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An Apron to Braai For
Calling all Global South Africans in the US. Heed Archbishop Tutu’s call to braai on Heritage Day and we will send you the gear to do it in.
Category: Team SA
Brand SA’s CEO on Flying the Flag and Social Media
By Mongezi Mtati on Jul 26, 2010 in 2010, Contributors, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, People, Perspectives, Team SA
International Marketing Council CEO Miller Matola talks to Mongezi about contributing to this blog and other ways of building on the spirit of 2010.
I am going to hold on tight to the jubilant feeling in my heart
…writes Nadine Khan, surveying the wonders of a month that told the world: it’s time to believe in South Africa.
A ripple in the ocean of hope
As a proud member of the youth of South Africa in 2010, writes Banele Lukhele, I stand and shout to all around the world that I am a ripple in the ocean of hope, I am a young South African and I stand for the development of my generation and those to follow.
Cry the beloved vuvuzela!
On the vuvuzela, Alan Paton, and how he might respond to the nation’s trumpet.
Marketing SA on Chicago buses
The World Cup final is to be broadcast live in Chicago’s hallowed sporting arena, Soldier Field. Brand South Africa has created ads for the South African consulate-general to run in city buses with support from local sponsors.
“Y” for Unity
Banele Lukhele has been selected as part of this year’s intake for the South Africa Washington Internship Programme. She reflects on the pride and responsibiliy she feels at this opportunity to represent South Africa abroad.
Berlin Calling
Berlin journalism students are launching a social-media based website to tell South Africa’s story in South Africans’ own words. Let’s help them!
Gone golfing: Mark Fish on golfing and Bafana
By Mongezi Mtati on May 09, 2010 in 2010, Mark Fish, Mongezi Mtati, Observations, People, Places, Team SA
To the team, my team and your team, Bafana Bafana: keep working hard guys and believe in yourself and in each other, no matter what others may think and say. When the whistle blows we – the nation – will be behind you.
The Blue Bulls take it off in support of Bafana Bafana
By Mongezi Mtati on Apr 06, 2010 in 2010, Contributors, Creativity, Mongezi Mtati, Observations, Team SA
Traditionally, there used to be a rift between soccer supporters and rugby fans, but this change completely transforms the outlook I had, says Mongezi Mtati.
Team SA
I was looking for a great picture of our new contributor, Bafana and Orlando Pirates great Mark Fish and came across this wonderful video of Team South Africa from the World Economic Forum. That’s Mark behind Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel.
Bafana great Mark Fish joins Team BSABlog
By Mongezi Mtati on Mar 19, 2010 in 2010, Contributors, Events, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, Observations, People, Team SA
Having travelled to Hong Kong, Senchzen and Guanchou, I’ve found the optimism and the excitement in the East very encouraging and a bit contagious. The rest of the world are as excited as us Africans about the 2010 World Cup
Get ready for the mother of all patriotic traffic jams
It’s another Football Friday and South Africans are at it again. This time our proud nation will attempt to enter the record books for “the longest parade of privately owned vehicles displaying the national flag”.
Football Fever is Real!
I start to relax and look out the window at my fellow, and sister, motorists. For the first time I notice the beautiful colours of their various football shirts. Brazil, Spain and Portugal are among the favourites.
Zakumi stole the limelight
hile ‘Team South Africa’ was quite impressive at the World Economic Forum last week and exposed South Africa all around Davos-Klosters in Switzerland, on a much lighter note, when it came time to leave, at the airport it was Zakumi who stole the limelight.
The Blogosphere Strikes Back
Jeffrey Hoffman, a former play-by-play baseball announcer now working as a web developer, blogs about sports for the Huffington Post, to which, on or about January 14, he uploaded an item predicting chaos and mayhem at the forthcoming South Africa-hosted FIFA World Cup. He probably wishes he hadn’t.
Proud to Play for Team SA
Team South Africa descended on Washington in force this week in the form of entrepreneurs, designers and creators assembled by the city of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
And What Are You Doing on Football Friday?
Forget about casual Friday. It’s time to celebrate Football Friday. Every Friday between now and the World Cup, be part of Team South Africa by coming to work in a football jersey
Telling SA’s Story Together
On Monday, communicators from all over SA will come together to talk about how we can make to most of the upcoming FIFA World Cup to tell SA’s story.
67 minutes which will last forever
The call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and its sister organizations for the creation of an official global Mandela Day was heard and answered by Brand South Africa
Voting for South Africa
IMC’s UK Country Manager John Battersby describes the overseas voting in London as thousands of South Africans lined up cast their ballots at the High Commission.
Wanted: a few great bloggers
We are looking for bloggers with a sense of fun who are interested in telling the world about the South Africa they live in and love. Not the South Africa of newspaper headlines or anxiety-inducing television documentaries, but the South Africa you are proud to be a part of and which you wish the world [...]
