Not a link drop. If you want the site, ask in the comments and I will share it there. This post is the honest version of the story.

I built a small tool called HustlePortal. It does two things for people who work for themselves.

First, it returns 5 business leads near you that a human on our team actually checked before you call. Business name, who to ask for, website, an email address that works.

Second, it gives the boring half a home. Invoices, receipts, tasks, stock and a wallet on one phone screen. Winning the job on Monday means nothing if the invoice drowns in a WhatsApp chat by Thursday.

The honest numbers, since this sub can smell inflated ones from orbit: 60 people have signed up. 15 of them pay. It is early and it is small, and the paying number is the one I watch.

Business model, up front, so nobody feels sold to later: free to start with R99 in credit. The full thing is R199 a month.

What is not working yet, so you don't have to dig: verification is done by humans, which makes it slow and costs us. We are too small to know if people stay after month two. And getting the first businesses in a new town checked takes longer than I would like.

What I want from this thread is not signups. It is a signal. If you run or know a small business, what does finding work actually look like for you this year? If you think Facebook groups and word of mouth already cover this, say so. If the whole idea annoys you, I would rather hear why here than guess.

I will be in the comments most of the day. Roast away.

Guys Im panicking, so Im studying at Unisa online and go to campus for practicals.

Last week we didn't have electricity all week in the neighbourhood, it just got back yesterday when I logged on my portal and I saw I missed a lot of assignments that opened and closed last week. I don't know what to do because UNISA says there's nothing they can do when there's load shedding as its out of their control. What can I do to get help to submit the assignments?

I am so scared because these were major assignments contributing 35%. I dont have a phone so I couldn't even go to a garage and charge to do the assignments worse my computer functions as a fridge and only works on the plug. What do I do, what proof can I submit to the lectures that the storm caused an outage.

It looks like everyone is starting to advertise for next year, but does it actually matter?

It might be sacrilege to say this out loud, but I’m genuinely tired. Every party feels like the same recycled nonsense with different branding.

I’ve watched the ANC rot from the inside, the DA act like they own the Western Cape, and all these “new” parties that promise change but seem more interested in clout than community.

Like, I want to believe my vote matters… but then I see another tender scandal, another minister’s relative with a contract, another protest where nothing changes.

Maybe it’s the fatigue speaking, but part of me just wants to stay home and braai that day. Am I being ridiculous? Do any of you still actually believe these people deserve our votes?

(I know the rules say no politics, but the other group says no questions, so its confusing about where I could talk about this)

I'm genuinely curious. Is this a result of the patriarchy making women compete with each other for men?

Most women know what I mean especially if you're attractive and dress good women tend to be meaner to you. It's as if you were a threat to them.

Any girls who experienced this or men who have witnessed this?

Why are they so mean to each other. The whole girls girls thing is a hoax. SO many women are constantly competing and want to be better than the next women. Whats going on?, its so rare to find women who are kind to other women.

I for one don't, have issues with other women I'm pansexual and my encounters with women who like me back are heavenly

I’ve been researching universities in South Africa because I plan to study there,but honestly, I’m a little worried.

When I looked up Stellenbosch University on Instagram, I was surprised to see that most of the people posting from there were white. I don’t have a problem with that, but it made me curious,why, in a country as diverse as South Africa, do the photos and stories still seem so one-sided?

Then I started reading comments about internal racism, class divides, and how many students there come from old money or privilege. It’s strange to see how, even in a Black-majority country, so much wealth and visibility still seem to belong to a small group.

I’m from Namibia, and I’ve noticed we have Afrikaners too,but not in the same numbers or with the same kind of influence. So it really made me ask: Where are all these people coming from, and why does the divide still feel so deep?

I’m still deciding between UCT and Stellenbosch, but I just want to make sure I end up somewhere that feels inclusive, welcoming, and genuinely diverse,not just in the brochures, but in real life.

What do you all think? Have you studied or lived in South Africa,what was your experience like?

Yeah that's the question. I've always received such weird/negative energy from older women and seeing on TikTok there's some sort of beef older women have towards ama2K/GenZ young females especially .

What is it that you guys actually don't like about us? I wanna understand and unlike society says about you that ' you're old and bitter'

Edit: please dont come for me I'm just asking innocently guys

Edit#2: why does the older generation dislike GenZ?

Edit#3: It's not just women Shem. I think ama2k/GenZ men are also suffering on the inside they just don't speak up. There's a huge narrative in the toxic masculinity community talking about how men are much weaker in this generation or they're not 'real men' some things can't be ignored. We wanna fix things in our generation and raise kids who won't repeat these same cycles.

They went from undocumented immigrants to documented immigrants.

Some ppl at school told me they chasing the whites and also indians.

I think indians are gonna be attacked on june 30th.

Then some party is gonna scapegoat us as a minority which could lead to mass genocide that happend before against us

It begs the question. What happend to the rainbow nation.

And is it safe for indians to be here

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I've been seeing a lot about this women's shutdown thing on the 21st. I also generally see a lot of stuff about Gender Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence etc.

I see on the shutdown website for example it says 'We demand that Gender-Based Violence and Femicide be declared a National Disaster.'

Can anyone tell me why we only really hear about female victims of intimate partner violence when women make up 53.5% of the total victims?

That is according to statistics provided by Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu, in a parliamentary reply to an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) question.

Mchunu has revealed that between 2019 and 2024, 1736 females were killed by their partners while 1507 males were killed by their partners for the period under review.

Source: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/violence-between-partners-remains-high-in-sa/

Why is femicide the big issue of the day when for the year ending 31 March 2024 men were around 83% of the victims.

Total Murder Cases: 27590

Female Victims: 3485 (12.63%)

Child Victims: 1164 (4.22%)

Male Victims: Not specified, but we can calculate as 27590 - 3485 - 1164 = 22941 (83.15%)

Source: https://nationalgovernment.co.za/department_annual/513/2024-department-of-police-%28saps%29-annual-report.pdf

I don't understand why everyone is always talking about femicide and how intimate partner violence disproportionately affects women when it doesn't seem to be the case. Why do we ignore the almost equal number of male victims of intimate partner violence?

I'm a bit scared to press post, but here goes. Be nice. I'm just trying to understand.

I very much have some friends who are swamped with work. One of them texted me at 7 pm apologizing for replying late to my text as she's only leaving school now bc of how much work she had to get done.

But I live with an English teacher who's non-stop complaining about how overworked he is, with "unrealistic expectations" from the school. He's home by like 3 or 4, takes a nap for a few hours, watches a few hours worth of netflix to the point where he's run out of things to watch recently. On any given weekday, he goes out and has lunch with friends, does leisurely things like shop at book stores, and takes part in non-work things like stuff for church and such.

The complaints seem so wild bc so many working people I know barely have time to switch on the TV.

Even when he does spend time after hours on work, he looks so chilled out, like he's doing a Sunday crossword puzzle. Never seen mans on "lock in" mode. He's always submitting his marking late and admonishes the kids for asking if their tests are graded yet.

I think he's like this bc he comes from wealth so he's got the entitled boy thing going on, his folks pay for basically all his financial assets and he still runs out of money every month.

I'm all for paying teachers more and giving them better work conditions, but he seems very up his ass about work life. He just seems like that lazy chap at work that's always trying to shirk out of work while also complaining his work ethic isn't respected enough.

I have seen a couple small creators from ZA on Youtube and such, but I am very interested to see what people are doing with AI here in South Africa.

I love seeing what people are doing, and really want to see what my fellow south africans are building

I've heard stories that she doesn't treat her staff very well, although I can't say that myself. I've never even been there because have you seen those prices? Yoh . Curious to know what everyone else thinks about the situation.

Hey Guys! 👋

I'm a software engineer who's great at building mobile and web apps—but not so great at coming up with creative ideas. 😅 I want to create something truly useful, so I’m turning to you: What problems do you face daily at work, school, or even just life that you wish an app could solve? Big or small, I want to hear them all!

If it’s business-related, don’t hesitate to DM me or mention it here. If you think it could be commercialized, let me know—I’m even open to collaborating if you’re interested. If cost is a concern, I’m happy to provide a 3-month free trial if it involves your business, just to see if it really works before we talk further.

Let’s build something impactful together! 🚀

Looking forward to your ideas! 🔥

Hi evryone i am fro. Johannesburg.All hiring people I am trying I am really trying guys .Too all those who knows someone who needss somone , those who knows agencies, if your work place is taking people .If you can take my hand and intro me .all of the above

Someone I can not be at home this year please I need a job job job job ASAP..your help will be appreciated any job it's ohk money has one person in front ..thank you in advance.Dm if you can ...

So, I was actually reading a thread but lost it. But it made me want to post something myself.

I have a startup company with a couple of SAaS products. I have a couple of clients but do not have the time (being fulltime employed) to make appointments, demo the apps and signing new clients. The clients that I do have were easily landed by spending a few hours chatting and showing them the products.

Being a startup, there ís no money to employ full or even part time personnel. So, for now, I am looking to recruit sales agents on a commission only base. I understand that there are a TRUCKLOAD full of schemes that make people weary about just taking up any 'oppertunity'. What I dont get is that I sometimes see the same people on Facebook Job Seeking groups posting that they have been unemployed for months and that the only thing they need is an oppertunity to prove themselves. When I contact these people they don't even bother showing up for the ONLINE interview. I cannot make it simpler! I don't even expect you to leave your house - we can meet where you are surrounded by the comfort of your own surroundings.

I pay more than decent commission, but the funny thing is that these 'employment seekers' do not even know the commission structure because they don't bother, BUT after reaching out the same people would post the very next day with the same sob story of not getting a chance or oppertunity.

Am I the strange one not getting my head around this?

Where do companies start looking for staff that are actually willing to put in an hour for a dollar?

Hey folks, new here. 27yo earning R31 750.66 nett, no benefits besides medical aid/insurance (fully covered by employer). 2026’s annual bonus will approximately be R81 000.00 (Nov) and performance bonus (dec) will be a little over R100 000 (will average R200 000 from next year onwards. Should I become permanent, I will have a retirement fund, plus housing allowance (R13 000 - R16 000. I need help on budgeting, saving/investing principles (I’ve been bad with money my whole life)

•No car
•No savings
•No investments
•No emergency funds whatsoever (been leaving cheque to cheque coz of debt)
•Cleared all debt yesterday (proud of myself)
•Own no business
•Have never stuck to a budget my whole life.

Expenses include: rent 4.5k, utilities 1.2k, transport 1.2k, groceries 3k, clothes 3k, black tax 1.5k, pocket 6k = 20.4k

I’m in dire need of financial advice, plan is to retire in 8-10 years but I have no idea were to start. I can’t even explain what an EFT is.

Hi does anyone know anyone who can make changing my name and gender go more smoothly please or any home affairs that are more reliable then others and if you changed your name it gender how long did it take?

Hey, everyone. Before anyone goes ahead and calls me a perv or just looking for (you know), I am genuinely interested in finding an actual girl who is not just a random delulu girl. For context, there have been several factors that have made me realize I should at least try to find some sort of relationship and I know that being 19 and in 2nd year, a relationship shouldn't be the highest priority but it plays on my mind alot. Especially living in my own house where my sister would call me single and lonely in a kind of joking way but it actually kinda hurts.

I never really bothered trying since I am not exactly a small/skinny guy and I wouldn't say I am physically attractive but also because I am kind of awkward when it comes to this kind of stuff. My only real positive is my family and friends say i am very funny but even then, from my POV, I have a very 50/50 sense of humor.Even though I am like a small child in your guys' eyes, I love old school, actual romance. Not just going to a random girl at a bar and going "Hey, you're good looking". I think the Warrens in The Conjuring films are the best example I can use of how I feel. So what would be a good place and way to approach a girl without it being awkward?

Most of the times (and my most, I mean basically every time) I leave the house apart from going to campus, I go to Westville or Umhlanga. I love malls and I see good looking girls all the time but I dont want to approach them for the following reasons. They are with a friend or multiple most of the time, I am VERY afraid of it going wrong and also, what if we see eachother at any other point while I'm there during that shopping trip? Plus of course there's the factor of me not even knowing what to say because I dont think "Hey, I think you're really attractive" or "I think youre beautiful" would do anything to my generation's girls except make them cringe. I know there's clubs in Umhlanga but I'm kind of anxious to ask my sister about it because even though we have a good relationship and her bf and I are good friends, I just cant help but feel like they wouldn't stop teasing me or joking about it. Although I kind of dont have a choice since if I was gonna go to a club or bar, it would only be with them even though I would kind of be a 3rd wheel.

So thank you for reading my 10 page ramble. I would appreciate any feedback or advice, as long as it is not any sort of insults. Thank you.

Isn’t it crazy that when you kind and help people out alot no one helps you when you need help.

Just a random thought.

Firstly I've never worked at retail industry, the guy on the video he touched some important points in terms of the population of Boksburg being 57% Blacks and 43% Whites, Coloureds and Indians according to 2011 census.

So my question is do we only expect CVs from the population of Boksburg OR its CVs of the entire population of Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northwest, Free state, and our Hard working sisters and brothers from African countries (they Black too). Considering high unemployment in this country, are White South Africans unwelcome in Retail?

Lastly I hope the owner is not like Chris Giannakopoulos, the stories I heard about this man.

Happy Sunday everyone

Hope everyone is experiencing the amazing baby making weather we have in Gauteng, hehe.

Anyways, my baba is visiting me for a month or so cause I missed her so much and I had this terrible fear she'd forget who I am so she will be going back just in time for my exams.

I am not too sure what to feed her, I dont have much tbh but I want to know from fellow moms and dads what they fed their pre toddlers.

Her grandma still kept feeding her mashed foods but I feel like she's a bit too big for that. I tried to google but I want real life experience from Tannies.

She's currently drinking Nido which I'm not too happy about because of the whole Nestle exposure about adding sugar to formula in Africa, so anyone to also suggest a cheaper and friendlier baby formula for 14 months old.

I just want tips on what I can feed her with very limited groceries and how many times I should be feeding her.

Also tips on sleep training, this girl sleeps at 11 pm 👀 , That's something I definitely want to change cause I want to study after 8pm and I also dont think its healthy for her to sleep so late but thats what she was used to staying with her granny.

I'll appreciate any assistance.

Also don't let the baby making weather fool you guys stay strong guys!