PRETORIA – The South African Furniture Removals Alliance (SAFRA) marks 15 years of connecting South Africans with furniture removal companies, with its online platform approaching half a million quotations submitted by moving service providers. Established in 2011, SAFRA has recorded more than 136,000 customer quote requests and over 479,000 quotations from removal companies, according to…

PRETORIA – The South African Furniture Removals Alliance (SAFRA) has unveiled an upgraded website featuring easier navigation, online moving inventories and an improved furniture removals leads management system for participating service providers. The improvements aim to simplify the quotation process for South Africans planning household or office relocations while helping removal companies manage enquiries more…

Johannesburg – South Africans planning a household or office move can now estimate the size of their move before contacting a removal company. The South African Furniture Removals Alliance (SAFRA) has launched a free online Furniture Volume Calculator, helping consumers prepare detailed inventories and obtain more accurate furniture removal quotes. The new tool addresses a…

Table of Contents Affinity Health, a leading provider of high-quality health cover, says World Polio Day (24 October) is an important reminder that polio has not disappeared and that vaccination remains the best way to protect children. Many parents today have never seen a case of polio. This is largely because successful vaccination programmes have…

Runners can look forward to 5km running at its best with a distinctly Johannesburg feel when the Boxer Super Run Joburg takes place on Sunday, 15 November 2026. Returning to the City of Gold in 2026, the Boxer Super Run Joburg, in partnership with Powerade and Rexona, will bring together competitive racing, community spirit and…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Airconditioning Superstore, the Johannesburg North supplier and installer of air-conditioners and heat pumps, has added multi-split inverter aircon systems for two to four rooms (https://acsuperstore.co.za/aircons/multi-split-aircon) to its product range. The request behind it comes up often in Gauteng’s estates and sectional title complexes. An owner wants the main bedroom, a second…

GERMISTON, South Africa: Crusher Consumables of Sunnyrock, Germiston, has added rubber skirt strip and chute liner panels (https://crusherconsumable.co.za/stock/rubber-skirt-liner-stock) to the stock it keeps on the shelf for quarries and sand plants. Most wear-part talk on a crushing plant is about the liners inside the chamber. Plenty of unplanned work happens a few metres further on,…

The estate planning specialists show young families and business owners how one integrated first step puts everything in place. GAUTENG, South Africa — Eksekuteurs vir Boedels en Testamente has published two new articles that together show how will planning serves different life stages and situations, from young families just starting out to established entrepreneurs who…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – ByThis, which puts together starter kits for small South African workshops from its counter in Sunnyrock, Germiston, has added a Sublimation Mug and Tumbler Kit (https://bythis.co.za/picks/sublimation-mug-kit) to its range. The kit is aimed at people who want to print personalised drinkware from a garage or a market stall without sourcing every…

Gqeberha: A clean kitchen and a treated flat can still receive cockroaches from elsewhere in a shared building. True Clean owner Diederik Visser says persistent activity in flats sometimes needs a wider response. He describes one example in a recorded account of a block where some units were treated while others remained untreated. Residents later…

Gqeberha: A home can look well kept while its owner is still dealing with a smell in a rug or couch. True Clean’s review of a year’s cleaning work found that urine was mentioned throughout the calendar. The review covers October 2025 to September 2026. About 9% of cleaning records explicitly mentioned urine, with references…

Gqeberha: Before a cleaning machine reaches a marked carpet, the smaller problem areas may already have needed individual attention. True Clean owner Diederik Visser’s demonstrations show why that preparation takes time. In one carpet video, he refills a spotting container to pre-treat marked areas, including oil marks, before scrubbing and the main cleaning stage. The…

Gqeberha: A chimney booked for cleaning can reveal a repair issue once its condition is examined. In coastal homes, True Clean owner Diederik Visser says the installation in front of him needs to determine the approach. “Almost every chimney has its own little niggle,” he says in a recorded explanation of the work. His videos…

Ten tips to keep it alive and green through El Niño. JOHANNESBURG: Worried about keeping your garden looking lush and lively during El Niño? Don’t be. A few simple steps are all it takes to make sure it stays beautiful and full of life. With Garden Day on Sunday, 18 October, now’s the perfect time…

Table of Contents Johannesburg: College Africa Group | Executive Question of the Week Every month, finance departments across South Africa face a familiar challenge. They must collect, reconcile, check, and present financial information to management. Deadlines approach, spreadsheets multiply, and experienced finance professionals spend valuable hours preparing reports. By the time the reports are completed, there…

Table of Contents South Africa’s automotive retail sector is changing rapidly, with advances in artificial intelligence, growing access to data and evolving customer expectations transforming how dealerships attract buyers, manage stock and make business decisions.Against this backdrop, AutoTrader will bring the dealer community together for Dealer Connect 2026, the most anticipated automotive event of the…

The GRAMMY Award-winning R&B star embraces creative freedom on his new 15-track album before taking the stage at Once Upon A Time in Joburg on 5 December 2026. Featuring Leon Thomas, Pusha T, Muni Long, The Paradox, and Akeem Ali, and with production from longtime collaborator D’Mile and an all-star roster of producers, ALOUD! is…

JOHANNESBURG – BankBrokers, an independent merchant-services advisory based in Sandton, has launched Instant Pay Check, a new service that helps South African small businesses and informal traders decide how they should take payments as instant and phone-based options move into the mainstream. For most of the last decade a small business owner had two real…

JOHANNESBURG: PROVENANCE, a new theatre work by Fak’ugesi Writer in Residence Ashraf Johaardien, had its first public development reading on Thursday 15 October, 12:00 to 13:30, at the IBM Lab, Tshimologong, as part of the Fak’ugesi African Digital & Innovation Festival 2026. Listed on the programme as Provenance + AI-Curious, the session was directed and…

Table of Contents Affinity Health, a leading provider of high-quality health cover, says World Osteoporosis Day (20 October) is an important reminder that bones can become weak without causing any early pain or obvious symptoms. Osteoporosis is a condition that causes bones to lose strength and break more easily. It is often called a “silent…

Table of Contents This October, Acepak is turning attention to its pouch filling machines. The family-owned Cape Town company builds end-of-line packaging machines and turnkey systems, and every pouch filler it sells is designed, engineered, assembled and tested at its South African head office. The timing suits producers in food, beverage, dairy and personal care,…

Table of Contents Before a Krugerrand ever reaches a buyer’s counter, many South African sellers have already shortchanged themselves on paper, and The Gold Avenue wants that to stop. The Illovo company, which buys gold, diamonds, luxury watches and Krugerrands, is using October to highlight a common miscalculation. A large number of Krugerrand holders estimate…

Table of Contents October is the month to get SANS1657 bottled water testing done, according to H2O Guru. The SANAS-accredited water testing laboratory works with clients throughout South Africa and is urging water bottlers, refill stations and businesses that sell purified water to book now. Spring is in full swing and summer is on its…

Millions of South Africans still struggle to access consistent, quality primary healthcare. Language barriers, distance from facilities and a shortage of trained health workers are just a few of the factors impacting the standard of care. Tshikululu Social Investments and Dr Sophia AI are addressing this gap through a new partnership to advance health equity…

Table of Contents Did our great grandparents view the invention of the telephone with the same trepidation that we view AI with today? Imagine if a present day click bait author was tasked to write about the telephone? I think it may go something like this: Forget Everything You Know About Communication: Why Alexander Graham…

Good music, good moves and good food at Clearwater Mall this October Clearwater Mall is turning up the volume this October with an evening of live music and a Saturday morning fitness mash-up that comes with a well-earned breakfast. There’s plenty happening in the Piazza at Clearwater Mall this weekend, with two events giving visitors…