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DStv customers, check your bills: “Thousands” have been overcharged for September

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A number of DStv subscribers reported being overcharged on their monthly bills by up to R1 000 in September. And the reason why has infuriated customers.

If it’s not Steve Hofmeyr and his mates smashing up decoders, then DStv are pretty good at doing damage to themselves. The television network is facing an almighty backlash, and a number of subscribers reported being overcharged for their service in the month of September: Some users have claimed they were hit by a R1 000 surcharge.

DStv bills – are you being overcharged?

Other reported amounts are as little as R20, with many complaints raised about bills that were R150 – R250 over the odds. It’s caused something of a stir online, with a handful of South African threatening to boycott the organisation over their controversial billing procedure.
Why did DStv bills go up in September?

The response from MultiChoice, however, hasn’t been greatly received. Their representative Benedict Maaga essentia
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Air travellers in SA – Bring your own food, union says, as strike threatens airport catering services

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Air travellers in South Africa have been warned to pack lunch boxes as there will be no food or catering services on several airlines as workers are expected to embark on a strike on Monday.

This as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) warned on Sunday that there would be no food or catering services on several airlines and in airport lounges due to threatened strike action.

“The strike will affect OR Tambo airport, Cape Town international and King Shaka in Durban. We advise that if you intend to fly on certain airlines tomorrow [Monday] please pack a ‘skhaftin’ [lunch box] because there will no food or catering on the flight,” said Numsa spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola.

Air Chefs is a subsidiary of SAA.

Airline spokesman Tlali Tlali confirmed a notice to strike had been received, but said contingency plans were in place to ensure there was “minimal to no impact” on operations.

Air Chefs has gone to court to interdict the stri
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PROTESTS in SA – a prime example of barbaric conduct enforced by violent protesters that destroys whatever they can find and set fire to anything that can burn

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The right to protest is part of human rights. If you are opposed to something, you protest against it.

In most organized and civilized countries, people take to the streets carrying posters and banners, address the media, and then present a document outlining their grievances and what they would like to be done about it.

And then they go home.

Not in South Africa.

You don’t need to have a valid grievance. You don’t need to explain the reasons for your protest clearly, you don’t need to suggest a sensible sollution and you don’t, definitely never ever, need to behave sensibly. You break whatever glass you can find, you set fire to anything that can burn and if possible, make sure you injure or kill a bystander for special effect.

The violent protests around Dunoon on the Cape Flats last week was another prime example of this barbaric conduct.

And dear friends abroad, do you know what the protest was about?

School children were protesting because min
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Barbaric savages threatens to kill woman if husband tries to fight back during house robbery, Langebaan

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Tommy Swift, 59, and his wife, Maureen, 52, were robbed, tied, repeatedly assaulted and robbed by three men in their home in Myburgh Park, Langebaan, on Saturday. The couple moved from Gauteng to the West Coast three years ago.

“My wife was traumatized and very hurt. They tied our puppy to her back and threatened to cut the dog’s throat if my wife didn’t give them our bank cards PIN. All her teeth in her mouth were loose as they kicked and punched her.

Tommy says that they were lying on their living room couches watching television. They usually wait for their son, Tommy Swift Jr., to come home when he finishes work at night.

“It’s just easier, because then I can open it immediately when he gets home.”

Tommy says their puppy, who lives in the house, was previously restless. He said she kept going to the windows and barking.

I just heard her give one long bark and when I saw them again they were on us.

He let her out just before 1am. “She took a turn
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LETTER: We were sold out in 1994 – ANC ruined our education system

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LETTER – We were sold out in 1994. For 25 years we’ve been ruled by an ANC that could and did shun all other parties as long as it kept its majority and worked within the confines of our Constitution.

The ANC has an abusive relationship with the masses who keep it in political power, and in return get financially held down, mercilessly robbed of their economic freedom – their disposable income.

The ANC did a good con job on citizens in the last national election – imagine the number of votes one can buy with a R1.1billion election fund!

Soon there will be another unobstructed ANC feeding frenzy with Aarto and NHI, and if you’re not high on their party list you’re up the proverbial creek without a paddle!

Opposition to what the ANC is doing is growing, but depends on the education of the masses. The ANC is probably the only liberation movement that, when becoming a party, provided the best education for its own but destroyed the chance of an education
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SAHRC taking Bok star Etzebeth to court over H-word racial slur – But it is OK to shout “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer”

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On Wednesday, the commission said it would approach the Equality Court after receiving a complaint from some residents in Langebaan in the Western Cape

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is taking legal action against Springbok rugby player Eben Etzebeth for allegedly using a racial slur.

On Wednesday, the commission said it would approach the Equality Court after receiving a complaint from some residents in Langebaan in the Western Cape.

He’s accused of using a derogatory term allegedly during a row with one of the residents in the area in August.

There was an apparent scuffle between a group, including Etzebeth, and others.

The commission’s Chris Nissen said: “He allegedly used an H-word and that is what is before us at the Human Rights Commission. And that’s why we felt maybe the H-word is like the K-word and because [of that] we decided to take it to the Equality Court.”

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DStv cuts affordable package with KykNET – Pensioners must now subscribe to premium package if they want to watch their favourite Afrikaans soaps

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MultiChoice has informed its DStv Select subscribers that it will discontinue this service on 29 October 2019 and move them to DStv Family.

“DStv is continuously reviewing its content line-up, packaging structure and pricing to ensure that customers have access to the best fresh content at great value,” MultiChoice said.

“As a result, we will be discontinuing some packages and re-directing customers to the main packages where the same programmes and channels can be found.”

The company stopped selling DStv Select packages in April 2013 and replaced it with a DStv Family.

Existing DStv Select subscribers were, however, allowed to remain on this package as long as they did not become inactive for more than 3 months.

Many DStv Select subscribers opted to stay on the package instead of moving to DStv Family for a simple reason – it included access to KykNET.
DStv Select discontinued

The company is now discontinuing the legacy DStv Select package
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Ramaphosa signs Internet censorship bill into law – there will be a definite potential for abuse in terms of infringement of free speech

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off a number of major new laws – including the controversial ‘internet censorship bill’.

In a statement on Wednesday (2 October), the presidency said that the new laws include:

Overvaal Resorts Limited Repeal Bill;
The Property Practitioners Bill;
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill;
Film and Publications Amendment Bill.

It was not clear at the time of writing whether the laws had been promulgated and had officially come into effect. In addition, some parts of the legislation may only come into effect at a later date.
Controversy

While most of the new laws will likely be welcomed, one of the new bills has courted controversy as it made its way through the law-making process.

The Film and Publications Amendment Bill – known as the ‘internet censorship bill’ by some of its opponents – aims to introduce a number of changes including harsher rules to protect children from disturbing and harmful co
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Trade unions are rejecting ANC’s plans to sell non-performing SOE’s

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All indications are that the ANC is prepared to execute the Tito Mboweni plan and sell the non-performing entities.

For the ANC it is like swallowing a prickly pear with thorns and all, because it is a testament to their inability to run certain entities profitably.

The Ramaphosa government faces an enormous fiscal dilemma, and the sale of various entities will not only be humiliating, but will also leave many ANC senior workers unemployed when private entities take over the entities.

However, the question is whether Cosatu and other unions will agree to such a move, knowing that their own members may lose their jobs because it is known that the state entities are not profitable because too many people are employed was taken.

Institutions such as Denel, SAA, Eskom, Transnet, and various other entities are likely to come under the “selling spotlight” when negotiating with the unions that will oppose the idea.

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Two villains who were responsible for a series of burglaries and were shot dead, all the time cops

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Two police officers who tried to prevent two colleagues from robbing a post office in Greytown, Natal, were forced to open fire on the two villains.

Warning shots were fired before the two police officers were each shot dead before they could carry out the robbery.

The two on-duty police officers received a hint that a robbery would be carried out at the post office, and two members of the Falcons unit rushed there to prevent the robbery.

The police first wanted to put the rogue police vehicle out of action, but a bullet rain greeted them, and had to answer the fire.

It is suspected that the two deceased are responsible for the series of house burglaries that have plagued the town in recent months.

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