With the new year in full-swing, South Africans are settling into new positions, new jobs, or new cities, while others are gearing up for university or school runs, meaning new commutes and possibly new cars.
When these lifestyle changes happen, not every South African can afford to buy a brand new car, meaning that they have to look towards the pre-owned market for reliable transport.
WesBank advised prospective buyers to look at what is going on in both…
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Alley Cat
Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.
The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.
\”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”
West Warrior
Botswana: You have two cows. But that\’s not surprising because you have pretty much every type of non-extinct mammal in your country.