The Woodstock rage room runs solo, group, birthday and team sessions, each starting with a safety briefing and full protective gear. CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Plates, bottles and old electronics on a steel table, a crowbar in hand and a face shield down. That is the whole idea at SmashDown, a rage room in Woodstock, Cape Town, which has published its full list of rage room packages for individuals, couples, friends and work teams. Booked by group size Sessions run from a solo booking through duo and trio sessions up to groups of four, five and six, with a double room booking for bigger groups that need to split up. Themed packages cover date nights, friends nights, birthdays, stag and hen outings, family sessions and student groups. Express and extended formats change the time spent in the room, and weekday sessions suit people who prefer a quieter slot. For workplaces there is a team smash package with event coordination, an icebreaker session for groups that have only just met, and a competition format with supervised rounds. Guests can add GoPro recording, a crate upgrade for more breakables, or a spectator pass for anyone who would rather watch. Gear on before anyone swings Every booking starts with a briefing on room rules, striking distance and how to move in the space. Each participant wears a helmet with a face shield, gloves and overalls, and closed shoes are required. Minimum ages are explained at booking and again on arrival, and staff stay present to manage the session. "Most people arrive a bit nervous and leave laughing," said SmashDown's safety and briefing lead. "The briefing is what makes that possible. Once everyone knows where to stand and when to step back, they stop thinking about the rules and actually enjoy it." SmashDown is clear that a session is a physical activity, not therapy or mental-health treatment. The Woodstock venue is a short trip from the city bowl, Observatory and Salt River, and draws groups from …
RentThisWall Lists Billboard and Wall Space From Braamfontein to Bloemfontein for Advertisers and Property Owners
The Johannesburg marketplace matches advertisers with painted walls, wraps, billboards and hoardings, and helps property owners list unused frontage. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A blank gable wall above a busy Braamfontein street earns its owner nothing, and the brand that wants that street's foot traffic usually has no idea who owns the wall. RentThisWall, a Johannesburg outdoor advertising marketplace, has gone live with a directory of outdoor ad spaces that puts the two sides in touch, with sites in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Bloemfontein. Formats on the books Listings cover painted wall sites, vinyl wall wraps and breathable mesh building wraps, small, standard and large billboards, double-sided boards, bridge banners and fence banners. There is construction hoarding, mall and retail centre walls, corner buildings, high-rise walls, warehouse gable walls and factory perimeter walls along industrial streets. Large billboards typically offer about 18 to 36 square metres of display, lit or unlit depending on the site's power supply. Hoarding panels around building sites usually stand 2 m, 2.4 m or 3 m high and run in modular sections that follow the boundary. Consent and bylaws come first Every listing carries the same condition: signage needs the property owner's consent and local municipal bylaw approval before anything goes up. RentThisWall gives guidance on confirming consent, helps prepare for the bylaw process and checks campaign artwork against the listed dimensions and installation needs before it goes to print. "The fastest way to lose a month is to print the artwork before anyone has checked the wall," said RentThisWall's campaign coordinator. "We look at mounting access, the viewing angle and what the surface will take, whether that's vinyl, flex face or paint, and we confirm who pays for the electricity on a lit site. On an illuminated board, power cuts have to be in the plan from day one." For property owners Owners with …
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PME CNC Machining Takes on One-off and Small-Batch CNC Parts for KwaZulu-Natal Plants From Its Pinetown Job Shop
The Pinetown job shop mills and turns shafts, bushes, plates, flanges and fixtures in small batches, with drawing review and sample part remakes. PINETOWN, South Africa - The part that stops a filling line is rarely a catalogue item. It is a worn bush, a cracked adaptor plate or a roller nobody has a drawing for, and the plant needs two of them, not two thousand. PME CNC Machining, a CNC job shop in Pinetown, has listed its CNC milling and turning services for exactly that kind of work, from one-off replacement parts and prototypes to short repeat batches. What comes off the machines Milling covers prismatic parts with faces, pockets, slots and drilled features: base plates, adaptor plates, mounting blocks, brackets, housings with bored seats and tapped holes, equipment covers, wear strips, guide rails and slide plates. Turning handles the round work, including stepped shafts with grooves and shoulders, bushes, spacers, dowel pins, pulleys, flanges with drilled bolt circles, rollers and shaft couplings. The shop also makes simple jigs, workholding fixtures, tooling clamps, connector blocks and small manifolds with drilled passages and threaded ports. Regular work comes from food machinery and packaging lines, pump and valve parts for water plants, and support equipment for the automotive, mining and agricultural trades. When the drawing is missing Where the original drawing is lost, PME can machine from an existing sample part. Where a drawing exists but a dimension or note is unclear, the team reviews it before cutting starts and offers tolerance guidance, material selection and suggestions to remove machining a part does not need. Assembly fit checks and basic inspection reporting are available for mating parts, and repeat orders are matched to the part history so the next batch fits like the last. "Tell us what the part does and what it sits against," said PME's production planner. "A bush running on a shaft in salty coastal air needs different …
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Plastimber Brings Recycled Plastic Lumber Decking and Benches to Cape Town Homes, Schools and Body Corporates
The Paarden Eiland supplier offers recycled plastic deck boards, park and school benches, plus site measures, installation and refurbishment. CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Timber benches along a school walkway or around a complex pool tend to go the same way in the Cape: a few seasons of sun and salt air, then splinters, sanding and paint, and finally replacement. Plastimber, based in Paarden Eiland, Cape Town, has listed its range of recycled plastic decking and benches as a lower-upkeep alternative for homes, estates, schools and commercial spaces. Boards for every edge of the deck The decking range includes standard, grooved, smooth and textured deck boards, starter boards for a tidy opening row, edge and fascia boards to finish exposed sides, and deck steps for level changes. Boards are offered for pool surrounds, patios and braai areas, balconies, rooftops, boardwalks and jetties, with solid profiles and square posts for framing details. The material does not rot or split the way some timber does, needs no routine sealing or painting, and is cleaned with ordinary washing. That makes it a practical choice for wet, humid and sun-exposed spots where wooden decking wears out quickly. Benches built for public use Seating covers park, garden, picnic, backless, school, memorial, corner, straight and modular benches. For repairs, Plastimber sells bench slats, backrest slats, bench planks and seat frames, and bench kits group slats with matching structural components for simpler ordering. "A lot of our bench calls start with a broken slat on an old wooden bench," said Plastimber's installation lead. "Often the frame is still sound, so we swap the slats and the seat is back in use. When the whole thing has gone, we measure the spot and plan the new layout around how people actually walk past it." From site measures to the last board Plastimber offers site measures, layout planning, material quoting and delivery timed to site readiness, followed by deck and …
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Meshmaster Stocks Screen-Printing Mesh From 43T to 180T and Pre-stretched Aluminium Frames for South African Print Shops
The Germiston supplier sells mesh by count, pre-stretched frames from 34 cm to 120 cm, and offers re-stretching, tension checks and batch screen prep. GERMISTON, South Africa - Ask a screen printer why a print bled at the edges or came out patchy on a long run, and the answer often comes back to the screen rather than the ink. MeshMaster, a Germiston supplier of screen-printing mesh and pre-stretched aluminium frames, has put its mesh and frame range online for print shops across South Africa. Mesh by count The mesh comes in ten counts: 43T, 54T, 61T, 77T, 90T, 100T, 120T, 140T, 165T and 180T. The low counts lay down heavier ink for bold coverage, special effects and garment work. The fine end is for halftones, crisp edges and thinner, controlled deposits on paper and signage, with the middle counts carrying everyday jobs. Shops that want to compare before they standardise can order a mesh sample pack. Frames ready for the press Pre-stretched aluminium frames come in 34 cm, 45 cm, 55 cm, 64 cm, 77 cm, 90 cm, 100 cm and 120 cm formats, alongside square, narrow and wide screens. Deep-profile frames add rigidity, while lighter profiles suit shops that change screens all day. Ready screens are set up for textile, paper, signage, fine-detail and bold-coverage work, and new shops can start with a starter frame kit. "A frame that has lost tension will still print, it just won't print the same way twice," said MeshMaster's head of frame stretching. "We'd rather check the tension on a tired screen and tell a customer it is still good than re-mesh something that didn't need it. When it does need it, the old adhesive comes off properly before the new mesh goes on." Stretching and re-stretching The Germiston bench handles new frame stretching and re-stretching of reusable frames, frame clean prep, mesh bonding, tension checking, custom frame sizing and screen inspection before dispatch. Batch screen prep and a repeat order service keep matching sets consistent for …
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Umhlanga’s Maata Opens Its Maternity and Baby Range to Gift Buyers Nationwide
Hospital bags, muslin swaddles, newborn basics and ready-made gift boxes from the Umhlanga store, with gift wrapping and delivery across South Africa. UMHLANGA, South Africa - Anyone who has been to a baby shower knows the pile: five soft toys, three outfits the baby will outgrow in a month, and nothing for the mother. Maata, the Umhlanga maternity and baby store, is aiming its newly listed range of baby and maternity products at exactly that problem, with everyday items that get used and gift services built around them. What is in the range There are around three dozen product lines. For pregnancy and the first weeks Maata carries maternity leggings, nursing bras, nightdresses and lightweight robes that fit in a hospital bag. Newborn basics include onesies, vests, sleepsuits, hats and mittens, muslin swaddles, receiving blankets, hooded towels and washcloth sets. For changes and outings there are changing mats, nappy caddies, nappy bags and stroller organisers, and for the months after that, teething toys, play gyms, tummy-time mats, bibs, bowls, silicone spoons and sippy cups. Hospital bags come in three sizes. The small one suits a light packing list or a partner's bag, the medium holds most maternity essentials plus a few baby items, and the large is meant for twins, longer stays or extra changes of clothes. Look for the wipeable lining and the extra pockets for nappies, chargers and hospital paperwork. Gifts that arrive ready "The question we get most is what to send that she will actually use," said Maata's gift services lead. "Muslin swaddles are a good answer. They fold small, dry fast in Durban humidity and end up as a burp cloth, a pram shade and a feeding cover in the same week." Maata puts together newborn gift boxes, maternity gift boxes and baby shower sets, and can add gift wrapping and a short personalised note. It coordinates group gifts from family or colleagues, handles workplace baby gifts and sends orders straight to the recipient's …
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Germiston’s Locor Puts Its Motor Rewinding, Drive Repair and Onsite Fault-Finding Services Online for Industrial Plants
The Germiston workshop rewinds AC and DC motors, repairs variable speed drives and soft starters, and sends technicians to site for fault finding. GERMISTON, South Africa - A conveyor motor that trips every time the supply comes back after a power cut is not always a motor problem. It can be the drive, a loose termination, a tired bearing or moisture in the windings, and replacing the wrong part costs a plant twice. Locor, a motor rewinding and drive repair workshop in Germiston, has published its full list of motor and drive repair services for plants, workshops and maintenance teams. From the stator to the control panel The workshop rewinds AC motors and repairs DC motors, with attention to commutators as well as windings and bearings. The list covers the motors that keep a factory moving: pump, fan, compressor and conveyor motors, gear motors, crane and hoist motors with their brakes, mixer and agitator motors, and the heavier crusher, mill and extruder motors that run under shock loads and heat. On the electronic side Locor repairs variable speed drives for pumps, HVAC systems, conveyors, mixers and spindles, along with soft starters and motor control panels where drive, contactor and protection faults overlap. Rewinding follows the same order every time. The damaged windings are stripped, the stator is cleaned and the core checked, new conductors and insulation suited to the duty are fitted, and the motor is insulation tested before and after the work. Bearings are pressed in carefully, because a badly fitted bearing can damage the housing, shaft or seals. "A lot of the drives that come in tripping are full of dust or have a cooling fan that has stopped," said Locor's drive repair technician. "We open the enclosure, follow the cooling path and check the power section before anyone starts replacing boards. If the real cause is a damaged cable or a motor with low insulation readings, a new drive will just fail again." Help before the motor comes …
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Lithography Art opens its Woodstock stone lithography editions to collectors across South Africa
The Cape Town studio prints limited editions by hand from prepared limestone, from monochrome to multi-stone colour, signed, numbered and archivally packed. CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Every colour in a stone lithograph needs its own stone and its own pass through the press. That makes the process slow, and it is the reason collectors pay attention to it. Lithography Art, a fine-art stone lithography studio in Woodstock, has now listed its limited edition prints for collectors, interior buyers and people looking for a gift that will last. How the prints are made The image is drawn or worked onto a prepared limestone with greasy materials, then fixed chemically so that ink takes only on the drawn marks while the damp stone repels it everywhere else. Each sheet is pulled by hand. Press pressure, paper dampness and the state of the stone all change the result, so the printers check every stage from first proof to final impression. "A monochrome stone can carry an enormous range of greys if the drawing is right," said Lindiwe Ndlovu, the studio's master printer. "We'd rather proof three or four times and get the blacks to sit properly than rush an edition. Once a sheet is signed and numbered, that's the record." The edition range Editions run from monochrome black-and-grey work through two-colour and three-colour prints to full-colour images built from several stones in register. The catalogue is also grouped by subject, with portrait, landscape, botanical, architectural, figurative and abstract lithographs, and by format, from small-scale and interior-sized sheets to wide, vertical and large-scale prints. Collectors can choose deckle-edge prints, hand-tinted prints, artist proof sets, trial proof portfolios that show an image developing, folio box sets, and framed or unframed collector prints. For artists planning an edition Artists can bring a project to the studio for edition planning, stone preparation, colour separation, proofing sessions, paper …
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LightBurn Engraving in Pretoria East Lists Its Laser Engraving Range, From Shop Signs and Plaques to Switch Labels
The Wapadrand studio engraves wood, acrylic, glass, leather and metal for signs, gifts and product marking, with artwork help and proofs first. PRETORIA, South Africa - An engraved plaque has one chance to be right. Once a laser has marked the wrong date on a memorial plaque or misspelt a name on an award, there is no rubbing it out. That is why proofs come before production at LightBurn Engraving, a laser engraving studio in Wapadrand, Pretoria East, which has published its full range of laser engraving services for businesses and private clients. Signs, gifts and marking For businesses the range covers shop signs, office and door signs for wayfinding, name badges and name plates, menu boards, reservation signs and QR signs for payments or information. Industrial customers can order serial plates, asset tags, machine plates, control panels and switch labels for electrical boards. On the personal side there are house number plaques, wedding keepsakes, cutting boards, coasters, pet tags and leather patches. Each material is set up differently. Wood chars to a soft natural contrast and acrylic gives crisp sign faces. Glass needs careful support to mark cleanly, leather takes a fine dark mark, and metal needs exact control for permanent product identification. "Switch labels and machine plates get read in a hurry, often in poor light during maintenance," said LightBurn Engraving's production lead. "So we size the lettering for the distance it will be read from. Gifts are the opposite problem. People want everything on one small coaster, and part of our job is talking them down to what will actually read." Help with the artwork Clients who arrive with only a rough idea get help with artwork setup, logo redraws, layout planning, font selection, material guidance and size planning. Files in PDF, SVG, EPS, JPG or PNG can be converted for production, batch personalisation handles runs of names or numbers, and reorder matching keeps repeat jobs consistent. …
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LastBox Puts Midrand Self-Storage Units and Packing Supplies in One Place for Gauteng Movers
The Midrand storage business lists small to large units, business and archive space, and a full packing supply range for moves across Gauteng. MIDRAND, South Africa - A move date that slips by two weeks, a renovation that runs long, a townhouse with no garage. Those are the jobs that bring most people to LastBox, the Midrand self-storage business that has now put its full range of storage units and packing supplies online for households and businesses across Gauteng. Units sized to the load The range runs from small units for cartons, seasonal goods and documents, through medium units for furniture and appliances, to large units for whole-home moves and office contents. Business units take stock, promotional material, tools and equipment overflow, while archive and inventory units are set up for labelled records and stock that has to stay reachable. Student units cover books, bedding and shared-flat contents between terms. Space can be booked short term for a move or renovation, or kept for longer. "People tend to book the unit they think they need and then pay for empty air," said LastBox's storage advisor. "Tell us roughly what's going in, the furniture, how many boxes, if you'll be back for stock every week, and we'll match the size. A neat unit with a clear walkway down the middle is worth more than an extra square metre." Packing supplies on the same order LastBox also sells what goes in with the goods: moving boxes in small, medium and large sizes, book and linen boxes, wardrobe boxes for hanging clothes, archive boxes, bubble wrap, packing paper, stretch wrap, moving blankets, mattress and furniture covers, padlocks, labels and markers, and shelving for inside a unit. Small boxes are recommended for books, files and tools so that every carton stays liftable, with the big cartons kept for cushions, pillows and clothing. Planned access, not a scramble at the gate Visits are arranged ahead through the LastBox access service, which briefs customers on …