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When God Enlarges a Vision: Taking Territory for His Kingdom! Stories
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When God Enlarges a Vision: Taking Territory for His Kingdom!

30 July 2026: A personal reflection on more than 20 years in CRC, the power of partnering with a local Church and how a shared Kingdom vision can awaken the dream God placed inside you.

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Spring Day: a new season, fresh ideas and a grateful heartExperiences

Spring Day: A New Season, Fresh Ideas and a Grateful Heart!

1 September 2026: Celebrating colour, creativity, God’s faithfulness and the bright new season ahead.

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Follow SelfieBox social media and leave a reviewBehind the Scenes

Follow SelfieBox Online: Social Media, Videos and Reviews

31 August 2026: Follow every official SelfieBox social page, watch our most-viewed videos and quickly leave a Google or Facebook review.

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Planning a corporate year-end function with SelfieBoxCorporate Events

Planning a Year-End Function? Book Your Video or Photo Booth Before the Rush!

27 August 2026: Plan photo booth hire for an October, November or December company year-end function, including branding, prints, digital sharing and popular experiences.

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Guests testing the SelfieBox Bullet-Time experienceBehind the Scenes

Ahead of Their Time: Three SelfieBox Ideas That Deserved a Bigger Audience

24 August 2026: The story of Bullet-Time, SermonPod and Booth-in-a-Box—three promising products whose ideas were good, but whose timing never quite arrived.

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Watch Every SelfieBox YouTube Video in One PlaceExperiences

Watch Every SelfieBox YouTube Video in One Place

20 August 2026: Browse all 42 SelfieBox YouTube videos and Shorts, organised in one quick-view gallery.

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How Much Does Photo Booth Hire Cost in South Africa? Photo Booth Hire

How Much Does Photo Booth Hire Cost in South Africa?

19 August 2026: Understand how booth type, hours, location, printing, branding and optional experiences affect a photo booth quote.

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Photo Booths for Conferences and Exhibitions: Branding, Leads and Guest Engagement Corporate Events

Photo Booths for Conferences and Exhibitions: Branding, Leads and Guest Engagement

17 August 2026: Practical ideas for attracting delegates, collecting permission-based leads and extending conference branding beyond the stand.

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How SelfieBox Celebrated Women's Month at Events Tips & Ideas

How SelfieBox Celebrated Women's Month at Events

14 August 2026: Practical ideas for Women's Month events, including photo booths, digital props, branded keepsakes and shared experiences.

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Photo Booth or Photographer: Which Does Your Event Need? Tips & Ideas

Photo Booth or Photographer: Which Does Your Event Need?

12 August 2026: Compare event coverage, guest entertainment, instant keepsakes and costs to decide whether you need a photographer, a photo booth or both.

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AI Photo Booth Hire in South Africa: What It Is and When to Use It AI Experiences

AI Photo Booth Hire in South Africa: What It Is and When to Use It

10 August 2026: A practical guide to AI photo booth hire and rental in South Africa, including how the effects work and when to use them.

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Photo Booth Data Collection: Turn Event Engagement Into Leads Brand Activations

Photo Booth Data Collection: Turn Event Engagement Into Leads

5 August 2026: See how consent-aware data capture, instant prizes and useful event statistics can make a brand activation more measurable.

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How Custom Photo Booth Branding Can Transform a Corporate Event Brand Activations

How Custom Photo Booth Branding Can Transform a Corporate Event

28 July 2026: See how custom branding can turn the HaloBox, Nano, SelfieBox and Shift into an eye-catching part of a corporate event or brand activation.

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Printing vs Digital: Which Photo Booth Option Is Right for Your Event? Tips & Ideas

Printing vs Digital: Which Photo Booth Option Is Right for Your Event?

27 July 2026: Printed keepsake or instant digital sharing? Compare both options and find the right fit for your event and guests.

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7 Occasions Where Photo Booth Hire Makes the Event Tips & Ideas

7 Occasions Where Photo Booth Hire Makes the Event

25 July 2026: From weddings and birthdays to launches and reunions, discover seven occasions suited to photo booth hire or rental.

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SelfieSketch: Why This SketchBot Trend Belongs at Your Next Event AI Experiences

SelfieSketch: Why This SketchBot Trend Belongs at Your Next Event

25 July 2026: SelfieSketch blends AI portraits, SketchBot theatre and robotic arms to create a live keepsake guests actually want to keep.

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Photo Booth Hire in South Africa: The Complete 2026 Guide Photo Booth Hire

Photo Booth Hire in South Africa: The Complete 2026 Guide

24 July 2026: Photo booth hire and rental in South Africa: compare booth types, features and event options in this complete guide.

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SelfieBox on Pink Book: Wedding Photo Booth Hire Wedding Photo Booths

SelfieBox on Pink Book: Wedding Photo Booth Hire

10 July 2026: Wedding photo booth hire and rental with instant prints, GIFs, Boomerangs and sharing, as featured on Pink Book.

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Photo Booths as Wedding Favours: Pink Book Feature Tips & Ideas

Photo Booths as Wedding Favours: Pink Book Feature

10 July 2026: A Pink Book wedding tips feature explains why photo booths make practical, memorable wedding favours for guests.

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Wedding Photo Booth Props: Traditional Fun vs Digital Magic Tips & Ideas

Wedding Photo Booth Props: Traditional Fun vs Digital Magic

23 May 2026: A light-hearted but honest guide to wedding photo booth props, covering traditional props, hygiene, COVID-19, digital props and which option guests enjoy most.

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AI Photo Booth Effects vs Green Screen: Which Is Better for Your Event? AI Experiences

AI Photo Booth Effects vs Green Screen: Which Is Better for Your Event?

22 May 2026: Compare AI transformations with classic green-screen backgrounds for your event.

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Year-End Function Photo Booth Ideas for South African Companies Corporate Events

Year-End Function Photo Booth Ideas for South African Companies

18 April 2026: Creative photo booth ideas for memorable South African company year-end functions.

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Best AI Photo Booth Themes for Corporate Events, Weddings and Parties AI Experiences

Best AI Photo Booth Themes for Corporate Events, Weddings and Parties

20 March 2026: Theme ideas for using an AI photo booth at corporate events, weddings and parties.

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Year-End Function Entertainment Ideas That Guests Actually Use Corporate Events

Year-End Function Entertainment Ideas That Guests Actually Use

13 February 2026: Practical entertainment ideas that keep guests involved at a company year-end function.

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Cape Town Year-End 2025: A Segway Adventure at Spier Behind the Scenes

Cape Town Year-End 2025: A Segway Adventure at Spier

23 November 2025: The SelfieBox Cape Town team celebrated its 2025 year-end with a Segway tour through Spier Wine Farm in Stellenbosch.

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A Pirates of the Caribbean Year-End for SelfieBox North West Behind the Scenes

A Pirates of the Caribbean Year-End for SelfieBox North West

14 November 2025: The SelfieBox North West crew celebrated its 2025 year-end in Potchefstroom with a playful Pirates of the Caribbean theme.

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Gauteng Year-End 2025: Celebrating Our Johannesburg & Pretoria Team Behind the Scenes

Gauteng Year-End 2025: Celebrating Our Johannesburg & Pretoria Team

26 October 2025: Celebrating the SelfieBox Gauteng branch and the Johannesburg and Pretoria team who helped deliver memorable events throughout 2025.

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10 Years of SelfieBox Photo Booth Moments Behind the Scenes

10 Years of SelfieBox Photo Booth Moments

23 October 2025: A decade of SelfieBox photo and video booth brilliance, celebrating 10 years of snapshots, spins and shares.

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Our Gauteng 2024 Year-End Mosaic Wall: From First Tiles to Finished Picture Behind the Scenes

Our Gauteng 2024 Year-End Mosaic Wall: From First Tiles to Finished Picture

December 2024: A behind-the-scenes look at the SelfieBox Gauteng branch’s 2024 year-end Mosaic Wall, from the first team photo tiles to the completed artwork.

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SelfieBox KZN Year-End 2024: Sunshine, Smiles and Team Spirit Behind the Scenes

SelfieBox KZN Year-End 2024: Sunshine, Smiles and Team Spirit

23 November 2024: The SelfieBox Durban and KwaZulu-Natal team wrapped up 2024 with sunshine, laughter and a well-earned year-end celebration.

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A Mosaic Wall Made the SANSA Conference One Big Picture Corporate Events

A Mosaic Wall Made the SANSA Conference One Big Picture

31 August 2024: A SANSA conference throwback where individual guest photos came together to create one impressive SelfieBox Mosaic Wall.

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Huawei Africa Connect Comes Together in a Live Mosaic Wall Corporate Events

Huawei Africa Connect Comes Together in a Live Mosaic Wall

3 July 2024: Hundreds of individual guest photos formed one completed Huawei Africa Connect Mosaic Wall at the Sandton Convention Centre.

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Three SelfieBox Year-End Celebrations Across South Africa in 2023 Behind the Scenes

Three SelfieBox Year-End Celebrations Across South Africa in 2023

December 2023: Three SelfieBox branch teams celebrated the end of 2023 in different parts of South Africa, recognising the people behind another busy year of events.

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SelfieBox KZN Year-End 2023: Our Team in One Mosaic Behind the Scenes

SelfieBox KZN Year-End 2023: Our Team in One Mosaic

25 November 2023: The SelfieBox Durban and KwaZulu-Natal team celebrated its 2023 year-end by turning individual photographs into one completed Mosaic Wall.

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A Fully Branded HaloBox for Bokomo and Futurelife Brand Activations

A Fully Branded HaloBox for Bokomo and Futurelife

17 August 2023: A 2023 Bokomo and Futurelife activation showing how a fully branded HaloBox can turn photo sharing and printing into part of the campaign.

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Toyota Women Lead the Change with a Branded 360 Booth Brand Activations

Toyota Women Lead the Change with a Branded 360 Booth

5 August 2023: A colourful Toyota Women activation where a branded 360 Video Booth, balloon installation and shimmer wall created a standout guest experience.

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SelfieBox Year-End 2022 Mosaic Wall Behind the Scenes

SelfieBox Year-End 2022 Mosaic Wall

24 October 2022: At our 2022 year-end function, the SelfieBox team used a live Mosaic Wall to turn team photos into one shared memory.

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Honoris 5-Year Celebration Mosaic Wall Corporate Events

Honoris 5-Year Celebration Mosaic Wall

20 July 2022: A 20 July 2022 event throwback: Honoris celebrated 5 years with SelfieBox photo booth fun and a Mosaic Wall experience.

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Why SelfieBox and not any of other 20 photo booth companies? Guides

Why SelfieBox and not any of other 20 photo booth companies?

June 2021: Why SelfieBox?? There are many different companies to choose from when it comes to selecting a Photo booth for your Event... How do you know who to trust??

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5 Photo Booth Rental Add-ons Worth the Extra Cost Photo Booth Hire

5 Photo Booth Rental Add-ons Worth the Extra Cost

April 2021: Branding, data capture, custom software, AI effects and styling extras that can make a photo booth rental work harder for your event.

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Start a Photo booth rental biz? Buy a SelfieBox Franchise Guides

Start a Photo booth rental biz? Buy a SelfieBox Franchise

October 2020: Have you been interested in starting your own Photo booth rental business? We have SelfieBox franchises available to own across South Africa and Namibia!

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Growing a dynamic Photo booth hire Company in 2020 Guides

Growing a dynamic Photo booth hire Company in 2020

October 2020: This is the 2020 journey of SelfieBox, the Elite photo booth hire Company of SA, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A year we relied more on God than ever!

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Why should you Hire a SelfieBox 360 Video Booth for Events? Experiences

Why should you Hire a SelfieBox 360 Video Booth for Events?

September 2020: A SelfieBox 360 Video booth and GIF booth is the latest in the interactive and tech-filled Photobooth industry! Create GIFs, Slow-Motion videos, and much more.

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Time to book a SelfieBox Virtual Photo Booth? You bet Experiences

Time to book a SelfieBox Virtual Photo Booth? You bet

September 2020: SelfieBox's Virtual Photo Booths: Transform your Virtual Event into a fun and engaging experience. Turn your passive audience into excited participants!

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7 Awesome Reasons to Hire a Photo booth for your next Event Tips & Ideas

7 Awesome Reasons to Hire a Photo booth for your next Event

July 2020: Seven reasons to choose photo booth hire or rental for your next event in South Africa.

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7 Types of Photo Booths to Entertain for your next Event Guides

7 Types of Photo Booths to Entertain for your next Event

July 2020: With so many different types of photo booths available it can be hard working out which one to choose. SelfieBox will take the guesswork out of deciding!

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What exactly is a SelfieBox Mosaic Wall? Experiences

What exactly is a SelfieBox Mosaic Wall?

July 2020: Mosaic Walls are the latest trend in the Photo booth industry worldwide! What exactly is it and where can I implement a SelfieBox Mosaic? Read our latest Blog!

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10 Interesting Photo booth FAQ's answered by SelfieBox Guides

10 Interesting Photo booth FAQ's answered by SelfieBox

July 2020: 10 Photo booth FAQ's answered! Solutions to familiar questions, by the experts from SelfieBox South Africa. 2000+ Events in 5 years and loads of awesome tips!

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7 Fantastic uses for your Photo Booth images and Videos Tips & Ideas

7 Fantastic uses for your Photo Booth images and Videos

July 2020: There are plenty of uses for your photo booth images and videos! With our range of SelfieBox photo booths, we will give you 7 awesome uses.

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SelfieBox, Selfies and Celebs - some very famous selfies Stories

SelfieBox, Selfies and Celebs - some very famous selfies

July 2020: SelfieBox and selfies go hand-in-hand. But add some really famous Celebs and you have the perfect combo! From Arnold Schwarzenegger to SA's own Cassper Nyovest!

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Photo booth hire during the COVID-19 pandemic challenges Guides

Photo booth hire during the COVID-19 pandemic challenges

July 2020: We have taken all required measures for your Photo booth hire during the pandemic, considering all regulations and restrictions. SelfieBox SA | JHB | CT | DBN

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So much more than a Photobooth - it's a superior SelfieBox Experiences

So much more than a Photobooth - it's a superior SelfieBox

June 2020: SelfieBox is a photobooth rental company, yet it is so much more than that! Photo, video, and GIF booths with multiple features to hire for your next event.

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A First in SA: SelfieBox Mosaic Wall Experiences

A First in SA: SelfieBox Mosaic Wall

16 March 2020: On 16 March 2020, SelfieBox introduced a live Mosaic Wall concept that turns guest photos into a digital or physical mosaic in real time.

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SelfieBox Photo & Video Booths Across Southern Africa Behind the Scenes

SelfieBox Photo & Video Booths Across Southern Africa

20 December 2019: A SelfieBox throwback celebrating imported photo and video booth products, 1,500+ high-end events, 38 booths and 5 branches across Southern Africa.

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SelfieBox Year-End 2018: Thank You Behind the Scenes

SelfieBox Year-End 2018: Thank You

25 December 2018: A dated throwback to SelfieBox year-end 2018, thanking every client who trusted us with their events across South Africa.

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GIFs and Boomerangs at the SelfieBox Year-End 2018 Behind the Scenes

GIFs and Boomerangs at the SelfieBox Year-End 2018

3 December 2018: A SelfieBox year-end throwback demonstrating an animated three-shot GIF and a multi-burst Boomerang created with the HaloBox.

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From One SelfieBox to a Growing Photo Booth Family Behind the Scenes

From One SelfieBox to a Growing Photo Booth Family

July 2018: In just three years, SelfieBox grew from one original photo booth into a versatile range of booths and interactive event experiences.

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Digital Props at the SelfieBox Year-End 2017 Behind the Scenes

Digital Props at the SelfieBox Year-End 2017

4 December 2017: A SelfieBox year-end throwback showing how the HaloBox adds playful digital hats, glasses, whiskers and other props automatically to guest photos.

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InstaBox at the Land Rover Discovery Launch Brand Activations

InstaBox at the Land Rover Discovery Launch

27 July 2017: A throwback to the Land Rover Discovery launch, where InstaBox helped guests capture and share the energy of a premium brand activation.

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The Year It All Began: Selected SelfieBox Moments from 2015 Behind the Scenes

The Year It All Began: Selected SelfieBox Moments from 2015

December 2015: A look back at selected weddings, conferences and branded events from SelfieBox's first year in business.

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