Author: Toby Shapshak

When you have your own acronym – which is a rebranding of PTSD – then you are a very special player. And Pieter-Steph du Toit, the towering colossus who never stops tackling, is this year’s men’s 15 world rugby player of the year. Even the judges of that competition agreed. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/stuffrugby/episodes/PSTD-is-the-worlds-best-rugby-player–Again—StuffRugby-e2rfo97 Listen on Apple podcasts or Spotify. Read more: TV is an app. Rugby is real life Read Cappy’s Rugby World Cup 2023 wrap: You can’t beat the Boks, because they are you

It’s just amazing that a few days before the years-long deadline to upgrade Eskom’s prepaid electricity meters, there are still 2.2 million that haven’t been updated. The consequence will be a hefty bill (I’ve heard as high as R17,000) to physically replace the now defunct meter which hasn’t been fed the 20-digit update code. It seems like a serious penalty to pay for not doing a software upgrade, doesn’t it? On the other hand, this has been in the works for several years. I know because I did the upgrade myself about a year ago, maybe longer. A hot, beleaguered guy…

Jordan Hendrikse will start his second Test alongside his brother Jaden (19 caps), while Cameron Hanekom will come off the bench on debut to become the 12th new Springbok, and the 51st used by coach Rassie Erasmus, this year. What depth of talent. Meanwhile, Handre Pollard is the best flyhalf in the world, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak, and being on the bench is probably more about managing game time. Listen on Spotify | Apple Read More: TV is an app. Rugby is real life Read Cappy’s Rugby World Cup 2023 wrap: You can’t beat the Boks, because they are you

From a Grant Williams snipping break for the first try and a double charge down by Eben Etzebeth and PSDT, to two magnificent tries by Cheslin Kolbe, the Springboks were triumphant at Twickenham. Deservedly all three are finalists for World Player of the Year, which will probably go to the only non-Saffa, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read More: TV is an app. Rugby is real life

The Springboks’ biggest game of the autumn series is against England at Fortress Twickenham and the Boks are uncharacteristically the favourites. Also, how will the English media cope with the 5-3 bench split? Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak not to panic. Hear More: Stuff Rugby with Andy Capostagno: Evergreen Mapimpi leads win over Scots Read Cappy’s Rugby World Cup 2023 wrap: You can’t beat the Boks, because they are you

The Springboks won but it wasn’t pretty. Andy Capostagno tells me why the Springboks beating Scotland by 17 points is nothing to feel crestfallen by. Cappy, as he’s universally known, has been talking and writing about South African rugby for more than three decades. Hear More: Stuff Rugby with Andy Capostagno: Bok nuke squad for Scotland

Andy Capostagno has been talking and writing about South African rugby for more than three decades. So I got him to tell us what he thinks of the Springbok team facing Scotland this Sunday night. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jdoZ2olZLh4ZUaq3SYMwb?si=wPep8Y-ZTfeHrP2O9BrAvA Hear More: Tech startups are flourishing, with Old Mutual’s Vuyo Mpako

When I told people about Audible five years ago, most responded to ask what it was. Now, only one in five asks that. The rest? They’re asking me for recommendations. Audible has gone mainstream. Well, middle-class mainstream. Schmoogling the best value out of Audible I more often find myself explaining how to best make sense of Audible’s arcane credit system, and how to buy them as cheaply as possible. From way back when, long before Apple opened a South African app store, I opened a US account. I only switched to the SA store recently, so my advice is all…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9GYNKjbW0w Old Mutual backs local startups The future of work, healthcare, and education in South Africa is being shaped by a new breed of innovative startups. But the visionary entrepreneurs behind such projects often can’t do it alone. They need the support, resources, and strategic partnerships only deep-pocketed corporate backers can provide. Given how the startup space in South Africa has blossomed, Old Mutual has launched its own tech venture fund to support this dynamic sector, says Vuyo Mpako, who is Managing Director of Next 176 at Old Mutual. Two successful examples of this are Ken Health and JOBJACK which…

A reliable and secure VPN is part of everyone’s Defence Against the Dark Cybersecurity Arts. It’s one of the cardinal rules of cybersecurity hygiene: never use any free public WiFi without a VPN. Ever. It’s the simplest and easiest way to compromise your security – “sniffing” what you send to a server (usually usernames and passwords) for email, WhatsApp, social media, and other apps. I am a pathological VPN user, as I am with all the security protocols that are unfortunately necessary in this modern, connected, digital age. For years I have paid for a solid VPN for whenever I…