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Toby Shapshak

Johannesburg

Contributor at Forbes

Columnist at Financial Mail

Editor in Chief and Publisher at Stuff (South Africa)

@Forbes | @StuffSA | @ScrollaAfrica #RealNewsForMobile

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  • 2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Toby Shapshak

    Elon Musk has a Nazi problem. Since he bought Twitter and rebranded it X, he has allowed right-wing extremists, hate speech, antisemitism, and islamophobia to run rampant on the platform. Now Musk – after deliberately doing a Hitler salute twice after President Donald Trump’s inauguration – is the Nazi. At least in the minds of a new backlash against his various companies, especially Tesla, which have become known as “Swatsticars” or “Swastikars” in memes online.

  • 2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Toby Shapshak

    Global stock markets went into a tailspin this week after US President Donald Trump used the maths behind Zuma-nomics to calculate that everyone should get a tariff. Despite him triumphantly declaring it “liberation day”, the fallout was quickly dubbed “obliteration day” after the major US tech firms saw $1 trillion wiped off their market valuations. The so-called “Magnificent Seven” – including Apple, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta/Facebook, Nvidia, and Tesla – were all hit by this.

  • 2 weeks ago | stuff.co.za | Toby Shapshak

    Who knew the cringeworthy antics of the megarich tourists who frequent exotic holiday destinations could be so interesting? And so cringeworthy. The clever crime series-cum-travel show taps into two of television’s most popular genres to produce excellent watching. The intrigue is clever, and the ensemble cast all deliver good performances.

  • 2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Toby Shapshak

    Elon Musk has a Nazi problem. Since he bought Twitter and rebranded it X, he has allowed right-wing extremists, hate speech, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia to run rampant on it. Now Musk — after deliberately doing a Hitler salute twice after President Donald Trump’s inauguration — is the Nazi. At least in the minds of those leading a backlash against his various companies, especially Tesla, whose product has become known as “Swastikars” in online memes...

  • 3 weeks ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Toby Shapshak

    by | Mar 30, 2025 | Business News, FNB, FNB nav, News, podcast, Podcasts & Videos, Toby Shapshak, video, Videos | FNB’s nav» has hit 5 million users, helping South Africans master their money, says Jolandé Duvenage, who has the delightful title of chief Imagineer for nav». She explains what this unusual title means and how she is helping people understand money better to Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak.

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Toby Shapshak
Toby Shapshak @shapshak
11 Feb 25

RT @StuffSA: EVENT | We're here with @Xiaomi_ZA to see the unveiling of the Redmi Note 14 Series 🥳📱Stay tuned 👀 #leveluptopro #RedmiNote14L…

Toby Shapshak
Toby Shapshak @shapshak
28 Jan 25

The only way to get my electricity problem resolved is to tweet @CityPowerJhb I'm told. The technicians fixing the street lights seemingly put our house on that circuit, so power goes off at 6am & on at 7pm. It's been 7 days. I've logged complaints every day. Please fix it. Tx

Toby Shapshak
Toby Shapshak @shapshak
22 Jan 25

RT @StuffSA: Photography upgrades are inbound for the Galaxy S25 Ultra thanks to the new 50MP ultra-wide sensor and host of software featur…