The Melting Pot
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SA Rocks- South African national anthem for English speakersThis was sent to me via twitter (courtesy of Mr Singe!). What a great way to visually explain the South African national anthem for those of us who firstly don’t know it by now, secondly know it but might not know how we are pronouncing it and thirdly don’t speak the languages in the anthem. [...]
- 702 takes on zasucks owner Bert OosthuizenLast night I was fortunate enough to be involved in an extremely interesting debate involving the owner of the zasucks blog (I’m still not going to link to that racist blog as I don’t want to promote it on this platform). Blogs like zasucks helped me start SA Rocks. It’s because of people like those [...]
- Consumer Protection Act SeriesDid you know that thanks to the Consumer Protection Act, South Africans will be amongst the best protected consumers in the world – from October 2010 when the law comes into effect. Of course the legislation is not worth the paper it’s written on, if we as consumers don’t know what our rights are. On the [...]
- South Africa has a new international brandAnd this it is: I am still not 100% convinced that I LOVE the new brand, but it’s clean, simple and definitely stands out enough to catch an eye. What do you think? Similar Posts: Chocolate marshmallow Easter eggs Things you wouldn’t think you’d miss: Language Barriers My thoughts on Shikota, the SANC and the SADC Stunning things in South Africa [...] […]
- Alternative energy for happy living: empowering South Africa with the sunEd’s note: This is a guest blog post from Sustainable.co.za. We all complain about the Eskom price hikes: while facing mass retrenchments and skyrocketing food prices we are also faced with the exorbitant price of electricity and the future threat of 30-40% price hikes. But what are we, as individuals, really doing about the cost of [...]
- South African national anthem for English speakers
