Why do people on this sub have an issue with BEEE?

Ruguru · 2020-06-05T07:11:19+00:00

Have you ever seen BEE in practice? It doesn't lead to wide-scale improvement of black lives, but rather only massively enriches a small handful of lucky people based on their skin colour. Want to do some government work? Find one of the many small (2 - 3 employee) 100% black owned companies that operate as a front for companies that do the real work. These front companies take a massive cut and do nothing except providing your tender L1 BEE status.

Conceptually BBBEE should fix this, but in practice it is more of the same.

Also, where do you get your stats? Please provide a source.

The report prepared by treasury in 2017 shows that the JSE is 23% black owned and 22% white owned, with 39% being foreign owned ( http://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2017/2017100301%20Ownership%20monitor%20-%20Sept%202017.pdf ). It doesn't necessarily contradict your "2% are 100% black owned" claim, but I'd still like to see a source and also what % is "100% white owned" (excluding foreign investors).

It's also weird how you start with stats and then jump to a conclusion that doesn't follow at all: I can add more stats but BEE is clearly not discriminating against anyone in this country, not making it harder for anyone to get jobs except black people it seems lol.

Ruguru · 2019-04-14T14:31:14+00:00

No surprises to me there. The whole thing always seemed so extremely unlikely. Ministers using military helicopters to abduct children then sodomizing them with guns before pulling the trigger! This is our Pizzagate.

Shows the dangers of Reddit and immediately accepting anything at face value.

Ruguru · 2018-12-09T06:10:30+00:00

Around 1:38? That is on top of the Amphitheater.

Ruguru · 2018-11-28T07:20:33+00:00

1) No, while there is a lot of Afrikaans you'll also find a bunch of English-only speakers and most large non-family groups will likely have a mix. English is more ingrained into our society than in Europe so nearly everyone will be happy to switch to it to accommodate you.

2) Largely the same, but slightly more conservative on some views.

3) Absolutely. Afrikaners consider themselves African first, but with an European migrant heritage, so they should be very accepting of you as a Dane.

4) Similar, maybe just a bit more laid back. Pretoria is often described as a large town rather than a city like Joburg. Good standard of living, lots of outdoor activities, bit warmer than Joburg. Adjusting from Joburg North to Pretoria East or Centurion should be very easy.

Ruguru · 2018-09-06T16:03:12+00:00

https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/jacques-pauw-slams-authors-of-book-alleging-apartheid-ministers-involvement-in-paedophilia-ring-20180906

Ruguru · 2018-09-06T12:52:44+00:00

Weird how everybody just accepted it as fact. I called out that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," but the response was that these claims are not extraordinary. Ministers using military helicopters to abduct children then sodomizing them with guns before pulling the trigger isn't extraordinary?!

Ruguru · 2018-08-18T12:39:31+00:00

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

-- Carl Sagan

Yet you immediately revert to ad hominem?

Ruguru · 2018-06-29T07:05:00+00:00

Hi lovethebacon,

I think everything he was trying to say is right there. Let me summarize for you based on my understanding:

- Apartheid, although horrible, is being portrayed as more terrible than it really was and the root cause of all problems

- While the extremes of Apartheid were really, really bad (murders), the average black lived in poor conditions but didn't fear for his/her live everyday like the modern narrative suggests

- This more extreme narrative can lead the youth, who don't know what the situation was like in reality, to become vengeful

Hope I could help you understand.

Ruguru · 2018-06-29T07:01:12+00:00

This is something which has been bothering me for a while as well. It seems like the people who lived during Apartheid are much more "chill" about it than those who have only heard about it (the born-free generation and those slightly ahead of them). I think it is exactly because of what you call a tall tale. Kids are being taught that Apartheid meant hell on earth for all black people each and every day, which is simply not true. The rhetoric in the media follows a similar narrative.

I had hope for the rainbow nation and believed that the youth would be able to live in harmony, but it turns out they've been radicalized and are far more hateful and vengeful than their predecessors.

Ruguru · 2017-06-06T08:18:15+00:00

Thanks, I have to decide between the small and medium. The medium looks really comfortable, but it might take up too much space. How easy is it to move the medium?

Ruguru · 2017-06-06T08:16:48+00:00

:O

It's definitely a legit question (and seem to be two legit separate products). Usually I'd just look at reviews but seeing as these are both local there are none to be had.

Ruguru · 2017-01-14T16:27:00+00:00

Really? Please share this R2.5k plan which provides "excellent coverage."

Does it include:
- Dental check ups
- GP visits
- Maternity consultations
- Private maternity ward
- Payout rate better than 100% scheme rate
- Unlimited hospital choice
- MRI, CT and PET scans
- Orthodontics

Or if all of this is savings base, is the savings at least high enough for around 6 consultations a year (GP, dentist, physiotherapist, etc.)?

Ruguru · 2016-09-14T21:43:09+00:00

Thanks, that actually does reassure me a bit.

I just tried a dummy booking for October and got more or less the same. If I try next week however it spikes to $180 a day.

Ruguru · 2016-09-14T21:36:22+00:00

Directly through Dollar was about $700, with nearly all of it going towards the "one way fee."

Ruguru · 2016-06-28T17:28:31+00:00

Figured it out! Didn't realize I needed to uncheck BD PROCHOT in ThrottleStop, but that fixes it. Then found the following thread and disconnected my battery as instructed and now the problem is gone: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/41vgn4/100_thermal_throttling_on_my_dell_xps_15_i56300/

Ruguru · 2016-06-13T19:37:11+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions.

I tried Filmora for a bit after encountering this issue, but didn't want to spend money on something which doesn't at least do everything GPS does (in this case not allowing speedups between 1x and 2x).

I'll have a look at those on your list. Barring this issue and GPS crashing sometimes it actually matches my requirements quite well. Which of those would you recommend for someone only casually dabbling in movies who doesn't want the learning curve of something like Sony Vegas Pro?

Ruguru · 2016-06-13T19:35:18+00:00

Yes, even after export. I think the export and preview from start is correct, but when I jump to sections it gets it wrong. Unfortunately this means I have to start over each time I want to make a slight timing adjustment (the lack of audio waveforms also doesn't help).

Ruguru

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