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South Africa: Dude, Where's the Presidency?

The South African Blogosphere just sparked with the recent news of 11 Ministers and 3 deputy ministers resigning including South Africa's star minister, Trevor Manuel and The Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Here's what the bloggers are saying… ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  23 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Essop Pahad,  Ngconde Balfour,  Aziz Pahad,  Mosibudi Mangena,  Thoko Didiza

South African Cartoonist Takes on ANC President

This has got to be one of the baddest cartoons I’ve ever seen and I am sure that Zapiro’s going to get in trouble with the protagonists in the cartoon, if he hasn’t already. The thing is, even though I sort of cringe at the story unfolding in the ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  16 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Jacob Zuma

Xenophobia Plagues South Africa

The recent extremely violent attacks on foreigners in South Africa have stirred the entire South African media world covering TV, radio, magazines, newspapers and of course… blogs.  Here's a round-up of the blog talk in South Africa around various ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  21 May 2008

South Africa: The Praise and Fall of Thabo Mbeki

South African President, Thabo Mbeki, is keeping bloggers increasingly active with his recent position on the situation in Zimbabwe, and bloggers are taking him to task. Here's a run-down of blogposts around the issue. Breaking News published these two ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  21 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki,  Levy Mwanawasa,  Morgan Tsvangirai,  United Nations

South Africa: Mbeki, No Crisis in Zimbabwe?

South African Bloggers are up in arms regarding the recent events in Zimbabwe as well as President Thabo Mbeki's statement recently that “There is no crisis in Zimbabwe”. This is a round-up of a few rants on the Zimbabwe situation and its affect ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  18 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki,  Robert Mugabe

The South African Blog Awards

On April 2nd, were held in Cape Town to a great turnout of bloggers and also some very inspired winners. This is a summary of posts about the award from South African bloggers. I just got home after attending this year’s blog awards ceremony at the ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  9 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

South Africa: We'll argue with our parents and play video games!

Earlier this week, President Thabo Mbeki proposed that an oath be recited by school children every day in a nation-building effort. Breaking News says that the Opposition Democratic Alliance Leader, Jack Bloom, had welcomed the effort saying… “I ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  26 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki,  Jessica Biel,  Natalie Portman,  Tony Hawk,  Steve Jobs

South Africa: The Free State Racist Video Saga

The last week and a half has been a constant heated re-iteration of South Africa's intermittent stance against hatred and racism of any kind. the situation was sparked off when 4 Free State university students had created a racist video tape in which ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  9 Mar 2008

South Africa: Another Manto Blunder…

The controversial South African Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who you might remember a couple of posts back as being under fire for her antics…is back in the spotlight, this time bloggers are venting anger at an address she gave to ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  5 Mar 2008

South Africa: Racist Black Journalists?

The president of the ANC, Jacob Zuma, was back in the news last Friday… this time for supporting a move by the Forum of Black Journalists (FBJ) to exclude White journalists from covering an off-the-record briefing by Jacob Zuma. The blogosphere has ...

From MUHAMMAD KARIM, Global Voices Online,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Bulelani Ngcuka

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