Richard Poplak @Poplak
Journalist, filmmaker, graphic novelist, doggeralist (so this should rhyme, but nah.) Editor at large @dailymaverick. richardpoplak.com Johannesburg, Occupied Mzansi Joined March 2009-
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Shoot him right in the fukken head.
Shoot him right in the fukken head.
Democracy.
Still the dumbest smart guy in South Africa.
Still the dumbest smart guy in South Africa.
Polls are just vibes, but I think Gareth’s data are more reflective of a real world outcome than are the IPSOS numbers. No way the ANC drops to 40 percent, especially with a large turnout. One thing for sure — lots of new faces in Parliament come June.
Polls are just vibes, but I think Gareth’s data are more reflective of a real world outcome than are the IPSOS numbers. No way the ANC drops to 40 percent, especially with a large turnout. One thing for sure — lots of new faces in Parliament come June.
The Market is drunk. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…
Did the Enlightenment fail? engelsbergideas.com/reviews/did-th…
As a response to this atrocity, the IDF should flatten a school in Gaza.
As a response to this atrocity, the IDF should flatten a school in Gaza.
Eventually, we all learn that “liberalism for some” is a fig leaf for fascism.
Eventually, we all learn that “liberalism for some” is a fig leaf for fascism.
The weed is strong around these parts.
More international awards. Brilliant work @dailymaverick sports team 💪🥏⚽️🎾🏓🏉
You gotta listen to this: Rhodes, Populism and the Election that Changed the World – Secret History secret-history.net/podcasts/717/
Hopefully he can fill Ernst in?
But the corporate media doth love a good “fashion shift” story.
But the corporate media doth love a good “fashion shift” story.
Now this is embarrassing.
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If you’re a “Jewish student” allying with a fringe theocrat who fumbled his way into a job he will keep only because he granted nearly a hundred billion dollars to weapons manufacturers, best o’ luck 💪
It might have something to do with … the genocide?
It might have something to do with … the genocide?
Tesla's freefall may be the result of a shoddy product sold by an unhinged, drug-addicted CEO who spends his days retweeting white supremacists. But it could also be DEI.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Helen’s been giving The Naffness Singapore lessons.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Helen’s been giving The Naffness Singapore lessons.
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Daily Maverick @dailymaverick
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JvL @JvanLogg
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Pieter-Louis Myburgh @PLMyburgh
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Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme
182K Followers 3K Following Changemaker. Disinformation + Digital Rights. @Harvard Tech & Human Rights Fellow. @VitalVoices Global Leader. Ex-MP. INFJ. Virago. (South) African Politics.
Pauli Van Wyk @PaulivW
124K Followers 2K Following I am an African. Journalist with @DailyMaverick's investigative team, Scorpio. A Daily Maverick reader named their pet after me. Mail: [email protected]
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29K Followers 2K Following Eish! This and that. I block stupid tweeps. News addict. I am embarrassed by my government @GovernmentZA 🇿🇦🇺🇸Cape Town is #1.
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Andrew Fraser @Arfness
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Hannah @ArtHannah73
11K Followers 993 Following ‘Everything is strange. Things are huge and very small.’ Virginia Woolf, The Waves 🌊I credit all pictures where the photographer is known. This is not my work.
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Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie
1.2M Followers 563 Following In the immortal words of Popeye the Sailor Man: I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam.This weekend is the 5th anniversary of @robotpilot's death. Life can be short, but life can be full. The past 5 years has seen trauma, but also so many opportunities to lean into love and communion. What is healing really but learning how to go on despite it all. This is me...
@Poplak "This car came from a tunnel under said school, we have proof "
to call this spineless would be the nicest thing you can say
🚨The State Department has put on hold its plan to impose sanctions on the IDF "Netzah Yehuda" battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank & is reviewing the issue in light of information Israel provided. My report on @axios axios.com/2024/04/26/sta…
Long since lost the words to describe the ongoing horrors
BREAKING| Israel's army kills the eldest daughter of professor Refat Al Areer, Shaima'a, along with her husband and newborn baby, in a strike on an apartment in Al Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza.
This fellow stole money meant for sports development. He sabotaged the talents of athletes and stole their futures. That is the price of corruption. Paying back the money is an afterthought.
#SIUWorkingForYou| Former Athletics South Africa’s Acting CEO paid back ill-gained NLC funds to the SIU. The SIU has received full payment from Terrence Magogodela, the former acting CEO of Athletics South Africa (ASA),
Ambitious young Ronald Lamola, rising ANC star, can see which way the wind is blowing and takes along Paul Mashatile on Dubai shopping trip. Cyril's toast.
South Africa Sends Top Officials to UAE Over Gupta Extraditions dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…
about to debut my new character "huge pussy who thinks mass graves are good and cares a lot about what college students think of him"
Apropos of nothing at all, I just want to remind everyone that all “African traditional leadership” is illegitimate, as are all other undemocratic claims to authority.
I bring only bad tidings from the MK manifesto:
I love this belief of plutocrats with bunkers that they will command respect when they emerge from them
Listening to Taylor Swift would probably go a long way to preventing that...
If you do not Want to listen to Taylor Swift Do not Procreate
@Poplak Whereas, and on the other hand, there have been unconfirmed reports of sexual activity following hearing TS. No proven causality, unlike e.g. 'Sexual Healing' Marvin Gaye or 'Slow Hand' Pointer Sisters
Ok, George still got it.
George Miller’s ‘FURIOSA’ has one 15-minute action sequence which took 78 days to shoot with close to 200 stunt people working on it daily. (tinyurl.com/bdd9fdf6)
Thank you to the individuals that have donated towards us accommodating the individuals in the CBD. I have thus far received another R 900 which takes us to being short of another R 600 (3 donations of R 200 each) to accommodate the next two individuals. Please share .
I have been pointing out the massive increase in heroin use and trafficking in South Africa since 2015 dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…
Taking direction from the Kiffness on politics is like deciding to have your prostrate checked by Dr Khumalo
Rise Mzansi is for people too moderate for the EFF / ANC, but too woke for the DA. Either way they are a waste of time.
#DailyMaverick is one of SA’s investigative journalism best & has exposed some of SA’s biggest corruption scandals. It also hosts a variety of opeds, which no doubt have drawn ire from all quarters. That is free media should facilitate - a plurality of voices & spark debate.
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Amazing loser energy
Hi bookers. Former Israeli Government Spokesman available for interviews. DMs are open.
I’m not sure that there it makes sense to speak of a deliberately induced famine as if it were some grotesque protrusion from otherwise more acceptable ways of waging war. But these images speak for themselves - in all their unconscionable horror.
Starvation. The unacceptable face of Israel’s war on Gaza. A doctor from an international aid agency took these pictures 10th April at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. The desperate parents gave permission to publish these.
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