Coffee shop lighting in South Africa: how to get the ambience right, keep staff productive, and control your electricity bill
Most South African cafés get their lighting wrong in the same three ways: the seating area feels like a staff canteen, the pastry display looks unappetising, and the electricity bill is R3,000 higher than it needs to be. This guide covers the right colour temperatures for each zone, which fitting types work in leased SA retail spaces, and a practical spec for a 60m² café — written for owner-operators, not interior designers.