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#art #history: it's a hasty sketch to celebrate the life of the south african phenomenon, miriam makeba (born #otd in 1932).
through a short & tough childhood to survive breast cancer & marriage to kwame toure, she packed a lot of music, activism & heart into her 76 years on this marble.
#miriamMakeba #musician #activist #southAfrica #art
simple digital pencil & ink sketch of legendary south african songwriter, actor, singer & activist, miriam makeba. here, her face is turned slightly to her right as she regards something the distance. her eyes are bright & she smiles widely, a tall hat on her head. colours are black & white on a terracotta background.
#art #history #OTD #southafrica #musician #activist #miriammakeba

Getting ready for Cape Town pride. Made both the shirt and the sign this morning!

#pride #nonbinary #SouthAfrica
Black t shirt with big blocky white letters saying "ONE OF THEM" and a cardboard sign that says FCK MSK" in big red and blue letters
#southafrica #pride #NonBinary

Reuters: Google, Meta face penalties for anti-competitive behaviour towards South African news media. “Google could be required to pay up to 500 million rand ($27.29 million) a year in compensation to South African media outlets after the country’s competition watchdog found the tech giant guilty of anti-competitive practices, while Meta and X also face fines.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/25/reuters-google-meta-face-penalties-for-anti-competitive-behaviour-towards-south-african-news-media/

Reuters: Google, Meta face penalties for anti-competitive behaviour towards South African news media | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

ResearchBuzz (ResearchBuzz: Firehose)
#news #google #media #facebook #southafrica #techindustry #siliconvalley #revenueSharing #governmentOversight

#Google #Facebook #SouthAfrica #media #antitrust

"Google could be required to pay up to 500 million rand ($27.29 million) a year in compensation to South African media outlets after the country's competition watchdog found the tech giant guilty of anti-competitive practices, while Meta and X also face fines."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-meta-face-penalties-anti-154135336.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
#google #media #facebook #southafrica #antitrust

AP Describes Musk’s Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’
https://fair.org/home/ap-describes-musks-coup-as-penchant-for-dabbling/

"Musk locking federal workers out of internal systems...

Why, that’s just “Musk’s penchant for dabbling.” He’s been “tinkering with things his entire life,” the wire service says. He learned to code as a child in #SouthAfrica, you see, & “now #Musk is popping open the hood on the federal #government like it’s one of his cars or rockets.”

Popping open the hood of democratic processes to tinker with them?"

#Coup #News
Headline: AP Describes Musk’s Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’ by Janine Jackson, February 14, 2025

AP Describes Musk’s Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’

"Musk is popping open the hood on the federal government like it’s one of his cars or rockets.”
FAIR
#news #musk #southafrica #government #Coup

Some countries are willing to stand up for at least some of their principles:

Report: The US threatened to cut aid to South Africa unless it withdrew its case of genocide against Israel, & South Africa's foreign minister said, "No chance”.

"Standing by our principles sometimes has consequences, but we remain firm that this is important for the world & the rule of law" ~Ronald Lamola

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/no-chance-south-africa-remains-firm-on-icj-case-despite-trumps-actions/

#SouthAfrica #ICJ #GazaGenocideNotWar #USBullying #USAid #USPol .

South Africa's Ronald Lamola

'No Chance' - South Africa Remains Firm on ICJ Case despite Trump’s Actions - Palestine Chronicle

South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said there was “no chance” of withdrawing the ICJ case against Israel despite the US's actions. 
admin (Palestine Chronicle)
#uspol #ICJ #southafrica #usaid #gazagenocidenotwar #usbullying

How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court
https://newrepublic.com/article/191528/elon-musk-judicial-crisis-roberts

"Musk’s strategy w/ #DOGE appears to be to create enough on-the-ground damage... that #Congress, the #courts... can’t readily reverse things. A certain amount of lawlessness is baked into this approach...

#Musk appears hostile to the idea that he can be constrained by a judge at all. He does not seem to know or care how the #Constitution works... After all, he grew up in apartheid-era #SouthAfrica"

#ElonMusk #News
Text from article: Musk’s strategy with DOGE appears to be to create enough on-the-ground damage—with dismantled agencies, fired employees, harvested data, frozen payments, and so on—that Congress, the courts, and a future Democratic administration can’t readily reverse things. A certain amount of lawlessness is baked into this approach. You can’t “move fast and break things,” as Silicon Valley’s ruling class likes to put it, if you have to comply with pesky bureaucratic and statutory requirements. But it also seems to run deeper than that. Musk appears hostile to the idea that he can be constrained by a judge at all. He does not seem to know or care how the Constitution works. Some unfamiliarity is understandable: After all, he grew up in apartheid-era South Africa and did not receive an American civics education. His reflexive accusation that the judges are engaged in corruption merely for ruling against him and the administration is straight out of an authoritarian playbook.

How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court

The mogul seems bent on pushing the Trump White House into a nuclear confrontation with the federal judiciary. He has the chief justice to thank.
The New Republic
#news #musk #elonmusk #congress #courts #constitution #southafrica #doge

Apple hearing aid feature now available in South Africa
A pair of Apple AirPods Pro resting in their charging case, set against a sleek black background.
“South Africa’s hearing aid market might be in for a big shake-up: Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 hearing aid functionality is now available in South Africa. Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 were set apart from other Bluetooth earbuds in the market when US regulators last September approved their use as hearing aids, opening up a potentially lucrative new market for the California-based technology giant.”

Yes, with hearing aids costing from R10k to R100k, even Apple AirPods will seem very cheap by comparison.

The point of this functionality though is not just about amplifying sound (many ear buds can do that), but it is about assessing hearing loss and compensating properly for it.

It is amazing this has taken so long to get to market if I think about own long we’ve had super cheap reading glasses available in discount pharmacy stores. For many, they just want “good enough” to use.

See https://techcentral.co.za/apple-hearing-aid-feature-south-africa
#Blog, #AirPods, #hearing, #southafrica, #technology
#blog #technology #southafrica #hearing #airpods

Trump’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’. LOL.

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/9/no-thanks-white-south-africans-turn-down-trumps-us-immigration-offer?traffic_source=rss

#SouthAfrica #Apartheid #ElonMusk #PeterTheil #StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer

US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’.
Al Jazeera
#elonmusk #uspol #southafrica #apartheid #trumpdidthis #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #RepublicansOwnThis #stoptrumpnow #PeterTheil

#Felon47 is not at all against refugees from #africa -

as long as they are white #afrikaners, oppressed in #southafrica.
He now announced "prioritize the resettlement of South Africans of European descent through the U.S. refugee program".
Also, aid to #southafrica is cut as a response to the country’s genocide case at the International Court of Justice (#ICJ) against #Israel

#mump #whiteSupremacy #racism #US #fascism

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-u-s-refugee-resettlement-of-afrikaners/

https://www.rferl.org/a/33307646.html

Trump Order Cuts Aid For South Africa Over Land Law, Genocide Case Against Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on February 7.
RFE/RL
#fascism #us #israel #ICJ #Africa #racism #southafrica #WhiteSupremacy #felon47 #mump #afrikaners

Nine states launch legal action against Israel over Gaza war https://www.byteseu.com/702702/ #GazaGenocide #GazaWar #ICC #InternationalLaw #Israel #malaysia #namibia #SouthAfrica #TheHague
Nine states launch legal action against Israel over Gaza war

Nine states launch legal action against Israel over Gaza war

Nine nations will convene in The Hague on Friday to unveil joint legal, economic, and diplomatic action against Israel’s war on Gaza Delegations from nine countries gathered in The Hague on Friday unveiled 'co-ordinated legal, economic, and diplomati…
BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#israel #InternationalLaw #southafrica #gazagenocide #malaysia #icc #gazawar #thehague #namibia

“There must be consequences for genocide”

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/95wvHdbmZ0k

“We understand racism, we understand apartheid, we understand separate development. And that is what is happening in Gaza and in Palestine.”
~ Ronald Ozzy Lamola, South African Minister

#SouthAfrica #Israel #Court #Genocide #Apartheid #Consequences #FreePalestine

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#israel #southafrica #genocide #freepalestine #apartheid #consequences #court

April 1982: twelve ways to lobby against Apartheid in South Africa

(via @palestinalibre on X)
https://books.google.ca/books?id=-mlysXnnGI8C&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=countries+that+backed+up+apartheid+south+africa&source=bl&ots=usrD83_dv-&sig=KEyKv_S1Jd73x6bIgpZuMPvL8es&hl=en&ei=WAsSTbLDEo-u8Aat3di-Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=countries%20that%20backed%20up%20apartheid%20south%20africa&f=false

#BDS #palestine #southafrica #apartheid

Black Enterprise

BLACK ENTERPRISE is the ultimate source for wealth creation for African American professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Every month, BLACK ENTERPRISE delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance.
Google Books
#southafrica #palestine #apartheid #bds

I don’t ordinarily post anything written by the Quislings at the #Grauniad! However, I’ll make a rare exception to post this because I think it makes an important contribution to understanding some of the key “players” driving the US descent into #Fascism!

“How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa”

by Chris McGreal

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Press #Trump ##Musk #Thiel #Sacks #Botha #Nazi #Apartheid #SouthAfrica #PayPal #Mafia #ChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy
#fascism #trump #musk #Paypal #press #nazi #southafrica #apartheid #WhiteSupremacy #christiannationalism #thiel #mafia #grauniad #sacks #Botha

South African humanitarian in pro-Israeli crosshairs over Palestine support | Humanitarian Crises News https://www.byteseu.com/671368/ #africa #Features #Gaza #HumanitarianCrises #Israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #MiddleEast #News #Palestine #SocialMedia #SouthAfrica
South African humanitarian in pro-Israeli crosshairs over Palestine support | Humanitarian Crises News

South African humanitarian in pro-Israeli crosshairs over Palestine support | Humanitarian Crises News

Johannesburg, South Africa — The crowd erupted in thunderous applause as Dr Imtiaz Sooliman ascended the stage, dressed in his signature dark green T-shirt emblazoned with South Africa’s flag and the name of his organisation, Gift of the Givers.
BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#news #israel #socialmedia #Africa #Features #southafrica #palestine #gaza #middleeast #israelpalestineconflict #Humanitariancrises

More than 100 people in South Africa are believed to have died since becoming trapped in an abandoned gold mine in November. Why police are coming under scrutiny.

https://flip.it/o_yM.L

#SouthAfrica #Africa #Gold #Mine #Police

Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in abandoned South Africa mine

South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months
GERALD IMRAY Associated Press (ABC News)
#police #Africa #gold #southafrica #mine

Ja son 10 els països que recolzen i participen de la denúncia per #genocidi formulada per #SouthAfrica contra #Israel .

Tant de bó s'esquerdi del tot aquest discurs mentider que nega el genocidi contra la nació #palestina .

Tant de bó #Netanyahu sigui jutjat i empresonat per criminal.

Tant de bó aquest sigui el principi del final d'aquesta teocràcia colonial anomenada #Israel

El poble jueu té dret a un estat, pero no així, ni a #Gaza ni a #Cisjordania ni a #Siria .

https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/mundo/2025/01/13/guerra-en-gaza-cuba-irlanda-y-otros-10-paises-se-unen-a-denuncia-por-genocidio-de-israel/

Guerra en Gaza: Cuba, Irlanda y otros 10 países se unen a denuncia por genocidio de Israel

Países como Cuba, México y España se han sumado a la denuncia de Sudáfrica contra Israel, por cometer genocidio en Palestina.
EFE (El Financiero)
#israel #southafrica #siria #gaza #netanyahu #palestina #cisjordania #genocidi

Given that Elon #Musk seems to be emerging as the un-elected “power” behind Donald #Trump’s “throne”, it’s interesting to explore his family background:

This piece in Jim Stewartson’s MindWar blog explores Musk’s privileged racist, Nazi-supporting roots via an interview that his father, Errol, gave on New Year’s Day!

https://www.mind-war.com/p/elon-musks-privileged-racist-roots

#Press ##Nazi #Racism #SouthAfrica #Hartman

Elon Musk’s Privileged, Racist Roots

“I took them to school in the Rolls Royce most of the time.”
Jim Stewartson (MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy)
#trump #musk #press #nazi #racism #southafrica #hartman

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