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    Cape Town electricity tariffs will become far more affordable relative to other major metros from 1 July

    Adding George in the table will show it to be one the most expensive, coming in at 4th most expensive, almost 3rd. The maths: On a George prepaid meter 656kWh = R2257. Increase = 7.88% , new price 656kWh = R2434 A 50A fixed charge = R495. Increase = 7.88% , new price 50A = R534 New Monthly...
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    Liberty has disclosed a security breach

    Less than year after Netstar - so I received SMS now from 2 listed companies in less than year - if they add data together from these two alone, I suppose hackers now have almost all latest info on me -- not counting all the breaches we do not even know about. (..... they already have every...
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    Netstar confirms that it suffered a ransomware attack earlier this year

    21 November: Just received Netstar email today referring to 23 June hack indicating major information grab including debit order bank account details with associated identity info. Email have this link with all the info: https://go.netstar.co.za/netstar/privacynotice This looks nasty ...
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    Cape Town launches drive-thru vehicle licence disc renewal centre

    George drive through (Blanco) since long ago ......
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    Ellipsis weighs in on why Apple Private Relay isn't available in South Africa

    You are 100% correct, all agree. This is more to do with 'poking Apple' and not the Private Relay per se. Original comments 2022 imply it was an internal decision - no reason. I would like them to explain, and then periodically reminded if they don't. (And then it is one of the 4 main paid...
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    Ellipsis weighs in on why Apple Private Relay isn't available in South Africa

    Jan: since this article more than 2 years ago, has there been any new updates/comments - maybe a follow-up : how about poking Apple for a two-years-later update/comment. (just to remind them we are still here and did not accept or forget)
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    Eskom proposed tariff restructuring analysed - would impact households spending under R2,793 on electricity in a month

    "...it will hit small and medium sized households..." should be "...it will hit small (of which pensioners are a significant proportion) and medium sized households..." : Interesting how in most discussions and articles in modern times pensioners in are no longer mentioned or acknowledged...
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    Have you successfully renewed your driving license?

    No problem experienced here in George last week. Expected very long queue, but it was actually not bad , well organised and it was quick. Done.
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    Apple will hide your IP address from spammers and online crooks

    Yes. All countries have regulations - but not even close to the draconian extend and control of the mentioned countries. I am not aware what new South Africa regulations are at play here? Members above refer to TOR, VPN, cloudflare, DNS over HTTPS, etc, etc, which we are all using. By...
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    Apple will hide your IP address from spammers and online crooks

    Just to repeat the single one comment above .... NOT in South Africa ! “….. As noted by Reuters, however, Apple's new service will not be available in Belarus, China, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda and the Philippines due to local regulations….”...
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