I am really out of touch with reality rn. I kept on refreshing and to see the results 😭😭 only realize the draw is only tomorrow.

This is how desperate I am 😅

I have been working overtime/Saturdays for the last 2 months. Now my payslips show less overtime was paid when asked the company said that they are transferring the hours to weekdays that were not overtime. So I'm being paid at normal rate for overtime work is that legal?

Open to anything!

I have been living in my school's hostel for about a year and it is a living nightmare. A house of horrors of sorts. My hostel father is the school principal and his wife is a biology teacher.

Just a rough sketch of what has happened. The hostel father is never here and could care less what happens. He only appears when he wants to expell us or give us a verbal beating. He is more like a ghost than a hostel father.

His wife is even worse. She has hit and assaulted their dogs in front of us. She lied to our parents about men who were on our floor which is not allowed. There's a rule called, "Geen man in die gang." She allowed us to be alone with the painters on our floor. They came into my room while I was sleeping in my underwear after school. (I didn't know they were here until they were inside of my room) She told my parents that I knew they were there and it was my fault. Similar incidents happend to the girls who are much younger than I am. She has a history of physical assaulting students at school and getting away with it. She has regular breakdowns and once the principal asked a girl to look after her in their house. All the other teachers who also lives in the hostel warned us against her when she goes through all those emotions.

There's more, but that's all I can fit in right now. I want to write a letter to the press and expose the truth so that other parents can be aware of what really happens here. I'm concerned about the defamation of character laws as I am barely 18 and don't have the financial means to defend myself.

I was ordering stuff from pick n pay ASAP the other day and I came across this. Bought them immediately

Hello South African redditors,

I'm throwing a surprise graduation party for my beautiful, black South African wife. I am white, and a Midwesterner from the US. We live together in the Midwest. My wife has mentioned that Americans (especially my white-ass family) don't know how to party like they do back in South Africa. I'm looking to find ways to improve our celebrations. She's mentioned that parties back home have more music, dancing, drinking, better food, and better weather. Unfortunately, some of these I can't control, but I'm hoping that by reading about other South African people's party experiences, I would get a better idea as to what she's talking about.

I would truly appreciate any advice or stories about South African braai's and/or celebrations that would give be a better idea on how to turn my boring American parties into more colorful celebrations like the one's she talks about.

Thank you very much for your time.

Edit: Thank you all very much for your input. I really appreciate all the advice :)

I would have expected the reverse to be true. When MK emerged in December, I was visiting in the townships and saw the reactions firsthand. There are two types of voters in townships: those who will vote ANC no matter what (these are your classic, "We shouldn't forget what the ANC did for us in 1994") ,and those who are open to change. The latter group includes EFF supporters who feel black people aren't truly free, those seeking service delivery (who might vote DA, Action SA, Rise SA or EFF), and those tired of the ANC but unsure who to vote for (I believe these individuals are die-hard ANC supporters who will only vote if they think the party has genuinely changed).

When MK was announced, many people seemed relieved, and WhatsApp groups sprouted up (my aunt, a die-hard Zuma fan, is in one💀). The party gained millions of registrations in just a few days. Those who registered were mostly former ANC supporters and those disenchanted with the ANC who hadn't been voting. Many of these people are in Gauteng and KZN, which I quite interesting cause they make up 44% of voters.

I remember my aunt playing literally all clips about MK, mostly from YouTube. She became a forefront in their "WhatsApp Group," recruiting plenty of people. At some point, she borrowed my laptop cause she wanted to make an excel spreadsheet with the names of the people she had to register for. (since some of them can't use the internet or they can't afford data.) The people who she is working with (cause I believe she is still working with them) , were all ANC supporters, well known in our community. At some point she was complaining that these people were corrupt, and are sinking the Party because their members are people who have no trust in the government already and if their "co-workers" cannot be trusted with R20(for registration), then they cannot be trusted with tenders and all of that. Man, it's a lot. I don't think MK will get more than 10% of votes though.

I really have a lot more to add but I would prefer to end here for now. By the way, I saw this picture on a post, I think it in this community if I am not mistaken.

Grocery prices has been steadily rising since COVID, but the last few months is just RIDICULOUS!!!

First eggs went up by over 100% almost overnight supposedly due to bird flue, now this month (more like 3 weeks) milk has gone up from R29.99 per 2L to R39.99 per 2L !!!

It went up to R32.99 a couple of weeks ago, and was still R32.99 on Sunday, but today I nearly had an aneurysm when I saw the price was R39.99!

That is basically a 40% increase in a month!

How are people going to afford to live with prices going up so much so fast?

I am lucky, and will start getting milk from the local dairy for about 1/2 the price of store bought (and I will also be making delicious, real butter that won't even cost me more than the price of the milk).

I recon we should all get in contact with our local farmers to help them out, and save a buck or two.