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Patrick O'Doherty
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2 reviews13 months ago
Shocking, avoid this campsite at all costs
I would like to bring to your attention an incident that happened over this long weekend 20-23 March 2025. The Mahai Campsite was full of families wanting to enjoy nature. We had come to the Royal Natal national park for its beauty and tranquility where peace and quiet is guaranteed as it is a world heritage site. There are signs posted everywhere that no loud noise or music is to be played in the camp sites. Unfortunately this was not honoured as a group of people around 40 + were not abiding by the rules. They were playing music from their car stereo with subwoofers and partying from 16:00h late into the night past 24:00h from Thursday night all the way to Sunday, drunk and smoking cannabis right next to our tents. All campers & their children got little sleep which was ruined by the tour group's total disrespect for the entire community. We laid various complaints with night security and the honorable ranger on duty. Many attempts were made to confront the group, they refused to switch off the music and kept partying. They even threatened to physically harm the night security officer. Many other campers including us contacted the emergency numbers of the conservation manager 082 718 0055 & Mahai duty number 064 761 5516. There was absolutely no attempt from any of the officers to ask the group to vacate the campsite for disobeying the rules, unfortunately the rest of the law abiding campers had to suffer because of the absent leadership of the KZN wildlife staff. We spent literally tens of thousands of rands on rentals, camping equipment, fuel, food, with some of us coming as far as Cape town to get to Mahai camp which has been on our bucket list for many years. We are highly upset over this and need solid answers as to how and why this was allowed to continue over the weekend despite numerous complaints. It is truly disturbing that our and many other families' safety was totally disregarded by the staff at Mahai.
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52 months ago
Nedbank really are the bottom feeders of SA banking
I just have to get this off my chest. I have been a client of Nedbank for over 30 years and it has come to the point where they are incapable of delivering on anything they promise and are stuck in the Stone Age concerning the utilisation of the amazing technology we have today. I have made the switch to Discovery and I am absolutely over the moon. Their app is incredible and customer service is excellent. Nedbank’s archaic architecture literally forces people to go into their sweatshop to make simple changes to their account. This I can now do online or over the phone. If you are thinking of moving I highly recommend Discovery bank.
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