r/south_africa • • 10d ago

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ News r/South_Africa just hit 80,000 weekly users and ~8,000 weekly contributors πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

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Another big milestone for a community that's only been active for about 9 months.

With the local elections looming less than a month away, we've seen a influx in political posts and some negativity, hopefully that would subside in a month once the elections come and go.

If you want a break away from politics or any negativity, checkout the new r/LekkerSA sub someone has made, for the lighter side of life. (Not run by anyone in our Mod-Team)

We're hoping to see a bit more positivity on r/South_Africa too, so if you've got some wholesome things or memes to share please do so.

As always, If there's anything we can do better or differently let us know, we as a Mod-Team are here to serve the users and follow the Mod-Handbook

Siyaphambili to 90k!


r/south_africa • • Jul 27 '26

πŸ’¬ Discussion Gambling in South Africa: Where to get help, And how to see it coming β€” Megathread

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Gambling has become a serious problem in South Africa, so the Mod Team wanted to put together one place where people can talk about it, get help, or help someone else.

Whether you're struggling yourself, worried about a friend or family member, or just want to understand why it's so easy to get caught, this thread is for you.


How it gets you

Nobody wakes up one morning and decides to lose their salary.

It usually starts small. R50 on a match you were going to watch anyway. A few spins while you're bored. A small win that makes you think, "Maybe I can do that again."

What gets people isn't a lack of intelligence. It's the design.

One of the biggest examples is the near miss. Two jackpot symbols line up, and the third lands just above or below the line. It feels like you were so close.

Your brain doesn't process that as a normal loss. It treats it as "almost winning", which makes you want to try one more time. That's not an accident -- it's a well-studied psychological effect that's deliberately built into many gambling products.

Then there's chasing losses.

"I've already lost R500. I just need one good win to get it back."

Most people who've developed a gambling problem can point to that exact thought. More often than not, it leads to losing even more.

Another common trap is believing you're "due" for a win because you've lost several times in a row. Every spin, every hand, and every bet is independent. The machine doesn't know you've had a bad run, and it isn't about to "pay you back."

The longer you play, the closer your results move toward the odds the game was designed to produce. And those odds are designed so the house wins over time.


Need help?

If you need help, or know someone who does:

  • National Responsible Gambling Programme (NRGP)
    • Phone: 0800 006 008 (Free, confidential, 24/7)
    • SMS or WhatsApp HELP to 076 675 0710
    • Free counselling and, where needed, free inpatient treatment and transport.
  • South African Responsible Gambling Foundation (SARGF)

Self-exclusion

If gambling has become something you can't control, consider self-exclusion.

It's a voluntary process that can stop you from accessing licensed gambling venues and services. It isn't admitting defeat -- it's putting a barrier between yourself and the addiction while you get your footing back.


This thread

If you've been through gambling addiction, what helped you stop?

What do you wish someone had told you before it became a problem?

If you're comfortable sharing your story, it might be exactly what someone else needs to read today.

Please keep it respectful. People asking for help are often doing one of the hardest things they've ever done.


r/south_africa • • 8h ago

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ News ANC Won It's Late Submission Case Against The IEC

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There's nothing to say here, absolutely disgusting decision from the ConCourt


r/south_africa • • 9h ago

Was anyone else slightly traumatized by this ad? The good old days

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r/south_africa • • 12h ago

πŸ“Έ Photo / Video Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams claims she did not go to Switzerland, she went to Geneva

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r/south_africa • • 1h ago

πŸ“Έ Photo / Video Fikile not feeling well.

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Shame man. Thoughts and prayers.

I hear Tembisa hospital is nice.


r/south_africa • • 10h ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion What To Do With My Last Bietjie ProNutro?

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I've just had what is probably my final proper bowl of the good stuff. I couldn't bring myself to completely say goodbye.

What must I do with this last bietjie?

Snort it?

Frame it?

Sell on the dark web?

Put in an urn?


r/south_africa • • 13h ago

94 people at SARS paid R270 million, including one employee who received R11.828 million

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Hi ow is it possible that we pay a civil servant these wages. It's laughable to think that in such an unequal society we pay government employees this much.

No wonder we are the world's most unequal society when the cadre eat....


r/south_africa • • 6h ago

ANC wins ConCourt battle over 181 candidates ahead of local elections

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At least it's clear that the con court is stacked with cadre....


r/south_africa • • 17h ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion Uptick in racist bots?

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Has anyone noticed a massive uptick in racist bots regarding posts about SA across all platforms? All of a sudden there are hundreds of racist comments from every race and hardly any of them are real accounts?

Who is paying to provoke us to fight eachother like this? 😭 Everyday is so depressing πŸ’”


r/south_africa • • 37m ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion Guys I think I'm about to try and buy a house but I don't know where to start!

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So my partner and I have to be out of our current place by Oct 31st and we went to view a place today. It turns out this place is for sale and they are favoring buyers, and in our area there isn't really much available even for rent. The rental agent gave us the run down of levies, rates and taxes and gave us her preferred contacts. I don't know if Dykes Van Heerden is a good firm or not and I'm not even sure who their competitors would be or how their services differβ€”I thought this was a long way away.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of where to look for resources? And who gives the best mortgage rates? I'm going into this so blind and unprepared!

We have some savings and can borrow a bit of money from both of our parents, and we are selling my partner's car for a deposit, but we were under the impression it would be years before we made a move. This is just such a lovely place and it feels like it might actually be doable, I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right so we don't get screwed later. We are feeling a lot of pressure too because 1. It feels like these places hardly ever become available and 2. We may have no where to live in 2 weeks if anything goes wrong.


r/south_africa • • 3h ago

Remote international jobs

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Hi maybe because I’m young and a bit of a novice but every time I hear people tell me to get an international remote job or earn in dollars I’m genuinely curious of HOW and WHERE people expect me to find such jobs I have a degree in international relations and public management but I don’t know if that is good enough to find such jobs


r/south_africa • • 1d ago

πŸ‰ Sport We never stood a chance

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r/south_africa • • 5h ago

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ News A brilliant example of the state succeeding

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r/south_africa • • 10h ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion Maltese owners of South Africa- what dog food do you feed your Maltese? They are so picky

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In Western Cape. I need something that I can buy at Pet Science or something like that. What are South African Maltese owners feeding their picky and finicky Maltese?


r/south_africa • • 1d ago

πŸ“Έ Photo / Video bad day to be a South African

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r/south_africa • • 12h ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion Sasol

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If Sasol makes petrol from locally sourced coal, why does their petrol price go up when the price of oil go up? Surely they can produce it cheaper and we don't need to enrich overseas companies like BP/Shell.


r/south_africa • • 4h ago

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ News Man dies in fire in Observatory informal settlement

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r/south_africa • • 5h ago

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ News Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma reported to IEC for xenophobic smear on Rise candidate Aziz Ally

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r/south_africa • • 8h ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion Fiction writers and readers

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Hello guys, Im a webnovelist writing modern fantasy, Im involved in many of the writer communities and the ones for reading too, I rarely come across saffas there so I wanted to ask web novel readers and writers, like where do you guys write or is there also maybe a South African webnovel platform I dont know about. Otherwise if you just a normal fic reader and seeing this, what's your favorite novel? :)


r/south_africa • • 8m ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion I'm buying a Sanchez electric guitar is it worth it? (I'm broke)

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r/south_africa • • 1d ago

πŸ˜‚ Humour / Memes The bike is biking πŸ˜‚

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r/south_africa • • 1d ago

3 weeks from today, you can vote to make a difference

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It doesn't have to be DA, but there are better options than what we have. Please go vote. ​


r/south_africa • • 5h ago

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ News Shadrack Sibiya's own admissions could haunt his bail bid, state argues

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r/south_africa • • 1d ago

The illusion of choice

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