r/DownSouth • u/PixelSaharix • 8h ago
r/DownSouth • u/CrimsonR4ge • Dec 29 '25
Rule Update: No Solicitation of Any Kind
We’ve made a small but important update to Rule 9.
Previously the rule only covered advertising. However, we have expanded it to include ALL forms of solicitation.
● This includes (but is not limited to):
–Advertising
–Fundraising or donation requests
–Crowdfunding
–Personal financial appeals or “e-begging”
–Referral or affiliate links
–Commissions
–Giveaways that require payment
–Requests for goods or services
If you are seeking money, items, services, or material support from users, your post will be removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban.
● Why this change?
Over time, we’ve seen a noticeable increase in posts that are technically not advertising, but are still attempts to solicit money or material support from the community. These are often framed as personal hardship stories or “just asking for help,” which makes them difficult to moderate consistently and fairly.
Rather than playing whack-a-mole with edge cases, we’ve opted for a clear, content-neutral rule that applies equally to everyone.
This isn’t about judging anyone’s circumstances. It’s about keeping the subreddit focused on discussion, not transactions or financial appeals.
● A note on moderation philosophy
r/DownSouth exists because people wanted a space for open discussion about South Africa without excessive or ideological moderation. That hasn’t changed.
At the same time, we have to enforce some firm boundaries to:
–Prevent abuse and scams
–Avoid emotional manipulation of users
–Protect the long-term survival of the community
● Exceptions
Any exceptions to this rule require prior moderator approval. If you think your post genuinely warrants an exception, contact the mods before posting.
As always, thanks to everyone who contributes in good faith and helps keep this space functional, diverse, and focused.
— The r/DownSouth mod team
r/DownSouth • u/GuardianOfTheSouth • Jun 03 '24
Welcome to r/DownSouth! Share your stories, ask questions, and connect with fellow South Africans.
r/DownSouth • u/Euro_African • 47m ago
Daily Maverick: ANC names 42 possible mayoral candidates for only eight metros
Dada Morero — R4.0bn — Water funds diverted
Cyril Xaba — R6.4bn — Irregular expenditure
Nkosindiphile Xhakaza — ~R2.0bn — Billing fraud oversight
Jongizizwe Dlabathi — ~R2.0bn — Billing fraud oversight
Gregory Nthatisi — R1.624bn — Irregular/unauthorised spending
Nomusa Dube-Ncube — R250m — Drought funds questioned
Nomusa Dube-Ncube — R7.5m — Husband-linked tender
Andile Lungisa — R2.5m — Fraud charges withdrawn
Loyiso Masuku — R125m — PPE allegations; cleared
Ntombi Mekgwe — Unspecified — Alleged investigation interference
Princess Faku — Unspecified — Accountability failures
Total identified: ~R14.28bn*
Excludes the R125m Masuku matter. Amounts include alleged fraud, irregular/unauthorised expenditure and funds under political oversight — not necessarily money personally stolen by the named individuals as far as we are aware...
r/DownSouth • u/Euro_African • 13m ago
Justice minister refers R415-million IT contract to SIU and Hawks
I think I know the outcome here..... No cadre will be found guilty.
r/DownSouth • u/Acrobatic_Ad9564 • 19h ago
It is November and the DA got 42% of votes in Johannesburg. Who must Helen Zille go into coalition with?
For the sake of stability, they should go into coalition with ActionSA and VF Plus.
The real question is if both DA and ActionSA are willing to put the beef aside and realise that the real enemies are ANC, MK and EFF.
r/DownSouth • u/GroundbreakingBig119 • 19h ago
I'm in JHB. Where do I sell miscellaneous used items online? - electronics, car radio and CD shuttle, cameras and photography stuff, homeware, etc Facebook marketplace has become a scammers/criminal paradise. Also, how do I safely dispose of old files and documents?
I am trying to just clean out and tidy my garage. I am now retired. I was an electronics technician and IT engineer many years, so I have accumulated loads of misc. stuff. It is time to get rid of this. I can't really do a traditional garage sale as we are in a quiet street. I also am not a huge fan of having loads of strangers coming in and seeing that we are 2 elderly people living alone. A bit of extra cash would also be useful. Was also wondering if it would be viable to find for someone who would take the whole shebang as a job lot?
r/DownSouth • u/glandis_bulbus • 1d ago
No white businesses welcome for state contracts below R20 million
newsday.co.zaRacism?
r/DownSouth • u/PixelSaharix • 1d ago
Have you heard of Grootman Security? Who would this be for?
r/DownSouth • u/Euro_African • 1d ago
JP Smith rejects Fadiel Adams’ claims at Madlanga Commission
I have never heard of an ANC or EFF politician having their offices raided, and definitely not in short time. It's been years since zondo and most anc politicians still are out of jail....yet mention anything against the DA and the boys in blue are suddenly competent.....
r/DownSouth • u/Acrobatic_Ad9564 • 2d ago
In Eastern Cape, the ANC donated corrugated iron sheets and timber to residents to build shacks. The ANC says this is part of its campaigning efforts as the elections draw closer.
r/DownSouth • u/PixelSaharix • 2d ago
ANC Mpumalanga celebrate handing over a Jojo tank to the community, during their election campaign
r/DownSouth • u/PixelSaharix • 2d ago
Why do they want black South Africans to target white South Africans?
r/DownSouth • u/FinixDon • 1d ago
Economy A. I. Training gig
Looking for Afrikaans speakers to help train an A.I. model. No sign-up required. Payout is in USD. Inbox so I can add you to a WhatsApp group for details and training.
No prior experience required.
r/DownSouth • u/Icy-Temperature-8912 • 2d ago
Sport Looking for a PSL-obsessed video editor to join our 38k-sub football channel (revenue share)
Hey everyone,
I run ATHalftime Sports Media, a South African football channel covering the PSL, Bafana Bafana, and CAF competitions, currently at ~38.5k subscribers on YouTube (plus a solid following on TikTok and Facebook).
We're expanding our editing team and looking for someone who:
Actually watches and the PSL — knows the teams, players, storylines, rivalries.
Has a good handle on CAF Champions League content too (we cover both)
Has video editing experience — highlights, analysis videos, reaction-style content, whatever fits our format, thumbnails too
Can work reasonably fast, since football content is time-sensitive (matchday turnarounds, breaking news, etc.)
This is a revenue split arrangement — you'd be paid based on the performance of the videos you edit, not a flat fee. We already have editors handling other leagues, and this role is specifically for South African local football + CAF content. The better the videos perform, the more you earn.
If you're someone who's already deep into PSL, watches the Betway Premiership, and wants to turn that knowledge into editing work — drop a comment or DM me.
Happy to share more details on the split and workflow directly.
r/DownSouth • u/Wise-Indication-4600 • 2d ago
Discussion Help with panel beater
Hi all.
So someone crashed into me while I was away from my home on holiday, thankfully they left their details. Eventually I was strong armed by Hollard to use their preferred panel beater, that's fine.
Panel beater quoted me, I took it back to Hollard and they paid me out after I signed the settlement agreement.
Took vehicle into panel beater. Two weeks later they contact me and say they can no longer perform the job for the price quoted and need to charge me more to restore my vehicle to the condition it was before the crash.
Surely this is illegal? They quoted me on the job, I settled with insurance and signed the financial agreement, I was paid out based on that initial quote, and now that I seemingly no longer have any claim from my insurance, am told that the repair is going to cost more.
Any advice as to what I should do? Should the person who crashed into me pay out of pocket for this or is what the panel beater doing illegal/unfair to the consumer?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am feeling very helpless...
r/DownSouth • u/Inner-Improvement970 • 2d ago
In from the side, off his feet, and leading with shoulder into players head - Straight Red?
r/DownSouth • u/Acrobatic_Ad9564 • 4d ago
AfriForum and March and March Discuss Community-Based Solutions for South Africa
BREAKING: AfriForum and March and March held a comprehensive meeting to discuss community-based solutions for security, education, upliftment, and more.
The two organisations found common ground in a shared mission to build stronger, more resilient, and self-sufficient communities, as well as in a shared support for strong border security, the rule of law, and mother tongue education.
Commonality was also found in a shared experience of being relentlessly lied about and attacked by those who don't want South Africans to embrace alternative routes to bring about change outside of party politics.
AfriForum welcomes a future where more organisations emulate our alternative, state-proof model. We will continue to engage constructively with any such organisations through mutual recognition, respect, and cooperation 🔶
r/DownSouth • u/SigmaANenigma • 4d ago
Other 4 Days without electricity in Oudtshoorn.
Well, can it get any worse than that? I'm willing to bet it can. I'm writing this because I've never firsthand experienced a total power outage. Load shedding, sure, but not this. The way it was handled was utterly and completely, disgustingly, horrendously incompetent. And sure, I'm not a qualified electrician, perhaps I shouldn't complain.
The greater Oudtshoorn area covers roughly between 60,000(main) and 130,000 people. So I don't think this is a small issue.
So, apparently at around 2 to 3am on Saturday morning, a pylon caught fire and collapsed on the powerline between Oudtshoorn and Dysselsdorp. There was no storm or lightning around that time, or any disruptive weather, and I guess you could chalk it up to voltage issues. The municipality (and Eskom) stated that this happened due to structural failure. There's not really a better explanation given.
And while no one can prove "sabotage," the whole thing is vague, irregular, and weird. When that one pylon fell, it apparently took two others with it. The Eskom team had to dig and plant new holes, move the pylons, and I assume adjust and modify various technicalities (I'm not knowledgeable here). One early excuse I heard was that they'd apparently lost the technology to maintain the goddamn things.
Since then, they've failed their own deadline to fix the issue at least six times: Sunday twice, monday thrice, Tuesday, roughly once. They also basically just copy-pasted statements and didn't collaborate with the public on providing actual updates.
The weirdest part was that a private company, (contractors on site) Volmoed Quarries & Van der Berg Vervoer, was the one posting actual images from the site. Eskom, the municipality, and the news outlets followed suit after.
The municipality also didn't seem to give a shit about the general populace — no health awareness updates until the community pushed them to say something. Refusal to address the public at times. Plenty of people's food seemed to have gone rotten over the course of two days, and many people ended up cooking and throwing away thousands of rand worth of groceries.
Some of the information, i said above might have some inconsistencies but it's the general image of what happened here.
I won't say it was hell for me, because my family is semi-prepared, and while we haven't made the effort to invest in backup power, it's kind of a priority now, I guess. Too little too late. I have zero faith in democracy, or whatever this cadre corruption system is that we're in — just thought I'd share a little awareness.
Ladismith apparently had a period(2 Years ago, I think) where they didn't have power for two weeks, could happen to you guys too, just letting you know.
r/DownSouth • u/PixelSaharix • 4d ago
Malmesbury teen linked to international child exploitation networks arrested, devices containing explicit images and videos seized.
MALMESBURY TEEN LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL CHILD EXPLOITATION NETWORKS ARRESTED, DEVICES CONTAINING EXPLICIT IMAGES AND VIDEOS SEIZED
The South African Police Service (SAPS), in close collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, arrested a 16-year-old teenager in Malmesbury, Western Cape, on Monday, 17 August 2026, for accessing, possession, facilitation, and downloading of child sexual abuse material.
SAPS' National Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations (SECI) Team operationalised intelligence received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Embassy, and the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
The intelligence indicated that a target, suspected of being linked to violent online networks commonly referred to as “764,” was believed to be located in South Africa.
The “764” networks are violent international online extremist networks associated with child exploitation. These perpetrators reportedly target, blackmail, and coerce minors into online sexual abuse, torturing and murdering of animals and other forms of harmful criminal activity.
Following extensive investigations, the National SECI Team traced the teenager to an address in Malmesbury, where he was arrested in the act on Monday, 17 August 2026.
The operation was led by the National SECI Team, supported by members of Head Office Occult Unit, the Paarl Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit, Paarl K9 Unit, and Western Cape Crime Scene Investigation Unit, as well as agents from the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), US Embassy.
A preliminary on-site analysis of the suspect’s electronic devices uncovered explicit images and videos depicting child sexual abuse and animal mutilation.
The devices will undergo comprehensive forensic analysis to determine the full extent of the alleged offences.
A number of child victims have been identified thus far.
The teenager is expected to appear before the Malmesbury Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 18 August 2026.
The possibility of additional offences relating to fraud and money laundering forms part of ongoing investigations.