South Africa

What’s hot and spooky on Netflix and Showmax this October?

We know. Finding something to watch on streaming services is a nightmare (and even more so as an undead ghoul). The likes of Netflix…

South Africa’s petrol price breaks through R17 per litre

You’re about to pay a lot more for fuel, South Africa. From midnight on Tuesday, 93 ULP and 95 LRP will see price increases…

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…

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…

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…

MTN’s Free Twitter service is coming to an end tonight

Make sure you have data on your account this evening, because MTN’s free Twitter service is coming to an abrupt end at midnight tonight….

Need a superhero? Mnet Movies has your back

The days when having an innovative advertising campaign meant sending a load of bloggers your product or inviting them to a snazzy event are…

Ex FNB head honcho Michael Jordaan named Mxit chairman

This is big. Former FNB CEO Micheal Jordaan has been appointed chairman of mobile social network Mxit. Jordaan, who retired from FNB after a…

SA app developers stand chance to win $30k, place in international competition

With so many apps out there (Apple’s app store alone has over 900 000 active apps) it’s becoming increasingly difficult to stand out as…

DStv adds social sharing feature to Drifta iOS app

Social TV is big. How big? Well, Twitter estimates that about 64% of its mobile subscribers use its service in front of the TV…

Loeries partner up with WeChat to create ‘village in the city’

Looks like social messaging app WeChat is set to take a little time out from its quest for global domination as it attempts to…

The South African marketing industry still doesn’t get mobile’s potential

In 2009, mobile effectively became the most pervasive mass medium in South Africa, surpassing radio and TV. Yet the reality is that the marketing…

Language services company Rubric makes Firefox available in isiXhosa

This is pretty cool. Rubric, which describes itself as a global language service provider (LSP), has donated its translation services to make Mozilla’s Firefox…

Moneyweb set to do legal battle with Fin 24 over plagiarism allegations

South African financial site Moneyweb is taking Fin 24, part of Nasper’s 24.com stable, to court over alleged plagiarism, copyright infringement and unfair competition….

Protection of Personal Information Bill will make or break SA online marketing

On the 22 August 2013, the South African Parliament approved the Protection of Personal Information Bill and issued the following statement: “The Bill gives…

Samsung’s Gear, NYTimes hacked and Miley’s twerking: #StuffToKnow on the web this week

Not a massive week on the web this time, most of the attention went to the gyrations of a pop singer and the ongoing…

Marketing to young people online: South Africa’s ‘born free’ example

The advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994 was celebrated around the world. It was something that many believed they would never see….

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel