Author: Trent Meikle

South Africa has a problem. We call it load shedding. You might have heard of it. We’ve spent the last decade or so suffering at the hands of Eskom, and it’s only going to get worse. If you’ve managed to avoid all that, we don’t like you very much. South Africa’s network operators have had it particularly bad. When higher stages of load shedding kick in, the operators often don’t see enough electricity in a day to keep their backup batteries charged. This means paying for generators and fuel (which is at least a bit cheaper as of today) or…

You may or may not be shocked to learn that South Africa had plans to shut down e-tolls by the end of 2022. You definitely won’t be shocked to learn that the shutdown has been delayed until some time in 2023. In South Africa, we’d be more worried if the shutdown had taken place when it was supposed to. Back in November, finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced that the National Treasury had set a date of 31 December for the scheme to be shut down. On 31 December, the Gauteng Premier’s Office released a statement, stating that “due to the…

Remember, remember the 18th of November – the tenth anniversary of Nintendo’s oft-forgot Wii U console. In honour of Nintendo’s worst-ever selling console (selling even less than the GameCube), we’ve rounded up the top ten Wii U games that can be played on the Nintendo Switch. Because if we’re being honest, that’s the only place we’ll ever get to try them out. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild It feels a little silly that on every Nintendo top 10 we do, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild manages to find itself in the number one spot.…

It may not feel like it, but the PlayStation 5 has been out for more than two years now. Sure, more people have managed to lay hands on it, but the vast majority have yet to lay eyes on the thing. Don’t be too down if you haven’t managed to catch a glimpse just yet; it’s pretty hideous. Still, it’s better than having an Xbox, right? We only say that because Sony has locked in so many PlayStation exclusives. You’ll see plenty of them right here – in glorious 4K (or 60fps, you don’t really have a choice in the…

If you’re the owner of an Xbox and somehow haven’t yet come across Xbox Gamepass, you’re in for a treat. The easiest way to describe Gamepass is by calling it the Netflix of games. You pay a monthly fee, and in return, Microsoft lets you run free on the massive number of titles on the service. They’re playable as long as Microsoft can keep charging your credit card every month. There are three tiers to choose from: Gamepass PC, which gives access to all the titles – but they’re only accessible via a PC. That’ll set you back R15 for…

Think back to March 2017. The Nintendo Switch had just come out, and everyone wanted one. Takealot worked overtime to get everyone their Switches on release day, driving through a storm of note (in Edenvale, anyway). It all worked out in the end with everyone managing to get their new-fangled Switch one way or another. The problem was; there weren’t many games to play other than The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. A fine problem to have, sure, but if open-world games weren’t your thing, you were stuck with Just Dance 2017 or World of Goo. Six years…

Soon, you’ll find out if your parents love you. Or perhaps they just want you to shut the hell up and let them watch Carte Blanche in peace for once. Either way, who cares? You’re about to receive a Nintendo Switch. The why of it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you get playing on the Switch as soon as you’re physically able – whether it’s the boujie OLED model, the OG or the Lite model. That’s what we’re here for. To make the process as pain-free and fast as possible. Setting up First, you’ll want to turn the Switch…

Yesterday, Nike announced that its Training Club workout videos would be arriving on Netflix. The first batch (of two) is set to release next week, 30 December – just in time for everyone’s New Year resolutions. As it is now, these training videos are only available on the sporting brand’s Android and iOS apps. Perhaps Nike finally realised that the practicality of working out while watching videos on your smartphone isn’t practical at all. Now, there’s no excuse to so easily give up on those resolutions. Unless you’re sharing someone else’s Netflix account. If that’s the case… we can’t help…

Way back in 2019, Netflix began looking for a way of restricting account sharing – before it put its plans on hold at the beginning of the pandemic. It looks like the streaming platform could finally drop the hammer in 2023. This follows a report from The Wall Street Journal, which cites people close to the matter. The report claims that there are around 100 million users that aren’t paying for the service themselves. And following Netflix’s first loss of subscribers (some 200,000) in over a decade, the company feels that it’s missing out on quite a large piece of…

The world of solar-powered car racing is more extensive than you might think. Heck, even South Africa has gotten into it, in the form of the Ilanga Cup and the Sasol Solar Challenge. Teams of engineers compete to build their own solar racer and pit them against each other in endurance races. And the Sunswift 7 has just set a new Guinness World Record in a 1,000km race, completing it eight minutes faster than the previous holder. The Sunswift 7 was built by a team from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). It clocked in its 1,000 kilometres in…