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Dan 🦾

@c4talyst

I work at @EskomSePush ⚡

 Cape Town, South Africa
danwells.co.za
Joined April 2009
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LGTM, ship it to prod! youtu.be/3TNpOD6bov8?si=hKI9…
Yestin (@yestinj) profile pictureYestin
@yestinjNov 10
Claude is pretty pessimistic.. told me it’ll take weeks to move something to a new framework. Pretty sure it can be done in a couple of days 😂
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Whoosh I need a break from Politics on X Ok, back to tech posts 🤣 what you building this week?
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If SA fined non-voters like Australia (A$20 each), the 2026 local elections would have raised about R3.2 billion from 14 million no-shows. ~R225 per person If it was compulsory registration, like Aus: R5.9bn (~41m adults)
Dan 🦾 (@c4talyst) profile pictureDan 🦾
@c4talystNov 8
I'm Australia, if you don't vote you get fined AUS $20 @sarstax New opportunity for you? 🤣
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Not endorsing Australia, just making an "interesting observation" 🤣
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I'm Australia, if you don't vote you get fined AUS $20 @sarstax New opportunity for you? 🤣
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If you flip a R2 coin and it lands with the Kudu facing up, you've flipped:
57%Heads
43%Tails
355 votes • Final results
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Heads or Tails ?
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This is tails... Not heads... 🤦
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SABC News (@SABCNews) profile pictureSABC News
@SABCNewsNov 7
VIDEO: A coin toss decides that ward 17 in the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality is won by the SACP. Credit: Nhlanhla Jele
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Sigh
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Are you South Africa & have you ever ate here? It just screams tourist trap - I'd love to know your experience 😂
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I also made a batch of biltong this week. Frankie Fenner top side, half is traditional with Freddy Hirsch Kalahari spice, other half is soy/ginger/garlic. Tried some now it'll be good for the Springboks tomorrow
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Bit of case hardening, will set the fan to less RPM next time 👀
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Databases always catch you by surprise on big days. They're incredible until suddenly they're not, and table scanning 1.4GB and taking 11seconds. Anyway, fixed, yes an index 😂
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I've had a blast watching this today, and made loads of tweaks 🙌 Now, sleep 💤
EskomSePush (ESP) (@EskomSePush) profile pictureEskomSePush (ESP)
@EskomSePushNov 5
65.3% counted esp.info/elections Add your area on ESP app and we'll let you know when your ward results are in
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choropleth of the day goes to lge2026.xrx.ninja/ for "creative ballots - aka spoilt % of votes" 😂
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Light that tree!
EskomSePush (ESP) (@EskomSePush) profile pictureEskomSePush (ESP)
@EskomSePushNov 5
50.1% counted esp.info/elections
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Not a single VD counted in eThekwini yet esp.info/elections/local/202…
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Related? politicalsafari.co.za/2026/1… theinsightfactor.com/article…

IEC Tightens Checks After eThekwini Ballot Theft - Mzansi Political Safari

The IEC has introduced additional security checks after ballot papers and an official stamp were stolen from an eThekwini voting station.

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Peeps waking up checking the results
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Rainbow nation this AM
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Watching the results light up in real-time esp.info/elections/local/202…
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I wanted something to live track the upcoming local elections - that's why we built ElectionSePush Simple with some ESP stats bundled in The results will real-time update when the polls close 9PM election day 😎
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Previous local election results esp.info/elections/local/202…
South Africa · 2021 Local: ANC 45.0%

South Africa · 2021 Local: ANC 45.0%

Ward ballot: ANC 45.0% · DA 21.6% · EFF 10.2%. Turnout 45.6%. Official IEC results on ESP.

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Hey @DawieScholtz - a buddy recommend I ping you about an election thing - send me a DM 😎
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Gov anti-disinformation bot "RSA Facts” is a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent embedded on a Zoho landing-page subdomain, not gov.za. Chat routes via the EU. No frame-ancestors, no auth on the token endpoint, wildcard CORS: trivially cloned onto a lookalike domain.
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How sure are we that this is actually from our government? 👀 Many their X account has been hacked?
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Built as a Zoho landing page that is, in its entirety, one iframe. The bot lives in an environment named "Default", is titled "Testing", has a 404 favicon, it's hosted in the US, and appears to be using Microsoft Copilot Studio "webchat". Proudly South African
South African Government (@GovernmentZA) profile pictureSouth African Government
@GovernmentZAOct 28
🇿🇦 Got questions about the South African Government? We’ve got answers! Meet our new Government Chatbot — designed to help you find information and get informed. 🤖💬 👉 Click. Ask. Get informed! 🗣️ This is a pilot project, and your feedback matters! Try it out, share your experience and help us improve the service. #GovZAUpdates #GovChatbot 🔗rsafacts.zoholandingpage.com…
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✅ Launch AI Chatbot by next election
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