Financial risk dude. Economist and academic lecturer. One of the world's top armchair referees for both rugby and football. Rowing fanatic.
Johannesburg South Africa
Joined June 2009
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James Bernstein retweeted
All the ANC had to do was provide honest, effective and clean governance... hire & appoint talented, ethical and effective people to city jobs... and get rid of incompetence, corruption and cronyism in their ranks.
But I guess that was a step too far.
James Bernstein retweeted
The Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Navi Pillay for promoting international law, which is the politest way a Norwegian committee has ever told Donald Trump to fuck off.
James Bernstein retweeted
Awwww... very bad things are happening in South Africa, @realDonaldTrump. Now you're a lose. Again... sad. Bigly. Covfefe... – at Roodepoort, South Africa
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@USAmbRSA
You're not welcome here.
You represent everything we hated about the Apartheid regime.
James Bernstein retweeted
Dear @Loyiso_Masuku as CFO @CityofJoburgZA. Our Refuse collection is random since Jan ‘26. No collection this week. We are paying more rates with deteriorating services. If refuse services are nt rendered this week, can we claim refund - refuse is R453/mnth @jozi117 @DadaMorero
@CityofJoburgZA @DadaMorero @CdeDada every year our rates increase, every day services deteriorate. This year @CleanerJoburg have got worse, with failed collections. Yet we pay more. Bukelwa Njingolo is paid more than R4m/yr to pick up trash - she fails her only job - not fair
James Bernstein retweeted
Pikitup Managing Director Ms Bukelwa Jingolo joined CEO's who made a pledge before the president to ensure a cleaner, rejuvenated and investment attracting Joburg @CityofJoburgZA
James Bernstein retweeted
𝐁𝐎𝐊-𝐓𝐎-𝐁𝐎𝐊 🏆🏆
The Junior Springboks retain the Junior World Championship title 🇿🇦🏉
#JuniorWorldChampionship | #SSRugby
James Bernstein retweeted
On June 5th, President Trump said "I'd be honored to meet him." He was talking about Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamanei.
14-15 May, Trump visited China and said Xi Jinping is "very smart," has "great stature" is "all business." But that was not the first time. In 2017, whilst in China during his first term, Trump said Xi is "a very special man" and "highly respected and powerful representative of his people."
Did you also have a fit of pique then? Or you are just a bully? Bullying a nation that consistently overlooks your rudeness and affords you so much grace and courtesy?
The Government of South Africa rolls out the red carpet for Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, while Deputy President Mashatile is in Beijing deepening ties with China. Pretoria calls this "non-alignment." We call it what it is: a choice. The South African people deserve an honest conversation about who their government is choosing to stand with. #NotSoNonAligned
James Bernstein retweeted
@HomeAffairsSA @Leon_Schreib Aprops the @PresidencyZA speech last night; when will Phase 2 commence? A green book is a liability and legal non-citizen South Africa Permanent Residents who can’t get smart ID are often hassled by corrupt @SAPoliceService and Home affairs officials
@homeaffairsZA @Leon_Schreib when will chinese citizens who are south african permanent residents be able to receive smart ID cards? On 12 may 2025 non-citizen PRs from visa-exempt countries were able to get Smart IDs (phase 1). When will other countries (phse 2) be permitted? 🙏🏻
James Bernstein retweeted
@homeaffairsZA @Leon_Schreib when will chinese citizens who are south african permanent residents be able to receive smart ID cards? On 12 may 2025 non-citizen PRs from visa-exempt countries were able to get Smart IDs (phase 1). When will other countries (phse 2) be permitted? 🙏🏻
James Bernstein retweeted
Why didn’t Trump explain to us why he was about to launch a major war in the biggest national address of the year just THREE days ago?
James Bernstein retweeted
This business of Trump ending 8 wars is absolute bunk
Exactly no one in academic international relations would support that assertion. Trump is lying
James Bernstein retweeted
This isn’t a state of the union. It’s a MAGA rally, complete with tirades, partisan aggression, and wandering stories. And of course, it’s really long
James Bernstein retweeted
What a thought-provoking post. Ambassador, it would be good if you could articulate what your understanding of "American Exceptionalism" is in the context of your role as a diplomat and the current fragmentation of the global order, which the USA has precipitated. No nation with a complex and sometimes contradictory global record can credibly claim moral exceptionalism. Is it political exceptionalism? In what way?
President Trump's speech in Riyadh last year was very instructive in dismantling the old world of hierarchies. Was he playing to the gallery? Because your invocation of "execeptionalism" in global affairs is incongruous with his message.
Exceptionalism is conceptually incompatible with equality. It creates hierarchies. Exceptionalism sits uneasily alongside the principles of sovereign equality and mutual respect that underpin modern diplomacy. Perhaps the future is not exceptionalism but interdependence? I'm sure we will get to know your thoughts through dialogue and mutual regard for each other's agency. Enjoy South Africa.
Honored to present a copy of my Letters of Credence @DIRCO_ZA today. I’m eager to begin this chapter in strengthening the U.S.–South Africa partnership.
I look forward to advancing U.S. priorities that build a safer, stronger, and more prosperous America, grounded in American exceptionalism and shared opportunity.
@ClaysonMonyela
James Bernstein retweeted
Never in the history of Western democratic politics has a single government contained so many proven and brazen liars who lie so often and so effortlessly and so demonstrably.
James Bernstein retweeted
Apartheid South Africa was once a utopia for racists. When the country did not collapse under black governance as many predicted - and instead emerged as a key actor in global affairs - South Africa become a living and breathing antagonist to White Supremacist ideology
James Bernstein retweeted
The Trump administration, while cracking down on foreign workers in the US, was illegally hiring foreign workers for its "refugee" program, South Africa says
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