South Africa

Trippin’ With Skhumba is Showmax’s first travel-comedy Original

South African streaming service Showmax on Wednesday announced its third Original set to debut after 2017’s Tali’s Wedding Diary, and January’s The Girl From…

US student who swapped SIMs to steal $5m in cryptocurrency pleads guilty

A US student could face more than 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing $5-million in cryptocurrency, reported Motherboard….

You can now order food on Uber Eats in Paarl

Uber Eats is now available 60km northeast of Cape Town in the Winelands town of Paarl, the company announced on Thursday. It’s the third…

Uber Lite should be the only Uber app you need

There are many lite versions of popular apps today, all aiming to make our lives easier when we’re struggling with data costs, low storage…

SANParks: Lion’s Head weekend fire will delay hiking trail’s reopening

The grand reopening of Lion’s Head’s popular hiking trail frequented by selfie-seekers has been postponed following the wildfire which ravaged the peak on Sunday….

It’s voter registration weekend, and political parties can’t shut up about it

Political parties swapped megaphones for Twitter this week in the wake of the final IEC South Africa voter registration weekend. Between 26-27 January 2019,…

Cape Town’s Bloubergstrand is South Africa’s most Instagrammable place

After South Africa was crowned as the fifth most Instagrammable country in the world earlier this month by Big Seven Travel, a long list…

Nal’ibali reading campaign joins Mxit to improve SA’s literacy with new app

The Nal’ibali reading campaign has joined forces with South African based social networking platform Mxit to launch an app aimed at better distributing children’s…

FNB wants to put a tablet in people’s hands for under R100 a month

South African banking giant First National Bank (FNB) is continuing its big device push with the announcement today that it will now offer a…

South Africa’s first Bitcoin ATM comes to Johannesburg

If you’re not virtually mining it or relying on the kindness of the internet, the most common way of getting Bitcoin cryptocurrency is to…

You can now buy Google Glass from Takealot… as long as you’ve R27k to burn [Update: someone did]

Critical update: someone has made the plunge and purchased Google Glass from Takealot. We don’t know how many, just that it has happened. “We…

16 graphs that shed new light on the South African smartphone space

As we’ve pointed out time and time again, South Africa is a mobile country. If you’re a regular reader then stats like the fact…

Is Mweb’s tweeting couch a sign we’ve reached peak smart objects?

There was a time, not so very long ago, when we thought that the Internet of Things and smart objects would revolutionise the way…

That free Wi-Fi we all love so much? Yeah, it’s never really free

It’s become a thing. Free Wi-Fi for all is the new panacea for all broadband ills and will help the poor escape their plight,…

Here’s why you shouldn’t treat Naspers’ numbers as evidence of a tech bubble

One of the most followed stories and right in the heart of the debate around tech bubbles and valuations (especially in the emerging markets…

Don’t burn your wallet: why SA hasn’t reached its mobile, cashless future (yet)

When it comes to technologies that have failed to deliver on the hype that preceded them, it’s pretty difficult to beat mobile money in…

Here’s your complete guide to understanding how Twitter advertising works

So, it’s official. Twitter advertising is now available in South Africa. It’s official because there was an official launch with Goodie Bags, and a…

Desperate for free Wi-Fi? Try taking a ride in a South African minibus taxi

South Africa’s taxi industry doesn’t have the best reputation — perhaps undeservedly so — but now it’s showing that it at least has some…

New ministers, new ministries, old problems: can the SA government sort out its tech issues?

The more things change, the more they stay the same — at least they do if you’re the South African government and, instead of…

GoPro catches armed muggers… in full HD [video]

A cyclist was recently robbed at gunpoint in Somerset-West, South Africa after an armed person and two others stopped him in his tracks on…

Spotify possibly coming to Africa with Vodacom partnership

The popular music streaming service, Spotify, is allegedly making its way to the African continent. According to certain sources, the Swedish startup is in…

Discovery Insure wants you to drive like a boss with this new app

It’s well known that South Africa’s roads aren’t the safest in the world. Local insurance company Discovery Insure agrees, and has recently released an…

MTN Expands Black Friday Into Black FriYAY With Bigger Deals and Added Value Across SA

PlayStation 2 Still the King: 25 Years Later It Remains the Best-Selling Console of All Time

Vox Kiwi Wireless Promises Fibre-Like Speeds Without the Wait

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

South Africa’s Black Friday Spend Is Set to Break Records Again and Ecentric’s Dashboard Shows It in Real Time

Sony’s ULT POWER SOUND Range Lands in South Africa With a Bass-Heavy Lineup Built for Local Music Lovers

Monster Brings the Heat to rAge 2025 with Free Cans, Hot Laps and Call of Duty Finals

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel