We are members of the Muslim community of South Africa. It has come to our attention that an email has circulated that calls for a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in South Africa as a response to the Israeli attack on Gaza. We note that no representative Muslim organization nor the various Pal...
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Virtual Disconnection Fee for Electricity Account
This is a letter sent to the City Electricity Department concerning a virtual disconnection/reconnection and the activity of a sub-contractor. Last year a white notice warning me of disconnection for non-payment of my account, was shoved under my door. The same day four men in an unmarked vehicle...
SA Internet access tolls one big rip off
Imagine having to pay R152 in tax every month, to a quasi-government organisation that claimed it was providing services in return. Imagine if you were already paying for this service and merely wanted to make use of the infrastructure. Would you pay R152 a month merely for the OPPORTUNITY to acc...
PW spotted at Obama Inauguration
Apartheid Supremo, Robert Bennett
Scratch: Nuclear regulator does its job for a change
UPDATE: The Russian warship Pyotr Veliky has docked in Cape Town after being given the go-ahead by the NNR who backtracked on their earlier assurances that the ship would not be let into Table Bay because of the threat posed by nuclear waste aboard the vessel. Below is the original post, that is...
Israel – Is peace possible?
The Middle East is turning into a permanent war zone and it's not getting any better. Is anyone listening out there? None of the current peace strategies have worked and throwing bombs, missiles and calling names doesn't help either. Time to reconsider what we know – what really is at the root of...