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    Woman ordered to pay back R1.031 million salary after faking her CV

    When created in 2019 the The Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) was cringe. That was pre-COVID, and simpler times. Now in 2026 that buzzword is just laughable...
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    South Africa’s richest province running out of nurses

    I see the problem. National government sets the standards, provinces have to find the budgets... Google:
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    [KZN] SA Weather Service issues heavy rain warning

    The SAWS reports a few additional heavy rainfall figures during the 24 hours to 8am on Sat 19th. Highest include University of Zululand 129mm, Riverview 70mm, etc. Also of note were moderate falls over parts of the Free State and Northern Cape, including Wepener 39mm, Kimberley 27mm, etc.
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    Zero security for power infrastructure in South Africa’s biggest city

    Maybe coincidence, and an exceptional case, but Cape Town seems to be different. Shortly after reading this thread, I was buzzed on the intercom by the council, doing their quarterly mini-transformer inspection, on a Saturday morning! I had to let them in, since they have an easement for...
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    New international airport in the Winelands close to Cape Town

    Plans, plans, plans...
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    Online tool tracks whether ministers are doing their jobs

    TL;DR Google:
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    Woman ordered to pay back R1.031 million salary after faking her CV

    We don't actually know what parts (or all) of her CV/qualifications/work experience are fake or made up, or doing two jobs at once!? The court case doesn't say, and the transcripts of the (multiple) disciplinary hearings for places she was fired from have not been shared with the public. I guess...
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    Only 33% of South Africa’s air quality monitoring stations are operational and meet minimum requirements

    Earlier in the week the air quality in Cape Town was terrible. It took me a while to realise that the cutoff low was circulating polluted air from the interior of SA, rather than the clean South Atlantic air we usually get...
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    The ANC has hijacked South Africa’s international relations

    Unfortunately under the Constitution of South Africa, the President is ultimately responsible for the country's foreign policy and international relations. Along with The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation: Entrusted with the formulation, promotion, execution, and daily conduct...
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    Woman ordered to pay back R1.031 million salary after faking her CV

    I cannot see any updates from that Commission later than 2021, so maybe they don't meet very often, nor paid very much? The legal transcript says she has a house in Bisho, and the Commission lists her as representing the Eastern Cape, so probably not reduced to selling chickens, nor living in...
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    Woman ordered to pay back R1.031 million salary after faking her CV

    Plus years of legal fees! If you read the whole case transcript, it's an example of how to bankrupt yourself and become permanently unemployable, at least in the real world. Unless you magically get a job working for The Presidency! I wonder when he will find out? Insert Shocked Face icon...
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    Woman ordered to pay back R1.031 million salary after faking her CV

    The name is part of the problem, she kept changing it, making background checking impossible. In fact she even tried to BS the judge in open court!? I read as much as I could of the transcript, but it goes on forever. A bit like the movie Catch Me If You Can, but much darker and less amusing...
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    Woman ordered to pay back R1.031 million salary after faking her CV

    Wow!? Either a genius or a charlatan: https://www.womeninscience.africa/welcome-to-the-future/
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    The ANC governs in 89% of the worst municipalities in South Africa

    Statistics such as this do not distinguish between cause and effect. The article makes no attempt to analyse the historical background, just gives a list, and hints that the link is the same as the cause.
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    [KZN] SA Weather Service issues heavy rain warning

    Posting this here, although the forecast is not strictly relevant to KZN, the system is a continuation of the cutoff-low from the last few days:
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