Yes, you know if its on SABC its just ANC news just like who really cares about all these guys pegging off now... time for a change, all they can talk about is yesterday while screwing the country over today... But it seems like they're imploding and maybe we have a chance at real democracy - 250Million Rand villa - apartheid-a-shmartheid!
Introducing Dr Jekyll? Becoming Ms Hyde?I have never read journalistic trash like this in my life. How did it get past your editor?People please scream.@Chamendra is a man from the middle-ages. This kind of journalism needs to stop. Transphobia is not cool.@Chamendran has a lot to learn.It's time to go thermonuclear with hack journalist like this.The editor should reply and correct this hate rant.Best.
I filled at a randburg Sasol this morning and the price was still R12.10. I got robbed!Also when I multiplied my litres filled (according to slip) by the incorrect petrol price my cents came to .68 BUT the garage charged me .80. They rounded up twice. I got robbed again!
Indeed it is a nice article and thank you Mr. T. Mafodi for replying with a solution to those having an experience but unemployeed. We will also place our CV's for interns. i have learned that every company success no longer relay on customer only, but Brand and Marketing plays a very big role in companies success. Thank you.
Silver Banana! they are one of the oldest digital printing companies in Cape Town and they seem to be the only ones who know what they are doing. They are also printing on T Shirts for our company at the moment.
ChrisHaving just spent 8 months living and working Kenya, where I experienced a few tourists excursions, we are less expensive than Kenya all round. Flights in Kenya are crazy. It was going to cost me $1 300 for a Nairobi/London return ticket. 3 days and nights at Diani Beach were going to cost in the region of $2 000 - with a local flight! Last year I did a trip to Zambia. A day of tiger fishing on the Zambezi, then 6 nights in decent lodges in the South Luangwa Valley cost over R24 000. Africa is not a inexpensive place to visit or experience. Unlike Thailand, where they keep their currency down to encourage tourists and their exports viable, that doesn't appear to be a priority in South Africa. As a result, they end up with a lot of package tour type tourism and backpackers living on a tight budget.The other issue is that elsewhere, competition in the airline industry keeps fares at a consumer friendly level. We just don't have enough competition and typically in SA, collusion seems rampant in the industry.I am told that South Africa doesn't want too much of the back packer variety of tourist. They want high net worth individuals who are prepared to pay the crazy prices that we locals can no longer afford at Londilozi, Singitha or Sabi Sabi. They keep people employed, bring in hard currency and keep people coming back. So what is the balance?My experience of Kenya is that they have a 3 pillar system. A local price, a regional cost and an international cost. Frankly, I thought it an insidious system, but it somehow seems to work in a number of African countries. Maybe it has to implemented here so that we can all enjoy our own beautiful country.
Perhaps PR agencies need to accept a little of the blame here in terms of professionalism. Too often, press releases have no bearing on community news, as agencies have no understanding of what community news entails. The number of ad agencies that land in the spam folder is phenomenal. Instead of wasting your clients money with a shotgun approach and hope something sticks, do a little research into what it is a news editor for community media wants. If I spent the kind of money some companies do with the return they receive, I'd have somebody's guts for garters.
I travel in KwaZulu-Natal and the Cape- and also in other Southern African countries- pretty extensively as a travel journalist of sorts and am embarrassed by the rip-offs.For example I was with a German family of four- the mum is part of a big tour organisation- and we left a five star game lodge with bad tastes in our mouths. Over and above the R3k plus per person per night, every bottle of water was charged extra, and staff popped into sight very obviously hovering for tips on check-out day. They even had guidelines printed in the rooms which equated to around R500 tips per day for cleaning staff and game guides. The clearly marked envelopes were lined up next to the bill. They charge a fortune and pay their staff a pittance. SA has a reputation for shark mentality- bite off as much as possible in 1 go with no thought for the future.