Host of Radio 702 BREAKFAST
Johannesburg
- Tweets 25,639
- Following 1,761
- Followers 154,198
- Likes 6,273
Mr President - it’s time for you to step out of the shadows, have the courage of your convictions or, sir, step out of the way!
#702Breakfast
@Radio702
503
1,261
3,819
I stand with @karynmaughan. Jacob Zuma is a mendacious and malignant bully. He failed to silence the media with draconian legislation when he had the power - he won’t succeed now.
1,282
435
3,511
A 26 year old woman has died in a wheelchair in the waiting area at Helen Joseph hospital after 24 hours with no-one attending to her. She arrived there critically ill and staff only realised she had died when her mother returned the next day! NOBODY noticed. #702Breakfast
435
1,947
2,990
R5bn has vanished from the National Skills Fund. Five. Billion. Rand. Poof! Gone! No due diligence nor progress monitoring of projects but vast sums paid to obscure entities. Monies moved to 2nd and 3rd parties as soon as they were received. SA Corruption 101. #702Breakfast
356
1,479
2,794
One of the kindest, most generous professionals to ever do it. The room disappeared when he spoke to you. Even as a colleague, he made me feel like I was Mother Theresa. Condolences to Belinda and his children, Tyrone and Kirstin.
125
287
2,815
186,169
Poor Ashwin. It's going to be said he overreacted. But the truth is there isn't always explicit evidence when you feel undermined, it’s a feeling, a vibe that you get. And then there’s the matter of proving it. YOU have to justify your reaction to it. #AshwinWillemse
162
1,130
2,549
For 16 years Angela Merkel led Germany - she had no servants, did her own housework, lived in the same apartment as before and often did her own shopping. Imagine that. No blue lights and fast cars, mansions and armies of hangers on! Dare we dream? #702Breakfast @Radio702
275
502
2,623
Congratulations!
#TatjanaSchoenmaker
#TeamSA
#TokyoOlympics
She just lifted the spirit of a nation! Her life won’t ever be the same again!
68
517
2,619
No more blue lights, free power, water and cars. Let them feel the pain we feel, use the hospitals and schools we do, queue like the rest of us! Political analyst William Gumede says that’s how politicians and SOE leaders will improve services and delivery! Agree? #702Breakfast
180
465
2,496
142,645
I’m a whole entire #49
What a life I’ve lived. And we’re just getting started.
The book is coming I promise…
Happy birthday to me
277
36
2,381
180,052
Bryntirion Estate. Where the lights never go out. This is where the president and his ministers live and they apparently don’t get loadshed. Ever. Is this right? The people who arguably created and who certainly should solve the problem don’t experience it! #702Breakfast
242
747
2,097
ANC Ward Councillor caught on CCTV looting at Mall - three times! Daveyton Ward 71’s Solly Seloane has been arrested for stealing clothes, phones and sneakers. Police are combing through hours of footage - one by one, the thieves will be caught! #702Breakfast
168
694
2,084
DA leader John Steenhuisen is on a so-called fact finding mission in Ukraine - another own goal for the Desperate Alliance? How many conflicts has he bothered about here in Africa? His own backyard? Or is this about the skin colour of those being killed in Ukraine? #702Breakfast
662
495
2,083
Chest pains for anyone who thinks I'm in the closet. My clothes live there. Not I. 🏳️🌈#Pride
354
87
2,049
427,961
Let Jacob Zuma’s name go down in history in disgrace and shame. His crimes against the people of South Africa were nothing short of treason. He sold out the democracy and the struggle. Do not forget the THIEF from Nkandla. Like Judas Iscariot - a traitor! #702Breakfast
478
427
2,002
So Police Minister Bheki Cele says cabinet has approved R3.4bn in budget cuts for general crime fighting for ordinary citizens but has upped VIP Protection by R1.7bn - whose safety is government really concerned about? #702Breakfast
202
1,088
1,937
How desperate is Jacob Zuma? He is suing his successor via a private prosecution. He wants Cyril Ramaphosa to go to jail for 15 years for not acting against his arms deal prosecutor Billy Downer. An indication of just how low the man from Nkandla has fallen? #702Breakfast
550
311
1,839
291,842
So NDZ says she knew the cigarette sale ban wasn't going to stub out smoking. She even knew the illicit market would thrive. So she knew an already battered ficus would lose billions and the thieves get rich and banned it ANYWAY? Are you KIDDING?
#702BREAKFAST
271
522
1,774
Media personality Bujy Bikwa has been charged with assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm to Boity Thulo. Drenched in blood with cuts on her face, on her lips and near her eyes the star was rushed to hospital. Gender Based Violence has many faces. #702Breakfast
56
242
1,751
A Limpopo hospital has run out of money for maintenance. Desperate patients can't get X-rays - the machine isn't working! R1.2m budget was used to buy padlocks, wheel clamps and chains at inflated prices. At what point will there be shame? When will it be enough?
#702Breakfast
218
829
1,648
Imagine hiding your kids in your own car so taxi operators don’t see you taking them to school! The taxi mafia are running riot against scholar transport including parents. Thousands of kids are now missing school because of these criminals! The police are angaaz! #702Breakfast
165
525
1,674
232,454
Former minister Nomvula Mokonyane fingered for links in PPE irregularities. She paid relatives R1.6m to buy Dettol from a wholesaler and they sold it Dept of Health for R2.6m - a tidy profit. Ja neh?! #702Breakfast @Radio702
365
622
1,652
Do yourself a favour and remember the child in you! #3Tins
147
188
1,632
Arrest Zuma or face charges yourself! Bheki Cele and Kehla Sithole the clock is ticking. The Constitutional Court couldn’t have been more clear - none of the legal challenges suspend its order. DO YOUR JOBS!!!
#702Breakfast
80
257
1,614
Substitute Mr President!
Your ministers are making a mockery of you and the country. You don’t seem in charge. No wonder you’re always shocked! It’s time for fresh blood! Reduce cabinet and work with only those who are fit for purpose! #702Breakfast
145
398
1,626
When they want a wealth tax for the vaccines can we remind them of the R9bn that disappeared at the State Security Agency with no explanation nor anyone held to account? NINE BILLION RAND. #StateCaptureInquiry #Jafta
93
494
1,600
How can the Gauteng Dept of Education spend nearly half a BILLION RAND deep cleaning schools when no learners were there and fail to provide safe drinking water for a Soweto school for SIX YEARS??? How do our leaders sleep at night???
#GozaPrimary
#70Breakfast
179
422
1,567
KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala denies getting water ahead of desperate residents saying the water tanker seen outside his house was there because his wife needed water to cook for the community. How dare anyone suggest a politician would put himself first?! #702Breakfast
241
414
1,528
THE BIG LIE - that Zuma was jailed without a trial is an insult to those who suffered this cruelty under apartheid. He walked out of his own commission and refused to answer questions about his role in large scale criminality. He must stop his Trump-lite lies!! #702Breakfast
812
270
1,529
Clover to close SA’s biggest cheese factory in Lichtenburg due to poor service delivery - water and power cuts, pothole roads, uncollected refuse are some of the problems. 330 people are going to lose their jobs. How many others are contemplating the same decision? #702Breakfast
255
834
1,501
JUST IN: A Kyiv holocaust memorial site and a civilian gym attacked by Russian military. More and more civilians, women and children especially are being killed. By the hour. But we (the Republic of South Africa) won’t condemn Russia’s actions.
1,086
272
1,407
Pay back the money! The SIU wants Zweli Mkhize to return nearly R4m he received directly and indirectly as gratification from the Digital Vibes contract. The minister allegedly put pressure on officials to approve - but does the President dare to fire him?
#702Breakfast
186
372
1,398
EFF leader Julius Malema says if troops are deployed “we are joining. Fighters must be ready!” Fanning the flames? Opportunistic as ever? What political “solution” is he seeking? And he wants to be president?
#702Breakfast
273
222
1,397
One of the worst aspects of this pandemic is the isolation of the elderly. My mother is 81 and lives alone. Today she said virus be damned! She says her time in this world is limited anyway so she may as well spend what little she has left with her children. So here we are. ❤️
116
47
1,403
As we fly flags at half mast and wear black to mourn for GBV victims, do not forget the governing ANC is allowing a former MEC out on bail for the alleged rape of his two daughters to continue work for the party. 5 days of mourning for what??? #702Breakfast
73
413
1,358
A suspended Eskom coal boss doesn’t know how R11m from two of the utility’s coal suppliers ended up in a bank account he and his brothers are the only signatories to. He also didn’t know the companies were doing business with Eskom. The jokes write themselves!
#702Breakfast
129
335
1,341
Whistleblower Babita Deokaran turned to her boss GP Health CFO Lerato Madyo telling her she feared for her life after she uncovered dubious contracts at Thembisa hospital. She sat on the info and did nothing till Deokaran was killed. She’s still in her job. #702Breakfast
149
592
1,306
Why is #Bara still being treated like a “township hospital?” It’s the biggest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere but doesn’t get the largest budget. Chronic staff shortages and now patients are being fed by doctors and NGO’s! Shame! #702Breakfast @Radio702
331
342
1,294
280 companies scored R430m to sanitize schools last year - MEC Lesufi is dismayed. Should he be? If he didn't know, who did? Who signed off on this? Where is the HOD? The CFO? How do we keep losing millions and no-one knows? Do they think it's monopoly money?
#702Breakfast
173
355
1,307
Until I was 12 the only movie I had ever seen on the big screen was through a projector on the walls of our school hall. Today im taking this one who also has never been. Let's make #adoption cool.
58
49
1,295
107,013
Out of 12.1m people vaccinated so far only 86 people have died after getting the jab - and none of them because of it. No link has been established so far. Zero. These are coincidental deaths that would have happened regardless. FACTS.
#702Breakfast
@Radio702
671
372
1,283
Not Jacob Zuma gleefully celebrating the burning of the country in July last year?!?!
Not him saying he’d defy the top court again if given the chance?!?
The man from Nkandla should be condemned for the constitutional rogue he is! #702Breakfast
370
176
1,245
Drunkards from shebeens in PEP store uniforms? Is this what the DA really thinks of the poor and unemployed? Are all people from townships drunks? And who lives in townships? What does this tell you about the DA? #702Breakfast
306
430
1,234
146,369
Arthur Fraser says Raymond Zondo should not be a judge never mind the Chief Justice of the constitutional court! The man who freed Zuma on medical parole overruling medical experts says Zondo lacks independence and is biased. Is Comedy Central employing? #702Breakfast @Radio702
293
227
1,238
KZN Dept of Education accused of buying protective gear to fight the corona virus at inflated prices - R800 thermometers bought at R2500; paying R183 per litre of sanitizer that SHOULD cost R65. AND some of it was stolen anyway! Shock, horror, surprise! #702Breakfast
251
593
1,198
Why does the black child remain poor asks Lindiwe Sisulu. Look at the lick spittle judges and the constitution that hasn’t delivered she argues. Then she spends millions on flights, flowers and food. Throwing stones from her glass mansion??? #702Breakfast @Radio702
135
235
1,208
How is it possible that people like Mosebenzi Zwane and Ace Magashule are seen as heroes and defenders of the poor? How could the Free State farmers be treated with such utter contempt and NOTHING happens instead the politicians were rewarded? #702Breakfast
158
381
1,192
A cash-strapped Gauteng Dept of Education spent R431m to pay fly-by-night companies to sanitise empty schools. The money must now be paid back but what about the officials who signed off on the irregular contracts? #702Breakfast @Radio702
149
266
1,202
Robert Mugabe's estate revealed to be worth billions. In US dollars. US. Secret Swiss accounts and in the Bahamas including a mansion in Hong Kong. Destroyed Zimbabwe's economy. Why is this man still revered??? #702Breakfast
250
499
1,190
They say the mask fell and she didn’t realize...!
And then Bheki Cele said he will investigate!!!
Kwaaaaaaaaks!
108
220
1,182
Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha cut ribbons to launch a housing development on Friday. After criticism he has now distanced himself from the project. He only realized they were shacks when he arrived! R2,4m was paid for 40 shacks with no toilets at R60k each! #702Breakfast
255
802
1,171
There’s a point at which a relationship has ended. Long before the words are uttered. Usually only one person knows for sure. It dawns on the other much later. This year I have learned that this is also true for friendships....
39
510
1,171
Jacob Zuma not ruling out addressing the nation. Come again? How many chances was he given? By the public protector? The State Capture Commission? The Concourt? Why should we hear from this convicted criminal? Let him address his cell mate! #702Breakfast
151
166
1,172
Only 6% of South Africans pay as much as 92% of all personal income tax; they also pay 85% of all VAT. According to research group Econometrix, 7 million out of 60 fund SA’s expenditure programmes. We’re in real trouble! #702Breakfast
143
459
1,130
My 10 year old just confronted the manager at Tasha’s Rosebank about plastic straws. Pulled out her iPad and explained how plastics are killing sea animals like turtles and fish. Poor Blessing just said he will tell head office and he didn’t know. We will be back. #SheMultiplied
465
200
1,126
We will fight tooth and nail to donate your money to Cuba says DIRCO! There’s an interim court order preventing that R50m donation to Havana but govt has lodged appeals all the way to the Constitutional Court - could those funds not be better used in KZN? #702Breakfast
194
260
1,126
A broke ANC can’t pay salaries, so the obvious question is - if they can’t manage their own affairs how do we expect them to manage ours? Oh wait, we’ve had 27 to find out! What is the case for still voting for this bankrupt party?!?
#702Breakfast
@Radio702
90
230
1,124
The Engineering Council of SA has confirmed that the imported Cuban engineers will have to work under supervision because they are not registered. So whose skills are being really transferred? Ours or theirs? Might we be PAYING them to TEACH them? #702Breakfast
135
396
1,112
“Shut up you stupid racist white man!” GP MEC Lebogang Maile’s answer to journalist Kyle Cowan who wanted to know about loans given to a business owned by Paul Mashatile’s son in law. Doesn’t this sum up almost all that is wrong with this ANC led government? #702Breakfast
98
242
1,109
85,405
I joined #sabcnews to be part of new SABC. I’m so thrilled others have joined to help build on years of excellence and commitment already here! Welcome back @RediTlhabi
62
115
1,121
So Chidimma didn’t compete - and? Did your life get any better? Who’s your next target? Will you have credible information this time? From an official source? Did a 23 year old commit fraud as a baby to be registered at Home Affairs? So is SHE the problem? #702Breakfast
1,010
177
1,091
276,283
After a recent health scare my mother is back to near full strength. We treasure every moment. If the 80’s look this good - what is there to fear about aging? #mama
69
28
1,087
It’s time to disband the MKVA! The armed struggle ended nearly three decades ago! Under what law do they operate? What guides their operations? Are some of them still armed? What of it’s young members? Vets or thugs? Private army in a democracy??? Njani?!?
#702Breakfast
114
175
1,085
Support a brother! His name is Orton. I showed him the pic on the left and he delivered it in two days!!! Sourced everything himself at a reasonable price!!! He is based in Randburg
078 346 5738. Tell him I sent you!
54
214
1,087
READ THE ROOM!!!In these tough times, what justifies two R1.5m on luxury BMWs for Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula ON TOP of the FOUR Landrovers worth R2.8m she already has access to? How much more of our money must these politicians gorging themselves? #702Breakfast
151
278
1,075
Lock them up! The PPE criminals stole money meant to protect front line workers - those who died trying to save the rest of us. How many lost their lives because there was no equipment? Because the thieves were buying Lamborghinis? #702Breakfast
92
196
1,052
Someone very dear to me was admitted at Edenvale hospital this time yesterday. She says they haven’t been given food or water since she arrived. They don’t have. Patients are calling their people to bring. This gavament
277
343
1,057
How does an executive working for a parastal - that is, a salaried person, employed by a state company - get to own THIRTY FIVE cars? 35??? Surely not even Bill Gates or all the Motsepes together have 35 cars?!!! And they OWN their businesses. Oh wait. That's probably why...
105
294
1,059
Every time they throw Marikana at Ramaphosa’s door you could be forgiven for thinking Zuma was away on a space flight. You wouldn’t think that he was President or that it was his police that fired the guns. Especially when it HIS supporters flinging the mud.
#702Breakfast
80
264
1,052
Secure the N3! Not another truck must burn! We cannot allow a continued chokehold on this major supply route - food, fuel and medicines MUST move. Government optimism about calm is misplaced if goods cannot be secured.
#702Breakfast
57
183
1,068
Blade Nzimande has been appointed as acting Home Affairs minister after Gigaba’s resignation - is it time to rethink deputy ministers? They cost over R70m in personal salaries excl perks and staff. They are not part of cabinet. What do they actually do? #702Breakfast
137
420
1,043
When President Ramaphosa took over from Jacob Zuma in 2018, a dollar would cost you R11.70. Today it is sitting near its worst ever performance: R19.17 and tanking. What does that tell you about Ramaphoria? #702Breakfast
412
258
1,035
147,758
Free houses
Free cars
Free WiFi, DStV, phones,
Domestic worker, bodyguards, PA’s - for FREE
And still it’s not enough. Our politicians are greedy vultures - for years we’ve been promised lifestyle audits, could they make a difference? Do we dare?
#702Breakfast
63
270
1,050
R13 800 per delivery x 1500 trucks =R20 700 000 per day to supply the Majuba power station. Next to it are rail lines lying unused. Infrastructure was vandalised. The trucking millions were clearly under threat. That’s the sort of thing few want to discuss. @carteblanchetv #Eskom
72
351
1,022
Close down your businesses to avoid looting says the EFF ahead of its planned national shutdown. “Nothing will be operating that day!” But who will be looting? It’s their protest so who should take responsibility? Net vir daai ding I’ll be working Monday! Will you?#702Breakfast
361
157
1,013
154,722
R83m for the Cuban doctors but no money for our own! More than 200 medical interns can’t be placed in public hospitals. After years of study they are left in limbo, many with crippling student debt unable to support struggling families
#702Breakfast
128
381
1,007
A policeman caught in a recording demanding a bribe to help return a kidnapping victim. A cop!!!! R40k was his demand. To do his job. We are now averaging 18 abductions a day and growing. We’ve become another Mexico or Columbia. @carteblanchetv @DerekWatts
72
405
1,017
People who are mean spirited on Twitter aren't just hiding behind anonymity or fancy avatars - this who they really are. They're not having a bad day - they have bad hearts.
31
501
960
SA continues to slide in a number of rankings - this time as an investment destination, we are number 75 out of 84 countries. We are simply not that attractive to investors. From red tape to crumbling infrastructure we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. #702Breakfast
303
251
967
Name a major city in the world where buildings are routinely hijacked and residents left to live in squalor in dens of criminality and filth. No power, no water, sewage spewing into the streets. Isn’t the Marshalltown fire a consequence of the decay of Joburg? #702Breakfast
274
182
979
196,878
This idea that the EFF is being prevented from protesting is misdirection. All objections are about the veiled threats for businesses or even airports to shut down, for trucks and busses not to move. The right NOT to protest is also enshrined in the constitution #702Breakfast
200
224
976
214,251
The best thing for the media and our democracy is for the list of journalists who were paid as part of #ProjectWave to be released. They should never work again. #StateCapture
81
200
987
We are at Stage 6 in part due to saboteurs? And the best we can do is to ask them nicely to please stop it? Homes and cars petrol bombed and Eskom infrastructure damaged - where are the police? Are we the Wild Wild West?? And the unions? Any responsibility? #702Breakfast
169
193
972
The ANC has called for a #BlackFriday - everyone to dress in black to show solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter protests in America - what of the George Floyds in SA? 11 black men killed by security forces just under lockdown! Solidarity with them? #702Breakfast
178
242
942
Wait! R27m paid to #EnviroMobi for 58 waste pickers to use 200 motorbikes to clean up Ekhuruleni? 65% of the contract amount paid the day it was signed? Did anyone tell the waste pickers? Let me say it again - corruption didn’t start nor end with Zuma. Today’s @SundayTimesZA
75
301
972
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
What would Tutu say about our UN vote?
#702Breakfast
310
134
953
We are the number one country in the world! Ranked first out of 164 nations, the World Bank has confirmed what we already knew - we are the most unequal society with race being a major factor! 10% of us own 80% of the wealth. How do we fix racial inequality?
#702Breakfast
640
350
950
Stop asking people when they are going to have babies! Stop asking people when they are getting married! How long they’ve been together! Stop asking people anything that isn’t your business! Just stop!!!
76
182
980
If you count from 6am today to 6am tomorrow - we have 12 hours without power. TWELVE. What stage is that? Then they sneak in four hours in the dead of night
PLEASE REGISTER TO VOTE
132
351
960
82,644
Thrilled to be joining @SABCNewsroom - daunting task ahead. It's a new challenge as I say goodbye to @carteblanchetv - 11 of the best years of my career! And just to be clear, I am NOT leaving my first love, @Radio702. I just needed to still say Ubusuku Benzolo!!!
136
200
946
