The lawnmower – very fitting considering my gardener is on leave

Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is usually the husband. When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But somehow I always had something else to take care of first: the truck, the car, e-mail, fishing, always something more important to me.
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Die Lau

Op ‘n dag stuur die boer vir ou Phillemon uit om die kragdrade op sy plaas te gaan inspekteer.  Die boer sê hy moet so met die pale langs loop en kyk of alles reg is.
Die boer gee toe vir hom ‘n cellphone en se hy moet net bel as hy erens ‘n probleem kry.  So gaat ou Phillemon in die pad af op pad na die lyne. Nie lank nie lui die boer se cellphone…

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An interesting view on tax – which I can almost agree with

Lindani Gumede writes on News24 that we should scrap the current PAYE (Pay as you earn) tax system for a Pay as you can tax system.  Where people pay more or less tax based on their circumstances instead of the size of their salary.  So if you have fewer basic services, like people living in rural areas vs people living in cities, you pay less.  If you can prove that you're doing enough for your kids not to be a burden on the state later, you pay less tax now.

This is a brilliant idea, but will still only affect the people who are currently paying tax.

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