Good news to South Africans most especially those in Cape Town
I guess by now you should have heard the  good news 
One of South African Major grocery shop **Pick n Pay** announced today that the shop in Cape Town will start accepting bitcoin as a means of payment for groceries and services with effect from today.
It is also expected that other branches will follow suit soon.

https://image.iol.co.za/image/1/process/620x349?source=https://inm-baobab-prod-eu-west-1.s3.amazonaws.com/public/inm/media/image/94151147.JPG&operation=CROP&offset=0x0&resize=2362x1319

The cloud-based enterprise payments platform used for the transactions is provided by Electrum, which is a South African-based company that provides enterprise software for payments technology.

This payment process is very simple and involve just scanning a QR code using a bitcoin wallet app on the customer’s smartphone during checkout.

This is good news for the cryptocurrency world which have been under attacks in recent time.


See picture and more here:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-africa-pick-n-pay-online-retailer-to-accept-bitcoin
https://techcentral.co.za/bitcoin-now-accepted-pick-n-pay/77019/
https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/watch-pick-n-pay-accepts-bitcoin-as-a-payment-option-for-groceries-and-services-11259038