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Hi @Lesufi,
I trust all is well.
Just following up on this project. I understand Phase 1 was completed in 2023, so I am keen to understand where we currently stand, given that it is now 2026 and we haven’t received any update.
Your feedback would be appreciated.
Kind regards,
#RailLink The first phase of the Gauteng-Limpopo Rail link project has been completed. RM
ALT Image: Twitter
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Introducing Ponder: the agentic video editor.
It’s a new paradigm for filmmaking, where powerful creative agents and humans collaborate to tell world-class stories.
We're also announcing our $2.5M pre-seed, led by Liu Jiang from Sunflower (@seedtosunflower), with @Joshuabrowder and @MattHartman.
Joined by @levie (Box), @emerywells (Frame), @JaredLeto, @CommaCapital, the @nyuniversity venture fund, @cory, @darian314, @shiffman, and many more incredible founders, investors, and creators.
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We are the country that woke up together at 3AM 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 I LOVE South Africa man 🥹🇿🇦🥳😍 #BafanaBafana #FIFAWorldCup2026
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Oh no, the dork famous for taking selfies with boat hoes called me subversive!
I absolutely never told @jakeshieldsajj that I was scared. (Who would say that about themselves?)
I was aware that you wanted to connect. I wasn’t very interested because you’re retarded. Clear?
You are a subversive lying jew. @jakeshieldsajj said you were scared.
Everything I said was a fact, you ducked the convo and then lied about doing so.
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A word on Trump…
Plenty of please have criticized Trump over this war (me included), and fairly so.
But labeling him "stupid" or "a tool of Israel" is the laziest possible take.
This is a man who survived multiple bankruptcies, built a fortune, won the presidency in 2016 against the entire political establishment, survived an assassination attempt, endured relentless lawfare that nearly bankrupted him, and came back to win again.
Disagree with him all you want, but do so with some intellectual honesty
I've been one of his harshest critics on the decision to enter this war, but I’ve also praised him when he off-ramped despite enormous pressure to escalate, and now just delivered a Lebanon ceasefire that many considered impossible
If Netanyahu was calling the shots, Trump would still be bombing Iran, and Israel bombing Lebanon, yet both wars are coming to an end
Does that mean Israel doesn’t have too much influence over U.S. politics? No. But influence does not equate control
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Starlink should be allowed. In South Africa. Those who want to use it will; those who don’t won’t. That’s democracy, that's what an open market is.
Policy decisions shouldn’t be driven by baseless, emotional, or manipulative arguments.
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If you act like a common criminal, you should face the consequences of a common criminal.
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Do you guys honestly think Starlink Satellite Services in South Africa will be used as a spying tool by Elon Musk 😂😂😳😳😳?
Hold on we are speaking about the World’s richest Man here, a South African born Citizen, with all the money he has if he really wanted to spy on our Country he could have done it long time ago.
We watch daily how our leaders use money for their own benefits, what could be a barrier to Elon Musk?
We just need to admit that, the 30% give away stake to a specific group of People is absurd.
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The demand for Elon Musk to surrender 30% of his business to operate in South Africa is absurd.
Bringing infrastructure, creating high-skill jobs, and expanding the national tax base should be more than enough contribution from any global entity.
The South African government claims this is about compliance, but in reality, it's a system of state sanctioned theft.
While other corporations have quietly paid for political patronage to bypass these rules, Musk is calling out the corruption. This 30% norm hasn't empowered the people, it has simply enriched a circle of political elites.
Most businesses take the easy way out and pay the bribe, but Musk has the integrity to stand his ground and expose the rot.
South Africa won’t allow Starlink to be licensed, even though I was BORN THERE, simply because I am not Black!
We were offered many times the opportunity to bribe our way to a license by pretending that a Black guy runs Starlink SA, but I have refused to do so on principle.
Racism should not be rewarded no matter to which race it is applied.
Shame on the racist politicians in South Africa. They should be shown no respect whatsoever anywhere in the world and shunned for being unashamedly RACISTS!
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As a black South African, I'm very happy with what Elon Musk is doing about South Africa and it's so called transformation policies. These policies are not just reverse racism but they work against majority of blacks here. We now have the highest unemployment rate in the world
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If you earn an average salary of R30,000 a month from age 18 to 65, you’ll pay roughly R2.64 million in PAYE over your lifetime.
That’s years of your life worked just to fund the state.
Here’s what that really means:
You will work about 7.3 years for free to fund one minister’s salary for a single year.
You will work about 2.9 years for free to pay for one minister’s car.
It takes about 5.3 South Africans working their entire lives to fund one minister’s 5-year term.
This is before VAT. Before fuel levies. Before everything else.
Every tax has a cost.
Not just in rands, but in years of your life.
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To those who knew Trump wasn't going to vaporize 90 million people tonight:
Congratulations you passed the easiest IQ test of all time.
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The problem with Mario Nawfal’s account is that multiple people run it and some of them happen to be pro-IRGC while others post actual news about the regime’s losses and defeats. The end result is a schizophrenic sounding account that contradicts itself in every other post.
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You have no clue what our people are actually living through.
You are out here clutching your pearls over the words “stone age” while our people are literally stuck in one, total internet blackout, no connection for over a month. I haven’t even seen my family’s faces in weeks.
Meanwhile you sit with unlimited internet, lecturing us because a desperate nation is fighting for the freedom you were born with. They’ve already spilled blood for it, and now they’re welcoming bombs on the people trying to kill them.
All you want is to talk over us and shut our voices down. And guess what? You did it, Dave.
I’m too exhausted to even argue back.
Congrats. You successfully spoke over an entire population that can’t even log on to respond. While the ones cheering you on are the regime-approved accounts who actually get internet access to push their narrative.
What an accomplishment.
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I muted @MarioNawfal. I have my own Chat GPT account. I don’t need to see his any more.
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Met with a financial advisor today
My wife set it up
She wants "a professional opinion" on our retirement
Nice office
Glass desk
Diploma on the wall from a school I've never heard of
The advisor was 23
Maybe 24
He had a pullover vest and a rehearsed handshake
He handed me a pitch book
It had someone else's name on it
I chose not to mention that
He said "based on your risk profile I'd recommend a 60/40 portfolio"
I said "what's the fee?"
He said "1% annually"
I ran the compound drag over 25 years in my head
Said the number out loud
Then I said it again slower
His smile went away
I said "what's the tax strategy?"
He said "we review that annually"
I said "what's the Roth conversion ladder? The asset location framework? The blended expense ratio on the underlying funds? Why wouldn't I just buy VOO for free and do this from my phone?"
He opened his mouth
Closed it
Excused himself
Came back with his boss
Same vest
Bigger watch
The boss said "I hear you have some concerns"
I said "not concerns. Questions. Your 23-year-old couldn't answer them. That's my concern."
My wife kicked me under the table
I kept going
The boss said "the value is in the relationship"
I said "that's what my therapist says too. She charges $250 an hour. You're charging more and doing less."
The boss looked at my wife
My wife looked at the ceiling
I've now been to a therapist, a realtor, a car dealership, and a financial advisor this month
My wife has walked out of every single one
I asked her in the car what she thinks the common denominator is
She said "you"
I said "interesting. Not sure how to model that."
Plz fix. Thx.
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