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Tomorrow will be the first day of the rest of your life.

Joined March 2014
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Ramaphosa says democracy works best when citizens participate. Participation works best when the reports are published.
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Commission reports are released when the Presidency says they're ready. Today's report is written by the voters, and nobody gets to hold it back.
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Is this for real? Petrol is down 1 cent a litre. The 1c coin was withdrawn in 2002, so the relief arrives in a currency that no longer exists
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Fuel relief cost R24bn and was "removed from other programmes." Residents wondering which programmes are advised to ask the President while he's still in the area. Offer ends 4 November.
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The President says fuel relief means taking money from other programmes. Worth asking which programme the corrupt are taking from so that they can share.
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Labour law guarantees employed South Africans rest periods. On Ramaphosa's watch, 8.5 million unemployed get unlimited rest. Whoever lands a job will arrive fully rested
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Fuel and water are running short. Price increases are not
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One unpressed button. 181 candidates. Six municipalities. The ConCourt says the ANC stays on the ballot. On 4 November, voters get a button of their own.
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The ANC wants to wrestle Cape Town from the DA. First they'll need to find a metro they've run that has a clean audit to copy from.
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Whether the top two are in the office or on sick leave, the unemployment rate, the grid and the municipal services tell the same story
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🇿🇦 My fellow South Africans we are getting ripped off thoroughly at the fuel pumps ⛽️ 🙈😡 #Gatvol
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Have your car stolen and the system finds you in days. Steal one and it rarely finds you at all.
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Eskom's greatest achievement: teaching 60 million people to love candlelight.
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"Tourists come to South Africa to see the shipwrecks. Locals don't need to travel; they live in one."
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A broadcaster threatening jail over unpaid tv licences. Somebody at the SABC has clearly confused "public broadcaster" with "public prosecuter."
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The IEC website couldn't take the ANC's candidate names, apparently. Banking apps, tender portals and payment systems never seem to have that problem.
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Rhamaposa promises jobs on the podium, sign legislation that scares off the capital that creates them. Same week, different audience.
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A technical glitch that only affected one party's candidate list is either very selective malware or a very convenient excuse.
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Eskom spent a decade saying "we need more money to fix the grid." Now they have R30.5bn and the grid's fine, thanks — it was the balance sheet that needed fixing.
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