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A South African Killing: Satanism, Slipknot and Samurai Swords

4 hr. ago

A very dangerous idea virus seems to be spreading in today’s new age of widespread media and information dissemination. From the Columbine killings to Virginia Tech, school kids seem to be losing their minds as the lost few don armour and weapons...

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Slipknot, Samurai Swords, Killing, Krugersdorp

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A Lesson on Madiba's 90th Birthday

Jul 18 2008

On the occasion of Nelson Mandela’s birthday, I would like to highlight a lesson I have learned from him and his life. There is no doubt, Mandela, world-wide, is the official icon of democracy and the struggle to overcome oppression. One of his...

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Mandela, Birthday, 90th, Lesson

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The Zuma Effect

Jul 15 2008

ANC President, Jacob Zuma Jacob Zuma, has had a very polarising effect amongst the South African population. You either love him or hate him, there is no in-between. Amongst the general population we see people who see this man as a threat to...

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Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Zwelinzima Vavi, Julius Malema

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Mbeki and Tsvangirai: What were they thinking?

Jul 1 2008

With all of the recent comment going back and forth regarding Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe and the sham election in which he was sworn in for yet another term in office, few have made mention regarding the sudden change in South Africa’s position in the...

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South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mbeki, Tsvangirai

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Zimbabwe and its People

Jun 23 2008

It came as a quite a shock when Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), called it quits on the election run-off between himself and Robert Mugabe. This act handed the election to Robert Mugabe who after running the...

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Mugabe, Mbeki, Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe

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Reflections on Youth Day...

Jun 17 2008

Yesterday, South Africa commemorated the event which saw the beginning-of-the-end of Apartheid. On that fateful day, the school students of the class of 1976 stood up against the apartheid regime to protest against the Bantu education laws which were...

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South Africa, Youth Day, Mbeki

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Government falters with helping foreigners

Jun 6 2008

Camps Set up in Midrand, on Private Property and not Government landPicture courtesy of Radio 702 The South African government has mobilised in order to help out displaced foreign nationals by supplying them with shelter in make-shift camps so that...

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South Africa, Xenophobia, Government

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South Africa to launch a Battery-Powered Car

Jun 3 2008

In some positive news from South Africa, a battery-powered car is being developed and will be unveiled next year (no, it’s not a toy). This announcement was made by the Deputy Science and Technology Minister, Derek Hanekom. The project involves...

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Car, battery-powered, South Africa, Technology

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Xenophobia: 'Reality and Reaction' in Pictures

May 29 2008

The following blog post will be mostly photos as I feel the pictures speak for themselves. Two events are covered in particular, one is that of Zimbabweans taking refuge in Marabastad, Pretoria and the second is the March Against Xenophobia which took...

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South Africa, Xenophobia, Immigration Protests

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South Africa: Dealing With The Xenophobia Crisis

May 27 2008

Cartoon depicting the effect of the Xenophobia attacks on South Africa’s image by famed South African cartoonist, Zapiro The current situation in South Africa regarding the attacks seemed to have stabilized with the last attacks being reported in...

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xenophobia, South Africa, bloggers

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South Africa s First On-line Book

Jun 6 2008

Andy Hadfield at Techleader at posted about an on-line collaboration between some of South Africa’s best bloggers in order to create a book which glo

Brilliant Ad for Kill Bill Premier on TV

Jun 5 2008

A ‘Kill Bill’ TV premier spills blood on the streets. : Kill Bill, Advertising, Marketing, TV Premier, Blood, Streets addthis_url = 'htt

Creative Design Read at Work

Jun 5 2008

A very creative campaign from Clemenso BBDO, an Auckland based Advertising agency, for the New Zealand Book Council is the launch of the site Read at Work

New Era Citizen Journalism The Instablog Video Initiative

Jun 5 2008

Instablogs.com has launched a new initiative taking advantage of their wide “citizen journalist” base which blog on its site on a daily/weekly basis.

Twitter vs Plurk

Jun 4 2008

vs. With Twitter going down every so often, (reminding me of Eskom’s load-shedding), lots of people, including me, have been searching for an altern

South Africa to Launch Battery-Powered Car

Jun 3 2008

In some positive news from South Africa, a battery-powered car is being developed and will be unveiled next year (no, it’s not a toy). This announcement

A Positive Twist Away from Xenophobia The Standard Bank TV Ad

Jun 3 2008

I thought Standard Bank’s new TV ad for Africa day which ends with something like… “It’s not that we are in Africa, Africa is in us

Free GPS for Your Mobile Phone

Jun 2 2008

Amaze GPS has launched their new Version 4.2 which includes a free download for Java enabled phones so you can get GPS Navigation without spending one heck

Chuck Palahniuk s Choke and Lullaby to hit Cinema

May 30 2008

Chuck’s fiction is one of my favourites, he has this twisted look at the world based on some of the worst things human beings get up to and forces yo

Review Rocky Balboa

May 30 2008

I finally watched it and I’d like to tell all the people that told me that it was a waste of time that they were wrong. Dead wrong. I really enjoyed

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Xenophobia Plagues South Africa

May 21 2008

Extremely violent attacks on foreigners in South Africa in the last days have stirred the entire South African media and of course… blogs. Individual blo

South Africa The Praise and Fall of Thabo Mbeki

Apr 21 2008

South African President, Thabo Mbeki, is keeping bloggers increasingly active with his recent position on the situation in Zimbabwe, and bloggers are takin

South Africa Mbeki No Crisis in Zimbabwe

Apr 18 2008

South African Bloggers are up in arms regarding the recent events in Zimbabwe as well as President Thabo Mbeki's statement recently that “There is no cr

The South African Blog Awards

Apr 9 2008

On April 2nd, The South African Blog Awards were held in Cape Town to a great turnout of bloggers and also some very inspired winners. This is a summary of

South Africa We'll argue with our parents and play video games

Mar 26 2008

Earlier this week, President Thabo Mbeki proposed that an oath be recited by school children every day in a nation-building effort. Breaking News says that

South Africa The Free State Racist Video Saga

Mar 9 2008

The last week and a half has been a constant heated re-iteration of South Africa's intermittent stance against hatred and racism of any kind. the situatio

South Africa Another Manto Blunder

Mar 5 2008

The controversial South African Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who you might remember a couple of posts back as being under fire for her antics

South Africa Racist Black Journalists

Feb 28 2008

"The media was instrumental is getting this country to where it is today. There were white journalists who risked their lives and even paid the ultimate p

South Africa No Light at the End of the Tunnel

Jan 30 2008

South Africa's main electricity provider, Eskom, has recently been getting a lot of flak from the South African population due to the "load-shedding" ta

South Africa's Health Minister Under Fire

Aug 28 2007

The South African Blogosphere has been abuzz with allegations against the South Africa's Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, of alcoholism during,

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Have we forgotten why we re here

May 26 2008

I had an interesting encounter with a car guard this weekend. This experience made me realise how much I take for granted and how the little things we do i

May 23 2008

Of all the great things the age of social media has ushered in, let’s not be blinded to the emergence of the age old affliction which has plagued humanit

May 20 2008

Let’s start with what we already know… With the advent of the Internet, and even more so with Web 2.0, the world has shrunk: vastly different cultures

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Zimbabwe and its People

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Xenophobia: 'Reality and Reaction' in Pictures

Government falters with helping foreigners

Reflections on Youth Day...

Mbeki and Tsvangirai: What were they thinking?

The Zuma Effect

South Africa: Dealing With The Xenophobia Crisis

A Lesson on Madiba's 90th Birthday

A South African Killing: Satanism, Slipknot and Samurai Swords

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Mbeki and Tsvangirai: What were they thinking?

Grace, Jul 2 2008

Muhammad, it’s bad branding because the niche isn’t clear. :) That’s why themselves are confused.

Mbeki and Tsvangirai: What were they thinking?

Grace, Jul 1 2008

Tsvangirai isn’t a freedom fighter like Mugabe was before he turned godless. Tsvangirai is a bureaucratic creature who still deludes himself into thinking that he was in a democracy. What he could have done was pull out at an opportune time and...

Mbeki and Tsvangirai: What were they thinking?

Kim, Jul 1 2008

Tsvangirai started the whole problem by pulling out of the election in the first place, apparently to ”save lives” including his own. But if he and his followers are not willing to lay down their lives for their country, then it is not worth...

Mbeki and Tsvangirai: What were they thinking?

Madhuri Katti, Jul 1 2008

MDC has been under tremendous pressure from Mugabe regime and is really cornered with no concrete support from anywhere... Mugabe will avenge march-poll debacle and try eliminate MDC from the scene altogether. In order to survive MDC will have to take...

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Zimbabwe and its People

Balbhadra Rana, Jun 25 2008

Tsvangirai was the wrong man at the right place at the right time. One could feel from the beginning that Tsvangirai would not be able to stand up and fulfil the role his country demanded of him. He is no hero. That does not make him a criminal, but...

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