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Watch Together: You can now watch videos and series with friends on Facebook Messenger

Facebook is rolling out a new feature — Watch Together — which lets you watch series, movies, and other videos with friends using Facebook…

Shorts: YouTube launches TikTok competitor

Possibly smelling blood in the water due to the ongoing TikTok saga, YouTube has launched a competing service on the video platform with Shorts….

South African series: SA to get its own fantasy epic series with Blood Psalms

MultiChoice has announced that a new South African fantasy series — based on pre-colonial African mythology — will be coming to Showmax in 2021….

Google launches digital hub with free courses, job seeking tools, and resources for businesses

Google has announced a new digital hub that provides free tools and resources to individuals, job seekers, and businesses in South Africa. The Grow…

Facebook Campus: Facebook launches students-only platform

Facebook has gone full circle and introduced Facebook Campus — a college-only space that lets students connect with their classmates. If you remember the…

Ozapp: Ozow launches new secure, cardless payment app

Digital payments company Ozow has launched a new online payment solutions app and new features to make the quick, cardless payments more accessible to…

Capitec trends as users flag irregular transactions

Capitec is the latest company to trend on social media as users flagged irregular transactions — with some occurring in the middle on the…

Rihanna wants Trump to stop the music at his rallies

Rihanna is really, really not okay with the US President Donald Trump using her music at political rallies. The recording artist on Sunday responded…

Cape Town’s dams continue drying trend into November

Cape Town’s dam levels dropped 0.6% this past week, according to the latest report by the City. Overall, dam levels remain just below three-quarters…

Pick n Pay launches ‘early’ online Black Friday deals

Pick n Pay has announced its first wave of Black Friday deals, more than two weeks before the actual day itself. In a smart…

Malusi Gigaba’s sex tape hack is South Africa’s version of Celebgate

Malusi Gigaba was using an iPhone during the period he suggested his phone was hacked and a sex tape was obtained, evidence from his…

George fire: Southern Cape city faces huge veldfire disaster

As of Monday afternoon, a large swathe of the mountains surrounding the Southern Cape city of George is engulfed in flames. The blaze, which…

Cape Town’s dams end October on a negative note

After a week of extremely hot weather, Cape Town’s overall water consumption has spiked to a new high, while its dam levels have dropped….

Mpumalanga is not a good place to take a deep breath, Greenpeace reveals

Mpumalanga is known as a beautiful, green province in South Africa that contains part of the world renowned Kruger National Park and Blyde River…

SASSA warns South Africans of new grocery voucher scam

A new scam parading as an official voucher programme from SASSA is making the rounds, according to the agency. “SASSA would like to warn…

Malusi Gigaba’s spokesperson: sex tape was leaked by ‘an opposition leader’

Malusi Gigaba’s spokesperson Vuyo Mkhize has confirmed that the sex tape which sent social media into a frenzy on Sunday was “leaked by an…

Malusi Gigaba is caught in South Africa’s latest sex tape fiasco

South Africa’s minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba is at the centre of the internet’s and the country’s latest sex tape scandal, the politician…

This famous handprint of Nelson Mandela sold for R460k

A lithograph of former South African president Nelson Mandela’s hand has been sold at a charity auction in Hong Kong for R462 000. The…

‘A talent has been taken’: South Africa pays tribute to HHP on Twitter

South African rapper Jabulani Tsambo, better know as Hip Hop Pantsula, and HHP, has died at the age of 38. The well-known musician was…

This almost perfect rectangular iceberg is a social media star

Planet Earth usually doesn’t like right angles or draw in straight lines. Mountains are rarely perfectly vertical or horizontal, flat areas of land has…

Cape Town just can’t stop tweeting about this heatwave

After months of rain, it seems that Cape Town has jumped from the depths of winter straight into the clay oven of summer. The…

Google brings 4K upgrades to Google Play Movies & TV

Google has revealed upgrades for Google Play Movies & TV that will allow users in the US and Canada to watch content in 4K. According…

You can now buy Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair, doctoral thesis, and more

You can now buy Stephen Hawking’s iconic wheelchair if it just so happened to be on your Christmas shopping list. An auction will be…

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