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Cape Town to pilot online market for local businesses

The City of Cape Town has announced that it will be piloting the Cape Town Online Market — an e-commerce platform for local vendors,…

Woolworths launches ‘Virtual Try On’ service for makeup

Woolworths has launched a new virtual beauty service that lets you sample makeup online before buying it. The retailer announced the service on 6…

TelkomONE launches free Ignite education channels

Telkom has launched a new platform on its TelkomONE streaming service called Ignite to provide a free education channels to students. The company announced…

Uber competitor DiDi launches in Cape Town on 17 May with discounts

E-hailing app Didi has announced its launch date for riders in Cape Town and to celebrate, it’s offering deals for both passengers and drivers….

People using ‘corona’, ‘lockdown’ as passwords

Research by NordPass has found that people continue to use simple passwords, including trending words and topics, despite security advice. The password manager company…

Online bookings for private, R10k Table Mountain cable car rides open

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has launched a private car service for interested customers, with the ability to book tickets online. However, it doesn’t…

10+ key figures you should know about South Africa’s unemployment crisis

There were few positives to draw from Statistics South Africa’s latest unemployment report published on Monday. The number you need to know is 29.1%….

Vodacom now lets prepaid users pay for phones over 12 months

Vodacom is giving smartphone buyers on prepaid another way to pay for their smartphones. The mobile network on Monday announced that eligible buyers can…

Fitbit by Google? Alphabet offers to buy wearables maker, reports suggest

Google’s owner Alphabet has reportedly made an offer to purchase wearable device maker Fitbit, sources told Reuters on Monday. In a brief but exclusive…

A Samsung ‘SpaceSelfie’ satellite crashes into a US family’s backyard

A satellite believed to be a part of Samsung’s SpaceSelfie initiative crashed into a Michigan family’s backyard in the United States over the weekend….

How Cape Town’s ‘winter’ weekend of rain pushed dam levels higher

This past weekend of heavy rainfall across Cape Town has done wonders for the city’s dam levels. According to the City of Cape Town’s…

South Africans furious after SABC interviewed Nicholas Ninow’s mother

South Africans were left fuming on Sunday after the SABC aired an interview with the mother of convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow. Ninow was last…

Is your internet slow today? Thank the DDoS attack that hit SA ISPs

Update, Mon 28 Oct, 8.30pm: ISPs continue to struggle after Sunday evening’s DDoS attack. Axxess updated users at 3pm stating that its “upstream provider…

Cyril Ramaphosa taunts ‘BoJo’ ahead of the Springboks vs England final

The Springboks are through to the Rugby World Cup final after defeating Wales 19-16 in the Yokohama semi-final on Sunday. The team will now…

SA Twitter forgets the rugby, complains about Joburg weather instead

It’s not the fierce RWC semi-final between England and New Zealand grabbing everyone’s attention on Saturday, but this morning’s Joburg weather. While heavy rain…

Cold front update: Cape Town just got a month of rain in a single day

Update, Friday 25 Oct, 4pm: The South African Weather Service has issued an update on the rainfall figures for stations across Cape Town. Measured…

You can now report crime through the South African Police’s new app

Vodacom and the South African Police Service (SAPS) are launching a new app to improve communication between citizens and police. MySAPS, announced on Friday,…

City of Johannesburg shuts down its e-services after suffering a cyber attack

The City of Johannesburg on Thursday evening shut down its electronic services after discovering its network had been compromised by a cyber attack. “The…

4 things to know about the ‘winter’ cold fronts striking Cape Town this weekend

In an update on Thursday, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) explained in more detail what sort of weather Cape Town, and other areas…

DA drama drags on as Mmusi Maimane departs the the party entirely

Mmusi Maimane yesterday announced that he would step down as the leader of the DA, but he didn’t state that he’d be leaving the…

FNB extends its smart ID, passport collections to Cape Town branch

Applying for a smart ID or passport in Cape Town but don’t want to visit Home Affairs? FNB on Thursday announced that, through a…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

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