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Four Seasons Before Lunch Gauteng (Pretoria)

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 I have lived in Pretoria for half my life, but even at almost 50, l still am not ready for mornings like this . I step out of  home in the morning at 7 a.m., greeted by a warm, gentle breeze and sunshine so golden it felt like summer had arrived overnight. The sky was clear; the jacaranda trees glowed purple; the air smelled of warmth and possibility. “Perfect day,” l muttered, locking his door. By the time l drive out—five minutes later—the sky starts to be darkened. A cold wind came crawling in from nowhere, sweeping dust across the pavement. The temperature dropped so suddenly that  l have  to switch the heater for warmth. Laughing. “Ah, Pretoria… you never disappoint.” Halfway to the office, the heavens opened. Not soft rain— a storm . Sheets of water hammered the road, street gutters overflowed instantly, and distant thunder rolled like a grumpy giant waking up too early. People scattered, hiding under bus shelters already too full.  “Ten minutes ago...
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Luka Modric is Fifa’s #TheBest player in the world!

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SOCCER  /  24 SEPTEMBER 2018, 10:18PM  /  ASHFAK MOHAMED At long last – after years of dominance by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, we officially have a new best footballer in the world. Croatian captain Luka Modric was chosen as Fifa’s The Best Men’s Player at a glittering awards ceremony in London on Monday night. Modric was the inspirational skipper who was the driving force in Croatia’s fairytale run to the World Cup final, where they came up short against a powerful French outfit. But that didn’t stop Modric – who also claimed the Golden Ball award as the player of the tournament in Russia – from being voted as the best player for 2018. ADVERTISING inRead  invented by Teads Portuguese superstar Ronaldo had won the last two The Best awards, and has five in total – the same number as his great Argentinian rival Messi. But while Messi didn’t make the final short-list of three, Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah w...
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Nigerian Adekunle Becomes World's Highest Paid Robotics Engineer

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Nigeria: Silas Adekunle - the Smartest Gaming Guru in the World Tagged: Business ICT Nigeria West Africa Tweet Share Google+ Comment Email More MORE ON THIS Nigerian Adekunle Becomes World's Highest Paid Robotics Engineer Nigerian Adekunle Becomes World Highest Paid Robotics Engineer Apple Sells Mekamons Robots Built By Nigerian-British Engineer RELATED TOPICS Business Africa: Fourth Industrial Revolution - Sorting Out the Real From the Unreal South Africa: No Bilateral Talks for Ramaphosa, Trump at UN - Report East Africa: Arab Gulf States in the Horn of Africa - What Role Do They Play? Uganda: Uganda Falls Back On 10-Year Plan for Public Sector Reform ICT Kenya: Why Fewer Kenyan Women Are Choosing or Completing STEM Courses Namibia: Public Libraries Target 100 Percent Access to ICT By 2022 Ghana: Giba Says Startimes to Get DTT Contract, Government Denies It but Situation As Clear As Mud Afri...
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Zimbabwe: Finance Minister Wants 'Big Bang' Shock Therapy for Economy but Wary of Political Roadblocks

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MultiChoice’s BEE scheme trying to find 22 000 shareholders who are missing out on millions

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  USINESS REPORT COMPANIES MultiChoice’s black economic empowerment scheme is looking for about 22 000 shareholders who owned shares and did not receive dividends of R207 million between 2006 and 2020. Picture: Karen Sandison/African News Agency(ANA) MultiChoice’s BEE scheme trying to find 22 000 shareholders who are missing out on millions By Edward West   Feb 16, 2021 CAPE TOWN - PHUTUMA Nathi, the MultiChoice black economic empowerment scheme of more than 80 000 shareholders, is looking for about 22 000 shareholders who owned shares and did not receive dividends of R207 million between 2006 and 2020. “This money belongs to our shareholders. We’re calling on them to contact us to get their money. In these tough economic times we want to do everything in our power to give them what is rightfully theirs,” Phuthuma Nathi chairperson Mandla Langa said in a statement yesterday. Phuthuma Nathi has been paying dividends every year since the start of the scheme in 2006. Am...
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Fighting Drug addiction

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 Here's the story: We sat down with a man who had a harrowing journey with addiction. He began by telling us about his early days in tertiary education, where he would occasionally smoke dagga with friends. However, his focus remained on his studies, and he worked hard to graduate and secure a qualification. After landing a job, he started building a life for himself. He got married, bought a property, and even splurged on a car. Life was good, and he felt like he was on top of the world. But one fateful night, while out with friends, he was introduced to heavier narcotics. At first, the experience was exhilarating. He described it as an elevation from the mild high of dagga to a level 5 high, where he felt invincible and euphoric. The effects would last for days, allowing him to party from Friday to Sunday without sleep. The problem, however, began to manifest on Mondays and Tuesdays every week, when the withdrawal symptoms would kick in, and he'd struggle to function at work....
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Ultra-Widebody Volkswagen Bus "Volkswide" Looks Like a Porsche Racing Van

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  Home   >   News   >   Renderings It's easy to understand why a muscle car or a Ferrari is cool - the big engine and cool body. But car culture is also influenced by television, rarity, or simply a generation growing up with a particular vehicle. The Volkswagen Bus is a perfect example of this because it's slow, not sporty-looking, yet it can cost a lot of money.  16 photos The Bus is perhaps one of the least understood collectibles, right up there with bubble cars. You see them grabbing huge money at auctions, making it difficult to visualize why somebody wouldn't rather have a Ferrari or some 1960s Mustang. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is known as the VW Bus King, as his collection of Vdubs is reportedly worth in excess of $3 million. The Hoonigan crew recently did a feature video, but we still had trouble picturing the value of these vehicles. Fortunately, there's a set of renderings that takes the visuals of the Microbus to the level where everybody...
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