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12-Year-Old Capetonian Chess Prodigy To Represent SA At African Youth Championship [Video]
20 Sep 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Inspiring 12-year-old chess prodigy Imkhitha Joya, hailing from Crossroads in Cape Town, has secured a coveted opportunity to represent South Africa at the prestigious World Cadets Championship 2023 in Egypt.
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These Guys Crowdfunded The Purchase Of Their Own Island – Now The Fun Begins
11 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Just a few kilometres off the coast of Belize – a 15-minute boat ride from Belize City, to be exact – is a tiny island owned by a couple of travel nerds with sky-high ambitions.
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Owning A Pet Pig Almost Ends In Disaster For Eastern Cape Family
03 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
A crowdfunding campaign has been set up to assist nine-year-old Luke Mulvey, who was attacked by his pet pig.
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“Secret Hitler” And Three Other Things That Were Funded Via Kickstarter
20 Sep 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What the hell is a ‘Secret Hitler’, right? Turns out it’s a board game that is proving pretty popular, funded with the help of Kickstarter. It’s not the only one.
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There Are Now Two Crowdfunding Pages Raising Money To Help Penny Sparrow Pay Her Fine
13 Jun 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Think about all the good and just causes in this world that could use your donations. Then consider that there are two pages to fund Penny Sparrow’s fine.
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Crowdfunding Raises R44k For White Obs Waitress After Patron Refused To Tip Based On Colour
03 May 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Bragging on Facebook about how badly you treated a person ain’t the best way to go about drumming up support for your cause.
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Real-Life Cool Runnings – Internet Crowdfunding Sends Jamaican Bobsled Team To The Olympics
22 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is too good to be true! The Jamaican bobsled team has raised over R1 million on Crowdtilt so they can compete in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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Why Didn’t I Think Of That? Genius Local Start Up Makes Plasters For Range Of Skin Tones [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Cape Town entrepreneur, Lize Hartley founded Plasta – a company dedicated to providing first aid plasters, waterproof plasters, assorted boxes, sports tape, and micro pore in a range of skin tones.
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Shuttleworth Not Deterred As Crowdfunding Money Is Returned
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Ubuntu Edge is a concept for a smart-phone that will be more powerful than a desktop computer – hence, SUPER-smart phone. The project was to be funded through IndieGoGo, and while the project smashed the record for the largest crowdfunding project (ever) and raked in over R129 million, they fell R205 million short of their goal
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Mark Shuttleworth May Have Set The World’s Biggest Crowdfunding Record
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember when we told you about the Ubuntu Edge, the super-smart phone Mark Shuttleworth plans to release that will be more powerful than a desktop computer? No? Well here it is. Anyway, Mark may have set the record for the largest crowdfunding project ever!
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SA Tourism Company Raising Cash For Google Glass City Tours
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cape Town based firm, Tourism Radio wants to bring their interactive travel guides together with Google Glass, and give tourists the ultimate experience. The company is crowdfunding on Kickstarter to raise R530,000 for their venture. They hope to roll the product out in April 2014
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Amanda Palmer Is Crowdsourcing Her New Album [VIDEO]
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You guys have heard of Kickstarter – that site that lets people pitch their projects for funding to the internet at large, and which has led to new apps, art projects, and a Robocop statue in Detroit. All of which stopped mattering when Amanda Palmer raised $500 000 in four days on the platform – with 24 days of funding remaining.
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