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Lorenzo Davids
@UrbanLo
Helping to build a just, inclusive, safe, and prosperous democracy with thriving cities, creative spaces and safe learning, business and recreational spaces.
South Africa
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Sep 2, 2021
    The joy of my country. One day we will celebrate this new land. We will celebrate all it’s people. We will grow its wealth and will all share in its prosperity. We will serve each other with respect and grace. Our children will grow old and wise. #RoadTripConversations
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Sep 12, 2021
    On this day, 12 September 1977, Dr Steve Biko was murdered by the Apartheid Security Police. He was found naked and shackled on a hospital floor in Pretoria. We remember his life today.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Dec 25, 2022
    So how did they do it - giving us electricity the entire day? School me someone. I am more convinced each day that we are a project of a group of powerful people. Not a country.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Jul 9, 2022
    So does anyone have the answer yet? How come our monthly electricity bills remain the same despite us not having electricity for at least 5 hours a day, which equates to 150 hours per month, which is 6,25 days without electricity per month?
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    May 1, 2022
    On the road to Montagu I stopped my car to talk to a young man named Sihle. He’s unemployed, hitching a ride to Grabouw where he hopes to get work on the farms. He had his mattress& blankets with him. At 24, he described South Africa’s soul as a “very bad place” to make a living.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Jun 20, 2024
    The cheap labour that keeps the Western Cape and Cape Town working.
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    Ottilia Anna MaSibanda
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    Jun 19, 2024
    A tale of two countries in one.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Aug 8, 2023
    This is the Cape Town white narrative. Lets do a quick test. 1. Listen to the video. 2. Replace word “taxi” with the word “blacks.” 3. Replace the word “we” with the phrase “white people”. This is no joke. It time we take these things very seriously.
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    taytay🇿🇦
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    Aug 8, 2023
    Welcome To Cape Town 🙂
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Apr 20, 2024
    The white narrative. For all to see.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Jun 14, 2024
    I weep. We won our liberation on 27 April 1994, and then today, 14 June 2024, we handed it back to our oppressors. A dastardly sad and tragic day.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Jun 23, 2022
    South Africans woke up this morning a betrayed nation. The people, who in 1994, stood in voting lines for 2 days to bring the ANC into power, have had that same ANC steal food and prosperity from them. Their children have no schools, hospitals or roads. We are a nation betrayed.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    May 26, 2022
    A perspective. Thousands of students travel to schools and universities from these homes and conditions each day and return to it to complete assignments, projects and research. When they achieve success - matric or a degree - it deserves a damn standing ovation.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Jun 18, 2024
    Yesterday I buried: A hero. A domestic worker for Sea Point white people. A farm labourer from Malmesbury. A factory worker from Elsies River. A prayer warrior. Yesterday I buried my mother.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Oct 22, 2021
    Given the Gareth Cliff comments, unless I hear from @NandosSA by close of business today, I will personally boycott them and make my views on their silence on - and de facto condoning of - this particular incident known to my clients and base.
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    Lorenzo Davids
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    Jun 18, 2024
    White people rushing to open X accounts with black faces and African traditional names. All to speak well of John, Helen, Cyril, GNU & to hail the future. We’re old enough to remember this same tactic they used in the 70s to drag black faces onto TV to praise Apartheid SAfrica.
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