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According to the Young Digital Mavens survey conducted on around 1 000 American and 1 000 Chinese youths, aged: Millions of young Chinese are embracing the internet as a discreet space for their thoughts and emotions — almost five times as many Chinese as Americans surveyed said they have a parallel life online (61% vs […]

South Africa’s plummeting image internationally must surely be a cause of concern today. This year things have significantly worsened with such new crises as the xenophobia outbreak, power cuts and continuing leadership vacuum in the ruling party being added to the usual concerns about out-of-control crime, HIV/Aids denialism and failures to confront the Zimbabwe fiasco. […]

The Sharks Currie Cup win over the Lions this past weekend was, in all honesty, an unattractive, long, hard grind but I do believe that in time, the importance of this victory will come home to roost. After heavy losses to the Bulls and Cheetahs this month, another loss would have been extremely hard to […]

There has been a lot of jubilation and misguided excitement about the recent Zimbabwean negotiations, what with the European Union praising Mbeki’s mediation effort and the brokering of a memorandum of understanding. Surprisingly this song and dance has not been witnessed by the protagonists (Zanu-PF and MDC) themselves. Clearly this should be a sign that […]

Putting Rugby First Executive Summary Putting Rugby First Report This week, over a thousand rugby administrators around the world will receive a report called, “Putting Rugby First” . The report is being sent to players, administrators, government ministers, high-profile supporters, journalists and commercial partners. It is being made available on the web at to encourage […]

A lot of people — the decadent amoral bourgeoisie, mostly — have got awfully upset over Jon Qwelane’s latest tirade. Why the fuss? The Sunday Sun is gutter press and Qwelane’s equally contemptible opinions are part and parcel of a paper that believes that stoking xenophobia and perpetuating intolerance is a prerequisite in speaking to […]

Through my son, who is as much of a science fiction aficionado as I am, I recently discovered the Terminator movie spin-off television series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which apparently had to be “terminated” temporarily, after nine episodes, because of the film and television-writers’ strike in Hollywood. Watching the series develop the theme of a […]

After not looking at any potential new movie projects for the past year, I read another synopsis for a feature film recently. I liked the concept a lot but I felt the story needed to be explored a bit further; more importantly, I thought the characters had not been developed enough. But that doesn’t really […]

On Saturday there were 78,944 people watching the All Black vs Wallabies Bledisloe Cup at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney and the Aussie administration is concerned as they wanted a sell-out 83,500 attendance. The tickets range in price from R1,188-64 (Aus$164) to R285-55 (Aus$39-50) for kids. Here is the breathtaking part. If a couple of […]

It looks like the entire controversy about that “catch” – or catch that never was – by AB de Villiers off Andrew Strauss in the second England-Proteas cricket Test at Headingley has now been swept under the carpet. A week has passed since the ball went into his right hand and he dropped it to […]

It’s Christmas in July, and what better way to celebrate the somewhat bizarre festive season than with these little gems, which will ensure that your website stands out from the crowd in the congested search engine wilderness. Without too much of an introduction then, let’s jump right in. Keyword research Probably the most important aspect […]