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Load shedding: Find the schedule for your city or municipality in South Africa

Finding your load shedding schedule for your specific city, town or municipality can be a torrid task online, and searching for them wastes valuable…

Eskom announces Stage 2 load shedding returns to South Africa tonight

Happy December! After the fuel price increased this week and the drama that is SAA, prepare for some more good news. Eskom on Thursday…

South Africa received more spam calls and SMSes in 2019 than ever before

Spam calls. You’d probably rather receive a lump of coal in your stock this Christmas, but it’s an annoyance that affects all phone owners…

Makro on WhatsApp lets users find catalogues, ask questions and more

Have you added Makro as a contact on WhatsApp? Maybe you should. If you shop at the bulk retailer often, you can now shun…

South Africa’s petrol price jumps 22c per litre in December

Happy December! Or well, it was until the change to South Africa’s petrol price was confirmed on Tuesday, weighing on consumer’s pockets like a…

Clicks ClubCard members can now earn points for filling up at Engen

Engen and Clicks are partnering to bring new rewards opportunities to Clicks ClubCard members. Clicks ClubCard users will now be able to earn loyalty…

China to ban the publishing of fake news and deepfakes online

A report by Reuters on Saturday revealed that China is planning to end the spread of fake news by completing banning the content online….

Cape Town water report: usage spikes, dam levels drop & aquifer project begins

Dam levels or both major and minor reservoirs across Cape Town have once again taken a hit, this according to the City’s latest water…

#IdolsSA winner Paxton Fielies also wins Cape Town’s, Twitter’s heart

17-year-old Paxton Fielies on Sunday won the 13th season of popular South African talent competition Idols at Carnival City, Johannesburg. Competing against fellow hopeful,…

South Africa responds to Charles Manson’s death on Twitter

Charles Manson, one of the US’s most notorious murderers in living memory, died of natural causes on Sunday at the age of 83 —…

150k Russian Twitter accounts targeted Brexit referendum

More than 150 000 Twitter accounts — previously only tweeting about the conflict in Ukraine — turned their focus to Brexit in the days…

#ZimbabweCoup: follow the developing ‘bloodless transition’ on Twitter

#Zimbabwe, #ZimbabweCoup and “Mugabe” were all trending topics on Twitter across the world this morning. And there’s no real surprise as to why. The…

The five-minute story of Zimbabwe’s ‘bloodless transition’

There are two words you’re going to hear a lot today: Zimbabwe, and coup. According to numerous reports, Zimbabwe is now under the control…

When will Cape Town run out of water? This tool imagines the scenarios

For the second week running, Cape Town’s dam levels have fallen sharply. As summer draws nearer, the City continues to plead with residents to…

Cape Town’s dam storage drops again to 36.8%

Every one of Cape Town’s largest dams, bar one, lost storage capacity over the past week, this according to the City of Cape Town’s…

Here’s what Twitter’s saying about the #FeesCommission report

The long-awaited Fees Commission Report has finally be released — albeit over 30-minutes later than advertised — and Twitter has responded in earnest. After…

SA Presidency’s website crashes prior to Fees Commission Report release

The official account of the Presidency of South Africa posted a tweet at 11.51am Monday stating that it will today at 12pm release the…

Beaufort West’s Gamka Dam hits 0%

Beaufort West, the largest town in the Western Cape’s arid Karoo region, has officially run out of dam water. This according to the Western…

Viral video: Johannesburg Metro police officer attacked in Hillbrow

A video of a group of people attacking a Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) officer has gone viral on both Twitter and Facebook. The video…

Crime reporting app Namola now available across South Africa

South African crime response app Namola is now available to use across the country, the company and its partner Dialdirect announced Friday. The app,…

Google to announce merchant support on SA Play Store? [Update: yes]

Update: It didn’t take place on Monday, but Google nevertheless announced support on Thursday, issuing a press release. “Starting today, developers in South Africa…

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