Dirk Smit
@dirkcsmit
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I am a businessman, director of companies, hubby, dad, golfer, LSA and glider pilot plus ex musician. Coffee addict too!
Joined March 2011
South Africans are fighting each other over the symptoms of bad government when they should be uniting to bring an end to the cause of it. Vote wisely. 🇿🇦
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🇿🇦A government that doesn’t make money, but instead borrows it, or simply takes it from those who work to buy votes from those who don’t, will perpetuate dependency, entrench inequality and eventually go broke and lose power🇿🇦
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Blaming every white person for apartheid isn’t justice, it’s just racism with a different target. And claiming I ‘killed people’ when I was a child? That’s not just absurd, it’s dangerous. The same people who say ‘not all black people commit crime’ have no problem saying ‘all
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Increase VAT with 2% mmm...Be very careful ANC, South Africa is now reaching its breaking point of no more Taxes. Finish and klaar.
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#Avis #RapidCityAirport After several calls prior and confirmations for our rental the staff left us high and dry and went home. Told us they would be here till 03h00 only to find empty desk at 00h00 Bad service of note!
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MAJOR NEWS: His majesty the king of the Zulu nation, Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithin has released a POWERFUL statement applauding the IEC for organising a free and fair elections. The king also calls on law enforcement agencies to deal firmly with those who seek to cause
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KPMG has agreed to cough up R500 million to settle a lawsuit by the liquidator of the VBS Mutual Bank, which collapsed in 2018 under the weight of massive looting allegedly perpetrated by its own directors and at least two KPMG auditors. | @SikonathiM
https://t.co/fE9DBREAwV
news24.com
While the parties have tried to conceal the details of the settlement from the public, News24 can reveal the local arm of KPMG has agreed to a R500 million settlement to make the matter go away.
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Emanuele Grandi's moving poem dedicated to our four-legged friends. "If you are afraid of having given me few caresses, you should know that I have not forgotten even one. If you regret having scolded me even once, you should know that I don't even remember it. If you think
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Headline from Business Day, Dec 11 2014: Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa given task of monitoring turnaround plans of South African Airways, Eskom, South African Post Office Rand was R11,25 to the USD.
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On the left, 41 Marine Protected Areas. On the right what our govt is giving away to Intl companies for personal and private profit before elections. If ever there was a time to take a stand, it would be now! #OceansNotOil
#PeoplePower2023 Join our nationwide protests ✊🏼🐋🐬🐟🦈
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I keep saying there's enough of us. Enough incredible South Africans that care deeply about this country 🇿🇦❤️ There's enough of us that long for unity and haven't bought into the division that the government and media perpetuate. There's enough of us that are willing to get their
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Company put drivers on bicycle to know how bad it is to pass by scraping cyclists
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Dear Mr @PresidencyZA scrap BEE requirements immediately at Eskom procurement and you will see a significant reduction in the procurement budget. Anything else will just add to the current disaster. #Loadshedding
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South Africa's state-owned Central Energy Fund is paying R1 billion for a 10% stake in Renergen's Virginia gas project in the Free State province (final approvals needed).
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Ravens partner for life, monogamous and forming families these two know each other extremely well, look at their synchronised flight, dancing with identical pirouettes https://t.co/4nn6nvXMZv
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