Cape Town Websites Guide
These are a few good sites you may want to bookmark if you’re moving to South Africa.
This is the top marketing and B2B site in the country. Along with regular news, opinion pieces and event listings, the site has a free business and job-listing directory that’s both a great place to find skilled local workers and to market yourself or your business.
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za
This is South Africa’s most visited blog. It features daily updates with opinion pieces on current affairs, written by prominent South African journalists and authors.
This fantastic site offers up-to-the-minute comparisons of bundles and packages from all the major and minor South African cellphone, landline and internet providers. Month to month, it’s the place you’ll find the best deals, along with regular news regarding the major local technology and media companies.
The Mail&Guardian is regarded as South Africa’s most intellectual, critical newspaper, and its website is probably the best in the country when it comes to finding good journalism, along with entertaining opinion pieces, on local and international news.
Use the search function on this site to find addresses and contact details for any business or service in the country.
This is South Africa’s premiere online-shopping site. It stocks products along the lines of Amazon.com – books, music, DVD’s, electronics, toys, gifts and so on – with the benefit of being able to deliver in a couple of days instead of the usual two to six weeks.
This award-winning blog focuses on local humor, movies, television and leisure news. Its often trivial and silly content has secured it the 3rd position in South Africa’s overall blog ranking.
