Interesting Stories

183-year-old village known as South Africa’s Book Town achieves 117 Mbps mobile speed. For this report, MyBroadband Insights used data collected through the MyBroadband Android speed test app. By Staff Writer – My Broadband. Richmond, a small Karoo town in the Northern Cape Province, achieved an average mobile speed of 117 Mbps on MTN’s network. This was revealed in the Q1 2026 MyBroadband Insights research report about the average mobile […]

Warning for estates and complexes that scan visitor car and drivers licences in South Africa. Estates, complexes and gated communities in South Africa are being warned to be careful about how they collect and handle visitors’ personal information. South Africa’s Information Regulator is finalising a code of conduct that will govern how controlled-access properties process visitor data under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Local access control and visitor […]

How to keep your fuel costs down when the fuel price goes up As fuel prices soar, everyday expenses can skyrocket but short, practical steps can help you minimise your fuel costs without sacrificing your lifestyle. It’s the classic drip effect. One increase feeds into another until your budget starts to feel tighter in places you didn’t expect. The good news is that, while you can’t control the oil price, […]

The right tools and utensils in the kitchen can make all the difference. Are you perhaps unsure what is really needed when it comes to cooking? Or do you have to scale down your kitchen and are wondering which utensils you should keep and which not? Then have a look at Heleen Meyer’s recommendations. Having the best choice of tools and utensils, means that you have less clutter keeping your […]

Lars Gumede is the founder of Axel Technologies, a Swedish-South African artificial intelligence (AI) startup building NowNow, a platform described as the “Ultimate AI Assistant for Business Owners”. One of NowNow’s key features is called Tender Finder, which aims to automate the processes of finding and applying for tenders in South Africa, while also helping address tender corruption. MyBroadband spoke to the 24-year-old Gumede about NowNow and Tender Finder to […]

Today, we’re joined by acclaimed author Nthikeng Mohele, whose stories weave through places, bodies, and politics with profound sensitivity.

Today we’re joined by Vernon R.L. Head – poet, architect, environmentalist and bestselling author of books such as The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World and A Tree for the Birds, whose work follows rare birds, wild places and the people who love them. We’ll be talking about the style of a life lived close to nature: from his writing routines and travel essentials to the spaces, objects […]

South Africa had a bullet train, the MetroBlitz, 35 years before President Cyril Ramaphosa first made his bullet train promise in 2019. The MetroBlitz was an experimental narrow-gauge high-speed train which, during testing in 1978, hit 245km/h, setting a world speed record for narrow-gauge rail that remains unbeaten today. The project began in the 1970s, when Herbert Scheffel of the South African Railways (SAR) experimented with self-steering bogies (trucks), which […]

Fancy a weekend break, an hour’s drive from Cape Town, then visit Riebeek-Kasteel, whch has one of the oldest hotels in South Africa where prime ministers stayed. The Royal Hotel in Riebeek-Kasteel is one of the oldest in South Africa, dating back to 1862. It has been referred to as the oldest hotel in the Western Cape, frequented by many notable guests in its long life. In 1661, Commander Jan […]