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Site appears to be down. Hug of death?
> It is telling that the first purchases done via MoneyBadger on the Peach Payments platform were for spades at a suburban hardware store and light fittings

I'd love to see better privacy here. The company blogging about the specific items being purchased suggests they have detailed information about each purchase and are willing to share it (in a blog post). Or maybe an employee made the first purchases?

Bitcoin is wildly unsuitable for small scale payments, at least in it's current architecture
68% of South Africans have bought or own BTC? There is simply no way. Impossible.
I agree, I find this claim very doubtful and would be interested in the source of this claim.