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2 years 7 months agoJUST IN | SA Reserve Bank hits Markus Jooste's Hermanus house, Lanzerac
www.news24.com/fin24/companies/just-in-s...se-lanzerac-20221018
About time!
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2 years 7 months ago
Pick n Pay chair Gareth Ackerman has criticised the "parlous" state of SA’s infrastructure, along with rampant crime and corruption, saying it was "exhausting" to be a South African sometimes.
Speaking at the JSE-listed retailer’s results presentation for the 26 weeks ended 28 August 2022, Ackerman said SA’s electricity and rail systems were at risk of collapsing, while its ports were "now rated some of the least efficient in the world". At the same time crime, violence and corruption is "with us every day"
We need more of our business leaders to start speaking out.
Speaking at the JSE-listed retailer’s results presentation for the 26 weeks ended 28 August 2022, Ackerman said SA’s electricity and rail systems were at risk of collapsing, while its ports were "now rated some of the least efficient in the world". At the same time crime, violence and corruption is "with us every day"
We need more of our business leaders to start speaking out.
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2 years 7 months ago - 2 years 7 months ago......have power until 12....but now no internet other than mobile data.....which is costing me a fortune this month.... spent more on extra mobile data than the monthly sub on my 5G LTE internet provider....:S
I am on MTN. They have an app called MTN Momo. During load shedding, I buy 1gig for R2 which lasts an hour or alternatively they have 300MB for 1 hour. The 300MB is sufficient to watch races and bet for 1 hour.
The best part is that they give you 1% for any deposit into the app account. The app sells 1voucher which can be used at most online bookmakers. I buy my vouchers there and with the credits given I am getting free data in essence.
....thanx again Naresh....my wife has a spare MTN sim so this app is ideal especially with the 1 Voucher.... as I use this method more than direct bank transfers as my bank is more often down for maintenance on weekend mornings than any other....:S
.....initially I was really miffed that I had before your post bought more Vodacom data and although a discounted 7 day Gig the load shedding is then suddenly alleviated.....then again at short notice back again today....so I am still covered with data....but think that with all this ESKOM cr@p....it may just be cheaper to stop punting.... :ohmy:
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2 years 7 months ago
Apparently, Saudi Arabia wants to join BRICS.
Something HUGE is brewing. How long before an alternative to the US Dollar is floated?
What happens to this alliance if the ANC is voted out?
Something HUGE is brewing. How long before an alternative to the US Dollar is floated?
What happens to this alliance if the ANC is voted out?
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2 years 7 months agoReferring to the Global Research article - as far as I can tell, the article informs us that the CDC has been sued - as the 'Corona' virus can not be isolated - well whether it was COVID-19 or 'Just Another Virus', something sure caused many people to die around the world :huh:
Frodo I wouldn't be too concerned about articles from that site, it is a well know for conspiracy theories and misinformation.
"Michel Chossudovsky (born 1946) is a Canadian economist, author and conspiracy theorist.[1] He is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Ottawa[2][3] and the president and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), which runs the website globalresearch.ca, founded in 2001, which publishes falsehoods and conspiracy theories."
@Scraping Paint:Sometimes it pays to listen to the man that people are working hard to discredit.
Well said Lionel The above Cv of the Professor is from Wiki.
It's obvious he's not pushing for 5 y olds to get jabbed with a trial object. If anything he has the best interests of the people at heart and the Medical Mafia will label anyone who goes against their agenda as a CTheorist.
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The Delta and now Moronic strains and anagrams of.....
Media Control. :whistle:
You shouldn't need to be told that that site contains a load of baseless hogwash, just apply a brain cell or 2. Do you honestly believe that we failed to sequence the covid-19 genome, and therefore cannot identify it? Do you honestly believe there is some global conspiracy that has governments around the world collaborating, as well the media and pharmaceutical companies?
We have scientists and medical experts working around the clock to get us to the point where we are now, to help humanity, and this is the thanks they get? Fortunately just from the minority of conspiracy susceptible people.
What is this "trial object" you mention? Do you know how long MRNA vaccines have been tested? Do you know that the only change to whats been tested for over a decade is the insertion of the S protein, which the virus itself does anyway? Maybe you need to have another look at who's got "the best interests of the people at heart."
Here is an article on MRNA vaccines, verifiable, not some conspiracy nonsense. publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/the-long-histo...mrna-vaccines[/quote
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BOB ...............Could you please confirm the well-being of said member SCRAPING PAINT.
It has been many moons since he last posted and it might be possible that a booster shot could have affected
his well being.
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Six reasons why only some people suffer from vaccine injuries
24th October 2022 by Nadya Swart
Since the Covid-19 vaccine rollout commenced at various stages in 2021, subsequent to which the reporting of vaccine adverse events started, one of the main arguments dismissing adverse events as vaccine injuries was based on the fact that only a fraction of vaccinated individuals experienced harmful side effects. Popular consensus dictated that the plausibility of vaccine-induced harms required these harms to be prevalent amongst the entire vaccinated population. For those who impugned this consensus, there was no available evidence to refute it – an unavoidable snag considering the grave lack of reliable research. This article, published on The Defender, provides a long-awaited explanation, constituted by several factors that doctors have identified as contributory to an increased risk of spike protein-induced disease, specifically, post Covid-19 vaccine injury. – Nadya Swart
6 Reasons You Might Be at Higher Risk of Injury From a COVID Vaccine
Why do some people report adverse events after COVID-19 vaccinations while some do not? Doctors have identified several factors that contribute to an increased risk of spike protein-induced disease, specifically, post COVID-19 vaccine injury.
By The Epoch Times
By Marina Zhang*
Why do some people report adverse events after COVID-19 vaccinations while some do not?
This question is central to the controversy of COVID-19 vaccine adverse events.
Doctors have identified several factors that contribute to an increased risk of spike protein-induced disease, specifically, post COVID-19 vaccine injury.
Dr Paul Marik, Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) co-founder, said at an FLCCC conference on Oct. 15 that long COVID and injury from the COVID-19 vaccines share many overlaps in their symptoms and mechanisms.
Both diseases are systemic, affecting multiple organs and tissues, and are both driven by a high load of spike protein accumulated in these organs and tissues.
These spike proteins trigger inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction and autoimmunity.
However, not everyone will experience these symptoms.
Whether a person will suffer from vaccine injuries is dependent on both permanent factors and temporal factors impacted by actions and choices.
Spike protein exposure increases risk, severity
The best way to reduce spike protein injuries is to reduce opportunities of spike protein exposure through infections or vaccinations.
While early treatment can usually prevent spike protein injury by quickly clearing the infection, a vaccine administers spike protein genetic material into the muscles and blood vessels.
There is a dose response with the vaccine, such that the greater the number of vaccine doses, the higher the risk of spike protein injury.
“The more the patients are exposed to spike [proteins], the more severe the disease,” said Marik.
Both long COVID and injury from COVID-19 vaccines are driven by prolonged exposure to spike proteins through infection and vaccination respectively, he explained.
Dr Flavio Cadegianni hypothesised that receiving COVID-19 vaccines after having had COVID-19 increases one’s risk of spike protein injury.
This is because vaccines likely trigger a higher amount of spike protein load in the bloodstream than a common COVID-19 infection.
In a common COVID-19 infection, it is difficult for the virus to enter the bloodstream through the lungs, but the vaccination gives spike protein mRNA and DNA a one-way ticket into the deltoid and then into the bloodstream.
The mRNA and DNA vaccines then enter the blood vessels and endothelial cells, these cells then produce spike proteins and present them on their cellular surface, resulting in an immune attack against these cells.
Spike proteins from vaccines can also be free-floating in the bloodstream and the extracellular fluid.
These spike proteins can trigger inflammatory pathways by binding to and reducing ACE2 receptors, forming complexes with antibodies and affecting immune pathways, leading to pro-inflammatory responses.
Spike proteins from vaccination have been observed to be present even at nine months following vaccination, so subsequent shots and boosters could lead to more spike protein production, increased inflammatory complexes formation and higher risk of symptom onset.
Dr Pierre Kory, co-founder of FLCCC, who now has a clinic for treating long COVID and vaccine injury, said that he noticed his patients with either of these conditions would appear to worsen with subsequent spike exposures.
He said he recommended his long-haul and vaccine-injured patients to therefore avoid opportunities that may lead to spike protein exposure lest their symptoms go out of control.
Varied loads in vaccines
Not all vaccine vials are made the same.
How Bad is My Batch is a website that compiles data on adverse events from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) on COVID-19 vaccination.
By separating each adverse event into its corresponding vaccine batch, the website has shown that some vials were made different from others, as they are associated with a greater number of adverse events, deaths and disabilities.
This could be due to impurities in the vaccines.
Leaked emails from staff in the European Medicines Agency showed that the agency only asked for 50% mRNA integrity in their Pfizer vaccinations.
However, potential issues could also be due to the dosage; some vials may have a higher mRNA or DNA spike protein content than others.
Currently, doctors have no way to verify what is in the vials.
“We basically do not know what’s in these vaccines,” said Dr Meryl Nass, an FLCCC-affiliated internal medicine specialist at the FLCCC conference. Doctors only know that some people are injured and that not all vials are made the same.
Dr Nass had her medical licence suspended by the Board of Licensure in Medicine, or BOLIM, a state agency that regulates medical licensing in Maine.
In January, she received an order to submit to a neuropsychological evaluation by a psychologist selected by BOLIM to determine whether she was competent to practice medicine, citing her online criticism of COVID-19 policies as cause for concern.
She filed a lawsuit and recently had a hearing.
Genetic factors
“There’s a genetic predisposition,” said Marik. “If someone in the family is vaccine injured, it is very common that the brothers of that individual … [will also become] vaccine injured so there are genetic factors which we don’t understand.”
Marik has observed that certain genetic mutations may also put them at a greater risk of COVID-19 vaccine injury.
This included individuals with a methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutation and those with Ehlers-Danlos type syndromes.
Around 40% of people in the U.S. carry or are affected by the MTHFR mutation. It is an enzyme responsible for transforming folate (vitamin B9) into its active form.
Folate plays a role in breaking down homocysteine — an amino acid that is toxic in higher concentrations — to methionine, a useful amino acid.
Depending on the type of the MTHFR mutation and the number of copies a person carries, the function of MTHFR enzyme can be moderately or severely reduced, leading to folate deficiencies.
People with MTHFR mutations generally have a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, blood clotting disorders, pregnancy loss and certain types of cancer.
Folate deficiencies increase a person’s risk of severe COVID-19; homocysteine levels have been directly predictive for worsened COVID-19 outcomes.
There have been testimonies from people with relatives who carry MTHFR mutations who have experienced adverse events following vaccination, though the actual mechanism behind this gene and elevated risk of COVID-19 and possible vaccine injury is not well understood.
Ehlers-Danlos type syndrome is a disorder of connective tissue primarily affecting the skin, joints and blood vessels. People with these conditions often report joint dislocation, chronic pain and chronic fatigue.
This condition is also often associated with inflammation — a primary driver of long COVID and spike protein-induced disease.
Underlying chronic diseases and immune deficiencies
Metabolic diseases, especially high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, have been associated with severe symptoms in COVID-19 infections and vaccination.
Dr Aseem Malhotra, a renowned cardiologist, wrote in his paper that even “a single high blood glucose reading in non-diabetics admitted to hospital [for COVID-19] has been shown to be associated with worse outcomes.”
Many metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease are driven by inflammation.
The spike proteins also trigger many inflammatory pathways, which may be why people with these chronic diseases are at a greater risk.
Spike proteins both from the virus and the vaccine can bind to ACE2 receptors displayed on cells across any tissue it comes into contact with. ACE2 is responsible for reducing inflammation, but this binding reduces ACE2 receptors and therefore increases inflammation across the tissues.
“We’re talking about mononuclear cells in the brain, in the heart, in the liver, the spleen in the ovaries, so it results in a systemic disease,” said Marik.
Spike proteins are also highly autoimmune, meaning that it is able to trigger the immune system to mount attacks against self-tissues.
Studies led by Dr Aristo Vojdani showed that antibodies made against SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins reacted “with various tissue antigens including the muscles, joints, thyroid, brain, skin, gastrointestinal tract, almost any antigen taken from different parts of the body,” said Vojdani to The Epoch Times.
A significant finding Marik and Kory observed was that individuals suffering from vaccine injury have a higher concentration of autoantibodies than those with long COVID.
Many studies have observed onset or a relapse of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19 vaccination.
Documented cases include multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis, arthritis, type 1 diabetes and many more.
Those with a relapse of autoimmune diseases often experienced symptoms of greater severities.
These are all suggestive that people with underlying chronic diseases that compromise their health and immune system are at a greater risk of possible vaccine injury.
Vitamin deficiencies
Deficiencies in folate, cobalamin (vitamin B12) and vitamin D have been associated with an elevated risk of COVID-19 infection.
A pre-print study authored by UK researchers funded by the National Health Service found that supplementation in vitamin D and vitamin B12 relieved neurological symptoms caused by COVID-19 vaccination.
Vitamin D is anti-inflammatory and can boost immune action, while vitamin B12 is critical for neural health as it helps to produce myeline, which is a fatty coat wrapped around neurons, that helps protect neurons against scarring and improves neural messaging.
“Vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccines, are known to cause severe and/or chronic neurological reactions in rare cases. We support screening for vitamin B12 deficiency prior to vaccination in high-risk groups,” wrote the study authors.
Folate deficiencies have also been observed in patients hospitalised with COVID-19. The vitamin plays a role in the formation of DNA and RNA for cellular protein.
Age and sex
Marik said that women are generally more at risk of injury from COVID-19 vaccination.
He based this statement on the results from a survey conducted by React19, a website that provides advice on vaccine injuries and early treatment.
There were 508 patients suffering from post-vaccination injury evaluated in October 2021 as part of the questionnaire.
The survey found that 81% of people reporting vaccine injury were females. Between the two sexes, patients aged between 30 to 50 were the most prevalent.
vaccine injuries
Data from VAERS also showed that women constituted around 65% of the adverse event reports; 41% of these reports came from women aged 18 to 49 at the time of the report
Women in the 50 to 59 age bracket and the 65 to 79 age bracket also constituted a large fraction of the adverse event reports, taking up almost 35% of all reports in females.
Spike proteins trigger inflammation through many pathways.
One pathway is through binding to ACE2 receptors on cell surfaces. This receptor is important for reducing inflammation, and a reduction of ACE2 through spike protein interaction thus increases inflammation.
Though ACE2 receptors are found across many organs, studies show that it is particularly abundant in the ovaries and the eggs.
Since the rollout of vaccines, many women have reported menstrual irregularities.
A study published on My Cycle Story compiled survey results from more than 6,000 women.
The study found alarming results: while fewer than 40 cases of decidual cast shedding have been documented over the past 100 years, after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, 292 women experienced decidual cast shedding.
Marina Zhang is based in New York and covers health and science.
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South Africa says it will allow a sanctioned Russian oligarch to dock his superyacht in Cape Town.
The $521m vessel,
belongs to an ally of Vladimir Putin.
The $521m vessel,
belongs to an ally of Vladimir Putin.
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Cyril the Squirrel was talking about a plan of action with regard to the Zondo commission report...
I think point 1 should be that the ANC is going to repay all the money they received as "donations" from entities and persons that received corrupt tenders...
When that is accomplished then point 2 can be about all the persons involved in those money laundering activities being imprisoned for life...
Otherwise, Cyril and his cadres can sit on needles and spin...
I think point 1 should be that the ANC is going to repay all the money they received as "donations" from entities and persons that received corrupt tenders...
When that is accomplished then point 2 can be about all the persons involved in those money laundering activities being imprisoned for life...
Otherwise, Cyril and his cadres can sit on needles and spin...
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I thought we had lost this thread as things were going well ?
Unfortunately things could not get worse.
Apart from the continuous power cuts and looming strikes from public services.
The reason for my post is the disgusting story of the 4 year old child that was raped and brutally attacked and her body parts missing for the funeral including eyes and limbs.
In addition multiple charges against others for numerous crimes against women and children.
Bring back the death penalty for these bastards.
They are kept in jails at tax payers expense only to escape.
We are living in a total lawless society and the leaders continue to ignore the magnitude of the situation.
Unfortunately things could not get worse.
Apart from the continuous power cuts and looming strikes from public services.
The reason for my post is the disgusting story of the 4 year old child that was raped and brutally attacked and her body parts missing for the funeral including eyes and limbs.
In addition multiple charges against others for numerous crimes against women and children.
Bring back the death penalty for these bastards.
They are kept in jails at tax payers expense only to escape.
We are living in a total lawless society and the leaders continue to ignore the magnitude of the situation.
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We certainly are living in a lawless country. Apart from the brutal, horrific crimes that occur almost daily, one only has to drive on our roads to see the disdain that some "people" have for rules and laws. And No, I am not talking about taxi drivers and truck drivers. I am talking about "normal" people driving nice vehicles. You would find these drivers breaking the law at almost everything single traffic light, every single day! Furthermore, they think nothing about breaking the law. What's even more concerning is that, these imbeciles have their kids in the cars with them. What a they teaching the next generation? That it is okay to break the law?
There is a saying, that "it is the little foxes that spoil the vine". If we can't get people to obey the simple rules and laws, we can forget about the other ones. This mindset starts at home, by the examples being set by the parents!
There is a saying, that "it is the little foxes that spoil the vine". If we can't get people to obey the simple rules and laws, we can forget about the other ones. This mindset starts at home, by the examples being set by the parents!
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......was almost taken out while walking the dog this morning.....a woman in a mommy mobile turned into an intersection without indicating.....and was busy putting her make-up on.....:ohmy:
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Just waiting for the sentence for the 32 year man who has been charged with 184 counts includes rapes 90 times, kidnapping includes 9 year old children etc .over a period over 10 years.
How the hell did it take 10 years
What difference how many life sentences he receives.
How the hell did it take 10 years
What difference how many life sentences he receives.
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This is typical of our court system after 10 years he is found guilty of horrendous crimes and we need another month for psychiatric test!
I feel so sorry for the families still waiting for him to be sentenced.
I feel so sorry for the families still waiting for him to be sentenced.
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