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almackay

  1. @aiBester yeah, it's certainly been a test of the resilience of my idealism!
  2. Guess it depends if it's good news or not! RT @aiBester: Is the #SKA announcement purposefully scheduled for #AfricaDay?
  3. @MichAtagana @MvelaseP hoping the answer to the Universe will set us all straight again? :)
  4. The #FaceOfUnemployment pics break my heart :( I hope they at least shake up the comfortable into doing something about unemployment
  5. @Ivanisawesome um. except didn't we become a republic in the sixties?
  6. Without compensation! RT @TRHumanist: When @almackay expropriates my tweets!
  7. @hyltonapples lumpen radicalism? I haven't heard of that...
  8. 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
  9. @RashiqFataar haha um. Thanks! :)
  10. Read this: Black anger and white obliviousness, by the ever-brilliant @TOMolefe bit.ly/KRRjhA
  11. Cutest story though - Gay penguin couple given egg of their own: todayonline.com/World/EDC12052… thanks for restoring some warm fuzzies @sparktheclark
  12. @MvelaseP I've given up reading comments on all news sites and have been a much happier person ever since!
  13. @MayraHart it's completely bizarre, and pretty shameful of us actually. Millions of children are being denied their right to education
  14. Why are we more interested in a painting than the failing education system? Softer target? Easier to fix? It can be racialised?
  15. @Ruhanda haha not that kind of model you fool! :)
  16. Western Cape model provides glimmer of hope for unemployment | bit.ly/KmMteh