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Sorry to hear that @Timwis , good luck!
What is currently happening in Europe is so tragic. All the job losses, the deaths etc. I can’t wait for this year to finish.
Sky news video link below.
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6160192965001
SPECIAL REPORT: Inside China’s COVID Cold War with the West
Phil Ritchie|29/05/2020|32min
Western allies have condemned China for using the smokescreen of the COVID-19 pandemic to impose a new security law in Hong Kong which violates its international commitments and threatens the "bastion of freedom". The dire warnings came from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada as tensions between the embattled Chinese Communist Party and the west reached rock bottom. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says American politicians are taking China-US relations “hostage” and "pushing our two countries to the brink of a new Cold War" – and placing world stability “in jeopardy”. “It’s time for the US to give up this wishful thinking of changing China or stopping 1.4 billion people’s historic march toward modernisation,” Mr Wang warned. The joint statement from four of the Five Eyes allies said: “China’s decision to impose the new national security law on Hong Kong lies in direct conflict with its international obligations under the principles of the legally-binding, UN-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration”. “The proposed law would undermine the One Country, Two Systems framework. It also raises the prospect of prosecution in Hong Kong for political crimes, and undermines existing commitments to protect the rights of Hong Kong people. “The world’s focus on a global pandemic requires enhanced trust in governments and international cooperation. Beijing’s unprecedented move risks having the opposite effect.” China Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian warned his country “will take necessary counter-measures” against interference from external forces – an aggressive tactic China has wielded throughout the pandemic to suppress rising anti-China sentiment and hide its early failures. The most egregious of these was China’s twin billion-dollar trade blows in May on Australian barley and abattoirs after its ambassador issued a threat in response to the Morrison government’s call for an inquiry into the origin of the virus. As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put it – “the Chinese Communist Party chose to threaten Australia with economic retribution for the simple act of asking for an independent inquiry into the origins of the virus”. China initially perceived the inquiry Australia pushed, which passed the World Health Assembly unanimously, as a witch-hunt created by Washington but eventually bowed to international pressure provided its World Health Organisation “puppet” leads the review.
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6160192965001
SPECIAL REPORT: Inside China’s COVID Cold War with the West
Phil Ritchie|29/05/2020|32min
Western allies have condemned China for using the smokescreen of the COVID-19 pandemic to impose a new security law in Hong Kong which violates its international commitments and threatens the "bastion of freedom". The dire warnings came from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada as tensions between the embattled Chinese Communist Party and the west reached rock bottom. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says American politicians are taking China-US relations “hostage” and "pushing our two countries to the brink of a new Cold War" – and placing world stability “in jeopardy”. “It’s time for the US to give up this wishful thinking of changing China or stopping 1.4 billion people’s historic march toward modernisation,” Mr Wang warned. The joint statement from four of the Five Eyes allies said: “China’s decision to impose the new national security law on Hong Kong lies in direct conflict with its international obligations under the principles of the legally-binding, UN-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration”. “The proposed law would undermine the One Country, Two Systems framework. It also raises the prospect of prosecution in Hong Kong for political crimes, and undermines existing commitments to protect the rights of Hong Kong people. “The world’s focus on a global pandemic requires enhanced trust in governments and international cooperation. Beijing’s unprecedented move risks having the opposite effect.” China Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian warned his country “will take necessary counter-measures” against interference from external forces – an aggressive tactic China has wielded throughout the pandemic to suppress rising anti-China sentiment and hide its early failures. The most egregious of these was China’s twin billion-dollar trade blows in May on Australian barley and abattoirs after its ambassador issued a threat in response to the Morrison government’s call for an inquiry into the origin of the virus. As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put it – “the Chinese Communist Party chose to threaten Australia with economic retribution for the simple act of asking for an independent inquiry into the origins of the virus”. China initially perceived the inquiry Australia pushed, which passed the World Health Assembly unanimously, as a witch-hunt created by Washington but eventually bowed to international pressure provided its World Health Organisation “puppet” leads the review.
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I see a lot of people getting divorced just to get half of their pension money back before this happens cause with a divorce you have to give your wife half your pension money and she has to give you half of hers lol that's one way to go about it. Not saying people should get divorced lol.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will brief the nation next week on South Africa’s lockdown strategy around the coronavirus pandemic.
Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu said on Thursday (5 November) that the briefing will be based on a cabinet meeting and suggestions provided by the National Coronavirus Command Council which are to be held later this week.
Mthembu added that the cabinet was concerned that South Africans have grown increasingly indifferent in their response to the pandemic and are no longer following lockdown regulations.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/gov...id-19-no-longer-exists/?utm_source=newsletter
Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu said on Thursday (5 November) that the briefing will be based on a cabinet meeting and suggestions provided by the National Coronavirus Command Council which are to be held later this week.
Mthembu added that the cabinet was concerned that South Africans have grown increasingly indifferent in their response to the pandemic and are no longer following lockdown regulations.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/gov...id-19-no-longer-exists/?utm_source=newsletter
And to top our Friday
South Africa has run out of taxpayers and capital, which is why the government is now eyeing savings to get more money.
The Treasury has already confirmed plans to change rules around financial emigration and the ability to withdraw one’s retirement funds.
One of these plans is to have a three-year lock-in period for withdrawing retirement funds, which restricts a rapid flight of capital.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/busi...n-out-of-taxpayers.html?utm_source=newsletter
South Africa has run out of taxpayers and capital, which is why the government is now eyeing savings to get more money.
The Treasury has already confirmed plans to change rules around financial emigration and the ability to withdraw one’s retirement funds.
One of these plans is to have a three-year lock-in period for withdrawing retirement funds, which restricts a rapid flight of capital.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/busi...n-out-of-taxpayers.html?utm_source=newsletter
What Mkhize wants you to know about a second wave of Covid-19 in South Africa
https://businesstech.co.za/news/gov...vid-19-in-south-africa/?utm_source=newsletter
https://businesstech.co.za/news/gov...vid-19-in-south-africa/?utm_source=newsletter
And in other news...
Dimension Data taken to court over alleged racism
Andile Ngcaba is taking his former employer, Dimension Data, to court over allegations that the company paid him less than his white colleagues.
'' Ngcaba is claiming over R440 million in damages .
“His complaint is that he was not the highest-paid person at Dimension Data MEA. This complaint is without merit,” Dimension Data said.
“In his 12-year tenure at Dimension Data MEA, he received (directly and indirectly) in excess of R500 million [3 472 222 p/m]. This is significantly more than the amounts received by any other executives of Dimension Data MEA over that period.”
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/busi...ver-alleged-racism.html?utm_source=newsletter
Dimension Data taken to court over alleged racism
Andile Ngcaba is taking his former employer, Dimension Data, to court over allegations that the company paid him less than his white colleagues.
'' Ngcaba is claiming over R440 million in damages .
“His complaint is that he was not the highest-paid person at Dimension Data MEA. This complaint is without merit,” Dimension Data said.
“In his 12-year tenure at Dimension Data MEA, he received (directly and indirectly) in excess of R500 million [3 472 222 p/m]. This is significantly more than the amounts received by any other executives of Dimension Data MEA over that period.”
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/busi...ver-alleged-racism.html?utm_source=newsletter
Today minks, tomorrow cows, chickens and pigs.
Adding, elasticated jeans. Denim jeans is not tights or what some people now call yoga pants.
That means our pets are also not safe anymore!
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