Team
Ms Thembisa Magagula
Edits the Monday shortlist from Sunnyrock with bench notes from Germiston floors.
Role: Pick Editor at ByThis
Ms Thembisa Magagula serves as the pick editor for ByThis, where her main focus is ensuring that every starter kit list matches what South African trainings, shops, and yards actually need to get running. Her week starts early at Sunnyrock Trade Yard, close to the shift change at 2 Makro Place, where she reviews tool requests from suppliers and the shop teams getting benches ready for production. Whether it’s a new CNC set for a FET college lab or vinyl essentials for a custom signage bay at Cresta or Gateway, Thembisa’s notes come straight from Germiston’s production floors and mall trade counters you’ll find up at Boardwalk and Riverside.
From Bench Requests to Curated Starter Kits
Each Monday, Thembisa compiles the shortlist: vinyl, DTF, laser, CNC and finishing picks. There’s no guessing or bulk catalogue dumping. Instead, Thembisa talks with plant foremen or yard buyers about the problems you’re running into, listens to what’s been tripping up your crew, and then adjusts the shortlist to fit, no extra, no fluff.
Shops in coastal humidity at Gateway or Highveld dust up at Menlyn don’t get the same picks. A Germiston sign shop, for example, might need aluminium-safe adhesives for Monday, while a Gqeberha trade counter asks for anti-corrosion work knives. All feedback feeds the starter kit curation.
When to Ask Thembisa for Support
Plant techs, yard managers, and shop heads should email Thembisa when the standard kit doesn’t match your benches, or you’ve got a new team starting and aren’t sure where to begin with DTF or laser. She’s there if you’re not certain which kit will hold up in winter humidity at Tyger Valley, or if you’ve got a unique requirement, like prepping for quick counter installs in mall bays. If you’re a buyer for a FET training programme or fitting out a new space at Boardwalk, Thembisa will pick out the gear that fits your real week, not whatever a catalogue says you should want.
- Vinyl and DTF starter kits for mall trade counters
- CNC picks for FET training benches
- Shop install essentials: adhesives, tapes, tools built for local conditions
- Quick turnaround for plant and yard bench starters
Your Practical Path: From Brief to Bench
Thembisa runs every pick process for plant and yard buyers. Here’s how it works: You send a brief through our contact form with your site spec, FET or training shop needs, or planned station for a mall trade counter. Thembisa reviews the mail from Sunnyrock, checks your equipment list against what’s working for shops in Germiston and out at Riverside, and then curates a specific bench kit shortlist. Once you confirm, ByThis lines up local delivery or installation cues for Sunnyrock yard collection. If there’s a double entry in your request or something missing, she’ll pick it up before your week starts. This avoids wasted time and makes sure your team gets kit that works for the next install, right down to the last plug and tape.
Tell us about your bench
Share the bench you run and the week you are packing for. Sunnyrock replies with a considered shortlist, not a megacatalogue.