Taxation is one of those matters that can keep a business owner / director / manager awake at night.

The South African Revenue Service has set high collection targets to achieve over the next 3 years. This can only lead us to believe that they might employ more aggressive tactics to reach these targets. This was confirmed in a recent article by Gareth Stokes, FAnews Online Editor, posted on www.taxtalkbog.com.

A recent…

I've seen a lot of people complaining recently about what a pain it is to try and register a .co.za domain. 



newcoza.co.za is a web frontend that will take care of all the formatting and whatnot, before firing off the registration email to UniForum. Connect your Facebook account, and it'll remember your information for the next time you need to register a domain, too. 



Let me…

Cape Town start-up Moneysmart, due to launch at the end of next month, aims to provide a platform where people can manage all their financial matters in one place, from banking and expenses to insurance and…

Since SkillPod Media’s inking of an agreement to provide online casual games for RTL Group – the leading European entertainment network – momentum has gathered quickly.

Already established as one of the most prolific providers of online casual games internationally, the partnership with RTL Group has seen a number of European games platform deployments. The speed and success of these deployments is due in no small measure to the Rapid Development Framework (RDF) that SkillPod Media…

www.tradeworld.net

Access to Tenders and Request for Quotations, with our Leads and Tenders service.

Quadrem Africa (Incorporating TradeWorld) is Africa’s first BEE digital eMarketplace with a proud history dating back to 1906. TradeWorld's Sourcing Solutions, also known as the Leads and Tenders Bulletin is Africa's largest tender and enquiry-based…

The Development preview or "jumping the gun" version of MyGoEdit is currently available to selected users.

However, if you would like to be a part of the Beta program which will follow, please signup on the MyGoEdit website.

What is MyGoEdit?

All we can say right now, is that ...

"MyGoEdit Enables just about Any Fool to Edit their own Website", quickly and easily.

No Server Installation…

ADSoftware entering the Malaysian market by signing with Weststar Aviation Services

Ignite is a new angel funding initiative launched by Tech4Africa, the mobile, web and emerging technology conference. It gives leading African startups the opportunity to pitch their products to a handpicked panel of angel investors, mentors and…

I noticed that many people are looking for assistance, whether it be for developing the system, saving costs, attracting the capital or just some advice.

Here are some sites I have come across that may be of use to you:

1) Tech Co-Founder (Team up with programmers worldwide to bring your idea to the net)

2) Startups.com (The Groupon for web…

Silicon Cape interviews mLab Southern Africa’s Steve Vosloo.



mLab Southern Africa has opened its application for membership. A new incubator for start-ups and entrepreneurs in the mobile space, mLab offers members…

According to the founders of SampleBoard.com, the traditional method of sample board sharing and collaboration is broken. This is why they’ve digitised the whole process.

Digital sample boards and mood boards can be created in minutes, enabling designers to share visual ideas with…

Gemgem is the first niche group-buying website in South Africa. The site is aimed at mothers; it allows them to shop from home, while giving them access to daily family deals.



With over 5.6 million mothers in South Africa, Gemgem aims to be the best and largest niche collective buying…

It's no secret - one of the biggest issues that startups face is getting off those starting blocks. In South Africa this is exacerbated by a number of factors that seem to make the gap bigger and bigger. Luckily, there is hope on the horizon.



Early-stage funding is normally pretty hard to come…

Following on from the last post where Steve Vosloo, Mobile Impact Evangelist at mLab Southern Africa (SA), interviewed Ryan Delk, here are a couple of questions that Ryan suggests every startup should be able answer:

• What is your company’s target market for the product?
• Are you aware of other…

Background:

In June, 2006 I set up a website - www.for-the-weekend.com - as a coding side-project while my work at the time was done mainly in Photoshop.

It was intended as a resource people could use for weekends away. A guide for things like 'where is the airport', '10 things to do', 'where to eat' and 'where to stay' etc. 

Recent Developments:

Recently - without me…