Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

What are you going to be doing during the lockdown?

  • At home. I’m non essential

    Votes: 70 41.2%

  • Working. The virus doesn’t scare me

    Votes: 41 24.1%

  • On standby

    Votes: 10 5.9%

  • Working from home. Too essential to take any risk!

    Votes: 66 38.8%
  • Total voters
    170
  • Poll closed .
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/c...coronavirus-travel-restricted-red-list-2020-9
30 Sept. 2020

Tourists from the following countries are not allowed to come to SA. "The only exceptions will be those with high-skills visas, diplomats, sports people, and investors."

The list of countries currently considered high risk, and from which ordinary tourists are not allowed is, in full:

Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Chile
Columbia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
France
Georgia
Greece
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Maldives
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Nepal
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Oman
Palestine
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Suriname
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Emirates
United Kingdom
USA
Venezuela
 
Vitality members to get a once-off points top-up to compensate for lockdown
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/vitality-points-lockdown-2020-9
30 Sept. 2020

"Discovery Vitality announced that members will get a once-off allocation of points to compensate for lost exercise or health screenings during lockdown...

Here’s how the points top-up will work:
  • Members will be awarded the higher of their 2019 and 2020 Vitality Health Check and Vitality Fitness Assessment Vitality points. If they have not yet completed one of these assessments this year and are not comfortable to complete one before the end of the year, they will be awarded the same Vitality points that they earned last year.
  • Points for additional screenings, such as completing a pap smear or colonoscopy, and visiting the dentist will be awarded for 2020 if members completed these screenings last year.
  • Points will also be awarded for a 2019 flu vaccination, as it was in short supply this year.
  • Members will be awarded the higher of the physical activity points earned over the period January to September 2019 or January to September 2020.
The additional Vitality points will be automatically allocated by the end of October 2020 – no action is required from members.

Travel miles
Vitality also announced that its travel platform will reopen this week, for hotel and car hire bookings.

Vitality expects kulula.com and British Airways domestic flight bookings to open in late October..."
 
Intuthu Kagesi said:
I had about 3 drops of rain yesterday / last night, and I'm in the middle of the infamous hail belt ... :O
Without sounding like a conspiracy theorist; Is our illustrious government not continuing their fear mongering initiated with Covid to hide their thievery?
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I know man, I boarded up the whole house, inflated the dinghy and everything
 
vicTor said:
I know man, I boarded up the whole house, inflated the dinghy and everything
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If you watch the weather data the storm possibility is all the way till Saturday. Considering that 2016 my house was flooded a meter up, and I just managed to save myself and my dogs, I'm kind of glad when the weather pulls a finger to bad predictions.

On another note my mom pulled through her SARS 2 infection, so I'm happy about that.
Unfortunately my allergy keeps getting worse despite my environment changes, so I'm having to work out how I'm going to pay for the desensitizing injections (they work out to about R50k for the three year treatment period).
 
Feliks Karp said:
If you watch the weather data the storm possibility is all the way till Saturday. Considering that 2016 my house was flooded a meter up, and I just managed to save myself and my dogs, I'm kind of glad when the weather pulls a finger to bad predictions.

On another note my mom pulled through her SARS 2 infection, so I'm happy about that.
Unfortunately my allergy keeps getting worse despite my environment changes, so I'm having to work out how I'm going to pay for the desensitizing injections (they work out to about R50k for the three year treatment period).
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Very happy your mom is OK bud!
 
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/moto...em-in-south-africa.html?utm_source=newsletter

According to the AA, there are many problems which make it difficult for motorists to renew their licences. This includes:
  • The online booking system is not functional.
  • Driving Licence Testing Centres (DLTCs) are open erratically and under-staffed.
  • Online networks at DLTCs are also often down.
“What is most concerning is that there appears to be no acknowledgement of this by the authorities, nor of any attempts to assist the public.”
 
PARENTS -TAKE NOTE
Schools and universites to open later in 2021 [CHECK THAT SPELLING ;)]
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga says that the country’s schools will reopen later than usual in 2021, with an official calendar to be published before the end of the week.
In a press briefing on Thursday (1 October), Motshekga said that the reopening date is 25 January 2021.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/gov...-to-open-later-in-2021/?utm_source=newsletter
 
''New data from TransUnion shows that despite the easing of lockdown levels nationwide, nearly eight out of 10 (78%) South African consumers are still being financially affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
Some 40% of those impacted said they were working reduced hours, as businesses struggled to recover from the effects of previous lockdown restrictions. The number of financially impacted people reporting they had lost their job as a result of the pandemic shows slight improvement, but remained high (17%), the consumer credit reporting agency said.''
https://businesstech.co.za/news/fin...-their-bills-right-now/?utm_source=newsletter
 
Just to add more misery to this cold Friday, JHB Water department decided to do some digging ,with the following result...
A fountain of water 15 m high ...and no water in our pipes .20201002_115551.jpg
The solution ? Pop a chunk of concrete on it to stop the fountain . I rest my case
 
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ARYANTO said:
Just to add more misery to this cold Friday, JHB Water decided to do some digging ,with the following result...


A fountain of water 15 m high ...and no water in our pipes .View attachment 209452
The solution ? Pop a chunk of concrete on it to stop the fountain . I rest my case
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That will cause more damage if not fixed bro. Did you try to fix it yet?
 
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they eventually shut the whole suburb off , h2o only came back an hour ago .
 
South African debt will rise by R37.8 billion if wage deal proceeds
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/gove...e-by-r37-8-billion-if-wage-deal-proceeds.html

Mogajane stressed that while the government is unable to afford raising public servants’ pay, employees aren’t facing pay cuts as some in the private sector have.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has come at a great cost to employment in the private sector, with numerous remaining employees receiving no increments or even experiencing pay cuts to preserve employment,” he said. “The applicants’ members’ jobs are in contrast not threatened. Nor are their salaries reduced.”
 
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