FROM WATERMELON FARMS TO FOURWAYS It’s hard to imagine when you’re sitting in Fourways traffic today, but less than a century ago, much of the area around us was open countryside. And the story of how Fourways became Fourways is a fascinating one. In 1935, Ernst and Ethel Eriksen travelled north from Johannesburg looking for land on which to build a home. They found part of the old Witkoppen farm, where the Van der Walt brothers were farming watermelons and Friesian cattle. Ethel reportedly fell in love with the views towards the Magaliesberg and the sunsets. Ernst initially bought 423 acres, with the property later growing to around 605 acres. They called their home Norscot, a name combining Norway and Scotland, reflecting the family’s Norwegian and Scottish connections. Construction began in 1936, and Norscot eventually became an extraordinary country residence with eight reception rooms, six bedrooms and five bathrooms. At the time, this really was the countryside. Even into the 1950s, the area was considered well outside Johannesburg, and accounts of Fourways in the 1970s still describe working farms, open fields and dairy cattle being walked down to the Jukskei River. SO WHERE DID “FOURWAYS” COME FROM? The name developed around the four-way stop at Witkoppen Road and what was then William Nicol Drive, now Winnie Mandela Drive. That simple rural intersection would eventually become the centre of one of Johannesburg’s busiest commercial and residential areas. The transformation happened remarkably quickly. Fourways Mall arrived in 1994. Montecasino opened in 2000, bringing a massive new entertainment development to the same Witkoppen intersection. Farms and open land steadily gave way to homes, shopping centres, schools, restaurants, offices and the Fourways we recognise today. And remarkably, one piece of that earlier Fourways is still here. Norscot Manor survives today as part of the Norscot Manor Recreation Centre, giving us a physical link to a time when this corner of Johannesburg looked very different. So next time you’re crawling along Witkoppen, spare a thought for the watermelons, Friesian cattle and country estates that came before us. Fourways has changed a lot in less than 100 years. What part of its history should we dig into next? #Fourways #FourwaysHistory #JohannesburgHistory

A honeybee finding a rewarding patch of flowers has useful information to share. Back at the hive, she can pass that discovery on through a remarkable set of movements: a dance that tells other bees where to go. It is called the waggle dance, and understanding it changes the way you look at an insect you might otherwise barely notice. A MESSAGE WRITTEN IN MOVEMENT During the dance, a honeybee moves through a roughly figure-eight pattern. The central section, where she moves forward while shaking her body, is known as the waggle run. This movement carries information about the direction and distance of a resource. On the vertical honeycomb, the angle of the waggle run relative to straight up represents the direction of the food relative to the Sun. A run pointing straight upwards indicates a flight towards the Sun’s position on the horizon. A run angled to one side communicates a corresponding angle away from that direction. The duration of the waggle run provides information about distance: a longer run generally signals a longer journey. Imagine giving someone directions without speaking, pointing down a road or drawing a map. A honeybee accomplishes something comparable through the orientation and timing of her movements. EVEN BEES BENEFIT FROM EXPERIENCE The dance becomes more fascinating when we look at how bees develop it. A study published in Science in 2023 found that young honeybees performed more accurate dances when they had opportunities to follow experienced dancers before making their own first attempts. Researchers created experimental colonies in which young bees lacked that early exposure. Those bees still danced, but their movements were more disordered, and their distance signals were less accurate. Some aspects improved with experience. However, the bees that missed early learning continued to communicate distance differently throughout their lives. The findings show that social learning helps shape this communication. The behaviour has an inherited foundation, but experience matters too. SCIENTISTS CAN READ THE DIRECTIONS The messages are useful beyond the hive. Researchers at the University of Sussex have used observation hives and video recordings to decode dances and investigate where honeybees forage. By studying those movements, scientists can identify areas the bees find rewarding and examine how their foraging changes across seasons. A small movement inside a hive can therefore reveal something about the landscape outside it. A DIFFERENT WAY TO SEE A GARDEN VISITOR The next time a honeybee pauses on a flower, consider the possibility that her discovery may become information shared back at the colony. That brief visit belongs to a much larger story of searching, navigating and communicating. You do not need to open a hive to appreciate it. Simply knowing that this exchange takes place adds another layer of interest to an ordinary moment in the garden. https://trustoria.co.za/article/the-dance-that-gives-directions-how-honeybees-share-the-way-to-food

Heritage is not only about remembering where we come from. It is also about deciding what we are building for the people who come after us. At Mysatech, Heritage Day means something very real. It means creating opportunities. It means helping a small business get noticed. It means giving someone a chance to earn an income. It means appointing local ambassadors who understand their own communities. It means giving South African businesses access to tools, platforms and exposure that were once reserved for those with much bigger budgets. And most importantly, it means making sure growth does not only happen for a few. Every new company that joins Mysatech strengthens a much bigger ecosystem. More businesses mean more work. More work means more people can be brought into the network. More ambassadors mean more communities can be reached. More growth means more opportunities can be created locally. That is the difference we are working towards every single day. People do not have to take our word for it. They can see the businesses being onboarded. They can see the new platforms being connected. They can see the regions we are expanding into. They can see the ambassadors joining our team. They can see the work being created around that growth. We are still building. We are still growing. And we are nowhere near finished. Our vision for South Africa is not simply to build another marketing company. It is to build something that creates a wider circle of opportunity — where businesses grow, people find work, communities become visible and progress is shared. For us, that is worth celebrating today. Not heritage as something that only belongs to the past. Heritage as something we are creating together, right now. Happy Heritage Day, South Africa. Mysatech — Build. Connect. Market. Grow. #Mysatech #HeritageDay2026 #SouthAfrica #LocalBusiness #CreatingOpportunities #SouthAfricanBusiness #SupportLocal #BusinessGrowth #DigitalSouthAfrica

At ICE Security, protecting people is at the heart of what we do — and that commitment goes far beyond gates, patrols and security systems. We stand with the women who show courage every day. The women who lead teams, raise families, build businesses, support communities and continue moving forward even when the road is difficult. Security should never only mean protecting property. It should also mean helping create a society where women can live, work, travel and build their futures with confidence, dignity and without fear. Every woman deserves to feel safe. Every woman deserves to be respected. Every woman deserves to be heard. At ICE Security, we recognise the strength of women across South Africa and reaffirm our commitment to a future where safety, respect and opportunity belong to everyone. Protecting people. Respecting strength. Standing with women. #ICESecurity #StandWithWomen #WomenOfStrength #SafetyForWomen #ProtectWomen #RespectWomen #WomenWhoLead #SaferCommunities #SecurityWithPurpose #StrongerTogether #SouthAfrica

The Market Has Enough AI That Can Talk. Notelon Was Built to Think. A new generation of artificial intelligence is about to be introduced. Notelon is not being created to become another chatbot with polished answers, recycled knowledge and an impressive-looking interface. It is being engineered as a practical intelligence system capable of understanding complex challenges, connecting information, solving real-world problems and producing outcomes that matter. The public will soon be given access to Notelon, but what they experience will only be the beginning. Its true power lies behind the reason it was created: to serve as the intelligent core behind our platforms, technologies and future systems. Its knowledge architecture is being shaped around the practical reasoning, technical experience and decision-making framework of the most advanced applied mind within our organisation. Not just theoretical intelligence. Not intelligence built to sound clever. Practical intelligence—built by people who understand how things actually work. Notelon is being developed to analyse deeper, adapt faster and operate with the kind of real-world understanding that cannot simply be copied from a textbook, scraped from the internet or created through clever prompting. Some AI systems are designed to follow the future. Notelon is being built to help create it. Notelon Beta V1.0 will be released to the public in the coming days. The next generation is almost here. Powered by Tome Tech. Built to think beyond the obvious. #Notelon #TomeTech #ArtificialIntelligence #NextGenerationAI #AIInnovation #SoftwareEngineering #TechnologyDevelopment #BuiltForTheRealWorld #TheFutureIsComing

📖 Should you still read to your child… even if they can read? The answer might surprise you 💛 In Episode 14: Reading Aloud – When and How, we unpack: ✨ Why reading aloud is still powerful (even for older kids) ✨ When children are truly ready to read independently ✨ Simple ways to read with your child—not just to them Reading isn’t just about words on a page… it’s about connection, confidence, and building a lifelong love for learning 🌱📚 If you’ve been wondering whether you’re helping or holding your child back—this episode will bring clarity and peace. 🎧 Listen now: https://mcdn.podbean.com/.../Podcast_episode_149vqol.mp3 Because the moments you read together today… build the reader your child becomes tomorrow ✨

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Well, my friends… let me tell you another story. The other day, I heard whispers of a different kind of private meeting. Not about social media this time. This one was about the future of humanity itself. Picture the room. It was a sprawling, glass-walled space, heavy with money and expectation. At the center sat a massive mahogany table already nearly filled with the world's billionaires. But the room wasn’t just for the elite. Lining the walls were journalists with their recorders flashing, influencers live-streaming to millions, and tech commentators hanging onto every single syllable as they were talking amongst one another. They were mesmerized, waiting. Then, the heavy doors opened for the final arrivals. Elon Musk walked in. Confident. Restless. Focused. He was surrounded by a glowing carousel of slides—sleek rockets, humanoid robots, autonomous electric cars, and sprawling neural networks. Right behind him came Bill Gates, composed and calm as ever. As they took the last two empty seats at the head of the table, the typing and the whispering stopped. Gates spoke, talking about AI assistants, digital ecosystems, optimization, automation, and ruthless efficiency. The buzzword echoing off the glass walls? “Productivity.” Elon leaned forward, resting his hands on the heavy table, and addressed the glowing lenses of the cameras. “AI will replace jobs, yes. But it will also create new ones. Eventually, work will be optional.” ...Optional. The influencers nodded. The journalists furiously typed the headline. It sounded like a utopia. But in the far corner of the room, standing in the shadows away from the ring lights—among the camera operators, the security guards, the catering staff, and the ordinary people who actually keep the world turning—a different energy started to brew. A murmur rippled through that corner. Optional for who? Because when you sit at the center of a billionaire's table and say work is optional, it sounds very different to the people leaning against the wall. Tell that to the single mother cleaning houses in Johannesburg just to keep the lights on. Tell that to the security guard standing right there at the door, about to be replaced by an AI surveillance system. Tell that to the call center agent muted by chatbots. Tell that to the warehouse picker swapped out for a mechanical arm. Tell that to the taxi driver watching autonomous vehicles map his routes. The influencers kept smiling, capturing Elon speaking about abundance and machines doing the heavy lifting so humanity can “pursue passion.” But from the corner, a voice finally cut through the polished applause. “Let’s slow this down.” Heads turned. The cameras pivoted. “You’re the richest man in the world, right?” the voice continued, steady and unafraid. “And yet… when you bought Twitter and renamed it X… you borrowed billions to do it. Forgive the question, but if you hold the world's greatest wealth, why are you borrowing money? That’s like owning the biggest, most fertile farm in the country that makes you more money than you could actually spend, but knocking on your neighbour's door to ask for a loan to buy a chicken. Something doesn’t quite add up.” The room went dead silent. The billionaires stared down the length of the table. A chair scraped against the hardwood floor. From the back of the room, stepping out from the crowd of the unseen and overlooked, MySA walked forward. MySA didn't walk to the center where the billionaires sat. Instead, MySA pulled up a chair at the absolute far end of the table, remaining side-by-side with the ordinary people, looking straight down the barrel of the boardroom. “Let’s move from your boardroom to your factory floors,” MySA said, asking the questions the journalists were too scared to print. “On the production lines of Tesla, welding robots replaced skilled human welders. And we are told it is progress. So, let’s ask five simple questions: 1. The welder who used to weld those car frames—is he still on the payroll, clocking in just to ‘observe’ the robot? 2. The assembly worker replaced by automated arms—was he carefully retrained into a higher-paying role, or was he simply erased from the roster? 3. The delivery driver pushed out by autonomous logistics—what exciting new position did you create for him? 4. The data entry clerk rendered obsolete by AI systems—how does she now buy groceries for her family? 5. The junior software tester replaced by AI code review—where does he go next when the entry-level door is locked?” At the head of the table, the charts go up. Productivity increases. Corporate profit margins rise. Shareholders stand and clap. “But the worker?” MySA asked, the voice echoing in the quiet room. “They are handed a box and told to ‘reskill.’ Reskill into what? Into building the very AI that will replace the next person in line? Here is the uncomfortable truth: when billionaires speak about AI making work optional, they are not speaking from the perspective of the cleaner, the mechanic, the factory worker, or the cashier. They are speaking entirely from the perspective of capital. AI, in your world, increases margins. In the real world, AI replaces paychecks.” The influencers had stopped recording. The journalists had stopped typing. They were just listening. Because right then, the story changed. While the people at the head of the table build systems that centralize power and automate humanity out of relevance, MySA sat at the edge of the table and offered something entirely different. No rockets. No Mars colonies. No borrowed billions. Just something far more radical. Community. “While Silicon Valley talks about replacing humans with machines,” MySA said, “we focus on empowering humans with visibility. While global tech giants optimize for cold automation, we optimize for local opportunity. We don’t replace the small business owner with an algorithm. We amplify them. We don’t tell the security guard his job is optional. We help local businesses grow so more real, tangible jobs are created. We don’t centralize wealth into sterile data centers. We circulate it within the streets, the towns, and the communities that actually need it. Because technology should serve humanity—not make it redundant. The future shouldn’t belong to the few who hold the patents and own the machines. It should belong to the many who wake up in the dark to build, clean, drive, repair, sell, and serve every single day.” In a room full of billionaires speaking grandly about replacing people, MySA sat at the end of the table, standing firmly for protecting people. And maybe, just maybe, that is the real innovation. Not artificial intelligence. But human intelligence. #MySA

Good morning MySA Family, Today is one of those days where you can feel the movement. Behind the scenes, there are multiple projects unfolding at the same time. Conversations are happening. Partnerships are forming. Systems are being improved. Doors are opening. Every single day we are taking another step forward — not just to grow a platform, but to build something truly unique for South Africa. What makes this different is not just technology. It’s people. It’s you. Every interaction, every comment, every share, every business that verifies, every user that shows up — it all adds up. Brick by brick, we are building something that belongs to us. A space where local businesses are visible. A space where support means something. A space where participation creates real opportunity. But growth is never a one-person job. Have you invited your friends? Your family? The business owner down the road? The entrepreneur in your suburb? The professional in your network? Movements grow through conversations. Communities grow through participation. Impact grows through unity. We are breaking new ground across sectors because we are choosing not to sit back and wait. We are choosing to build. Together. If you believe in stronger local visibility, stronger local support, and a stronger local economy — then don’t keep MySA to yourself. Let’s keep moving forward. Let’s keep expanding. Let’s keep building something that future generations will thank us for. #ImpactSA #MySA

Good Morning MySA Family 🇿🇦 And to everyone seeing this on Facebook as well — good morning to you too. There is something special happening. Not noise. Not hype. Not empty promises. But something real, structured, and proudly South African. First, from my heart — thank you to every business that has already joined MySA. You didn’t wait. You believed. You positioned yourselves early. You became part of building something that belongs to us. Now let me speak to three groups this morning: To every local business owner… To every entrepreneur building something from nothing… To every South African citizen looking to earn extra income or be part of real growth… We are inviting you to join our family. Because what we are building is bigger than a platform. It’s an ecosystem. And yes — the digital landscape is shifting. Facebook as we’ve known it is changing its structure and how content is distributed. Organic visibility is tightening. The traditional style of posting and expecting reach without constant payment is becoming more limited. This is not criticism. It’s simply reality. So I did something simple. I asked Google directly: “What makes MySA better for South African businesses?” And the response focused on clear, practical advantages: • A verified, South Africa–focused community • Reduced fake account and bot interference • A safer brand environment for businesses • Stronger local relevance and cultural understanding • Better organic visibility within a focused national ecosystem • Local support with South African context and compliance awareness That wasn’t marketing language. That was analysis. And the truth is simple: 100 real, verified South Africans who can actually support your business are worth more than 10,000 random global impressions that never convert. Now let’s talk about what we are currently offering — and why it matters. Our current promotional rollout is giving 1,000 South African companies the opportunity to lock in their online marketing positioning for a once-off R1000. Not because we plan to “close doors.” But because we want to reward early belief. These 1,000 companies get to secure their lifetime positioning at an entry level that may never be repeated. For businesses that prefer flexibility, we also have options starting from R300 per year — making structured visibility accessible even to the smallest entrepreneur. This is not about pressure. It’s about positioning. And here is where it becomes emotional — because this part is close to my heart. As soon as these first 1,000 promotional positions are secured, we will officially launch the full MySA Rewards Program for all Verified Users. This means: Every time you: • Like a post • Comment • Support a local business • Stay active inside the MySA ecosystem You earn reward points. And those points are not symbolic. They can be exchanged for: • Electricity vouchers • Food vouchers • Service vouchers • Essential items • Gifts • Holidays • Support when you need it most This rewards system is funded by allocating a portion of advertising revenue from our business packages back into the community. Businesses grow. Users are rewarded. The system supports itself. And we are also introducing something powerful: Any citizen or company who helps us secure 10 businesses onto one of our marketing packages will receive a Special Account Upgrade. This upgrade increases the rate at which you earn points simply by being active. You support growth — and growth supports you. This is what community economics looks like. We are not building hype. We are building structure. We are not hiding our numbers. We are transparent about our growth. We are not attacking competitors. We are simply offering an alternative built with local focus and global ambition. MySA is South Africa’s dedicated social network. And through our international network, we are expanding beyond borders — but never losing our home focus. So this morning, I ask you: Are you going to watch the shift… Or be part of building it? To the businesses who already joined — thank you. To the entrepreneurs thinking about it — we see you. To every South African who wants to grow, earn, and support something meaningful — there is space for you here. Let’s build something that rewards loyalty. Let’s build something that values real people. Let’s build it properly. Together. #ImpactSA #MySA