Australia's home electricity prices vs South Africa

denmendez65 said:
Not the current Zambia, that was Zambia in the 90s.

I went there last year and they seem to be doing fine enough. Lots of growth and they took in most of the old Rhodie farmers and are taking quite a few of ours.

More investor friendly than here im told
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It could have been Malawi of the 2010s. I witnessed the rat kebabs with my own eyes. All those places look the same to me. Everywhere north is next level shithole. Not sure why you dont go back to first world countries seeing you have a passport already.
 
Nerfherder said:
Different year though.

But you are probably correct anyway
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I couldnt find a 2026 on the site I was looking at but You dont lose 50% in 1 year on a car that has 0 km.

Here is a 2026 car. Also BYD, but a full size car and not a toy like the dolphin. Brand new 2026. Stll coming in at 337k rand and still cheaper by 50k the dolphin.

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For more familiar brand, here is a swift. Both GLX models. Both Auto. Both 2026.
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SA price : 269k
UAE price: 155k

And check the finance in UAE.

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Total interst in UAE : 21.6k rand

Total interest in SA : 94.8k

I did mess up and use 6 years rather than 5 like the UAE one but you get my point.
 
denmendez65 said:
I couldnt find a 2026 on the site I was looking at but You dont lose 50% in 1 year on a car that has 0 km.

Here is a 2026 car. Also BYD, but a full size car and not a toy like the dolphin. Brand new 2026. Stll coming in at 337k rand and still cheaper by 50k the dolphin.

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For more familiar brand, here is a swift. Both GLX models. Both Auto. Both 2026.
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SA price : 269k
UAE price: 155k

And check the finance in UAE.

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Total interst in UAE : 21.6k rand

Total interest in SA : 94.8k

I did mess up and use 6 years rather than 5 like the UAE one but you get my point.
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ya, its shocking.

We would all have new cars if that was the price.
 
wingnut771 said:
It could have been Malawi of the 2010s. I witnessed the rat kebabs with my own eyes. All those places look the same to me. Everywhere north is next level shithole. Not sure why you dont go back to first world countries seeing you have a passport already.
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Zambia had it bad hey Very bad in the 90s. They also thought they were smart that side and took the farms etc and ran the country into the ground.

When I spoke to the locals there, they had no interest in doing that anymore. They just wanted jobs and foreign investment. The chat about local only etc was not something they wanted anymore.
 
denmendez65 said:
Zambia had it bad hey Very bad in the 90s. They also thought they were smart that side and took the farms etc and ran the country into the ground.

When I spoke to the locals there, they had no interest in doing that anymore. They just wanted jobs and foreign investment. The chat about local only etc was not something they wanted anymore.
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I remember them kicking out the whites in their 60's heyday then riding on the copper price boom and then realising their mistake when copper price crashed and they had nothing after whitey left.
 
denmendez65 said:
I couldnt find a 2026 on the site I was looking at but You dont lose 50% in 1 year on a car that has 0 km.

Here is a 2026 car. Also BYD, but a full size car and not a toy like the dolphin. Brand new 2026. Stll coming in at 337k rand and still cheaper by 50k the dolphin.
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I blame it on the fact that only a few tiny insignificant countries now have RHD vehicles since the fall of the British empire /s

But yes, crazy how we have so much tax, interest rates, pricing and still lower incomes. No wonder rich countries are full of new cars.
 
hj007 said:
I blame it on the fact that only a few tiny insignificant countries now have RHD vehicles since the fall of the British empire /s

But yes, crazy how we have so much tax, interest rates, pricing and still lower incomes. No wonder rich countries are full of new cars.
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and rich countries are allowed to import secondhand cars even though they have to "protect the jobs" from the local car manufacturing. its also cheaper to buy a car and drive it across the uk then burn it than it is to catch the train.
 
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Neuk_ said:
Do you know how you get on to City Power's TOU tarriff's?
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The one method I know is with their registering thing. If not going off-grid, then it's worthwhile as the fixed charges are a bit less if not the same as, postpaid charges

They give you a bidirectional meter and put you on TOU, if I recall. Read it on the poster when I was at Citipower.
 
How many households and business's need to buy extra backup power like generators and solar as a backup.
 
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