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    Is it ever worth buying a property with occupants who refuse to move out?

    Yeah, it would be a cash purchase. I wonder if any bank would even consider offering a home loan unless you can comfortably afford a second property.
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    Is it ever worth buying a property with occupants who refuse to move out?

    So there's a property that's been bank repossessed because the owners defaulted on their home loan. It went up for auction in 2019, but the reserve presumably wasn't met and so the bank took possession (Property in Possession). It's been on the market for a year or so (not clear why it took so...
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    United States President Donald Trump to cut off all funding to South Africa

    Where did you hear that?
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    Best prepaid solution for giving money to family member

    I did initially do something similar. The problem is their closest (and cheapest store) is Spar which doesn’t accept digital vouchers, and their physical cards are not reloadable. It’s also limited to places that has vouchers.
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    Best prepaid solution for giving money to family member

    So I have a family member who I'm helping financially and looking for a way to better control the funds given to them. It's mainly for things like groceries, medication and odd expenses that come up. Unfortunately they've made many poor financial decisions in the past, and while they've improved...
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    Future Forex! anyone using them?

    I've used Future Forex without issues, along with Valr when they offered arbitrage. This isn't some trading bot or get rich scheme. It's simply forex companies taking advantage of the 2 - 3% premium on local crypto markets due to exchange controls.
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    FNB Forex system is down

    It's backup. At least via Internet Banking.
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    Easiest way to sell btc worth 2000 ZAR to send somebody in Capitec

    The block from Capitec was making EFT payments TO crypto platforms (outward from Capitec). So should be able to withdraw from a crypto platform to your Capitec account (inward to Capitec) assuming there aren't further changes. As an aside though, it's a slippery slope when banks are blocking...
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    Laptop under R10k - Dell Inspiron 3520?

    Hi all, Looking for a laptop update for someone. The budget is R10k. I came across the below deal on Dell. Do you think it's worth it? Any others to consider? It's just for work and personal use (not gaming), and probably the most intense thing would be a bit of Lightroom usage...
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    Afrihost Mobile Feedback

    Afrihost, please make the app zero-rated so we can buy data when depleted. So frustrating having to switch to another network or use WiFi to buy, since I only notice when I'm out and about. This is on an eSim if it makes a difference.
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    Major ‘instant EFT’ changes for South Africa

    Agreed. Nedbank and ABSA already have their own offering as well. FNB and Standard Bank have nothing publicly available yet that I'm aware of. However, pricing is still way too high. Capitec charge around 1.5% for Capitec Pay which is higher than accepting debit cards, so for this to work...
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    Major ‘instant EFT’ changes for South Africa

    This practice should definitely be stopped, so this is a good move. But at the same time, SARB and PASA are not doing enough to make alternative options available, which is why we have this in the first place. They need to put pressure on banks to make Open Banking and official Instant...
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    Enjoy excellent guaranteed monthly returns by investing with Solidline Capital

    I think the NCR website search is useless. Was able to find it via the company name.
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    075 prefix - what network is it?

    Ah, thanks. Looks to be Telkom Mobile ("TELKMOBL")
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    075 prefix - what network is it?

    So I got a call this morning from a +27 (0) 75 0..... number this morning. Was just silent on picking it up. I hadn't seen that number before so did some Googling and not finding anything. It seems 075 is a "protected" range, but can't find anything further. Anyone know what network it is or who...
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    How to remove this backplate/fan on Whirlpool fridge?

    Whelp, I'm an idiot. That was it! Thank you.
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    How to remove this backplate/fan on Whirlpool fridge?

    I'm defrosting and cleaning my Whirlpool fridge WBE3325 NF IX AQUA (850520743070) and I'm not sure how to remove this backplate and fan. I removed the screws from the fan, but the backplate seems quite stuck at the top and bottom and I don't want to break it by forcing it out. I thought the...
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    So I went to Capitec

    I'm looking at moving from Standard Bank to Capitec, but one concern is that there seems to be a lot of people complaining about the Global card not working online for things like Steam, Spotify and other online services. Is this just people not enabling online payments or unblocking fraud...
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    Zimbabwe kills the Zim dollar – replaces it with a new currency

    Zimbabwe should just adopt the South African Rand and be done with it. South Africa is Zimbabwe's biggest trading partner by far, and the Rand is far more accessible. But obviously they won't because they want control to print more money than they can afford and pretend for a month or two that...
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    Getting a clean mobile number

    So currently there's no solution if you were to go overseas and you needed to receive a banking SMS? Is there any ETA on when this will be available, as I'd imagine it's fairly important for anyone considering using AirMobile as their primary provider.
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