Websites, web applications and custom software built in Pretoria, for businesses that need the thing to actually work.
We are based in Pretoria Central, at Praetor Forum on Lilian Ngoyi Street, and we build websites, web applications and custom business software for organisations here and across South Africa.
That means you can meet the people building your system. It is not the only thing that matters, and plenty of good work is done remotely, but when a project involves your staff, your process and your money, being able to sit in a room occasionally is worth something.
Some of this genuinely benefits from proximity. Scoping a business system means understanding how your organisation actually works, and that conversation goes better in person than over a video call with three people talking at once. Training your team to use what we built is the same.
Some of it does not benefit at all. Writing code, configuring hosting and fixing a bug at ten at night are identical whether we are down the road or in another province. We are straightforward about which is which, rather than charging you for meetings that exist to look attentive.
We work with businesses throughout Pretoria and the wider Tshwane area, including Pretoria Central, Arcadia, Sunnyside, Hatfield, Brooklyn, Menlyn, Lynnwood, Waterkloof, Garsfontein, Faerie Glen, Moreleta Park, Silverton, Montana, Wonderboom, Akasia, Centurion, Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve.
We also work with clients across Gauteng and the rest of South Africa, and with organisations that have no interest in ever meeting us in person. Both are fine.
Every site below is live, and you are welcome to open it rather than take our word for it.
Matria Plumbing and Electrical — a Pretoria and Johannesburg trades business with 24/7 emergency callouts, built from scratch for a company that had nothing online. The job of the site is narrow and measurable: be found by someone with a burst pipe, answer the obvious questions, and make the phone ring. It now reaches people who were never going to hear about them by word of mouth.
Murek — an online store selling electronics, fashion and homeware with delivery across Africa. Catalogue, categories, checkout, and stock that has to stay honest.
Afroscaff — scaffolding for construction projects, also built from scratch. The audience is contractors and site managers who want the range and the credentials without wading through marketing copy, and enquiries no longer depend on who already knows the company.
There are nine of these in total, across retail, healthcare, property, training and education, plus an Android application on the Play Store and a health service centre in Canada. They are all on our work page.
We scope the work in writing before building, so you know what you are paying for and what is deliberately out of scope. Software projects rarely fail because of code. They fail because nobody agreed what was being built.
You see progress as it happens rather than at the end. Feedback on something half built is cheap to act on. Feedback on something finished is expensive, and by then the budget is usually spent.
When it is done, the code, the data, the hosting and the domain are yours, registered in your name. If you later want to work with someone else, you can. We would rather keep clients because the work is good than because leaving is difficult.
Can we meet in person? Yes. We are in Pretoria Central and happy to meet, particularly at the start of a project when the scoping conversation matters most.
Do you only work with Pretoria businesses? No. Pretoria is where we are, not a limit on who we work with. We have clients elsewhere in Gauteng and around the country.
Do you do web development and hosting, or just the build? Both. We set up hosting, the domain and SSL, and can keep the site maintained afterwards if you want that.
Can you fix or rebuild an existing website? Often, yes. We will look at what you have and tell you honestly whether it is worth repairing or replacing. Sometimes the answer is that it is fine as it is.
Do you build custom software as well as websites? Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. CRM, invoicing, booking and administration systems shaped around how your organisation actually operates.
How do we start? Tell us what the problem is rather than what you think the solution should be. We will come back with an honest view on scope, including when the answer is that you do not need what you were about to buy.
Tell us what you need and we will come back with an honest answer on scope and cost.
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