Wishing you a productive and drama free day! Let God into your life. A day full of laughter and fulfillment in whatever it is that you do, topped off with a win for BAFANA BAFANA ❤️
No entiendo cómo puede ser. Vi a Michael Jackson morir, a Maradona morir, a Pelé morir, a la reina Isabel morir; vi pasar a tres papas. Sobreviví a una pandemia, vi el comienzo de internet. Vi el CD cambiar a Spotify, vi cambiar el DVD a Netflix, vi pasar del teléfono fijo a un iPhone. Y estoy viendo el surgimiento de la IA. Y solo tengo 30 años.
In Tembisa, a 27-year-old graduate joined a WhatsApp “remote work” group after a stranger offered R650 a day to review products. She was paid R80 within 20 minutes. 2 days later, she had borrowed from friends and lost R18,700 trying to withdraw fake earnings.
A thread.
If you don’t know Ragnar Lothbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, John Shelby, Thomas Shelby, or Jon Snow.
If you don’t know that “a Lannister always pays his debts,” or “By order of the Peaky Blinders,”
If you don’t know Klaus Mikaelson and Elijah Mikaelson
Or Michael Scofield,
Then we cannot be friends, because what on earth have you been watching??? 😭
Ever wondered why South Africa is +27 and Egypt is +20, while Kenya is +254 and Nigeria is +234? 🇿🇦🇪🇬
It’s not random—it’s a "Telecom Status Symbol" from the 1960s.
In the 60s, the ITU divided the world into 9 zones. Your first digit is your "neighborhood":
🌎 Zone 1: North America (+1)
🌍 Zone 2: Africa (+2)
🇪🇺 Zone 3/4: Europe (+3 / +4)
🌎 Zone 5: South & Central America (+5)
🌏 Zone 6: Southeast Asia & Oceania (+6)
🇷🇺 Zone 7: Russia & former USSR (+7)
🇯🇵 Zone 8: East Asia (+8)
🕌 Zone 9: Middle East & South Asia (+9)
The length of your code reflected your technological advancement. Short codes (2 digits) were "Premium Real Estate" reserved for major industrial hubs. 💎
Africas' 2-Digit Elite (+27 & +20) 🇿🇦🇪🇬
In all of Africa (Zone 2), only TWO nations were advanced enough to secure 2-digit codes that is South Africa and Egypt. The rest have 3 digits.
#ProudlySA
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