Sassy South African
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Not a South African billionaire or refugee.
The Australian government wants its money back after it paid Deloitte $166,000 for a feasibility study on merging three Australian universities, and instead got a pile of AI slop that made hundreds of millions of dollars worth of error estimates multiple different times
‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report
State paid consultancy firm $166,000 for feasibility study on merging the three tertiary institutions
theguardian.com
The orange felon rapist's administration sures knows how to pick so-called "Afrikaner refugees". You took those criminals in, you keep them now. They share the same "interests" as the orange felon rapist.
US taxpayers to fund research and advertising effort in South Africa after applications to the Afrikaner "refugee" programme fails to draw higher number of applications: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US officials considering ad campaign to urge South African Afrikaners to emigrate
Exclusive: Trump has falsely claimed Afrikaners are facing ‘white genocide’, but very few have applied to live in US
theguardian.com
Eswatini repatriation of US deportees raises concerns. Eswatini has repatriated 10 of its 31 deportees from the US, probably through South Africa: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Eswatini repatriation of US deportees raises concerns
Eswatini has repatriated 10 of its 31 deportees from the US, probably through South Africa, and there are rumours that they were released through informal border crossings.…
dailymaverick.co.za
‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
Children are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find them
theguardian.com
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
motherjones.com
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
cnn.com
The only difference between the GOP and the ANC is the colour of their skin. Same corruption, same grifting, same incompetents in government.
“We were never consulted” – Cape Town residents challenge Equinix data centre | GroundUp share.google/S9hs7KpJxVcB...
“We were never consulted” – Cape Town residents challenge Equinix data centre
Rezoning appeal has temporarily halted plans
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"The result is tens of thousands of children being shuffled among the houses of anxious temporary caregivers. It can take months to procure the…permissions necessary to transport children to their parents, many of whom have been deported to countries whose governments can’t help, or won’t."
The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
theatlantic.com
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
bit.ly
Jaw-dropping documents from our lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
motherjones.com
The Irish Presidency of the EU has proposed member states to allow AI companies unfettered access to the data of EU citizens. According to leaked docs, the proposal would effectively exempt AI companies from any of the GDPR rules and deny EU citizens data protection rights noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...
AI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companies
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans.
noyb.eu
As revealed in recently unsealed court documents, Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science calls ChatGPT and Copilot’s harvesting of data the “largest theft of labor in human history” and says that Microsoft’s defense makes a “complete mockery of the idea of ‘fair use.’”
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were driving us toward Google Zero, and they did it anyway.
theverge.com
Those who undertook the Groot Trek to Domland (USA) continue to whine and whinge and beg on South African Facebook groups about "no jobs", "no money", "terrible housing". Go ask your orange daddy for help, he promised you a paradise. #SoCalledRefugees
Today is National Voter Registration Day in the US! Find out how to register (or how to check your registration status), learn about the importance of voting and more, here: 📚📜
National Voter Registration Day — a staff-created list from Johnson County Library
Today (September 15) is National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to celebrating our democracy. Since its kickoff in 2012, the holiday and its team of thousands of Partner...
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#SouthAfrican refugee’s hopes for a new life end in suicide. Loneliness, depression and a struggle to find work marked her final weeks. Her mental health has prompted questions about the medical screening required for people entering the refugee programme: www.citizen.co.za/network-news...?
South African refugee’s hopes for a new life end in tragedy - LNN - Network News
Loneliness, depression and a struggle to find work marked the final weeks of a Boksburg woman who left South Africa hoping to build a better future.
citizen.co.za
Remember Mel and Piet, the grocery "shoppers" in the USA? She self-deported and he was deported. He was arrested at the airport on his return & is still in jail with no bail.
Every time I order a coffee in a restaurant or coffee shop, I don't ask for an Americano... I ask for an Africano. The waiter / waitress laughs heartily and knows exactly why. I'm waiting to see which place becomes the 1st to change their menu. #SouthAfrica
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
disconnect.blog
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 He is 💯% correct.
And while the Trump regime punishes Canada, our ally on 9/11, it lavishes favors (military, financial, and diplomatic) on Saudi Arabia, the country that gave us most of the 9/11 terrorists. What a messed up administration.
David Cochrane@davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 2mo ago21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
"That was more than a year ago. Mosquera still sits in that same maximum-security prison with nowhere to go. No charges against him. No way to appeal his predicament. No sign that he will ever be freed."
Shame on you, #Eswatini
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 3mo agoI'd heard NYT had finally gotten access to the men sent to Eswatini. This from Nicholas Casey is the kind of incredible and *moral* work only big institutions can do, and should do more of. Grateful for "loudmouths" like Roberto Mosquera. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
