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South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 3
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Geoff.D
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What will be, will be.
Nothing they announce is going to affect me much, so as the tortoise in the Never-Ending Story says: "what does it matter"?
Idiot. I wish for a sperm whale to beach and ejaculate on him.
The_Right_Honourable_Brit
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Some special from One Day Only. Was R150, normal price was R350 according to them. Will find model later.
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B-1
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Visable policing because real policing doesn't let you prance around on the beach telling people what to do.
The_Right_Honourable_Brit
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Good news, I guess? Also need Aussies to share, think they've ordered 5x more than their entire population.
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Attaching a screenshot for others as I had issues viewing the tweet initially.
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Watch: SAPS in Langebaan arrest surfer for breaking lockdown rules
Police said all beaches except those in the Northern Cape are closed under Level 3 lockdown, therefore, the surfer had to be arrested.www.thesouthafrican.com
It's about to get more brutal:
Send in the troops: Cele confirms SANDF will help police patrol Garden Route beaches | News24
South African National Defence Force members have been roped in to assist the police to keep bathers away from Garden Route beaches in the Western Cape.
www.news24.com
rietrot
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Well we aren't a true African country if we don't constantly need to beg for stuff.
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Kola_CT
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Much more important to go after these hardened criminals early on in their criminal careers rather than going after known drug lords, their killers or their killers’ killers.
Kola_CT
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Of course possible handouts are successful to a country with a culture of begging.
Gandalf the Gray
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Guys
The following is my personal opinion and observations.
I works at one of SA's Air Force Bases. While chatting to one of my colleagues, he/she mentioned that there is a very large aircraft parked on the base.
We did not think anything about it, till I was standing outside the base at 13:03 waiting for my wife to pick me up. As I was standing there a convoy of six Imperial Logistics "Fast 'n Fresh" container trucks left the base, along with a large contingent of SAPS Task Force and other assorted units.
Another colleague and myself (He was waiting for his Uber), immediately suspected that because the container trucks looked a lot like they might be refrigerated, that the vaccine might have arrived in SA.
According to Imperial's website: "Imperial Fast ‘n Fresh is the market leader in South Africa for the supply of transport and related services for temperature and/or time sensitive products."
Might this also be linked to the emergency NCCC meeting? I am just speculating.
Edit. I just had a look on Flightradar24, and the aircraft in question is Cargolux CV8374/CLX8374. No point of departure is indicated, neither a destination.
Unfortunately, photography on the base is strictly prohibited.
Any thoughts?
The following is my personal opinion and observations.
I works at one of SA's Air Force Bases. While chatting to one of my colleagues, he/she mentioned that there is a very large aircraft parked on the base.
We did not think anything about it, till I was standing outside the base at 13:03 waiting for my wife to pick me up. As I was standing there a convoy of six Imperial Logistics "Fast 'n Fresh" container trucks left the base, along with a large contingent of SAPS Task Force and other assorted units.
Another colleague and myself (He was waiting for his Uber), immediately suspected that because the container trucks looked a lot like they might be refrigerated, that the vaccine might have arrived in SA.
According to Imperial's website: "Imperial Fast ‘n Fresh is the market leader in South Africa for the supply of transport and related services for temperature and/or time sensitive products."
Might this also be linked to the emergency NCCC meeting? I am just speculating.
Edit. I just had a look on Flightradar24, and the aircraft in question is Cargolux CV8374/CLX8374. No point of departure is indicated, neither a destination.
Unfortunately, photography on the base is strictly prohibited.
Any thoughts?
ToxicBunny
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There might be some samples of certain vaccines yes, but those trucks don't get very cold, they're standard refrigerator trucks.
Gandalf the Gray
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Can be but why six 18 wheeler's with Task Force protection?
ViciousClone
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That's why we have you. Get us some info
My gut says vaccines. My head says cigarettes.
Gandalf the Gray
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I wish. We phoned the Base's OPS Room, but they were very mum. My wife also mentioned when she left after dropping me off, that she was stopped by a very angry protection member, and that a VIP convoy came innto the base. (blue light brigade). That was at around 0645. So a lot of prep work
The_Right_Honourable_Brit
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There is no way SA already has any vaccine. The government hasn't signed any bi-lateral agreements yet and Covax has said we can only expect vaccines from Q2 this year.