Recent content by BigAl-sa

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    Dis-Chem spent R240 million to revamp online store and app as profit tanks

    But does anyone actually check that the rubbish they have paid for works? The website and app has been broken for ages. My local dischem phones you for repeat scripts as they realise they may lose you as a customer because the app/website is unusable...
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    R140 for a full charge in 2026 or a full tank of petrol in 2000

    How many more times is this story going to go around? I would also like to know how many ev drivers buy electricity directly from eskom? Most ev drivers live in urban areas and municipal tariffs are higher than R3.56/kWh...
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    R30,000 saved driving an electric car for a year in South Africa

    R3.56/kWh? From Eskom? Tshwane block rates begin at R3.727/kWh.
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    The average commuting motorist in South Africa would save roughly R60 per day driving an electric car at current fuel prices

    https://www.autotrader.co.za/cars/news-and-advice/buying-a-car/petrol-vs-electric-does-a-budget-electric-car-make-more-sense-than-petrol-in-2026/17253
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    Amanzimtoti could host South Africa's largest data centre facility

    This makes it sound as though Toti is between Isipingo and Durban, which it's not...
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    What happens to your green ID book after you get a Smart ID

    The only copy of my wedding certificate is in an old green id book. Every wanting a copy of said certificate is still happy with that, even though book has been "defaced".
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    Webafrica says South African companies should embrace remote work policies

    When did wa move to "top" provider?
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    Dr Anthony Turton says Gauteng's "water-shedding" plan has a major flaw

    Some very short term memories from the okes saying how wonderful it is in WC. As far as I can remember, in 2018 everyone in CT was queuing at the Newlands spring, with their plastic bottles, to get water. Have a look at places on the Garden Route currently (especially Knysna) and see how the...
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    Sibongile Rejoyce Sambo founded luxury private charter airline SRS Aviation

    I think you will find that the University College of Zululand and the University of KwaZulu-Natal are separate entities if you ask google nicely.
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    End of an era for 138-year-old company in South Africa

    WTF?
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    What's a fun board game you would recommend?

    Catan Expansion packs for Catan Card games to consider: Splendor Century Spice Road
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    International Air Transport Association publishes new regulations for power banks and batteries on planes

    You seem to have forgotten the Samsung Note 7...
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    Eskom's lie about home solar installation regulations

    I did not answer my own question. The article talks about standards, but does ZA have a credible body to draw up and police those standards?
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    Best banking fuel rewards in South Africa in 2025

    Care to expand on the losing fuel rewards? Diesel at a nearby Sasol filling station is between R1 and R2 cheaper than the local Caltex and I always fill up at the Sasol filling station. There are no Caltex filling stations in Kruger Park, and as far as I can remember, none on the N4 to Kruger...
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    South Africa's decades-long transition to a new electrical plug and socket standard

    Another sabs article 😱 The sabs can't tell you anything. A living body at the sabs needs to tell you something...
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