Tech deals this weekend

It’s all load shedding and e-tolls this week, yet again.

If we are not waiting for the power to come back on, we are listening to news reports about massive collusion and price-fixing involved in the freeway upgrades which resulted in e-tolls.

Fortunately, South Africans can find comedic reprieve from the gloomy news by simply tuning into Parliament TV.

This week’s highlight: Cope MP Willie Madisha mocking ANC MP Naledi Pandor’s English accent. He was then indirectly accused of being drunk by Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Watch below.

Finished shaking your head in disbelief? Here are this week’s best tech deals.

Lenovo i5 IdeaPad from Makro – R7,999

Makro is selling the the Lenovo IdeaPad for R7,999. The laptop sports an Intel i5 CPU, 6GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive. The price also includes Microsoft Office 365, a carry bay, headphones, and a mouse.

The deal is available until 22 June 2015.

Lenovo laptop

Hisense 40″ full HD LED TV and Sinotec DVD player from Makro – R3,899

Makro is selling the Hisense 40″ full HD LED with a Sinotec DVD player for R3,899.

Hisense TV

Hisense 50″ full HD LED TV from Game – R5,990

Game is selling the Hisense 50″ full HD LED TV for R5,990. The special is available until 16 June 2015.

Hisense TV

Lenovo 18.5″ monitor from Game – R990

Game is selling the Lenovo 18.5″ monitor for R990. The monitor features a 16:9 aspect ratio, and a resolution of 1600 x 900.

The deal is available until 16 June 2015.

Lenovo monitor

LG 60″ 4K UHD 3D Smart TV from Dion Wired – R19,900

Dion Wired is selling the LG 4K UHD 3D Smart TV for R19,900. The deal is available until 23 June 2015.

LG 4K TV

Nikon D3300 DSLR camera from HiFi Corp – R6999.90

HiFi Corp is selling the Nikon D3300 DSLR camera bundle for R6999.90. The bundle includes the D3300 body, 18-55 DX lens, 8GB SD card, and Adobe Photoshop Elements.

The price is available until 21 June 2015.

Nikon DSLR

Incredible Connection Big Birthday Sale

Incredible Connection is continuing its birthday sale, with up to 50% off a variety of products. The sale is set to run until 14 June.

One of the items on sale is an Xbox One bundle, which includes two free games, for R5990.90.

Xbox One

LG G4 from the Orange Store – R8,755

The Orange Store is selling the LG G4 for R8,755.

LG G4

Lenovo IdeaPad Y5070 from Rebel Tech – R14,699

Rebel Tech is selling the Lenovo IdeaPad Y5070 for R14,699 – a saving of R2,074.

The laptop sports a Intel i7-4720HQ CPU, 8GB RAM, and a GeForce GTX 960M GPU.

Lenovo laptop

G.Skill 16GB DDR4 RAM from Wootware – R2,499

Wootware is selling 16GB of G.Skill DDR4 2666MHz RAM for R2,499 – a saving of R1,800.

G.Skill RAM

Steam Summer Sale

Steam is holding its annual Summer Sale, with massive discounts on PC games from 11 – 21 June. New games go on sale daily, along with limited flash sales.