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🪣 Can This Bucket Save SA R8.7bn a Year?

Mar 20, 2026

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11 min read

🪣 Can This Bucket Save SA R8.7bn a Year?

Plus: One massive SA founder exit 💸, Zuck quits the Metaverse, what to do with $2M & new SA tech jobs.

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Mar 19, 2026

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10 min read

🐶🐱 SA's R6bn Pet Sitter Play

Plus: FlySafair with Apple and Google Pay ✈️, CHARGE and Zimi joint forces, instant interactive diagrams & SA’s GDP growth since 1994.

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🧚‍♀️ Now Every Mom is a Health Superhero

Mar 18, 2026

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11 min read

🧚‍♀️ Now Every Mom is a Health Superhero

Plus: SA founders who raised millions 💰, how to sell your business, WhatsApp calorie tracking & new SA tech opportunities.

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🚗 Long SA Road Trips: A R180+ Million Play

Mar 17, 2026

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10 min read

🚗 Long SA Road Trips: A R180+ Million Play

Plus: Business in a box 📦, Optasia’s big year, massive business progress & the oldest man-made space object.

Originals

Mar 16, 2026

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11 min read

💡 Now Every SA Company Can Get Solar

Plus: Cape Town green 🔋, Elon’s big rebuild, your AI investor & new SA tech events.

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📺 ‘So We Are Just Giving Up?’ (a R5.8bn Mistake)

Mar 13, 2026

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10 min read

📺 ‘So We Are Just Giving Up?’ (a R5.8bn Mistake)

Plus: Groceries for less 🍎, WhatsApp eWallets, who needs co-founders & new SA tech jobs.

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🔥 How R7bn's Coffee Helps Your Braai Longer

Mar 12, 2026

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10 min read

🔥 How R7bn's Coffee Helps Your Braai Longer

Plus: Who all raised funds in March 💰, Standard Bank’s new robot, a company of agents & Africa’s top 10 economies.

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🏕 Company Retreats in Reverse (a R521 Billion Play)

Mar 11, 2026

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10 min read

🏕 Company Retreats in Reverse (a R521 Billion Play)

Plus: SA doubles GDP 🇿🇦, lekker Bok breakfast, WhatsApp IT support & new SA venture opportunities.

Originals

Mar 10, 2026

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10 min read

❄️ A R960 Billion Breath for Fresh Air

Plus: Local funding rounds 💵, hiring South Africans, free tech PR & the world’s most famous phone call.

Originals

Mar 9, 2026

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11 min read

⚡ The Last Shop Queue You'll Ever See

Plus: FinMaster at Exclusive Books 🎲, Meta open to bots, more trades than global GDP & new SA tech events.

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Mar 6, 2026

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11 min read

🥑 A R1.5 Trillion SA Grocery Play

Plus: Business-friendly new labour laws 💪, so long Showmax, AI and brands & new SA tech jobs.

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Mar 5, 2026

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10 min read

💸 SA's R50bn Savings Revival

Plus: R600 smartphones 📱, how Google finds your luggage, instant infographics & SA’s wine exports by the numbers.

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🛵💨 Now Everyone Gets Same-Day (a R130bn Play)

Mar 4, 2026

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11 min read

🛵💨 Now Everyone Gets Same-Day (a R130bn Play)

Plus: SA’s OG startup funding 🇿🇦, recovering agri yield, WhatsApp HR & new venture opportunities.

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Mar 3, 2026

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10 min read

🇿🇦 Now? A R350bn SME Payday

Plus: Wanna buy a bank? 🏦 fashion on your stoep, Google’s secret coding agent & the first TV game set.

Originals

Mar 2, 2026

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11 min read

🚚 Securing 2.7 Million Tons Per Day

Plus: Capitec’s travel perks ✈️, Netflix’s no-thanks, SA’s new finance rulebook & lekker SA tech events.

Originals

Feb 27, 2026

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10 min read

🍭 SA’s R3.7 Billion Snack-Time Play

Plus: Good news for SMEs 🇿🇦, smart glass detectors, No. 1 business lesson & new SA tech jobs for you.

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🚀 When You Can Quote 800x Faster Than Rivals

Feb 26, 2026

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11 min read

🚀 When You Can Quote 800x Faster Than Rivals

Plus: SA tops Africa VC funding 💰, Plato’s new London store, coding on the run & SA’s quadrupled hybrid sales.

Originals

Feb 25, 2026

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10 min read

📵 One Tap, No Screens (a R30bn Play)

Plus: SA’s next VC wave 💸, 21 new Walmarts, no more outages & new venture opportunities for you.

Originals

Feb 24, 2026

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10 min read

🧋 10 Million Cold Drinks, Zero Spills

Plus: Brewing in SA commerce ✅, scheduled WhatsApp messages, your financial health & birth of a legend.

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Feb 23, 2026

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11 min read

🔥 SA’s R230bn White-Glove Bomb Squad

Plus: Coffee world champs ☕, the Mars GPS, wallets for kids & lekker SA tech events.

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Feb 20, 2026

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10 min read

🧹🪣 A R74bn Home Finance Play

Plus: A R1bn deal 💸, the WhatsApp clock-in, Spotify concert seats & new SA tech jobs for you.

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😎 How to Save Half a Million Per Employee

Feb 19, 2026

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11 min read

😎 How to Save Half a Million Per Employee

Plus: Africa’s AI leaders 👀, SA’s mining hiccup, big agent marketplace & SA’s private power surge.

Originals

Feb 18, 2026

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10 min read

💳 Say Farewell to Your Company Card

Plus: Fortnite at SA schools 🔫, which tourists to target, WhatsApp insurance & new venture opportunities for you.

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💡 Sourced Out Without the Chaos (a R300 Trillion Game)

Feb 17, 2026

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10 min read

💡 Sourced Out Without the Chaos (a R300 Trillion Game)

Plus: Altman secures the lobster 🦞, SA’s new parasitic snail, your new work BFF & IBM’s first “portable” computer.

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Feb 16, 2026

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11 min read

🛟 Here's Your R187 Million Life Saver

Plus: SA in love ❤️, FIFA’s robodogs, the banks’ new groove & SA tech events.

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🪣 Can This Bucket Save SA R8.7bn a Year?

🐶🐱 SA's R6bn Pet Sitter Play

🧚‍♀️ Now Every Mom is a Health Superhero

🚗 Long SA Road Trips: A R180+ Million Play

💡 Now Every SA Company Can Get Solar

📺 ‘So We Are Just Giving Up?’ (a R5.8bn Mistake)

🔥 How R7bn's Coffee Helps Your Braai Longer

🏕 Company Retreats in Reverse (a R521 Billion Play)

❄️ A R960 Billion Breath for Fresh Air

⚡ The Last Shop Queue You'll Ever See

🥑 A R1.5 Trillion SA Grocery Play

💸 SA's R50bn Savings Revival

🛵💨 Now Everyone Gets Same-Day (a R130bn Play)

🇿🇦 Now? A R350bn SME Payday

🚚 Securing 2.7 Million Tons Per Day

🍭 SA’s R3.7 Billion Snack-Time Play

🚀 When You Can Quote 800x Faster Than Rivals

📵 One Tap, No Screens (a R30bn Play)

🧋 10 Million Cold Drinks, Zero Spills

🔥 SA’s R230bn White-Glove Bomb Squad

🧹🪣 A R74bn Home Finance Play

😎 How to Save Half a Million Per Employee

💳 Say Farewell to Your Company Card

💡 Sourced Out Without the Chaos (a R300 Trillion Game)

🛟 Here's Your R187 Million Life Saver

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