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05 Jun 2019 Be aware of petrol pump trickstersHave you fallen prey to the latest “petrol pump con”? It operates like this: the petrol attendant sells R200 worth of fuel for cash payment and pockets the cash without resetting the petrol pump to zero.
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The next unsuspecting motorist arrives to fill up, but does not check that the petrol... -
17 Apr 2019 On the precipice again: musings on our marvellous landArnold Toynbee - one of the brightest historians of modern times, as well as being a great lover of Africa - wrote that the world advances to the precipice of disaster, but never goes over it.
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Sounds familiar? So it must seem to many a South African as we face another national election with fear... -
13 Mar 2019 What the auditor forgot to ask...The founding provisions of our constitution guarantees citizens a government that is accountable, responsive and open; thereby it obliges all government institutions to comply with these principles in everything they do - Plettenberg Bay Residents and Ratepayers Association provided this...
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13 Mar 2019 One swallow does not make a summer, so off to Clacton with youIt’s enough already! In Plett there is never a shortage of people who complain about something, whether it’s about dogs on the beach, new developments popping up, this and that…
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Now we have swallows from Suffolk (hope I have spelt that correctly) moaning about horses on Keurbooms Beach -... -
23 Jan 2019 Why local newspapers may live long yet - 23 January 2019English journalist ADAM SINGOLDA recently quoted Warren Buffett thus in an article posted on ‘The Independent’ website: “If you want to know what’s going on in your town, whether the news is about the mayor or taxes or high school football, there is no substitute for a local...
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