By Rasvanth Chunylall
Many writers have embraced twitter as a medium to engage with fans, develop their brand identities, share news stories and express their thoughts and opinions. This month most of the writers remained shocked by the Fifa scandal and preoccupied with their writing. Here are some of the highlights:
People outside of #Africa watch #TheLionKing and think all #lions are friendly like #Mufasa. End result tourist gets killed. #LionAttack
— Trevor Kleinhans (@secretsmakeusic) June 01, 2015
First reviews coming out for Dub Steps: like watching your toddler wobble around the corner of the swimming pool…
— Andrew Miller(@miller_aka) June 01, 2015
There is a crude phrase that describes Blatter’s resignation perfectly: “Money talks. Bullshit walks”. There walks Blatter 🙂
— Eric Miyeni (@EricMiyeni) June 02, 2015
Reading Judy Blume, something I haven’t done for about 35 years. #amreading
— Charlotte Otter (@charlwrites) June 11, 2015
#2015EuropeanGames being held in a repressive country like #Azerbaijan, does not make any sense. Another corrupt deal following #FIFA
— Trevor Kleinhans (@secretsmakeusic) June 16, 2015
Had an amazing morning speaking to over 700 girls at Danville Girls High School. #inspiration #girlpower #reading
— Melissa Delport (@melissadelport) June 19, 2015
Be Kind. Anything else takes too much time, and life is short.
— Shafinaaz Hassim (@shafinaaz) June 19, 2015
The terrible tragedy of politics globally is grubby determination of my generation to hold on power at all costs to the future generations.
— Jay Naidoo(@Jay_Naidoo) June 22, 2015
Our world and innocent victims suffer when only the powerful are heard and we remain silent in the face of human rights abuses. #AlBashir
— Jay Naidoo(@Jay_Naidoo) June 23, 2015
The government is admitting guilt in the #Marikanareport – Accountability at last. Cyril Ramaphosa is guilty of the murder of 30 miners.
— Janet van Eeden (@janetvaneeden) June 25, 2015
Polokwane today looks like London, slate grey, feels like Cape Town, cold, windy. The wind more than whispers to one, ‘Stay indoors!’
— Shafinaaz Hassim (@shafinaaz) June 27, 2015
Was great watching Grigor Dimitrov play this evening. Tennis was pretty good too 😉
— Rosamund Kendal (@Rosamundkendal) June 29, 2015
So the season finale of #Arrow was awesome. What shall I do with my time now? Oh yes… I’m an author #noexcuses #amwriting
— Melissa Delport (@melissadelport) June 29, 2015
Fantastic! Congratulations to the ever eloquent writer Jacob Dlamini for his win – The 2015 Sunday Times Alan Paton Literary Award.
— Zainub Priya Dala (@zpdala) June 29, 2015
