Jeep: a 4-letter word?
You would never have guessed this, but it turns out that Jeep South Africa are trendsetters in the field of automobile...
Where I’ve been
The blue bits. Sadly, only 16% of the world. A lot left to...
Our thugged-out asses: SONA
Jacob Zuma’s 2013 State of the Nation Speech done gangsta style: Honourable members, Fellow Downtown...
JM Coetzee citation
Today, Monday 10 December 2012, that superb writer JM Coetzee gave the graduation speech at the University of...
Zapiro vs Gary Larson
Love how these two cartoons speak to each other. Godzille the monster, Zuma the surprised innocent...
Bond. Jacob Bond.
The Jacob Zuma bond saga has spawned the #thenamesBondJacobBond meme. read about it on the Mail &...
African News Innovation Finalists
Forty (40) pioneering digital journalism projects have been shortlisted as finalists in the inaugural $1 million...
Minor rant
Normally, I’d save this stuff for a column, but I feel like ranting in a space where I don’t have to be too...
The Trouble With Tech
Can’t remember when or why I wrote this little piece. Might have been the start of a column. Found it on an old...
POIB condoms
We did this fake radio ad at the M&G, spoofing the government’s pro-POIB (Protection of Information Bill)...
Kony 2012: what it is
This is an excerpt of a 3000 word analysis of the Kony 2012 video, that I wrote for the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. If...
Nonhle vs DJ Fresh
Nonhle Thema is famous for tweeting outrageous things at suspiciously early hours of the morning. Here are a few...
Zombie flash mob vid
Filmed a random Zombie flash mob on rollerblades, in Madrid on Halloween...
Congrats! You’re my 1 trilliont...
A momentous occasion in the history of the interwebs. All over the world, websites have simultaneously hit 1 million...
Bought in Buenos Aires
I thought it’d be fun to post some of the ridiculous things I bought in Buenos Aires last week. Amazing the...
The UP Assignment
Hello, Potential People of the Media Tribunal This is your assignment. It has no specified length – that’s...
How to drink wine
Received a press release from the strangely named Hot Salsa Media (boy, all the good names really are taken), praising...
‘It was a dark and stormy night...
For my second lecture to the absolutely delightful, if a little smelly, University of Pretoria journalism students,...
- @Ganjaman1612 thanks dude. just someone who can construct a sentence that doesn't contain a logical contradiction.
- @Ganjaman1612 i fear I don't understand that tweet at all.
- @zamarcashton in digital newsrooms those roles are fairly converged.
- I love my newsroom. One sub: 'Hey, will you write a story for us'? Other sub: 'Sure'. No issues, no 'about what?', no 'it's not my job'.
- RT @NicDawes: The concourt has upheld an @PresidencyZA decision to cut magistrates' pay increases to 5% from the 7% recommended. Story up s…
- Here's @khayadlanga's take: Sorry BBC, it's blacks who have no future in South Africa http://t.co/Gjh2K7VYdD via @mailandguardian