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South Africans must speak out
On Freedom Day, to celebrate fifteen years of democracy, I launched The Soapbox – a nonpartisan online platform where young South Africans can speak out about things they feel strongly about. Why? Because South Africa is at a crossroads. Now more … Continue reading
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The Soapbox – now live!
The Soapbox, an online platform where South Africans can speak out, launched yesterday on Freedom Day. Below is the post I wrote in “The Editor’s Notebook” on the site: == It’s fifteen years since South Africa became a democracy, and … Continue reading
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Afrodissident shortlisted in SA Blog Awards
Afrodissident has been shortlisted for two awards in the 2009 South African Blog Awards. Like last year, we’re a finalist in the Best South African Politics Blog category and for Best Original Writing on an SA blog. To everyone who … Continue reading
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Bloggers constitute bulk of jailed journos
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group aimed at defending the rights of journalists, most journalists in jail are those using the web as their medium of choice — like bloggers, online reporters and web editors (thanks, … Continue reading
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Live from Goma…
Forget the news channels — or the newspapers for that matter: when it comes to finding out what’s really going on, it looks like blogging is increasingly (but not neccesarily always) the answer. The indispensable Global Voices Online, a blogging … Continue reading
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Farewell to Facebook….
My last status update simply said: “Alex says bye”. And then I did it. I deactivated my Facebook account. The decision to leave the ubiquitous social networking site even took me a little by surprise. How on earth was I … Continue reading
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Morgan pulls out
MDC presidential contender Morgan Tsvangirai has pulled out of Friday’s election, citing the wave of violence and intimidation of opposition supporters at the hands of Zanu PF-affiliated thugs. It’s disappointing, in one respect, but wholly understandable – especially considering that … Continue reading
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Afrodissident is now “delicious”
Slowly but surely, Afrodissident is catching up with the Web 2.0 craze. We’ve now got a profile on the social bookmarking site, del.icio.us, where we will be bookmarking links to interesting articles and posts in the coming weeks. For more … Continue reading
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Afrodissident receives 2 nominations in SA Blog Awards
Afrodissident has received two different category nominations in the SA Blog Awards. One for Best SA Blog about Politics, the other for Best Original Writing on a South African Blog. To all those who nominated us, a sincere and heartfelt … Continue reading
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