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Cape Town cold front brings snow to Table Mountain [Pics]

Social media users were in for a treat when Table Mountain Cableway staff and those visiting the area shared pictures and videos of snow….

South Africa the top country for digital activism – Change.org

Change.org’s Global Digital Civic Engagement Index has ranked South Africa as the top country for digital activism in the first half of 2020. The…

Google announces new features to manage your Chrome tabs

Google has announced several improvements to tab organisation in Chrome, including faster tabs and collapsible tab groups. These improvements should make it easier for…

You can now do bank deposits at Pick n Pay tills

Pick n Pay has announced the launch of its Desposit @ Till technology, which allows you to deposit cash into your bank account using…

Showmax Pro in South Africa: Everything you need to know

This week, MultiChoice announced the launch of Showmax Pro in South Africa — a premium version of Showmax that includes live sports streaming. But…

SA government asks Twitter users to stop sharing videos of Dros rape

The South African government has asked citizens to not share a video of the alleged rape of a little girl in a Dros in…

More than a million people now use UberEats in South Africa

UberEats is this week celebrating its second year of operation in South Africa, and with it provided a slew of factoids on our eating…

Julian Assange resigns as WikiLeaks editor because he can’t do his job

Julian Assange has stepped down as editor of WikiLeaks… mainly because he can’t actually connect to the internet. The Australian has been “held incommunicado”…

An intense ‘medicane’ is posing a threat to southern Europe

After Florence and Mangkhut, do you need any more proof that the weather is all sorts of crazy this year? If you answered yes,…

Everyone’s wondering what happened to the ANC’s website

If you’ve been wondering what happened to the ANC’s official website, well, it’s down. You can check for yourself here, but any attempts to…

Dros Silverton bombarded by negative reviews after child rape

Dros’ online reputation has been shattered this week after a seven-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old man in a Dros Silverton outlet. The…

South Africa fumes online after girl was raped in Dros restaurant toilet

South Africa’s Dros restaurant chain has come under fire on social media this week after it confirmed a seven-year-old girl was raped in a…

Super Typhoon Trami is even scarier than Florence from space

Planet Earth has seen its fair share of horrifying storms these past few weeks. With Florence ravaging the US east coast earlier this month,…

Five of Cape Town’s six largest dams are more than 90% full

According to the City of Cape Town’s latest dam report published on Tuesday, the city’s supply reservoirs are now a combined 74% full. That’s…

Cyril Ramaphosa’s stimulus package gets social media talking

Remember the early days of President Cyril Ramaphosa rise to power? He was loved across South Africa, and especially on social media. But that…

The Berg River Dam is now more than 100% full

Cape Town’s third largest and youngest dam, the Berg River Dam, is the first of the city’s large dams to hit the 100% mark….

The Clanwilliam Dam becomes an unlikely social media star

The Clanwilliam Dam, north of Cape Town, is an unlikely social media star this week, after the reservoir’s sluice gates were opened and dramatic…

Private cannabis use is now legal in South Africa (and Twitter is loving it)

On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court decriminalized the private use of cannabis in South Africa. The ruling comes a year after the Western Cape High…

Cannabis in Coca Cola may be the future of wellness drinks

Coca Cola has confirmed that it’s not ruling out the use of cannabis in its future wellness products. More specifically a substance contained in…

Cape Town’s dams up to 70% but Theewaterskloof lags behind

Cape Town’s dams are now 70% full, this according to the City’s latest dam levels report. That an increase of just 0.9% over the…

Someone’s sticking needles in Australia’s strawberries, and no one knows why

Australia’s dealing with a rather odd crisis at present. Sewing needles have been found lodged in strawberries and bananas across the country, in what…

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