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After being more active on #Pixelfed for a few days, I found some very interesting people posting art with political reflections or personal tastes, using beautiful photos. One is from #Canada and another is from #SouthAfrica.

As far as my knowledge and skills with #photography go, there's a photographer from #Denmark and another from #France that I found really good!

I've been using #Mastodon for years, but I haven't found such diversity in the microblogging space before. The folks I interact with on Pixelfed likely won't like my topics here. That's not a problem.

I think it's a way to make the #Fediverse more like a Fediversity. We are not there yet.

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Marubeni is in talks to acquire Carlyle-backed TiAuto Investments, a South African retailer of auto parts, according to people with knowledge of the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/marubeni-tiauto-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tiauto #southafrica #cars #carmakers #marubeni #acquisitions

The Japan Times

Marubeni in talks to acquire Carlyle-backed TiAuto

The deal for the South African retailer of automotive tires and parts may be valued at about 2.6 billion rand ($149 million).

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Just months after Oliver Liao arrived in Pretoria as Taiwan’s de facto ambassador, South Africa began a campaign to downgrade its relationship with the island — thrusting him into the epicenter of a geopolitical drama. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/china-pressure-taiwan-south-africa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #southafrica

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Springboks captain Siya Kolisi said he hoped his side's Rugby Championship triumph would provide fresh inspiration to South Africa as a whole. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/05/more-sports/south-africa-rugby-championship-inspiration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #siyakolisi #rugbychampionship #southafrica #argentina #springboks

The Japan Times

Springboks captain Siya Kolisi hopes Rugby Championship title can inspire nation

One of the closest-fought editions of the tournament ended in dramatic style with the Springboks winning successive Rugby Championship titles for the first time.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 weeks ago

#SouthAfrica says release its activists, including grandson of #NelsonMandela

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that Israel's interception of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla was a "grave offense" against "global solidarity & sentiment that is aimed at relieving suffering in #Gaza".

Ramaphosa called on #Israel to immediately release South Africans & others who were on the flotilla, including liberation hero Nelson Mandela's grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela.

#MandlaMandela

Nelson Mandela's grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 4 weeks ago

#MandlaMandela, as he is known, left Johannesburg in September to join the flotilla. He had said #Palestinians lives under Israeli occupation are worse than what South Africans experienced under #apartheid. #Israel rejects comparisons between the lives of Palestinians who have lived under #occupation or economic #blockade for more than half a century & the apartheid era in #SouthAfrica, when the Black majority was ruled by a repressive white minority government.

#Gaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 weeks ago

#Israel intercepts 39 #aid boats heading for #Gaza

Israeli forces have intercepted 39 boats carrying aid & foreign #activists to Gaza, leaving only one vessel still sailing towards the #Palestinian enclave, the flotilla organizers said on Thursday.

#Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #starvation #HumanRights #FreedomFlotilla #GlobalSumudFlotilla

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 4 weeks ago

#SouthAfrica says release its activists, including grandson of #NelsonMandela

Ramaphosa called on #Israel to immediately release South Africans & others who were on the flotilla, including liberation hero Nelson Mandela's grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela.

#MandlaMandela

Fireside Fedi

@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live · last month

I was just looking at the #stats from my @Castopod for the #podcast #audio version of #firesideFedi. I'm blown away at the diversity of folks. I see folks from #Nigera , #Brazil , #SouthAfrica , #Malaysia , #HongKong , #SouthKorea ! And of course #US , #Canada , #EU .

As an American that's never traveled, I can't wait to learn all about everyone, their cultures, their experiences, etc. I'm humbled as well. I'll be honest, if you asked me to point out on a map where these countries were, I probably couldn't. And I feel like I have to do better there. The internet allows all of us to connect and we need to learn as much about each other as we can so we can all learn.

Thank you ALL! <3

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

New Zealand stayed firm at its Eden Park fortress to claim an attritional 24-17 win over South Africa in a heavyweight clash between the world's top two rugby sides on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/06/more-sports/all-blacks-top-south-africa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #allblacks #newzealand #auckland #edenpark #southafrica #springboks

Martin Dougiamas boosted

Catherine Morris

@cmorris@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

👉Interview: ‘Professor William #Schabas, one of the world’s foremost authorities on #genocide …argues that the case filed by #SouthAfrica against #Israel at the #ICJ is “arguably the strongest case of genocide ever brought before the Court,”... Crucially, he stresses that 3rd-party states, including the #US, #Germany, & others risk legal liability as “accomplices to genocide.” | ECPS https://www.populismstudies.org/professor-schabas-us-germany-and-others-could-be-held-liable-as-accomplices-to-genocide-in-gaza/