I went for a smoke break, saw like 30 people at the gate and the gate security just outright refused anyone to leave, They were at the section where they already passed possession inspection. So basically ready to just out-of-the-gate and go home. This was 15 min before official stated time of business-hours-end for all employees.

What really triggered me was that most of my office colleges just went out 30 minutes earlier like it's Thursday before Easter weekend, no inspection for them, it kind-of pissed me off. I walked up to the gate security and told them that this is basically holding people hostage, you are not entitled to know their personal reason for exiting the premises after the possession inspection has passed.

My logic told me that they have free will and freedom in this country. They can up and go when and how they want if they passed the inspection at the gate and have no company property in their possession.

This is my interaction with the gate security (translated from Afrikaans):

Me; So why are you holding them here and for what reason? Security: It's not tjaila time yet

Me: Why are the office guys allowed to drive out without inspection, but not these guys? Security: They work in the workshop, there are rules

Me: They are not slaves, they are humans just like those guys driving out of the gate with no inspection. Security: agh fokof man

Our contract states all employees from top to bottom work from 07:00 to 16:30 (I went to the CCMA with video evidence of people throwing racial slurs around for a different altercation a year ago and the CCMA did not even respond.)

What the fuck is wrong with companies in this country? I am probably going to be in a hearing for this confrontation, but fuck them to hell for doing this. Humans are not slaves or property, they can go if they please.

TBH Employers have too many rights and exclusions.

EDIT: I personally think that the workshop workers got fed up with the office workers leaving earlier every day, they might have banded together to try and leave earlier together as well, because it's unfair to them.

I shouldn't preface this by saying I don't normally listen to music. Like at all. I used to when I was younger but I haven't atleast not in the last 5 years or so and even when I did it was only rock music and electro-swing.

Anyway I was reading something about SA and then got into another thread more about SA and somehow I got thinking about that song Akinamali because there was a guy where I work that randomly scream it out during the day while working.

I don't have a Spotify premium account so after the song finished I let it play on and I got busy and then while I was replying to a message I realised the song I was listening to was really good, like idk why but I just really, really resonated with it and it really made me feel something even though I didn't understand the lyrics. The song was Yere Faga by Sun-El Musician and Oumou Sangare. Then I decided to randomly check what the lyrics meant, something that I would never normally do and damn it just really hit me hard. I'm not going to go into it here but it's about suicide and it just felt really meaning especially after I've been through a lot recently.

I guess I just never realised what good music Africa has and never really gave it a chance.

Guys so y'all are just living life and going through it sober?

Do you guys know any nudists and nudists spots in Port Elizabeth that one can visit? And could you also give me a 101 on the nudists culture 😅

Whenever I think about our politics I giggle because we criticize the ANC everyday but the genuinely the only party that represent our needs accurately for the average south african

Think about it, All of our opposition parties represent the needs of certain groups and values that do not reflect the needs of the average south african

Let's start with the DA, it's a neo-liberal party , any one with a brain knows that neo liberals are the worst because they will fuck you over and pretend they are doing you a favour , the DA represents the needs of capitalist , they would fuck over every south african if it meant increasing the profit for the rich, I mean look at cape town everyone is suffering because of over tourism , instead of the party trying to introduce rent control , they bring in more tourist because it benefits big business , every south african is bieng outpriced out of cape town , I particularly love the fact that the middle class is feeling it because their actions will now have consequences in the polls next elections

The DA is also very good at propaganda, like that's like stereotypical neo liberals , painting themselves as this good governing party whilst the poor areas in the WC are deteriorating, and they have these accounts on tiktok and Twitter that show like 2009 vs 2023 of places governed by the ANC but you will never see these accounts post about the way the DA ruined Tshwane just is so neo liberal of them

AND there's the MK I don't know what this party is about , it's just outsed ANC cadres who just turned homophobic and mysgonistic all of the sudden , like they represent "traditional values " which idk what those are in the south african context, like that party has no clear structure or goals, they all just trying to eat money and it's so sad to see black people thinking those people will alleviate them out of poverty, all of them can't tell you the parties goal, like if you are a regualr south african destroying our constitution is not in your best interest if there's anything the ANC did right is writing that constitution, one of the best in the world

And there's the EFF,PA ,VF + e.t.c these parties are just full of populist and that's not goof for anyone

I must say I'm a fan of Vuyo zungula and the ATM party like they the only party that's seems to have common sense while every party is playing with people's feelings and shouting all the populist stuff about the land reform bill the only party that came out and said let's turn the abandoned buildings into student housing , this uses the bill in the proper manner is was suppose to be used , and it addresses a problem we have in the country

Lastly the if you a regular south african or poor the ANC is your best bet they the only party willing to give you free education , free Healthcare and the only party in SA not actively trying to take your rights away and the ANC doesn't speak much, they may be corrupt but they won't tell you stuff to simply get you rilled up , they simply tell it as it is I appreciate that rather tell me what I'm working with than lie to my face

Woke up to commotion and yelling in my house today.

My cat spotted this guy behind my couch and raised the alarm. Luckily no one was harmed or poisoned in the process.

This country of ours truly has some awesome and beautifully magnificent creatures and every now and then we get to interact with them through happenstance. This will teach me to not leave my door open in middle of the day.

We will not be permitting anymore Donald Trump, Elon Musk and USA posts and comments. If you want to discuss them find another a sub. We do not need to beholden to them and the perpetual news cycles it puts us in.

There's a particular group of south africans who I thought were patriots and genuinely what's good for south africa but sieeng their response to Donald trump threatening to cripple our nation and them celebrating has given me a new perspective

These people would sell out our nation to get the opportunity to lick Donald trumps feet , they know damn well these allegations are false founded and could hurt regular south africas but their hate for the majority population exceeds their concern for the country

The west is punishing us for taking isreal to court ,for refusing to change our laws to fit the needs of a billionaire , Rwanda,Lesotho,Trump these aren't coincidences but a dog whistle that we are in danger yet ,there's people who'd rather lick that oranges man's boot than stand together

I guess stronger together only applies to rugby not the wellfare of the state

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MAJOR WARNING TO ALL SOUTH AFRICANS LOOKING FOR WORK REMOTELY. STAY AWAY FROM UK BASED COMPANY, KAMRO. Do your research before applying for any of their recruitment or social media positions. They are hiring in SA again due to "massive growth" or some BS like that. They have a reputation to hire and fire south africans with little to no warning. Do you homework - go to Indeed employee reviews and Glassdoor. They managed to escape and rename their old Indeed profile to Hospital Solutions Inc but if you read through the reviews, you will see that they are about Kamro. Just do your homework.

Surely clicks could have worded this better. Can anyone translate this for a dummie?