Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-03-11 i Daily Voice

Hole After paying a deposit of R17 500 via EFT, Ricardo and his workers arrived, dug a hole in their yard and left, never to return. Eventually she had to fork out more money to another company to build their 3.5 x 3 metre square pool with a depth of 1.6m. “We made contact with Ricardo on 23 January via Facebook, responding to an advert on Marketplace,” Alicia explains. “On 27 January we received our first excuse from Ricardo saying his sugar levels are low and he cannot work. “The next Monday he said his team is showing signs of Covid.” She says the excuses kept coming until they demanded their money back. “He then said he was going to open a case for contravening the POPI Act when we…

Contact But the weird thing with cellphones is that they are addictive. Getting a ‘like’ or a text is a form of social contact, and we are wired to get a chemical brain reward when this happens, and to want more. That’s why it’s hard to ignore the phone when it sounds. There is a solution though! Simply put your phone on silent when you drive, and place it in the back seat or the boot. Out of sight, out of mind. The same goes for pedestrians, though it’s trickier stashing that phone. Maybe some good old-fashioned discipline is what’s needed.…

A FAMILY has slammed an old age home after someone allegedly tried to steal the gold dentures out of their 84-year-old mother’s mouth. Juanita Gilbert says her mom Louisa Lombard suffers from dementia and is being taken care of at the Lotus River Place Old Age Home. The facility falls under the auspices of the Cape Peninsula Organisation (CPOA). A dentist’s note stated that there were attempts to forcefully or deliberately remove the gold from the dentures. “They told us that they will investigate the matter, but they did not get back to us. “We also complained about the care she receives,” Juanita told the Cape Argus. Her sister, Jenny Boesak, said the four siblings took turns to visit their mom each week, and always with a bag with goodies.…