South Africa

Q&A: SA director Jaco Bouwer on ecological horror in new film ‘Gaia’

Mother Nature can be terrifying when she wants to be, as she is depicted in the new South Africa film, Gaia. The new local…

City of Cape Town launches Ombudsman SMS service

The City of Cape Town Ombudsman Office has launched a new SMS service for residents of the municipality. Residents can now either send an…

EskomSePush app temporarily suspended from Google Play Store

Loadshedding app EskomSePush was temporarily suspended from the Google Play Store this week. Herman Maritz, co-creator of the app, shared the news of the…

Mr Price announces deal to acquire Yuppiechef

The Mr Price Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Yuppiechef. The acquisition, announced on 15 March, will include…

PharmaGo: New South African app offers same-day medicine delivery

A newly launched South African app, PharmaGo, offers local users same-day and next-day delivery for prescription and over-the counter medication. Delivery times depend on…

Spotify app now supports Afrikaans and Zulu: How to switch languages

Spotify has announced that the app and website will now support 36 additional languages, including the South African languages Afrikaans and Zulu. This brings…

Eskom announces Stage 2 loadshedding until Friday

Eskom announced that Stage 2 loadshedding will take place from Wednesday, 10 March until Friday, 12 March. The power utility made the announcement on…

Eskom: ‘increased’ chance of load shedding on Tuesday

Eskom is on edge once again. After a week of no load shedding, the utility on Monday announced that the chance for power cuts…

How hot is local streaming content? Showmax gives us the facts and figures

To honour the success of Somizi & Mohale: The Union on Showmax, the company on Thursday revealed a host of interesting facts about the…

Queen Sono: an engrossing tale of a defiant woman in a broken country

Action drama with a splash of espionage isn’t a genre combo you’d associate with South African cinema, but you’re just going to have to…

Two South Africans test positive for coronavirus in Japan – health ministry

Two South Africans who were working aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s health ministry confirmed. In a…

Update: Cape Town Metrorail train service resumes after earlier power cut

Update, Thursday 27 Feb, 5.30pm: Eskom has restored the power to the Cape Town Metrorail train system, the service announced on Twitter. Metrorail has…

What SA’s politicians loved and loathed about the 2020 Budget Speech

The 2020 Budget Speech has been delivered, with steep hikes to sin tax, fuel levies and more investment into state-owned enterprises. But what did…

‘Emergency maintenance’ could mean load shedding on Thursday

Eskom has warned that there could be load shedding on Thursday as power plants will be taken offline for “emergency repairs”. The utility made…

Watch Tito Mboweni’s 2020 Budget Speech live from Parliament here

At 2pm today, finance minister Tito Mboweni will give what could be his most important Budget Speech ever for South Africa. While many South…

Here’s what South Africans are saying ahead of today’s Budget Speech

While South African Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni is set to deliver this year’s Budget Speech later this afternoon, citizens are already airing their…

Mobile malware attacks decreased in South Africa in 2019 – report

Mobile malware attacks decreased in South Africa in 2019 when compared to 2018, according to a new report by Kaspersky. The security firm noted…

Soweto shutdown trends on Twitter as residents demand free electricity

Amidst South Africa’s current electricity crisis, residents of Soweto on Tuesday took the streets to protest against power cuts and billing problems in the…

South Africa’s favourite pancake topping is not syrup, Nutella or cream

Ahead of Pancake Tuesday, Uber Eats on Monday revealed what toppings are most ordered by South African eaters on its platform. The results were…

No load shedding on Monday after units return to service

Monday will be free of load shedding according to Eskom, after the utility returned four generating plants to working order on Sunday. In a…

#DeKlerkMustFall: South Africans debate SONA, the EFF and apartheid

SONA 2020 might be over already, but South Africans are still weighing in on the events that interrupted Parliament last week when the EFF…

Helen Zille is closing her account on ‘hate-filled’ Twitter

Helen Zille is saying goodbye to Twitter. Well, kind of. The former mayor of Cape Town, Premier of the Western Cape and leader of…

No load shedding on Tuesday but system remains ‘vulnerable’

After a weekend that temporarily included Stage 3 load shedding, Eskom announced on Monday evening that no power cuts is expected on Tuesday. The…

OpenAI’s new offline AI model could reshape Africa’s app market in 2026

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

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Acer brings RTX 50 Series gaming laptops to South Africa with next gen AI performance

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel