21-day nationwide lockdown announced for South Africa

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MyBroadband
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I am sure we all know exactly when 00:00 Thursday is. It is obviously the minute after Wednesday 23:59.

What is not clear, to me and many many other people on this thread and on the internet, who are not idiots, is when exactly “midnight” Thursday is. My assumption is that it is at 24:00 Thursday / 00:00 Friday i.e the minute after 23:59 Thursday
Yeah. Midnight, according to Wiki, swings both ways.

Though there is no global unanimity on the issue, most often midnight is considered the start of a new day and is associated with the hour 00:00. Even in locales with this technical resolution, however, vernacular references to midnight as the end of any given day may be common.

 

yebocan

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as mentioned already, we are made for such situations...South Africans, we are tough MF. Look after yourself, your family, your neighbours - be the break in the spread that keeps gogos and oumas and all them immucompromised fellow South Africans safe. We got this, and will come out of this stronger.
 

Vis1/0N

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Noticed Checkers/Shoprite prices ... very much elevated compared to PicNPay and Spar who were on the regular pricing on items, mostly.

Too bad I did not port or get a MTN Sim, I am on Telkom and likely to lose contact with many people due to the roaming with Vodacom being kak.

Just recently turned down a project worth 150+ hours because I knew I would not be able to allocate time on it. Client was very willing to pay over the odds. Otoh the project from last August should finally get started, and I guess it would be the grindstone these next 3 weeks. Boss is going to expect me to put in 8 hours/day actual production.
 

Urist

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Only shops that i'm concerned about is bottle stores.
Food shops will stay open.
Fortunately I have a buddy with a bar.. who happens to need the extra income right now.
Maybe support your local jol with buying their stock?
 

|tera|

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I'm stuffed financially due to financial issues where I work. These 21 days will just be more fuel not to be able to pay us. I've got some real pissed off moments ahead of me. I don't need to be psychic to know.
 
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