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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 16

      this has been on my order backlog for a while, going to pick it up in the spirit of reading predictions https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1849045593/ pic.twitter.com/VtEsxU3MZD

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 16

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      more reportinghttps://twitter.com/kilovh/status/1415439611384549376?s=19 …

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       🦌 @kilovh
      Going around on whatsapp. KZN is KwaZulu-Natal, the province where Durban is located, population 11m pic.twitter.com/bKdY09LbgC
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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 16

      eigenrobot Retweeted Ben Liddicott

      huuuh any recommendations on background reading?https://twitter.com/BenLiddicott/status/1416102057933778947?s=19 …

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      Ben Liddicott @BenLiddicott
      Replying to @eigenrobot
      Not sure why there's no separate Zulu/Xhosa split. That's a big one in ZA. (Zulu Inkatha was funded by China, Xhosa ANC by Soviet Russia. There's a reason Apartheid didn't end until after the dissolution of the USSR.)
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    4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 17

      oh jeez oh dangpic.twitter.com/He4RktCl6m

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    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

      eigenrobot Retweeted Dumaurier

      bunch of commentary and updates on these sites most saliently, claims that the initial looting was orchestrated and then just exploded into a free for all who knowshttps://twitter.com/Dumaurier10/status/1416822578308685825?s=19 …

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      Dumaurier @Dumaurier10
      Replying to @eigenrobot
      Two major sources for political analysis in S.A. are: https://www.politicsweb.co.za/home  And https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ 
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    6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

      commentary this is brutal https://twitter.com/Dumaurier10/status/1416829073754673157?s=19 …pic.twitter.com/0q3G6IGovX

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    7. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

      pic.twitter.com/V1359f8j1T

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    8. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

      various chloroplethspic.twitter.com/x0Wv57k1ec

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    9. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

      annals of ethnic tension contdpic.twitter.com/rcsSliYCtv

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    10. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

      one thing that's very interesting to me about this is that the turmoil is maybe(?? I know nothing of this publication) being covered in India with an angle that no media outlet in the US would ever ever take https://www.opindia.com/2021/07/anti-white-indian-bigotry-south-africa-racism-african-national-congress-economic-freedom-fighters-eff/amp/ …pic.twitter.com/t0aAJrqcTz

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

      eigenrobot Retweeted David Ansara

      also interesting, ht @mrchan maybe a xhosa-zulu intra-ANC struggle going on as usual I have no ability to evaluate these claimshttps://twitter.com/DavidAnsara/status/1414617926154416130?s=19 …

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      David Ansara @DavidAnsara
      1/ Zulu speakers have long felt marginalized in the ANC. There were similar complaints made during the Mbeki era of a 'Xhosa Nostra' that was sidelining Zulus. Mbeki appointed Zuma to solve the 'Zulu problem' in the party, but this ultimately backfired at Polokwane.
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        2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 18

          eigenrobot Retweeted Robert Duigan

          coalition politics will always be fun and horrifyinghttps://twitter.com/uMarhobane/status/1416886999181627401?s=19 …

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          Robert Duigan @uMarhobane
          Replying to @eigenrobot @mrchan
          The Xhosa dominated the ANC from 1912 until 2008. Zuma came out on a ticket of "100% Zulu", and cut IFP (Zulu trad party) support in half in KZN. Zuma became a scapegoat for the ANC's failures, thus a zero-sum narrative game emerged to keep the whole system afloat.
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        3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 19

          eigenrobot Retweeted Asian Dawn

          bunch of international manufacturers pulling out of the countryhttps://twitter.com/AsianDawn4/status/1417229739211689993?s=19 …

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          Asian Dawn @AsianDawn4
          Samsung & LG Severely Damaged in S. Africa, Toyota Backing Off Investments - https://www.asian-dawn.com/2021/07/19/samsung-lg-severely-damaged-in-s-africa-toyota-backing-off-investments/ … via @AsianDawn4
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        1. 𝔻𝕦𝕩 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕦𝕞  ⚔️ 𝔸𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕠-𝕊𝕒𝕩𝕠𝕟‏ @Face_Almighty44 Jul 18
          Replying to @eigenrobot @mrchan

          the Zulus are a proud and strong people. During the regime transition, there was quite a bit of intra-tribal fighting between Zulus and several thousand people were killed in sort of a mini civil war, IIRC

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        2. Robert Duigan‏ @uMarhobane Jul 18
          Replying to @eigenrobot @mrchan

          The Xhosa dominated the ANC from 1912 until 2008. Zuma came out on a ticket of "100% Zulu", and cut IFP (Zulu trad party) support in half in KZN. Zuma became a scapegoat for the ANC's failures, thus a zero-sum narrative game emerged to keep the whole system afloat.

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        1. Elam Bend‏ @ElamBend Jul 18
          Replying to @eigenrobot @mrchan

          There is definite factionalism going on.

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        1. Rationality Defined As Such‏ @DefinedSuch Jul 18
          Replying to @eigenrobot @mrchan

          Unlikely, as Ramaphosa is a Venda. The Zulu issue is there, but the Xhosa side of it has died down as Xhosa identity has weakened with globalization The conflict is intra ANC, but it's not just about political power. It's about a cash crunch making a patronage state impossible

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