News headlines in #SouthAfrica today are all about something called #GNU. And for the longest time, all I could wonder was why our politicians are talking about #Linux or what Linux has to do with SA #politics.
It literally took me a few hours to finally realise that GNU in this context refers to the Government of National Unity. 🙈
#news
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2024-06-07 13:33:58
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