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Technically, you can use the devices in this Gadget Awards category to play games, but we’re separating them. Laptops of the more conventional sort are often used to do work-type things, too. And the pair below are, in Stuff’s opinion, the best you could nab in South Africa by the end of 2025. As with all of our other categories, though, we confined ourselves to the best tech a) you can buy here and b) we had a chance to fiddle with during the year. It’s part of what makes Stuff’s annual Gadget Awards presentation so tough to execute. On…

South Africa has spent the last few years growing a modest collection of electric cars, accelerated by China’s interest. There’s BYD, vying for your budget EV bucks, or Dongfeng’s R5 million+ electric sportscars — and numerous others in between. With new brands showing up almost daily and car-charge stations cropping up at every corner, it’s arguably the best time to get into an EV in South Africa. We can’t promise that Eskom won’t fall from its pedestal in some spectacular fashion in the near future, though. If the thought doesn’t faze you, we’ve compiled a list of all the electric…

2025 was a good year for gaming (hardware, at any rate). Stuff’s Gadget Awards winners on that particular slate are a stunning bunch, running the gauntlet from a new games console to something that would make a 1980s arcade kiddie cry with joy that such a thing exists. Of course, you didn’t have to wait to find out who won the Best of categories for gaming. We’ve had these in print for some time now. Anyone wanting to leapfrog the rest of the announcements can just…grab a copy of the magazine. The full roster of Stuff’s Gadget Awards winners is…

There are a few major categories of screens for you to stare at. Stuff’s annual Gadget Awards covers all of them, with the winners of our 2025 television category being a major contributor to your avoidance behaviour. If you’d like to avoid better, whether that’s on a budget or with no cost limits, this set of category winners should be on your radar. There will be new TVs landing in South Africa in the months and weeks to come, but our winners here (first seen in Stuff’s Gadget Awards print issue) are just waiting for you to stick them in…

There are few surprises in this batch of Stuff’s 2025 Gadget Awards winners if a) you were paying attention last year or b) bought the most recent issue of the print magazine. But since not everyone does that — you really should — we’ve got the very best of 2025’s tablet hardware for you to peruse. The annual Stuff Gadget Awards don’t just look at the very top of everything. Each entry includes the devices that sit just below the top rung of the ladder. These are gadgets that were ever-so-nearly there. The winners just did something slightly better, in…

It’s time for another batch of Stuff’s 2025 Gadget Awards winners to break cover. Of course, if you’d snagged a copy of the magazine’s most recent issue (for now), you’d know what’s about to appear below. Not everyone looks at slices of dead trees — or digital approximations of them — for fun, though, so we’ve got the best smartphones of 2025 in a more modern, internet format for you. Just a few words on Stuff’s winners from the previous cycle. As with many categories of tech, there may well be better products out there. But they’ve got one serious…

You’ll want to take advantage of February’s glorious petrol and diesel prices while you still can. The official fuel price adjustments for March 2026 have been announced, bringing with them a major a hike across the board. Petrol, diesel, and even illuminating paraffin prices weren’t lucky enough to dodge a hike this month. Motorists are suffering this March All signs point to the increase in March being the first of many. With tensions bubbling over in countries overseas, oil prices will continue to soar higher and higher. Oil prices are one of the biggest factors used to determine the price…

Stuff’s annual Gadget Awards are how we like to close out the year. The winners appear in print first (as it should be), before making the jump online. Audio is the first category of Stuff’s best tech seen in 2025 that we’ll be publishing. This early in the year, there’s still time to nab one of these before an inevitable success is announced and released. Heck, even by the end of 2026, you’ll still be pleased to plonk one of these on your shelf. Keep an eye out for our other categories in the coming week, culminating in Stuff’s Gadget…

It’s been a rocky month for the Central Energy Fund (CEF) and its predictive fuel price snapshots, but the turmoil is about to end. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has published the official fuel price adjustments for February 2026, delivering South African motorists from a month-long waiting game — with the promise of a petrol, diesel, and paraffin price cut from as soon as Wednesday, 4 February 2026. Petrol drivers are jumping for joy You will, of course, want to hold off from visiting the nearest garage until tomorrow, or risk being subjected to the higher fuel…

Unfortunately, unless you’ve got an overbearing mom, heading back to university in the big ’26 requires more effort than just showing up on the day. It’s on you to ensure that your backpack is overflowing with more tech than you know what to do with. Well, not totally on you. That’s where Stuff comes in, lending our expertise to make sure you point that wallet in the right direction before digging back into your studies for the year ahead. Apple MacBook Air M4 (13in) – R21,500 Most, if not all, of your future success relies on having a trusty laptop to…