Miners, Mercenaries and Millionaires

Cape Town, 14 April 2020. Hello World Day 19 and under the original schedule we would be coming to the end of the lockdown. However, government has decided, quite rightly, to extend the lockdown for a further two weeks taking us to the end of April. Of course this could be extended even further but indicators are that the lockdown has contributed to a levelling off of new cases. Figures last evening showed 27 deaths and around 2200 known cases. My second venture to the shops was a rather long and drawn out affair. At least I was able to stock up for at least another week. The car needed a bit of a run too so I drove around our neighbourhood en-route keeping one eye out for the police. I doubt they would accept my protestations of getting lost on the way to the shops! Fandom continues to write and contribute to various forums. I am working on some forex stuff with GlobalWebPay. If you are reading this and need to transfer funds from the UK check out my partner link http...

Cape Town, 2 April 2020. Hello World Can you believe it’s been nearly a week since we went into lockdown? Overall I think the government and general populace have done a remarkable job. Obviously there have been the problems with queueing for social grants but this was always going to be an issue. The effects of the lockdown seem to be showing in the stats too and over the past few days the number of new cases has risen only a bit to around 1380. South Africa’s COVID-19 related deaths currently stand at 5. Markets remain volatile and the South African Rand continues to take a pounding (pardon the pun) with one British Pound buying 22 South African Rand. Of course if anyone needs to transfer funds from the UK to anywhere in the world do give me a shout as I should be able to get you a very good deal on your forex transfer. Yesterday I left the house for the first time and ventured down to the shops to stock up on supplies. There was a queue outside Checkers but this mov...