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    Australian cricket tour of South Africa September/October 2026

    Maddinson. Getting a duck of 33 balls in the first innings of a test. Is he trying to get dropped from the squad? This is not day 5 when trying to eek out a draw after all. Just not good enough in the modern cricket era.
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    [USA] Ex-Cornell student sues fraternity members and college over alleged gang rape and claims several were punished with essay-writing

    The internet can be a terrible thing. Accusations are out. People are all acting like judge, police, and executioner. These guys with no due process or trial are losing jobs, being targeted by death threats (as is Jane Doe). People should just calm down and let the law take its course and not...
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    Museums you've been to, would recommend, or want to go to?

    South African ones: Naval museum in Durbs. A bit run down but nice to be able to move around the ships Natural history museum Durbs - Good for kids Cape Town's submarine tour (museum ship in essence) Roben Island tour is worth doing once Johannesburg's military history museum Abroad: Denmark -...
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    **** Cancer

    Just found out about a nephew with Leukemia. He is 10. Doctors seem to think its treatable at least.
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    10-year driver’s licences coming to South Africa

    Eish. The relevant part for those due to renew soon: So hurry up and wait. Hoping they can resolve this before my card expires next March but not holding my breath.
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    Hollywood's worst casting decisions?

    Thinking hard about this as sometimes it's a bad script more than a miscasting. The two I know a lot of people disliked from the comic book world would be: 1. Toby McGuire as Spiderman. Again, I thought he did a good job but most fans of the comics disliked it as Spiderman is typically an...
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    Hollywood's worst casting decisions?

    Two that fortunately got fixed Eric Stoltz in back to the future. Refused to see the script as a comedy and acted deliberately against the script and director continually taking it in a much more serious direction. After 5 weeks of filming on the first movie the entire cast and crew hated him...
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    If you could pick one South African to have dinner with, who would it be?

    Nelson Mandela probably. For an alive person: Any one of the many good friends I have not seen in years (who I used to have great dinners with) as they left the country for the usual reasons.
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    Presidency doubles down on BEE in South Africa

    So in other words you wish to continue shackling out economy harming the poor to benefit a few thousand highly connected kleptocrats. Got it.
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    What is your preferred computer operating system?

    Windows for gaming and personal although I wish there were better alternatives available for home use. Linux for servers. Android for mobile.
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    Jehovah's Witness lifts ban on blood transfusions

    Good on them for moving in this direction. A tough but correct decision in my view. Not even the biggest doctrinal shift of recent church history. Catholic church still holds that crown for changing their doctrine on infants who died before they could be baptized no longer being damned. That one...
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    [USA] Ex-Cornell student sues fraternity members and college over alleged gang rape and claims several were punished with essay-writing

    This whole thing just sounds sordid. Only good decisions made in this entire story are those who ignored the message and stayed away from the whole situation. Stupid decisions lead to these kinds of outcomes.
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    Discovery and their insane price increase

    Adrian is not a big concern for me. SA law means the medical aids cannot make direct profit. The administrators of the fund can take a fee per claim processed but that is fairly competitive. If your provider gets expensive you can switch to a more efficient administrator like Bonitas did (not...
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    Discovery and their insane price increase

    Medical costs are going up world wide. Led by the USA pharmaceutical companies are aiming for super profits. A drug that keeps my daughter alive right now gets manufactured for about 30K for a years treatment, but they charge about 170K a month for it. That is a recent price drop. Prior to a big...
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    Flydubai flight diverts to Saudi Arabia amid reports of pilot fight

    Wow. Scary. Wondering if it was a suicidal pilot that had to be overwhelmed who wanted to take the plane down with him.
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