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    Warning to South Africans with banking apps on their phones

    To be fair, the banks are forcing you to use the app. MyBB are the ones writing sensationalist clickbait headlines about "warning" people. I've grown less patient with reading this type of content on MyBB, so I only skimmed the text, but no where did a warning from the actual banks stand out to...
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    Big upgrades for TV channels and cheaper mobile data — the dead South African dream

    How hard can this possibly be? Run adverts on SABC saying that people need to get a STB. Do this for 6 months. If after that people still complain they didn't know, then clearly they don't actually watch FTA TV and don't need the STB.
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    Two strategies that helped Telkom grow its R17.7-billion business by 1,697%

    Strategy 1: Decouple itself from the Government Strategy 2: Be forced to compete against other providers and not rest on a monopoly
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    Communications portfolio committee calls for Netflix and SABC collaboration

    So a company that charges up to R2000+ per year and has a high barrier to entry (Internet + Streaming Device + TV) decimated a Government subsidized company that charges R250 per year and has a low barrier to entry (TV). I mean, if your competition beats you with higher prices and higher...
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    Cabinet approves driving licence validity extension to 10 years

    Sure, that makes complete sense. You are now having to do 1/2 the work, so you need to charge 2x as much.
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    Teraco's CT-1 is as unassuming as data centres come

    Is R3m really considered upmarket in Cape Town? Alternatively phrased question, is Rondabosch that cheap now? Most of the places I've been looking at, which I do not consider upmarket houses or in upmarket areas, start at like R3m. R5m is where things start becoming slightly more upmarket...
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    FNB under fire for R25 monthly fee for business banking account holders

    I don't even get my statements emailed to me, but this is such a ridiculous cost that it is pushing me to move from FNB. Because if they can come up with this ridiculous fee, then we are probably only a few months away from some other ludicrous fee that actually does affect me.
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    Discovery Bank's AI prepares payment details from invoices automatically

    API banking sounds like the kind of thing the geek in me really wants, but for the life of me I can't think of a scenario where I would actually use it.
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    Discovery Bank's AI prepares payment details from invoices automatically

    I am seriously considering moving away from FNB because of how terrible their UX/UI is. Both their app and website are terrible no matter what you are trying to do. I wanted to compare bank fees for various transactions. For Capitec it was 2 very obvious clicks and I had the information I...
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    Deputy President's message to Chery: Use township business to supply its new manufacturing plant

    With the parts they bought from China of course! So a Chinese manufacturer will buy parts from a local supplier who bought the parts from China, just so a middleman can take a cut for absolutely no value given. It is the ANC way. Even if a local township supplier is able to supply something...
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    South Africa faces severe shortage of industrial gas

    ActionSA/EFF/MKP will just blame the foreigners for taking those 70k jobs.
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    Woolies' new rewards programme won't let customers opt out of marketing emails

    If you use GMail, just flag the emails as spam. Eventually they will just end up in your spam folder where they belong. I had to do this with Pick-n-Pay who kept emailing me no matter how many times I clicked Unsubscribe or chose Opt-Out of all. I even contacted their support email to ask they...
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    NteFlorist has delivered over 1 million orders through its nationwide partnerships with local florists

    Or, you know, just straight up hijacking the local florists name to snipe their online business https://www.news24.com/business/consumer-lookout/bloom-and-doom-durban-florist-goes-viral-as-ad-nightmare-sends-clients-to-rival-20260213-0919
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    Producer of Netflix films working to save industry jobs in South Africa with new app

    Uh, I'm not sure I follow the logic here. The film industry in SA is dying because there is not enough money being pumped into it. This app helps people in the film industry find jobs. Jobs which are scarce because no money is being pumped into the industry. How is the app going to "save the...
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    Amazon Prime launched for R59 per month in SA

    Thanks, that worked!
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