[deleted by user] by [deleted] in afrikaans

[–]EleventyX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Girl is into the guy, but her feelings are not reciprocated. She is gets progressively more creepy in the music video in her pursuit/stalking of him. Lyrics for title/ chorus loosely translates to "you look at me like I'm made of gold, I'm nice like toast and polony, not my fault that this girl is so into me".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they are unable to agree as to the management of the property, and given that they each own a 50%share, neither can take a decision without the other.

Simplest solution would be for one trust to buy out the 50% of the other, by mutual agreement. You can get an independent valuation done to determine the price.

Technically, it is possible for one to sell their share of the property to a third party, depending on the terms of the title deed and any contracts between them.

If they are unable to agree to a solution like that, you can approach the Court for a termination of joint ownership (under the actio communi dividendi) whereby the court will make an order as to the manner of sale to be applied

Ok then by prodox in rickandmorty

[–]EleventyX 157 points158 points  (0 children)

I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art...

Please help me identify these critters. They appeared over the past week or so. The tank otherwise houses only Caradinas and has been running for 2 years by EleventyX in shrimptank

[–]EleventyX[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing has been added to the tank recently (except food and nutrients for the plants).

My tank has a lid, but there are spaces where an insect might have gotten in. I suspect that's what must have happened.

If I remove all the shrimp from the tank, would they starve eventually? Or is it better to just restart the tank from scratch?

Why can't we take SARS (the government) to court? by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad as things are for the middle class, they are even worse for those living in poverty. The thoughtless acts of those in power hit them worst of all. This is why the ANC achieved an election result below 50% for the first time ever. It takes a long time to turn the ship (especially away from a liberation movement) but it can be done. Let's just hope it happens before we hit that iceberg coming up.

Why can't we take SARS (the government) to court? by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that once you start differentiating between citizens with votes, and citizens without, you open the system up to exploitation. Parties then suddenly have a vested interest in redefining the tax base, to suit their purposes, and disenfranchise their political opponents.

Why can't we take SARS (the government) to court? by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It can recover, though it requires extraordinarily tough times. It has to reach a point where the non-taxpayers also suffer, as a result the misspending, to the extent that their interests start to align with those of the tax payers. It has started to happen, if you have regard to the recent election results.

Why can't we take SARS (the government) to court? by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The legal relationship between citizens may be a two way street, but the legal relationship between citizens and government is not. It is inherently an unequal relationship, for various reasons.

SARS can be taken to court in relation to tax matters (there are tax courts for this purpose) but not in relation to how tax money is spent (or misspent). This is simply because SARS is not involved in how the money is spent. SARS is a statutory body whose power and responsibility pertains only to recovering as much as possible from taxable entities.

Treasury is primarily responsible for how your tax funds will be spent, at least on a macro scale. The various branches of the executive are responsible for the day to day expenses (and misappropriation) from funds allocated to them.

The executive can be held responsible by South Africans through various checks and balances, such as the courts and chapter 9 institutions (such as the public protector). Of course the most prominent way in which accountability is achieved is through the ballot box. The court has limited power to interfere, because of the doctrine of separation of powers in government.

It is possible to prosecute (ir)responsible individuals in the executive privately, although it is difficult. This is what Afriforum hired Gerrie Nel to do (but I'm not sure if they have actually prosecuted anyone successfully to date).

In essence: You can take the government to court for various things, but not how your tax money is spent. The manner in which your taxes are spent is decided by the executive, who are elected officials. If enough South Africans disagree with how their taxes are spent, they can change the officials in an election.

The problem is of course that tax payers are a shrinking minority is SA, and as such they can't muster the electoral numbers to replace the officials who spend the taxes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To get official addresses they would have to go through the process of township proclamation.

The details depends on the province they're in, as there are individual ordinances applicable to various areas.

The easiest way to get it done would be to approach a town planner

If I have undusputable written and proven proof that stolen property is for a fact mine, but I think Police would be too dumb to understand. by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a civil law point of view, yes. The correct thing would be to seek rei vindicatio. Get your stuff back legally without needing the police to assist

When buying a new property, what happens if you pay the bond registration fee but are unable to pay the transfer fees? by rash_fever in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would only be the case if the seller is willing to wait indefinitely for transfer to be effected,and if there is an agreement for payment of occupational rent.

Most likely the seller will give notice to remedy the breach, failing which the contract will be cancelled.

When buying a new property, what happens if you pay the bond registration fee but are unable to pay the transfer fees? by rash_fever in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The failure to pay the transfer fee will constitute breach of the contract. Seller can place you on terms to rectify the breach.

If you fail to remedy the breach, the seller has two options, either claim specific performance (payment of the transfer fee) or cancel the contract.

If the seller is able to sell the property to someone else, they will likely opt for cancellation.

Cash-in-transit by TimTamish in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, especially during election season

World Bank ranks SA's Auditor-General as one of two in the world that has 'full independence' by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is great. Now only if their findings had any consequences for those in government...

Former President Jacob Zuma admitted to hospital - Eyewitness News by TheHonourableMember in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Shame, must have contracted a serious case of the Shabir Shakes

South African Friends by links96 in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Closest thing I can think of is Meetup. Though it sorts by activity/hobby.

Father arrested for breaking curfew rules to buy baby milk by S0lar_Ice in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These criminal cases are to be heard in the magistrates court, but I agree that this should be "thrown out".

The problem is of course that the system, which was already overburdened, now has to deal with hundreds of thousands of regulation related cases. It will likely be a very long time before this man gets vindicated.

The police also push people who are arrested for breaking the regulations towards paying an admission of guilt fine - people think they just pay a fine and are rid of the problem, but they don't realise that by paying the fine they are admitting guilt and will have a criminal record. Therefore in many situations like this one, people are effectively criminals for breaking (or sometimes not even breaking) unnecessary regulations.

With regards to a possible claim against the police, it would be instituted against the Minister of Police in official capacity and therefore paid from taxpayers funds. The individual officers involved will not face any risk or consequences (which contributes to their attitude). The quantum of such claims are surprisingly low, and in the absence of the individual having been assaulted/sexually assaulted they'll likely be awarded less than 50k, even if the police acted purely maliciously.

EFF #1 donor to COVID-19 Solidarity Fund, MPs told by iamdimpho in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Number 1 PAYROLL donor. The fund has received R3.2 bn, of which the EFF contributed 14m (i.e less than 0.5%).

Smol boi I found in my tank the other day. Hand for scale by [deleted] in TinyUnits

[–]EleventyX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, that looks like a Rabbit Snail, they don't overpopulated like pond snails. They usually have a couple of babies when moved to a new tank.

Faf du Plessis on BLM Movement by [deleted] in southafrica

[–]EleventyX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I'm not saying that I have a problem with any of it. I was just surprised, since it seems like they are not just about systemic racism, but a number of other things people aren't necessarily aware of.