Paballo Chauke
@ChatWithChauke
Writer•Speaker•Leader|UCT + Oxford👨🏿🎓|Passionate about Science + Africa + Education|RT≠Endorsement—OWN VIEWS| #MG200Young|@commschols + @ssrcmellonmays Alum
2019 lessons: 1. You are your own rescue, no one else. 2. Humans are complex, good & bad. 3. Sesafeleng sa thlola- everything ends. 4. Always choose yourself, choosing sides will leave you with an egg on your face 5. Fight. 7. Refuse to wear shame 8.Could be you 9. Life goes on
Darling, yours is to find happiness in the midst of the sadness, selfishly eke out heaven in this hell called earth… “I feel the reason we are all here, our purpose of being, is to help others find their little piece of happiness and heaven right here on earth...” — Ken Poirot💛

Free virtual work experience for pupils (14+ year olds) 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 ➕𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲! 💬 Young people can join a Q&A 🗣️Chat to Wellcome Sanger Institute staff, via a secure platform 🔗 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽: cstu.io/c4fd8c


Opportunity alert 🚨 for Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program 2026-2027 🇿🇦SA academics can apply for a 3–9 month research visit to a U.S. institution 🇺🇸 🗓️ Deadline: 5 Oct 2025 🎯 Open to all disciplines (excl. clinical research) 🔗 Apply: za.usembassy.gov/fulbright-sout…

Opportunity alert 🚨 for Head of Surveillance Science at the Genomic Surveillance Unit (GSU) at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, managing multidisciplinary teams in translational research and prototype development. Deadline: 17 August 2025 Find out more: lnkd.in/eR7RKZDZ
A #Roche survey in South Africa, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya in 2024 shows that most Africans do not know about hepatitis… It’s time to talk about it. #RocheAfrica#WorldHepatitisDay
Please join us for the Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025. 🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the @wellcometrust and the @NIH. ‼️ The meeting is…
London in Summer, they could NEVER make me hate you
Audra McDonald performs “Rose’s Turn” on The Tony Awards®
You can delete the tweet, but you can never delete the hollow feeling of your joke not landing
I don’t like people with main character syndrome. Qho une haters/ people are jealous of your beauty, money and success. Rest 😭
“The caged bird sings because it must. It must or die. It maybe it must and die. I don't know but it must sing. Sometimes the melody arrived at in the cage is much more fetching … caged bird sings of freedom… all of us are caged in one way or another” — Dr Maya Angelou 🕊️🤍🫶🏿
People don’t realize how much you was fuckin with them till you not
📣 It’s official! #Chevening applications will open on 5 August and close on 7 October! We’re looking for people who are passionate about solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges… could you be one of them? 👇 chevening.org/are-you-ready/ #MyFriendsACheveningScholar
"I'm gonna say this and then I'm gonna end mine." BEYONCE is the best performer in the world. Period.