Researcher, Film Scriptwriter, Political Commentator and a Bookworm
Rustenburg, South Africa
Joined December 2016
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Matilda Malope retweeted
🇬🇧🇮🇱 Nearly four in five Britons (78%) now regard Israel as a serious threat to world peace, second only to Russia, according to a new survey.
The British Social Attitudes report, published on November 5, found that 89% viewed Russia as a serious threat, followed by Israel at 78%, Iran at 75%, and the United States at 74%.
The findings represent a significant shift in British public opinion.
In 2005, just 48% considered Israel a serious threat.
The perception also crosses political lines, with around 84% of Labour supporters, 70% of Conservatives, and 62% of Reform UK supporters viewing Israel as a serious threat.
The survey, conducted among nearly 2,000 respondents, asked which countries posed a serious threat to world peace over the next decade.
TL;DR: More people in Britain now see Israel as a threat to global stability than see Iran as one.
Insane.
Source: NatCen / Writer: Mhedi
Matilda Malope retweeted
I'm almost done with the application to rescind the Constitutional Court judgment on illegal foreigners, I must ensure it's filed tomorrow so we can also interdict the launch of the online application system by Home Affairs....
#homeaffairs
Matilda Malope retweeted
🇨🇳 5AM in rural China. 9.2 million people lifted out of poverty in 8 years. This is what a country can do when it isn’t waging wars.
Matilda Malope retweeted
Dept Of Sports Arts & Culture Funding Of Sports Federations
For 2024/25, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture had a total budget of about R6.106 billion.
Sport: R1.315 billion, or 21.5%
Arts & Culture Promotion + Development: R1.639 billion, or 26.8%
Heritage Promotion & Preservation: R2.703 billion, or 44.3%
Administration: R449 million, or 7.4%
Matilda Malope retweeted
Here are 33 VDs where there is a discrepancy in votes cast of 500 or more.
The same number of each ballot is issued, and we all put all ballots in the box.
This is a recording / audit problem, not actual extra ballot papers. I get another 500 VDs with a discrepancy of 100 or more, and a further 900 with 50 or more.
I have raised this with @IECSouthAfrica
Matilda Malope retweeted
Food for thought.
“There is no State that cannot defeat criminals. If a State does not defeat criminality, it is because the State is complicit.” - Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador.
Is he right?
Matilda Malope retweeted
If the NEC allows CR to summarise and close the meeting in an open session (with media coverage) alllowed, he is going to read an already prepared script which will say the ANC/DA alliance at national level must be localised. That will be the end of the ANC…
Matilda Malope retweeted
REVISED WHITE PAPER | CHAPTER 2
One size doesn’t fit all municipalities.
The White Paper proposes a differentiated two-tier system, with clearer roles and structures suited to local realities.
🔗 cogta.gov.za/index.php/wplg-…
#WPLG2026
Matilda Malope retweeted
The Employment Services Bill must reflect the aspirations of South Africans, not the interests of foreign-funded NGOs and big business.
In Parliament, I emphasised the need to broaden public participation beyond traditional platforms by using social media and influencers to reach ordinary South Africans.
We cannot allow well-resourced organisations to dominate the legislative process while the voices of unemployed South Africans go unheard! This Bill must serve the people whose livelihoods are at stake.
Matilda Malope retweeted
Fiscal and monetary policy are the biggest hindrance to the economy.
Wants wages to increase by inflation or less meaning flat or falling real wages.
Thus, flat or falling consumer real spending, retail & manufacturing real growth.
Or household credit for current consumption
Matilda Malope retweeted
Nubugqwirha obu.
18 of 20 people contacted deny lodging complaints against UCT vice-chancellor
Fresh questions have emerged over the origins and handling of complaints against Vice-Chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela after investigators recorded that 18 of the 20 people they managed to contact denied lodging complaints against him.
The disclosure is contained in the Rule 53 record filed as part of Moshabela’s High Court review proceedings, which includes confidential Council minutes and the final report into complaints involving the Vice-Chancellor.
Council initially appointed investigators in February to conduct a confidential investigation into 31 complaints reported through the Office of the Ombud. The mandate was expanded a month later to include additional allegations as well as an investigation into the conduct of the Ombud during the process.
The report states that the initial mandate focused on 27 individuals who were believed to be willing or conditionally willing to participate.
However, investigators recorded that contact details were initially available for only 10 of those 27 people.
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Matilda Malope retweeted
Minister Hlabisa convened a Special CoGTA MINMEC, which approved the Guidelines for Stable #Coalitions in Local Government.
🔗 bit.ly/4iMRUrQ
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Notice of Intention to Institute Disciplinary Charges and Request for Representations.
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Ekurhuleni LEAKED REPORT 🔥🔥🔥
People of Ekurhuleni deserve to know what happens in their city. There’s more than 600 reports like this gathering dust because comrades are exposed.
This one shows how the SAAME Building project in Germiston that started in 2017 ( Xhakaza was MMC responsible) is STILL not finished.
Cheap and second hand material was used to construct the building, it’s literally shaking if you drive past it.
The project skyrocketed by over 300% and ITS STILL NOT DONE. The city does not want this report to go out.
If you want the report DM ME
Developing story.
Matilda Malope retweeted
Guidelines for stable coalitions published today. Some important omissions, and overall not cutting edge practice, but hopefully it serves a constructive purpose while we await legislation. None of this should be necessary, but some work better with training wheels
gov.za/news/media-statements…