Author: Trent Meikle

DStv has done the unthinkable. Rather than inform its customers of an impending price hike, the Multichoice-owned broadcaster has announced a return to 2014 prices, knocking down its price to R700/m… on its DStv Stream Premium contract. Still, it’s something. Even if the deal relies on a stable internet connection. Your chance to get on DStv There’s a catch because there’s always a catch, especially when DStv is involved. Like that gym contract you’ve yet to break in, the deal requires customers to lock in for an entire year to unlock the R700/m price tag for all the channels. Otherwise,…

You’ve felt it. And so have we. Food prices (along with everything else) continue to shoot up, with no real end to the tyranny in sight. In a bid to combat the struggling market and offer its customers a leg-up, FNB has teamed up with Pick n Pay, allowing customers to pick up a loaf of bread for only 99c each – up to four times per month. “We are delighted to be part of the 99c bread initiative as Pick n Pay’s ethos and values align with FNB in serving customers through initiatives which provide some relief during these…

Are the folks down at Vivo’s marketing department doing alright? The Chinese smartphone maker has struck while the iron is hot, releasing yet another mid-ranger in its Y Series of devices, once again sliding under the radar thanks to its sub-R10,000 price point. The strategy seemed to work wonders last time around. Our only concern is that its latest offering – the Vivo Y28 – doesn’t have the same ring to it as, say, the Vivo Y100, which garnered all the attention when it launched just two months ago. Perhaps the naming convention is working exactly as intended, considering the Y28’s exceptionally…

It’s official, folks. South Africa’s petrol and diesel prices will see yet another price drop come the morning of Wednesday, 4 September, marking the fifth such fuel price drop in 2024. The news comes after Stuff spent the month of August following the Central Energy Fund’s (CEF) promising predictions, which foresaw relief for both petrol and diesel drivers and even those buyers of illuminating paraffin across South Africa. Fortunately, Stuff can confirm that the Department’s official adjustments are an even prettier sight than the one the CEF predicted just a few short days ago. Yup, diesel drivers will be paying up to…

It seems like remakes of The Office are all higher-ups really know how to do nowadays. The Office so many of you are familiar with is, itself, a remake of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s iconic collection of deadpan humour that is now an entire genre in and of itself. But we’re not mad that Showmax is getting in on the remake fun with its take on the series, which it announced earlier today. The series has yet to be named, though it would be a crime for it to not be titled ‘Die Kantoor’. Dis wat sy gesê het Whatever it ends…

Comic Con Africa is officially back in Johannesburg, folks. Well, it will be by the time Thursday 26 September rolls around, which is when the cosplaying geek event kicks off at Gauteng’s Johannesburg Expo Centre, spanning the entire weekend until Sunday 29 September. If you didn’t do all too well at maths, that’s four days of geeky goodness involving the country’s best (and unfortunately, worst) cosplayers showing off their talents. It’s a celebration of pop culture involving some of Hollywood’s, er, finest and revelry in the event’s namesake – comic books. Oh, and of course there’s something for the gamers,…

For months, the gaming community’s various leakers have firmly maintained that Sony’s upgraded PS5 is real, will be called the ‘PS5 Pro’ and hit the shelves before the year is out. Despite Sony’s silence on the subject, Dealabs’ own Billbil-kun, a tier 2 leaker, reckons he has now seen an image of the packaging for the PS5 Pro and provided the world with a handy sketch showing off the console for the very first time. Behold, the PlayStation 5 Pro. Kinda. Going Pro Dealabs mentions that while it does currently have an image of the PS5 Pro’s official packaging, it was unable…

Smartwatches that cost more than an actual car are all the rage at the moment. Just look at Apple’s Watch Ultra 2, Samsung’s, er, Galaxy Watch Ultra or the newest timepiece on the block – the Garmin Fenix 8. Amazfit, if the rumours first spotted by Notebookcheck are to be believed, will challenge the paradigm with a budget-beating ‘Ultra-like’ rugged smartwatch of its own. Enter the Amazfit T-Rex 3. Unfortunately, Amazfit has yet to even acknowledge the T-Rex 3’s existence. Thanks to what appears to be a premature listing over on Shopee in Singapore, we’ve at least got an idea of the…

With just a week left before the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy fiddles with the country’s petrol and diesel pumps, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) has hit us with another round of predictions, promising South Africa’s fifth consecutive fuel price drop after the horrendous start to the year. As usual, we’ll need to wait until the first Wednesday of the new month to see those prices actually take effect. In this case, that’ll be next Wednesday, 4 September, after which – barring any major economic waves, both locally and internationally, we could see prices knocked down by as much…

Babe, wake up. Garmin is back. This time with the “toughest watch we’ve built to date,” taking the form of the flagship $1,000 Garmin Fenix 8 supposedly designed to rival Apple and Samsung’s similarly-priced ‘Ultra’ range of smartwatches, but with that Garmin twist. Next to it stands the Garmin Enduro 3, carrying with it a range of upgrades to hopefully help you forget the R22,500 starting price. Rising from the ashes Kitted out with your choice of an AMOLED or a solar charging display, an internal speaker and mic duo, epic diving capabilities, and more than enough battery life to run…