And in the news today …

Posted on 08 May, 2009

I was thinking about the Presidential Inauguration coming up this weekend and really thinking hard about why the need to spend R75million on a glitzy event?  Surely there are starving people all over South Africa who could benefit from this monetary input?
Of course they can benefit in a small way, but the reality is that [...]

The Shaikiness of Terminal Illness

Posted on 05 March, 2009

I look back at what has transpired during and after the trial of Shabir Shaik and I also take note of everyone whinging and complaining about how he is now back at home after spending less than a month in prison over the passed few years.  People, let’s be honest here, we can moan and [...]

Discovery Health Issues

Posted on 27 February, 2009

Why oh why does one of the best Medical Aid companies I have used have to screw their reputation up with me based on a fault of their own.  I cancelled my account with them last year October due to me not being able to afford medical aid during unemployment.  The balance in my Medical [...]

SEO Trial & Error

Posted on 26 January, 2009

On Thursday last week I made some changes to the PrivateProperty.co.za website to make sure that we are number 1 for the search term “property for sale” in Google.
The changes seem to have moved us up into 6th position, up from 10th.  But not quite at the number 1 spot that we want to be [...]

Building on Fire in Durban!

Posted on 22 January, 2009

Yesterday, on my way home from Umhlanga, I spotted a plume of black smoke coming up from the streets in Durban.  I decided that I would be the ever-inquisitive person I really am, and try find this place and get some photos.
I manged to get there, eventually, and quite close too.  I took some [...]

Leave alone the Zebra, where do I start?

Posted on 19 January, 2009

Perdeberg Wines have this great competition running online at the moment.  By guessing the clues correctly which I assume will allow one to find The Missing Zebra, you can win yourself a case of Perdeberg wine, isn’t that novel?
Well it would be, if I fully understood how the competition actually works.  I found a question [...]

Jumping on the bandwagon in 2009

Posted on 13 January, 2009

2009 … what does it hold for us?  Everyone else has blogged about this, I think I will to …
Marketing Shifts Online
The general consensus is that of an online media marketing boom!  Everyone is predicting that this will be THE YEAR for online marketing to possibly overtake the ad-spend of traditional media.  Could this be [...]

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