Hanno Labuschagne

Pretoria

MyBroadband journalist. I write stuff and narrate things. I sometimes shoot stuff. Film is the ammo of choice. I also hum movie themes all the time.

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Big questions about exclusive Discovery Bank lane at passport control in South Africa’s biggest airport

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

While the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has shunned offering faster services for an additional fee, it seems to be letting passport control at South Africa’s biggest airport do precisely that. That is despite Discovery Bank having no agreement with the Border Management Agency within Home Affairs. It has become common for airports globally to offer fast-track security clearance for an extra fee or to people with products and services from a company that has an agreement with the airport.
New plan for South Africa’s first off-grid car charging network

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

Zero Carbon Charge has explained how it plans to use a R100-million investment to expand its off-grid electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The Stellenbosch-based company, also known simply as Charge, announced this past week that it secured this funding from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). Charge rolled out South Africa’s first fully off-grid EV charging station on the N14 between Klerksdorp and Wolmaransstad in November 2024.
Shift in South Africa’s TV market

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

Lesser-known budget TV brands are becoming increasingly popular in South Africa, according to two of the country’s largest television retailers. A recent MyBroadband survey found the traditional big three TV makers in the country — Samsung, LG, and Hisense — remained the most popular brands in the tech-savvy community in January 2025. In previous years, several major retailers also told MyBroadband that these brands were the top performers in sales.
Good news for people selling solar power in Cape Town

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says the recently published electricity net-billing rules of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) do not apply to its Cash for Power feed-in programme. The Mother City’s metro has among the most well-developed small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) policies of any municipality in the country.
Warning about TV licence increase

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

The SABC’s potential plan to increase TV licence fees will backfire, according to veteran broadcasting journalist Thinus Ferreira. The public broadcaster Parliament it may approach the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies for permission to hike the fee. It explained that South Africans no longer regarded the TV licence as a legitimate or necessary budget item, resulting in the user base stagnating.
Important information for people trading in iPhones in South Africa

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

South Africans should not assume they will get the best price for their old iPhones by trading them in at the iStore. A MyBroadband comparison shows that WeFix is more likely to offer a better trade-in price for iPhones that are in an excellent condition. We also found that iPhone users should avoid using the Samsung South Africa online trade-in facility, as it featured much lower trade-in values.
Android 16 early hands-on

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

The upcoming annual update to Google’s Android smartphone operating system will bring a host of improvements for many smartphone users in South Africa. According to the latest available data from GlobalStats StatCounter, Android holds roughly 83% market share in South Africa. While not all Android users in the country will receive the latest version of the software, the update should be available to a large part of its South African local customer base.
Discovery Bank outage

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

Discovery Bank’s mobile app and online banking platforms are experiencing a major service outage on Wednesday, 28 May 2025. Online outage tracking website Downdetector showed a gradual rise in user reports of problems accessing Discovery’s online platforms from around 09:00 AM before a big surge around 11:00 AM. The majority of users were related to issues with online banking and mobile app logins. The online platforms for Discovery’s Health and Vitality services did not appear to be impacted.
Warning to South Africans using pirate streaming apps

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

South Africans using pirate video streaming services not only risk infringing copyright laws but could be supporting criminal networks carrying out violent crimes in other parts of the world. They could also be compromising their information, bank card details, and home Internet network security to these criminals, risking financial and personal harm.
Bad news for movie theatres in South Africa

1 week ago | mybroadband.co.za | Hanno Labuschagne

South Africa’s two biggest cinema chains have closed roughly a third of their movie theatres in the past decade, an analysis by MyBroadband shows. On a global level, cinemas have experienced declining ticket sales, largely due to the rising adoption of on-demand video streaming services. The pandemic lockdowns in 2020, which forced people to spend more time at home and closed cinemas in many countries, were a particularly heavy blow.