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Uber to offer ride discounts on Election Day: How to claim yours

Uber has announced it will offer discounts on rides to and from voting stations on 1 November to assist users on Election Day. This…

DiDi to offer discounts to voters on Election Day: How to claim yours

E-hailing app DiDi has announced it will offer first-time riders up to 50% off Election Day trips on 1 November. The offer will be…

FNB offers 40% discounts on local flights booked on banking app

FNB has announced its customers can get discounts of up to 40% when they book local flights via eBucks Travel on the bank’s app….

Pothole Patrol app launched in Johannesburg

The City of Johannesburg, in collaboration with Discovery Insure and Dialdirect Insurance, has launched a new Pothole Patrol app and WhatsApp bot for residents…

How to get your digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate

The South African COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate System is now live with citizens able to access and download their digital certificates. Health Minister Dr Joe…

South Africa vaccine certificate website is still being tested – Health Department

The Department of Health has clarified it is still testing its COVID-19 vaccine certificate website for South Africa, leading up to its official launch….

FlySafair launches FlyMore Club subscription programme

Lost-cost airline FlySafair has launched the FlyMore Club, a subscription programme that lets travellers fly regularly at fixed prices. The airline said the club…

Nike Adventure Club is a shoe subscription service for kids

Nike has launched a clothing subscription service for growing children. In an announcement on Monday, the sportswear company revealed Nike Adventure Club, which “lets…

Cape Town dams break the 80% full mark, Theewaterskloof now beyond 70%

What a difference a drought makes. Back in 2017, Cape Town dams at this point in August were just 30.5% full. Now, as of…

SAA flights cancelled as Hong Kong protests spill over into airport

More than 200 flights were cancelled on Monday, including two SAA flights, after pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong spilled into the region’s international airport….

Cape Town’s Metrorail train updates are now available on Telegram

Cape Town’s Metrorail train service at the beginning of this month shuttered its free SMS update alert service, noting that it would look to…

One of SodaStream South Africa’s new bottles can save 512 bottles annually

SodaStream is going eco-friendly with new BPA-free, proudly South African “My Only One” bottles, which launched across South Africa this week. Following some coffee…

Seeing a lot of Uber discounts lately, South Africa? Here’s why

If you’ve ever wondered whether Uber or its drivers foot the bill for discounts offered by the company, you can now rest easy. While…

This beautiful cold front dropped even more rain over Cape Town today

A bit of brief but beautiful cold front lashed Cape Town earlier today, bringing with it blustery conditions and near-horizontal rain to the region…

Google wants to become a ‘carbon neutral’ hardware company by 2020

In an attempt to make its consumer hardware as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible, Google on Monday revealed a number of eco-friendly goals…

Cape Town dams are now more than three-quarters full

The largest dams that feed Cape Town this week hold a little bit more water compared to last week, with the combined total extending…

Researchers ‘discover’ a new dinosaur species hiding in Johannesburg

Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) and Johannesburg’s Wits University have identified a new species of dinosaur that has been hiding in a…

Chart: Here’s how much rain fell across Cape Town in July 2019

Cape Town endured a frightfully dry winter just a few years ago, but thankfully, Mother Nature is giving the city some much needed relief…

SAWS: Johannesburg, Pretoria are enjoying a much hotter winter than usual

Believe it or not (Cape Town), but this winter in South Africa has been a lot warmer for some parts of the country than…

NASA’s sun-kissed probe has already beamed 22GB of data back to Earth

Remember the Parker Solar Probe? NASA’s pioneering spacecraft has completed its first two orbits of the Sun in May, the agency announced. Incredibly, all…

Western Cape Gov: Uber, Bolt hijackings on the rise in parts of Cape Town

The Western Cape Government is calling on Uber, Bolt and drivers of other ehailing companies to practice caution when operating in parts of Cape…

Cape Town’s water tariffs could drop before summer as dam levels rise

Cape Town’s water tariffs could decrease in the coming months, thanks largely to the wet winter and increase in dam levels. This according to…

Cape Town’s Metrorail trains to shutter free SMS alert service from August

Cape Town’s Metrorail train service announced in a communication with commuters on Tuesday that it will soon shutter its free SMS notification service. Users…

China’s Smartphone Market Slips 3% as vivo Reclaims the Top Spot

Xiaomi 15T Series – Leica in Your Pocket

When AI Sees What We See – Why Its “Vision” Feels Weird (and Slightly Creepy)

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel