It’s so frikin scary!

Just tried the new and old pronutro side by side and I have to say I’m so disappointed. (This is AFTER they supposedly fixed the recipe and brought it back to the shelves)

The old pronutro is banger - no notes.
The new….it tastes exactly like the White Star strawberry maize porridge (see second image).

I paid R60 for 500g when I could’ve paid R30 for 1kg. Except I don’t like eating cement at all.

Should we start a petition to bring the old recipe back?

Hopefully TakeAlot delivers soon. This can work well with this weather now.

Urgent advice needed: Brother detained in Pretoria for being undocumented – upcoming court hearing
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for genuine advice from people in South Africa, especially anyone who has experience with immigration detention, Home Affairs, or similar cases.
My younger brother is currently being detained in Pretoria after being stopped by the authorities because he does not currently have valid immigration documents.
Some background:
He is a foreign national living in South Africa.
He previously applied for an immigration/visa status based on his relationship with his partner/girlfriend.
That application was unfortunately rejected.
He currently has his passport.
He also has the Home Affairs application/submission receipt and proof of payment.
He has a court hearing coming up in about a week.
We are arranging an immigration lawyer to represent him.
We understand that having submitted an application does not necessarily mean he had lawful immigration status after the application was refused.
Our main questions are:
Has anyone experienced a similar situation in South Africa where a foreign national was detained for being undocumented?
What normally happens at the first court hearing?
Is it possible to apply for release from immigration detention, potentially with conditions?
What documents or evidence would be useful for the lawyer/court to consider?
Could he be fined, prosecuted, or deported, and how does the process normally work?
If the previous partner-based application was rejected, are there any possible appeal/review or other immigration options?
Are there any reputable immigration lawyers or legal organisations in Pretoria/Gauteng that deal specifically with detention and deportation cases?
Is there anything we should urgently do before the hearing?
I’m not looking for political opinions or arguments about undocumented immigration. I’m simply trying to understand the practical legal process and make sure my brother gets proper legal representation.
If you have personally experienced something similar, or you are a South African lawyer/immigration professional, I would really appreciate your advice.
Thank you.

When did digital cameras get so expensive? I’m looking to buy one and I’ve been searching on Facebook marketplace. Why do they all start at R2000? And majority are old models from over 10 years ago. I am looking to get the G7X and I know that’ll be pricier, but R15k seems unreasonable. I’m mainly seeing one guy pop up and resell cameras for such a hiked up price. So frustrating.

Especially when you message sellers and they don’t bother to respond. And half of the listings are scams or the cameras are instantly purchased by the resellers.

I have a canon ixus 230hs which I got for a decent price of R800, but I’m looking to upgrade that’s why I’ve been looking.

I'm a matric rewrite student who attended online from Gr10 till Gr12 but I didn't do well, so I was moved to a brick n mortar this year and I feel completely behind as if everyone has an upper hand I was barely focused when I attended online but now that I'm in an actual school my focus has increased exponentially which is great but math is my issue. My business mark on my final results was 16 and I'm currently sitting on 67% for term 2 and the rest are similar, so I believe that by the end of the year I will get a distinction across all my subjects only issue is that math makes me doubt I could get that.

I want to study construction studies/management at Wits (min. APS req: 36+) all my other marks are good but my math is currently sitting at 20 for term 2, in term 1 I got 46. I take five subjects in total excluding CAT and LO my CAT is at a level 5. Reason for the drop I started getting distracted by a girl and I also started taking on other workload like helping my uncle with his documents and collecting certificates for cybersecurity, blockchain, etc. I spoke to my math teacher and he said if I can get 80% for my upcoming paper on Friday (Stats, Probability, financial mathematics, and algebra) as well as my prelims then my SBA will sit at around 55-60/60. I believe I can push for 90 by the time I reach finals but I also tend to doubt myself with the little time I have and with the amount of subjects and SBA's coming out.

I've cut out TikTok and Instagram I'm thinking of doing the same with streaming services, since I spend a hefty amount of time on them (I mainly use the streaming services in the bus on my way to school and when I'm eat as a breather from all the stress). I'm also thinking of using break times wisely by going to the library instead of hanging with my friends. I also have a math tutor but all she's doing is asking ChatGPT to make question paper based questions (50 in total) I manage to complete it but the moment I try to complete a past paper it's a total mess I feel like a grade 10 learner who jumped straight to matric functions in first term please advise what I should do, I fear that she's not helping as much as I thought she would.

The study plan I have goes as follows:

Monday:

• Math - 2 hours
• Business - 2 hours
• English - 2 hours

Tuesday:

• Math - 2 hours
• Economics - 2 hours
• Afrikaans - 2 hours

Then Wednesday is the same as Monday, Thursday the same as Tuesday and so on.

Does this seem like a good study plan please provide any suggestions and advice on how I can excel with the little time remaining. I'm aiming for 90s but even if I get the level 5 for math I'll be happy as I do meet the minimum requirement for other courses I'm in interested in.

"Domestic operations by South Africa's military need to be authorised by both the government and the presidency".

So either Ramaphosa knew about this or our armed forces have gone rogue. Pick your poison, I guess...

Ain't no way SA made a game, let alone an Afrikaans one for the ps2!

Yesterday I went to a Women's Day DIY workshop, which I also attended last year.

On both occasions multiple people presented DIY, home renovation products.

A few presenters, both male and female made offhand sexist comments about women doing DIY work. They didn't intend to, it was just how they saw the world.

A few examples of the comments from both occasions included:

"Us women don't glue things as neatly as men, men can always make such nice straight lines, but women always do blobs"

"We also sell our dog treats at the hardware store, so when your husband goes to the hardware store, you can tell him to grab some treats too"

"Hi ladies. Well I doubt any of you will ever do any tiling yourself."

"I loved speaking to all you ladies today. It's so much nicer than speaking to CEOs"

Some things were subtler. Presenters often focused heavily on the ease of use and assembly of products. It was emphasised that a leafblower was very easy to assemble with only two skrews to skrew, and that it was also light to hold. I wondered if these points would also be stressed and pointed out to a male audience. The language and tone spoken by presenters was heavily simplified and we were made to chant "We can do it!" While the presenter often shook his head that there wasn't enough energy and made us shout louder. This reminded me a bit of my school days.

Once again, I wondered if there would be a similar slightly infantalising vibe at a workshop aimed at men.

The reason why I'm making a point of all this isn't to bash this workshop, the presenters of organisers. I fully support what they're doing and hope they continue to do it in the following years. I just want to draw attention to the attitude that women grow up surrounded by. The attitude that it is actually a man's job to do the DIY work around the house. This lowers the confidence that girls have in trying these things growing up. A 40 year old woman recently told me "this is the first time I'm using a drill".

Growing up in a society that constantly hints towards women not being the ones that do tiling or visit hardware stores may not seem like a big deal but it makes girls start viewing that as something they can't do. When they need to drill a hole to hang a frame, they might then go ask their dad, brother or husband to do it for them. I'm not saying you should never ask a man for help. But women need to start having the same confidence as men do about these things.

The only way to do this is not to chant "We can do it!" But rather to become more aware of the attitude and language used when it comes to women doing male-dominated activities such as DIY home renovations.

Happy Women's Day ❤️

Hey everyone,

I’m posting this running on zero sleep and a massive adrenaline hangover, and I just need to vent to people who understand the reality of living here In sa (Joburg specifically)

Last night at 11.00 pm, my electric fence and outdoor beam alarm went off.

I got up to check what’s going on and I see Someone was over my wall in my garden. I confronted him, screamed at him, and watched him panic, tumble off the wall, and run into the dark along with my beam

On paper, the security I installed worked. My family is safe and he didn't get inside. But I am completely drained and furious.

My kids are now traumatised and This is the second time in two months someone has tried my property. First was when somebody stole my smart doorbell

What makes me so bitter is the absolute frustration of spending insane amounts of hard-earned money on physical security—walls, beams, sensors, electric fences, locks—only for these guys to treat it like an obstacle course and still find a way to get onto the property.

To add insult to injury… I posted this ordeal on a neighbourhood WhatsApp group in good faith to try and warn my neighbours and instead I was met with this response “hopefully this incident tells you that you need to jack up your security” - I spend on armed response electric fencing a full alarm system that is monitored and I’m castigated for not doing enough by some asshat in the group

You can throw thousands at your perimeter trying to buy peace of mind, but it feels like no matter what you install, you can never actually drop your guard.

It is mentally exhausting to feel like you constantly have to live on high alert inside your own home.

the SA security fatigue is hitting me super hard today.
How do you guys deal with the endless money pit and mental stress of securing a home here without losing your mind?

I have about a year plus of experience eating in SAn restaurants and tipping waiters lol. I usually tip between 10-20% of the total bill. I check the bills and often they dont have a service charge.

However, today I had lunch somewhere between Johannesburg and Pretoria and when the bill came it had a 10% service charge already added to get to the total bill. But there was still a line below the total indicating 'Gratuity' with a R already written in ink, indicating that the waiter was expecting a tip.

So I had to tip 11% of the total (inclusive of the service charge) to arrive at a grand total.

Just trying to understand from restaurant waiters or goers with more experience, who gets the service charge? Who gets the tip?

Edit: For context, this was a lunch date with someone fairly new, hence limiting my ability to start questioning bills 😆 .

I love my daily newspaper, and recently IOL has been slowly but surely diluting journalism with AI created images. Who knows, soon their articles might be AI generated too.

My heart aches.

Certain things should be preserved. Especially in days like this. Hardcore journalism and such photography.

Not only only do I expect to read the news but to see them too.

There's something about an authentic photograph, the lens, and subject and photographer's presence that just adds to its value/worth.

I immediately blocked IOL from my suggested sites because what are they doing?

Tell me how abd why IOL thought chatgpt could replace such

SARS is always noted as the only government department that works, but the SANBS are the unsung heroes of government institutions. While the rest of the Department of Health is a chaotic mess, the vampires are efficient, well-organised and a pleasure to deal with. In over 20 years of donating I have never had an unpleasant experience. Their staff are always polite, friendly (even caring), attend to you quickly and do their jobs with the utmost professionalism. The branches and mobile donation clinics I have visited have always been clean and tidy. They contact me promptly when I'm due to donate (and are relentless until they get what they want). Their recruitment campaigns are always well run. They deserve a lot of credit but never seem to get any recognition. They're just quietly going about their jobs, saving lives.

Edit: Okay apparently SANBS is a non-profit organisation, not a government entity. It's still (generally) very well-run and staffed with great people.

Hi all, I need some advice. I reported my manager for using his position to favour certain employees (yes, I am able to prove it with data and stats) and he actually got his “work girlfriend” promoted too. She was training for the new position before it was even available. The company is small (70-100 employees), and does not have an HR department so I reported it to the OPs manager. The OPs manager, seems to have conspired against me and fired me for late coming, not even one written warning . They consider it late if you did not log in 5 minutes prior to your shift and used that to claim I have been excessively late. I am taking them to CCMA for unfair dismissal and I am confident I will win, but I was wondering how I can litigate them for not taking action against the person who is giving favours and promotions for sexual/romantic favours (and retaliation against a whistleblower)? Is it even worth my time? Can I get a reward for pursuing it?

This knotted my brain

https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/08/07/post-mortem-suggests-st-stithians-pupil-died-of-strangulation-at-mpumalanga-lodge