Toby Shapshak is editor-in-chief and publisher of Stuff, a Forbes senior contributor and a columnist for the Financial Mail and Daily Maverick. He has been writing about technology and the internet for 28 years and his TED Global talk on innovation in Africa has over 1,5-million views. He has written about Africa's tech and start-up ecosystem for Forbes, CNN and The Guardian in London. He was named in GQ's top 30 men in media and the Mail & Guardian newspaper's influential young South Africans. He has been featured in the New York Times. GQ said he "has become the most high-profile technology journalist in the country" while the M&G wrote: "Toby Shapshak is all things tech... he reigns supreme as the major talking head for everything and anything tech."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c37zCVOgN9g Kena Health wants to make healthcare affordable The co-founder and CEO of Kena Health, Saul Kornik, wants to give real-world, cost-effective healthcare to millions of South Africans, he tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. He’s already proved he can solve another of the country’s thorny healthcare problems, placing doctors for their practical experience.
The best thing about the Apple Watch 10 is that it takes half an hour to charge to 80%. Sure, it will warn you if you have sleep apnea and high blood pressure but for everyday use, faster charging is always better. Essential, actually. This is the fourth Apple Watch I have owned and the painfully slow charging has always been my biggest bugbear – after the weird not “charging to full” setting I have to manually turn it off just about every time I put it onto a charger. We’ll discuss that later. I got myself the Apple Watch…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4jnL1mMCs How fairy tales can teach us about cybersecurity As scammers lean into the psychology of human nature to scare or shame people into giving up security information, Standard Bank is using another form of psychology to upskill people to avoid phishing and fishing: good, old-fashioned fairy tales. Dr Belinda Rathogwa, executive head of digital and ecommerce for personal and private banking at Standard Bank South Africa, tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak about this novel approach to educating people. Audio-only options:
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