Writer ▪ Activist ▪ Researcher ▪ I dream of the laughing eyes & smiling faces of Black women & children.
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Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
Or you may not. You should also be willing to hold the possibility that you may not and still be committed to living a full, meaningful life regardless.
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
not even the dignity of a head. this is what men view us as. the dehumanization of the female body should repulse you all
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
Nobody talks about how people who grew up in broken and dysfunctional homes don’t have big dreams. They only dream of having a home no one can take away and a person who won’t abandon them.
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
SARU once dragged a whole Mandela to court to stop his commission of inquiry into rugby’s development and pace of transformation. Never let SARU rewrite its history on transformation in this country.
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
Not sure if you’re aware, but a young woman died at @CartrackZA’s offices, and they’re reportedly super abusive.
Can you maybe interview the CCMA about why Caetrack allegedly has never lost a case there? And Dept of Labor, Human Rights Commission about holding them accountable?
Peet and Mel Viljoen left South Africa in a storm of controversy. Just a week ago, Mel returned in a dramatic exit from the US. eNCA invited her for a tell all interview. Catch the full exchange on #DStv403 at 17:00.
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
If someone at work tries to micromanage you, micromanage them back.
Send them too much feedback, ask them a lot of questions, do follow ups when they go quiet or even when you know they are busy don’t let them rest.
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
Storms & heavy rains are devastating people lives in the Cape… the chap took platform to address us about not resigning & made zero mention of this weather crisis. Nothing about our people’s well-being in this difficult time!
For me this is the true measure of his leadership!
A simple note that there are those who are fighting flood waters that are drowning their homes, closure of schools and devastation of both private and public infrastructure. Including casualties. These people, as he spoke about not resigning as their president, most probably have no way of even hearing his message!
Terrible show of leadership!
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
They just sexualized the shape of an ocean and then tell you that the problem is yours because of how you dress
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
I got into Harvard’s Master in Design Engineering because of an app I built to help people in townships and informal settlements design, build, and finance their own homes.
But I can’t afford to go.
So I decided to walk from Durban to Cape Town to raise the funds myself.
Along the way, I’ve had to spend money on proper hiking gear just to survive the journey. Today something incredible happened:@kway_za through. I even connected with the guy who designed my bag, and they’re now sponsoring some of my gear.
What’s wild is that my good friend @mbalimcdust encouraged me to write an article about my journey, and that article led to Cape Union Mart reaching out. A reminder that sharing your story can open unexpected doors.
I’m even willing to take a loan, but as an international student I can’t get one in the US, and I can’t access one here because I’m leaving to study overseas.
Like the youth of ’76, I’m done waiting. This walk is my small way of fighting to become the change I want to see in a crisis that’s deeply personal to me. Three decades into democracy, 2.5 million South Africans are still waiting for an RDP home. Some families have waited for decades. My aunt passed away still waiting.
Please support and share my journey.
GoFundMe:
gofund.me/01604cf47
Journey Trailer:
youtu.be/c_Kx0U8sdOM
Try the AI housing platform here:
ubuntudesigngroup.com
From Durban to Harvard to Cape Town: Why I am walking 1,600km for home dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
South Africa went through 500 years of colonialism & apartheid & all the dark things that go with that. No therapy. Just “forgive & forget” because “you are a rainbow nation now”. Today, beneficiaries of those unjust systems say there’s “a white genocide” & “140 racist laws”.
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
We didn’t fight to work. Women have ALWAYS worked. We fought to get paid.
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
This technology should be at the home affairs offices and managed by the home affairs department and personnel. Not by banks…
Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
Planes that land safely never make the news.
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Awethu Fatyela-Mpondo retweeted
We heard Nandi loud and clear. Her point was that Black men deserve grace because the system crushes them hardest: no money, no government support, 400 years of stacked odds, and constant pressure to succeed.
Our point is this: that same system hits Black women just as hard, often harder. Patriarchy. Single motherhood. Unpaid care work. Higher poverty rates. Sky high GBV risks but when women survive those exact conditions through informal hustles or sex work just to feed their families, they are shamed. Insulted. Called slurs. Told they have no dignity.
So men deserve grace for trying, but women are humiliated for trying to survive? You cannot demand grace from women while denying it to them in the same breath. That is selective empathy.
Grace is not a one way demand from women to men. It has to be mutual. Otherwise it is just another burden placed on the group that is already carrying the most.
