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@aiBester yeah, it's certainly been a test of the resilience of my idealism! about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to aiBester
Guess it depends if it's good news or not! RT @aiBester: Is the #SKA announcement purposefully scheduled for #AfricaDay? about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
@MichAtagana @MvelaseP hoping the answer to the Universe will set us all straight again? :) about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to MichAtagana
The #FaceOfUnemployment pics break my heart :( I hope they at least shake up the comfortable into doing something about unemployment about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
@Ivanisawesome um. except didn't we become a republic in the sixties? about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to Ivanisawesome
Without compensation! RT @TRHumanist: When @almackay expropriates my tweets! about 24 hours ago via TweetDeck
DA_News The DA believes that any #TraditionalCourts legislation must include an opt-in / opt-out clause for citizens in traditional areas 4:04 AM May 24th via TweetDeck Retweeted by almackay and 2 others
alexgmatthews "Today it is an artist. Tomorrow it could be abortion, and gay people, and cartoonists, and books." - @justicemalala gu.com/p/37zvb/tw 2:55 AM May 24th via web Retweeted by almackay
@hyltonapples lumpen radicalism? I haven't heard of that... 1:30 AM May 24th via TweetDeck in reply to hyltonapples
1 of SA's societal chasms must grow larger: between white folk who are furious with how white SA behaved & behaves & those who don't see it 1:05 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
@RashiqFataar haha um. Thanks! :) 12:40 AM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to RashiqFataar
Read this: Black anger and white obliviousness, by the ever-brilliant @TOMolefe bit.ly/KRRjhA 12:35 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
Cutest story though - Gay penguin couple given egg of their own: todayonline.com/World/EDC12052… thanks for restoring some warm fuzzies @sparktheclark 8:39 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone
MvelaseP @almackay As @Dan_Mae says, reading them is the internet's equivalent of self-cutting. 8:33 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to almackay Retweeted by almackay
@MvelaseP I've given up reading comments on all news sites and have been a much happier person ever since! 8:31 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MvelaseP
DA_News 12 schools in the EC, KZN & Limpopo had a 0% pass rate. Here's how the WC turned under-performing schools around | bit.ly/KywtC6 7:40 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck Retweeted by almackay and 19 others
@MayraHart it's completely bizarre, and pretty shameful of us actually. Millions of children are being denied their right to education 3:01 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MayraHart
Why are we more interested in a painting than the failing education system? Softer target? Easier to fix? It can be racialised? 2:41 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
@Ruhanda haha not that kind of model you fool! :) 2:35 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to Ruhanda
Western Cape model provides glimmer of hope for unemployment | bit.ly/KmMteh 2:32 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck