A single mom in Cape Town found the perfect solution to her challenge of working while looking after her children. When Durbanville resident Wendy Hauptfleisch needed to leave her full-time office job to look after her kids at home, she found a way to merge her work-from-home needs and passion for vintage homeware by using…
Buying and selling vintage cars is a booming business in South Africa. In response to increased demand, online classifieds site Gumtree SA has introduced a special vintage car category which already boasts over 350 listings of classic and vintage cars. Gumtree SA’s Head of Automotive, Jeff Osborne, is a vintage car restorer himself and says…
With computers being replaced on average every four years, there’s a robust trade in second hand laptops. Claire Cobbledick, Head of Marketing for Gumtree SA, says there are over 10,000 laptops currently listed on the site and Gumtree has just launched a special Laptop Price Checker for users to gauge the right price for a…
Gumtree South Africa is the country’s biggest online classifieds site and many entrepreneurs have used it to generate extra income and to save money. Micah Fourie, a mom who works from home in Brackenfell, uses Gumtree daily and shares a few of her tips for finding great deals and selling unwanted items. Give items a…
The Cape Town property market is always a hot topic of conversation fuelled by astonishing prices like the R290m reportedly paid for a Bantry Bay house last year. “Cape Town is notorious for its high property resale values,” says Barrie Swart, Head of Property for leading online classifieds site Gumtree SA, “it can be extremely…
A Somerset West local is selling his one-of-a-kind ship-shaped wine cabinet. Richard Nieder-Hietman (64) says he’s owned this highly unusual item for more than 20 years but is now selling it online via Gumtree: “I got the cabinet for my 40th birthday from a good friend but after my wife passed away last year I’m…
