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Politics
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Canadian Prime Minister Announces Separation from Wife of 18 Years On Instagram
03 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Trudeau shared the news on Wednesday in a post published in both English and French, writing: “Hi everyone, Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate.”
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Now Government Wants To Get Involved In Sport Broadcasting Rights
03 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Now you have a situation where the Department – along with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture – want to draw up a list of the kind of sports that need to be seen as being in the national interest and therefore must be accessible to all when it’s broadcast.
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SA Turns To Nanotechnology With Ambitious New Pothole Plan
01 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
In addition to the nanotechnology pilot plan, the Department of Transport also announced that in light of government ministries being seemingly unable to keep up with the task of looking after the country’s roads, many key roads will be moved to the jurisdiction of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL).
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Premier Winde Warns Capetonians Of Severe Load Shedding To Come
01 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Thanks are due to Mr Premier for warning Cape Town citizens, but it’s hard to feel optimistic when we’re facing the darkest nights before the dawn.
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The US Finally Held A That Congressional Hearing On UFO’s [Video]
27 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The United States Congress has finally held a public hearing into claims that the government was concealing a longstanding programme that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
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US Senator Mitch McConnell Freezes Up Mid-Sentence During Press Conference [Video]
27 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Ageism is of course not cool, but are people being discriminatory if they expect their elected officials to tell them about the policies that affect their lives without glitching like a bad dial-up connection?
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KwaZulu-Natal Roads Are A Nightmare – Truck Burnings, Multi-Car Pile-Ups, Stone-Throwers And Robbers
26 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
DA KZN spokesperson on transport Sharon Hoosen has called out the state of the provinces’ dire situation, demanding an urgent report from law enforcement to curb the chaos.
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Cape Town Will Begin Impounding Vehicles Under Stricter New Laws
24 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Laws, by-laws, regulations, higher levies and taxes. There are now so many rules and regulations governing South Africans that no sane person can be expected to keep track of it all. Perhaps we should just begin by teaching Capetonians that a red traffic light means stop. Baby steps.
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A Daring Escape Helps Gauteng Police Save Trafficking Victims
21 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A daring escape by a human trafficking victim resulted in the rescue of three Thai nationals who were held captive at a house in Garsfontein.
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Egypt Bans Travis Scott’s Pyramid Concert As ‘Blackwashing’ Protest Continues
20 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Egyptian social media users launched a campaign to cancel Scott’s concert, citing the American rapper’s Afrocentrism, which highlights the role of Black Africans in shaping humanity. They accused the rapper, along with Netflix of glossing over of the presence of non-Black Egyptians in ancient Egypt.
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Disturbing Footage Of New ‘Tranq’ Crisis In US Is Straight Out Of Walking Dead [Video]
19 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Bruce Springsteen could not possibly have had this in mind when he wrote the hit song Streets Of Philadelphia, but the lyrics “I was bruised and battered, couldn’t tell what I felt, I was unrecognizable to myself” seems almost prophetic now.
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Two South African Engineers Imprisoned In Equatorial Guinea Are Trying To Appeal Their Shocking Sentence
12 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The two South African engineers – Frederic Potgieter (53) from George and Peter Huxham (55) from Langebaan – are still imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea and are trying to appeal their drug smuggling conviction.
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Everyone Is Laughing At Ramaphosa Boldly Stating That “90% Of Our People Have Electricity”
12 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The ANC is ramping up their political ‘it’s-all-rainbows-and-butterflies’ shenanigans ahead of the 2024 election.
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New Unlawful Entry Bill Wont Prohibit You From Defending Yourself
11 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
With South Africans growing more and more frazzled by the day as a seemingly endless wave of crime washes over us, the government needs to be clear when they put these bills together.
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Taxpayers Revolt – Western Cape Gov Spent R94 Million On BMWs That Have Just Been Collecting Dust
11 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
There’s nothing like a little “fiscal dumping” to get the taxpayers’ heart rates right up.
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Cape Town Residents Livid After Latest Electricity Hikes
10 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
It’s true that the City of Cape Town has been doing more than most cities to mitigate the damage caused by a plethora of issues the average South African has to bear the brunt of. But when is enough finally enough? How much more can we take?
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Rumour Has It Kate Middleton Is Making Moves To Become The Next Queen
07 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Charles may now know it, but it has become increasingly clear that he is “just a place-filler between the twin stars of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Kate”.
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The Blue Light Brigade Is Not Above The Law – What To Do If They Show Up
06 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
As it stands, Blue Light Brigades are allowed to disobey certain road rules (within reason), but that shouldn’t mean that they are above the law.
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Just Stop Oil Protesters Interrupt Play At Wimbledon In Puzzling Protest [Video]
06 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The 2023 Wimbledon match between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro was targeted by two Just Stop Oil protesters who threw orange-colored confetti and jigsaw pieces onto Court 18.
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SA Air Force Is Establishing A Space Command Section
05 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Now before anyone thinks the plan means we will soon be putting out tenders for X-Wings and a Millennium Falcon, the SAAF Space Command will likely play a supporting role in securing our sunny blue skies, so don’t worry about your taxes.
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Zimbabwe President Blames Businesses For Food Shortages
04 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
But alas, the current state of Zimbabwe has never been the fault of the ruling ZANU PF, instead, it is obvious to anyone that the sh** governance is mostly the fault of Bush, Blair, businesses, citizens, white farmers, and a pet pig named George II. The last one was made up, but in the land of lies and false enemies, who cares?
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The Guardian And BBC Reported On Royal Drama After Zulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini’s Hospital Trip
03 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The Guardian and the BBC reported about the ‘Game of Thrones’-esque royal drama that is unfolding after Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi issued a statement that Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini may have been poisoned.
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Sticks And Stones: There’s A Wikipedia Page Detailing All The Nicknames Donald Trump Has Given People He Doesn’t Like
30 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Media figures, politicians, foreign leaders, and anyone who doesn’t agree can be found on the list, and it’s pretty creative in a childish way.
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Dutch Doctors Are Euthanising People With Autism And Intellectual Disabilities – Report
29 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
There are strict requirements that need to be met before euthanasia may be considered, such as suffering from an incurable illness that causes “unbearable” physical or mental anguish. Doctors however have the final decision in the matter, which is perhaps worrying.
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Neglected Robben Island Needs R250 Million In Maintenance
29 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Some of the upgrades to the island include the restoration of the Blue Stone Quarry Wall, a desalination plant upgrade, a diesel plant reticulation, a harbour precinct upgrade, and a new floating jetty among other refurbishments and maintenance projects.
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Nando’s Are At It Again With Advert Poking Fun At “The Absurd Reality” That Is South Africa [Video]
27 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
It wouldn’t be so funny if it weren’t so very true. But you know us South Africans, when the going gets schizophrenic, we laugh at ourselves.
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Telkom Ditches The South African Post Office
22 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Perhaps they could convert the old post office buildings into monuments to an institution that worked at some point, but is now just pointless and riddled with corruption and incompetence. Like they did at Luthuli House.
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Disney’s ‘Woke’ New Pixar Movie Suffers Worst Box Office Opening In Studio’s History [Video]
22 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
These days it’s a pricey gamble for studios when they decide just how woke they should be.
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Experts Say Eskom Is Just Burning More Diesel To Lower Load Shedding Stages
21 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
With our tendency to run things until they break, we should perhaps not pack away the flashlights just yet.
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All The Cry-Laugh Ways Ramaphosa’s Russia/Ukraine Peace Mission Failed Dismally
20 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Leaving his cash-stuffed couch at Phala Phala, with peacock feathers pruned for posturing, President Cyril Ramaphosa gathered his people and went to Ukraine and Russia thinking this would be a legacy moment for him.
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