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    WhatsApp Plus launched in South Africa

    Pepperidge farm remembers when WhatsApp launched, they wanted to charge like R8 a month or something for the service. I was on a Windows phone so my subscription never expired for some or other reason Back in the day when BBM was still the hotness…
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    South African who sold two firms to Vumatel is building a fibre company in the US

    Yeah, the stark realization that not even Google could take on the incumbents should tell you all you need to know. But depending on who you ask, they did achieve their goal in getting the incumbents to roll out better broadband options...
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    Discovery gets the nod to spend R4 billion to buy its own office – with its own Woolworths

    I imagine, that any staff lucky enough to still work from home are going to find out real quickly that they're needed back in the office.
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    Is Claude down for anyone else?

    You guys joke about this, but I was on a flight back to CPT (Flysafair, so no WiFi) earlier this year, and decided to get some work done (Python in VSCode) and the guy next to me on the plane was amazed that I can code, with out having the internet and Copilot. I told him, this is why you...
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    Is Claude down for anyone else?

    https://status.claude.com
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    Lesufi punts Gautrain expansion plan

    Ah I can't believe I have to repeat myself here so many times... Do you think the N1 between JNB and PTA turns a massive profit every year? Cars off the road, affordable reliable transit, that's what public infra should be about, not line going up...
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    Telkom wants to roll out free Wi-Fi hotspots rather than public pay phones and other services

    Remember when they had free WiFi already?!
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    When last did you attend a live sports match at a stadium/venue?

    Don't get me started :) Even Joburg has better options than the MyCiti bus, which is packed in both directions... I left like 22h10 and still sat in some traffic...
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    When last did you attend a live sports match at a stadium/venue?

    2 weeks ago, Stormers vs Bulls, Cape Town Stadium
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    Web sQuad ISP - Feedback Thread #2

    @websquadza I recommended you guys to a friend & he signed up, don’t disappoint 😉
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    Walmart already having a big impact on South African shopping malls

    Great Value Toilet Paper :D
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    South Africa's largest Afrikaans-only news publisher is entering the ISP space

    My sources tell me this is @rpm right now at MyBB HQ
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    One Amazon courier partner handles 3,900 shipments a day on average, and the number is climbing rapidly

    Even without free delivery, reliable same day delivery is awesome and worth the R70
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    Takealot to launch a new depot in Cape Town in January 2026

    Is this so they can be close to Amazon, down the road?
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    Microsoft announces another round of Xbox price increases

    By my calculations the prices here in sunny SA went up long before this… R12k when I added to my wish list first and now it’s like R15 k or something?
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