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@AlexJayZA @BarneySimon Ohhhhh yes! And you win at Bingo.

@BarneySimon Sabbath's "War Pigs."

And go! #MetalSong

@mommy_moneyza @debbiepieterse Oh yes we do. A big one. They just don't qualify.

@debbiepieterse We should actually have more of our metro police on motorcycles but as Pieter Engelbrecht said , South Africans don’t have a motorcycle culture, hence why foreigners do bike deliveries

Let's see the south africans now

@Mish_K_ 😂

No idea!!

This 👇

@sabeloshark @Abramjee It's been around a long time. It was small. It grew from spaza shops to available in every city town or suburb. It's the scale now. Turbo charged by Dlamini-Zuma (covid ban on legal cigarette sales). Massive tax hikes on legal. If government WANTED to, they COULD stop it.

@HermByteabit @Abramjee Streets has been selling 20’s cigarets for R10 as early as 2012. The markets been blown up by foreign spaza shops

Two foreign nationals have been arrested in Bethlehem, Free State, after being found in possession of illegal cigarettes worth an estimated R3.5 million. The illicit cigarette trade continues to cripple South Africa’s economy, costing the country billions in lost tax revenue while fuelling organised crime networks. Authorities have repeatedly warned that the black-market tobacco trade also undermines legitimate businesses and weakens efforts to combat cross-border smuggling. Investigations into the case continue. @SAPoliceService @sarstax @TaxJustice_SA

@KeithDinabantu @Abramjee It is very sad K. And also very much a factual reality.

@HermByteabit @Abramjee Sad reality!

@_ThePugFather At first it looked like a limpet mine.

Our friends left this at our house on Wednesday night, does it work the same as tupperware that gets left at someone else's house? 🤔

@sabeloshark @Abramjee I've done work for BAT while at Alex Forbes, been a fraud and corruption investigator for thirty years, a lecturer in most African countries. I think I know my subject. Read my post for meaning. Do homework, on the black market economy before and after. Revert once you're done.

@HermByteabit @Abramjee The market has always been there way before covid

My latest article in BizNews biznews.com/rational-persp…

Audio leaked of Cyril Ramaphosa: We used public funds for our campaign

@LCabonena Remarkable.

Describe them in one word!!!

@RomanCabanac I'm having issues backend that are a nightmare. Grok falls over regularly.

I don't know what's going on with X, but ever since Elon Musk bought it, my reach, my followers, everything has just stayed exactly the same. It doesn't go up. It doesn't go down. It's all just middling.

@Cranky_Gran Area?

Who sells the cheapest 9kg gas? Anyone?

Johannesburg houses most corporates. It also has the stock exchange. It is our largest commercial hub and our economic growth can only be relaunched here. The ANC had the opportunity to install a mayor with apex skills for the stated reasons. But they brought in Dada. SHOCKING!

@rekoil92 Demolition derby

The greatest 20 minute demolition to ever happen 🔥🔥

🇿🇦Putting Jo’burg under administration won’t solve it - we need professional business leadership - supported by a steady political majority to fix it (without political interference, for at least three years)🇿🇦

@ClarksonsFarm1 You fucking yob.

@FraudWatchZA Spot on. I wrote a 3 part series on @Moneyweb. Macro view crime stat misalignment is covered in some detail in Part 3 aligning with your assertion. moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-opini…

So this is where the statistics become interesting. What the NPA head is actually stating is that the conviction rate equates to 74% of cases that are ENROLLED for prosecution. The disparity comes in when you realise that the majority of cases are NOT enrolled due to poor detective work. Understandably the NPA will not enroll cases where there is not a prospect of a successful conviction. Therefore the actual statistic of murder convictions is far far lower. Try 10 - 12% of actual murderers being held to account.

Rational Perspective: Parallel market, parallel state - How Joburg learned to contain corruption, not end it! biznews.com/rational-persp…