Bro you wrote all that to excuse giving Helen a huge chance to take over
In the end, the writing is on the wall—properly displayed in percentages.
It begs the obvious question: what is it about YOU that produced this performance? Why is it that you have lost almost half of your vote share? Yes, YOU!
As I have said before, go argue with the wall.
As for me, I did abstain. A deliberate, conscientious abstention.
The right to abstain is not limited to parliament or council sessions. It is very much constitutional, and available to all citizens—especially those who DO register to vote!
That our voter registration increases by millions every time is a sign of genuine interest. When they do not show up to vote, after turning out to register, they may very well be refusing to choose between different versions of failure!
Voting MUST NEVER be a conscription; it is a right that comes with responsibility—one that can’t be deployed without conscience.
Above all, NO ONE is entitled to people's votes. VOTES are earned, just like respect. To say otherwise is the gospel according to dictators.
How else can we explain that Mandela campaigned in 1994 and lost both KZN and Western Cape, yet Mbeki won both 10 years later? They earned the votes through results on the ground by improving the living standards of our people. They were NOT ENTITLED to them!
Those who protest by deliberately not voting or deliberately spoiling their vote are exercising as sacred a right as the right to vote! A true revolutionary should know that, and would listen to them, for they too have registered a view!
It is in line with this spirit—the letter of which is in the Constitution, that 'every citizen is free to make political choices'—that Ronnie Kasrils, alongside Barney Pityana and others, in 2014 called on people to protest by spoiling their vote.
I’m sure you’ll agree, these are stalwarts of the anti-apartheid movement. They understood that no one—NOT even their own comrades—is ENTITLED to votes.
But first, go to the wall, brother. There, the measure of your weight is fully determined."
Hawu I thought he winded kanti he was only the black face of a white company.
DJ Shimza fired with immediate effect from Kunye Records but headlines Kunye Fest
DJ Shimza, real name Ashley Kholofelo Raphala, headlined his Kunye Jozi XI event at Huddle Park in Johannesburg on Saturday night, 7 November, despite reports his removal as a director of Kunye Records over allegations of financial misconduct.
Kunye Records and the Kunye music events are closely associated with the internationally acclaimed DJ. Kunye Records is the company at the centre of the corporate dispute, while Kunye Jozi XI is part of the music event series organised under the Kunye Together brand owned by Shimza.
Shimza and his co-director, Jarrad Evan Treger, were removed from Kunye Records following an application by fellow shareholder Hannes Hoffmeister, who according to a report by Africa Daily, accused them of financial misconduct, unauthorised payments and conflicts of interest.
Court papers detail allegations that Shimza failed to disclose his interest in Just Exists (Pty) Ltd, which received R752 000 from Kunye Records between 2022 and 2024. Other transactions involving his company, Shimuzic, were also questioned.
Some of the payments mentioned by Hoffmeister included R300 000 on 31 July 2022 for sponsorship of SOL PTA in July 2022, R120 000 on 1 February 2023 for a Standard Bank sponsorship of a Kunye Johannesburg event, R300 000 on 3 March 2023 for a SOL/Heineken sponsorship of a Kunye Johannesburg event and R32 000 on 1 March 2023 for a KwaZulu-Natal sponsorship in April 2023.
Hoffmeister further alleges on 2 April 2024, Strongbow paid Kunye R540 000 which was transferred to Just Exists the following day under the reference "Just Exist Refund", despite no refund being due and without board approval.
He alleges that a separate payment of R185 000 was made by Kunye Records to DJ Shimza's entity Shimuzic on 1 August 2023, despite the transaction not having board approval and the expense not being related to supporting the company's events.
Hoffmeister also said several payments were made to Shimza's personal tour manager, known as "Lets Push" or "Stuff" without board approval. Further payments were made to "Zito", identified as Shimza's personal photographer.
He accuses Shimza of establishing two brands, U'R and Shimza & Friends, which competed directly with Kunye by targeting the same audience, booking similar artists and hosting events in other South African cities.
The Companies Tribunal ruled on 20 August 2026 that Shimza and Treger be removed as directors of Kunye Records with immediate effect.
However, Shimza and Treger have approached the Western Cape High Court to challenge the decision, arguing that they were not given a proper opportunity to respond to the allegations.
Meanwhile, Saturday's Kunye Jozi XI event went ahead at Huddle Park, with Shimza on the line-up alongside international DJ Francis Mercier and South African house veteran DJ Kent.
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South African restaurant brands and companies are coining it in southern African countries that use the US$ as alternative currency.
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In 1986, magician James Randi caught faith healer Peter Popoff with a radio in his ear. His wife was reading him the names and illnesses he said came from God.
His ministry had been taking in $550,000 a month, and a year later he was bankrupt. Years later he returned to TV with "miracle spring water," and in 2005 his ministry took in over $23 million.
In the video below, Randi shows how his radio scanner caught the voice in Popoff's ear. "Hello, Petey, can you hear me?"
At his "miracle crusades," Popoff named strangers and their illnesses, saying God told him. "God is touching that thyroid condition right now," he told one woman.
Randi suspected a trick, and his scanner picked up "a decidedly worldly source." It was Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, reading him prayer cards the audience filled out before the show.
Randi played the tapes on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Popoff first called them a fake, then admitted the earpiece and said "almost everybody" knew.
That fall he went off the air, and in 1987 he went bankrupt owing 790 creditors. His lawyer blamed "poor business judgment" more than the exposure.
By the 2000s he was back on late-night TV, mailing free "miracle spring water" and asking for donations. His shows still aired in 2025, when a UK regulator fined a channel £150,000 for broadcasting them.
Why do people still send Popoff money: they never saw Randi's tapes, or they trust faith more than proof?
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The so called mpimpis, Clever blacks and mimosa Bantus will continue punishing the ANC.
Their vote didn’t just go to the the DA in the metros…it also went to ActionSA
People don’t want to talk about ActionSA because it doesn’t fit the sellout agenda
Guys, a lot of black people didn’t vote in the cities. It is possible to engineer voter apathy (through media and paid influencers) which likely happened.
Whites rallied together and made sure they turned up and they voted.
There was no vote rigging.
