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Yeeb wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:10 pm

LoveOfTheGame wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:54 pm

Yeeb wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:26 am Yo, saffas - was there over Xmas and have to say it’s the first trip ever where you could really feel the doom and gloom about SA.
The load shedding
Water cut off
Don’t drink from the taps as they connected the sewer and freshwater pipes up by mistake in the area
Don’t swim in the sea as the ecoli is about 10,000 higher than normal (amazingly this warning got removed for to Toti beach so the vaailes could get a nice dip)
40R for a beer when out
Seeing black guards beat the living crap out of another black guy who was nicking some metal, this was in the afternoon on a suburban street

Second time I see you complain about R40 for beer. Wtf Yeeb you cheapskate, that's like 2 quid. As for everything else, unfortunately yes. Loadshedding is currently worse btw, we've been on Stage 6 for a week (stage 5 here and there). It's a proper, proper crisis. They have no answer, it's all bleak tbf.

Don’t be a nob, it was merely an example of something that has doubled in price in a very short space of time, and one that I am acquainted with buying there.
Makes the extra quid on a ping here seem relatively acceptable (not inc Wetherspoons )

Not having power or water for hours at time , just isn’t normal or remotely acceptable. Honkies doubling up on solar , invertors , jojo tanks and generators - but really would be easier to just go to another country.

How's your energy crisis going up Norf? Hoping you have enough gas/oil to last you the whole winter. I'll be in the garden in my short pants and t-shirt enjoying the African sun whilst you freeze your balls off.

I admire any Saffer confident enough to pick a fight with a European about standards of living.

assfly wrote: Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:03 am I admire any Saffer confident enough to pick a fight with a European about standards of living.

Every country has their issues. I have family in the UK, in laws in the Netherlands, close friends in New Zeeland and USA, ex-colleagues in Australia. I communicate with them dally and they all have their complaints. There was a time I considered emigrating especially so after they burned down my farm, but I chose to stay. I'll rather deal with shit I'm use to here, than have to deal with shit I don't know about in a foreign country.

We should count our blessings and focus on the positives of living here. It could be a lot worse.

average joe wrote: Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:27 am Every country has their issues. I have family in the UK, in laws in the Netherlands, close friends in New Zeeland and USA, ex-colleagues in Australia. I communicate with them dally and they all have their complaints. There was a time I considered emigrating especially so after they burned down my farm, but I chose to stay. I'll rather deal with shit I'm use to here, than have to deal with shit I don't know about in a foreign country.

We should count our blessings and focus on the positives of living here. It could be a lot worse.

Fair enough. It still seems weird to pick a fight with a pom about standards of living.

It could be a lot worse, indeed. What would you do if it does get worse?

assfly wrote: Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:35 am

average joe wrote: Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:27 am Every country has their issues. I have family in the UK, in laws in the Netherlands, close friends in New Zeeland and USA, ex-colleagues in Australia. I communicate with them dally and they all have their complaints. There was a time I considered emigrating especially so after they burned down my farm, but I chose to stay. I'll rather deal with shit I'm use to here, than have to deal with shit I don't know about in a foreign country.

We should count our blessings and focus on the positives of living here. It could be a lot worse.

Fair enough. It still seems weird to pick a fight with a pom about standards of living.

It could be a lot worse, indeed. What would you do if it does get worse?

I never pick fights, I defend. No one lives in a perfect world and only a hypocrite complains about others issues without admitting his own.

What can I do? Except complain. Most of these things are beyond our control. I could decide to emigrate to the UK and get nuked by Russians for instance. As bad as it gets here it can get even worse somewhere ells.

Me and the Mrs love making food. The kitchen has always been the best place for communication for married couples. This time of year you get all the nice fruits from the Boland area. So we do jam cooking. Today we did korrel konfyt. Korrel konfyt is always a winner on buns/bread with braaied snoek or yellow tail. It came out perfect. We also did apricot, green fig jam and baby beetroot chutney with success.

Korrel konfyt is cook from sultana grapes.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:22 pm Me and the Mrs love making food. The kitchen has always been the best place for communication for married couples. This time of year you get all the nice fruits from the Boland area. So we do jam cooking. Today we did korrel konfyt. Korrel konfyt is always a winner on buns/bread with braaied snoek or yellow tail. It came out perfect. We also did apricot, green fig jam and baby beetroot chutney with success.

Korrel konfyt is cook from sultana grapes.

I communicate with my HIPS in the BEDROOM

assfly wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:59 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:22 pm Me and the Mrs love making food. The kitchen has always been the best place for communication for married couples. This time of year you get all the nice fruits from the Boland area. So we do jam cooking. Today we did korrel konfyt. Korrel konfyt is always a winner on buns/bread with braaied snoek or yellow tail. It came out perfect. We also did apricot, green fig jam and baby beetroot chutney with success.

Korrel konfyt is cook from sultana grapes.

I communicate with my HIPS in the BEDROOM

You are still young

assfly wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:59 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:22 pm Me and the Mrs love making food. The kitchen has always been the best place for communication for married couples. This time of year you get all the nice fruits from the Boland area. So we do jam cooking. Today we did korrel konfyt. Korrel konfyt is always a winner on buns/bread with braaied snoek or yellow tail. It came out perfect. We also did apricot, green fig jam and baby beetroot chutney with success.

Korrel konfyt is cook from sultana grapes.

I communicate with my HIPS in the BEDROOM

Only communication in the bedroom is lippelees like the blind. Wie kom en wie keer.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:52 am

assfly wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:59 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:22 pm Me and the Mrs love making food. The kitchen has always been the best place for communication for married couples. This time of year you get all the nice fruits from the Boland area. So we do jam cooking. Today we did korrel konfyt. Korrel konfyt is always a winner on buns/bread with braaied snoek or yellow tail. It came out perfect. We also did apricot, green fig jam and baby beetroot chutney with success.

Korrel konfyt is cook from sultana grapes.

I communicate with my HIPS in the BEDROOM

Only communication in the bedroom is lippelees like the blind. Wie kom en wie keer.

Jy kom en sy keer

Sards wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:04 am

You are still young

I didn't say there was anyone else in the bedroom

assfly wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:04 am

Sards wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:04 am

You are still young

I didn't say there was anyone else in the bedroom

Kussing naai?

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:23 am

assfly wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:04 am

Sards wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:04 am

You are still young

I didn't say there was anyone else in the bedroom

Kussing naai?

He speaks to his peepee, not with it.

assfly has am amazing wife. I doubt he is being serious

_Os_ wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:07 pm Load shedding is purely a political issue, fixing it would mean ending corrupt criminal activity surrounding the coal industry and defeating unionised Eskom workers. These groups are all part of the ANC constituency. The quickest way to do that is by a mass rollout of renewables which would solve a lot of the problem without directly having to fight the ANC. But that hasn't happened because everyone that's getting corrupt gains out of coal would then be out of pocket, because they cannot steal sunshine/wind/gravity. If the ANC could work out how to corruptly benefit from renewables SA would be rammed with the stuff, but they cannot.

Coal will be non-viable as a power source soon, because a carbon tax will start being loaded into import duties in most developed economies (a stealth tariff barrier).

It's not an engineering issues, it's all politics. Which means the only way out is to vote the ANC out of office and hope they don't try anything crazy. Could happen next year.

_Os_ wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:28 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:16 pm Not going to make much money from coal when your power stations are shutdown because you didn't do any maintenance.

The coal gets robbed out of the coal trucks and exported, the stuff going to the plants in its place is lower grade ... or straight up rubble.

And this is just the most egregious example. The contracts to supply the coal are also corrupt. As are the construction and maintenance contracts at the plants. And on and on.

_Os_ wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:33 pm

_Os_ wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:07 pm It's not an engineering issues, it's all politics. Which means the only way out is to vote the ANC out of office and hope they don't try anything crazy. Could happen next year.

My call ...

ANC are polling quite a few points below 50% now. The nightmare coalition of ANC/EFF, is possible on current polling (both together are over 50%) it looks the most likely outcome. That would lead to even more chaos, some parts of SA would become unliveable. Places that will hang on: Western Cape, Joburg western/northern/eastern suburbs, Pretoria eastern suburbs. Anywhere else will be struggling if they don't have a DA led metro and provincial government (Gauteng is highly likely to go DA led coalition in 2024).

This will get so bad that local governments which aren't ANC run will be forced to take over national functions when they can. A bit like how CT produces some of it's own power (from hydro), which reduces load shedding in CT. Areas that have a full stack of ANC rule through metro/province/national, will not get that mitigation.

Then it's just 5 more years of madness and waiting for the ANC's final implosion, whenever that happens.

Just done watching the De Ruyter interview, he confirms a lot of what I posted here.

Unfortunately I've been 100% correct about the ANC for my entire life, nothing they've done has surprised me. This is how African nationalists do government, it ends up as racist crooks in power and everything in ruins. I now think there's no chance that Eskom ever comes good, it's fucked. The same way SAA is/was fucked. I'm not a fan of privatised utilities generally, but privately owned and the customers getting ripped off is better than whatever the fuck Eskom now is. Stage 8 is now on the cards, which means no power for most of the day, which in reality will mean no power or water all day in some places. Everything in Zim ended up this way, there was something called "the post office" or "the water department" or "the railways", but it was just a name and what really happened was they were schemes to steal money through corruption or employing vast numbers of people to do nothing, they delivered almost no services at all. That is what Eskom now is. The next stage of the Zim process is once Eskom has been stripped and the money has run out, there's just nothing left.

The only way out I can see now, is the elections next year. The DA needs to get the highest percentage possible, some polling has them close to 30%, could happen if the DA gets all their vote out and ANC voters give up and don't vote. We need the DA to have the highest percentage possible to give them the strongest negotiating hand. ANC and EFF together will still probably be over 50% though. Which means all that's on the table is a coalition between the ANC and DA to try and fix this mess. Some in the ANC will go for that above the EFF, because they'll bargain they can fight the DA more easily. The DA will then have to try and force them to scrap BEE/AA, cadre deployment, and privatise utilities that they've destroyed. A lot of DA supporters aren't going to like that, I don't, but there's no other way I can see now.

We had election a week ago. DA made a killing. VF
+ second.

The comments thrown at De Ruyter by the ANC are incredible. Nobody taking issue with his assertions, just making it personal and crass.

assfly wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:01 am The comments thrown at De Ruyter by the ANC are incredible. Nobody taking issue with his assertions, just making it personal and crass.

When you can't refute the message with facts, you attack the messenger.

De Ruyter shouldn;t have been coy though. He should have named and shamed and given his claims more credibility. Throw the accusations out there so that Cyril and his lackeys are at the very least forced to announce another toothless "fact-finding committee" or whatever to at least give the appearance that they are trying to do something.

By not naming names of the people stealing or the "senior minister" who knew and didn't do anything, it gives the ANC and EFF a lot of wiggle room to attack his claims.

Blake wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:56 am
By not naming names of the people stealing or the "senior minister" who knew and didn't do anything, it gives the ANC and EFF a lot of wiggle room to attack his claims.

If he does, his life will be in danger.

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:41 am

Blake wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:56 am
By not naming names of the people stealing or the "senior minister" who knew and didn't do anything, it gives the ANC and EFF a lot of wiggle room to attack his claims.

If he does, his life will be in danger.

Ja that was my thinking. It's hard to name names when you still got the taste of cyanide in your mouth!

assfly wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:09 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:41 am

Blake wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:56 am
By not naming names of the people stealing or the "senior minister" who knew and didn't do anything, it gives the ANC and EFF a lot of wiggle room to attack his claims.

If he does, his life will be in danger.

Ja that was my thinking. It's hard to name names when you still got the taste of cyanide in your mouth!

And on month end, all management and staff should go on a week long strike. This must include those who release funds for salary payments and those people who do the actual payments.

Started to work again. This week suppose to be in Paarl but got a call yesterday morning at 4 in the morning they broke in my house while my Mrs and son was in the house. Stole TV, laptops cell phones and cash. Vokken chaos to say the least. Always one step forward, three back.

Ah shit Oom, sorry to hear that. How awful. I hope insurance pay out.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:25 am Started to work again. This week suppose to be in Paarl but got a call yesterday morning at 4 in the morning they broke in my house while my Mrs and son was in the house. Stole TV, laptops cell phones and cash. Vokken chaos to say the least. Always one step forward, three back.

We're they in Struisbaai Oom?

That's terrible news.

Lots of builders around. They woke my son, luckily he didn't move and leave them. If it was me, there would be a funeral.

assfly wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:44 am Ah shit Oom, sorry to hear that. How awful. I hope insurance pay out.

That is a problem because I change from suppliers from 1 April. So the old one is going to give me a lot of kak.

Today we need to get new bank cards. Have drove to Hermanus for Sim shops.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:55 am They woke my son, luckily he didn't move and leave them. If it was me, there would be a funeral.

That's really scary part. Phones and money you can replace, people are far more important.

I hope your family are all ok after this Oom, it's a horrible thing to have to go through. Sterkte.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:59 am Today we need to get new bank cards. Have drove to Hermanus for Sim shops.

Sorry to read that, hope something comes along your way

Sandstorm wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:13 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:55 am They woke my son, luckily he didn't move and leave them. If it was me, there would be a funeral.

That's really scary part. Phones and money you can replace, people are far more important.

I hope your family are all ok after this Oom, it's a horrible thing to have to go through. Sterkte.

Dankie and very true. I thought about this driving home. One crawling on the ground, other one standing at the door, just the thought of them invading your privacy , don't have respect for it, taking stuff you work hard for exct can't replace the life of your family.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:25 am Started to work again. This week suppose to be in Paarl but got a call yesterday morning at 4 in the morning they broke in my house while my Mrs and son was in the house. Stole TV, laptops cell phones and cash. Vokken chaos to say the least. Always one step forward, three back.

Ai ai. Not good.

Just seen this. Good to know you are okay and no one was hurt, oom.

Does your area have a neighbourhood watch type scheme? They can be a strong anti-crime force if enough people in the community contribute time/resources. Not sure if they're needed in the Western Cape, but the places in KZN that got through the riots untouched had strong a neighbourhood watch.

_Os_ wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:25 pm Just seen this. Good to know you are okay and no one was hurt, oom.

Does your area have a neighbourhood watch type scheme? They can be a strong anti-crime force if enough people in the community contribute time/resources. Not sure if they're needed in the Western Cape, but the places in KZN that got through the riots untouched had strong a neighbourhood watch.

We had it but they stop it. The old people on guard fall asleep at 12. They hit at 04h00.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:38 pm

_Os_ wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:25 pm Just seen this. Good to know you are okay and no one was hurt, oom.

Does your area have a neighbourhood watch type scheme? They can be a strong anti-crime force if enough people in the community contribute time/resources. Not sure if they're needed in the Western Cape, but the places in KZN that got through the riots untouched had strong a neighbourhood watch.

We had it but they stop it. The old people on guard fall asleep at 12. They hit at 04h00.

Tell the laaities they get to wonder around in L4 body armour, 9mm under the dry mac, night vision binoculars, plastic cable ties on their belt.

Terrible news. His house had been robbed recently with no one injured, looks like the bad guys came again.

Oom, get that neighbourhood watch going!

I am astounded by an incredible stroke of luck. Somehow between my wife and myself we botched our booking for Easter weekend at our yearly trip to the Baths in Citrusdal. So we settled for the following weekend. It's raining Friday and Saturday at the Baths this weekend. Next weekend is 29 degrees on Friday and 30 Saturday with clear skies. We are pumped

_Os_ wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:15 pm Terrible news. His house had been robbed recently with no one injured, looks like the bad guys came again.

Oom, get that neighbourhood watch going!

Insurance also reject my claim. R70,000 loss.