What do South Africans want for Xmas?

Home entertainment tops South Africa’s Christmas wish list this year, according to online retailer takealot.com. The e-commerce site has revealed what parcels are most likely to be found under the Christmas tree this year, with a media player from the TV, Audio and...

What South Africans buy on mobile

Moms have been crowned “the queens of mobile shopping”, with the top five items sold this month on takealot.com being baby products. Online retailer takealot.com has revealed that nappies topped the mobile shopping list by far, with Pampers taking first...

Six locals make Google competition semis

Google has announced the 20 innovative, entrepreneurial Web adopters from across sub-Saharan Africa who have made it to the semi-finals of Google’s Africa Connected competition. The competition was launched in August last year, calling entrepreneurs, creatives,...

SA saving less for kids’ education

More South Africans are struggling with debt and cutting back on saving towards their children’s future education – a financial decision that could have devastating consequences for generations to come. This is o¬ne of the key findings of the recent 2013 Old...

More South Africans saving for the future

About 70% of South Africans are planning to save either “the same or more” over the coming six months – a decrease from the 92% who say the same thing in the previous survey.  According to the latest MasterCard survey of Consumer Purchasing Priorities: Money...