Soweto’s December entertainment calendar will welcome a new addition when Sugar People & Friends stages its first birthday festival at Soweto Country Club, Pimville, on 19 and 20 December 2026. The two-day event will bring together an established line-up of South African artists, live music, contemporary sounds and a curated food offering, introducing a high-calibre…

DURBAN: On a dialysis water plant, trouble often starts outside the reverse-osmosis skid: unstable feed pressure, a drain with no proper fall, or a plant room too cramped to service. Renal Supplies Water Systems, based in Pinetown near Durban, designs, installs and services reverse-osmosis plants for dialysis units and plans each one along the full…

ALBERTON: MoreCut Saws, a bandsaw and hacksaw blade supplier in Alrode, Alberton, cuts blade coil and welds it into finished loops through its weld-to-length service. The shop checks the blade against the saw before it is dispatched, because wheel size, guides, blade width and the material on the bench all decide whether the loop runs…

PINETOWN: Sublimation on stretch fabric can go wrong in the press. Numbers double up on a cycling top, or a knitted panel springs back when the press opens. Sublimation Consumables, a sublimation paper supplier in Pinetown, has set out when its tacky paper for stretch fabric is the right fix and when it is not.…

CAPE TOWN: HostEx Cape, the hospitality trade expo in Cape Town for hotels, guest houses, restaurants and caterers, has built its show programme around three programme streams during the expo. Chef demos The chef demo theatre runs live cooking sessions where buyers can watch commercial kitchen kit under service-style conditions. It is aimed at hotels…

EPPING, CAPE TOWN: Many fabrication shops already have a gantry and torch planned and still need a flat, full-sheet bed to put under them. CNC Plasma Tables, a table builder in Epping, Cape Town, supplies its 1530 water table kit flat-packed, so a workshop can bolt, square and weld the bed into place itself over…

Table of Contents Between late November and the end of January, South African billers enter one of their most demanding stretches of the year. Before leaving on holiday, customers clear their accounts and pay for festive spending, and the new year then brings another wave of school fees, insurance premiums, municipal bills and subscription renewals.…

Table of Contents Once the matric finals begin and the first university acceptance letters arrive, families across South Africa start planning for a child who will soon be living away from home, often for the first time. The questions come quickly. Is anyone on hand after dark? What exactly is included in the rent? What…

Eksekuteurs vir Boedels en Testamente shows South Africans how retirement planning and post-divorce will reviews bring peace of mind through one integrated first step. GAUTENG, South Africa — Eksekuteurs vir Boedels en Testamente has published two new articles for people approaching retirement and for those starting a new chapter after a divorce. Both show that…

Table of Contents GQEBERHA, SOUTH AFRICA: The Stratlec Group, an Eastern Cape-based electrical and building automation specialist with roots dating back to 1966, has officially added the Shelly range of smart home and light commercial automation products to its nationwide online store at https://stratlec.co.za. Following twelve months of rigorous local field testing, the new online catalogue…

Following the achievement of first place with first-quarter revenue, Samsung ranked first in both revenue and unit sales in the second quarter Customised daily and weekly instalment model in Africa accounts for 46% of revenue Sales of Galaxy S and Z series rose 20% year on year Expanded local engagement around Africa’s first Olympic event,…

Comparing two used cars can mean working through differences in mileage, equipment and price. Before a buyer contacts a dealer, there is already plenty of information to make sense of. For the dealer, keeping listings current and responding to enquiries takes time that could otherwise be spent with customers.  AutoTrader Intelligence is already assisting with…

PRETORIA: Two ex-demo CNC routers with the same bed size can arrive in very different condition. SalePrice Workshop Outlet in Pretoria West now grades its ex-demo stock A, B or C and has set out what each ex-demo grade means, so buyers can weigh the saving against the wear before they arrange collection. A grade…

Table of Contents Crank it up. No edits. The Wavepool Surf Tour has barely towelled off from the Alaïa Surf Challenge and is already paddling into event two. This time, you might have surfed your entry months ago. Ride The Future 2026 is an online competition for Best Air, Best Turn, and Best Barrel, open…

South African roofing contractor provides roof installations, repairs and maintenance services for residential, commercial and industrial properties, helping property owners protect their buildings through practical roofing solutions. A property’s roof plays a critical role in protecting the building, its occupants and its contents from the elements. Across South Africa, residential homeowners, commercial property owners and…

HOT 102.7FM has raised an incredible R38,398,474 for HOT Cares Teddython 2026, surpassing last year’s R31.5 million. The 2026 HOT Cares Teddython is a powerful example of what can happen when a brand, its people and its community unite behind something bigger than themselves. Held at Papachinos Broadacres on 6 November, this year’s Teddython was…

Table of Contents Few household annoyances escalate as quickly as a stuck garage door during the festive season. On a normal workday it is an inconvenience, but when the car is loaded for a December getaway or a house-sitter cannot get inside, it turns into a real headache. Magnificent Garage Doors, a Pretoria and Johannesburg…

Table of Contents Most people with glaucoma feel perfectly fine for years. The most common form of the disease brings no pain and no early change in eyesight, while it quietly wears away the optic nerve, which is why it has earned the nickname “the silent thief of sight”. With the year drawing to a…

Table of Contents For a lot of South African families, November is budgeting season. Year-end bonuses and salary increases are being worked into the numbers, the holidays are only weeks off, and January arrives with its own list of choices to make. If 2027 might be the year you stop renting and buy your first…

Table of Contents December puts more pressure on South African seating suppliers than any other month. Event hire firms, caterers and venue managers handle year-end functions, school prize givings, church events, family gatherings and festive parties within a few short weeks, so chairs go out and come back more often than at any other point…

Table of Contents You heard the bass before you saw the taxi. By the time the HiAce came round the corner, the whole street was singing. Kasi Republic is bringing that feeling back for one afternoon only. On Wednesday, 16 December 2026, iYouth Endala will gather at Riversands Farm Village in Midrand for a Reconciliation…

Table of Contents Cape Town: The last invoices need to go out, projects are being handed over, and the leave calendar is filling up. For many Cape Town businesses, the final weeks of the year involve fitting a great deal of work into very little time. IT arrangements can easily slip down the list until someone…