I must admit that I'm a huge fan of Nokia cell phones. Most of the mobile phone models that the Finnish multinational company have released over the years have had a "never say die" reputation (especially the Nokia 5110 and the Nokia 3310) and I'm sure that many South Africans will agree. Nokia have enjoyed ...
Melrose House is a stately Victorian mansion in the Central Business District of Pretoria (the capital city of South Africa). The house was built in 1886 by the prosperous Pretoria businessman George Jesse Heys. He named it after the famous Melrose Abbey in Scotland. For more than 18 months instructions for the British forces ...
Another week has passed in 2010. It's hard to believe that we're already in the month of August. Time has truly flown by since my first list of Noteworthy South African Twitter users. I have not done a post for Follow Friday in a while ...
The ABSA Building (also referred to as the Volkskas Building) is a 38 storey skyscraper in the Pretoria CBD. It's one of the highest buildings in Pretoria and in South Africa. It stands 138 metres tall. The ground floor of the building serves as an ABSA Bank branch. I was a frequent visitor to this ...
The Carlton Center is a skyscraper & shopping center in the CBD of Johannesburg (the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa and the most-treed city in the world). The building is also the highest building on the African continent. I've been playing around on Google Street View and Google Maps for the last few weeks and ...
Church Square is one of the famous spots in Pretoria (the capital city of South Africa and the city I've been living in since 1996). The square was originally called Market Square. A statue of the former president of the South African Republic (or "Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek"), Paul Kruger, is in the middle of the ...
Construction on the South African parliament buildings were completed in 1885. The buildings can be viewed on Google Maps if you search for '153 Plein Street, Cape Town'. This is the street view picture that you will see. Thanks to the Google Street View feature (which was introduced for South Africa just before ...
Less than a week ago Google launched its Google Street View feature for Google Earth and Google Maps for South Africa. I've decided to do a post now and then to point out some interesting things I've found using this feature. It's a really a nice geek toy and I'm proud of using it (although ...
Yesterday the internet giant Google released Google Street View for the South African version of Google Maps online (just in time for tourists who might get lost during their trip to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup). The project was originally ...
Another week has passed. Yes, the Stormers beat the Bulls fair and square last week and Bakkies Botha has been suspended for 4 weeks for a bad tackle, BUT they still played a Bulls B-side (even though some people are even saying that was actually ...
