Originals

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Originals

Feb 3, 2026

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10 min read

🎯 How to 4x Your Performance

Plus: What SA really uses AI for 🇿🇦🤖, how Sixty60 outpaces Shoprite, no more stand-ups & our first time on the moon.

Originals

Feb 2, 2026

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11 min read

💡 SA’s R170bn Skills Gap Play

Plus: SABC’s AI classes 🎓, Showmax’s French competition, investment jobs & SA tech events.

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💰 Takealot's R900bn Township Side-Hustles

Jan 30, 2026

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10 min read

💰 Takealot's R900bn Township Side-Hustles

Plus: OM’s 10x buy 💸, Home Affairs in hot water again, top stocks & new SA tech jobs for you.

Originals

Jan 29, 2026

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11 min read

🇿🇦 Google's R1M SA Wearable Bet

Plus: More new city names 🌇, fixing SA’s auto game, live-streaming 3D worlds & top SA startup raises.

Originals

Jan 28, 2026

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11 min read

💡 Acing Matric on WhatsApp

Plus: Inside SA's tourism boom 🏝️, social media on trial, easy berths & new startup opportunities for you.

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🍕 The SA Team Taking AI to Dinner (in the US, EU)

Jan 27, 2026

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10 min read

🍕 The SA Team Taking AI to Dinner (in the US, EU)

Plus: Chinese cars made in SA 🚗, menus on Mars, letting users build & the first-ever iPad.

Originals

Jan 26, 2026

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12 min read

🚑 Saving 48k SA Lives Per Day

Plus: Digital IDs 🇿🇦, SA’s big holiday spenders, what countries invest in & new SA tech events.

Originals

Jan 23, 2026

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12 min read

🍔 An R80bn Checkers Chef Play

Plus: Apple’s AI pin 💎, the Rand’s epic roll, top stocks and market moves & new SA tech jobs for you.

Originals

Jan 22, 2026

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10 min read

🧢 Hot New Look for This R10bn Market

Plus: SA’s fastest internet 📡, the other cradle of life, voice AI plays & Africa startup funding winners.

Originals

Jan 21, 2026

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11 min read

🛵💨 SA's R225 Billion Youth Play

Plus: FIFA in SA ⚽, Google’s Zulu news, rural SA comms & new startups opportunities for you.

Originals

Jan 20, 2026

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11 min read

🛏️ Solving SA's R22bn Sleep Dilemma

Plus: Building SA’s fashion muscle 👗, Amazon’s 2026 LEO hook up, digital money for SMEs & game-changing AI.

Originals

Jan 19, 2026

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11 min read

⚽ Cutting Down Your Half-Time Tax

Plus: Wikipedia’s AI deal 📚, Google cuts the cheese, where companies invest & new SA tech events.

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🇿🇦 Creating 2.4 Million SA Business Moments

Jan 16, 2026

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12 min read

🇿🇦 Creating 2.4 Million SA Business Moments

Plus: Free re-exam Ubers 🚗, Visa’s stablecoins, big market moves & new SA tech jobs.

Originals

Jan 15, 2026

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10 min read

🍋‍🟩 A R114bn Shot From The Karoo

Plus: SA’s most in-demand jobs 🇿🇦, Africa’s NBA, vibe coding on your phone & the real cost of outages.

Originals

Jan 14, 2026

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11 min read

🚀 SA's R230bn Space Rocket Moves

Plus: Frodo at Ster-Kinekor 🏹, new tech unicorns, faster than call centres & new startup opportunities for you.

Originals

Jan 13, 2026

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10 min read

🤖 So, How Reliable is Your AI Really?

Plus: Easy chef dinners 🥘, Zuck goes nuclear, smarter business funding & the first radio broadcast.

Originals

Jan 12, 2026

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12 min read

⛵ Paid R1bn for it, Nowhere to Park it

Plus: Last-forever batteries 🔋, sport jobs, free investment reports, local business help & new SA tech events.

Originals

😋 20M+ Drink It, But Not in Small Towns (Yet)

Jan 9, 2026

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9 min read

😋 20M+ Drink It, But Not in Small Towns (Yet)

From small town takeovers 🍪 to hyper-focusing brothers, this is how Plato Coffee came to take SA by storm.

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💡 How to Innovate in a Competitive Space

Jan 6, 2026

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12 min read

💡 How to Innovate in a Competitive Space

The lure of SA startups 🇿🇦 and solving the problems that matter — this is how startups can get traction in competitive spaces.

Originals

Jan 2, 2026

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6 min read

🦄 SA Startup Predictions for 2026

From a roaring township economy 📈 to community-first building, which of these startup, tech & business trends will we see in 2026?

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🌍 How to Start an Intelligence Revolution

Dec 30, 2025

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10 min read

🌍 How to Start an Intelligence Revolution

From national security 📡 and saving rhinos to building SA’s coolest intelligence startup, this is how you start a data and intelligence revolution.

Originals

Dec 26, 2025

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6 min read

🏆 SA Startup Champs of 2025

From saving SA parents 🍼 to helping you secure a rental, these are the startup comp winners of 2025. Plus: SA tech jobs.

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🍉 How to Start a New Mobile Network in SA

Dec 23, 2025

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12 min read

🍉 How to Start a New Mobile Network in SA

Plus: Your new Google assistant 💡, making delegation super easy & keeping great financials over the holidays.

Originals

Dec 19, 2025

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8 min read

🚀 The Best of SA Startups in 2025

Plus: Brewskis on WhatsApp 🍻, instant email automations, new tech jobs & zero % capital gains tax.

Originals

Dec 15, 2025

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12 min read

🔋 SA's R10 Trillion Hydrogen Play

Plus: Wi-Fi taxis 🚐🛜, Starlink incoming, easy route to global trade & finance for entrepreneurs.

Originals

🎯 How to 4x Your Performance

💡 SA’s R170bn Skills Gap Play

💰 Takealot's R900bn Township Side-Hustles

🇿🇦 Google's R1M SA Wearable Bet

💡 Acing Matric on WhatsApp

🍕 The SA Team Taking AI to Dinner (in the US, EU)

🚑 Saving 48k SA Lives Per Day

🍔 An R80bn Checkers Chef Play

🧢 Hot New Look for This R10bn Market

🛵💨 SA's R225 Billion Youth Play

🛏️ Solving SA's R22bn Sleep Dilemma

⚽ Cutting Down Your Half-Time Tax

🇿🇦 Creating 2.4 Million SA Business Moments

🍋‍🟩 A R114bn Shot From The Karoo

🚀 SA's R230bn Space Rocket Moves

🤖 So, How Reliable is Your AI Really?

⛵ Paid R1bn for it, Nowhere to Park it

😋 20M+ Drink It, But Not in Small Towns (Yet)

💡 How to Innovate in a Competitive Space

🦄 SA Startup Predictions for 2026

🌍 How to Start an Intelligence Revolution

🏆 SA Startup Champs of 2025

🍉 How to Start a New Mobile Network in SA

🚀 The Best of SA Startups in 2025

🔋 SA's R10 Trillion Hydrogen Play

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