Hey Springleapers!

Years of pursuing the most fashionable and incomparable artistic talent that Africa has to offer has resulted in the establishment of the African Trading Port.

This beautiful store is dedicated to sourcing African art and bringing it to the world.So it goes without saying that a place housing the best creative merchandise Africa has to offer would be a stockist of Springleap T-shirts

Situated in the heart of Cape Town’s exquisite V&A; Waterfront, wedged in between Robben Island and the glorious Table Mountain, you can visit this exclusive centre to get your hands on that Springleap T-shirt you’ve had your eye on all this time!

Buy a Springleap t-shirt at African Trading Port

Find them at the V&A; Waterfront
Old Port Captain’s Building
Ground floor, Alfred Mall and Pierhead
Operating hours: 09:00-21:00 7 days a week
Tel: +27 (0)21 419 5634 or +27 (0)83 652 4940
Email: africancur@mweb.co.za
Visit the waterfront website for info or just click here

Happy shopping!

The Springleap team

Yes, haha very funny Panda-Monium, Get it?
Its a Pun Duh! there I go again, OK ill stop now.

I saw a sketch of a bear and I wondered what Tony Starks Childhood sketches would look like, and Im almost certain that If Ironman had a teddy bear, it would look like this.

Springleap.com is feeling nostalgic!

Remember 8-bit games? Think of the sounds, graphics and the all-round retro vibes. These elements connect and share a common root- the digital heritage of Generation X.

A combination of a timeless reminiscence, art expose and a culture-critical investigation, this competition theme ties together seemingly disconnected phenomena like the 80’s demo scene, chiptune music, machinima and modified games.

What do you see as the symbols of the new cultural phenomenon sweeping the world? Think of a T-shirt design that embodies this 8-bit culture - scavenging the age of the arcade and the Atari for inspiration and material. Part reminiscence, part rejection of advancing technology, 8-bit culture finds its voice by exploring and exploiting old technologies and ancient computers less powerful than today’s pocket calculators.

Think Contra, Super Mario Brothers, Pac Man and Shinobi.

So, get cracking and put your best bit forward!

Looking for some inspiration?

One winner will receive… 4 printed t-shirts A cash prize – R4000 (US$ 500) Dates to diarise:

Submissions for designs open: 09 March 2021
Submissions for designs close: 23 March 2021
Voting starts: 25 March 2021
Voting ends: 8 April 2021
Winner is announced: 8 April 2021

You could be the next winner on Springleap.com and gain exposure for yourself! You also stand a chance of winning amazing prizes and loads of cash.

In order to get started on your designs download the Springleap t-shirt Submission Kit and get started right away!

What are Springleap.com themed competitions about anyway? Find out here

Confused or uncertain about anything? Post your questions about this specific competition below or click our online support button to the left of our header.

Happy Designing!
The Springleap.com Team

Hockey Shocks vs Paarl Hockey Club - Action Hockey League 2010.

This was a titanic battle for a game that’s only 30 minutes long, (Thirds of 10 minutes) and definitely a stamina tester seeing that our opposition is a running side making them very dangerous if you combine speed with skill. Before the game started it was discussed in the huddle that we will try to block their star runner from the beginning just to cripple their attack strategy, but our teams morale was high after they received the surprise sponsor of the cool Springleap.com Tee’s and a quick prayer was said.

The whistle blew for the start and we executed our maneuver successfully by starving him, their best player, of running space. This tactic lead to pressure on their side and mistakes started to settle in early but yet we could not seem to take advantage of the opportunities, we would miss the goals or it would be blocked by their goalkeeper. This final was even-steven for the first third at 0-0.

After Paarl HC swapped goalkeepers after their first third we, the Hockey Shocks, struck 2 goals, one by Carla (our captain) and one by Kim-Lee, early in the second third and we had to put ourselves in defense for the rest of that third because we started to lose possession on a regular basis partly because fatigue started to set in to some of the players and a substitution was made on the halfway mark to keep fresh legs on the turf. At the break we were 2-0 up and the adrenalin pumped viciously.

In the huddle before the final third we discussed that we will not allow them down the middle and push them out wide to either block or tackle them as to this was what we noticed in the game. Starting the third and final third of game play we put our hands together and shouted “*Springleap*!” as this was our sponsor for the final and said our last words of tactics and encouragement. Paarl started the third with a barrage of attacks on our goal box but if they did not hit the woodwork then it would have been an awesome save by our goalkeeper (Riaan Jephtha), at this point our supporters would roar with excitement and theirs would stand hand-over-mouth in astonishment that no ball is hitting the back of the net and we the players would cheer our keeper on. Then finally we managed to put our tactic in full use, due to an increase in possession, and this proved effective. After that onslaught from Paarl we got a break down the centre and a opportunity for a counter attack but the final pass was too strong for our striker and we lost momentum. Never the less a quick tackle on their star runner provided us with some space down the middle again and we seized the opportunity to attack. With a quick pass from my stick and a “swoosh” the ball was in the back of the net from Carla’s stick, and she scored her second of the game. The spectators went crazy and we the players just handed out high-fives to each other with a pat on the back too, just for interest.

After Paarl HC’s restart it just seemed to be the final nail in the coffin with simple mistakes starting to settle in and frustration building up as their star player cannot seem to break our defensive line, and the heads started hanging. As the clock counted down the final seconds the crowd did it aloud “3,2,1…” and the final whistle blows and we won!!!
We jumped and punched the air with glee as our efforts has paid off. With a outstanding win over the only team that won us earlier in the league and yet we both ended up in the final to go for gold, but we proved to be too good on that night with a final score of 3-0 to Hockey Shocks 2010 Action Hockey Champions.

At prize giving the runners up got their silver medals and then we received our gold medals and posed boastfully for photos. We had reason to feel good after a performance like that that was out of the top drawer.

By: Xavier

There has been a LOT of chatter all over the South African Internet regarding First National Bank in discussions to bring PayPal back to South Africa.

WHAT??!! You don’t know what PayPal is? I don’t blame you, since the South African e-commerce environment has been hamstrung by not having this worldwide international standard stripped from us for so long.

PayPal is a USA-based wallet system for making and receiving payments safely over the Internet. PayPal protects you most of all as at no time do you need to divulge any of your financial information. FANTASTIC!

PayPal became especially famous on eBay and has now become *THE standard * in online payments.

Today PayPal has more than 153 million accounts worldwide across 190 markets and 24 currencies.

A few years ago due to some decisions made by the reserve bank as well as increased rate in fraud. But the genera consensus is that’s all a bit of “he said, she said”.

A bit of online digging revealed the following article on one of South Africa’s best known blogs, mybroadband - It’s a common consensus that something does stink to high heaven here.

Here is another article on MoneyWeb siting the exact legislation.

Here is a good podcast covering the issue with JP van der Spuy from Mytrade.co.za

Th two major considerations that have really held back e-commerce in South Africa are the South African Postal Service (So bad it sent the world’s largest shopping portal Amazon.com) running for the purple mountains) coupled with the lack of PayPal.

I know that the lift of this ridiculous restriction will completely change the way that companies like Springleap.com will do business not only in South Africa, but with the international Internet community that has become used to PayPal as their go-to payment method.

Despite what you may have heard to date the deal has not yet been sealed, but yesterday Virginia Magapatona - the head of corporate communications at FNB - confirmed that FNB is indeed in discussions with PayPal and the South African Reserve Bank - but that’s where the information and communication trail ends. That’s the FNB official story.

Te rest is hype and conjecture.

And hope.