by Tonya Khoury | May 23, 2025 | Acumen News, Featured
The nation was on the edge of their seats, popcorn at the ready. Among them, people I know, people who recorded it, avoiding the headlines in case they saw the outcome before the match was over. Except this wasn’t a match, this was a #GreatReset: Trump vs Ramaphosa....
by Tonya Khoury | May 16, 2025 | Acumen News, Featured
The past few weeks have been a lot. In and out of drug filled sleep, hospital machines pinging in the background, bad dreams, fear, excruciating pain, and sweat all amalgamated in a hot pot that was another round of sepsis mixed with auto-immune diseases. I cried a...
by Tonya Khoury | May 8, 2025 | Acumen News, Featured
Tonya’s in hospital, and we’re sending strength her way – but if you thought the news would simmer down (out of respect), think again. We still watch the news even when Tonya doesn’t have to, and this week, South Africa did what it does best: headline whiplash....
by Tonya Khoury | Apr 25, 2025 | Acumen News, Featured
Every single politician took credit for the #VATReversal this week, and I must admit, I called it wrong when I said that all VAT will go up seamlessly on the first of May. I am Tonya Khoury; come along with me and #ScratchTheSurface of the media week you missed while...
by Tonya Khoury | Apr 11, 2025 | Acumen News, Featured
Finally. The country stopped. It stopped for seven-year-old #CweCwe. That’s not her name, obviously, we can’t have a raped seven-year old’s real name tied to the biggest story in South Africa. We can’t use her name because this story will be with her for her entire...
by Tonya Khoury | Apr 4, 2025 | Acumen News, Featured
She is only seven years old, and we have established that she was raped repeatedly. The child told us that the principal did this to her, a man called #JacoPieterse. When this hit the media, Jaco was refusing to hand over his DNA and #Afriforum was representing him....
Jun 13, 2025
One moment it was edging on Autumn and the next … carnage. Seventy-two people dead, that was the count late last night. Many were children. Most were living near water. The task force came out to say they are begging people to move away from water deluges. It’s as if...
May 30, 2025
Child Protection Week, that’s what we call it here in South Africa. If you want a hashtag, here it is: #CPW2025. Looks like a car registration plate doesn’t it? That’s how insignificant it is. In the following week, five hundred children will die and one hundred and...
May 23, 2025
The nation was on the edge of their seats, popcorn at the ready. Among them, people I know, people who recorded it, avoiding the headlines in case they saw the outcome before the match was over. Except this wasn’t a match, this was a #GreatReset: Trump vs Ramaphosa....
May 16, 2025
The past few weeks have been a lot. In and out of drug filled sleep, hospital machines pinging in the background, bad dreams, fear, excruciating pain, and sweat all amalgamated in a hot pot that was another round of sepsis mixed with auto-immune diseases. I cried a...
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