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Pontsho Pilane

@pontsho_pilane

she/her | I should be writing | Author of Power and Faith: How evangelical churches are quietly shaping our democracy

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linkhttps://www.nb.co.za/en/view-book/?id=9780624093084 calendar_today06-11-2009 09:44:54

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Life hack for when you get those automated telemarketing calls: Listen to the schpiel because there’s an opt-out option at the end. And it works!

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You know, diplomatically we’re in such weird times because there’s almost no way to engage the current US administration without demeaning yourself in some way because said administration demeans *itself* so those are rules of engagement. A 0/10 experience.

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BREAKING: Trump literally just played a fraudulent video in the Oval Office during South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit in order to try and push a false narrative. Trump claimed that the video was of 1000 roadside graves of dead White South Africans. In reality, it

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Sensational headline in the story. I don’t believe it was an “ambush”. The white genocide issue was the most likely to come up and I think CR handled it well enough, given who he was engaging with. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Ernie Els’ Angolan war comment reminded that I spent almost a decade in a church where the pastor would very often say his faith in Jesus is what protected him and his platoon during the border war. How embarrassing.

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A few weeks ago I was shook at how many of our peers don’t know difela. So Nelisiwe came through and sent me a whole website with the hymns to send to them. Community service, honestly.