Still junk but Moody’s just said positive outlook on SA. Debt stabilising at 85-87% of GDP. Revenue up. Spending restrained. We lost investment grade under Zuma, now we’re clawing it back, one budget at a time. Only problem? You need growth to cut debt, and rates just hit 7%.
Hard agree on this one . Inflation forecast at 4.4%. That’s like 1.4pts above the 3% target ceiling. First hike in 3 years. Prime moves from 10.25% to 10.50%. That’s exactly what a central bank is for.❤️
Well, my parents trusted us openly, and breaking that trust felt worse than any grounding ever could. Also, home felt safe and warm , so we had no reason to rebel against it.
Marquis de Sade, the man who believed murder, theft, and destruction were not evils but simply nature completing her cycle. He said you call it murder when the powerless do it. You call it conquest when the powerful do. He said the only honest difference is who won.
AI will never outsmart us. A machine can master every answer ever given. It still cannot ask a question it was never built to ask. That gap, that's where humanity lives.
The victim act is getting old. Why can’t you be like Microsoft and AWS? They used EEIPs to comply with SA law without selling off 30% of their business. They actually invested in local skills and infrastructure instead of crying on X.
Interesting how you’re silent on China, Elon. They’ve banned Starlink and penalise anyone caught using it because it bypasses their firewall, yet you don’t seem to have any “free speech”complaints for Beijing.
The South African laws are literally super racist, plain and simple.
It’s not complicated: imagine if the law was called “White Empowerment”, instead of “Black Empowerment”! People would have a seizure 😂
South Africa now has more anti-White laws than Apartheid had anti-Black laws. Think about that for a second …
The current South African government has objectively implemented Apartheid 2.0. Shame on them.
I guess it’s easier to whine about B-BBEE in South Africa than it is to stand up to the country that owns your Tesla profit margins. Is it “freedom” you care about, or just your Gigafactory?
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The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon. As @Astro_Christina put it: "You guys look great."
How is CPT better than JNB ? Are we talking about the same CPT that has inadequate dual-level jet bridges, insufficient taxiway width clearance for an 80-metre wingspan, and no gate infrastructure for simultaneous upper and lower deck boarding. You can’t even park an A380 there
Genuine leather is actually one of the lowest grades of leather, it’s basically scraps bonded together with a synthetic coating. It always looks good at first, then does exactly what yours is doing. Good leather says full-grain or top-grain. Anything else is just marketing.
Leather experts: this sofa is 11 months old. The manufacturer claims it’s “corrected leather” and markets it as “100% genuine leather”.
What say you?
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We can’t competitively manufacture cars because the market is too small. You need massive volume to drive unit costs down. With ~60M people and 32%+ unemployment, there isn’t enough buyers to justify the investment. The math simply doesn’t work.
Well, North Korea built nukes because it decided survival mattered more than prosperity unlike 🇿🇦, and it proved willing to suffer for it and embraced all the sanctions. Pyongyang’s mandate was clear, if you don’t have nukes, you’re negotiable. If you do, you’re untouchable.
No, they don’t . Having one would clash with SA’s non-aligned stance. Strategic coverage of the region is handled via bases in Djibouti and elsewhere. Our constitutional constraints preclude deployment of US forces on our soil.
Well the money was probably flowing through as business turnover, trust distributions,or even pass-through payments.That way it wouldn’t automatically present as personal taxable income. Remember okes volume isn’t the same as profit, and movement isn’t the same as ownership.