South Africa soon plans to extend the five-year validity period of driving licence cards to eight years and is busy developing a digital permit to complement physical documents.
The acting director-general of the Department of Transport, Mathabatha Mokonyama, assured in December that South Africa was “definitely” moving to an eight-year driving licence card.
At the same time, a small team in the Presidency developed a functional prototype of an online licence renewal system and digital driving permit in three…
Apartheid Era: The apartheid system of institutionalized racial segregation and
discrimination was officially in place from 1948 until the early 1990s.
Spontan8ty
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at Pick \’n Pay, but couldn\’t find one big enough for Christmas dinner.
She asked a packer, \”Do these turkeys get any bigger?\”
He replied, \”No madam, they\’re dead.\”
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A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.