I’ve noticed that there’s a lot of pressure in South Africa to have everything sorted by a certain age.

By 30, people often expect you to have a successful career, own a home, be financially stable, be in a serious relationship, and know exactly where your life is going.

But the reality is that many people are still trying to figure things out. Some are changing careers, some are dealing with the effects of unemployment, some are rebuilding after making mistakes, and some are simply trying to survive in a difficult economy.

Social media makes it worse because we mostly see people’s achievements, not the struggles behind them. Someone buying a house or getting a promotion might look like they have everything together, but we rarely see the years of uncertainty that came before it.

I’m curious how other South Africans feel about this. Do you think we put too much pressure on people to follow a certain timeline, or is having those goals still important?

What’s something you thought you would have achieved by now but haven’t — and how do you feel about it?

The foreigners freaking out about flyovers 🙄

I’ve always found superstition interesting because, whether people believe in it or not, many of us grew up around certain beliefs that stuck with us.

In South Africa, different families and cultures have their own traditions and warnings — things you were told as a child that you might have laughed at, but still remember years later.

Maybe it was being told not to do something because it would bring bad luck, believing certain signs meant something was about to happen, having a lucky object, or following a family tradition that nobody could really explain.

I’m curious about everyone’s experiences:

What superstition did you grow up with?

Do you still follow any of them, even if you’re not sure you believe in them?

Has anything ever happened that made you think, “Maybe there’s something to this”?

Not asking whether superstitions are real or fake — just interested in the stories, traditions, and experiences people have carried with them.

What’s the most memorable superstition you’ve heard in South Africa?

From the Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay - Babalwa Lobishe:

THE WORK WE HAVE DONE | ROADS & TRANSPORT

Since 2023, the ANC-led government in Nelson Mandela Bay has taken decisive action to improve roads and transport infrastructure.

7.1 km of gravel roads have been tarred.

6.7 km of sidewalks have been constructed.

We launched the #FillUpTheBay pothole repair campaign to tackle road maintenance across the Metro.

These interventions demonstrate the ANC’s continued commitment to improving basic services, strengthening infrastructure, and building a municipality that works for its people.

Why are South Africans always obsessively renovating?

Everyone overreacting about the epic flyover, but these guys used the opportunity like champs!

The Pilots Behind the Viral Cape Town Flyover | Springboks vs All Blacks

I hit the jackpot today of breakfast biscuits at work. All my chocolate chips in one spot was so peak

Tyla ranks South Africa’s most famous snacks, from Ghost Pops and biltong to a Peppermint Crisp, NikNaks and Fizzers.

It increasingly feels like AI is becoming the new snake oil, with companies being sold ambitious promises by consultants about what AI can supposedly automate.

The problem becomes much clearer when you actually test these systems internally. Even some of the most expensive and capable models, such as Opus, are not capable of achieving 100% accuracy on many business tasks... particularly tasks where the output must be completely correct.

Of course, there is always the disclaimer that “AI-generated responses may contain mistakes.” But I think the significance of that disclaimer is being heavily glossed over when we start talking about applying AI to real business processes. The obvious question is: who takes responsibility when the AI gets something wrong?

When I raise this with consultants, the response is usually along the lines of: “AI will never be 100% accurate. The goal isn't to replace employees, but to enhance their productivity and free them up to focus on higher-value tasks.”

But I'm not convinced that this argument always makes sense.

Suppose an employee is paid R20,000 a month to perform a process correctly and ensure that certain requirements are followed. We introduce an AI system costing another R2,000 a month to automate that process. However, because the AI isn't 100% reliable, the employee still has to review and verify its output.

At that point, what have we actually automated?

If verification takes a significant amount of time, and the employee remains fully responsible for identifying and correcting the AI's mistakes, there is a strong incentive for them to simply perform the task manually. With a manual process, they understand exactly how the decision was reached and can confidently explain or defend it if questioned later.

This is where I think the conversation around AI often becomes disconnected from the realities of business processes. It's not enough for AI to be “mostly accurate” if the human still carries 100% of the accountability.

For AI to genuinely replace or materially reduce the work involved in a process, the organisation needs to be comfortable with the residual error rate or have sufficiently strong controls around the AI that the human verification burden is genuinely reduced.

Otherwise, we're not really eliminating the work. We're potentially just adding another layer: AI generates the output, an employee checks it, and the organisation still carries the liability when something slips through.

And if that's the model, I think businesses need to be much more honest about what they are actually buying when they invest in AI automation.

I never got scams like these before I made an account on https://online.natis.gov.za/ : the official informational website for South Africa's National Traffic Information System (NaTIS).

The first one of these messages I ever got was hours after making my account. Now I get 3+ per month.

I don’t have quantitative proof that they sold my phone number/ID (aside from the fact that I’m wary of where I sign up with my phone number so I can reduce my spam messages) and obviously it’s illegal that they share this with unauthorised entities but I reckon I’m in my right mind to assume these naaiers are up to it .

My whole life hearing this song I thought it was an American song

Don't mess with us like this, Checkers....

For context , I have belonged to the church my entire life. However, recently, I am starting to doubt the doctrine, challenge the teachings as they do don’t seem to align with my values anymore. I am a firm believer in Christ. I love and support all believers irrespective of the church they belong to.

As such , I refuse to think of those outside the Old Apostolic Church as sinners. I refuse to believe that the Old Apostolic Church is the only door to soul salvation. In fact , I’m not a fan of denominational churches with rigid fleshly rules. As a Christian, should our values and teaching not align with that of the Bible. So often I feel that rules or “tradition” overshadow our faith.

I am so conflicted, because I’ve been taught that if I ever left the Old Apostolic Faith my soul would be in so much distress and that I would experience hardship. I care deeply about my soul and I truly feel that God is wanting me to rediscover my faith beyond what I have been taught. I feel extremely guilty for feeling this way but I can not deny the way my soul feels. I yearn to praise freely , to pray freely and to love and serve God the way He deserves to be served. I want to read my Bible without judgment.

I am conservative by nature but truly believe to embody the love that Jesus showed to everyone , including sinners. Even though I don’t agree with the values and choices our Christian brothers and sisters make , I believe we are still ought to support and pray and show love for them. But all I’ve ever seen from the Old Apostolic Church is the complete opposite.

So those who have left the Old Apostolic Church , how have you been ?

P.S. I am not bashing the church , so please be respectful. I am aware that this is a very sensitive topic.

One of the ANC’s many failures, stemming from how it sold out in ‘85, is that 30+ years into democracy we have Josef Mengele giving talks hosted by people who claim “persecution” and “genocide” and the media referring to him as a “controversial military doctor”. Vile stuff. We’ve seen how badly Nuremberg failed in Europe, how much worse can we say Desmond Tutu’s vile TRC parade was here in SA?

Afriforum and its adjacents are terror organisations. With every notch, every step, they test how much the state and public will tolerate while safe in the knowledge that any response will be painted as evidence of the persecution they claim. They know what they want to normalise and to what end

Huge 3600 kms!!