Do not every believe SAPS if they tell you that you are wasting money on a lawyer and should use a state lawyer because:

1. A state lawyer may not be allowed to take your case if you don't pass the means test.

2. SAPS lie. They lie while they look you in the eye. They. Lie. There is no such thing as a "simple case". A criminal record is a criminal record. And that will affect your ability to find a job and your ability to get credit. A guilty plea looks good on the prosecutor's statistics and looks good for the detective asigned to the case.

I've been waiting for this. Admittedly, it took longer than usual (slow Saturday, but having finally arrived, I'm gonna use it as a spur to unpack why the "farm murder" trope is so problematic.

https://twitter.com/BloomsOfDespair/status/1578691518831161346

Let's start with the numbers.
Who are "farmers" in accordance with Afriforum's theory? They would be anyone who owns a piece of ground 1ha or greater in an agricultural / peri-urban area. That would include the maplottrrs, kyalami elite and commercial farmers.

A #thread about the Toxic right (Afriforum, DA, Solidarity, Gouws, Zille, Steenhuisen) and how it uses language to entrench division and distract us from quite how awful they actually are. Language has power. We read poetry because it resonates with us on a level that most other forms of writing simply can't. We react emotionally, with our hearts, not our heads. I've often thought that this is why twitter is a more powerful portal for communication than others.

And you don't understand why we (proudly woke) say that? Then let me explain. Grab a cuppa, this is going to be a thread.

1. You cannot simply blame single parent households for crime and gangsterism. Correlation is not causation.

https://twitter.com/HowdULikeMyName/status/1578625779629318144

2. The reason they are often found to co-exist is that they are both caused by poverty, the migrant labour system which forces fathers to work away, lack of access to pgood education, decent Healthcare and the break-up of nuclear families.

The DA has done such a bad job of being thr official opposition that it has created the spaces now filled by smaller parties.

This is in you,Ms Zille, and your scorched earth brand of engaging with potential voters.

So YOU are keeping the ANC in power by not appealing to voters

https://twitter.com/helenzille/status/1577749253484691465

It's not hard to grasp : you are losing voters because you are determined to speak to your narrow base. People either vote for a smaller party or not at all. You missed a massive opportunity to be inclusive, but instead abused the talented black people in your party.

How to keep your helper safe during covid

1. If you know she has to use public transport to get to work, make the effort to either fetch her and return her to her home or let her take an Uber.

2. Order her groceries in and have them delivered to her so that she can avoid shops. 3. If you've been exposed or are ill, let her stay away. Keep paying her.

4. Buy her masks and sanitiser.

5. Make your home a safe place - sanitise, let her shower / bath before she leaves.

6. If it's convenient for her, let her stay with you until the pandemic passes.

A #thread about #restorativejustice and the power of the #divinewithin.

1. I was asked to represent some men pro bono facing charges of malicious damage to property, breaking and entering and trespass.

They were rubbish collectors. 2. Homeless, these men collected rubbish and would recycle what they could to make a living.

Their charges arose because they would congregate on vacant land to sort their rubbish. This vacant land belonged to a little old Jewish lady, who had fenced it off. They cut the fence.