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🏠 Johannesburg | I don’t think billionaires get bullied enough.

[🇿🇦 @puddlejumper121]

@kunenephindz South Africa is one of the few countries who has government housing that takes the form of free-standing houses. Most countries have adopted high rise buildings to accommodate the maximum number of people close to city centres. Could this be a solution for the transport problem?

[Sibu Mabena @sibumabena]

Guys… sorry for this very unsolicited advice but having recently lost my mom and now having to consolidate all of her affairs, (lucky for me, sis was quite organised but there are still some gaps we’re filling because we didn’t know), I have some tips for those who have a chance to try to get organised.

If your parents are still alive, here’s what you can TRY to do (cos I know some of them are very untrusting about stuff and will think you’re trying to come for ilefa prematurely 🥺🫣) but honestly, the peace I’m yearning for right now will be worth the effort I’m advising you to employ.

1. Prepare a file that has the following:
- Parents’ ID copies
- Parents’ Marriage Certificate (even the one from the lobola meeting)
- Parents’ Divorce Decree if divorced
- All title deeds reflecting their names and car ownership papers
- Municipal bills for the properties and logins to the e-portals for the municipal accounts (this is one of the most stressful things to sort out when the owner is no longer alive…YOH!)
- Bank statements (you can locate debit orders)
- Their pension fund administrators details
- Any business registration certificates and shareholders certificates
- Copies of all their latest policy schedules
- If your parents trust you and you won’t scam them, A list of their logins to their email addresses
- A list of their financial advisors and lawyers and doctors and their contact details
- A list of their creditors and contact details
- A list of their debtors and contact details
- An asset registry with a list of all their assets
- A list of their monthly bills (Dstv, telkom etc and the statements)

2. If this is at all possible, it will save a lot of headache
- Have a meeting with your parents and your siblings to allocate roles and responsibilities in the event of death and record it (written usually or visually if they’re okay with that)
- Write down what their wishes are for their send offs (where do they want to be buried, do they want cremation, singing on singing, which church must conduct etc etc and where the money for all this is coming from). Yea, they won’t be here to dictate to you (🫩) but, it will save you a lot of stress just doing what umufi asked for and everyone (especially the aunts and uncles) know it to be true

3. When your parent does pass away, have the following in the “deceased file”
- Death certificate (and certified copies)
- Hospital or Coroners report or notice of death
- Updated ID with stamp saying Deceased
- Burial notice
- Undertaker Notice

Lastly… get your parents to draft a will with a lawyer and nominate an executor whilst they are still alive 😭🥺😮‍💨 if you can invest in this, it will ease the administrative burden on you guys who have to take over when they are no longer alive.

Losing a parent you are close to is one of the most painful things you’ll ever experience in your existence… help yourself by not having to be in pain and highly frustrated because things weren’t organised when you had the chance.

* I know this is a very difficult subject to tackle at home…and it’s even more difficult to accept the reality of death… but if you do have the privilege of a good relationship with your parents, just try. For everyone else who doesn’t get to do this, I’m really sorry 🫂 I wish things could be better for you ❤️‍🩹

I hope this helps many people.

[Sihle Lonzi @SihleLonzi]

When the ANC says there is no money they need to increase VAT and make your life more expensive, just remember they are spending over R 90 000 on a single laptop.

These people are disgraceful. Sies!

[Village Lawyer ⚖️🇿🇦👆 @Malatjie_]

We need a campaign to plant trees ko kasi or some bylaw that obligates residents

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

This is what a leader who has applied his mind to Trump’s tariffs says. This is 52-year-old Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Zimbabwe’s economy was bigger than Singapore’s during the Rhodesian days, but today Singapore’s economy is 19 times bigger than Zimbabwe’s.

Why? Just one word, LEADERSHIP.
In Singapore, corrupt politicians go to jail; in Zimbabwe, they become presidents!

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

Japan's birth rate is very low so they rarely see babies 🥹

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

What an amazing performance last night by Zimbabwean support worker Linda Mudzenda on Britain’s Got Talent.

She even got the Golden Buzzer. The Golden Buzzer is a special feature in Got Talent shows, including Britain’s Got Talent and America’s Got Talent.

Each judge (and sometimes the host) can press the Golden Buzzer once during the auditions, sending an act straight to the live semi-finals or the finals, depending on the version of the show)
It is used for exceptional or emotionally powerful performances.

Wishing this talented Zimbabwean the best in this contest and more, well done 👏🏿

[Mufasa007 @Mufasa0062]

Since most S.A. Media Houses won't celebrate him, let's share this great news...

19 YEARS OLD BAYANDA WALAZA IS CURRENTLY THE FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD

He just dropped a massive of 9.99s (0.7) to win the men’s 100-meter at the AGN Championships in Pretoria.

[Tami Jackson @TamiTamijack7]

Parliament needs to debate whether South Africa needs deputy ministers or not. Genuinely curious to see which parties, other than the ANC, would oppose cutting cabinet fat. DM’s cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions per year yet nobody knows what they do.

[Simon Grindrod @SimonPGrindrod]

Over a Billion a year in salaries & perks for an ANC/DA Cabinet larger than Russia. Savings must start there, not by taking from the poorest in VAT rises. 🇿🇦

[Ridhwaan Suliman @rid1tweets]

Why do we still have blue light brigades SA 🇿🇦? Why must I be pushed off the road, and dodge potholes, so they can take up 2 lanes? I, too, have work, appointments, family to get to 😡

I think politicians need to be reminded that they serve citizens, not the other way around 💁🏻‍♂️

[Dawie Scholtz @DawieScholtz]

Looks like the Jozi vs Jozi concept is going global…

[Stellenbosch Municipality @StellMun]

Resharing 🔁

[Mark Barnes @mark_barnes56]

Jo’burg - down but not out …

[trash jones @jzux]

turns out, that light at the end of the tunnel? huge fire

[Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz]

🚨tiktok is learning about Budapest🚨

[Hinokami Kagura @Khuze_Elikhulu]

A thousand bucks for one steak.

We need to make South Africa work, guys.