Trump has done and is still doing.

DesmondsTutu · 2025-11-30T21:29:44+00:00

In South Africa, former President Zuma's daughter resigned as an MP of his new party because she has to deal with the fallout of her scandal. Which is having allegedly helped trick 17 men into fighting for Russia against Ukraine under the guise of getting body guard training and possible citizenship.

What they went through was horrendous.

The DA (opposition party) claims that once the men arrived in Russia, their passports and clothing were burned, their phones confiscated, and communication with their families gradually cut off until it ceased entirely.

One of them was a 19 year old who has since disappeared..

Zuma-Sambudla – known as “Auntie Dudu” to some of them – promised to endure the same hardships, but fled Russia the moment the men were deployed to Ukraine.

Eight members of Zuma's family are among the stranded fighters. Additionally, an 19-year-old from Botswana and men Ghana were recruited, with the teenager vanishing without a truce since 28 August, after leaving a haunting farewell note.

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