The “unauthorised” documentary about South African president Thabo Mbeki has finally been screened on the SABC, after more than a year of to-ing and fro-ing.
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Posted inLifestyle
Perhaps this is too revealing …
… but I’m really not okay with not having another first kiss. Don’t get me wrong, I’m in the happiest relationship I can imagine, I wouldn’t want to be single and the thought of prowling clubs for a half-decent guy fills me with cold dread. But that moment! That just-before-a-first-kiss moment! That instant when you […]
Posted inMedia
Fudging circulation figures
No doubt you’ve all heard about the shenanigans going on over at Media24, admitting that 12 of its 60 magazine titles have “fudged” their circulation figures. (Read more here) This got me to thinking once again about just how transparent online is. For years, advertisers have trusted circulation reports for print. But what I now […]
Posted inNews/Politics
Goodbye rule of law, hello national security state?
It suddenly struck me this morning that we might be living through another HIV/Aids denialist moment. Has the president, in his all-knowing wisdom, decided that his police chief (who has admitted to a friendship with a confessed murderer, “finish and klaar”) is being framed by the Dark Lord Syron or other forces hell-bent on destroying […]
Posted inSport
In it together
It was one of those moments. The British would say: “Ah, bless.” In South Africa, that translates to: “Ag shame.” Reading about the welcome the German women’s soccer team received in Frankfurt on Tuesday gave me a lump in the throat and a few small tears down my cheek. They were being celebrated for having […]
Posted inGeneral
Interrogating the ‘developmental state’
The “developmental state” is one of the most under-theorised aspects of national discourse. In fact we live in a country of mutating political mythologies we tend to be uncritically attracted to. For example, the “battle for the soul of the ANC” has been bandied about in the media for years when in reality the ANC’s […]
Posted inLifestyle, Media, Tech
Blogging Player of the Week: One more, with feeling
You may not have heard of this week’s choice for blogging Player of the Week, but you have probably come across her writing, reporting and commentary — probably in isolation of the bigger picture of the amazing work she does in her blogs. Damaria Senne makes her living from covering technology issues for ITWeb, but […]
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Radiohead’s brave new world
On Monday Radiohead sent shockwaves through the music industry and paroxysms of fear through the major record labels when they announced that their new album In Rainbows would go on sale on the 10th October as a direct digital rights management (DRM) free download from their website. The price: whatever you feel like paying for […]
Posted inMedia, Tech
Radiohead’s brave new world
On Monday Radiohead sent shockwaves through the music industry and paroxysms of fear through the major record labels when they announced that their new album In Rainbows would go on sale on the 10th October as a direct digital rights management (DRM) free download from their website. The price: whatever you feel like paying for […]
Posted inLifestyle
Voda … please go
Earlier this year I moved house and went to the nearest Vodacom shop to change my billing address. I filled out the required form, signed it and had them make a copy of my ID, which was then faxed to the Vodacom head office. It’s now several months later … but I still don’t get […]
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SA’s top 51 blogs
These are the blogs that make it into the top 100 000 ranking on Technorati. They are competing with about 70-million other blogs, so being popular or widely read only in South Africa is not likely to get them this ranking. In other words, these are more than likely blogs that have a worldwide readership. If […]
Posted inTech
SA’s top 51 blogs
These are the blogs that make it into the top 100 000 ranking on Technorati. They are competing with about 70-million other blogs, so being popular or widely read only in South Africa is not likely to get them this ranking. In other words, these are more than likely blogs that have a worldwide readership. If […]