Recent content by Kyle15

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    Reserve Bank’s interest rate hike pulled into question

    There is a cost of living crisis for many, but the interest rate hike was required so disagree with the industry body. Not sure why there are people calling for a 20% interest rate, would love to see if they would have the same tune if they were taking out their first bond or did they have the...
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    Multimeter recommendations?

    Fair enough, would still recommend you invest in a good multimeter when you can, I jumped from small projects to building oscillators etc which needed much better accuracy than the cheapies give you. I had to get an oscilloscope at a point.
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    Multimeter recommendations?

    https://za.rs-online.com/web/p/multimeters/1231938
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    Multimeter recommendations?

    Get yourself a used Fluke. Mines been going 15 years and still the best decision I made when it came to multimeters, sub R500 is never going to be true CAT rated no matter what the package says.
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    30% pass mark in matric and poor mathematics education lead to mass unemployment in South Africa

    BS I was at school with guys that dropped out at 16 and are doing fine, there's jobs for the barely literate the fact that the entitled are not willing to do those jobs is why foreigners are doing them.
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    Did you buy your last car with cash or on a finance plan?

    Makes very little sense if you're an individual, unless you don't have the money and need a reliable car to get to work. Makes a lot of sense in business if the opportunity cost is higher than the interest you would pay less the tax benefits.
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    Did you buy your last car with cash or on a finance plan?

    Generally cash if I can, but cars are so expensive these days that cash isn't really an option. Current car came with deal assistance if I took finance that shaved R100k off the price so it was a no brainer, settled as soon as I could.
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    Bonitas blames Medscheme for medical scheme backlog

    Damn this is a real stuff up. Grandfather is 90 with cancer and a member of Bonitas he just got released from hospital on Saturday, any longer and he would have been caught up with this nonsense. Was thinking of changing to Bonitas this year and I'm glad I stuck with Discovery for now, got a...
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    Santiago in the Free State has finally been connected to power after residents lived without it since 1996

    Lol I fully expect it to fail, this is ANC run Eskom we're talking about. But the idea of Eskom was never a bad one the ANC f#ked it.
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    Santiago in the Free State has finally been connected to power after residents lived without it since 1996

    Yea well they need to make a profit to have money to invest in these types of projects to avoid relying on debt. They're not a charity but their ROI is naturally not as important, they don't focus on short term shareholder returns, the project needs to be viable but if it takes decades that's fine.
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    Santiago in the Free State has finally been connected to power after residents lived without it since 1996

    Lol hence why they failed to meet it. The mandate comes from government which has the power from the Electricity act to create an electricity supplier. I mean this is true of every part of the state, so I don't really understand your point. If they fail to fulfill their mandate it doesn't mean...
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    Are you signing up for Amazon Prime?

    I don't understand why you wouldn't sign up for R34 p/m. I mean prime members get 30% off most essentials right now so you can easily save R500 right now by buying a couple months worth of cleaning supplies. Seems like a no brainer especially when you get prime video included.
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    Santiago in the Free State has finally been connected to power after residents lived without it since 1996

    Yea they have a mandate, you know the authority given to them to generate, transmit, maintain grid stability etc. And why it took 30 years is the same reason we had load shedding, Eskom failed to meet their mandate.
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    Santiago in the Free State has finally been connected to power after residents lived without it since 1996

    Well they aren't a charity but they also aren't a for profit company that needs to make a profit for their investors. They need to remain commercial viability while meeting their mandate to provide power. I mean that's if you ignore all the k*k so yea they actually did their job here. Just...
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    We tested Amazon Prime in South Africa

    Hmm I wasn't charged immediately. I was under the impression that you sign up for a 30 day free trial choose your package i.e R399 annual once the 30 days is up you're billed R399 or if you choose to cancel before the 30 days you just move on.
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