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South African president Jacob Zuma wants his country’s citizens to lay out their troubles on social media ahead of his State of the Nation address, scheduled for 9 February.This is the second year-running that Zuma has turned to social media as a means of addressing the concerns of the ...

Despite international and local outcry, the controversial "Protection of State Information Bill", more commonly referred to the "secrecy bill", has taken its first steps to becoming law. Opponents of the proposed law have promised to continue fighting it tooth and nail. That fight was, once again, taken online with the ...

Julius Malema, upstart leader of South Africa's ANC Youth League (ANCYL) today faced the music for his multiple political indiscretions. Of the rulings, one stands out and Twitter was there to capture the moment.Malema, and a number of his cohorts from the ANCYL leadership, had been facing charges before an ...

The general consesus emerging amongst the chattering classes is that tomorrow's elections in South Africa will become known as "The Toilet Elections of 2011." However, had that matter not so spectacularly erupted in the face of both major political parties, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the African National Congress (ANC), ...

As recent news has shown, the South African government has started showing a significant interest in the media. Take, for example, the highly controversial Protection of Information Bill which is seeking to restrict mainstream media and, in my honest opinion, to impose yet another layer of control by our seemingly ...

Apple’s recently launched iPhone4 has received greater internet search interest than Justin Bieber, despite the fact that the teen pop sensation was actually in South Africa at the time. This revelation comes from Google Zeitgeist-- a tool that provides insight into internet search trends.SA’s fascination with the latest gadgets is ...