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Windows 11 is here — Pricing and everything you should know
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Scandal !
2 South African politicians and 412 company owners exposed in Pandora Papers
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/busi...-in-pandora-papers.html?utm_source=newsletter

Staff Writer4 October 2021


An unprecedented leak of financial records, known as the Pandora Papers, has linked two South African politicians and 412 South African company owners to using tax and secrecy havens.

The Pandora Papers is a 2.94 terabyte data trove that exposes the offshore secrets of wealthy elites from more than 200 countries and territories.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) published details about the leak, exposing more than 330 politicians and 130 Forbes billionaires.
 
ARYANTO said:
Scandal !
2 South African politicians and 412 company owners exposed in Pandora Papers
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/busi...-in-pandora-papers.html?utm_source=newsletter

Staff Writer4 October 2021


An unprecedented leak of financial records, known as the Pandora Papers, has linked two South African politicians and 412 South African company owners to using tax and secrecy havens.

The Pandora Papers is a 2.94 terabyte data trove that exposes the offshore secrets of wealthy elites from more than 200 countries and territories.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) published details about the leak, exposing more than 330 politicians and 130 Forbes billionaires.
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Only 2 politicians?!! I guess they don’t need to hide…
 
Tiger king S.A. version [I can do with a couple in my neighbourhood ]
VIDEOS: Uproar after white tigers snapped next to crèche. But getting your own one is not that difficult we discover
By Dominic Naidoo
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3h ago
https://www.iol.co.za/news/environm...81e6-4943e7577d0c?utm_source=pushnotification
 
How much it costs to go to an F1 race
Getting tickets is easy online, provided you plan far enough in advance. (The United States Grand Prix later this month is officially sold out, although plenty of tickets can be purchased from vendors such as SeatGeek, Stubhub, and Ticketsmarter.)

Prices generally range from $100 to $500. Parking passes can cost an additional $40 to $400.

Some of the higher-priced F1 experience packages allow for more access to drivers, pit crews, suites, and vantage points during race weekend; they make the experience feel exclusive and glamorous. They also can include passes to the easiest, closest parking lots to access. So it’s worth it!\
https://topauto.co.za/news/27640/how-much-it-costs-to-go-to-an-f1-race/?utm_source=newsletter
 
Goodbye TV licence — This is what could replace it
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broa...t-could-replace-it.html?utm_source=newsletter

With less than one in every five TV licence holders in South Africa paying their fees over the last year, several proposals are on the table for a new way to fund the struggling SABC.

The public broadcaster’s TV licence revenue has nose-dived, with fewer TV licence holders willing to pay the R265 annual fee for possessing a TV set.

Payment compliance dropped from 31% in March 2019 to 18% by March 2021. Only about 2 million out of more than 10 million TV licence holders paid their fees in the last year.
 
ARYANTO said:
Goodbye TV licence — This is what could replace it
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broa...t-could-replace-it.html?utm_source=newsletter

With less than one in every five TV licence holders in South Africa paying their fees over the last year, several proposals are on the table for a new way to fund the struggling SABC.

The public broadcaster’s TV licence revenue has nose-dived, with fewer TV licence holders willing to pay the R265 annual fee for possessing a TV set.

Payment compliance dropped from 31% in March 2019 to 18% by March 2021. Only about 2 million out of more than 10 million TV licence holders paid their fees in the last year.
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The SA Government are despicable really o_O ... We cannot keep bailing out ineffectual, inefficient and superfluous companies ...
Companies that have survived over the years have the ability to reinvent themselves, such as General Electric, who started off making DC dynamos and light bulbs and progressed into aviation, healthcare, AC power generation, and Renewable energy ... IBM too, who started off making time clocks, moving to tabulating machines and typewriters, then moving into computer hardware, and now primarily in software.
... and closer to home ...
The work had begun in the very early 90's with the South African Post Office .. Telephony was stripped out and Telkom was created, and instead of following the vision through, turning the Bricks and Mortar into a Courier Service, they decided to dump it and rather focus on a model that died 10 years prior, because ... the taxpayer would provide:eek:, and ... it was lovely to receive money and do nothing!

The same is true of the SABC ... they split the company into Sentech and SABC, and then lost the plot. MIH saw the opportunity, and along came MNet and then DSTV, which has evolved even further into streaming as we know it, so someone please tell me why we require the SABC, and what value they add to us the taxpayers? ... they failed to reinvent themselves and their business died, so shut it down already dammit!
 
Intuthu Kagesi said:
The SA Government are despicable really o_O ... We cannot keep bailing out ineffectual, inefficient and superfluous companies ...
Companies that have survived over the years have the ability to reinvent themselves, such as General Electric, who started off making DC dynamos and light bulbs and progressed into aviation, healthcare, AC power generation, and Renewable energy ... IBM too, who started off making time clocks, moving to tabulating machines and typewriters, then moving into computer hardware, and now primarily in software.
... and closer to home ...
The work had begun in the very early 90's with the South African Post Office .. Telephony was stripped out and Telkom was created, and instead of following the vision through, turning the Bricks and Mortar into a Courier Service, they decided to dump it and rather focus on a model that died 10 years prior, because ... the taxpayer would provide:eek:, and ... it was lovely to receive money and do nothing!

The same is true of the SABC ... they split the company into Sentech and SABC, and then lost the plot. MIH saw the opportunity, and along came MNet and then DSTV, which has evolved even further into streaming as we know it, so someone please tell me why we require the SABC, and what value they add to us the taxpayers? ... they failed to reinvent themselves and their business died, so shut it down already dammit!
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A, very well said , Mom worked at the Post office for 48 years from clerk to postmaster , after she retired Telkom roped her in and she worked there for another 5 years -Everything was functioning 100, and then the ''great urge downward '' began.:mad:
 
Elgin Fruit Juice is being investigated as the source of SA’s apple juice recalls
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/s...ecall-linked-to-western-cape-supplier-2021-10
13 Oct. 2021

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  • Apple juice products produced in South Africa are being recalled due to elevated levels of patulin, a mould which, when consumed, can cause nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances, and vomiting.
  • Coca-Cola South Africa was the first to issue a recall of more than 37,000 cases of its Appletiser products in September.
  • LiquiFruit and Ceres, both subsidiaries of Pioneer foods, have recently issued similar recalls, with Woolworths’ own brand of apple juice also affected.
  • The National Consumer Commission confirmed on Wednesday that Elgin Fruit Juice (PTY) LTD in the Western Cape was being investigated as the source of the patulin problem.
 
You can now pin Joburg potholes via WhatsApp – with the promise of an inspection in two weeks
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/j...tsapp-with-new-pothole-patrol-options-2021-10
12 Oct. 2021
  • Johannesburg's Pothole Patrol public-private partnership now accepts reports via WhatsApp.
  • You can add a photo if you like, but you can also just drop a location pin.
  • That will create a report with a reference number you can use to follow up the status of your pet pothole.
  • An inspector will be sent to the site within two weeks of your report, Pothole Patrol promises.
"... Thanks to a system that uses WhatsApp location pins, reporting a pothole can take less than three minutes from start to finish, testing by Business Insider South Africa showed, and less for a second or third report after you are registered.

Then, the Pothole Patrol promises, an inspector will check it out within ten working days, while you can track progress via the same system...

The WhatsApp system requires only a message such as "hi" to 084 POT HOLE, or 084 768 4653. That initiates a request to accept terms and conditions, provide a first name, and then you can provide a location for the pothole you would like to report...

You can use the reference number provided to track progress for that pothole or, thanks to the account associated with your phone number, you can request an update on all the potholes you have reported at once.
 
For more than two decades, the iconic building complex at 15 Helen Joseph Street in Newtown, Johannesburg, housed the South African Breweries (SAB) World of Beer. Today it's a funeral home, complete with two chapels, a coffin showroom, embalming centre, and mortuary.
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Doves funeral home, Newtown, Johannesburg
I'll attend funerals daily if the ''tea and cake'' is served here
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/joburg-world-of-beer-is-now-a-doves-funeral-home-2021-10
Waiting for the puns...
 
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ARYANTO said:
For more than two decades, the iconic building complex at 15 Helen Joseph Street in Newtown, Johannesburg, housed the South African Breweries (SAB) World of Beer. Today it's a funeral home, complete with two chapels, a coffin showroom, embalming centre, and mortuary.
2c61ad7c2dc3403b86deadec82227cc7.jpg

Doves funeral home, Newtown, Johannesburg
I'll attend funerals daily if the ''tea and cake'' is served here
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/joburg-world-of-beer-is-now-a-doves-funeral-home-2021-10
Waiting for the puns...
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A whole new take on the saying " Drink when you are dead"

Sent from my vivo 2006 using Tapatalk
 
Hooked said:
You can now pin Joburg potholes via WhatsApp – with the promise of an inspection in two weeks
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/j...tsapp-with-new-pothole-patrol-options-2021-10
12 Oct. 2021
  • Johannesburg's Pothole Patrol public-private partnership now accepts reports via WhatsApp.
  • You can add a photo if you like, but you can also just drop a location pin.
  • That will create a report with a reference number you can use to follow up the status of your pet pothole.
  • An inspector will be sent to the site within two weeks of your report, Pothole Patrol promises.
"... Thanks to a system that uses WhatsApp location pins, reporting a pothole can take less than three minutes from start to finish, testing by Business Insider South Africa showed, and less for a second or third report after you are registered.

Then, the Pothole Patrol promises, an inspector will check it out within ten working days, while you can track progress via the same system...

The WhatsApp system requires only a message such as "hi" to 084 POT HOLE, or 084 768 4653. That initiates a request to accept terms and conditions, provide a first name, and then you can provide a location for the pothole you would like to report...

You can use the reference number provided to track progress for that pothole or, thanks to the account associated with your phone number, you can request an update on all the potholes you have reported at once.
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2 weeks? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
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