A brand new Cape Town startup is aiming to help people get their tasks done quicker by hooking them up with Service Providers in their area that are able to assist.

Toodu is a new service that connects consumers’ to-do list with local relevant service providers that can fulfill their requirements. Gone are the days of flipping through phone books or internet search results to find a business in your area that are willing to help you. With Toodu you simply enter your to-do list online and relevant service providers will then be notified to contact you with all the relevant info you need.

“We realised that while searching the Internet was great for finding lots of information, it wasn’t that good for finding specific products and services that met your individual requirements,” said Hartman, Toodu CEO. “Then, once you found the correct contact details, getting information, prices or quotes and deciding who to deal with was seldom a simple matter. We decided that getting things done shouldn’t be this hard.”

How Toodu work:

1. Go to Toodu.co.za (its free)
2. Fill in your Toodu items
3. Take a break
4. Start receiving the information, quotes, prices or proposals you need. (Toodu lets you know by email when you have received a response, so you don’t have to keep checking back).
5. Choose who you want to work with and get in contact with them. Toodu doesn’t share your details with the suppliers so you won’t get any pesky spam.
6. Tick the item off your to-do list.

Toodu is currently in beta stage and only available in Cape Town and surrounding suburbs but will soon be available in other cities. Businesses wanting to become a Toodu service provider can also sign up.

Lets be honest, most of us are cash-strapped when we near the end of the month, but that does not necessarily mean you can’t go out and do something fun. This is where everything.to.do comes in.

everything.to.do is a new site where you can find and share affordable and fun things to do in our beautiful country South Africa. The site was developed by Jako van Rensburg after he was frustrated to not being able to find good affordable stuff to do with his girlfriend.

everything.to.do works of a crowdsource model where you the user submit info regarding places you visited. The nice thing about the site is, is that it is proudly South African allowing you to explore things to do in our beautiful country, be it from finding a nice coffee joint to finding that perfect picnic spot.

The site’s layout is clean, simple to navigate and have a nice modern look to it. Jako plans on adding a commenting system as well as a media section to the site that will allow users to comment on their experiences with listed places and also allow them to upload photos or videos. everything.to.do currently also has support for GPS devices by allowing you to download gpx files and viewing the places on your GPS, and for those without GPS you can also view the map on the site.

Go check out everthing.to.do and start adding your favorite things to do in South Africa, also join the Fan Page on Facebook or follow them on Twitter.

Weather has been really chilly the past couple of days here in Cape Town and this morning while driving to work I recorded a mere 5 degrees from the car thermometer.

Local weather forecasters yesterday predicted snow on Table Mountain and when I spotted these pics I just had to share it. The pics clearly shows some snow on Table Mountain, although its not much and you can’t see it from the bottom it sure as hell is there and I can feel it in the temperature.

Photos taken from StressKitten on Twitter.

There are also reports that the mountains near Paarl and Wellington is covered in snow, if you got some pics why not send them in and I will gladly post them.

I am just loving all the World Cup spirit at the moment, all the flags on the cars and in the streets and shop, everybody blowing vuvuzelas and even Google adding Street View inside the stadiums.

Cape Tonians can not help but notice the Giant Vuvuzela that is mounted on the famous bridge to nowhere in Town, and rumour has it that it will be blown each time a goal is scored in the World Cup.

So it seems the rumor was true, and in this video they are doing a sound test of the Giant Vuvuzela.

I am so glad I don’t live or work near that bridge

South African geeks have been waiting a long time for this, and then when Google was set to launch Street View for South Africa they decided to postpone it a bit. Finally Google Street View for South Africa is live and I must say it is amazing.

Google Street View for South Africa allows you to visit places in our beautiful country as if you were traveling by car, I have been playing around with it a bit this morning and I am hooked.

I first tried to visit the new Cape Town stadium but unfortunately there was no tour of the stadium, but I must admit coverage of Cape Town and its surrounding suburbs are really good.

Image visiting a place in our beautiful country without the need to travel? Now you can, check out how easy it was for me to visit Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town.

Go ahead and start exploring South Africa with Google Street View.

For those those of you that hasn’t seen it already, or are not near Cape Town, here is a picture of the giant Vuvuzela constructed on the abandoned bridge.

Image from 2OceansVibe twitter stream

Apparently the Vuvuzela will be blown every time a goal is scored in the Fifa World Cup tournament, if this is true I do not know. There is also a story floating around that it will replace the noon gun for the period of the World Cup. If you know the true story give us a shout in the comments.

You had a hard and long day at work and now you must take the trip home sitting in traffic and then make something to eat. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a home-cooked meal ready when you get home?

Guess what? If you live in the Cape Town area you can. Urban Khana is a convenient service that delivers quality home-cooked dinners straight to your door daily in and around Cape Town. Urban Khana takes the stress out of shopping, cooking and cleaning giving you more time to do what matters most to you.

Urban Khana is run by Shireen, a veteran with a legacy of 30 years in the kitchen whipping up meals, pastries and cakes. Shireen ran a restaurant, series of take-away houses and a very successful catering company before she started Urban Khana. Shireen is famously known for her plethora of Indian meals, innovative samoosa’s and her baking talent.

Urban Khana will deliver your meal straight to your door from Monday to Fridays between 16:00 to 18:30 for a mere R200 a week. You can also order you Urban Khana meal on a day to day basis for R50 per meal. There prices includes the delivery fee.

You can sign up for Urban Khana here or have a look at the menu here.

Here is this years Stormers Vodababes that will entertain all the Newlands supporters during the 2010 rugby season.

The official beginning of the 2010 soccer world cup kicks off this Friday (4 December 2009) with the Final Draw, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Before, during and after the group draw at 7pm, festivities will be held on Long Street in Cape Town, where more than 15 000 people are expected to celebrate with music and fanfare.

Please note that Long Street and the adjoining streets would be closed to traffic and transformed into a pedestrian zone from Wale Street to the Long Street baths for the day.

Local artists including Freshlyground, Jimmy Dludlu and TKZee are expected to entertain party-goers.

If you are free this weekend why not head on over to Long Street this Saturday and partake in the World Cup 2010 Draw festivities.

American pop singer and songwriter Kelly Clarkson will be bringing her global tour “All I ever wanted” to South Africa in March 2010. Kelly Clarkson will be performing in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg while she is in South Africa.

Kelly Clarkson will be performing right here in Cape Town at the Grand West Arena on the 17th of March 2010, ticket available here on the Computicket website.

Kelly Clarkson made her dabut as the winner of the American Idols show back in 2002 and since then released four albums selling over 10.3 million copies.

Her latest album “All I ever wanted” was released in March 2009, which Kelly Clarkson is on tour with now. Even before the release of the album, the single My Life Would Suck Without You shot to number 1 on the billboard top 100.

If you are a big Kelly Clarkson fan dont mis out on the oppertunety to get hold of your tickets now from computicket to avoid dissapointment.

Dont delay, get your tickets today