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    Billionaire Christo Wiese’s message to people who want to leave South Africa

    Nothing against the man but he is living in a bubble. "He still believes in the country, highlighting that 95% of his assets remain in South Africa." so even if the ANC decides to expropriate the 95% he still has in SA, he has about R 1.5 Billion stashed overseas to live comfortably with -...
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    Mr Price CEO earns R52.6 million – 843 times more than the lowest-paid employee

    This is the difference between trying to be fair and being jealous (between really caring about people and being a communist :) Fair: Even the lowest paid worker should earn a living wage that reflects his/her contribution to the success of the company. Jealous: Look at how much money the CEO...
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    Here are the worst municipalities in South Africa

    Did anyone bother to correlate this list with the last few election results? I wanted to but I'm confident it will show what I think it does.
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    Serious accusations against the Speaker of Parliament, Thoko Didiza

    There is an obvious flaw in the system if the speaker - who gets appointed by the majority party has to act against the party.
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    56% of police stations in South Africa do not answer their phones

    I Lost my last bit of respect for the police when I went in to get a case number for a house break-in - I needed it for the insurance claim else I would not have bothered. The "officer" that eventually decided to assist me after I stood in front of the queue for 30 minutes spent more time...
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    Motorists shouldn’t buy these cars in South Africa – According to the AA

    I have no problem with this initiative, but it could be seen as targeting specific manufacturers? If - as I understand it - basically any car that does not have a minimum of 6 airbags is going to get a sub 3 star rating by default - then they should just list all cars with less than 6 right? Why...
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    Did you buy your last car with cash or on a finance plan?

    I Usually buy cash if possible but got a deal on my last car at 8% with no deposit. So I decided try and use the cash somewhere else.
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    BEE helped white-owned companies to protect their turf

    It was actually so simple. 1. Make it illegal to discriminate on race 2. Remove all laws and policies that are impeding growth 3. Invest in quality education Then you would see a natural process of a growing economy needing more and more employees and businesses thereby creating the...
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    BEE helped white-owned companies to protect their turf

    Left him and die_gert at the bar.
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    BEE helped white-owned companies to protect their turf

    Here is the thing that we need to understand - even in a perfect world where BEE and Affirmative action are implemented 100% according to the intention and without any corruption it still places an administrative and financial burden on companies and for many companies that burden is the...
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    New Toyota Hilux in South Africa – Pricing revealed

    GWM LT 4x4 Auto - top spec = R 649 000 (Entry level GWM LS AT = R 529 000) Entry level Hilux 2.8 GD-6 RB SRX 6AT = R 658 500 So basically Toyota is betting that people would rather buy a steel wheeled entry level Hilux than a Top spec GWM. I have no beef with the Hilux, and I would buy one if...
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    Great surprise for South Africa

    Not to pee on any parades, but the population growth per year for SA is about 1.3% so to just not get any worse we would need to grow at around 0.3% per quarter. The net growth for the first 3 months was basically 0.2% which I suspect is well within the margin of error of these kind of things..
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    New small budget car for my mom

    Left field choice - but great value for money in my opinion. https://www.autotrader.co.za/car-for-sale/citroen/c3/max/28441102
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    BEE chasing companies away from South Africa

    I Think that many people do not realise that even if BEE was implemented 100% according to it's intended purpose, without any corruption it would still be a net negative on any businesses bottom line. Add to that the fact that the way it is done in the majority of cases is to enrich the elite...
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    Petrol stations considering closing at night in South Africa

    Growing up in the 80s I seem to recall that my parents had to plan long distance trips very carefully to avoid needing to fill up outside of petrol stations working hours.... but I can't remember if that was just on Sundays. I recall they also needed to know if they accepted cheques if our cash...
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