Emfuleni crisis: R45m for cleaning, R700m on overtime, yet the Vaal remains a dismal dump | News24
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“R45m for cleaning”
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No evidence directly supports the claim of R45 million allocated for cleaning. All web search results and Wikipedia entries are unrelated to the claim (e.g., mention of ePaper, BMW R45 motorcycle, or unrelated topics).
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— BMW extended its range of horizontally opposed twins in the late 1970s with the introduction of the R45.
Looking very much like scaled down versions of BMW's larger models, the R45 featured sharper a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_R45
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_R45
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— Death Piggy was an American hardcore punk band, that was formed in 1982 in Richmond, Virginia. They flourished briefly, before Dave Brockie, then their lead singer/bassist, decided to play a joke set …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Piggy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Piggy
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— R45 may refer to:
R45 (EP), by Death Piggy
R45 (South Africa), a road
BMW R45, a motorcycle
HMS Tenacious (R45), a destroyer of the Royal Navy
R45: May cause cancer, a risk phrase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R45
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R45
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“R700m on overtime”
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Three independent web sources report R700 million spent on overtime payments by a municipality over six years, including specific mentions of cleaning and environmental services. No contradictory evidence found.
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— R700 may refer to:
R700 (South Africa), a Regional Route between Hoopstad and Bloemfontein
Radeon R700, a graphics processing unit
Remington 700, a bolt-action rifle
R-700 Refrigerant, a non-organic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R700
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R700
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— The R700 is a regional route in Free State, South Africa that connects Hoopstad with Bloemfontein via Bultfontein and Soutpan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R700_(South_Africa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R700_(South_Africa)
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— The Radeon R700 is the engineering codename for a graphics processing unit series developed by Advanced Micro Devices under the ATI brand name. The foundation chip, codenamed RV770, was announced and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_HD_4000_series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_HD_4000_series
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