We’ve all seen the use of Twitter in organising real-life protests at a moments notice. Examples are rife across Europe and the US, especially San Francisco where we’ve seen activists using Twitter to organise and co-ordinate an anti-war protest. Another example of the innovative use of Social Media in this way is that of James […]
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What causes inflation?
Submitted by Philip Copeman Inflation, the old enemy, is back. With a few exceptions, this has not been a severe threat to the world economy since the early 1980s. Inflation now threatens us all. South Africa and a number of other countries seem well on their way to succumbing to this monster. Why is inflation […]
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Desperate measures
Tell the lie often enough and you believe it yourself, the saying goes. This is not enough for the current Bush administration. As Barack Obama tied up the Democratic Party nomination, the Republican machinery prepares to play the same terror card they’ve used over the last three election terms in America. There’s nothing surprising in […]
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Name changes are not only about ANC heroes
Let me begin by confessing that I am neither a political guru on the history of the ANC nor an expert on name changes. But like any other ordinary citizen of this nation-in-the-making, I have my own views on this issue so pivotal to nation building. At the moment there is a lot of heated […]
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Bucs: A love unreturned
As French author and philosopher Albert Camus once said: “All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football”, I too owe everything I know about life, love and loyalty, pleasure and pain, pride and prejudice to having been a football fan. I know that even if I had not grown […]
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Users are the weakest link
They say a team is only as strong as its weakest link. I think it should be changed to a system is only as strong as the user. As a simple example, we have many applications to do different things at our disposal. Microsoft Word for word processing, Power Point for those spectacular presentations that […]
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Should criminals be identified by their race?
One of the differences I’ve noticed in the way that crime is reported in South Africa and Australia is race. As in specifically identifying the race of the suspects. South African reports tend to stay tactfully away from this awkward subject. Occasionally, if the criminal involved is white, the story will draw attention to this […]
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Citizen Monbiot and tomorrow’s justice
In spite of being unsuccessful last week’s attempt by the Guardian columnist George Monbiot to arrest as a war criminal the former US ambassador to the UN, and Under-Secretary Of State for Arms Control, is a salutary reminder of civic duty. The charge against John Bolton, who was speaking at a literature festival in Wales, […]
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Black diamonds, white trash
Marketing people are strange types who, I suppose, have to justify their existence by continuously showing management just how clever they are. It always beats me, though, as to why, at car launches, they feel this huge urge to explain to the media just who their product is aimed at. Of course, every presenter earnestly […]
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‘Constitutional vandalism’ is in the eye of the beholder
The Democratic Alliance’s Tony Leon has accused President Mbeki, ANC president Jacob Zuma and Cape Judge President John Hlophe of “constitutional vandalism”. Leon’s allegations arise from a variety of causes, particular to each, as set out in an article from Sapa, which appeared on IOL. The courageous and adroit former leader of the DA is […]
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Oh what racially tangled webs we weave
Ok, first off, this post is not meant to stoke the flames of controversy, though it is a sensitive topic, that being of race. I was notified through google alert a few days back that an article with my name in it was posted by Ramon Thomas. So of course my inquisitive nature got me […]
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TechLeadership through free education
Ok, so I’m a TechLeader now according to the cool gang at the Mail & Guardian Online. But I think it’s best to get some things out in the open before I continue on my leading ways. I know squat about technology. (Ok, that’s not entirely true, but I work on a 2005 model Toshiba […]