As a result of climbing international oil prices, South African consumers must face a fuel price increase next Wednesday, 5 May.
The petrol price will increase by 14 cents a litre, and the diesel price by 29.5 cents a litre.  Read more on the Business Day site.
Image sourced from bbc.o.uk.

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A true gem indeed. American Swiss at Vangate Mall takes the spot this week with this fantastic compliment:
“I would like to thank Kim for her exceptional patience & understanding when I returned my son’s watch which was faulty. She asked no questions & refunded me immediately. Because of her good service, I then purchased another [...]

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According to a sample study conducted by an online computer and video games retailer, GameStation, nine out of ten consumers do not read through Terms & Conditions before making a purchase.
GameStation recently added an “immortal soul clause” to online purchases, stating that customers granted them the right to claim their soul. Consumers had the [...]

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President Jacob Zuma and his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe, have signed up for a public Aids test at the national launch of the HIV counselling and testing campaign (HCT) on Sunday, 22 April 2010.
The aim of the campaign is to encourage as many South Africans as possible to actually go ahead and be tested so that [...]

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To all Cheese lovers out there, this is the weekend we have all been waiting for – The annual SA Cheese Festival returns to Western Cape to exhibit all the delectable cheese avialable in the country.
Great service is not only about the reception you get from the supplier, it is also about the quality of [...]

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A new electronic queuing system will soon be rolling out, to ease the waiting periods at Home Affairs. Visitors are to receive a number to indicate their place in the queue.
The new system will assist the department to obtain useful information such as, how long visitors have been queuing and how many people visited a [...]

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After months of delays and deliberations, Icasa unveiled its draft regulations regarding the cut in interconnection rates today. It proposes to decrease cell phone interconnection rates by 27% in July 2010, from 89c per minute to 65c.
Icasa also announced that there would be two further cuts, to 50c in July 2011 and 40c in [...]

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We believe good service is a right and we at getclosure are working tirelessly to ensure that you get excellent service. We do everything that we can to facilitate complaint resolution between customers and suppliers – and always appreciate compliments from consumers that are happy with our service. This week I have these two compliments [...]

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Vodacom’s the Grid, South Africa’s only location based mobile social network, has partnered up with e.tv to show the mood of the country after the weather report on the Sunrise morning show (weekdays from 6am to 8am).
The Grid subscribers can now set their mood to either ‘happy’ or ‘sad’ and a Mood Map will be [...]

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On 9 April 2010, Google added site speed to their search ranking algorithms.  Site speed reflects how quickly a website responds to web requests.
Google will measure page speed in terms of how a page responds to Googlebot, and the load time as measured by the Google Toolbar.
Site speed is one of about 200 different [...]

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