Virtual Birthday Card for Nelson Mandela

As the 90th birthday of former president Nelson Mandela approaches, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has made being apart of the celebrations possible by creating a virtual birthday card for people to sign on the website or from their cellphones. Video messages, as well as written messages from the likes of the Clintons, Arno Carsten, Malaika [...]

SWART Magazine

I recently came across a rather unusual, but very interesting digital magazine called SWART Magazine that I thought was worth writing about. To find out a little bit more on SWART Magazine, I contacted Richard Roodt, Marketing Manager of the publication and this is what he had to say about it:

“ is a flash digital [...]

The Movement for Good – it starts with you

The Movement for Good is a network of organisations that have come together to inspire and mobilise South Africans to become active citizens for good, with a vision to build a country that lives its constitutional values, is safe, and offers the opportunity for all to build hope in our future. This is an ideal [...]

e.tv’s new American weather man

There’s no doubting the fact that eNews and e.tv’s new weather man Derek Van Dam, is American. He picked up a bit of flak at first for a few fumbles and mis-pronounciations, but is so earnest about what he does, it’s hard to find fault. Besides, how many of us born-and-bred South Africans can glide [...]

SA needs a blogopticon, too!

Gino Cosme commented on his blog last week that the blogopticon chart by Vanity Fair is ‘an awesome idea’. I agree. It’s often hard to tell whether a blog is based on news or opinion. VF’s blog chart basically divides America’s most widely-read blogs based on politics, the media and celeb gossip into four basic [...]

Has your four-legged friend joined the canine version of Facebook?

While browsing the internet the other day, I stumbled across Doggysnaps. This is a site where pet owners can load their pets’ profiles, including favourite pics and pertinent info such as their fluffy children’s favourite activities, and personality type. You can also browse the site and become ‘friends’ with dogs you like, add dogs to [...]

Urban Online Mags on the Rise

Online urban lifestyle magazines in the country have been long awaited by the youth of South Africa. When international online magazines, such as Format and whudat.com exploded onto the urban (internet) scene, locally produced content aimed at our youth was far and few.
But as the South African ‘virtual shelf’ grows day-by-day, one cannot help [...]

Before you forward that email…

Lately my inbox has been inundated with heavily-forwarded messages, filled with promises of new laptops and cellphones if I forward on to my bunch of unsuspecting friends; heart-wrenching pleas to donate money to children wasting away in hospital; and warnings of ATM fraud. Nothing grates my gherkin more, as many of these smack of hoax [...]

Elle Man launches

At a stunning fashion extravaganza that was held at Hyde Park Centre Court last week, Elle Man was officially launched by the editorial team, headed up by dynamite editor Jackie Burger.
The concept was born out of the changing global dynamic, that men are just as interested in their looks and dress code as women.
It seems [...]

License2Live… what is the world coming to?

I read about an interesting website in The Times this week. Called License2Live, the premise is that people can log on and request a free license, granting them permission to do practically anything.
In a nutshell, you log on and choose a ‘license’ that meets your needs- ‘Speak Your Mind’, or ‘Be a Chameleon’; and you [...]