In an effort to overcome the acute shortage of jobs in the formal sector that has been the result of an economic downturn and a weakening rand, many South Africans have turned to creating their own jobs, providing simple but necessary services or opening small businesses both online and land-based

Over the course of the past four decades, South Africa has experienced a steady increase in the cost of living.

It would appear that, perhaps a little too often, prospective purchasers have a tendency to regard the option to buy used items with a degree of suspicion which, in turn, leads them to pay more in return for greater perceived assurance.

The last century has seen a number of cultural changes among consumers. One of the more obvious, and possibly the most sinister, of these has been the gradual evolution to a throw-away society.