It seems that effective monetising of websites may still be a hit and miss affair. In an interesting article on Brand Republic the discussion is about a video site called Hulu. According to projected ad revenue figures Hulu will be earning as much if not more advertising revenue in 2009 than YouTube will. What is […]
2009
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Are we being brainwashed into constant panic?
An interesting article by Terence Blacker in the Independent recently caught my eye. He maintained that we are living in the Great Age of Panic. Without being able to pinpoint why this would be he suggests that we could be needing that sense of constant panic in order to feel alive. As much as I […]
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Foreign aid dished out for the purpose of buying weapons
A friend sent me a link to a site that discusses where US Foreign Aid goes to. And it was quite an eye-opener. But before I go there, I just want to share something I read a few years ago with respect to that little war in the Middle East called ‘Desert Storm‘. This little […]
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As Thamizh Eezham burns, it is now time for peace
Put down your weapons, turn in your uniforms and jackboots, beat your swords and guns into ploughshares and let us begin the process of building a new integrated, non-racial multicultural society, nation and country. For some strange reason, whenever I read words like these, I think of the post office. Well actually, I think of […]
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I always admired you, Mrs Suzman
In 1989, when I was in Standard Seven, our Afrikaans teacher had us write a short essay on somebody we admired. I chose Helen Suzman. For me, she represented courage, tenacity and the rejection of apartheid – and she was a woman. “Good choice,” said my teacher, a young verligte who taught us to appreciate […]
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If Suzman had been a cadre
If the late Helen Suzman DBE had been a cadre of the Congress or of the National Democratic Revolution, she would have no doubt received a state funeral. There would have been speech after speech made by Congress leaders remembering Suzman, against the backdrop of a state funeral bedecked in the colours of the Congress. […]
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Helen Suzman: The passing of a giant
Having spent the first 34 years of my life under the rule of apartheid South Africa I am acutely aware of the enormous role played by Helen Suzman in not only attacking that evil system but also, unlike Breyten Breytenbach, having the courage of her convictions to usher in and try to improve the new […]
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Land grab!
I’m being invaded. The neighbours spend entire days on my property, and on more than one occasion they’ve managed to get inside the house. Just last night, I found one of them in my bedroom, acting as if he owned the place. Perhaps it’s cat karma. For months I’ve been without feline company, and now […]
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Past & future — and the spaces in between
Much exhortation is doing the rounds at present to look back on 2008 and list the things for which one is grateful. This is a noble and laudable call, for in considering moments of radiance, we may see beauty, splendour and wonderment. At watershed moments such as the onset of a new calendar year, one’s […]