Author: Trent Meikle

Playing the petrol price prediction game can be finicky. Just a week or two ago, we were reporting another rough month for South Africa’s drivers — both diesel and petrol. Now, thanks to a fresh crop of figures from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), things are beginning to look a whole lot brighter. For one set of drivers, at least. This month, lady luck appears to be favouring the country’s diesel drivers with the CEF’s predictions pointing to a minor diesel price drop at the beginning of April. Petrol drivers won’t be as fortunate when the Department of Mineral Resources…

Professionally, PlayStation Just days after South Africa’s PlayStation distributor confirmed the launch of the PS5 Slim in April, we’re hearing news of Sony’s next big thing: the PS5 ‘Pro’. This isn’t coming from Sony directly, of course. It’s coming, as everything that counts as ‘news’ these days does, from an unofficial source (it was leaked) — by YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead. And later confirmed by Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson. Oh, and it’ll be arriving sometime in the holiday shuffle — to better target those Christmas wishlists — as long as it pumps out enough first-party titles, that is. Good thing Nintendo stood…

UPDATE 15/03/2024: Stuff got in touch with PlayStation South Africa’s distributor, Gamefinity, which confirmed the official launch date of 5 April 2024 for both the PS5 Slim (Digital) and the PS5 Slim (Disc). It also noted that their prices would be R12,000 and R14,000 respectively. As for the new console’s accessories — the standalone BluRay disc drive and Slim Vertical stand will be released alongside their console counterparts on 5 April 2024. The disc drive will cost R3,000, while the vertical stand (also sold separately) will cost R700. ORIGINAL 15/03/2024: Seriously, it’s time to say goodbye to that first-gen PS4 you’re still…

Remember when Realme dropped a special edition Naruto-themed smartphone? Probably not, because the Chinese smartphone brand hadn’t yet established itself in South Africa. No matter, we’ve since absolved ourselves of any salty residuals, instead focussing on the company’s recent efforts. Say hello to the Realme C67. Teetering on the good end of ‘mid-range’, the C67 is Realme’s latest smartphone to land on South Africa’s shelves. It’ll fetch R7,500 or R400/m if you pick it up on an MTN contract. Customers under the Vodacom umbrella will have to wait until April, unfortunately. No fakers here If you asked Realme, they’d tell…

It’s finally arrived — the FA Cup quarter-finals will be taking place this weekend. After a thrilling campaign, only eight teams remain to battle it out for that top spot; Coventry, Wolves, Newcastle, Leicester City, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and the biggest team in the world: Man United (That’s debatable — Ed). And if you’re at all worried about the seedy pub around the corner favouring the weekend’s sparse Premier League fixtures rather than the clash between Liverpool and Man United, stop it. Showmax has just announced that it’ll be broadcasting the Emirates FA Cup quarter-finals this weekend – with…

Let’s talk about the birds and the bees. Provided the birds and the bees are The Witcher 3 and Assassin’s Creed. When a studio loves two games very much, they spend time alone in the studio to conceive something entirely new. That’s essentially what Team Ninja has done with Rise of the Ronin — and we love it. At least, we love what we’ve seen so far. Don’t set your heart on Rise of the Ronin being a carbon copy of The Witcher 3 or Assassin’s Creed, though. It’s an amalgamation of plenty of games — Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro, and Nioh prominent among them — all smushed together to create…

While FNB is hard at work bolstering its vehicle licence renewal service, Pick n Pay is already throwing in the towel just two years after it launched its own renewal utility according to MyBroadband. The grocer has yet to confirm why it ended support for the service, but some hints point towards a possible revamp — one that’ll hopefully lower its high costs and offer more practical users. Pick n Pay renewals no more Pick n Pay did not announce the service’s departure from its bouquet of offerings traditionally, instead contacting MyBroadband in an attempt to remove the retailer’s name from the…

You might think that losing out on access to electricity for ±4 hours per day would constitute some sort of break on Eskom’s monthly fees. That might be how they do it in more developed countries, but nothing will stop Eskom from collecting its annual hike, showing up right on time ahead of the 1 April 2024 hike date. Eskom’s taking us for a hike It’s not as though Eskom is coming out of left field with this one. These plans have been in the works since early 2023 when The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approved a…

UPDATE 12/03/2024: FNB South Africa has confirmed that the “promotional time period” mentioned in the press release began yesterday, 11 March 2024, and will run until 30 June 2024. Imagine still visiting the post office or somewhere similar to renew your car’s license when the FNB app exists. It’s possible you weren’t aware of FNB’s abilities to get your license renewal sorted, nor that it only cost R100 for a renewal. That was the headline in November, anyway. Now, FNB has cut that price to R70 per renewal for a “promotional time period”. If you’ve been doing your best impression…

Samsung has just unveiled its Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35, drawing some attention away from the altogether flashier (and only two months old) AI-bolstered Galaxy S24 lineup. The A-series duo is just as — if not more — important than the S24 series because it demonstrates “Samsung’s ongoing commitment to making the best of mobile innovations available to everyone.” In other words; this is the South Korean’s mid-ranger portfolio, garnering a few thousand less than even the most basic S24 out there. But we’ll get into all the pricing later. South Africa doesn’t yet have official pricing, but we’ve got…