Stories about South Africa from January, 2008
South Africa: No Light at the End of the Tunnel…
South Africa's main electricity provider, Eskom, has recently been getting a lot of flak from the South African population due to the "load-shedding" tactics being implemented to make sure supply meets demand.
South Africa: 2008 South Africa Blog Awards
Cherryflava announces the 2008 South Africa Blog Awards: “This year's SA Blog Awards site is now live – with initial nominations opening up on the site on Monday 11 February...
South Africa: Cape Town on the World Monopoly Board
Cape Town Rocks would like to see Cape Town on the World Monopoly Board: “Cape Town is one of the Cities that you can vote for to become a city...
South Africa: Good start for Bafana?
South Africa Rocks writes about the South African national team at the Africa Cup of Nations: “Not a bad start in the Group Of Death (GOD – strange that). All...
Environment: Global roundup of Enviroblogs.
Environmental blogs around the world are addressing a myriad issues specific to their region, but of global concern. In DRC the Gorilla Protection blog is pondering what a peace deal would mean for Gorillas. From China Dialogue, a look at what is next after the Bali climate change conference, and from South Africa, we have reactions to the recent power shortages and an eco-car competition.
South Africa: Cape Town food blog
Andrew invites readers to his Cape Town food blog: “As a child sitting at my mother's feet as she baked pies for the tuisbedryfe of the Peninsula (the first word...
South Africa: Women growing organic food
Nubian Cheetah posts a video of organic food growers in South Africa: “The women in the the Fezeka community in Gugulethu, South Africa are growing organic foods and selling them...
How the well-off live in South Africa
Beneburundi [FR] on how the well-off in South Africa live: “South Africa was so different from what I could have imagined. It was like the US in Africa: immense cities,...
South Africa: What the hell is going on?
Blog South Africa asks, what the hell is going on in South Africa?: “Nel gets arrested by the police, by all reports by actively going from prosecutor to prosecutor in...
Environment: Greening Communities in South Africa
Carbon Copy posts a 90 second award winning film shot in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township; The film “touches on daily township life in South Africa and how solar energy could...
Kenya/South Africa: Lessons for South Africa
South Africa should learn from what is happening in Kenya: “THE events of the last two weeks in Kenya have exposed just how fragile democracy is when it does not...
