Several major retailers in South Africa are using dark stores to expedite online shopping deliveries amid the growing popularity of on-demand services.
Dark stores — also known as dark supermarkets or dot-com stores — serve as mini warehouses for the rapid distribution of products sold online.
The format originated with the UK retailer Tesco in 2009 but has only gained popularity in South Africa in recent years.
These stores are often unidentifiable from the outside and are not open to the public. However, they…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do amazing work.
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