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    Emfuleni municipality wants to add extra fee for home solar users

    Yep... and the sodium/salt batteries (when they land one day) will make it more accessible, cheaper and safer still. The more they push for unfair charges the harder they push people to go fully off grid. I currently buy R2500 worth of electricity a month... plus my "connection fee" is a total...
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    Emfuleni municipality wants to add extra fee for home solar users

    This is the reality of the situation for many. For example our household uses 500 to 600 odd watts most of the day (PCs, routers etc). We currently have a 5kw inverter and 2x 5.12kwh batteries. For like R30k or R40k we can go basically off grid without doing gas stove/geyser even. We'd have to...
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    The Workout and Fitness Thread

    The one you linked looks pretty cool! Now... I just need another million ZAR so I can buy a house on the KZN coast with enough rooms. LOL. Anyone want to have a system/app built? Hit me up. lol
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    The Workout and Fitness Thread

    Why would I want to go and queue for equipment and showers early in the morning?
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    The Workout and Fitness Thread

    Something like this: https://gymequipment.co.za/products/primiz-garage-gym-package?_pos=143&_fid=2ee214d82&_ss=c Doesn't seem like a bad option for a "base" when it comes to setting up a home gym... anyone used something like this before?
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    Emfuleni municipality wants to add extra fee for home solar users

    I wish we could.
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    Emfuleni municipality wants to add extra fee for home solar users

    Give job https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/kyk-die-kak-emfuleni-wants-to-charge-grid-fees.1340311/
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    Look... I'm all FOR convenience. But the banks usually do have stuff in place that should help mitigate these things. I've personally had to wait a few hours for a large-ish transaction to clear a couple of times. It's not about who is responsible... but it's about doing whatever you can as a...
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    I'll live with my delusions then I guess. Cheers.
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    Never said it was a defense. But when people fail there should be mitigations to help. Not sure where you are reading that. But again... when people fail. Safety features/mitigations etc should be there to help. Yep.
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    Depends... both security company and banking safeguards are "safety mechanisms"... in both situations "personal responsibility" failed (left gate open and installed or clicked something). But again... even half arse banking rules could have assisted in situations like this to mitigate the...
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    Yes... but the world isn't perfect and there are lots of skelems... which is why safety protocols exist (or at least are supposed to). With many people saying "shem they shouldn't have downloaded/clicked" etc it's like say "too bad the security company took long to get there... shouldn't have...
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    Transaction of "significant" size to a new beneficiary should trigger tighter controls like being in a holding status for a few hours. Especially after hours/weekends. This should have been within the window of being able to catch the fraudulent transaction and stop it. It's not like they...
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    I know people who do work for the banks... they say a shoebox under the bed is safer. lol
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    Fraudsters wipe out pensioner's savings, Nedbank offers just R20,000 'goodwill gesture'

    Disagree... 1. If I add a new beneficiary I'm required to confirm via biometrics. Maybe she was coerced into doing that over the phone. 2. If there's a largeish transaction to a new beneficiary it doesn't clear immediately, I've had a couple of instances where it took like 12 hours to clear...
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