Archive for February, 2009

I don’t think the DA get’s it…

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

With their shiny new website and all, the DAhas been trying to engage more and more with social media. One of those means has been Helen Zille's Twitter account. It's nice and all getting updates from the leader of the opposition. But Twitter is meant to be about conversation - with ...

The joke that is Gaddafi

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

I just read this article, and am pretty shocked. With attitudes like this the United States of Africa is going to go no where headed by this guy. "The Libyan leader also sympathised with Somali pirates, describing their actions as self-defence." "He also raised eyebrows by saying that multi-party democracy only led ...

I’m getting a Springleap tshirt from Afrigator

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

After somehow being on the Afrigreater winners list, I have just ordered my Springleap tshirt - pictured right. I'm pretty stoked :D - it's an awesome prize for a competition like this.

Expats get the vote: simple, practical democracy

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Today the Pretoria High Court ruled that South African Expats should be allowed to vote and that laws preventing them from doing so are unconstitutional. Of course those laws are - a quick check of the Bill of Rights shows us this: Every adult citizen has the right ­to vote in ...

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