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    Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 11

    Still find it astonishing how accepted Trump's imperial ambitions are and his obvious friendships with dictators, and disdain for Democratic states is both ongoing and he remains in office. I feel like the USA in 1943 would have gotten rid of a guy like him so fast it would make your head spin.
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    Gaming price increases hit South Africa

    Dollar depreciation is pushing the price up of lots of things. Just look at car prices in the last 15 years. Way higher than SA inflation. Same is also present elsewhere like games and entertainment. Rand weakness also affects this. Anyways, still why I mainly play older games that I get cheap...
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    What book are you reading at the moment ?

    If you like Poirot I highly recommend the current play at the Pieter Toerien theatre. Watched "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" on Saturday and it was incredibly well done.
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    Big shift happening in South Africa

    Feels like a shift is happening. For a long time I only really knew one guy with an electric car. Suddenly I a friend got one and two work colleagues have now bought. Trend seems to be to have 1 family car that is petrol/hybrid for the road trips and 1 electric for city commutes. Biggest driver...
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    Two Airlink Embraer 190s perform dangerously low flyover at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium

    Hmm. Was an impressive maneuver but you can't deny if anything went wrong that low there would be very little time for recovery. The whole scenario with the "miracle on the Hudson" shows very well what happens when things go bad at low altitudes. At that height bird strike could be more likely...
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    99.97% of all United States refugees come from South Africa

    Wow. Did not realize it was over 10K people now.
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    How much money are you willing to pay for a smartphone?

    Normally looking in the 6K to 7K range for me and the wife. Kids get hand me downs.
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    Best thing the South African government has done in the last 20 years?

    Efiling launched 2006 Private banks doing home affairs stuff was recent Keeping SA in the inflation band is ongoing There was a lot of rollout of power and water even post 2006, until it started collapsing as municipalities imploded. So my points were all in the time span. The comments...
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    Tim Curry dead at 80 after legendary film career

    RIP to a great actor. Makes me want to rewatch the 3 musketeers.
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    Hundreds missing and many feared dead after massive flash flood hits Nepal-China border

    Terrifying. Feel so bad for the people that lost their lives, families, homes, etc. The terror to see that wall of water heading towards you and nothing you can do I can't imagine.
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    Incredible story of how the PIC paid a company R411 million after the same company failed to repay a loan

    TLDNR summary PIC loaned a company 300+ mill to buy shares with shares as collateral Company failed to pay back loan PIC took shares as collateral for loan Company sued PIC over value of shares, went to arbitration, and arbitration said PIC now owes company R441M PIC pays company huge lump sum...
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    Win R2,000 – Complete the 2026 Pre-Black Friday Survey

    Done
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    Best thing the South African government has done in the last 20 years?

    Obviously mostly negative, but some positives. Ones that spring to mind are allowing public/private partnerships in some key areas like Banks issuing passports, license renewal systems, etc. SARS efiling was a big improvement. There are a lot more parts of SA (rural areas) that got clean water...
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    Ramaphosa sends a warning to major mafia in South Africa

    Don't send a warning, send the Scorpions. Oh wait, you killed them off.
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    Important information about Netflix streaming crackdown in South Africa

    No longer a subscriber Netflix.
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