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Suntosh Pillay

@suntoshpillay

Clinical Psychologist. Change-maker🌈 Mandela Rhodes Scholar. Researcher.
Read our book, Chasing Freedom (2022) 📚 Tweeting in my personal capacity.

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Noting the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, I'm wondering why Ramaphosa did not bring those receipts into the Oval Office and ask Trump, "Do Black Lives Matter in the US, or does South Africa need to create its own special refugee programme for African Americans?"

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In 2023, more than 400 specialised nurses left South Africa. I personally know three nurses earning more than double their local salary overseas. The National Democratic Nurses’ Association (Denosa) says South Africa has a critical shortage of nurses. How do we retain nurses?

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Dalla Lana School of Public Health Women in Global Health Leadership Fellowship This year-long fellowship is designed to advance the leadership skills of talented African women who are passionate about gender equity in global health systems. opd.to/4jkmRSo

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Women in Global Health Leadership Fellowship

This year-long fellowship is designed to advance the leadership skills of talented African women who are passionate about gender equity in global health systems.

opd.to/4jkmRSo
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“Reuters examined the data from the Gaza Health Ministry to look more closely at those who have died. It found that more than one-fifth of those killed in the territory were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out” reuters.com/graphics/ISRAE…

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Farewell, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. A masterful, subversive storyteller, decolonial thinker, satirist, political dissident & cultural critic. There will be many obituaries in the coming days, but Dr. Vashna Jagarnath does a great job here Mail & Guardian mg.co.za/thought-leader…

Farewell, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

A masterful, subversive storyteller, decolonial thinker, satirist, political dissident & cultural critic.

There will be many obituaries in the coming days, but Dr. Vashna Jagarnath does a great job here <a href="/mailandguardian/">Mail & Guardian</a>
 mg.co.za/thought-leader…
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How joyful to live in a country that hosts a 5-day conference to imagine a Queer Africa, an inclusive theology, and an affirming world for LGBTQ+ people. Our deputy minister Steve Letsike is doing the most ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 mambaonline.com/2025/05/27/ima…

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The Twilight Zones gets more & more bizaare. US Health Secretary wants to ban government scientists from publishing in the world's top medical journals, like The Lancet, NEJM, JAMA You will get scientific evidence by presidential decree. 😳 huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-m…

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✨ 100 Days of Light ✨ We honoured Imam Muhsin Hendricks — spiritual trailblazer & justice advocate. “Faith isn’t the enemy of queerness — it speaks our truth.” His legacy lights the path to dignity, equality & freedom for all. 🌈🕯️ #ImamMuhsin #100DaysOfLight #QueerFaith #gdx

✨ 100 Days of Light ✨
We honoured Imam Muhsin Hendricks — spiritual trailblazer &amp; justice advocate.
“Faith isn’t the enemy of queerness — it speaks our truth.”
His legacy lights the path to dignity, equality &amp; freedom for all. 🌈🕯️
#ImamMuhsin #100DaysOfLight #QueerFaith #gdx
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A devastating report by Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch on the precarity of LGBTQ+ existence in Uganda. It's been two years since Museveni signed into law the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act (2023), endorsing widespread hate, discrimination, violence & death. hrw.org/report/2025/05…

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Dear Woolworths SA Pick n Pay Checkers 🛒 Here's an idea - come on, we know you can do it! 🫡 Happy Pride Month, fam 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #PrideMonth #LGBT #Solidarity

Dear <a href="/WOOLWORTHS_SA/">Woolworths SA</a> <a href="/PicknPay/">Pick n Pay</a> <a href="/CheckersSA/">Checkers</a> 🛒 

Here's an idea - come on, we know you can do it! 🫡

Happy Pride Month, fam 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

#PrideMonth #LGBT #Solidarity
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Today is 50 years since my grandfather Vardarajalu 'Bobby' Pillay died. He & Harry Gwala were close comrades & activists in 1950s Pietermaritzburg. His legacy is not well documented. Fleetingly cited in biographies of Monty Naicker, Chota Motala & Gwala. 📷 Bobby & Neela Pillay

Today is 50 years since my grandfather Vardarajalu 'Bobby' Pillay died. He &amp; Harry Gwala were close comrades &amp; activists in 1950s Pietermaritzburg.

His legacy is not well documented. Fleetingly cited in biographies of Monty Naicker, Chota Motala &amp; Gwala.

📷 Bobby &amp; Neela Pillay
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Speculation from Stephen Grootes about who will succeed Ramaphosa. The pros and cons of Paul Mashatile, Ronald Lamola, Senzo Mchunu, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, or Fikile Mbalula. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

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History has a way of repeating itself. It was under Zuma's leadership that Shivambu was expelled from the ANC. A useful article by Nonkululeko Njilo Daily Maverick, giving us a timeline of mistakes & misteps made by Floyd Shivambu in the MK Party. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…