PSA: Cape Town is full.

Dark kitchens, also known as “Ghost Kitchens” or “Cloud Kitchens,” were born to fill a severe gap during the pandemic. When we were encouraged to stay away from one another, the idea of ordering food and groceries via an app took off with a bang. The likes of Checkers60, restaurants on UberEats, and Mr D quite literally blew up.🍔🥤🍟 Dark kitchens are virtual kitchens that set up shop in areas close to where people live and work. They must be within the minimal km radius needed to deliver food speedily. They don’t take up expensive, ground-floor retail space with good shop front exposure. Instead, they take up basement spaces with minimal windows, first-floor space, warehouse space, or more affordable commercial spaces with electricity and water for the kitchen set up. Customers do not visit dark kitchens to sit down, order, and eat; rather, they can call in or order via an app. The dark kitchen then prepares their meal and delivers it to them. With this model, restauranteurs have been able to save money on expensive retail fit-outs, staff, and rent while still being able to serve their customers. Because the kitchen is behind the scenes, many brands can be housed in one kitchen without the consumer ever knowing it. Click on my latest article below to read about a new company that has the potential to change the face of fast-food retail in #SouthAfrica… 🇿🇦

Who, in your opinion, are South Africa's most exciting startups this year? #dipstickresearch

Grammar nerds (South Africa 🇿🇦): 'braai'd' or 'braaid' - ?

Elon: We're still looking for people to go to Mars. Cyril: Send me. #thumamina #sendme #southafrica

Hey @MyCiTiBus - my daughter is in Camps Bay, and needs to top up her card. How can she do that there? (Also: surely, after 10 years we should have a digital way to do this?)

Local SA peeps of X.com, anyone know where I can buy aparcel delivery boxes for outside? I need something that can hold my regular deliveries. The only thing I can find in South Africa is this: wantitall.co.za/VEVOR-Packag… - looks cool, but pricy. Any alternatives?

This thread will show you who is the real boss. 1. A Truck flees from the pyroclastic flows spewing from the Mt.Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines, 1991.

In the spirit of celebrating Africans doing incredible things, we’re counting down the top 10 African countries by total number of medals won from the start of the Olympics in 1896 till 2022 🏅

This chart shows that adjusted for inflation, Venezuela's incomes are at a level last experienced after WW II. Socialism eroded 70-80 years of economic development.

So, peeps of twitter, anyone have an opinion on Ethiopian Airlines? - safe? enjoyable? avoid at all costs?

Previous tweet (‘X post’? 🤨) notwithstanding… 😝

Ironically, and almost comically, South Africa could become a leader in quickly ramping up alternative energy supply. Future possibilities for AI centres in Africa?

This is pretty friggen handy 👊🏻💥

I just found out that there is something called 'The Trump Store' and tryna work out whether it's ironic or whether peeps actually buy things like a 'TRUMP Pickleball Paddle' and 'TRUMP Milk Chocolate Pretzels – Set of 2'. Check it out: trumpstore.com/

I’ve been a dad for 21 years and my kids still don’t get (or care to look up) the reference, “Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?” which I use almost daily. I feel I have failed as a father. youtu.be/uhiCFdWeQfA?si=RyoH…

This thread is a thing of beauty.

Great banking adventure: Vitality Travel, great option for me traveling back n' forth to Denmark. Nice work Discovery 👏 #DiscoveryBestBank

I just wrote my first note on Substack substack.com/profile/1233582…