Friday 5 September 2014

Traffic court orders against you

So I was driving happily along, saw a road block and thought I had nothing to worry about.  I have paid most of my fines, sure I might have a few fines that I hadn't paid yet, but it hadn't been that long yet.
So their Registration plate scanner beeped (first time it had happened to me so I didn't know what was happening), I got pulled over and they nice police lady said they were just going to check outstanding fines against my name.  It turned out I had a "fine" for going over 80kmph in a 40kmph zone!  All I understood was that I had a court order against my name

After doing a huge search for having court orders against your name in South Africa and drawing a total blank I searched for warrant of arrest and managed to find some people's experiences on MyBroadband.co.za.
This guy got 15 Summons and pitched at court
This guy got a summons and was wondering about pitching at court

So it appears there are two stages to being able to be arrested.
Stage 1 is that you do not pay a fine and you are issued a summons.
Stage 2 is that you received the summons and did not appear in court.
You can only be arrested once it has reached stage 2.

The worst part about this is that the police apparently can print and sign a summons right on the side of the road and then arrest you immediately after you sign it (refusing to sign it makes no difference, although the Justice Project said to me that this doesn't happen, it is just another scare tactic).  My problem is that I have been fined for travelling more than 30kmph above the speed limit.  Apparently this is grounds for an immediate court case and if you are found guilty / pay the admission of guilt fine you will end up with a criminal record!

This sounds crazy to me, especially as I had just gone a few metres past the 40kmph sign.  So I got some advice and went to the AARTO website (the best place to get the most detail about your fine) and looked up the fines.  It seems there has been no summons issued yet, phew.

Some sound advice I have received so far is,

  1. Find a criminal lawyer to engage with because you are going to need one
  2. Pay all other outstanding fines.
  3. Send letters to the Court and Traffic Department requesting the documents detailing the offence
  4. Wait for the summons letter
  5. Do not avoid road blocks
I actually paid all the outstanding fines and went through a roadblock again the other day.  As it turns out they didn't pull me over, the scanner didn't beep!  The real reason I was pulled over previously was because I hadn't paid fines, not because of the court orders!

Anyway, lesson learnt. I'm paying my fines from now on (well, actually trying not to get them in the first place)

Friday 11 July 2014

How to limit your data usage on your Android phone

Are you not making it to the end of the month with your data?  Are you not sure why all your data is used in just a few days? If you want to know how to limit / control / change / get a warning when your data usage reaches a certain level then you've come to the right place.  (I'm using Android 4.2.1)

The nice thing about Android is that it is built into the settings of the OS and you don't have to download any other additional programs that run in the background, draining your battery, giving you inaccurate stats (not that these stats are perfect).

In the settings I am about to show you, you will be able to change when Android warns you about your mobile data usage, set it to stop all mobile data usage, to set your mobile data usage threshold and to limit the background mobile data usage of specific appilcations.

So, on with it.
Basically go to Settings

Click on Data Usage
If you want to stop your phone from using your mobile data rather than just give you a warning. Then you just need to tap the box next to "Set mobile data limit" and you'll get the warning here below
Now you'll see two lines across the chart.  One is the Warning Line and the other is the Limit Line

As you know in South Africa our mobile data usage is hectically expensive (or is it our salaries that are too low?).  So we need to change these numbers.  If you tap on the 5.0GB you should be presented with this screen.  You can swipe up and down to increase or decrease your limit.
Alternatively just tap on the number (5120 in my example) and they keyboard will come up for you to type in your own limit.  Don't worry about getting the 2GB translated in MB, when I typed in 2 and pressed enter it automatically assumed I meant 2GB.

So I've now set my data usage limit to 2GB.  To change the data warning level I want to use another method. If you tap on the lines you they get thicker on the right hand side.  You can then drag the whole line up and down. You can see in the second picture below that I have move the Data Limit up to 2.1GB and the Data Warning down to 1.6GB

And basically that is how you limit your data usage from inside Android.  Of course it is nice to get a warning that you are getting close and that level can also be changed to your preference.  I like it quite close so I would probably set it to 1.9GB.

Also the best way to find out your most offending app is to drag the white horizontal lines to the left and right.  This way you can find out what app is using the most data over a certain period of time.  For example if it only used all its data over one day then you know it must be because you did something on that day, but if it is consistently using all your data then you know you need to do something about it. 
To analyse this you can drag the white lines to the left and right and Android will then order the apps below in terms of their data usage.  The app with the highest data usage will be listed first.  In the example below I have widened out the selection to include most of the month.  I haven't used the mobile data on it for a while so it is not showing any usage, but I've included a shot of my wifi usage so that you will get the picture.


I hope that helps!  Please leave your comments or suggestions below.  I would love to help with anything else you might need assistance with.

Written by Mark Robson

Thursday 3 July 2014

Installing Ceiling Insulation

http://www.theinsulator.co.za  vs  http://www.isotherm.co.za

The price of home insulation is interesting.  When I went to Builders warehouse I got three different quotes for three different sizes of Aerolite.  So I sat down at my desk and drew up an excel table to get the per metre price. 100mm Aerolite at Builders was going to cost me about R50 per square metre and the first Isotherm guy I called was going to install Isotherm at R60 per square metre.  The second one I called from Pretoria was all installed at R53 per square.  So I went ahead without checking the facts and for some reason I thought Isotherm was better, they quoted it as being better for the environment, better at soundproofing, but no-one was willing to commit to it being better at insulation.  I realise now that no-one was willing to say so because Isotherm isn't better, but no-one would give me the factual answer that it wasn't better.

So, now I've googled it after the fact and apparently the best way to compare the effectiveness of Insulation is to look at it's R-Values.  This is how they compare:

R-Values comparison
Thickness Aerolite Isotherm
50mm 1.25 1.02
100mm 2.5 2.04
135mm 3.38 3.14

So it seems looking at the reason one buys Insulation Aerolite is still superior.  They go into the whole up R value and down R value, but that is quite complicated to understand and the R-Values I have quoted here are supposed to be a combination of those two values.

Conclusion:
The reason you buy insulation is to insulate your home.  Aerolite is clearly better at doing this.  I am sure you can find cheaper ways of getting it installed for you than going to builders so I think Aerolite is the way to go.
A lot of people say they like to install Isotherm because it is easier to install, it's not so itchy.  However this is a once off, the stuff will stay in your ceiling for many years and if it bothers you that much then pay someone to install it.

Written by Mark Robson

Friday 20 June 2014

iPhone Capitec Banking App Review

Main screenI am an avid fan of Capitec.  I'm not ashamed to admit it, I mean the bank pays me to bank with them!  My fees are about R30 a month AND I get at least R50 each month in interest, that excludes the interest I get from my fixed deposits (which are also much better than any other bank).

I remember when I was looking at trying to save money and I went to ABSA (my bank at the time) and asked them about fixed deposits and other savings products.  They actually told me I had to pay them to put my money away!  A fee to lock my money away so that they could use it to make money for themselves!  Countries like the UK and China have free bank accounts, why are we so behind?  If you pay a monthly fee you get amazing benefits like what FNB is offering, cash back, travel insurance, all of that.  The only positive thing I can think of regarding fee based banking is that it did protect our banks somewhat during the 2008 economic crises.

Anyway, so, back to the point! The Capitec Banking App is here.  I quite like the app.  It looks nice and polished compared to other apps I have seen and it is much better than the Capitec Online Banking Website.  The only problem is that it does sometimes get stuck loading and can take a while if your internet connection is unreliable.
When I first registered the app I ran into quite a few troubles as it did not ask me to send an sms to confirm my cell number.  This could be because I was too keen and opened the app before the assistant had completed registering me or maybe it was because of my dodgy wifi mifi device I was using (out of 3G data on my phone already)

The other thing I don't like about the app is that it now replaces my pin dongle (the little device you pay R150 for when activating internet banking).  I now have to use my cellphone to access my online banking.  The worst part of this, and I have seen it happen to a mybroadband forum participant, is that if I change my cellphone I have to go to the branch again and re-register my new phone.  I remember when my phone broke I changed phones twice in 2 weeks, I first went back to my old phone, but it was far too slow so I started to use my wife's old phone.  It would have been such a pain to have to go to the branch so many times.

Adding Beneficiaries options in the Capitec Banking App

Monday 2 June 2014

Reason 1 Android is better than IOS

My Android phone broke.  I had a lovely Samsung Note II and I dropped it one too many times.  1 reason why iPhone's are better than Samsung phones is that they don't break as easily.  However, back to the OS's (hopefully Sony is now making more durable Android phones...).  I have now been forced to use the wife's old iPhone, due to lack of readership of this blog and its money making prospects.

Stock with the iPhone you are able to track your data usage, new in IOS 7 you can even turn off which apps are able to use your mobile data. You can also do this for Android, but it's a little more complicated.
In your iPhone you can go to "Settings", "Cellular" and scroll down to see the amount of data you have used as per the screenshot.

The problem is you don't know over what period.  So you scroll to the bottom and hit reset statistics and plan to check your data usage in the morning.  You forget and about 2 weeks go by and you are out of data because its the end of the month and you are South African.  So you check your data usage and you see you have legitimately used all your data, you just can't remember when you last reset the statistics.  So what is the point??  Of course, if you want a better Data usage tracker you can always get an app like My Data Manager or Onavo



In Android, as you can see here, you can change the period, you can check back to previous periods, you can even view your Wi-Fi usage if you so choose!  AND this is all built into the Operating System.  You see the two lines across the Chart?  You can move those with your finger and then it will tell you each app's data usage during that period.  This is so useful because if Google Play Services was eating all my data and can just tap on it and restrict Background Data.

If you want to know how to setup your Data usage cycle in Android please check back on my blog soon as I'll shortly be posting about how to make the change.

You can even set it to warn you when you reach your cap or even stop your data usage entirely!
Of course, if you want to see the previous "Data Usage Cycle"  you can just tap on it and you will see this drop down box.  You can then select the previous month and see if that troublesome app is the same one that is constantly using up all your data.
Anyway, as I always say, an iPhone is great for people who just want the phone to work, but those who love to mess around and change settings on their phone Android is the way to go. 

Please leave your comments or suggestions below, I would love to hear from you.





Tuesday 20 May 2014

South African Physical Shop Apps

Have you ever done a search of "South Africa" in your app store?  I have, I was trying to find apps that were actually relevant to the country I was staying in!  As simple as that sounds it was a hard task.  Searching for apps that actually reference South Africa simply brings up a bunch of rubbish apps that you would never want near your phone.

So I thought that I should tackle trying to find you all some apps that are relevant to South Africa and, having reviewed South African News what better way to carry on than with the Shopping apps.  Mostly I have reviewed the Grocery Shopping Apps, but I added in Edgars because when I was almost finished typing up I saw they had an app, and it was actually the best App.  I hope we can convince PnP and Checkers to put more effort into their apps.

Pick 'n Pay

First off, the PnP app is not great, I only found it useful for the smart shopper card.  While you are standing in the queue you can switch your points to cash and you can load vouchers based on what you already have in your trolley. However when I tried to get the cashier to ring up the vouchers on my phone I faced the usual "I don't know what to do with that" problem.


New technology is introduced and it becomes hard to use because the shop hasn't bothered to educate it's cashiers how to ring it up.  There is even an option that you can tap that tells the cashier what steps to go through and they still didn't get it.  They HAD to ask someone else and I luckily eventually came right.  I'm not that used to being an earlier adopter that I have the patience to teach each new cashier how to load my vouchers.

You can also choose to donate your point to charity if you like... perhaps you'd just like to see general promotions as well.  Not something that I worry to check, I must say.



What else do i expect the app to do?  I dunno, most American shop apps these days have recipes, shopping lists and so much more.  I can't help bumping into them when I'm trying to find a decent shopping list app here in South Africa.

Checkers


Checkers has basically the same app as PnP, who copied who?  Perhaps you can tell me in the comments section.  

You sign up, you get a bunch of coupons which seem to be worth a whole lot of money (I can save a whole R2746.50! Yay!), you can select you want and key in your WCode at the cashier. 
 I haven't actually shopped with this app, but I imagine you will get the same problem when you present this to a cashier, what do I do with this!
I dunno, maybe Checkers does better with training their staff.

Here you can see the Coupons that are available and basically you just select them so that there is a huge tick and tap Redeem all Coupons at the top.  You then can go to the Cashier and type in your WCode. Who knows what the cashier has to do first to allow you to type in your WCode!


You just need to enter in the code at the Cashier to claim your coupons.  Who know what the cashier needs to do first though

So yeah, nothing much better than PnP.


Woolworths

The Woolworths app seems to be the best and worst of them.  I guess its more like a credit card app.  You can get your statements of what you purchased, but that is it. Of course, you need to have an account with Woolworths to do this.

So the Woolworths app is not really a shopping app, but more an app for its financial services.  I simply include it here because Woolworths is a shop and they have an app.  Nothing much else to say I'm afraid.

Edgars


Having only discovered this app at the end of writing this article I am pleasantly surprised that Edgars has actually added a shopping trolley. You can scan your items as you shop.  I would use this to see how much I have in my trolley and am going to spend at the check-out.  However you can use it to "order" the items and have them delivered to the store.  I'm not sure how long this "delivery" takes, but it would be weird if it took more than a few minutes, you have to scan or type in the barcode to add items to your basket.

So it has it's problems, but at least they are doing more than the other shops!  You can view your Thank-U Points, you can see your account info and you can scan their items to add to a list of items.  You might even want to just scan items to add them to a wish list for the end of the month!

So certainly, my vote goes to the Edgars app.  At least its more useful than giving you vouchers or telling you your balance.  It actually does both AND you can create a shopping list, whoa, stop the bus! What over acheivers!

Please leave a comment below or share the post on Facebook if you like this or have a favourite shopping app.

Saturday 26 April 2014

South African News Apps

If you've been reading News24 of late you'll find that they have a new app for the elections (download here if you want).  This kinda makes me excited in that it seems South Africans will be able to participate more in the events around them.
So this got me thinking that perhaps it was time for a review of the news apps in South Africa. News24 doesn't get me excited, their news is fast, it's just generally boring. Maybe is just the way they tell it...
So, I've downloaded eNCA, EWN, Business Day and News24.  (You can click on any of the headings to be directed to the relevant app in the Play store)

Let's start with the classic.


With over 500 000 downloads this is by far the most popular local News app available.  While I like their app, as I mentioned already, their news is told in a very straight forward manner that doesn't interest me.  Its like a history teacher running through event dates. I switch off pretty fast, often just the headlines are enough for me!
One of my pet hates in this app and most SA News apps is that every time you turn your phone (turn it sideways or upright again) it automatically scrolls back to the top, to the top of the story, to the top of the list of articles. Drives me insane!  I don't read the news every single day, so when I do I tend to scroll to find an interesting story, but having to scroll down to where I was each and every time is really infuriating! (I like to lie down and read).  You also have to scroll back to where you were when you finsihed reading a story and go back to the list of articles.
Of course the best thing about News24 is the reason we all downloaded News24.  It was that it was the best at getting the news to you first.  Things appeared so quickly that it seems like days had gone by when you watched the news that night, it was old news already.

I've had this news app for some time as well because I was looking for something with better content than News24. While I like the content, the app hasn't really been updated in.... like... ever. It does say November 2013 in the Play Store, but there was no change to the app functionality. It does nothing new and has the same infuriating "starting always at the top" functionality.  
So in conclusion there is not much to say. This app has some interesting news, but the lack of updates makes you feel Business Day doesn't want you to consume their content this way. With less than 10 000 downloads no wonder BD doesn't care much about it, this is even less downloads than the new News24 Elections app! They've just done it to put it out there and tick the box.

This seemed like a great app when I first opened it, but that was as far as I got.  I only opened it and never opened it again.  Opening it again it seems that they really want to use it to drive you to their DSTV Channel.  The opening splash screen states this very clearly.
eNCA Android App Splash Screen advertising DSTV for free

This app is solid though and provides a lot of good news coverage.  This is reflected in that it has surpassed Business Day's app in regard to downloads with between 10 000 and 50 000 downloads.

EWN

This to me is the "new on the scene" app of local South African News apps.  I managed to discover this when I downloaded the News24 Elections App (ironically), so I checked it out.  Have a look at this huge spacing!
Eye Witness news Android App news sample with so much spacing in the story
It could be because of the phablet I am using, they probably haven't optimised for all screen sizes and the variations of Android. That should come with time, but I found myself immediately captured by the stories, and you can get the latest news bulletin streaming to your phone with just a few taps.
I think this app is great and is worth checking out.  My favourite thing about this app is that you can easily carry on from where you left off browsing, in fact, it is so integrated that as you browse the story and get to the end if it, if you keep scrolling down you will go straight into the list of stories that were below the story you are reading.  It was so smooth and seamless that I didn't realise what was happening until I was already back in the Story List and carrying on from right where I left off!
Here is a screen shot of it.
Eye Witness news Android App Scrolling at the end of the story brings you right back into the Story List

I highly recommend this app as a result, good content and a good browsing experience.

If you have any other Local News Apps you are using please post them below in the comments and I would love to check them out and add them to the list.
Also let me know your favourite News App.  Personally I love News Republic for my International News.  Don't really know why, but it is mostly because you can tailor the News you receive.  There are plenty other news apps now that allow you to tailor your news.

Sunday 20 April 2014

I upgraded my Note 2 to Android 4.3

You know that feeling, your old device is getting an update, a breath of new life into your device so that you can catch up to the rest of the world with new features and exciting interface.

You run the update and start to explore it..... then.......everything is so much slower than before.  Disappointment! Big Mistake.  So in my search online I found that the Samsung Galaxy S4 has then same problem as my Samsung Galaxy Note II (or Note 2 if you prefer).

A lot of the comments suggest making use of cleaners that close apps regularly, I didn't think this was the problem because I had used the Android functionality to manually close all open apps and free up memory, sure my phone was a bit faster, but then I used the apps again and the phone simply immediately got slower again.

Anyway, to cut a long story short I think the problem is really again a case of a slower processor trying to use an OS that requires a fast processor. (the reason I remember swearing about Windows updates)
So to compensate for this you need to change the "Animation Scales".  You do this by enabling the "Developer options" Option (this is enabled by tapping the Build number of your phone 7 times).  Then you reduce the three Animator Scales to 0.5 or 0 if you so choose.  I found that 0.5 was enough.

Here was the original post that helped me solve my problem!
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/345353-galaxy-s4-extremely-slow-after-4-3-update.html

Happy Androiding!

Thursday 17 April 2014

Renewing your car licence

It is actually very easy to renew your vehicle license.  I always feel sorry for all the people in the queue down at the Vehicle licensing department trying to get new License Discs.  It is always a very long queue and I'm sure they stand for at least an hour trying to accomplish the task.  Not that you don't sometimes stand for an hour in the queue in the Post Office!  At least at the Post Office, if the queue is long, you can quite easily come back later.  Also there is often a separate queue for MVL's!

But, Yes, you can renew your licence at your local post office.  If you don't have the Notice of Renewal they send in the post you can simply fill in a form at the Post Office and they will still be able to process your renewal.  However, if you have any problems it will be because of outstanding fines that you will have to sort out first (of course they don't tell you this while you are at the Post Office, you just get a grunt and a shrug of the shoulders).  Then you won't be able to avoid going to the Vehicle Licensing Centre.

Remember, not all of the Post Offices offer the Motor Vehicle License Renewal, but many do.  Here is the list of Post Offices in Gauteng that offer the service according to the Post Office Website (you can view it here, the other provinces are also available as an excel file download)

However by my own admission I think it is not a great list.  The Sunninghill Post Office in Sunninghill Village doesn't seem to appear.

ARCADIA Nedbank Plaza Street Arcadia
Atteridgeville c/o Seeiso & Mabuwe Street Atteridgeville
Attridgeville East Shop C2D Attlyn Mail Cnr Khoza and Pudifufu Street
Batho Plaza Erf 1630 Shop 6 Moroka Drive and Deadly Nighshade Street Soshanguve KK
BELLE OMBRE 5 Bazaar Street Belle Ombre
Bloed Street Mall Cnr Bloed street and Van Der waltt Pretoria Central Shop No 42
Bronkhorstspruit 48 PAUL KRUGER STR, Bronkhorstspruit
Brooklyn Mall Shop no 69/70 Brooklyn Square Cnr Veale and Middle Street
Celtis Ridge Cnr Seedcracker &  Ruimte Celtis Ridge 
Central City Shop 22 Central City Mabopane Station
Centurion Shop no 109 Centurion Mall
Cullinan 1 HOTEL STREET, CULLINAN
Danville 151 Jan Ellis Street Danville
Denneboom Shop D12 Cnr Watloo and Tsamaya Rd Mamelodi Cross
DIE TREMLOODS Cnr Pretorius and Schoeman Street
Doornpoort Airportweg Doorpark Shopping Centre
Eco Boulevard Shop No 4 Eco Boulevard Centre, Eco Park
Eersterus Shop 17 Hans Coverdale West, Eesterus
Ekandustria LUCKY 7 STORE
Elarduspark Shp No 4 Cnr Delmas And Barnaard Elarduspark
Enkangala Shop 11 Ekashop Ekangala
FAERIE GLEN Shop 22A Glen Village Shopping Centre Faerie Glen
Ga-Rankuwa 9011 zone 1 Ga-Rankuwa
GaRankuwa North CENTRAL SHOPPING COMPLEX SHOP 74
GARSFONTEIN 465 Winnfred Yell Street Garsfontein
Gezina Frederika StreetGezina Stad
Hammanskraal Renbro Shopping Centre Shop no A24
Hatfield Burnett Street Hatfield
Hercules Van Der Hoff Weg Hercules
Highveld Park Shop 5 Highveld Centre cnr  John Voster & Logan Str
Karenpark Wonderpark Centre, Cnr Caressa & Brits RD. 
Laudium 280 Tangerine street Lauduim
Lynn East Shop no 12 Eastpark Centre, Baviaanspoort Rd, East Lynn 
Lynwoodridge Shop no 40 Lynridge Mall
Lyttleton Cnr Craddock and Napier Street
Mabopane 2035 block A Boekenhout Mabopane
Mahube Valley Shop no A4 Tsamaya Rd Mahube Valley
MAJANENG 4375 Mosate section
MAKAPANSTAD 02 Moshate
Mamelodi Shabangu Street 6886 Block T Mamelodi West
MAMELODI EAST 18680 Dlamini and Son Supermarket Hinterland Street
Menlo Park 53 13th Street Menlopark
MENLYN RETAIL Cnr Loius and Garsfontein RD Retail Park
Montanapark Shop U59A Kolonade shopping Centre Zambezi Rd
MONUMENT PARK Shop 15  73 Skilpad Rd Monument Park
MORELETAPARK 680 Reubenstein Dr Moreleta Park
MORULA Shop no S2 A/B Morula complex 0196, Next to Morula Sun and Audi Stadium Mabopane
ONDERSTEPOORT Sir Srnot Tyler Road Onderstepoort 
PIERRE VAN RYNEVELD Van Ryneveld Ave Shop 11 Spar Centre
Pretoria Central (Church Square) Church Square
Pretoria North 247 BEN VILJOEN STREET PRETORIA NORTH 
Pyramid Old Warmbath Road
Quagga Quagga Sentrum Court St Pretoria West
Queenswood Cnr Fontana & Shielieng Road
Raslouw Mall @ Redds Shop 69A Cnr Rooihuiskraal and Hendrick Verwoord
Rayton PICK A PAY COMPLEX
RETHABILE Cnr Thomo and Tsamaya Mamelodi East
Rosslyn 6 Kotzenberg Road Rosslyn
SAULSVILLE No 1 Malebye Street Saulsville
SILVER LAKE SILVER LAKES SHOPPING CENTRE
Silverton Cnr Pretoria Rd and Fakkel street
Sinoville Zambezi Shopping Centre Zambezi Road
Soshanguve  2078 Block H
Soshanguve Central Shop no3 Buitekant street Pick 'n Pay Centre
SOSHANGUVE WEST Score Supermarket Nafcoc Shopping centre
Sunnyside 44 Jeppe Street
THABA TSWANE Cnr Andries Pretoruis and Van Rebeeck Street
THE REEDS CNR Rooihuiskraal and Bothrill The Reeds
THEMBA Temba City complex
THORN TREE Throntree shopping Centre, shop no. 3 Corner Mokokone & Mofifi Street
TOTIUSDAL Waverley Gardens Codonia avenue 779 Waverley 
Unisa Rand UNISA Campus Mucklenuk Pretoria 0001
VALHALLA Shop 5A Kampbel Centre Broadway East Valhalla
Wierdapark Cnr Willem Botha and Ruimte Road Wierdapark
Willow Way Shop No 03 Willow Way Centre Lynwood  Road
WINTERVELD KLIPPAN ROAD 
Wonderboom Junction lavender no 1, Wqonderboom Junction Mall
Wonderboompoort Mayville Mall Shopping Centre Van Rensburg Road Cnr Van Rensburg & Mortinner Street
Woodhill Shop G116, Parkview Mall, Cnr. Netcare and Garsfontein Road, Woodhill


Actonville Khan Crescent  1521 Actonville 
Albemarle  Shop No 2 Cnr Hatfield & Onyx streets Albemarle, Tasso Centre.
Alberton C/O Alwyn Taljaard & du Plessis St, Alberton 
Alexandra South Alexandra Spar, 2Nd Avenue, Alexandra 
Ansfrere 19 Frere str,Discovery, Florida
Aston Manor 199 Monument Rd Aston Manor
Azaadville 6 Commercial str,Azzadville
Bedfordview Skeen Boulevard 3 Bedfordview 
Benmore C/O Grayston & 11Th Avenue Benmore Shopping Centre
Benoni Ampthill 51 Ave., Benoni 
Benoni North  Shop E 6/7 Lake Side Mall, Tom Jones Str, Lakeside Mall
Birchleigh 1766 Elgin Rd Birchleigh
Bluegumview Mandela Square,Mandela str, Bluegumview
Boipatong Stand 150-152 Shop 29 Nobel Boulevard N.E. 3 Boipatong
Boitumelo Shop No. 5, Mandela Square, Mandela St, Sebokeng 
Boksburg C/O Pretoria & Leeuport str, Boksburg
Boksburg West 102 Rietfontein Rd Jansen Park Boksburg West
Bonaero park Sho 14 C/O Templehof & Louis Botha Drive Bonaeropark
Booysens No7 Heronmere Drive, Booysens
Braamfontein C/O Biccard& De Korte str, Braamfontein
Brakpan Voortrekker St 682 Brakpan 
Brakpan North 87 Hospital Rd Brakpan North
Bramley  584 Louis Botha Drive, Bramley
Brixton Shop no 57, 80 High str, Brixton
Bromhof Shop no 25 cnr Tin&C.R. Swart str,Bromhof
Bruma C/O Allum & Cumberland Parkmedow Shopping Centre
Bryanston The Posthouse C/O Main & Bruton Drive, Bryanston
Carletonville 13 Gold str, Carltonville
Carlton Centre Shop 261 & 262 Carlton Centre, 150 Commissioner Street, Jhb
Cinda Park 44 Van Wyk Louw drive Parkrand 
Clayville Shop No. 38, Olifantsfontein Road, Clayville.Phumulani Mall
Cleveland Stand 401,Market Spar , Jules Street, Cleveland
Craighall  6th Jan Smuts Avenue, Hyde Park
Cresta Cresta Shopping Centre, Beyers Naude Drive Cresta
Crown Mines 77 Hanover Street, Crown Mines
Crystal Park 111 Totius Rd Crystal Park
Dainfern Shop no 2,Cedar road,The Fern Shopping Centre.
Daveyton 9152 Mocke St Daveyton 
Daveyton  9152 Mocke str Daveyton
DE Deur Old JHB & vereeniging rd, JHB highway, de deur
Diepkloof Shop no 24, cnr Immick and Cuyler Eben Cuyler Ave ,
Diepsloot Shop 32, Diepsloot Mall.
Dobsonville Shop 24, Elias Motsoaledi Str,Dobsonville Centre.
Doornfontein 7 Curry Street, Doornfontein 
Dube 224  Mahalefele str, Dube
Dunswart 35 Atlas Drive Dunswart
East Rand Cnr North Rand Rd And Rietfontein Road, Boksburg 
Ebony Park C/O Bluegumview &Acacia str,Amabele Centre
Edenglen 52 Harris Road Edenglen
Edenvale 74 Voortrekker Road, Edenvale 
Edleen Shop 2 Kempton Gate C/O Rienierdt & CR Swart drive Edleen.
Eldorado Park Circle road, Eldorado Park
Elsburg Spar Centre, Voortrekker str, Elsberg
Elspark Shop8, Kingfischer & Heidelberg Streets, Elspark
Ennerdale Town road,Ennerdale ext 7
Evaton Evaton Plaza Shop No 113 Golden Highway Evaton 1984
Farrarmere Shop 1A Baylie Str Farrarmere
Ferndale 96 Oxford Drive, Ferndale
florida Cnr 2nd Avenue & Lockies Str, Florida Mall
Florida Hills 19 Rare str, Florida
Fordsburg 56 Central Drive, Fordsburg
Fourways North Leaping Frog Shopping Centre,Mulbarton Road,Four ways 
Gardenview C/o Smith & Bradford str Gardenview
Germiston   Shop74/5, Victoria str, Germiston, Golden walk Mall.
Germiston South Spar Shopping Centre No 7 Webber Road Er Shop No 2 
Glenvista C/O  Biggarsberg & True North St Glenvista 2058
Greenside Greenway 137 Greenway Centre, Greenside 2193
Greenstone 1 Greenstone Dr Greenstone Hill X 33
Halfway House SHOP 111, BOULDERS SHOPPING CENTRE, OLD PRETORIA RD.
Heidelberg 65 Begeman str, Heidelberg
Helderkruin Helderkruin Spar, Ouklip road,Helderkruin
Henley- On- Klip 963 Eweline Rd, Henley-on-Klip, Meyerton 
Highlands North Athol st, Highlands North 
Hillbrow Shop 40A, High Point Building Corner Kotze & Claim Streets, Hillbrow
Honeydew Shop no7 ,cnr D.F.Malan drive,Honeydew
Houghton 60 Riveira rd,Killarney Mall
Isando C/O Kram & Isando Rd, Isando 
Jeppestown Corner Fox & Browning Street, Jhb
Johannesburg 180 Jeppe & Small Street, Jhb 
Joubert Park C/O King George And Noord St.Joubert Park
Kagiso Shop No 19,Kagiso Mall,Cnr Randfontein&Kagiso str 
Kagiso East 34 Jacobs str,Shop no 11 Chamdor
Katlehong Gamaphutheng Shopping Centre Khumalo Street 
Kelvin C/O Raymond&Southways,Kelvin Shopping Centre
Kempton Park 10 Central drive, Kempton Park
Kensington Shop 21, Darras Centre, Upper Level, Kensington
Khumalo Shop No 1 Sontonga Mall Khumalo, Katlehong 
Kiasha Park C/O Shefield&Wimbledon st, Kiasha Park
Kibler Park 1 Service Street, Kibler Park 
Kliptown Shop no 5, Walter Sisulu Mall, Valley Road
Kocksvlei C/O Steyn & Market str, Kocksvlei
Krugersdorp C/O Ockerse & Kruger St Krugersdorp 
Kwa Thema C/O Nkosi & Chaka St KwaThema
Kwa-Xuma Shop no 51, Jabulani Mall,Cnr Koma & Bulani
Kyalami Shop 15, cnr Aurthur & Main rd,Kyalami
Lenasia Animone &Eland st, Lenasia
Lenasia North Shop no 24, Salaheem Plaza, Lenasia North
Linden Linden Square,C/O 4th ave & Eight str, Linden
Lonehill Shop no UL8A,Lonehill,Boulevard.
Mafatsane 284/5 Union Road Evaton 
Maraisburg  Cnr 07th ave & 10th str, Maraisburg
Marshalltown C/O Fox & Sauer, Marshalltown
Masoheng shop no.20 Sebokeng Plaza, Moshoeshoe str, Sebokeng
Meadowlands Hack street ,Meadowlands
Melville Shop 2, Campus Square, corner kingsway & University Road, Melville
Meyersdal Shop no 29,Hennie Alberts&Michelle ave
Meyerton 14 Fenton st, Meyerton.
Mohlakeng 660 Ralerata str, Mohlakeng
Mondeor Shop no 12, Columbine Square, 82 Swartgoud str
Morningside The Wedge Shopping,Centre, Morningside
Moroka 1810 Mntambo str,Dlamini 1
Motsoaledi Shopno5,AsambeCentre,Shopno5,ChrisHani drive
Munsieville 650 Mogale str, Nobela Centre
Nigel Hendrik Verwoerd str, Nigel 
Norkem Park 337 Pongola rivier Dr Norkem Park
North Riding Northgate Shopping Centre, Northumberland Avenue
Northlands 30 Rudd Road, Illovo
Northmead Sho F14 Oreilly Merry Str Northmead Square
Norwood  Shop no 1a&1b,cnr Hamlin&6th rd Norwood
O.R.Tambo Terminal One, O.R.Tambo Int. Airport, Kempton Park
Orange Grove C/O 3rd drive& 6th str,Orange Grove
Orlando 6515 Mooki str,Orlando
Park South  Shop no.2, Cnr Frikkie Meyer & Chopin str, Vanderbijlpark,Riverside Boulevard,
Parkview 73 Cnr Dundalk & Innes str.,Parkview 
Petersfield 1 Geduld Rd Paul Kruger X1 Petersfield
Pimville 959 Mgaji str,Zone 7, Pimville
Pinegowrie 77 Barkston Drive,Blairgowrie
Primrose 37 Shamrock Road, Primrose 
Protea Gardens  Shop 11, Gardens Mall, Protea South.
Protea Glen CNR R558 and Protea Boulevard, Protea Glen
Protea North Shop no 18, Protea North Shopping Complex
Randburg Shop 94,Sanlam Shopping Centre, Pretoria str 
Randburg West The Bright Water Commons, Shop no G52, Republic Road, Randburg
Randfontein 28 Stubb str,Randfontein
Randhart Cnr Venter & Jacqueline Ave, Randhart
Randjiesfontein Shop 16, Corpoprate Park, Midrand
Reigerpark 380 Leon Ferreira Drive Reigerpark
Rivonia Shop29 Rivonia Square, Cnr. 9th Ave and Rivonia Boulevard
Roodepoort 24 Van Wyk str, Roodepoort
Rosettenville Shop U17,Rosetenville Junction,Geraniam Str,Rosettenville
Ruimsig Cnr Doreen & Hendrik Potgieter, Ruimsig
Rynfield 176 Pretoria Rd Rynfield
Sandton Cnr Sandtondrive & Alice Lane, Sandown
Saxonwold Shop no 11/12, Rosebank Mall
Sebokeng C/O Wessels & Moshoeshoe Street, Sebokeng 
Selcourt 197 Nigel Rd Selcourt
Sharon Park Sharonpark Shopping Centre
Sharpville 3880 Khabasheane St, Sharpeville 
South Hills No 1, Linroy Str, Pick & Pay Centre, Steeldale, 
Southdale Cnr Landsborough & Alamien Str, Southdale
Southgate Shop 55, Southgate Shopping Centre
Springs Poskantoor Drive ,Springs 
Spruitview Spruitview Shopping Centre, Shop 20, Spruitview.
Stretford Palm Springs Mall, R55 Road, Stretford, 
Strubenvale 66 Ermelo Rd Strubenvale
Sunninghill West Shop LL14,Edison, Crescent,Sunninghill West
Sunward Park Shop 1 Kinfisher str ,Pick & Pay Centre, Sunward Park
Symridge No 5, Howe Circle, corner koede & turnhout str, Sunnyridge
Tembisa 9 Tembi Mall, Tembisa
Tembisa South Shop 26 Tembisa Plaza,583 Anfrew Maphetho Str, Tembisa
Three Rivers Shop 48 river square centre, Three Rivers
Tokoza 8039 Khumalo Street Tokoza 
Tsakane 1/7940 Modjadji str, Tsakane Mall
Tshiawelo 989 Sibasa St, Tshiawelo
Turffontein 109 cnr Church&High str,Turffontein
Vanderbijl Park C/O Pres. Kruger & F.W. Beyers St, Vanderbijlpark 
Vereeniging C/O Merriman & Leslie St, Vereeniging 
Vosloorus C/O BIERMAN AND NOMZAMO STREET, GOLD SPOT CENTRE
Wadeville Shop 6, Steenbrass & Dekema str, Wadeville
Weltevredenpark C/O 14th ave&Golf Club,TerraceWeltevreden Park
Wendywood C/O Wendy & Daphne str, Wendywood
Westgate Ontdekkers Rd Horisonview 
Westonaria Edwards Drive Westonaria 
Wibsey C/O Commando & Main Reef rd, Industria
Wilro Park Shop no 7&8,cnr Cr Swart & Mimosa,Wilro Corner.
Witbeeck C/O Van Lill & Trizona str, Mindalore Shopping Centre
Zola Dobson Point Centre, Mohajani rd,Dobsonville ext 3