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    Rain and storm for Cpt pt 2

    I don't have previous year's figures for comparison, but the sea-surface temperatures off Cape Town are certainly mild/warm enough (17C) to provide humid air. With air temperatures below 10C, any onshore flow of moisture is guaranteed to produce fog:
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    No sign of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s promised plan to solve water problems

    I was watching SABC news (well someone has to), and Ramaphosa made an uninspiring Mandela Day speech. He made it seem like the government was doing a huge favour in providing water to Hammanskraal. Actually he looked bored, and just going through the motions...
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    The Western Cape is so attractive that house prices are going through the roof

    I'm also seeing a lot of houses being renovated, or demolished and rebuilt at twice the size, or converted into apartment complexes. In some areas there is simply no more land, so 'densification' is taking place.
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    South Africa wins R6.6 billion loan

    You don't "win" a loan. You sign terms, and have to repay it with intetest...
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    Sad news ... celebrity deaths.

    Off topic, but yesterday I had the opposite experience: One of the owners in the block called me 'young man'. I am 64. He is 85...
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    Rain and storm for Cpt pt 2

    This year we aren't having a proper winter, mostly just autumn days, when fog is quite common. Very little rain so far in July, and no real cold/snow to speak of...
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    Genoa bridge COLLAPSE: IMMENSE TRAGEDY declared as Italy motorway FALLS

    BBC version: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36dnz1zez5o
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    R135 million Cape Town landmark sale under the spotlight

    It is historic, but only in a 'modernist' way:
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    R135 million Cape Town landmark sale under the spotlight

    Well, it's got a 'dome' shape, so that's good... /s
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    What is your primary source of drinking water?

    You just reminded me of a funny story from yesterday, when I was walking in the park with a friend and his two grandkids. Girl drinks water from the tap/fountain, and then insists on going into the bathroom to wash her hands. I tried to explain that its exactly the same water, but logic doesn't...
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    Passenger 'nearly sucked out of window mid-air' on Ryanair plane

    Juan Browne video:
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    Top economist warns that the South African rand can collapse after the November elections

    Logic fail. These are municipal elections in November. Nothing to do with the national government, at least not yet...
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    Climate change: World's hottest day since records began

    Iceland isn't melting. Maybe it's from Greenland melting. The article implies considerable uncertainty, but the changes are very real.
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    Climate change: World's hottest day since records began

    Interesting article on the potential changes in the North Atlantic Ocean, and it's effects on the UK and Western Europe: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c992e8g10nmo
  15. Gordon_R

    Iconic 138-year-old diamond giant stops production in South Africa

    BBC version: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrgr7lr1ejo
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