With the new year upon us, it’s appropriate for us to take a quick glance in the rearview mirror to see what Blablanians were reading in 2011.
Here’s a list of our 15 most popular posts from the last calendar year. And it’s quickly apparent...
Tue, 03 January 2012 4:00 PM / 1 comment
What?! I hear you cry. So soon? Indeed friends of the Bla.
The 2011 edition of the South African Blog Awards is upon us. And The BlaBla Blog is once again pitting itself against the rest of the South African blogosphere in an effort to secure...
Mon, 31 October 2011 8:52 PM / 3 comments
In the column (“Haffajee does it for white masters”) that got him axed from the Sowetan, Eric Miyeni suggests that City Press editor Ferial Haffajee allowed the publication in her newspaper of a series of articles disclosing the questionable...
Tue, 02 August 2011 4:46 PM / 5 comments
The BlaBla Blog celebrates its’ Second Birthday today. This last year has been a fantastic time of growth for us, and we hope to keep growing as we go into our Third.
BlaBla now has 836 published posts and 4,228 published comments.
In a year-on-year...
Wed, 01 June 2011 8:07 AM / 5 comments
To you and yours, from us and ours
A peaceful, safe and very happy Easter!
Hot cross buns,
Hot cross buns,
one ha’ penny,
two ha’ penny,
hot cross buns.
If you have no daughters,
give them to your sons,
one ha’ penny,
two ha’...
Thu, 21 April 2011 11:21 AM / no comments
Please note that this is a sponsored post
Introducing the world’s first online global science competition, the Google Science Fair!
We here at The BlaBla Blog are big on education and would love to see a South African entry or two being...
Sat, 02 April 2011 7:07 PM / no comments
Just a quick note to thank everyone, everywhere who has visited The BlaBla Blog over the past few weeks looking for information about the U2 360 Degree Tour concerts in South Africa next month. With your help we now out Google even the official...
Thu, 27 January 2011 5:40 PM / 2 comments
Fantastic Infographic put together by Online Schools detailing some of the incredible usage stats for Facebook in 2010.
Via: Online Schools
Most telling of the information presented, considering the recent ‘confusion’ generated...
Thu, 13 January 2011 6:54 AM / 2 comments
It’s Monday, 03 January 2011. Why the hell aren’t you back at work?!
Here’s the official list of public holidays for 2011, courtesy of the good folk over at the South African Government Information Service.
Saturday, 01 January: New Year’s...
Mon, 03 January 2011 6:24 AM / 6 comments
We were very pleased to receive news this morning that Stefanus Nel and his Baie-Lingual Blink Stefanus agency won a prestigious Gold Pendoring Award this past weekend for his maverick “Man trou met Logo” (“Man marries Logo”) campaign....
Mon, 01 November 2010 1:47 PM / 1 comment
Thanks to all the wonderful BlaBlanians who supported our nomination into the 2010 SA Blog Awards, we’re pleased to announce that The BlaBla Blog has been named as one of the Top 10 Finalists in the category Best Group Blog! If you are one...
Wed, 01 September 2010 8:26 AM / 11 comments
Buttoning down good cheer
Kicked off by advertising agency Draftfcb South Africa, the Keep Flying campaign is aimed at proving the international research, which shows that all host nations suffer from post-event depression, wrong. Keep Flying...
Thu, 08 July 2010 1:44 PM / 2 comments
2010 World Cup Knockout Phase Chart for Downloading & Printing
Updated: Sunday, 27 June
2010 World Cup Knockout Phase Chart - Click to Enlarge
Round of 16 match-ups of note: England vs. Germany; Brazil vs. Chile; Spain vs. Portugal; Argentina...
Sun, 27 June 2010 9:15 AM / 3 comments
Sometimes I get a little hot under the collar. It doesn’t happen often, and it normally takes something big to upset me. Soon after the South African teams’ exit from the 2010 World Cup on Tuesday evening I had one of those rare moments.
Lamenting...
Thu, 24 June 2010 8:45 AM / 15 comments
Our ubiquitous 2010 World Cup symbol, the vuvuzela, has been making it’s presence felt in the most unusual places. Now it’s found it’s way into the WordPress.org announcement of the launch of the much anticipated release of the new...
Fri, 18 June 2010 8:00 AM / 4 comments