Wow! The internet is an amazing thing. The amount of comments I have received from you in such a short space of time is beyond my comprehension. Thanks to everyone who’s joining my conversation on my journalistic journey.
My post about the policeman being shot has provoked the most attention it would seem… So I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘General’
June 12, 2008
God’s justice
June 11, 2008
Spare a thought
There are many types of crime we just have to deal with in South Africa, but when a cop gets shot it’s just something I can’t stomach.
Today I covered a story of a cop who was shot in the stomach when he and his partner caught ATM-bombers red-handed. Insp. Thys van Wyk (41), father of three young kids, [...]
June 10, 2008
There’s more to photos than meets the eye
Five people from the same family are missing: Mom, dad, son, daughter and daughter’s four-year-old boy. They vanished without a trace, together with the little boy’s mom’s fiance.
Myra Blanche Clur (62), her husband Charles Henry Joseph (68), their son Ivan (28), daughter Tamryn Caitlyn (21) and her little boy Tyler (4) disappeared on 3 April [...]
June 9, 2008
Samwu strike stinks!
The streets of Ekurhuleni on the East Rand of Johannesburg are a mess!
Today I covered the Samwu (South African Municipal Workers Union) strike that entered it’s third week in this area and I was both disgusted and entertained: disgusted at how municipal workers can overturn rubbish bins, break streetlamps and throw rubbish across the streets [...]
June 2, 2008
The Koek phenomenon began online
Here’s proof that South Africa’s online media is catching up to the rest of the world. The proof is in the pudding – or rather… in The Koek (the cake)!
The character of Vernon Koekemoer, a middle-aged man sporting a mullet hairdo and some unusual fashion gear, was created online, became very popular very quickly online and still continues online.
Vernon Koekemoer [...]
May 30, 2008
I am ‘movie freak’
I love movies!
To illustrate: when I was in high school, I rented the movie While You Were Sleeping (I was a huge Sandra Bullock fan!) so many times that the movie shop eventually gave it to me!
There’s just something about that big silver screen, the popcorn (yummy cheese flavour, thank you!) and getting all emotional [...]
May 29, 2008
Can we question The Star’s xenophobic rescue campaign?
On Tuesday The Star (www.thestar.co.za) launched a campaign called Operation Reach Out to help the thousands of displaced victims of the recent violent xenophobic attacks. The Star, owned by the Independent Newspaper Group, put in R250 000 in funds to start the campaign. Today it reports that the campaign is doing well, with Vodacom pitching in R400 000.
Now, I have [...]
May 28, 2008
Xenophobic violence in South Africa
For the past two weeks, South Africa has been plagued by violent xenophobic attacks that has seen thousands of foreigners displaced, over 30 people killed and over 1000 people arrested. Most of these attacks have been taking place on the East Rand, the area I cover for Beeld (check out www.beeld.com and search Gloria Edwards [...]
May 28, 2008
The citizen journalism revolution
A comment on my blog reads: All journalists are people, but not all people are journalists. With the advent of the internet and other technologies, like cellphone cameras, now anyone can become a journalist in the sense of reporting on events. Check out this video, in which Chris Hogg and David Silverberg from DigitalJournal.com explain the [...]
May 28, 2008
Dolphins Mate
This is glorious! It’s from a project that my lecturers at Wits University are running, called www.earth-touch.com Click below to view! Go to their site to see more stunning wild life videos! I will be posting more videos from there soon…
