@SneKhumaloSA@LibaAnthony In the "Africa Forest"...phephisa. Itholakele imoto? Amaphara wouldn't hijack you maybe umerchant or something. If you ever need an armed escort around NRB/NUF/NHL/NKU let me know I might be free although I spend my time around NUF & NHL.
I wonder if the one withholding payment for security and cleaners isn't on this list...some companies haven't been paid since May, I hear...thina abanye sakhala ngaphansi
NEWS: The MEC for Education in KwaZulu-Natal, Sipho Hlomuka, has been ordered by the SIU to act against 16 corrupt officials of the department who colluded to award a R2,5 million for chemical toilets in school to a company called Hawulethu (PTY) Ltd.
The unlawfully awarded tender has since been set aside, and the company was ordered to repay all profits derived from the corrupt deal - KZN Tonight Podcast
I hear you...COB is what we're paid for whereas going the extra mile may be a differentiator between potential supervisors/managers/next level employees who earned their salaries & met KPIs...
@akinsbb Employers in Nigeria don't value personal time or boundaries. As someone who has worked in Nigeria & abroad, I can conclude the working environment in Nigeria is a bit toxic. And that's why promotions that should come normally are fought over. Office business should end at COB.
@Mbuszo@nyiko_mageza@HistorySAZAR It won't add value as this was a decision made only a relatively short while back by iSilo uMpande. uDingane noMlilwana akaze bebe ngabantwana although they could be referred to as princes to varying degrees.
@nyiko_mageza@Mbuszo@HistorySAZAR So isilo uMpande was influenced by the French/Spaniards to make his proclamation? I'm a tad lost. Be that as it may the title falls to children of abaNtwana. In Shenge's case it ends with him and shouldn't continue to his children (my understanding)
@Mbuszo@HistorySAZAR AbaNtwana shouldn't be translated into literal English or European royalty. All that term means is that the person is a direct descendant of iSilo uMpande. Whether as a child of a male or a female "Mntwana".
WATCH: Ngizwe Mchunu received a new Toyota Fortuner, which was bought for him by Inkosi Malusi Zondi, who was recently appointed by King Misuzulu KaZwelithini.
Mchunu, the president of Amabhinca, says he will use the vehicle to carry out his traditional duties - KZN Tonight Podcast
I am extremely grateful to the Blue Security team tonight.
An hour ago, while sleeping with my kids, I heard something in the ceiling. I fumigate every six months because I live at the bottom of a nature valley,a beautiful ecosystem, but it means rats and all sorts of creatures make their way around. I know the sound of little feet; this wasn’t that. This was heavier… almost a slithering or dragging sound. It felt wrong.
After five minutes of listening, I pressed the panic button and called Blue Security. While I was whispering to the operator (because my kids were asleep next to me), the movement stopped. That silence was honestly worse.
When the officers arrived, I faced another horrible decision: if I opened my bedroom door to go unlock the upstairs gate, I’d have to walk past the ceiling entry point ,the exact area where someone could have been waiting. But if I didn’t open, the guards could only enter the yard, not the house.
I’ve been in many dangerous, adrenaline-inducing situations in my life. I’ve always been surprisingly calm, maybe because I watch too much violent television and have desensitised myself, or maybe it’s my ADHD and the way my brain handles crises. Tonight I was still calm… but the only thing I was truly afraid of was my babies being harmed.
I keep one small defensive weapon near me at night, but I’d taken a bad fall yesterday and my body is too sore to fight anyone off. So I made peace with the idea that if I encountered someone, I’d just talk and beg them to take whatever they wanted and go.
Thankfully, there was nobody there. The team searched everything thoroughly.
The truth is, there isn’t much more I can add to my security setup unless I start installing death lasers or something. I already have everything that can reasonably be installed.
This is why we need to solve unemployment and crime as a matter of absolute urgency in this country.
I’m remembering how, during my maintenance application, the magistrate questioned why I included security expenses for the home where the kids live. I had to calmly explain that in South Africa private security isn’t a luxury. It’s survival.
And I’m thinking about people who don’t have armed response as an option. Fuck!
Years ago, before I had children, I lived in an apartment. Someone contorted themselves through burglar bars to steal my TV. I called SAPS; they arrived the next afternoon, didn’t take prints, and casually told me they had seen “pharas” do this before. From that day on, private security became as essential to me as medical aid.
Every country has crime. But the constant hum of anxiety we live with in South Africa even in safe neighbourhoods makes it almost impossible to ever truly relax.