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  1. Luis

    Progress made on R3.2 billion Afrikaans private university campus

    Progress made on R3.2 billion Afrikaans private university campus New photos of construction activity at Solidarity's R3.2-billion Akademia private university campus in Pretoria East reveal substantial progress since the project officially kicked off in January 2026. Akademia recently also...
    • Luis
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    • afrikaans private university akademia pretoria private education private universities solidarity
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    New electricity prices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Pretoria

    New electricity prices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Pretoria South Africa's four largest metropolitan municipalities will soon implement electricity tariff increases, mostly in line with Eskom's 9.01% hike in bulk electricity prices. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa...
  4. Luis

    Small town in Gauteng famous for the world's largest diamond uses AI in mining

    Small town in Gauteng famous for the world's largest diamond uses AI in mining Cullinan, roughly 45km to the north-east of Pretoria, has transformed from a colonial outpost into an innovative diamond-mining town, using X-ray transmissions and AI to recover valuable diamonds. It was here where...
    • Luis
    • Thread
    • ai british columbia cullinan cullinan diamond pretoria x-ray transmissions
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tshwane Mayor's claim of 5 potholes tested

    Tshwane Mayor's claim of 5 potholes tested While Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya recently claimed that the city only had five potholes, MyBroadband counted 51 on less than 0.4% of the capital city's roads. In her State of the Capital address in early April 2025, Moya said her administration had...
  6. J

    Afrihost/Metrofibre Daily disconnects

    Hi All I live in Pretoria, and I've been experiencing a very frustrating occurrence on a daily basis with my Afrihost fibre line at home. The internet would disconnect at random times and then reconnect within a minute or 2—sometimes longer, sometimes quicker. The frustrating part is that I do...
  7. pratlou

    Catch the Gautrain to Cape Town?

    Tshepo Kgobe, CEO of the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA), said in an interview this week that passenger numbers had dropped to 32,000-33,000 trips a day on the busiest days, or about 56% of pre-Covid usage. But the numbers were gradually picking up. The agency manages the R45bn infrastructure...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    City of Tshwane announces load reduction on top of load-shedding following pylons collapsing

    City of Tshwane announces load reduction on top of load-shedding following pylons collapsing The City of Tshwane (CoT) will start implementing load rotation/reduction to provide areas that have been left without electricity for multiple days with some intermittent power. The collapse of seven...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tshwane allowing residents to sell electricity back to the grid

    Tshwane allowing residents to sell electricity back to the grid The Tshwane metropolitan municipality has announced that it is accepting applications from residents to sell electricity back into the grid, the Pretoria Rekord reports. Applications are open to residents with small-scale embedded...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Pretoria gets Cope mayor with ANC-EFF support

    Pretoria gets Cope mayor with ANC-EFF support Lawmakers in the South African municipality of Tshwane elected a mayor from a minority party — the second major city this year to hand power to an official who has no popular mandate. Murunwa Makwarela of the Congress of the People, which holds...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    DA-led opposition alliance will govern Pretoria

    DA-led opposition alliance will govern Pretoria Six South African opposition parties agreed to form a coalition government in the Tshwane municipality, which includes the capital Pretoria, shutting out the African National Congress. The municipality was among 70 where no party secured an...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    A look inside the new R470-million high tech hospital in Pretoria

    A look inside the new R470-million high tech hospital in Pretoria Growthpoint Properties has announced the completion of a new R470-million “first-of-its-kind” specialised surgical hospital in Pretoria. The Cintocare Hospital in the Menlyn Maine precinct is the first 5-star rated green...
  13. S

    To live: Joburg vs. CPT?

    I have lived in Johannesburg for almost 4 years. I like a lot of things about it. The people are very open and friendly and I have had no issues making friends with locals even though I'm an outsider who wasn't born here. But the city has a few down sides, mainly high pollution and the fact that...
  14. S

    I'm currently feeling like Rain is taking me for a ****.

    I got myself Rain 5G a couple of months ago (The R700.00 package) and it was good for about 4 months, But for the last 6 weeks, My connection is utter garbage with speeds so low that the Speedtest fails every time... I restarted the router last week Tuesday and I finally got my router connected...
  15. V

    Musicians streaming LIVE in Lock-down in South Africa: Christiaan Baartman and Jannie Lategan

    Tune in: Facebook Page 19:00 SAST - 18:00 CET - 17:00 GMT - 13:00 EDT - 9:00 PST
  16. NeonNinja

    Cop calls taxi driver “@sshole”

    Allegedly.
  17. Gordon_R

    Three men survive helicopter crash in Pretoria street

    https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/three-men-survive-helicopter-crash-in-pretoria-street-20191025
  18. S

    Need Diesel Depots in various locations

    Hi all, I am hoping someone in the logistics industry will be able to help me. I need to find diesel depots at various locations in Gauteng, North West and Limpopo but because most of South Africa hasn't discovered the internet searching online isn't working out too well for me! We deploy...
  19. V

    Looking for a partner to walk from PTA to Polokwane and back.

    Hi guys, I'm planning a walk from Pretoria to Polokwane and back sometime next year. All I know is that I want to do it. I'm looking for someone who's insane enough to join me. The trip will be self funded, no sponsorship plans in the pipelines. Will discuss logistics in private. It might...
  20. H

    JHB vs PTA (culture, women etc)

    I'm a late 20's guy from Scandinavia who moved to Sandton about 2 years ago. As my lease is now up, I am thinking whether I should stay in Joburg's northern suburbs or if I should make a move to Pretoria. Some general questions: 1. Would/should I need to learn Afrikaans to be fully accepted...
  21. Koosie

    Xbox One Bundle

    Item name: Xbox one 500GB + 2 Controllers + Dual Charging dock and rechargeable batteries also including GTA V, The Division, Battlefield 4 Premium Age and condition: 2 years Do you include packaging: Original Packaging Warranty: No Reason for selling: Not using it Price: R4500...
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