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"He's an engineer": Namibian teen powers family home with own electricity system
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (228+ words) A 19-year-old from a rural Namibian village has done what many trained electricians spend years learning to do, and he did it with salvaged parts and curiosity alone. Vicentius Kapumburu, from Chwagi Village in the Musese constituency, built a functional…...
SA Entrepreneur Reveals How to Start Dropshipping With R1,000
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (359+ words) A South African e-commerce entrepreneur has laid out exactly how she would build a dropshipping business from scratch using only R1,000. The creator behind the Instagram page @noluthandogama_ posted an instructional reel on 10 September 2026, drawing attention for its practical, no-fluff approach to…...
Inside Sandile Zungu's reported networth and businesses
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (327+ words) Sandile Zungu, the AmaZulu FC chairman now seeking the presidency of the South African Football Association (SAFA), has spent decades building a diversified business empire that reaches well beyond the football pitch. Zungu is the founder and chairman of Zungu…...
"Don't convert to rands": SA businesswoman shares cost of Dubai rental cost
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (135+ words) A South African woman living in Dubai is giving her followers an unfiltered look at what it actually costs to rent in one of the world's most expensive cities. @yolzchannel posted the video on 7 September 2026, filming from inside her high-rise…...
"Good for them": Bin pickers outsmart formal workers in earnings, SA debates
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (197+ words) South Africa's waste management industry is hiding a surprising income story. A recent breakdown shared on Instagram by @businesstechsa on 6 September 2026 revealed just how wide the earnings gap is between formal municipal waste workers and the country's informal reclaimers, popularly…...
"Let's support our own": Gauteng man's mobile hygiene stations go viral
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (219+ words) A Gauteng entrepreneur is turning heads with his handmade mobile hygiene units, and South Africans cannot get enough of what he has built. Tshimologo Hygiene Solutions posted a product demonstration video on Instagram on 6 September 2026, showing off two different types…...
Akademia: A look inside the Solidarity-owned Afrikaans university
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (227+ words) GAUTENG — An R3.2-billion Afrikaans higher education campus being developed east of Pretoria has sparked a land-speculation frenzy, with property experts warning that overconfident investors are inflating prices to levels the market cannot sustain. South Africa secures R5.6bn from France and Germany…...
"Fastest snake in Africa": Black mamba delivers alarming strikes
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (275+ words) Briefly News - Slangboere shared footage on 5 September 2026 of a black mamba inside a wooden enclosure displaying alarming warning behaviour - The deadly reptile was filmed slithering along the walls as it was delivering sudden strikes in succession - Viewers who watched the…...
"They were jealous": SA wonders if Uber's Nigeria exit spells trouble for SA
1+ week, 3+ day ago (282+ words) Uber's sudden exit from Nigeria sent shockwaves across social media on 2 September 2026, with one Nigerian creator's passionate response going viral and pulling South Africans into the conversation. TikToker @thejennio posted a direct-to-camera video reacting to the news, visibly frustrated and…...
How a retired woman turned her pension into a R45,000-a-month township business
1+ week, 4+ day ago (355+ words) A retired South African woman is pulling in R45,000 every month from her township property, and not a single cent comes from a formal employer or pension fund. Informal economy expert GG Alcock shared her story during a Standard Bank Talks…...