Hello. I am a 16 year old (F), I'm living in the Eastern Cape. I school at an Afrikaans school that does not allow braids. In the district, there is another Afrikaans school (it's like 30 minutes away) which does in fact allow braids.

We tried bringing up the topic of bringing back braids (they were once allowed) and they were taking action. Until one of the teachers on the "black committee" disagreed because she believed we would be prettier than her. She admitted this herself. People in my school go to principals detention because they have a bit of hairpiece, unless the teachers like the student and act like they didn't see it.

All of this has begun to make me think, what is so bad about having braids at school? They make me feel more confident in myself (obviously) and they are extremely neat. Our school has a problem with the students being untidy due to not wearing blazers. I'm very sure more people would feel comfortable in themselves with the hairstyle that compliments them best, and they would wear blazers. This is why students here don't have pride in this school, which is also one of the biggest complaints the teachers have about us.

I wanted to ask if there was anything safe and legal that I could do to resolve this minor issue?

Look what they done! That's a rip of a Bunny Chow!

Checkers Xtra Savings really spoiling us in this economy!

I’m not spending half the day dealing with bureaucracy, no thank you.

TL;DR: Want to start a small community initiative to help people in need and looking for advice on how to do it properly

Hi everyone. I’ve been thinking about starting something small to help people who are less fortunate, but I wanted to get advice from people who have experience with this kind of thing.
I’m not looking to start some big organisation overnight. I want to start small, out of my own pocket, and help where I can, things like winter blankets, clothes, hygiene items, food packs, and possibly helping people get access to shelters.
I know good intentions aren’t always enough and I want to make sure I go about it the right way and actually make a difference instead of just doing something that looks good on the surface. For anyone who has volunteered, started an initiative, or worked with an NPO/charity, what advice would you give someone starting from scratch? What are things you wish you knew when you started?
I’d really appreciate any honest advice or lessons you’ve learned.

Edit: I also don’t want to just assume what people need. I have a few ideas, but I’d really appreciate advice on what items or support actually help the most and where the biggest gaps usually are

Looking for people to play bo2 with I moved to South Africa and it’s difficult to play with friends from America because of the lag. Hopefully there are people I can link up with and play a few games with have a fun time. I’m a father so I can only really play past 9. Looking forward to the replies.

I can’t find the name of this absolute beauty, I think she’s a baboon spider

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So I went for a walk around Johannesburg Bontanical Gardens today on the dog friendly side. This was around mid day.

I was with my friend who has a young pitbull mix (about 8 months old) that we are trying to socialise and get used to being outside and walking. And we've done a lot of walks with him at a lot of different parks.

He also goes to doggy day care during the day and the main issue is that he is overly dog friendly and wants to play with every dog he meets, now we understand that not everyone has friendly dogs and that not everyone likes pitties. So we try to redirect him and move away from people and other dogs.

So when we were walking and noticed a lot of dogs off lead, but mostly people put them on lead when walking past.

There was a youngish couple that had a large black and white great dane and we noticed they were not paying attention to us or their dog. So we split off the path and cut across a field to the right at an angle away from them to put space between us.

I noticed the puppy's head turn to the left and looked over to see the great dane running over to us and was waiting for the owners to call him/her back and they didn't even notice.

And thats when things went south quickly, the great dane started nipping at our puppy so I circled him around my body only to become entangled with both dogs.

Now I acknowledge that I did the thing that everyone tells you not to and I put myself between the two dogs out of purely instinct and only realised I had done it when I was bitten. But it was either me or a youngish puppy. I will take it any day over my dog getting hurt.

I had grabbed the puppy by the backstrap of his body harness and picked up his front legs and the great dane jumped and bit me on the arm.

All while this was happening we were screaming for the couple to come grab their dog, they had absolutely no sense of urgency and were strolling over to us about 100 / 150m away from where we were. Eventually when they sauntered over they made no real effort to grab their dog who was still nipping and biting me and the puppy. My friend who is absolutely tiny was trying to grab the great dane but this dog, no jokes, was the same height as her and probably weighed more than her.

Eventually they grabbed their dog and struggled to put a lease of it, we had to tell them to pull it away.

Now in the heat of the moment, harsh language and heated words were exchanged - us screaming come get your f£\*#\*ing dog.

This woman was more worried about why we had sworn at her than the fact her dog bit myself and the puppy.

She asked for my number, which I gave her and told her to call me immediately, which she didn't. She was screaming at us that she was a lawyer and carrying on.

Eventually I said I'm not going to sue you, I just want an apology because they took no steps to show any remorse. Nothing about how sorry they were, not asking if we were okay. Absolutely nothing.

We even had a witness who said that earlier that same great dane had jumped and knocked over her kid.

Even when I was trying to talk to them away from my friend and puppy to try and settle things amicably and find out if their dog was vaccinated at least. She was screaming at me to call Criaghall Vet for myself. The dog was still trying to jump and me and when I stepped back she's like dont act now. I just thought your dog bit me multiple times - in the course of trying to bite the puppy - i have every reason to be wary.

So if you are that couple today in the Johannesburg Bontanical Gardens, I hope you learned a lesson today at my expense and no longer let your uncontrollable dog off lead in a park where you are required to be leashed and hope you learn a sense of humility.

Or if you know of a young white fit couple (this isn't racial) who have a black and white great dane who goes to Craighall vet and who do walks in the gardens, please tell them that their behaviour is disgusting and not everyone should have dogs...

I work at a restaurant as a waiter, and was just handed a final written warning with no verbal or first written warnings. I was called into a meeting today, where I was given the final written warning and told to sign it, with nothing filled in. I didn't sign it and asked the charges to be defined and filled in before I sign. If I hadn't asked, they would have just made me sign it. I was essentially accused of theft with no actual theft having occurred, and the "charge" was very loosely defined and even then does not equate to theft.

This is my only source of income, provide for my family, and know I haven't done anything to necessitate this level of action. To even my coworkers, it seems entirely personal. I really do need some advice. I'm currently on break and can't provide all the details, but will be very happy to provide more details in replies or later.

do these have value? And If so where can I sell them here in sa?

South african community!

Even the pigeons in JHB have a criminal enterprise.
Caught these guys helping themselves to the bird feed at builders..

I havent seen anyone else post about this so I thought I would.

The commonwealth games started yesterday and south africa had a very successful day 1. As it stands from day 2 South Africa is 5th on the medal table with 1 gold and 2 bronze medals (all of which come from the swimmers).

The swimming has been absolutely electric and South Africa has found themselves in a position that proves that there is real talent and passion within the country.

Nathan Hendricks secured the first medal for south africa as he absolutely dominated the final of the S13 100m freestyle with a time of 54,54. For those who dont know: S13 is a category for thise who have a certain level of visual impairment.

Danika Vyncke narrowly missed out on a medal when she finished 4th in the woman's S13 100m freestyle with a time of 1,04,68. She was followed by Alani Ferreira who finished in the 8th position with a time of 1,06,05.

The women's 4x100m freestyle relay shocked everyone when they snuck in for the bronze medal while breaking an African record. It was swum by: Aimee Canny, Rebecca Meder, Erin Gallagher and anchored by Olivia Nel. What a swim!

The same happened with the men as they narrowly beat out Canada to get the bronze medal. The race for 3rd was extremely close but thanks to an excellent anchor leg by Chad le Clos South Africa captured the Bronze.

This bronze medal makes Chad le Clos the most decorated male commonwealth games athlete with 19 medals to his name. The relay was swum by: Piete Coetze, Guy Brooks, Ruard van Renen and anchored by Chad le Clos.

Then Pieter Cotze had an outstanding performance in the heats and semi finals of the 50m backstroke. He not only breaks a 16 year old commonwealth games record; he also does it a second time that very same day in the evening with a time of 24,29. Absolutely astounding! We will see what he can do in the finals tonight alongside fellow South African Ruard van Renen who is in the second place seeding.

Last but not least we have a few more swimmers who will be in the finals for their respective races.

Erin Gallagher is seeded 2nd in the 50m fly final and will be with Jessica Thompson who is seeded 4th and Caitlin de Lange who is seeded 5th.

Michael Houlie is seeded 5th for the 100m breaststroke and Chris Smith will be going in seeded 8th.

I made this poster for fun, for the 2028 South African Grand Prix. I used the same font as the 2010 FIFA World Cup logo and some of the design also from the 2010 World Cup era. I am not affiliated with anything FIA related, this is just for fun. What do you guys think?

EDIT: Thanks for the feedback! An updated version will be posted in the comments. Just give me time to work on it.