Saffers

[OomStruisbaai]

Vokken ANC kunts.

Democracy is fully in retreat in SA.

Wat het gebeur?

[Chilli]

Swys de Bruin appointed as director of rugby at Shimlas.

Great move by the Shimlas.

[Big Nipper]

Vokken ANC kunts.

Democracy is fully in retreat in SA.

Aren't you a big fan of Vladimir Putin?

[handyman]

Swys de Bruin appointed as director of rugby at Shimlas.

Great move by the Shimlas.

I hope he will still be on Supersport.

[Lemoentjie]

Vokken ANC kunts.

Democracy is fully in retreat in SA.

Aren't you a big fan of Vladimir Putin?

I have higher expectations for SA than Russia. We are quickly heading towards a Russian-style situation.

[Lemoentjie]

Vokken ANC kunts.

Democracy is fully in retreat in SA.

Wat het gebeur?

Kak soos:

Looks like the ANC have managed to convince the IEC to reopen registration.

en

It's beautiful isn't it. Read this opinion piece that also shed some light on that:
Linky

All the many publicly stated reasons for why the ANC is suddenly so penniless are no doubt true. The biggest one you come across, of course, is the law the ANC themselves introduced – much to their own horror – that requires larger donations to be publicly declared.

It has clearly disrupted the ANC’s tried-and-tested funding model of taking donation kickbacks from the companies its government officials award tenders to.

^^ This and also the fact that all the SEOs are on their knees and under a microscope.

The whole organisation is built on sand. Once you start cutting off all the dodgy funds they can't sustain themselves. Western Cape ANC was crippled when they lost Cape Town and the Province.

en

Contrary to explicit direction from the Constitutional Court, the Electoral Commission (IEC) has said it will try to reopen candidate nominations for the local government elections.

This will grant the ANC its wish to place candidates on lists that it previously failed to complete before the deadline.

https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/ ... court--irr

Ek het geen hoop vir die toekoms nie.

[sorCrer]

Vokken ANC kunts.

Democracy is fully in retreat in SA.

The best is them overturning Lungisa's suspension cos they need his supporters votes badly.

[OomStruisbaai]

IOL

Shock after 3 young South African sisters found murdered in their New Zealand home
By IOL Reporter Time of article published 11h ago


Durban - New Zealand police are investigating the murder of three young South African children who were found dead at a home in Timaru in the Canterbury region.

Graham Dickason, a doctor from Pretoria, found the bodies of his twin daughters, Maya and Karla, 3, and their older sister, Liane, 7 on Friday.

Dickason and his wife Laura - who is also a doctor - and their children moved to New Zealand last month and had been in Timaru for just a week after coming out of New Zealand’s strict managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ).

According to various news outlets in New Zealand, Dickason arrived home to find his daughters dead. His wife was in the home and taken to Timaru Hospital, and is in a stable condition.

According to police, no one outside the family was being investigated in relation to the deaths.

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News website stuff.co.nz reported that emergency services arrived at the Queen Street home in the suburb of Parkside shortly after 10pm local time but the girls could not be saved

Dickason reportedly called for help and neighbours overheard him screaming and yelling, saying: “Is this really happening?”

According to Stuff, detectives have since opened a homicide inquiry and the suspected killer – a woman – was in hospital.

Speaking to Stuff on Friday, Lauren’s parents, Wendy and Malcolm Fawkes, said they were “devastated” to hear of the tragedy.

“The extended families are in a state of shock as we try to understand what happened. We ask for your prayers and support during this very difficult time.

“We would also request privacy as we battle to come to terms with what has happened.

“We would like to thank the staff of Timaru Hospital for their support at this difficult time... and the New Zealand police for their attention to this matter.”

IOL

[sorCrer]

IOL

Shock after 3 young South African sisters found murdered in their New Zealand home
By IOL Reporter Time of article published 11h ago


Durban - New Zealand police are investigating the murder of three young South African children who were found dead at a home in Timaru in the Canterbury region.

Graham Dickason, a doctor from Pretoria, found the bodies of his twin daughters, Maya and Karla, 3, and their older sister, Liane, 7 on Friday.

Dickason and his wife Laura - who is also a doctor - and their children moved to New Zealand last month and had been in Timaru for just a week after coming out of New Zealand’s strict managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ).

According to various news outlets in New Zealand, Dickason arrived home to find his daughters dead. His wife was in the home and taken to Timaru Hospital, and is in a stable condition.

According to police, no one outside the family was being investigated in relation to the deaths.

MORE ON THIS
Australia arrests hundreds in global crime sting operation with FBI
NZ cops to investigate Samoan murder
Recapping case of euthanasia activist Sean Davison
NZ triple stabbing; SA man arrested
Euthanasia advocate Davison faces new charge over sportsman
News website stuff.co.nz reported that emergency services arrived at the Queen Street home in the suburb of Parkside shortly after 10pm local time but the girls could not be saved

Dickason reportedly called for help and neighbours overheard him screaming and yelling, saying: “Is this really happening?”

According to Stuff, detectives have since opened a homicide inquiry and the suspected killer – a woman – was in hospital.

Speaking to Stuff on Friday, Lauren’s parents, Wendy and Malcolm Fawkes, said they were “devastated” to hear of the tragedy.

“The extended families are in a state of shock as we try to understand what happened. We ask for your prayers and support during this very difficult time.

“We would also request privacy as we battle to come to terms with what has happened.

“We would like to thank the staff of Timaru Hospital for their support at this difficult time... and the New Zealand police for their attention to this matter.”

IOL

Mother arrested.

[Cartman]

Was watching a Hollywood movie and saw a Ceres juice box sitting in the fridge. Never knew they export to the US all the way from little old Paarl.

[OomStruisbaai]

Was watching a Hollywood movie and saw a Ceres juice box sitting in the fridge. Never knew they export to the US all the way from little old Paarl.

Ceres Fruit Juices have been bought by PepsiCo. You will get Ceres juices all over the world.

[Cartman]

Was watching a Hollywood movie and saw a Ceres juice box sitting in the fridge. Never knew they export to the US all the way from little old Paarl.

Ceres Fruit Juices have been bought by PepsiCo. You will get Ceres juices all over the world.

Cool, thanks didn't know that

[Sards]

Hows the pools looking. The weekend I lifted the covers. We had 2 floods in the garden this year so dirt always gets into the pool. So a solid vacuum and again today. Looking better but just not ready to get in....

[OomStruisbaai]

Developing sport in SA
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article ... -no-water/

The stadium that isn’t: An Eastern Cape village’s R15m ‘sport facility’ in a rural community that has no water
Residents of Lesseyton village in Komani in the Eastern Cape, where Enoch Mgijima municipality built a shoddy ‘stadium’ for R15-million, have to travel three kilometres to get water from a nearby river or hire a bakkie to collect water at a cost of R500. This has been going on for 15 years.



The bumpy, dusty roads with low lying bridges are a nightmare to drive on, especially on rainy days. Opposite the community hall is the R15-million Lesseyton Stadium, images of which were shared across social media this week. The stadium has no electricity or running water, a rough turf, broken goalposts and a half completed affair which resembles nothing close to an athletics track. Rocks hold the grandstands in place.

A stone’s throw from the stadium, unemployed Lumko Mbenene stood in his home – a home without running water.

“I don’t know why they built this stadium knowing that the area has been without water for 15 years. Instead of building the stadium, they should have dug boreholes in the village, created jobs and fixed the bad roads,” Mbenene said.

He said the stadium was just a way of “stealing money” from the people of Enoch Mgijima.

“How are the players going to use the showers and the toilet when there is no water? There is no electricity which means no games will be played at night and only soccer will be played,” he said.
Mbenene said the goalposts broke the day they were installed.
Fellow resident Tembile Waxa said half of the R15-million that was budgeted for was never used.
“The stadium cost almost R3-million. Corruption, money laundering and price inflation are the causes of this low-standard stadium. The community is angry and wants answers from all those involved,” he said.
Independent Komani Residents Association spokesperson, Zolile Xalisa, called for a forensic investigation into the matter.
“We want to know where the money is and the forensic investigation will expose all those who are involved in this,” he said.

Congress of the People councillor, Nomazotsho Kopolo, said that when the project started in 2018, the costs were estimated at R22-million.
“The contractor, Thalami Civils, was appointed and then stopped working the same year. They wrote to the municipality saying they can’t do the job and withdrew,” she said.

[OomStruisbaai]

Vokken load shedding. Stage 2 till thursday

[Rinkals]

Vokken load shedding. Stage 2 till thursday

You should count yourself lucky.

We went off at eight last night and are still off.

Presumably the cable thieves took the opportunity while the cables weren't live.

[sorCrer]

Developing sport in SA
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article ... -no-water/

The stadium that isn’t: An Eastern Cape village’s R15m ‘sport facility’ in a rural community that has no water
Residents of Lesseyton village in Komani in the Eastern Cape, where Enoch Mgijima municipality built a shoddy ‘stadium’ for R15-million, have to travel three kilometres to get water from a nearby river or hire a bakkie to collect water at a cost of R500. This has been going on for 15 years.



The bumpy, dusty roads with low lying bridges are a nightmare to drive on, especially on rainy days. Opposite the community hall is the R15-million Lesseyton Stadium, images of which were shared across social media this week. The stadium has no electricity or running water, a rough turf, broken goalposts and a half completed affair which resembles nothing close to an athletics track. Rocks hold the grandstands in place.

A stone’s throw from the stadium, unemployed Lumko Mbenene stood in his home – a home without running water.

“I don’t know why they built this stadium knowing that the area has been without water for 15 years. Instead of building the stadium, they should have dug boreholes in the village, created jobs and fixed the bad roads,” Mbenene said.

He said the stadium was just a way of “stealing money” from the people of Enoch Mgijima.

“How are the players going to use the showers and the toilet when there is no water? There is no electricity which means no games will be played at night and only soccer will be played,” he said.
Mbenene said the goalposts broke the day they were installed.
Fellow resident Tembile Waxa said half of the R15-million that was budgeted for was never used.
“The stadium cost almost R3-million. Corruption, money laundering and price inflation are the causes of this low-standard stadium. The community is angry and wants answers from all those involved,” he said.
Independent Komani Residents Association spokesperson, Zolile Xalisa, called for a forensic investigation into the matter.
“We want to know where the money is and the forensic investigation will expose all those who are involved in this,” he said.

Congress of the People councillor, Nomazotsho Kopolo, said that when the project started in 2018, the costs were estimated at R22-million.
“The contractor, Thalami Civils, was appointed and then stopped working the same year. They wrote to the municipality saying they can’t do the job and withdrew,” she said.

That's fokol. Check the R4m Taxi rank built by the same company:



https://www.news24.com/news24/southafri ... e-20211009

[OomStruisbaai]

Vokken load shedding. Stage 2 till thursday

You should count yourself lucky.

We went off at eight last night and are still off.

Presumably the cable thieves took the opportunity while the cables weren't live.

It happen a lot in this area. Then Eskom have to search the line for kms.

[sorCrer]

My brother is a electrical engineer and used to work for Eskom. They were pulling a span of cable across one of the many river ravines that run down the South Coast. They'd got one side down and were 1km away pulling up the other side at tension when the whole lot dropped down into the river. Cable thieves cutting it while they were working.

[FalseBayFC]

At prices over $4 a pound it becomes a lucrative business. We have a rather remote small holding in Poland. It gets burgled every couple of years during then winters when we don't visit. During the last copper spike they broke in and took every last inch of wiring in the place, including the kettle cord. We called the cops and they arrived with two Malinois dogs and tracked the buggers into the Bory Tucholskie national park which is a heavily forested area. These dogs tracked the guy over about 5km, what was most impressive was that it was though 10cm of fresh snow.

[Blake]

Was watching a Hollywood movie and saw a Ceres juice box sitting in the fridge. Never knew they export to the US all the way from little old Paarl.

More likely that scene was filmed in Cape Town and the director didn't care what brands the fridge was stocked with.

What was the movie?

[Sandstorm]

Was watching a Hollywood movie and saw a Ceres juice box sitting in the fridge. Never knew they export to the US all the way from little old Paarl.

More likely that scene was filmed in Cape Town and the director didn't care what brands the fridge was stocked with.

What was the movie?

Star Wars

[FalseBayFC]

My load-shedding starts in 10 minutes Anyone set up a battery back up? I've been using a UPS which worked initially and kept the internet and pc going for a couple of hours. But after too many cycles the battery starts to hold less and less charge. I'm going to need to research this.

[Blake]

My load-shedding starts in 10 minutes Anyone set up a battery back up? I've been using a UPS which worked initially and kept the internet and pc going for a couple of hours. But after too many cycles the battery starts to hold less and less charge. I'm going to need to research this.

Had the same issue. The Lead acid batteries in the traditional UPS units are not meant to be charged and discharged to the degree that happens in load-shedding.
I had to replace mine every year or so and they cost around 75% the price of a new UPS.

You have 2 options really:
a.) Replace the lead acid battery in your UPS with a Lithium Ion battery

b.) Buy a new gen Li-Ion mini-UPS designed to basically just support your router and Fiber Box.
They are around R800-R1000

If you go option B, just check the power rating of your router. The mini-UPS is only rated to support 36W and if you have a heavy duty router the power draw will be too much if you add the Fiber box and it will blow.
I needed 2: one for the router and the other for the Fiber Box.

[sorCrer]

My load-shedding starts in 10 minutes Anyone set up a battery back up? I've been using a UPS which worked initially and kept the internet and pc going for a couple of hours. But after too many cycles the battery starts to hold less and less charge. I'm going to need to research this.

I bought a deep cycle caravan battery, inverter and a charger. Stuck it all in one of those black plastic storage boxes. Runs router and 27" iMac for 6 hours easily. Just stick it back on charge when you have power.

[Rinkals]

My load-shedding starts in 10 minutes Anyone set up a battery back up? I've been using a UPS which worked initially and kept the internet and pc going for a couple of hours. But after too many cycles the battery starts to hold less and less charge. I'm going to need to research this.

My sister is an architect who works remotely for a large Joburg practice here in Nottingham Road, and she cannot be without power, so she got in a couple of inverters. They're not cheap: 7 or 8 Grand, but they keep everybody online (and the DSTV in the evenings).

They used to have generators, but found that they were unreliable.

[Sards]

A 2kw unit will set you back 8k....then you need at least 2 deep cycle batteries at 2.5k each...an electrician to connect to your circuits......I think ours ran to 17k total

[FalseBayFC]

Thanks okes. I think this kak is back to stay. Time to invest in a decent backup.

[Sards]

Thanks okes. I think this kak is back to stay. Time to invest in a decent backup.

Mine stopped working...something is wrong but need to get an electrician in to disconnect , take it to the agents....this after replacing the batteries after 2 years because thats how long they last...so 5k every 2 years

[Sards]

Vok load shedding....it drives me to NPR

[handyman]

Get a big generator.

[Sards]

Get a big generator.

Give me 450k

[handyman]

Get a big generator.

Give me 450k

What interest rate are you paying me?

[Rinkals]

Get a big generator.

We went through 2 generators.

First one was a Ryobi, the sort you pick up at Macro or Game for 5,000 bucks.

That lasted about 2 months.

The second one was a diesel generator at four times the price.

That didn't do much better.

Eventually we bought 2 inverters for just under R14,000.00 for both. Much better bet.

[handyman]

Get a big generator.

We went through 2 generators.

First one was a Ryobi, the sort you pick up at Macro or Game for 5,000 bucks.

That lasted about 2 months.

The second one was a diesel generator at four times the price.

That didn't do much better.

Eventually we bought 2 inverters for just under R14,000.00 for both. Much better bet.

Just embrace the darkness. Light a fire. Braai. Relax.

[Rinkals]

Get a big generator.

We went through 2 generators.

First one was a Ryobi, the sort you pick up at Macro or Game for 5,000 bucks.

That lasted about 2 months.

The second one was a diesel generator at four times the price.

That didn't do much better.

Eventually we bought 2 inverters for just under R14,000.00 for both. Much better bet.

Just embrace the darkness. Light a fire. Braai. Relax.

A fire doesn't get your drawings to the client.

[Cartman]

Was watching a Hollywood movie and saw a Ceres juice box sitting in the fridge. Never knew they export to the US all the way from little old Paarl.

More likely that scene was filmed in Cape Town and the director didn't care what brands the fridge was stocked with.

What was the movie?

The Lie on Amazon Prime
Dont judge

[Blake]

Was watching a Hollywood movie and saw a Ceres juice box sitting in the fridge. Never knew they export to the US all the way from little old Paarl.

More likely that scene was filmed in Cape Town and the director didn't care what brands the fridge was stocked with.

What was the movie?

The Lie on Amazon Prime
Dont judge

Weird. Seems like it was filed in Canada, so there goes my theory.

[FalseBayFC]

More likely that scene was filmed in Cape Town and the director didn't care what brands the fridge was stocked with.

What was the movie?

The Lie on Amazon Prime
Dont judge

Weird. Seems like it was filed in Canada, so there goes my theory.

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[FalseBayFC]

Ceres is available on Amazon.ca