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Sometime journalist. Hoards wine. Drinks amaros. Pats small dogs and trills at cats. Waiting for eternity.

[Harry Wallop @hwallop]

https://t.co/nscFGFvv0J

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@olivierglinec @rorysutherland Paste the url into https://t.co/8jhaJsByKO - an easy way to jump paywalls.

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@WOOLWORTHS_SA I'm frustrated by the frequency that your Florida Glen and Mountainview branches have system outages and can't take card payments. It has happened at least 6 times this year between the two stores. I'm surprised there is no backup (apart from Spa case).

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

"An assault across many fronts.”

Loren Landau, a professor of migration and development at Oxford University, on the message the Trump administration is sending by granting some white South Africans refugee status in the US.

[Middle East & Africa @FTMidEastAfrica]

Trump’s championing of Afrikaner grievances sparks backlash in South Africa https://t.co/yxtBNPv77K

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@theCIPC @BizPortalGovZa Hello, CIPC, Thankyou for shouting at Me and not being patient while I asked for help navigating your system. Do you train your operators in customer service TO BE RUDE. Because shouting is an utter #fail PING @wendyknowler

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@fesshole Do this the whole time on speaker though.

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@Leon_Schreib I hope you will clear me from your backlog early in 2025. Two years and waiting for my Visa.

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@dalerobb @Leon_Schreib I’m in the same situation. Can’t get hold of anyone at DHA or get an email reply for my PRP application.

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@Markus29034482 @Leon_Schreib Correct. I have a two year old PRP application outstanding and can’t get through by phone. And emails remain unanswered.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Get drunk and stay that way.
On what?
On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever.
But get drunk.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

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@Leon_Schreib can we have an update on how clearing the backlog is going. Will you meet your target?

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@TheRealClementM When Franco was exiled in the Canary Islands my grandfather had the dubious pleasure of playing golf with Franco.

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@fesshole Yeah, we used to explode bangers in cow shit too. The splatter was never that bad and it’s cow shit not dog shit - that would be bad.

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@Cthulhucachoo @JennMForster Last week I changed my will and when I die the Gift of the Givers get everything.

[Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve]

@elonmusk

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@BrandDNA And you in the future.

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@LibertarianZA I moved from the UK to Australia and now to SA. Best move I made.

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@TheRealClementM There is a spousal 11.6 Visa that allows a foreigner to establish a self employed business. All you need is to set up a company and register with SARs. There is no investment requirement. It is the Visa I have applied for though I won't be opening a spare shop.