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A recent purchase of a faulty Kwikot Geyser element from Plumblink Newton Park in Gqeberha elicited this response from their sales representative. See more here: https://mype.co.za/nice-one-aubrey-sacks-sorry-for-you-plumblink-newton-park/
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Selvyn Davids on Blitzbok Entry to Paris 2024
World Rugby also announced the pools for the Rugby Sevens event in Paris – South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand and Japan will contest Pool A, while Argentina, Australia, Samoa and Kenya are in Pool B. Hosts France will face defending champions Fiji, USA and Uruguay in Pool C.
Philip Snyman on Blitzbok Entry to Paris 2024
According to 2016 bronze medalist and interim Springbok Sevens coach, Philip Snyman, the succesfull entry to the Paris Olympics, gained by winning the World Rugby Sevens Repechage in Monaco on Sunday evening, has installed a belief that they have turned a miserable season around.
Tough Road Looms
“The new cabinet announced by Premier Oscar Mabuyane today have their work cut out for them as they tackle the systemic challenges in their respective portfolios.” Say DA MPL Dr Vicky Knowtze.
Andrew Whitfield on DA in EC
Eleven Democratic Alliance members were sworn in as members of the seventh sitting of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, up from ten seats held in the sixth term.
Dries van der Westhuizen on the NMB’s Punitive Water Tariffs
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s (NMBM) stubborn refusal to remove punitive water tariffs, despite most dams overflowing, is completely irrational and has residents rightfully fuming!
Magda Botha on Looming Rates Boycott
The Walter Sisulu Local Municipality (WSLM) is facing the possibility of a rate boycott after the ANC pushed through a tariff increase that will see some property rates increase by 300%.
Shadrack Sibiya on Flood Mop Up Operations
NMBM Acting Executive Director for Safety and Security, Mr Shadrack Sibiya.
Glynnis Breytenbach on GBV Protection Failures
The fight against GBV is a key priority of the DA. Our plan includes the training of staff to deal with GBV cases and ensuring that GBV survivors can access effective justice. The DA will prioritize GBV and the Public Protector’s recommendations in the 7th Parliament.
Dion George Speaks on SA’s Economy
Crime and corruption, industrial scale mismanagement, an inefficient public procurement framework, and the energy crisis have crippled our economy, and South Africans are becoming poorer by the day as a consequence.
We Are On The Right Track
Says Andrew Whitfield; “The results of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections have confirmed that the DA in the Eastern Cape is moving in the right direction having increased our provincial support since the 2021 local government elections.”
Philip Snyman after Madrid
“We are disappointed in winning only one of five matches – we worked hard and came close,” said Philip Snyman.
Andrew Whitfield Calls for State of Disaster Declaration
“The first priority of the new Eastern Cape Provincial Government must be to declare a state of disaster following the extensive flooding that devastated the province over the past weekend,” says Andrew Whitfield the DA leader in the Eastern Cape.
Interview with Proteas T20 Bowling Coach Eric Simons
The Proteas are playing at the 2024 T20 World Cup being hosted for the first time jointly between USA and West Indies. The 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is the ninth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, a biennial Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament contested by men’s national teams and organised by the […]
NMB Flooding Warnings
Electricity and Flooding Update – 02 June 2024 from Henry Lansdown – Metro Disaster Management and Adcovate Moses – Metro Police. Starting on Saturday 1 June 2024 the rains ‘blessed’ our National Elections with flooding in the Nelson Mandela Bay area. As at 6:00 am on Sunday 2 June 2024 the flooding had resulted in […]
Renfred Dazel Ahead of Madrid Sevens
The Springbok Women’s Sevens team will hope that the intensity of play during the 2024 HSBC SVNS will benefit them in Madrid this weekend when they face Argentina, Belgium and Brazil in the play-off finals of the season-ending tournament, to be played at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium from Friday to Sunday. For Bok Women’s Sevens head […]
