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MTN is offering users 80GB of data for R299pm in new promo
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Netflix wants to track smartphone users’ ‘physical activity’ in new test
Netflix is asking users if it can track their devices’ physical activity information, according to users on Twitter and a report by The Next…
Marriage advice is currently trending in South Africa
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You can now circumvent ‘soft’ paywalls with Google Chrome 76
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Man and his donkey singing The Lion King’s opening theme goes viral on Facebook
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Cape Town’s Metrorail trains to shutter free SMS alert service from August
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What to watch on Netflix and Showmax in South Africa in August
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South Africa just can’t understand how Eskom lost R20.7bn in a year
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South Africa’s unemployment rate increases to 29% in Q2 2019
Statistics South Africa on Tuesday gave South Africans yet another reason to feel depressed. The stats body in its quarterly labour report announced that…
MTN warns of multiple ‘fake MTN Facebook accounts’ scamming users
MTN is warning its users against a number of parody Facebook accounts parading as official channels for the telecoms company. It called into question…
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