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The Cape Town Late Night Taxi Scam Everybody Needs To Know About
28 Feb 2019 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We finally found the source of a story going around about one very lucky victim of crime, and he described to us exactly what happened.
What You Need To Know About OurHood – The SA Neighbourhood Tool Everyone Is Signing Up To
11 May 2017 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
With thousands of signups in the last week and close to 2,000 overall neighbourhoods listed, it’s hard to ignore the rise of OurHood – SA’s fastest growing private social network for neighbourhoods.
Purpose-Built Neighbourhood App Replacing WhatsApp Groups Throughout South Africa
24 Apr 2017 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It seems the only people sending text messages these days are banks and the TV license department. With WhatsApp completely dominating SA, it seems the digital messaging darling does have its limitations. OurHood provides a digital notice board for users to post to their real neighbours. This could be anything from a crime issue or general […]
WhatsApp – Great For Friends, Terrible For Neighbours
10 Jun 2016 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
With a recent funding round providing a further two years of startup growth, South Africa’s fastest growing social network has never been more exciting.
Watch Out – Someone Is Snatching Up Kids In Observatory
19 May 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A family in Observatory has shared the story of their child almost being taken, in the hopes that they can catch the guilty party.
The Ultimate Summer Job? City Opens Applications For 200 Lifeguard Positions At City Swimming Pools
26 Apr 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Looking for a temporary summer job for the upcoming season? Become a local lifeguard – that’s still regarded as cool right?
New App Allows Communities To Form Running Groups With Verified Neighbours
17 Mar 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The events of the last few weeks have put runners on high alert, some of the more popular areas beset with crime. Here’s an option that might you make feel safer.
Is This You? You Might Have Just Won 100 Polaroid Prints
14 Dec 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
The last winner of the coolest competition has just been announced – and if you didn’t try then it’s not you.
This Person Just Got 100 Instagrams Printed For Free – This Is How He Did It
07 Dec 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What better way to decorate your living space than with a collection of your favourite Instagrams printed out? Did we mention you can get them free?
This Is Where Facebook And Whatsapp Fall Short [INFOGRAPHIC]
24 Nov 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
There’s an alternative to the usual social media platforms that will keep your security and crime chats within your neighbourhood’s borders.
This Person Just Got 100 Polaroids Printed For Free – Here’s How You Can, Too
17 Nov 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Two local Cape Town startups are joining forces in an effort to get you out and about and taking pics of your favourite neighbourhood spots, with a cool prize to boot!
Best Competition Ever? Get 100 Of Your Favourite Instagram Pics Printed FREE
13 Nov 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
How’s this: two local Cape Town startups are joining forces in an effort to get you out and about and taking pics of your favourite neighbourhood spots, with a cool prize to boot!
GENIUS: SA’s Lost Pets Are Being Found In Seconds With This New App
10 Nov 2015 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There’s nothing worse than seeing notices about lost pets. How many people see them and how many of them lead to the pets being found and returned? A new local app is finding great success with lost pets being found and returned.
Smartly Dressed Crowbar Gang Terrorises Cape Town’s Upmarket City Bowl Homes
29 Sep 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
As crime rates rise in Cape Town’s CBD, criminals are getting increasingly familiar with how to infiltrate apartment blocks.
Latest Camps Bay Roadworks Information – Possible Completion Date Revealed
15 Sep 2015 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
If you live in Camps Bay or have friends who live in Camps Bay, here’s some important news regarding completion of roadworks and the timing thereof. Poor babies.
Everyone Is Talking About This Local App That’s Making Headlines
10 Sep 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember a while ago we told you about a brilliant new concept by some friends of ours? Guess who’s cracked the big time, News24 now jumping on board.
Hout Bay Residents Protesting Against Gang Violence As Rumoured Petrol Bomb Fire Claims Three Lives [Video]
13 Aug 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
The escalating violence in Hout Bay’s Imizamo Yethu informal settlement has now claimed three lives, the victims killed in a shack fire as angry residents take to the streets.
Gang ‘Generals’ Return To Hout Bay From Jail As Violence Erupts
11 Aug 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It was less a welcome home party and more a case of starting where they left off for gang generals released from prison yesterday. Residents of Hout Bay were left seeking refuge.
The Final Straw: Load Shedding Is Forcing People To Leave South Africa
07 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re all fed-up with load shedding. But for an increasing number of South Africans, it’s one of many motivations to leave home and never come back.
You Know That Braai Robbery Where The Guys Held Up 29 People? They Got Them On Film [Video]
23 Jun 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
There really is no good time to be held up at gunpoint but 29 people enjoying a braai together is amongst the worst. These guys in Jozi have the video footage of their ordeal.
Shame, White Folk In The Southern Suburbs Are Losing Car Wheels During Load Shedding [Images]
22 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As if missing the eight o’ clock movie wasn’t bad enough, now someone has gone and nicked all the wheels off the car. Yes it’s the new crime wave spreading through Cape Town.
Clear Footage Shows Gunpoint Robbery Of Telkom Executive Manager In Craighall [Video]
09 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh look. Another day, another exciting video of a South African getting held at gunpoint. They’re getting more and more hi-res which is great. Soon to be in 3D… Hopefully never in ‘real feel’.
They’re Using AK-47s To Rob Homes In KZN Now [Video]
05 Jun 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
This bunch of gun-wielding criminals certainly weren’t messing around in the minor leagues when they carried out a violent robbery in Pietermaritzburg.
SA Startup Sells To US Tech Company
22 May 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Everyone loves a good local success story, so when this South African startup was acquired by one of the American big boys I’m sure there was no shortage of champagne on ice.
Shame: Poor Camps Bay Residents Due For A Tough Winter
08 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Winter in Cape Town is hardly fun. We tend to hibernate, build fires and drink a lot of red wine. Because we are coastal creatures, we need to see the ocean. Not this year…
2nd Round Funding Sends Local Online Neighbourhood Platform To Next Level
17 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Live in over 600 neighbourhoods across SA and with a second round of funding secured, OurHood has now launched apps for both the iOS and Android platforms.
Burglars Target Atlantic Seaboard Homes During Load Shedding
09 Feb 2015 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It looks like the bad guys are making use of load shedding timetables to target homes who don’t bother to set their alarms, or who might not have a backup battery for the alarm.
JavaScript PHP Developer Wanted At Exciting Cape Town Based Startup
22 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve got skillz and you’re keen to join South Africa’s fastest growing social network for neighbourhoods, based in the uber-trendy Woodstock Exchange in Cape Town. Then this is where you sign up.
This Is SA’s Fastest Growing Social Network For Neighbourhoods [Video]
23 Sep 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
With registration growth rates of over 1,000%, OurHood is connecting neighbours and strengthening communities throughout South Africa and beyond. If you missed ENCA news feature here it is.
This Is How The Whole Of Green Point Found Out About This Morning’s Hijacking The Moment It Happened
25 Jul 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There was a hijacking this morning in Green Point between 7am and 8am. By the time Green Point residents got to work, they all knew about it. This is how.
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