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    South African city spent R120 million on traffic lights and then replaced them with stop signs

    Too much political correctness for me. Speaking plainly and directly, the label "racist" is used so often today to straw-man an argument that it has lost all significance. To tell the truth without sugarcoating, everything one says today can be interpreted as a slur.
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    Billboards hacked to display adult content, and ChatGPT creator wants all data centres renamed

    I don't see the problem here. Sounds like a good use of skills. I'd rather be flashed "her lady parts" than be flashed adverts.
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    South African city spent R120 million on traffic lights and then replaced them with stop signs

    Is this vandalism or theft? Why does MyBB refer to this as Vandalism? Vandalism is the willful, malicious, or deliberate destruction, damage, or defacement of public or private property belonging to someone else Stop with these euphemisms. Call a spade-a-spade. Next myBB will say "These good...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Was the order split - one per item? I ordered 3 x TASMOTA Wifi MCB Smart Switch 1-63A at R299.54 each = ~R900 including free delivery via iMile The problem is that they split the order into 3 so I had to pay: 3 x iMile Customs, VAT and clearing fees R165.20 = R495.60 I suspect the bulk of the...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Does the 20% customs fees include VAT?
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    FlySafair prepares for possible driving licence ID ban

    The Drivers License is adequate identification for traffic police but not adequate for boarding local flight? So do I now need to show my RSA ID card + Drivers License to the traffics cops?
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    AFAIK, AliExpress shipping to South Africa has switch from SAPO to courier service. I've just ordered something, will know soon.
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    Questions raised over woman sentenced to 7 years in jail for buying iPhone with fake ID

    SAPS: Now arrest the guy who had $580,000/R10m in a couch for forex fraud. Or the people who committed the Digital Vibes R150m fraud - they (Zweli Mkhize) got promoted instead. Or Khusela Diko who was involved in R125m Gauteng Department of Health PPE fraud Or ...
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    R5,779 to say goodbye to a plastic SIM card in South Africa

    Ordered the ESTK.me eSIM - delivery via Aramex for use in a Xiaomi phone - was traveling to EU. Works a charm.
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    300-year-old town in South Africa where dialling 10111 when you need help is useless

    FTFY 56% of SAPS stations do not answer their phones See https://www.da.org.za/2026/06/56-of-saps-stations-do-not-answer-their-phones Out of 1,025 police stations audited across all nine provinces using official contact numbers, 571 stations (56%) failed to answer, Limpopo recorded the lowest...
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    South Africa’s richest province spent R21.3 million on data and cellphones for government employees

    R30,000 per year. WTF. No wonder CoJ rates are so high
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    One number shows how dirty South Africa’s electricity is

    CO2 Carbon Dioxide is a colourless and odorless naturally occurring gas - it's what you breathe out. CO2 is not the problem Particulate matter SO2 Sulphur Dioxide (a colorless and reactive gas with a sharp, pungent odour) NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide (contributing to smog and respiratory illnesses)...
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    South Africa misses out on Starlink Mobile

    You forgot to complain about the gross misrepresentation and injustice of using the racist Mercator Projection propaganda map to favour and exaggerate Starlink coverage instead of Equal Earth Projection map which shows the True Scale of Africa™.
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    SIU raids organisation responsible for private security companies in South Africa

    Some more background info: Seems only a small portion of the 7,071 targeted learners received any training at all. Of the learners who did manage to attend, none received the full complement of the promised training modules. R73 million (Article says R30.18m) was paid out in advance to service...
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    Government gives public schools in South Africa 10Mbps Internet while private sector delivers 1Gbps

    It's not the schools - it's the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and SATU. South Africa via tax allocates ~6% to ~6.7% of its GDP to public education South Africa spends a further ~1.1% to ~1.7% of GDP to private education (private schools, university fees) Total spend is is ~7.1% to ~8.4%...
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