New on The BlaBla Blog today... Best of BlaBla 2011–The Top 15 Posts

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 that our blanket coverage of [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... It’s SA Blog Awards Time Again

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 a little chunk of [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Just how right-wing are the Avusa & Naspers white masters?

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 financial affairs of that favourite South African youngster, Julius Malema, because [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... We’re 2 Years Old Today

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 comparison, Google Analytics tells us [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Easter Greetings from The BlaBla Blog

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’ penny, Hot Cross Buns

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Last Chance to Register for the 2011 Google Science Fair

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 submitted to the 2011 Google Science Fair. I [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Out Googling U2.com

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 U2 web site at U2.com Blablanians, [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Obsessed With Facebook Much?

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 by the “Facebook is Closing on 15 March” hoax story? The fact that the number of Facebook users [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... South African 2011 Public Holidays

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 Day Monday, 21 March: Human Rights Day Friday, 22 April: [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Blink Stefanus Wins Gold Pendoring Award

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. The annual Pendoring Awards is the only competition of its kind that [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Vote For BlaBla in the 2010 SA Blog Awards

Vote for The BlaBla Blog in the 2010 SA Blog Awards! 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 a Top Ten Finalist in the Best Group Blog category. Go vote for us already!

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Keep Flying

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 buttons, designed and produced as part of the campaign are now available for companies [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... And Then There Were 14: 2010 World Cup Knockout Phase

2010 World Cup Knockout Phase Chart for Downloading & Printing Updated: Sunday, 27 June Round of 16 match-ups of note: England vs. Germany; Brazil vs. Chile; Spain vs. Portugal; Argentina vs. Mexico Two weeks done, two weeks to go. Today sees the start of the Final Knockout Phase of the [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... South Africans & The World Cup – Will The Anti Brigade Please Take Your Head Out Of Your Arse Already

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 the fact that this is [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... WordPress 3.0 Thelonious Released

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 upgraded version of WordPress,WP 3.0 – code named “Thelonious”. Arm your [...]

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