Cape Town church turns down R35,000 per month for cellphone tower on its steeple
The Eternal Flame Church in Cape Town has turned down an offer to have a cellphone mast placed on its new 9m-tall steeple, despite being offered a monthly rental payment.
Hi,
I am looking to sign up for fiber in Three Anchor Bay, Green Point, Cape Town area which is serviced by Octotel. I have narrow my choice down to either Cool Ideas or Home Connect, and I recently looked into Comtel. Looking at 100mbps/25 uncapped, unshaped as well as add on VOIP...
I want to get fibre installed, what are the best un-capped deals around at the moment? June/July 2017?
Also is there anything to be careful of or to avoid?
#CapeStorm – Photos show damage in Cape Town
A strong cold front has hit Cape Town, with gale force winds causing damage to buildings, infrastructure, and vehicles in the city.
What Cape Town plans to do about Airbnb housing crisis
Cape Town residents say a shortage of rental accommodation in the city has caused rental prices to soar, and have blamed the popularity of hospitality platform Airbnb.
Hi all, before I got my fibre I found it quite tricky to find the information I wanted about the process, speeds, etc on getting Octotel fibre, specifically the gigabit package. Now that I have it, I want to share the information with the forum just in case there are any others like me out there...
Hi all,
I get PM's daily asking me questions about ambulances related stuff, EMS etc and I don't mind answering but I've sat down and thought about creating a thread specifically for Cape Town to answer some of the common questions I get and explain things.
This thread will probably grow and...
Cape Town to fight for right to buy electricity
The City of Cape Town is preparing to take legal action against the energy minister over where it receives its electricity supply from, mayor Patricia de Lille said on Tuesday.
I'm busy putting feelers out there for experiences with any fibre alternative in Cape Town.
Looking for any isp/package that offers any upload speed that's upwards from at least 2mb. Have 2 users in my household, one for business in the entertainment industry (not too heavy use though...
Just bricked an iPhone whilst travelling (underwater for 30 minutes) so there's major critical data I can't get off. Where's the best place to take this in Cape Town to ensure I at least get the data off the memory (preferably S Suburbs and not OTT pricing)
Cape Town draws battle lines over right to buy alternative energy from IPPs
The City of Cape Town plans to take Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson to court for the right to buy power directly from alternative energy suppliers, instead of Eskom.
The city wanted to get 20% of its energy...
I have been offered FTTH services from WebAfrica, however WA's prices[0] appear higher than, for example, Cybersmart[1].
Does anyone know if there are other ISPs available in this area, or a tool that I can use to find alternate providers?
[0] https://www.webafrica.co.za/fibre/
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Cape Town fights crime with drones, acoustic technology, and smartphones
Cape Town is leading the way in using technology to fight crime, which includes drones, acoustic technology that identifies and locates gunfire, and a mobile alert system tracing criminals.
I need a jeweller to set a heart-shaped stone (already have - size of a R5) into a silver necklace (still need). Anyone know of a jeweller that does good work and would be happy to do a custom job?
Cape Town’s massive fires – Photos
The City of Cape Town and firefighters are tackling 11 blazes across the Cape Peninsula, according to a report by EWN.
For the last 2 months (since October) I've been having issues with my Telkom LTE service, where my signal dropped from 4-5 bars to 1 bar and I frequently need to reboot (about every 2 days). My speed went from 35Mbps to up to 6Mbps.
My Huawei B315s is forced to connect to 2300 Mhz spectrum...