A liberal thinker, with compassion for all gods creatures, helping industries and professions to be influential and better connected. Comments are my own.
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42.6 percent of South Africans do not have jobs. 60 percent of young people in South Africa do not have jobs. In some provinces like the North West province, 54.2 percent do not have jobs. The population is growing at a much faster pace than the economy. I don’t care if it’s international practice, but it is Not ok that 28 million of our people are dependent on the state. That number is growing. It is Not ok. Yes it marginally addresses the realities of poverty but it does not serve the state or the people in the long run. People must be independent from the state. Must be able to feed their families, and have autonomy over their lives. The current status quo is not sustainable. The bomb is no longer ticking, it’s just waiting for the right conditions for explosion.
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Japanese public support for restarting their reactors has risen to 70%. Article link in reply.
Reasons given are:
Growing awareness of nuclear's ability to help reduce CO2 emissions. (They didn't know that aleady? 😡)
Energy security (energy prices spiked due to the Ukraine war).
Reduced energy cost. Consumers have noticed that power costs are lower in areas that have restarted nuclear plants. Nuclear is the cheapest power source in Japan (in addition to being clean).
Huge traffic jam caused by joburg traffic police on William Nicol this morning. We pay for this shit. #joburg
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Sunday morning, dozens of joburg metro police and cars blocking traffic on William Nicol. Overtime no doubt, all week zero policing in Randburg area.
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Brazil's Federal Supreme Court escalates tensions with Musk after suspending X
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South Africa’s security chaos: Intelligence failures or high-level political maneuvering?
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Rolls-Royce small nuclear reactor design clears second UK assessment - reuters.com/business/energy/…
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What I like about MK is that they don’t hide what they stand for! They hate the constitution, which they regard as founded on Dutch-Roman law. They hate the concept of the rule of law. They demand what they call African Law, which they have not defined so far. All those implicated in corruption are their heroes and heroines. They see nothing wrong with the R500 billion stolen or exposed by the Zondo Commission. Their defence is that there is a bigger stealing by White Monopoly Capital. Accordingly, when they gather, it becomes a who is who of those accused of stealing and dishonesty. They regard the State Capture Commission and all evidence provided as fake news. They hate Chief Justice Zondo and Ramaphosa more than they hate poison because they associate both with the incarceration of their leader by the Constitutional Court. They regard their leader as a supreme leader who should be above the law and not touchable
China ‘not in the business of haircuts’ as Zimbabwe asks for debt reduction from creditors
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Argentina's Milei shuts up critics with miracle turnaround of economy, strong security policies
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#joburgwater fixed a pipe yesterday 15th, closed the hole, left, and never opened the valves. Lyme Park x4, no response yet.
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For China — the Communist Party is Over
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Niger cosies up to ‘new friends’ China and Russia just days after sending US military packing
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Please provide us with your raison d'etre and reasoning behind this statement, given the Cop28 commitment to nuclear energy as a clean source as well as the faxt that two countries are clearly doing this already. Thanking you in advance.
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“Russia is operating a floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov, in Russia's Far East (Pevek), since Oct 2022. The floating plant is the first of its kind in the world. China's pebble-bed modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor HTR-PM connected to the grid in 2021.”
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China and Russia have successfully built operational SMRs as at 2023. The fact that Europe and the US are slow in deploying the technology is their problem really. Look East for lessons and stop pointing us to your West.