Adam Habib

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Vice-Chancellor, SOAS University of London

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1	Dec 20, '22	Just got into Durban.This is Umhlanga Beach. Not a soul around in the heart of December. In half a life time of visiting this place, I have never once seen it like this. The conseq	41×	1M	4.6k	1.1k	79
2	Jul 31, '23	There is a lot of nonsensical defence of this as being part of our liberatory cultural heritage. Singing this today is pure racial baiting. It is an attempt to make some citizens f	25.3×	621k	3.3k	740	114
3	Mar 16, '25	1. The debate on Rasool’s public expulsion as SA’s ambassador to the US has focussed on the wisdom of his remarks.But this debate misses the substantive issues at stake. First, the	23.6×	579k	2.1k	520	619
4	Jun 8, '25	It would be Johannesburg’s best hope. If she can do what she did for Cape Town, Johannesburg & SA would be the better for it. Please don’t respond with racialised political rhe	22.7×	557k	2.7k	405	88
5	Nov 27, '21	These words should be heard far and wide….	22.2×	0	11k	6k	589
6	Jan 17, '23	It is striking how many opportunists - ANC Youth League, COSATU, SACP, EFF & ANC -are now complaining about load shedding. Yet they are the architects of this crisis by advanci	21.9×	539k	3.2k	748	36
7	Nov 18, '23	1. This is not the full picture of SA under apartheid. Here are some others:	21.4×	526k	3.4k	988	140
8	Jan 4, '25	Spent summer break in SA - Durban, Cape Town and JHB. I am utterly astonished at the turnaround in Durban. From the hedges on the roads being cut, to security on its beaches, to th	14.3×	351k	3.9k	565	133
9	Dec 19, '22	1. State of Our Nation: The ANC conference at NASREC is a powerful indicator of where our nation is. Its signature feature is that a compromised former Minister of Health had signi	13.6×	333k	2k	504	108
10	Jan 7, '24	This SG had just confirmed that the ruling party knowingly lied to Parliament and that they violated a Constitutional Court ruling. He really isn’t the smartest bloke around, is he	13.4×	330k	2.3k	791	71
11	Dec 23, '22	A week before I came home for the holidays a young woman said howzit as I was leaving the SOAS campus.I stopped because I knew only someone from home would use this greeting. So we	13.4×	328k	946	126	29
12	Dec 17, '22	SA’s political elite meet in Jhb for the next few days. It is an incredible indictment on the ANC that if by some miracle, they all disappeared from existence, SA as a country, poo	9.3×	228k	2.3k	396	8
13	Jun 1, '24	The SA election is done and the results are in. Its momentous with the collapse of the ANC. The ANC is in many ways no different from the NP of old. Like the old NP it is surrounde	9.0×	220k	1.3k	233	136
14	Nov 17, '23	Congratulations to the current political administration of Durban and that of the last decade. You destroyed this city and betrayed our liberation. You represent the worse of SA. H	8.1×	200k	1.3k	418	21
15	Mar 4, '23	Shameful! This demonstrates that for SA to survive, the ANC has to lose power. But the EFF, given its fascist orientation & its propensity to be corrupt, has to also be kept aw	7.6×	186k	763	185	10
16	Aug 7, '23	Is it possible to have this taxi industry without this kind of violence? Perhaps it is time for the taxi industry to be shut down & replaced with a public bus service. And when	7.1×	174k	1.2k	226	9
17	Apr 8, '23	SA has a murder rate higher than the Central African Republic, Iraq, Somalia & Haiti. In 2 decades of the Afghanistan war, there were 46,000 civilian deaths. In a decade in Syr	7.0×	173k	1k	556	35
18	Nov 8, '25	1. I sit from afar looking at this with a mixture of anger & sadness. Here is a representative of an organisation in SA colluding with a foreign government -a far right one I m	6.8×	167k	1.3k	390	101
19	Apr 2, '18	I have a request for all. Today is a moment of grief for many. Can we do so with dignity? Those who have nothing positive to say,be silent. Those who want to honour Winnie, do so.	6.8×	0	4.2k	1.6k	2
20	Jul 20, '25	This alone is enough evidence for the Minister to be fired. And let me blunt, you should be appointed to be a General because you are competent, not because you have a certain pigm	6.8×	166k	3.5k	986	131
21	Jan 13, '24	1. This is a truly terrible decision. The CSA inquiry cleared Teeger of any wrongdoing. He should not be penalised. If security is a worry, CSA should enhance the safety of the env	6.6×	163k	1.2k	268	20
22	May 18, '24	South Africa house in London this morning for the general election. I thought that I would go down quickly in the morning and vote easily. I realised my vote - like my country - is	6.5×	160k	1.7k	286	41
23	May 15, '20	This is a lovely South African celebration of our frontline workers - worth a look.	5.8×	0	3.7k	1.1k	32
24	Mar 19, '23	SA has truly become a gangster state.This is the equivalent of thugs saying you have the right to ignore us, but you will pay the consequences. No normal society allows this. The j	5.7×	140k	804	224	26
25	May 24, '20	I must say that I think the attack on NDZ is out of line. I have agreed with her on many issues and disagreed on others, but she is without doubt a patriot who is committed to this	5.6×	0	3.7k	904	6
26	Mar 19, '23	SA has become a mafia state and one at war with its best citizens. Cry, my beloved country. I never thought I would feel these words in a post apartheid era. How we have fallen?	5.4×	132k	967	225	7
27	Nov 12, '23	The Cape Town mayor’s communique is spot on. The disruption of the pro-Israeli event is unacceptable. And any threat against a Jewish school must be met with the full force of the	5.3×	130k	762	189	15
28	Mar 19, '23	This is truly tragic. SA has become a mafia state and one at war with its best citizens. Cry, my beloved country. I never thought I would feel these words in a post apartheid era.	5.3×	129k	802	213	5
29	Sep 10, '23	View post on X	5.0×	122k	1.2k	245	8
30	Apr 21, '20	R500 Billion stimulus is a significant investment. Now the issue is whether the state has the execution capacity to deliver? And we need to ensure that we reign in the corrupt who	4.9×	0	3.3k	883	8
31	Jul 21, '19	Mr President @CyrilRamaphosa, today you speak at 6pm. Please lead! Take charge and a nation will stand up and have your back. I promise you the bullies will back off.But if you hes	4.6×	0	2.9k	665	3
32	Dec 28, '20	We back to level 3 - curfew is now in effect from 9pm to 6am, alcohol is not allowed; indoor & outdoor gatherings banned, and beaches closed. Perfectly sensible and brave decis	4.2×	0	3.2k	492	2
33	Dec 30, '18	The debate on the Clifton protest on social media is distressingly racist. The protest is entirely legitimate. Our public beaches are there for all, not simply the rich. Neither do	4.2×	0	2.4k	877	3
34	Apr 15, '19	Just finished Myburg's Gangster State. It made my skin crawl.The theft in the FS was 5 times more than Limpopo. But its venality was far worse -the money stolen,the abuse of the po	4.2×	0	2.2k	989	4
35	Jan 30, '24	This is an example of how government fails its people. Millions cannot get adequate health care and yet 800 young doctors are sitting at home. You can afford new cars, bodyguards,	4.0×	98k	1.1k	529	40
36	Feb 26, '18	Naledi Pandor is the new Minister of Higher education. Fantastic choice.	3.5×	0	2.4k	677	1
37	Apr 2, '18	Winnie Mandela has passed on. She was the symbol of resistance in the darkest days of Apartheid. She provided hope when there was no other. For this she will always be remembered.	3.5×	0	2.2k	831	1
38	Sep 25, '18	Looking at the commentary on Mbeki's paper and all I can do is sigh! Too many don't read, yet comment. They think insults make up for thinking. Too many also respond with bravado;	3.4×	0	2.1k	725	9
39	Oct 29, '23	Siya Kolisi: there is so much going wrong in our country & we are like the last line of defence. We can show we can achieve so much together. People before me fought for people	3.4×	83k	1.4k	193	18
40	Oct 8, '18	One has to marvel at the crazyniess of SA politics. It seems as if Nene politically flirted with the Guptas, but held his ground when their embrace became morally toxic. He will no	3.4×	0	1.8k	769	3
41	Dec 11, '19	Many of the incompetent & corrupt in Zuma’s administration, & their new found proto-fascist friends, have taken to social media warning of privatization. But their oppositi	3.3×	0	1.8k	505	3
42	Mar 31, '17	A cabinet reshuffle reflecting Zuma's betrayal of his oath of office.The ball is in the ANCs court. Act & survive or fail & fade.2019 awaits	3.3×	0	1k	1.2k	0
43	Aug 16, '24	Visiting Durban for a #MUT conference on 30 years of post-apartheid higher education. Went for a run from Elangeni Hotel to Blue Lagoon. What a turnaround from the last time I visi	3.2×	79k	1.2k	164	10
44	Aug 29, '20	You got to feel for Zuma’s acolytes. They not the brightest so their argument is imbecilic, peppered with the normal racism abt Indians & whites, some foul language thrown in f	3.2×	0	2.1k	495	15
45	Nov 19, '18	It is interesting how many EFF leaders and supporters proceed to confidently comment on my Role as VC. Yet none have ever been a VC & when some of them served as CEOs, they plu	3.1×	0	1.8k	525	2
46	Jul 17, '20	Shocking!This is the result of incompetence & corruption by ANC cadres.The UDM is no better. It was more interested in protecting it’s cadre than this city’s residents. Both AN	3.0×	0	1.4k	720	42
47	Dec 12, '18	There is duplicity in the response to racism by pol & ANC leaders. When the racist is an ordinary white citizen they clamour for action. When politicos/activists they know make	3.0×	0	1.9k	588	2
48	Jul 27, '18	Tragic News: Prof. Bongani Mayosi, Dean of UCT's Faculty of Health Sciences has passed away at the age of 51. Our condolences to his wife and children, and broader family and frien	3.0×	0	1.9k	648	1
49	Apr 2, '18	Some choose to remember Winnie for what went wrong. On this day I choose to remember her for all that she did at the darkest moment of our struggle. Rest In Peace, Winnie Madikizel	2.9×	0	2k	586	1
50	Mar 12, '18	Feel free to disagree, but read carefully, think through the argument, and then disagree by explaining why. Society cannot be transformed with a thoughtless activism. Debate the re	2.9×	0	1.6k	732	3
51	Oct 28, '23	We here in Paris to support our Bokke defend their title.	2.9×	70k	1.8k	72	5
52	Jun 17, '20	I have never understood the perverse logic of some who argue that they are entitled to steal now because others stole under apartheid.Or the other expression of this perversion: wh	2.8×	0	2k	443	3
53	Aug 3, '20	The brutality playing out in Zimbabwe is unacceptable and we collectively have to speak up. We cannot remain silent in the face of these atrocities.	2.7×	0	1.5k	680	1
54	Nov 2, '19	Wits Great Hall exploding with jubilation. Our boys did us proud!!! Congrats Siya and the team👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿	2.6×	0	1.9k	460	19
55	Sep 13, '20	I see the fascists foot soldiers are animated & complaining that I don’t like the EFF. This is true. I will stand up against fascist parties, as I did against the apartheid sta	2.5×	0	1.8k	311	3
56	Oct 13, '18	Just finished the report on How VBS was looted. . Stunned at the blatant theft of the monies of the elderly and poor by politicians, municipal officials & CEOs of SOEs, all of	2.4×	0	1.2k	632	11
57	Aug 5, '20	This is really cool. 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾	2.2×	0	1.7k	317	24
58	Jun 14, '20	Wits’ Engineering Faculty made 2,775 face shields last week, in spite of 2 cancelled afternoon shifts. This means they delivered an impressive 13,280 face shields to hospitals and	2.2×	0	1.9k	248	0
59	Dec 16, '17	We need to clarify how the financing of free education would work. Urgent need for govt. to clarify with university stakeholders.	2.2×	0	943	588	0
60	Jul 26, '20	Worth reading!The ANC has only decisively executed on one decision in 26 years:the disbandment of the scorpions. Many who today wax lyrically about the fight against corruption wer	2.1×	0	1.2k	491	17
61	Jan 2, '20	The ANC will be having its annual bash on 11/01/2020 in Kimberly. Instead of going on and on about how glorious the movement is, President Ramaphosa would do well to 1st recognize	2.1×	0	1.1k	356	28
62	May 9, '18	@kalliekriel @ErnstRoets @realDonaldTrump @afriforum Your associations in the US prove what disgusting human beings you truly are. You are an embarrassment to SA & its constitu	2.1×	0	651	370	0
63	Jun 25, '20	Congrats Zeblon. The university cannot be in better hands and I look forward to handing over the institutional reins.	2.0×	0	1.6k	242	3
64	Apr 23, '19	On the positive side, Kigali is astonishing. Not only is it clean, but its pavements are well maintained. A municipality's concern for its residents is reflected in the quality of	1.9×	0	1.3k	311	1
65	Aug 31, '22	South Africa is truly cursed by the quality of its politicians.	1.9×	0	1.1k	193	2
66	Apr 13, '20	The @enca public engagement with experts on the pandemic is a master stroke. It is informative, educates the public and enhances the legitimacy of government’s interventions on the	1.9×	0	1.4k	272	1
67	Aug 11, '19	The debate around the CR campaign funding is a scam. I could have predicted the donors without a leak. Why is anyone surprised? If you as an activist or political observer are surp	1.9×	0	861	310	9
68	Apr 14, '20	There are many who are applauding @ProfAbdoolKarim & the many experts & specialists who have informed govt’s plan on fighting the pandemic. Remember: these experts can only	1.9×	0	1.6k	235	0
69	Oct 13, '19	I must say that I have the deepest respect for @PaulivW. She is dedicated to her craft & is not distracted by the pol. sycophants and hordes who launch personal attacks. She me	1.8×	0	1.2k	258	2
70	Jul 12, '19	Give Pravin Gordhan credit.He stood unflinching in this confrontation with Fascism👏🏿👏🏿 We are here because we did not collectively stand up earlier when this happened to others	1.8×	0	1k	275	9
71	Oct 8, '18	If @StephenGrootes is correct that factions in the ANC leaked Nene’s meetings, then he correctly asks: what is the agenda of the EFF? Are they the willing or the unwitting agents o	1.8×	0	741	358	2
72	May 9, '19	It would really be nice if people who feel victorious or vindicated would not gloat.Analyze by all means.But don't mock others. We all should try to be bigger than this.After all,	1.7×	0	1.2k	263	1
73	Jan 6, '22	Have been reading the #StateCapture report. It is hair-raising and brings to the fore how a party that was an agent of liberation can so easily become an instrument of corruption a	1.7×	0	1.2k	262	3
74	Sep 8, '20	1. We need to talk abt our new generation of activists.Some have no understanding of history/politics, ironically regurgitate the very theories which inspired racism & colonial	1.6×	0	1k	263	20
75	Oct 12, '24	Tragic news. Tito Mboweni was a prominent figure in crafting post apartheid SA’s economic policy architecture. His contribution was a significant one and he will be sorely missed!	1.6×	40k	748	124	15
76	Aug 9, '19	When principle does not guide action, you can say anything including attacking the judiciary. The agenda is to destroy, not to build. This is taken from the playbook of fascists. T	1.6×	0	828	297	4
77	Sep 9, '20	My thoughts on the political action against Clicks and the need to collectively stand firm against the small cohort of racist activists romanticizing war and violence.	1.6×	0	749	222	11
78	May 6, '20	The only way these parcels will get to the poor is to utilize established corporate companies to deliver. The political and state channels have long been compromised by the thieves	1.6×	0	970	342	4
79	Jan 26, '19	@helenzille Excuse me Helen. Am I reading this right. Are you as a current provincial premier suggesting that if a free and fair election in 2019 were to result in an ANC win, you	1.6×	0	925	345	1
80	Mar 7, '19	1. The threats against @KarimaBrown & other journalists are unacceptable & must be challenged. But the problem is not only that of journalists. These kinds of threats have	1.5×	0	827	273	4
81	Nov 19, '18	Some EFF leaders have also commented on the quality of my argument and writing. Yet their remarks are so ahistorical & ignorant, one has to wonder whether they read anything be	1.5×	0	999	236	3
82	Jun 2, '20	@rmadzena I have referred your twitter post to the director of GEO who will be immediately in touch. Please DM me your contact details.	1.5×	0	1.4k	97	0
83	Nov 26, '18	A final remark for those who racialize as a 1st response: you are no better. Your racism saddens but emboldens us to soldier on. Our world cannot be healed by pandering to racism o	1.4×	0	1k	224	1
84	May 24, '20	NDZ has a right to make her case for why alcohol & cigarettes should not be sold. Feel free to differ on this. But no one has the right to target her in personal attacks. It’s	1.4×	0	850	195	1
85	Oct 13, '18	2 women, Mariette Venter, Capricorn District Municipality & Yvonne Page, PRASA are singled out in Motau's VBS report for courage in standing up to corruption & pressure fro	1.3×	0	861	297	1
86	Jun 7, '18	There is a silver lining in Floyd's racist attack on Momo. It has provoked the kind of social outrage necessary for establishing the social conventions that make racism unacceptabl	1.3×	0	751	224	0
87	Aug 28, '20	Here is your showdown President @CyrilRamaphosa. Every Leader has a moment to stare down their political demon.This is your moment - in Covid 19- to stare down the thieves who crip	1.3×	0	813	229	4
88	Apr 20, '19	I did quite a bit of pruning on my Twitter account. I blocked the racists, foul mouthed, and those who threatened. Pruning is necessary for flowers & plants to bloom. So too is	1.3×	0	1.1k	94	3
89	Sep 11, '19	Now that the Hlaudi matter is clarified, can we get to the real debates: how to create an accountable government, how to enable socio-economic inclusion, how to address violence in	1.2×	0	745	184	0
90	Sep 21, '19	I see that the Fascists, prompted by their leaders, have again been hunting in packs on Twitter. Won't stop me from calling out their politics of hate and corruption. It must never	1.2×	0	806	176	1
91	Jul 20, '19	Any society requires filters to ensure that the capable & those with integrity become President. Zuma’s testimony exposed not only his inadequacies but also the failure of our	1.2×	0	714	175	1
92	Aug 9, '19	I got some of the fascist footsoldiers riled up today. Have blocked a few. The crudity of the racism is astonishing. The last time I came across such vile racism was with the AWB i	1.2×	0	792	180	0
93	Nov 27, '21	Health Secretary Javid, now that the new Covid variant has been detected in Belgium, can we expect a flight ban on Belgium or Europe? Or are such ‘strategic’ responses reserved sol	1.2×	0	864	187	1
94	Dec 31, '18	I am signing off for 2018. May all of you have a fun filled & peaceful new year's eve, & I wish all of you a joyous & prosperous 2019. May all of us learn to engage eac	1.2×	0	928	159	0
95	Jul 22, '20	Andrew Mlangeni - the last of the Rivonia trialists - is no more. A human being of incredible commitment and dignity. May he forever Rest In Peace. He made a magnificent contributi	1.0×	0	867	147	1
96	Jun 21, '18	I have clarified my participation in the Supersport Enquiry. It is unlikely to satisfy the thoughtless mob (and Trolls) for whom Racism is a label to settle political scores. To th	1.0×	0	745	142	1
97	Feb 18, '20	Thank you to the many messages of congratulations and best wishes. They are truly appreciated.🙏🏾🙏🏾	1.0×	0	917	43	0
98	May 22, '19	Congratulations @MmusiMaimane and @IFPinParliament Buthelezi on your dignified and principled response to the election of @CyrilRamaphosa as President of the Republic.	1.0×	0	710	91	0
99	Feb 1, '19	Our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the #HoërskoolDriehoek tragedy, and their families. May you find solace in this time of grief as a nation mourns with you.	1.0×	0	864	119	0
100	Sep 24, '20	This VC is seriously cool 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾.	0.8×	0	711	63	2

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