Robyn van der Berg

Life long learner with a passion for development, people and good coffee. Trying to listen twice as much as I speak.

[Lorenzo Davids @UrbanLo]

I continue to believe drivers, sliding door operators & commuters are the oppressed classes in the taxi ecosystem. Santaco is destroying all goodwill. This is not a taxi war. This is a war waged by millionaire taxi owners against their customers who made them rich. Reprehensible.

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@carlvdberg It rebranded to Cappy!

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

Thank you @runningmann100 for an excellent recommendation of the Big Five Marathon! Grueling descent and climb but an amazing experience

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Where did all the runners go? Hundreds of #Comrades missing in action.
When the clock struck 12 at #Comrades2023 there was no Cinderella story for 100s of runners. However, someone deserves the Giant Pumpkin award for robbing an 800 – 900 runners of their Comrades medal.

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@AlastairMcA30 @jk_rowling @sszonke @AlastairMcA30 are you saying that defining something based on what it is not, is trying to be inclusive? As a South African, reflecting on the application of a negative to define people, I feel this attempt at inclusivity is misguided.

[Nick Hedley @nickhedley]

Reasons to stay optimistic, South Africa:

-> The rand has recovered somewhat and is nearly back in the R18s/$
-> Fuel prices were cut today
-> Zuma lost another court case
-> We have enough solar & wind projects in the pipeline to eliminate rolling blackouts forever from 2025

[Nick Hedley @nickhedley]

A reminder that South Africa wouldn’t be enduring severe power cuts today if Brian Molefe and Matshela Koko hadn’t suspended the renewable energy programme in 2015.

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@RenaldoGouws @Dischem Breaking: Dischem is trying to comply with Employment Equity and B-BBEE legislation.

Maybe it could be a standing column and they highlight a different company every day for a couple years.

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@DinoDucci @IanCameron23 @AndredeBeer @Dischem Neither do I Dino - but in this case I strongly believe that the requirement for things to be 'fair' is far surpassed by a requirement for redress & justice for the majority of our people who lived with and were directly harmed by unfair legislation over 46 years.

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@IanCameron23 @AndredeBeer @Dischem Many businesses accept it as they recognise that it is an imperfect but important driver of economic transformation.

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@RefilWest I used the ZohoSign app for a short time and remember it being pretty user-friendly and exports to google drive and Dropbox. It's free for one user for 5 documents a month. https://t.co/OOq2lDPBNu

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@racheljwelcher Capetonian with contacts who'd be very happy to host/help/recommend! ☺️

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@Eulogs Also try Brampton Family Practice in Harfield! My aunt Marion Anderson or a colleague may have a gap.

[Carl H. van der Berg @carlvdberg]

When the headline sponsors for our SA Rugby Team are an energy drinks company and a gambling consortium we should be (at least a little) worried about the consumer behaviour that's giving them the ability to buy this platform

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@theCIPC @wicks_jeff @RefilWest Should also tag @BizPortalGovZa - a great platform but the ease with which anyone can register a company clearly comes with a downside!

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

It would be great if @theCIPC would run an algorithm to flag (and block) people registering multiple companies in a short time period. Equal parts heartbroken and angry remembering the bravery of Babita - thanks @wicks_jeff @RefilWest for a great segment on the show this morning!

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@mosa_lakaeordie Also came to Twitter to find this out ☺️

[Ihsaan Haffejee @Ihsaan_Haffo]

Mzwandile Twala grew up without both parents raised by his foster grandmother in Soweto. At 3 years old his grandmother took him to Buskaid, she wanted him to learn the violin. He is now 22 years old and is one of the best young violin players in the country. 🧵

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@miss_moss Just missing some cauli rice 🙃

[Robyn van der Berg @Robyn_Jane89]

@BuildersSA @nikkilincoln @toasterovensnod Surely this is a glitch that you should be fixing - even if she was getting it delivered from another province it shouldn't cost this much. If your location is being auto selected somehow it should flag you not show an exorbitant delivery price?