The Missing Piece for Project Success
From obsolete vehicle and marine parts to rare industrial components — we connect you with what others can’t find across South Africa.
Explore the Raspberry Pi revolution – from its origins as an educational tool to a powerful single-board computer powering home automation, CNC projects, solar monitoring, and more. Discover history, models, HATs, and how it complements Arduino in South African DIY builds
Discover The Arduino Revolution – from a 2005 Italian student project to a global maker powerhouse. Ian Theunissen reflects on SA electronics history, from 1970s perfboard builds and 1980s home computers to affordable microcontrollers empowering today’s DIYers, CNC projects, and solar automation.”
China’s auto makers are disrupting South Africa’s industry with aggressive imports and local assembly plays. Part 1 & 2 cover British lessons, Eastern Cape closures (Goodyear, ContiTech, ZF), tariffs crushing Mercedes/Ford engines, NUMSA’s role, and why education + Transnet failures make recovery tough. Real talk on rising from the ashes.
Chinese Car Makers have seen the opportunity investing in South Africa. While its also an opportunity for the South African labor force one needs to see the bigger picture. The recent Daily Investor piece on Chinese manufacturers like Chery “double-dipping”—importing heavily while chasing local subsidies—highlights a troubling trend.
The smart home revolution. The ever changing landscape is shifting dramatically—from fragmented, cloud-dependent gadgets to unified, local, and AI-driven automation. Whether you’re a curious homeowner or thinking of entering this exciting project-based hobby or industry, this article gives you the basics and a solid foundation to get started.
Discover how ship-borne desalination plants turn seawater into fresh water at sea. From my SA Morgenster days producing 20–30+ tons daily to modern vacuum systems – a mariner’s practical guide to this engineering marvel
Starlink in South Africa. As someone who’s tested Starlink during a 2025 visit to Victoria Falls, I can confirm the real-world feel: pages load quicker with snappier DNS response than my nominal 200 Mbps Vumatel/RSAweb FTTH back home in Cape Town, even if headline speeds vary. Yet here in South Africa, Starlink remains unlicensed. What should consumers and businesses know?
Navigating Water Scarcity: Explore El Niño/La Niña impacts on South Africa and global droughts, practical freshwater harvesting methods, how desalination works, and key lessons from leaders like Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. Practical insights for SA resilience.
Kipor generators like the KDE6700 are still common in South Africa despite the Honda patent battles. Discover the real history, why they didn’t truly disappear, where to get spares locally, and practical advice for owners. The factory never stopped — here’s how to keep yours running.
Discover why NTSC PAL SECAM television standards were created, their technical differences, and South Africa’s late adoption of the advanced PAL-I system in 1976. A complete history with timelines, block diagrams, maths, and the shift to digital broadcasting.
Discover the legendary prosumer cassette decks that defined high-fidelity analogue recording. From the Nakamichi Dragon and Revox B215 to the Aiwa XK-S9000 and Tascam 122, explore the best prosumer cassette decks still prized by audiophiles and audio engineers in 2026.
Discover the revolutionary world of Digital Audio Tape (DAT) versus analogue tape recorders and VHS Hi-Fi. This in-depth guide explains how DAT brought CD-quality digital perfection to home studios in the late 1980s, its battle with piracy fears, mechanical fragility, and why musicians loved (or avoided) it compared to warm analogue VHS Hi-Fi recordings. Perfect for under-40s exploring audio history!
