We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala will face fresh charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption related to his tainted R360m SAPS tender. Senior police officers will join him in the dock. Three years of journalism. The latest on @news24 now and overnight.

RT @Acosta: BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s tragedy has reopened a national debate over trust, negligence and the collapse of confidence in Nigeria’s hospitals.

A rare find. Nechama Brodie’s Cape Town and Joburg books are on auction. auctions.auctionchamber.co.z…

For Renee Nicole Good Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026 by Amanda Gorman They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose. Iced wheels flinched & froze. Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns. If for us she arose, Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power, The howl where we begin, Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we’ve been. Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour & bitter anger of our neighbors Is moved by the love  & better angels of our nature. What they call death & void, We know is breath & voice;  In the end, gorgeously,  Endures our enormity.  You could believe departed to be the dawn When the blank night has so long stood. But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone, When they forever are so fiercely Good.

The DA wants to cancel BEE.

You can take this MAGA hatred & fear for Muslim nonsense you are trying to import into SA public discourse & shove it down your little gullet. SA has & always will be supportive & tolerant of all religions. You will NOT succeed in fanning the flames of hate against the Muslim community while hiding behind the plausible deniability & condescending “the rest of you are SO well spoken” BS of “SaLt of ThE eArTH PeOple.” The @SAHRCommission ought to investigate the blatant Islamophobia you have been spreading. You have gotten away with too much. Racist insulting black people by insinuating them brainless and convinced with fried chicken & now your target is the Muslim community? Enough is enough.

World Children’s Day… while the children of Palestine are under fire!3 For more than two years of war, 19,000 children have been martyred, and around 28,000 injured, including school students. Hundreds of schools and kindergartens have been completely or partially destroyed. While the world celebrates children’s rights, the occupation continues its daily violations against them in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem. Palestinian children deserve protection, education, and dignity… not death, displacement, and starvation.

From Bernie’s courage to Zohran’s conviction, this is proof that movements don’t fade, they grow. Thank you, Bernie, for paving the way. I can’t wait to see government working for the people of one of my favourite cities in the world.

Protecting those most at risk: South Africa now has the mpox vaccine available in districts with the highest prevalence.

Intercepted and gone 🏃 Cheslin Kolbe goes all the way for the Springboks' first try of the night. #NZvSA | #TheRugbyChampionship

The most devastating transition ever:

Struck off the roll with punitive costs - High Court dismisses #CollenMashawana’s @dailymaverick gag attempt. #IDT #TebogoMalaka #CollenMashawanaFoundation dailymaverick.co.za/article/…

Dr Adila Hassim SC South Africa’s legal counsel submission to the International Court of Justice “Palestinians in Gaza are subjected to relentless bombing wherever they go. They are killed in their homes, in places where they seek shelter, in hospitals, in schools, in mosques, in churches, and as they try to find food and water for their families.”

What a wondrous thing / just to be alive / during this sunset / in this broken world. With apologies to Mary Oliver.

Climate change isn't just heat. It’s shifting winds, warmer oceans, and disrupted rain cycles. In SA, it means more droughts, sudden floods & hotter days. Even the Congo’s forests, ocean currents and wind belts influence the weather we now see changing

Did you close your eyes when you drove past Crossroads, Bonteheuwel, Langa, and the like?

I joined Twitter when it was still a place of community and real engagement. #MyXAnniversary

It's time to revisit @mariaressa's Nobel Peace Prize speech and her life. This thread by @AndyKimNJ is as valid today as ever.