South Africa has crossed one of its biggest economic milestones of the decade, officially surpassing pre pandemic international arrival numbers and positioning itself for…
Another SA online ranking site launched
A newly formed website umbrella body, Website Association of South Africa (WASA), has launched a brand-new web metrics and rankings system for the country….
First Google South Africa networking session kicks off
The new Google country head Stafford Masie held an informal get together and networking session for about 60 or so local internet players on…
24.com launches Laaik.it
Breaking news on the local social media scene: 24.com, the internet arm of Media24, has launched its new social news and bookmarking site, Laaik.it….
SA aggregator cracks CNN mention
This is killer. CNN.com mentioned Afrigator as a hot web 2.0 startup. Afrigator is the Africa-focused blog aggregator by Justin Hartman and Mike Stopforth….
Despite broadband growth, SA internet grows marginally – Goldstuck
Arthur Goldstuck’s new research at first glance appears to be at odds with the recent statement Nielsen//Netratings issued that internet growth in South Africa…
South Africa’s Exploding Internet
Received a press release from Nielsen//Netratings, who run the statistics and compiles readership of the major websites in the local Online Publisher’s Association. Whichever…
Google slammed, Google praised at newspaper conference
Eamonn Byrne from the World Association of newspapers asked the panel at the last session of this congress: Is partnering with a search engine…
Online news will supplant TV as leading source
According to a World Association of Newspapers poll online news will supplant television network news as the leading news source over the next five…
News24 launches MyNews24
Our local News24.com has launched a new citizen journalism portal called MyNews24. Elan Lohmann who is sitting next to me at this conference tells…
The Times: SA's newest online publisher is live
Don’t know how official it is yet, but the new (South African) Times website is now live. I meandered over to the Sunday Times…
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