With the current high prices of fuel in South Africa and signs that we maybe in for another petrol price hike come April, are many of us going to be able to afford driving our cars? Could the answer lie in the scooter? A report by SABC yesterday headlined: Fuel-efficient scooter sales up by 30%. This statistic is no surprise as more and more people are looking towards this two wheeler as a mode of transportation in order to save on their wallets.

On most scooters, one litre of petrol will take you 55kms as opposed to one litre taking you only 10km in an average car. If more people start to use scooters in South Africa, they would save a lot on their monthly fuel bills. Not only will scooters save one fuel but they will ease your traffic problems. A scooter can whisk in and out of traffic and one can quickly get from point A to B. Read the rest of this entry »

There is no hiding from it anymore now, if you are a running a business today, no matter how small or large it is, you need to be online and have a website for a business. I have come across many businesses in South Africa who do not have a website and to me that just goes to show that businesses in South Africa are still a few paces back from realising the importance of having a website. How often do you hear of a company and then you think, “Let me find out more about them.”? The first thing you would do is type in their company name in your web browser and end it with .co.za or .com. You should be taken to the company’s website straight away. If not, you then try to Google the companies name and find their website. If both options do not yield any results then it is highly likely the company you are looking for does not have a website and for me I already loose an element of confidence in doing business with them. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most important aspects of E-commerce today is the ability to receive and make payments online, after all that is what e-commerce is about. But today in South Africa we find ourselves facing challenges in setting up an online business. One of the key challenges is the ability to receive payments from clients or customers outside South Africa online. Read the rest of this entry »

Fortune is one of those things in life that we will never be able to fully understand. Fortune comes in so many ways and often is disguised in forms that we are only able to realize after the fact.

Fortune comes to entrepreneurs in many ways. Fortune can be defined by closing a deal, launching a new service that increases revenue, meeting the right person just at the perfect moment to help your business, or making the right decision that catapults your business to new heights of success and notoriety. Read the rest of this entry »

After the success of Monday’s National Braai day, I wonder why South Africa has not had this day before as it was a very enjoyable day with people celebrating South Africa’s favourite pastime, braaing.

On the actual day (Monday), I went to my local supermarket in the morning and saw almost ten people at one time buying braai stands and there was a lot of activity in the supermarket’s section where all the braaing utensils are sold, most notably charcoal. I do not think the supermarket had anticipated such a large demand as when I went back to the supermarket in the evening they had run out of charcoal.

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