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.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
August 30th, 2008 izwi Posted in Diaspora No Comments »
Tania Thiel writes:
Fellow South Africans need to know that people are actually moving back to South Africa. After more than 2 years in Australia we are moving back and there are others like us - 3 other families who all have been here longer than us just in our circle of friends. It was a privilege to be able to have done this but there is no place like home. Read the rest of this entry »
July 30th, 2008 izwi 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. The story has gone viral. Click below to hear the interview.
July 29th, 2008 izwi 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 some time now and prompt news editors to ask for matchers. The International Herald Tribune has the full version.
July 28th, 2008 izwi 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 Kingdom, it helps another 1.5 return.”
Among the returners is economist Nicky Prins. What got to her was the film clip below.
“Sometimes I would cry when I watched it. It sort of brought the emotions to a head, and you would think, ‘I really want to go home’.”
June 23rd, 2008 admin Posted in Diaspora No Comments »
Lovely feature in the Financial Mail profiles eight recently returned South African emigres. Typical quote, this from Donovan Brown, 36, project manager:
“I left in 1997 with a backpack. London was an exciting place for a 27-year-old, with lots of work and a thriving economy at that time. After a few years, though, the novelty wears off and the things that excited you suddenly annoy you! The weather, the jam-packed tube and the lack of living space. Though the UK was good to me for 10 years, I am at heart a South African.”
June 3rd, 2008 admin Posted in Diaspora No Comments »
The global competition for skills is fierce, but in this connected age talent doesn’t have to be based locally to make a contribution. That’s the reasoning behind IMC’s Global South Africans initiative to mobilise talented South Africans abroad to help build the South Africa they left behind. US Country Manager Simon Barber discusses the project in Business Day.
