Category Archives: Web Hosting

Many people don’t know this yet, but getting your website online in South Africa is so affordable. I mean, for less than R100 per month, you can get reliable web hosting with fast SSD storage, a free SSL certificate to secure your site, professional email addresses, and the performance you need to keep your website …

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Xneelo (formerly Hetzner South Africa) is one of the country’s most established hosts, known for reliability, local infrastructure, and 24/7 support. But that reputation comes at a price, and many South African site owners are looking for something cheaper, faster by default, or easier to manage. Compared to many competitors, Xneelo’s hosting plans are generally …

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Afrihost’s entry-level Silver plan costs R84 a month. It gives you 2GB of storage. That’s thin for a modern site. Add a few product photos or a WordPress theme, and you’ll hit the ceiling fast. You’ll likely need Afrihost’s Bronze Pro plan for anything realistic. That’s R135/mo for 8GB. At that price, the value case …

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So you want to build a website with Joomla, but you are not sure where to start. First of all, choosing Joomla for the job means you picked a solid tool. Joomla is a content management system, which just means it is software that lets you create, edit, and organize a website without writing any …

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Most ‘hosting deal’ roundups compare intro prices in isolation. They ignore renewal rates. They ignore what happens after month one. That gap between the advertised price and the actual cost is where buyer’s remorse lives. You sign up excited about a low number. A year later, the renewal invoice lands, and it is nothing like …

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