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    RA Advise Required. (Sygnia)

    I started an RA in 2025. I am not a financial adviser. I spoke to a couple of financial advisers, and then decided to start one by myself by doing a lot of research and chooisng funds myself. First, understand what an RA is. It is a savings product with huge tax savings; and has...
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    Over 160 Palestinian refugees arrive at OR Tambo after visa impasse

    It looks like the Gazans on the plane, Gift of the Givers, & the South African Govt., are not telling the truth. Here is the Israeli information on this saga: https://www.sajr.co.za/wheels-come-off-as-stranded-gazans-blamed-on-israel/
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    moving over data from old Android phone to new Android phone

    My Xiaomi Redmi 4A was only 32 Gb storage, so I had <32 Gb to transfer to the new A16 Samsung. Cloud backup, and Samsung Smartswitch, should be able to handle any amount of data, but read the T&Cs to be sure. Photos backed up using Google Drive, and Samsung Smartswitch, appeared on the new...
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    moving over data from old Android phone to new Android phone

    In April 2025, I changed from my first smartphone, a 7 year old Xiaomi Redmi 4A, Android 7.1, to a new Samsung A16 phone, Android 14. I chose the Samsung because it has NFC, and 5-6 years of updates.. I had to get a new phone because most Apps important to me, like my banking app, no longer...
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    Problems with Pick n Pay Asap! service

    Checkers 60-60, & PnP ASAP, never worked on my recently retired, 6.5 year old, Android 7.1, basic Redmi 4A smartphone. For online grocery orders, I used P&P website (which is now undergoing changes, and orders don't work), and PnP on Mr. Delivery. I am not a fan of my nearby Checkers...
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    Microsoft officially ending support for Windows 10 in October 2025

    1. Most municipal and private recycling sites take all discarded electrical and electronic items, ie. anything that has a plug or recharges using a plug. They also take paper, glass, tins, all types of plastic, old printer cartridges, etc. Just phone or visit a particular site to see what...
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    2023 Israel-Hamas war: Micah's Idol (Part 2)

    From https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68906919 : Joan Donoghue, just retired president of International Court of Justice (ICJ), spoke to BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur about South Africa's case at the ICJ over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention by Israel. Ms Donoghue...
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    Pandor ‘horrified’ by US call to review relations with South Africa

    Yet another opinion piece on Pandor & ANC dumb foreign policy. Shows willingness of Pandor to lie and twist facts. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2024-03-28-stupefying-denial-of-reality-by-naledi-pandor-is-harming-sas-foreign-policy/
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    Pandor ‘horrified’ by US call to review relations with South Africa

    You like to pin every problem in the world on Jews and Israel. Actually, South Africa's dumb foreign policy is the likely cause. From: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2024-03-26-mark-hyman-sa-risks-serious-questions-about-commitment-to-peace-and-security/: In an unprecedented action...
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    What's the best thing for constipation?

    Google high fibre foods, and increase your fibre intake. For example: replace white bread with brown bread. Replace white pasta with whole wheat pasta. Eat brown rice instead of white rice, or mix brown rice into your white rice before cooking it. Eat high fibre cereals instead of low fibre...
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    What the hell is happening to water in Johannesburg?

    This incident of Rand Water's closed valve depriving large parts of Johannesburg of water for 9 days is absolutely true. See: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/joburg%E2%80%99s-dry-taps-valve-found-in-closed-position.1279245/page-6...
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    Joburg’s dry taps: Valve found in closed position

    I live in the area affected by the closed valve, and am connected to Linden Reservoir 2. Thanks to our phenomenal DA Councillors in the area, who throughout this water outage tried to hold various Jhb. Council Water (Jhb Water) employees accountable, the problem of the closed valve was...
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    South Africa files ICJ case accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts'

    As mentioned by others in this thread, this week the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) announced finding a major Hamas data centre under UNWRA Headquarters in Gaza. From the article link at the end of this paragraph: "The IDF was here previously, ... we collected a lot of intelligence documents and...
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    South Africa files ICJ case accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts'

    This past spokesperson of UNRWA seems to have dodgy standards about the truth...
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    South Africa files ICJ case accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts'

    https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/opinion/hamas-officials-admit-its-strategy-is-to-use-palestinian-civilians-as-human-shields/
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