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Comment on Discovery Health Vitality and Planet Fitness Rivonia SUCK by Debra

Debra — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:07:20 +0000

I agree with Hendrik…..You have a discovery website which you can check if all your visits are been allocated….If not then you can confront the gym and show them that it isnt on there…….I have been at the gym everyday twice a day since I stopped smoking….and all my visits have been recorded…..So apparently Potch Virgin Active is the best…….:)

Comment on Africans Can’t Be Trusted – Let’s Make Some Money by fustrated

fustrated — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:08:03 +0000

I hope this will all change soon, but I guess you have to be burnt a few times like others to understand what they mean. I live in africa now, and I came over with no prejuduce in me and would defend africans if my co-workers would make negative comments or gestures about their morale. Well, after 1 year of being here, I have hired over 6 people and not one of them would come to work on time, or call if they were going to be late;and most of them were caught in lies or stealing. The people that i tried to become friends with mostly lied, and often about things that were unnecessary. Over time my defense of Africans towards my co-workers became less, and less. What i have also found out and i mean no disrespect by saying this is, i think that a lot of african definition of truth is difrerent than the rest of the world. And, i also think that alot of ppl here think that telling half the truth counts as the whole truth. and will argue that is is right. And then their friends and family make excuses and condone their lies. i’m sorry, but this is what i think the rest of the world sees, and is scared to take a chance. I know i am now. This breaks my heart to say.. but this has been the experence of many non africans living in africa.

Comment on Absa takes no responsibility for fraud by Louis

Louis — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:52:07 +0000

Guys it happened to me too R5300 hacked out of my account and it even involved a RVN nr which is ABSA’s “so called security”. Only sad thing is we complain about this but why don’t we fight it? Does anyone know what the best “first step” is and I’ll take the lead. It is crap that we as citizens accept this kind’a thing. Let stand up and oppose this nonsense from banks.

Comment on The best way to kill a Parktown Prawn by Theano

Theano — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:58:15 +0000

Omg these things r sooo disgusting. I hate having 2 keep the doors closed during summer cz its hot!
I’m terrified of these thngs and the last time i tried killing it with my shoe, IT SMELT SO BAD!
#cant deal

Comment on How To Add A Discovery Credit Card As An Absa Beneficiary by t

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:02:25 +0000

thanks! very helpful

Comment on The best way to kill a Parktown Prawn by sonia

sonia — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:39:21 +0000

I’m glad I came across this site but for one reason, wish I hadn’t …. Never knew they could climb onto the bed. Saw about 4 in this past week and had an encounter around 2hours ago. Was unpacking my gym bag wich I left on the floor last night and most touched the thing, immediately gave a bloody mary scream wen I realised wat it was. Mommy came n took it outside. We have a stray cat that loves to ‘blom’ by our house and I LOVE that cat, she bites their heads off. However after reading stories of the PP on ppls faces and ppl waking up to them on the bed, omw, I’m not gona sleep, feeling things on my leg (my paranoia)

Comment on If I were in group-buying I’d be targeting the emerging markets by james

james — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:35:01 +0000

Hi. Interesting points. The mobile-internet platform is big in South-Africa and they say that soon there will be more people using “mobile internet” than “pc internet” – based on these facts, groupon and other a like daily deal websites should seriously consider having their website accessible via mobile phones. BUT, and like Jess from Ubuntudeal already pointed out: paying via your mobile phone is not easy. I personally have done it before on an american website, but this was a rare event.
Well, it’s worth looking into.

Comment on Co-founders: to business or not to business by Roger

Roger — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:17:04 +0000

Good post Nic. I’d love to hear a dual techie co-founder response, but as far as I know, the business cofounder should remove all barriers that stop the techie from building the actual product. There are a host of things that need to happen right off the bat, that are a complete waste of dev time in the business setup process. They also provide an alternate wi of looking at the market and help get the product market fit right from the start. The fluffy marketing stuff is not impossible to do, but is a massive waste of a dev resource if they are having to work well out of their skill set.

Obviously it depends on the people involved and how techie the business is, but when planning to scale it is always better to have the groundwork in place to be able to find the new customers. Everything beyond the prototype requires customer acquisition before the next product iteratioin, so it would only make sense to have a core strength in that from the start.

I could be wrong though, and this might just be a justification of my lace in the world… Would love to hear a counter argument.

Comment on Discovery Health Vitality and Planet Fitness Rivonia SUCK by Monique

Monique — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:25:28 +0000

Wow!! and I considerd joining Planet Fitness~~~~ Thanks guys! What an eye opener.

Comment on The best way to kill a Parktown Prawn by Miguel

Miguel — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:54:07 +0000

We have recently moved into a new house where there is a very lush garden so needless to say we have visitors on a regular basis.Thankfully we have bought this poisionous chalk that seems to keep them out the house but there is a door that leads from the garage to the front door of the house so every time it rains we have one that gets stuck there between the steps of the garage and the door,I’m not sure if its the chalk or the fact that the PP hits a bit of a panic because it spits out that black stuff and when I see it in the morning its moving very slowly,all I do then is grab a pair of braai tongs pick it up and take it to the pool,stick it in the pool gobler and drown the bastard.I hate them.