Paul Graham
@PMGeducator
Elections, African Politics, Democracy and a general curiosity about how the world works, or doesn't.
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#Madagascar: The country has a history of coups (Rajoelina himself came to power himself through one - how the tables have turned!) and as someone working in the country had told me two years ago, “it could always happen again”
A unit in the #Madagascar military broke from the government today, joining Gen Z protesters calling for the president's resignation. This obviously raises fears of a coup attempt in the country, which has been reeling from endemic poverty and corruption. nytimes.com/2025/10/11/wor…
B'cos of the mediation technique used for the #Gaza deal, there are things that you can be sure about - nothing significant has changed: suspicion, fear, prejudice, hatred, holding the majority of people in ignorance of elite machinations.
And now @SharksRugby - with their frilly pants - does no one road test these kit designs before they get greenlit?
Where is the ruble going to go - bbc.com/news/live/cder… - reclaim some land from the sea, make Gaza bigger, reconnect it with the Mediterranean.
First Myanmar, now Sudan - drones being used to explicitly kill civilians. bbc.com/news/articles/…
How many times have South African rugby success allowed themselves to be talked into rugby jerseys that make the players disappear into the grass - @LionsRugbyCo this time.
Before - a thriving economy putting clothes on the backs of the poor, food on the table, VAT in the state coffers and rent going into South African hands. After - sterile and unsustainable.
Devilliers Street Before & After Popularly Known as kodunusa street where Foreigners used to sell secondhand clothes in Johannesburg is now clean after everyone who used to sell there has been chased away , now looks…
Can a group of planners, given an infinite amount of time, produce a plan that works?
Zapiro cartoon published on @dailymaverick (9 October 2025) on On Repeat @CyrilRamaphosa @MYANC @MbalulaFikile - zapiro.com/251009dm
More expropriation without compensation.
Man watching the demolition of his cinema, District Six, Cape Town, 1974. District Six, an area adjacent to Cape Town’s central business district, was a vibrant racially diverse community. Due to its convenient proximity to the city centre, the authorities reclassified it as a…
“And now what’s to become of us without barbarians.” – C.P. Cavafy, “Waiting for the Barbarians”, translated by @DAMendelsohnNYC
Gabon, Polls are now open for the second round of Gabon's 2025 legislative elections. They will close at 17:00 UTC. africaelects.com/gabon/
I’m loving this view of the Baltics by @rhodesmaps. A nice way of showing how close St Petersburg is to the Baltic states.
This is an important thread by André. It really is important to understand that the plans by the larger parties to fight for vote thresholds benefits ONLY those large parties, not the voters. It entrenches them as the only options, and restricts any new parties from contesting.
This type of thinking, increasingly prevalent in the South African political environment, is indicative of how few people understand how to manage and effectively use the levers of coalition conflicts. We are at an important crossroads in our political life
If it is on paper, people will reading it one the future - but the early computer age is going to disappear , like the disappearing colour photographs of the early 80s bbc.com/future/article…
Linus Pauling is the only person to have received two unshared Nobel Prizes - in chemistry and peace. He used quantum mechanics to understand and describe chemical bonding. Later he campaigned vehemently against nuclear weapons and spearheaded a petition to ban nuclear testing.
More parking space for dodgy tenderpreneurs
Luxury supercar fans - this development is for you… A new residential block featuring its own supercar showroom and vault has launched within the exclusive Zimbali Lakes Estate in KZN🏎️💨 • Floors: 6 • Apartments: 63 • Price range: R2 450 000 - R16 770 000 • Development…
Should the @NobelPrize be so promiscuous - there are many advocates for rights (blue, red and green) & democracy who deserve recognition - but we need a prize for those who make the world a safer, more peaceful world, who still the guns.
All that money - just to finance a gangsta life style - no factories, no productive investment.
#TembisaHospitalCapture| SIU obtains an order to preserve R900 million worth of assets and preserves assets worth approximately R133.5 million on day one of the asset preservation operation linked to one of the alleged syndicates that operated at the Tembisa Hospital.
Roger ('Jerry') Raven was the explosives expert responsible for the letter bombs that killed Ruth First, Jeanette and six-year-old Katryn Schoon. Photographer: Jullian Edelstein
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