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    South Africa’s new road mafia under fire

    Thugs. They can go play in traffic.
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    Career crossroad – would love some input

    Also had some stuff like this recently. Yours sounds really good! The wife recently started working for a US based company and the hour overlap is an issue. She gets added to a lot of meetings between 7:30PM and 9:30PM that she has to attend so her evenings are gone. Something to consider as a...
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    Pick n Pay fighting against ‘urban legends’

    Used to do most of my shopping at pick n pay, and we have slowly migrated over to Checkers and other stores over the years. Pick n Pay is a grudge thing now. Some of the stuff off the top of my head that has cast it in a negative light over the last few years: Expensive fresh produce for the...
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    Turkish local elections: Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory

    Trust Turkey at your peril.
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    How will my personal tax be affected if medical contribution is changed

    Not a tax expert but from the little I know its all seen by SARS as total cost to company. This whole employer pays 50% is meaningless from a tax perspective. SARS would look at total cost to company. I try view things that way too. A company saying they will pay 50% of your medical aid is no...
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    Bad news for anyone with medical aid in South Africa

    Issue is when it hits the fan and you are excluded you then are paying for treatment privately, while paying for a year of medical aid that is not even covering your main expense. Few can manage that.
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    Bad news for anyone with medical aid in South Africa

    Its not NHI. Its global medical inflation to a small degree. Bigger issue is more and more people are opting out of medical aid. Those that choose to leave are also generally healthier leaving the medical aids with more and more sick people who know they cannot afford to ever drop it. So average...
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    Cost of load-shedding to South African economy drops by 83%

    Sonneglans/Boskruin area?
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    Cost of load-shedding to South African economy drops by 83%

    Great! Will pass the news on to my area which has had no power for 2 and a half days now and counting.
  11. Cius

    Syrian rebels launch major attack on regime forces in Aleppo province.

    Yep, there is a reason that part of the world generates so many refugees.
  12. Cius

    Syrian rebels launch major attack on regime forces in Aleppo province.

    Normal operating procedure for Islam in that part of the world. When they can't be fanatical about killing people of other religions they get fanatical about killing people of a slightly different branch of Islam. Charming folk really, have them over for dinner.
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    Friends, money and lifestyle choices

    Did the 3 of you ever consider moving out to a slightly smaller place with 3 bedrooms and leaving turdface in the rear view mirror?
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    Friends, money and lifestyle choices

    Lived in 4 man work boardings (singles quarters) for a couple years. The organization managed them and had rules around maintenance standards etc and would do inspections even. Some guys are just pigs though. Mostly I tried to just keep my space clean and the kitchen as I can't stand a dirty...
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    Scientists trapped on Antarctica for 10 more months plead for help after fellow expert 'sexually assaulted and threatened to kill colleagues'

    https://apnews.com/article/women-working-antarctica-sexual-harassment-assault-mcmurdo-ba0e550fddf1ab0afd031ff4d25143cb
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    Pretoria mall targeted by 30 armed robbers, 5 ATMs bombed

    That many people keeping the secret seems impossible. Even if they got away eventually one of them gets caught and spills the beans. If our police where in any way competent they should catch all these guys. If we had decent crime intelligence I would have thought they would have caught this...
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    Scientists trapped on Antarctica for 10 more months plead for help after fellow expert 'sexually assaulted and threatened to kill colleagues'

    Was a huge fuss years back about this one pervert who preyed on women sent down there on the US base. Got away with it for years as he was senior and experienced etc and could destroy your career as a women scientist by never letting you come back to Antarctica. Eventually the #MeToo movement I...
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    Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 11

    Russian MOEX stock index was trading down at 2400 pts in December and is now trading between 3200 and 3300. The S&P 500 was at 6100 a month ago and is now at 5600. Trump is really doing the bidding of his master Putin.
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    Movie Mini-Review Thread - Part III

    Moana 2 - 6.5/10 A bit formulaic but not bad. Enjoyed it for the most part.
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    IPL 2025

    Last week I saw a women's IPL game being broadcast. That stadium was packed in India. Wonderful to see that even Women's cricket is getting the IPL Boost. Lots of international players as well.
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    0.09% of South African companies pay 72.3% of all corporate income tax

    The list of people the ANC hates most. Succesful businesses, especially those who refuse to bribe the ANC.
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