BRETT Murray’s painting of President Jacob Zuma has found an unlikely admirer in Tselane Tambo, the daughter of the late Oliver Tambo – one of the ANC’s illustrious leaders.
Tselane cited service delivery quandaries that the ANC-led government continues to grapple with for her support of the portrait. “So the Prez JZ has had his portrait painted and he doesn’t like it. Do the poor enjoy poverty? Do the unemployed enjoy hopelessness? Do those who can’t get housing enjoy homelessness? He must get over it. No one is having a good time. He should inspire the reverence he craves. This portrait is what he inspired. Shame neh!,” she tweeted.
#The spear #south Africa #politics #our President's oval offices
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ADSL and mobile data prices have plunged over the last decade.
The total cost of an ADSL service dropped by over 50% since it was launched in 2002 while mobile data costs decreased by 96% over the last 10 years.
In 2002 a basic 512 Kbps ADSL service with 3GB of data cost R966.72 per month. In comparison, the price for a 384kbps connection with 5GB of data is now priced at R358.97.
Even more significant price cuts are visible in the mobile data market. In 2002, data from Vodacom cost R20 per MB. Today users can buy Vodacom data bundles for 10c per MB.
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“Broadband prices: 2002 and 2012 compared”
via MyBroadband
#vodacom #telkom #adsl #internet #south africa
Today, ABSA decided to lock my account because they didn’t process my fica documents in the amount of time they decided they needed. I gave them everything they asked for (all info which they already had anyway…), but nevertheless they decided to restrict *my* access to *my* money.
Been planning to move to FNB for a while, but today felt like the most appropriate day to do so. Can’t wait till I’m finished with ABSA completely - but for now, I can begin getting everyone to start paying to my FNB account instead of the ABSA one.
So long, suckers!
#absa #fnb #banking #south africa
This guy’s blog is worth a read.
He’s been criticized for criticizing the ANC - he wrote in Nedbank’s annual report (he’s the boss there) last month that the “moral quotient” of political leaders is “degenerating” and that there is an “emergence of a strange breed of leaders determined to undermine the rule of law and override the Constitution.”
He has a voice, and seemingly a brain, too - a refreshing combo. Have a quick read through an article or two.
#South Africa #nedbank
If the French want more people to visit their. Nation, they should do less stealing photos from other countries - and more working on the fact that they are world-famous for being rude to everyone.
That’s a really shocking thing to be famous for - and I’ve not heard the same for any other country. Isn’t that crazy?
#France #tourism #south Africa
Nevermind that IOL has misspelled the ‘suspeded’ in the heading - but wasn’t Malema already suspended? How many times can one man be suspended from the same organization??
These fools. They’re our local branch of Banana Republics ‘R’ Us.
#South Africa #you're double suspended!!
"There’s only one reliable way of determining when summer is heading out the door - the first day the cats want to go under the covers is the day winter begins its slow march towards us. This year, that happened last week. You can feel it in the air people. Bleg."
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#cats #winter #south africa
"We need to establish a climate in which those caught with their hands in the cookie jar will voluntarily resign, shamed by the weight of public disapproval rather than defiantly remaining in office while the evidence against them mounts up and mobilising their troops to march to the courts in their support."
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While I’ve lost all faith in the politicians involved in the ruling tripartite alliance, Zwelinzima Vavi said the above, which I wholeheartedly agree with. He’s of course just saying it to get rid of Zuma because he hasn’t given the unions the power they thought he would, but the sentiment is correct. In other nations, even the first hints of a scandal force people to resign - resign - not go on paid leave for 2 years while they are cleared, at our expense. This is correct, and that should be the case here too.
IOL: Vavi blasts Zuma
#Politics #south Africa
The ANC is moving forward with their bone-headed plan to destroy the country - planning changes to a constitution, all the while scratching their heads over their ‘crisis of credibility’.
Here’s a tip to improve credibility: don’t try muzzle the media, the courts and the constitution because they’re calling you out on your dodgy deals and boneheaded decisions. Stop being dodgy and boneheaded, and your credibility crisis will be over.
Fools.
#Fools #ANC #south Africa #Africa #politics
