Geophysicist. 5 x Comrades Marathon finisher.
Sandton, South Africa
Joined April 2021
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Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
Our first Coalition Deal @OnsBaizaNie will support @Action4SA candidate in Laingsburg 🫶🏽🤛🏾
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Hangwani Maumela’s R14m Ferrari Sells For R10.1m At Auction
A 2022 Ferrari SF90 Stradale linked to businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela has been sold for R10.1 million at auction, below its estimated market value of approximately R14 million.
Auctioneer Jan le Roux of Bidders Choice confirmed that the auction closed shortly after 11am on Wednesday, 11 November 2026. Bidding opened at R8 million.
The hybrid supercar has exceptionally low mileage, reportedly ranging between 311km and 357km, making it an attractive item for bidders.
The vehicle was purchased for approximately R11.13 million in April 2022. It was among several luxury assets preserved by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in September 2025 as part of its investigation into alleged corruption and maladministration at Tembisa Hospital.
The investigation centres on the alleged looting of approximately R2 billion through irregular procurement processes and networks of companies and syndicates. Maumela has been linked to one of the alleged networks.
The Special Tribunal authorised the SIU-appointed curator to sell the Ferrari for no less than R9.5 million, citing the high costs of storage, insurance and maintenance.
The Pretoria High Court recently dismissed an urgent application by Maumela and the trustees of the MHR Maumela Family Trust seeking to stop the sale.
The R10.1 million proceeds will be held in an interest-bearing trust account under the curator's control until the related civil proceedings are finalised.
The auction forms part of the SIU's broader efforts to preserve the value of assets linked to the Tembisa Hospital investigation while legal proceedings continue.
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
New Balance is a fascinating case study.
The company was founded in 1906, but Jim Davis purchased it in 1972 for $100,000.
It had just six employees making 30 pairs of running shoes a day, and Davis financed it with $10,000 down.
Davis still owns about 95% of the company today, and its sales have EXPLODED over the last six years.
New Balance Annual Revenue
• 2020: $3.3 billion
• 2021: $4.4 billion
• 2022: $5.3 billion
• 2023: $6.5 billion
• 2024: $7.8 billion
• 2025: $9.2 billion
Nike is now only 5x bigger than New Balance — it was 11x bigger before the pandemic — and New Balance added more revenue last year than On and Hoka combined.
New Balance has also signed a ton of athletes, including Shohei Ohtani, Cooper Flagg, Josh Allen, and a new deal with Ben Shelton that could be worth up to $18 million annually.
The company is likely worth more than $10 billion today, and with a 95% ownership stake, Jim Davis is one of the wealthiest 200 people in the United States.
Today's newsletter breaks down all the details.
READ MORE: huddleup.substack.com/p/how-…
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia tells OPEC it boosted oil production in October to pre-war levels, reaching 10.6 million barrels a day.
(Riyadh added that part of the output surge went straight into storage. Saudi Arabia official OPEC production quota is ~10.5m b/d).
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
There were 101 candidates that are naturalised citizens that contested the 2026 LGEs.
How many of these 101 candidates are now occupying positions of political power, making decisions that directly affect the lives and livelihoods of South Africans? Will these elected representatives put South Africans first or serve competing interests.
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
This activated my patriotism even more! When things don’t go accordingly everyone else have somewhere else to go back to, but wena black child you’re stuck here! So it’s in our best interest to fight for our country until it works!
South Africa’s most decorated Olympian, Tatjana Smith, has officially switched sporting allegiance to the Netherlands after World Aquatics approved her change of nationality.
🥇🥇 Olympic gold medals
🥈🥈 Olympic silver medals
🇿🇦 A South African legend
While she will now compete in Dutch colours and target LA 2028, Smith will remain based in South Africa, continue training with her long-time coaches, and support local athletes through the Lighthouse Sport Foundation.
👉 A new flag, but an enduring legacy in South African sport. 💚💛
@robertmarawa
#TatjanaSmith #Olympics #Swimming #SouthAfrica #Netherlands 🏊♀️✨
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
The ANC fall sharply in Polokwane
ANC 37 (57)
EFF 17 (20)
DA 11 (7)
ActionSA 10
SACP 6
VF+ 3 (2)
UAT 1
MKP 1
Mayibuye 1
MSM 1 (1)
Born to Win 1
ACDP 1 (1)
Total 90
COPE & ACDP lost seats.
EFF won 2 wards off the ANC & the DA won a ward off the ANC.
ActionSA & SACP hurt the ANC
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
What if Herman Mashaba's reluctance to be the junior partner in a Jozi coalition led by Helen Zille has less to do with personal animus than a calculation that with her out front, the DA will earn all the credit for any recovery, and the future votes to go with it? IDK, but it seems worth considering when assessing his motives and behaviour.
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
A high fiber diet outperforms metformin, without the iatrogenics, of course.
This is somewhat statistically OK, so could be big, very big, because it must necessarily directionally apply to GLP-1 --though the latter has a stronger effect than metformin.
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
I see the content… but the first thing I noticed is that exposed rock face. They just cut through that slope… no tie backs? no slope stabilization mesh? 🤯
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⚠️ ALERT: EXTREMELY HOT IN GAUTENG ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO HEATWAVE
🥵Johannesburg 34°C
🥵🥵Vereeniging 35°C
🥵🥵🥵Pretoria 36°C
Shandu 🇿🇦 retweeted
BREAKING: Alice Huang has known Jensen Huang, and identified her real company, Shanghai Century Litong, which enabled at least $7.5B Nvidia chips sales to China since 2023, bigger than previously reported, per the Information
