The Market; The Outsiders — WeBuyCars; The Goliath — OLX Group & The Aggregator — Cars.co.za Hello there, Welcome back. If you are new, each week I write about tech-enabled startups in South Africa, or how certain technology trends might be relevant to South Africa & sometimes the founding story of innovative companies. I’ve been...
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IN TOUCH Photographic Series: Mahlatse James & Tumelo
‘IN TOUCH’ is an intimate photographic essay around our growing need for human affection & connection. For being in touch with our people, including ourselves. It portrays human contact as the new luxury good of the era. South Africans with different backgrounds and relationships were invited to the studio and expressed the essence of the...
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HUAWEI Music Celebrates African Excellence with Fresh African Artist Showcase
African excellence in music is a topical subject at the moment, globally. Prominent musicians and record labels are key opinion leaders driving this global conversation. Africans can be extremely proud of the caliber of musicians coming from the continent, with several home-grown talents releasing smash hits and making waves internationally. In this vein, HUAWEI MUSIC Africa...
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Joe Human. Being in Lockdown Really Exposed How, as Humans, We Thrive in Connecting.
I’m a sole believer in people constantly reaching different levels of consciousness. This year might have further affirmed this belief. We got to be lonely but not alone. We came to face our thoughts, fears, visions and demons. A lot of us used social media as a coping mechanism. Being in lockdown really exposed how,...
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Range Rover Velar. More Often Than Not, Disruption Comes With Design and Convenience
I love disruption, and more often than not, disruption comes with design and convenience. It’s interesting to watch brands get better with time while others become obsolete, disruption is necessary for progress and for change to happen. Nokia and BlackBerry were once one of the biggest mobile companies in the world; today I don’t have...
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IN TOUCH Photographic Series: Felipe Mazibuko
‘IN TOUCH’ is an intimate photographic essay around our growing need for human affection & connection. For being in touch with our people, including ourselves. It portrays human contact as the new luxury good of the era. South Africans with different backgrounds and relationships were invited to the studio and expressed the essence of the...
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The Reality of Ghosting. Really gentlemen? Do we really deserve to be ghosted?
As I sit here writing this I am a mixture of numb and angry. Two weeks ago my boyfriend of one year ghosted me. For five long days,
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iPhone 12 and 12 Pro: Apple’s latest get 5G, ‘ceramic shield,’ MagSafe magnets
No, your current iPhone won’t work on superfast 5G networks. But Apple’s new lineup — four devices in total — will. Apple’s iPhones just got a lot faster. During its virtual event Tuesday, the company unveiled its iPhone 12 lineup — and all four new devices come with 5G, including the ultra-fast millimeter wave version. The company’s 5.4-inch iPhone 12 Mini,...
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Marvin Family Travels | Summer at the Avani Hotel, Lesotho
The key travel information, all the expected family space comforts, the pre-emptive safety and intelligent driver assistance features, make you look like a superhero dad, akin to the domesticated Bat-Dad, who is more handsome than the sombre Batman.
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The Mentality You Need Before You Start Any Business is a Business Strategy
Nomayini: The Mentality You Need Before You Start Any Business is a business strategy and self-help book written for young black men between the ages of 16 at 35, predominantly from the townships with an entrepreneurial mindset or aspire to develop one. ‘Nomayini’ means ‘anything’ in IsiZulu language. The term is slang used pervasively in...