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@mateen47

Legal expert in financial services regulation. Passionate about financial inclusion. Wandering soul searching for my tether. Flirty, dirty, worthy, other-y, thirty (one). Johannesburg πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

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Hello, I am looking for freelance writing gigs quite urgently due to being a victim - now twice - of theft. Any help is appreciated. I have written widely on games, TV shows and film for a variety of outlets - IGN, The Verge, Slate. If you have or know anything, plz DM me ASAP.

11.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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District Six families vow to fight eviction β€œWho would have thought back then that it would have turned out like this today” says 69-year-old resident

Six District Six families living in Victorian cottages on Searle Street have been ordered to vacate by 6 March after an eviction order was granted in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court.

Read groundup.org.za/article/desp... by Matthew Hirsch

10.02.2026 07:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing Escalate Israeli forces escalated their atrocities in 2025, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians.

Israeli forces escalated their atrocities in 2025, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. #Rights2026

Read more in our World Report 2026:

09.02.2026 07:30 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Iran: Human Rights Situation Spirals Deeper into Crisis Iranian authorities carried out executions on a scale unseen since the late 1980s, conducted mass and arbitrary arrests, and ratcheted up repression, especially following the June armed conflict with ...

Iranian authorities in 2025 carried out executions on a scale unseen since the late 1980s, carried out mass killings in response to protests, conducted mass and arbitrary arrests, and ratcheted up repression. #Rights2026

More in our World Report:

07.02.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nowhere in #Gaza is safe. Not even inside a health facility.

Doctors Without Borders reiterates our call for all parties to protect medical facilities and ensure medical staff and patients do not come under fire.

06.02.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Good lord, please just let one thing be sacred 😭😩

06.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We cannot and must not forget Israel continuing its genocide against the Palestinian people - including children. There is no ceasefire.

01.02.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Words fail me sometimes to describe how deeply saddened I am by the genocide in Sudan. Everyone who died has a story. They have hopes and dreams and fears and loved and hated and cried and laughed. But now they don't. All that made them is lost is echoes of mortar shells and gunshots.

01.11.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay but like why does he kinda look like Matt Mercer?

11.10.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw this and immediately thought of Turtlemania on @moviestruck.bsky.social and also the Feywild episode of campaign 1 of @rollwithdifficulty.bsky.social

10.10.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To me, it's disappointing seeing Mamdani temper his views on Palestine. If there's one person who predicted Zohran Mamdani's slide into becoming more moderate it was @fdsignifier.bsky.social and I gotta give him respect for sticking to his guns on that.

08.10.2025 07:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss luxury β€˜Gaza riviera’ plan Legal experts say scheme to annex territory and forcibly displace Palestinians is tantamount to ethnic cleansing

These people are beyond depraved: Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza, annex the territory and turn it into a hi-tech, luxury resort. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

25.07.2025 05:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HELL AFFAIRS: David vs Goliath: Administrative abuse of moms results in legal action against Home Affairs

Court case exposes how Home Affairs red tape is obstructing birth registrations in Western Cape, leaving kids without IDs or access to fundamental rights.

06.07.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Global North commentators are quick to come out and question the success of a state in Africa and the Global South more broadly but will not ever have the same critical lens for Global North countries. Or at least, it won't be framed in the same way.

04.07.2025 08:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just want to take a hot second in send sympathy out to the Americans. Honestly, you lot have it rough and I wish you nothing but luck. On a side note, I also want to take this opportunity to criticise TLDR News for their segment about South Africa being a failed state.

04.07.2025 08:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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HELL-BENT ON EXCLUSION: The why behind the surge in Christian fundamentalist hate against transgender people

Two researchers explain the disinformation tactics used by Christian fundamentalist groups to attack transgender and gender-diverse people.

29.06.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UNEMPLOYED DOCTORS: Frustrated Free State doctors face unemployment after Cuban medical training in systemic crisis

A cohort of young doctors whose training was funded by the Free State government through the Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro Bursary programme have been unable to find work in the public health sector upon completing their community service, despite a contractual obligation to serve the province that...

28.06.2025 10:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you're driving to work and listening to @hellofutureme.bsky.social 's A Catalogue for the End of Humanity, and all of a sudden, you're sitting in the parking lot with a lump in your throat.

21.05.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You ever just sit and think about how Iroh, in his hubris, encouraged Lu Ten to pursue glory and so when he died at the siege of Ba Sing Se, Iroh realised his son, the soldier was still his little boy? But now, he'll never come marching home.

31.03.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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West Bank, Palestine: β€œInflicting harm and denying care” | Doctors Without Borders / MΓ©decins Sans FrontiΓ¨res (MSF ... Israeli forces and settlers have increased the use of extreme physical violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the all-out war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to a new r...

#WestBank: Doctors Without Borders released a report on the escalation of violence. β€œInflicting harm and denying care,” reveals how attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have obstructed access to healthcare.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/west-bank-pa...

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