africa

  1. RyanBrothwell

    Mugabe promises 'good returns' to Japanese investors

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday promised that Japanese investors in Zimbabwe would be treated in a "robust and effective manner", state-owned ZBC television reported. Mugabe said Zimbabwe was ready to do business with Japan and ensure good returns for investors. Accompanied by...
  2. RyanBrothwell

    Malawi: Pastors want 4 000 gays arrested

    A coalition of young pastors in Malawi have threatened to drag the government to court to force it arrest 4 000 homosexuals living in northern Malawi’s city of Mzuzu. The Young Pastors Coalition of Malawi (YPCM) has accused the government of encouraging homosexuality through its failure to...
  3. Kevin Lancaster

    Africa’s telecoms market to overtake Europe – expert

    Africa’s telecoms market to overtake Europe – expert Africa is not just a consumer of technology anymore as the continent’s telecommunications market could become bigger than that of Europe in the next five years.
  4. P

    How to watch Netflix, Supersport Streaming and/or Hulu on a non-Smart TV?

    Evening everyone Need some help here. I have an HD LED TV with HDMI capabilities. Actually it's a good TV (LG), but it's not that smart. Therefore I need to do some workarounds to get a streaming service up and running. I have an unshaped 4mbps line next to the TV and I'm looking into the...
  5. D

    Bring Digital Ocean to SA

    Hey guys, If you don't know about Digital Ocean, well in short it ROCKS! Basically you set up a tiny server for $10 a month which kicks any shared hosting in SA's ass! All SSD hosting, well why the hell not? https://www.digitalocean.com There is a petition on their request site, if you...
  6. B

    Participate in our Broadband Quality of Service Study in the Western Cape Province

    Want to find out about the internet speeds and performance on your ADSL connection? Have you ever wondered what the real speed you’re getting on your ADSL line is? Do you want to know how your broadband performance changes over time? Do you want to contribute to a data set about the...
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    SA domain names: co.za vs web.za, net.za, org.za

    SA domain names: co.za vs web.za, net.za, org.za There are currently close to one million .za domain names, with co.za domains accounting for the majority
  8. NeonNinja

    The Undercover Artists/Tracks House Thread!

    The Undercover Artists/Tracks - House Thread! Welcome to the home of good undercover house music! What we discourage: - Slow jams - Deep stuff - Low tempo stuff - Mainstream stuff (likes of Black Motion / Dj Kent, et al.) Pure commercial / upbeat, South African dance music! Let's share the...
  9. Kevin Lancaster

    Facebook hits 100 million in Africa

    Facebook hits 100 million in Africa One in 10 Africans are logging on to Facebook every month, the world’s No.1 online social network said on Monday, presenting a new target audience for advertisers
  10. C

    FOX Sports now on StarSat

    While I don't have StarSat myself (I used to have TopTV), it looks like they're picking up steam by adding FOX Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2. They actually do cover some major soccer leagues from around the world (except UEFA and BPL), however there is cricket broadcast as well as MMA. This is a...
  11. NeonNinja

    Top 5 entry level cars in SA

    http://www.all4women.co.za/lifestyle/motoring/top-5-entry-level-cars-in-sa
  12. NeonNinja

    WIN the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class for a year! [31 May 2014]

    The competition runs from 29 April 2014 to 31 May 2014. https://secure.mercedes-benzsa.co.za/youtube/competition.aspx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ7D34cNLSY TOS: https://secure.mercedes-benzsa.co.za/youtube/terms_and_conditions_w205.pdf
  13. NeonNinja

    DJ Kent Mixes (2014)

    Successor of this thread: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/496852-DJ-Kent-Mixes-(-gt-2013) Thread will be populated with DJ Kent's 5FM mixes. Unlike previous web page/thread, all mixes will be posted in this first post. Different file requests welcome. January 2014 03-01-14...
  14. NeonNinja

    Top 100 AIDS countries

    1 South Africa 5,600,000(53 million), 10.5% 2 Nigeria 3,300,000 (169 million), 2.4% 3 India 2,400,000 (1.2 billion), 2% 4 Kenya 1,500,000 (44 million), 3.4% 5 Mozambique 1,400,000 (25.5 million), 5.5% 6 Tanzania...
  15. QuintonB

    MTN pushes e-commerce in Africa

    MTN boosts e-commerce in Africa MTN has partnered with African telecom and Internet companies to help operators offer more e-commerce services on the continent
  16. jes

    New domains now available

    New domains now available ICANN has launched the first batch of generic top-level domains
  17. MDKza

    Dark Fibre Africa

    So I took a look at their coverage map.. It seems they have most of JHB and PTA covered. Must have spent an absolute fortune. My question is where is the FTTH? They have such a huge network in place now why dont they go and steal so many of Hellkoms clients?
  18. I

    16 women freed from ‘baby factory’

    How much are you prepared to pay for a new born, Nigerian child? On the 'black market' they go for 2000 to 2500 Rand. WTF My puppy was more expensive. How on earth can humans behave like that? And are this babies bought to be used for 'muti' on the 'local' market? Africa is both, sick and...
  19. LazyLion

    Africa must stop the looting of it's resources: Annan

    Revenues from mining in Africa are not reducing the gap between the rich and the poor on the continent, the Africa Progress Panel said on Friday. The panel, which consists of eminent persons chaired by former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan, released its Africa Progress report for...
  20. LazyLion

    SA Shocked About Somali Attacks

    The government has expressed shock at the violent attacks in the Somali capital of Mogadishu at the weekend. "South Africa condemns these abhorrent acts of terror, for which there can be no justification," international relations department spokesman Clayson Monyela said in a statement on...
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