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JacobZuma.com

December 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Jacob Zuma has just been elected leader of the ANC, the ruling party in South Africa. The owner of JacobZuma.com must be smiling…
Update: Just read an article at BusinessDay - appears the JacobZuma.com domain is owned by Jacob Zuma
Further Update: Just looked at the whois for the JacobZuma.com domain and noticed the following:  [...]

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Tags: south africa

Initial Zoopy Thoughts

June 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I realised earlier today that I’m a big “LOUD MOUTH” for supporting South African start-up’s, and yet at the same time, most of the time I spend on the net (other than local news sites) is on the international sites - google, facebook, flickr, youtube etc etc
So I’m going to make a concerted effort not [...]

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Tags: 2.0 · south africa

idols4.co.za Reaches Number 1

June 25th, 2007 · 5 Comments

A close friend of mine, (who will remain nameless, unless he / she asks me for a link back, in which case i’ll edit and disclose!) is the MASTER of SPIN, HYPE, PR, MEDIA FRENZY.
They know how to get people excited about their products launches, and it’s a BEAUTIFUL CIRCLE (far better than a vicious [...]

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Tags: south africa · websites

Advantage of an Internet Company in South Africa?

April 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Most business’s i’m involved in are Internet centric.
However, there are a few offline, traditional business’s that I spend some of my time on - one of them, the eSquared Fashion Stores, has showed me a major advantage of doing business as an Internet Company in South Africa.
This week the eSquared shop in Durban had it’s [...]

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Tags: crime · south africa · start up