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Travelling Bloggers
US bloggers are heading to SA and will join forces with two of South Africa's best, Ndumiso Ngcobo of Thoughtleader and Nick Haralambous of SA Rocks to record their impressions in words, images and sound on a whirlwind tour of SA "firsts". Read more about it here.
Featured Posts
SA Magic Makes Another Believer
Kevin Desouza, an Assistant Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, and blogger, has just wrapped up a stint as a visiting professor at the University of Witwatersrand
The Big Picture
The Brand South Africa team paints a picture
Why I'm Staying
A Johannesburg doctor talks about his love for the country and why he has no plans to leave
Podcast Feeds
Archive for July, 2008
Saving the Oxpecker
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Nature | No Comments »
Learn more here. Read more..Blog Trolls
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Observations | No Comments »
BSA Blog, as a newcomer, has yet to draw the attention of the trolls, at home and abroad, who make it their business to rain venemously on SA's parade. They're ... Read more..Have Cellphone, Will Bank
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Innovations, Video | No Comments »
Toby Shapshak blogs on the cellphone banking revolution being pioneered in SA by Wizzit. Or you can watch the film. Read more..Office with a View
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Successes | No Comments »
Office Snapshots is a blog about offices. This post is about MXit's offices between Cape Town and Stellenbosch. MXit is a great SA company that's on the leading edge of ... Read more..Turning Tide
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Encouragement | No Comments »
Ray Hartley, one of the shrewdest political writers in SA, now editor of the The Times, the daily edition of the Sunday Times, finds reasons to be cheerful. Sanity is ... Read more..Nicky Prins Interviewed
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Diaspora | No Comments »
Nicky Prins, subject of an AP story about repatriating expats, is interviewed on The World, an hour long news programme heard daily on US public radio stations nationwide. Influential audience. ... Read more..In Perspective
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Encouragement | No Comments »
Humphrey Borkum, chairman of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, reflects on the current state of South Africa. He finds plenty to cheer about -- from strong institutions and a muscular free ... Read more..Florida Sunshine
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in In the news | No Comments »
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Doreen Hemlock gives last week's trade mission to Minneapolis and Miami some ink. Read more..Good Vibrations
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Diaspora | No Comments »
The homeward bound story cited yesterday is picking up steam. It was put out by the Associated Press, not Media 24, which means it will probably keep popping up for ... Read more..Semper Fine Wine
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | No Comments »
Bob Marx is the CEO of Minnesota-based MT Global Wines and specialises in importing South Africa wine into the US. He fell in love with the stuff ... Read more..Why Do Business in South Africa?
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | No Comments »
Because South Africans do "exceptional quality work" and are "very, very innovative." So argues Henk Touw, a native of Holland who spent 18 years managing the Europe, Middle East and ... Read more..Homeward Bound II
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Diaspora, Video | No Comments »
Media 24 reports: "A spokesperson for Stuttafords Van Lines, the largest moving company in South Africa, said that for every person the company moves out of South Africa to the United ... Read more..Outrageous Rags
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »
One blogger's take on the South African fashion scene. As he says, you'll need to have quite a personality to compete with this outfit. Read more..Land of Opportunity
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Investment, Podcasts, Presentations | No Comments »
A trade and investment mission headed by Iqbal Sharma, deputy director general for trade and investment at the Department of Trade and Industry traveled to the US Midwest on Monday. ... Read more..Village People
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Innovations | No Comments »
The Economist profiles Dabba, a VoIP-based "village telco", which has launched a low cost wireless telephone network for residents of the Orange Farm community south of Johannesburg. Dabba and its ... Read more..Blogging South African Innovation
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Blogger Tour 2008, Ideas | 1 Comment »
The Brand South Africa team is planning to bring a group of top US bloggers to SA in November. The idea is to have them blog about what South Africans ... Read more..Beer as a force for good
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Observations | No Comments »
South African Breweries, aka SAB Miller, is one of the world's great brewing companies. It prides itself, justly, on being a good corporate citizen. This is from the cover of ... Read more..Tune In
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Video | No Comments »
Southern Africa Direct is a Sky TV channel that offers a splendid around the clock window onto the region, its natural beauty, history and culture and ways to enjoy them. ... Read more..Lapping It Up
Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Successes | No Comments »
Courtesy of the Financial Mail, a chart testifying to SA's growing wine exports. Note the leap in Angolan consumption. Prosperity to the north is good for us. Read more..Much To Celebrate
Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Self-styled value investor Adrian Saville, founder of Cannon Asset Managers, and author of the Gone to the Dogs blog, likes what he sees. Money quote: Located in this increasingly benevolent neighbourhood, ... Read more..