There are many South African bloggers who have made and continue to make a great impression on me and the countries onlince scene. I have taken the time to compile a list of who I think are some of the most influential bloggers in SA.
Jon Cherry – has had his fingers in many cherry pies. He initiated the SA Blog awards which were arguably the best and worst thing to happen to the SA Blogosphere in recent history. His projects include: Cherrypicka, FeverPitcher, Jetstreaker and is one of The Times Blogumists. Jon’s all-round involvement in the local blog scene definitely makes him an influencial figure.
Dave Duarte – Might not blog very often but when he does it seems to be profound. Most of the time. Dave made this list because of his incredible demeanor towards all things techie, innovative, blog-orientated and fresh. His work at the UCT Graduate school of business and Technomadic Markets have brought the online trend to marketing mainstream of business elite. His involvement in Muti.co.za, iCommons, Cerebra and the 27 Dinners makes Dave an effective networker. I think it’s a toss-up between Dave and Mike Stopforth when it comes to networking whores!
Vincent Maher Maher has featured on Al Jazeera and CNN in his capacity as a blogger, this alone makes him influencial. On top of his television appearances he has, along with Matthew Buckland, helped Mail&Guardian become one of the forerunners in the online sphere in South Africa. His involvement in Amatomu and Thoughtleader have set him apart among local online innovators. He was also nominated for IT personality of the year.
Maher’s blog also helps to define his prowess in the online sphere. Whenever he blogs you can rest assured that something dramatic will be said or take place. His coining of the term “Bullardgate” in the infamous bullard-scandal is one of the moments that stand out in recent history. Maher was also one of the first local bloggers to land a sponsorship for a blog.
Keo – When Keo talks the country listens. Sports are an integral part of South African culture. Keo is sport online in SA. There are no two-ways about it. Keo says Jake is going to win, and Jake won. Keo says that Sports are thriving and they thrive. I really do wish that I had more information on Keo.co.za but it is very hard to track the man down. Keo editors, if you read this, email me and let’s chat! This blog currently sits at the top of Amatomu.com rankings and has done so since it joined the service. Killer.
Mark Forrester – The man creates pure design bliss. He has helped design many blogs that form the top of the SA Blogosphere. He had a hand in the So Close redesign and the HomecomingRevolution and Represent blog designs. His own blog has put him on the international design map and made SA a name in those circles. His involvement in the design of Afrigator is clear and present and has definitely assisted the website in becoming a force to be reckoned with in Africa and the world.
Tertia Albertyn – Tertia is the author of one of SA’s greatest blogging successes, So Close. She was one of the first, the biggest and the ones that have lasted. Her blog allowed her to become a recognised figure in a niche market in SA and the world. She was recognised for her writing skills in 2007 as a 2007 Lulu Blooker finalist. She was in contention for the prize with the likes Frank Warren from Post Secret, Seth Godin, Colby Buzzell, Kristin Espinasse, Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas from Daily Kos. Tertia keeps on proving herself as a niche force to take seriously in the local blogosphere.
David Bullard – Author of the now defunct Bullog at the Times blog. The reason that bullog makes this list is thanks to his baptism of fire entrance in to the blogosphere. He had other names on this list scrambling for a response to his brash approach to bloggers and blogging. Bullard is living testament to the open nature of blogs. He surreptitiously entered the sphere, made his mark and departed as a non-blogger who blogged his way to fame in a short period of time.
Michael Trapido – Mr Trapido is a very new addition to the South African blogosphere (I hate that word but can’t think of another one). He was asked to blog for MG’s Thoughtleader blogging platform and has excelled. The reason that he makes my list of influential bloggers is his content. He pulls no punches and calls a spade exactly what he wants to call it. Trapido is a specialist criminal attorney. He is a director of the firm Turnbull and Associates. He is, like Bullard, living proof that blogging is for anyone and anyone can succeed. He has been of Thoughtleaders top bloggers for a while now and continues to pull no punches with his topics and his approach to blogging. If you haven’t read his blog yet, I think you should. Get there now.
Jarred Cinman – The voice of the underdog on his Thoughleader blog, burningpaper. Cinman goes against the grain in ever way and never ceases to make waves with his blog posts. He is intuitive, factual, heavy into research and loves to stir the pot. I love his blog posts because he is very willing to say what others wont and back it up with some viable research. Research is something that is seldom used by many bloggers but often makes the best bloggers who they are. He is a software director at Cambrient, South Africa’s leading developer of web applications and co-founded Johannesburg’s first professional web development company. This means that he has bite because his bark is justified. Another blogger who is a rising star. Keep a close eye on him.
Special Mention:
Adriaan Pienaar
Justin Hartman
Mike Stopforth
This list could be longer as any list of this type can always be. This is a subjective list and I know that many readers will have their own opinions. These are my choices and I am proud to say that I know, have spoken to or have met many of the people on the list.
Add to the list if you like and let me know who you think does SA proud in the online market nationally or internationally.
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October 26th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Thanks for the special mention
October 26th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
“South Africa’s most influential Blogging personalities” …according to?
October 26th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
@TheBlogMan – according to me: “This is a subjective list and I know that many readers will have their own opinions.” – straight out of the post itself. I wrote it. Is that OK?
Who would you have included?
October 26th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Wow and not a black face among them… they must really speak for the whole population… Transformation of the Blogosphere thats what I say….. maybe white chaps just dont want black people involved in their circle jerk… weird that…
October 26th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
marc forrester? hes a blog designer
these lists are so lame – its always the same ppl cherry, tertia and hartman..
look further, deeper.. fast muti and amatomu
classic example of the elite bloggers syndrome we suffer from in SA
October 26th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Bullard doesnt even blog anymore..
what about vinny lingham, charl norman, duncan mcleod, groogle.. etc
October 26th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
@TheBlogMan – are you actually reading my comments? Or are you just writing stuff? I said: “Author of the now defunct Bullog at the Times blog”. I know he isn’t blogging. I get it, I read it, I broke it. I know. But the principal of what he achieved meant, to me, that he was an influential blogger, a natural and a regular person who proves that the “circle jerk” that me speaks of is a load of hogwash.
Mark is a blog designer, but, in fact, he has a blog of his own which makes him a blogger too, strange that. And it is undeniable that he has put SA on the map regarding blog design, thus what he blogs about is influential in more than just the local circle.
@me – Why? Why did you have to make this about race? So typically single-minded and short sighted. But that’s OK, I can dig what you are saying. Which black bloggers would you have put on the list?? I am also interested to know why you attack so aggresively? I am sensing some previous agenda kreeping in?
Vinny, Charl, Duncan, Groogle, all people I have met, spoken to and/or know fairly well. They are all great bloggers, but in my opinion are not influential as such. Like i said from the start, this is a subjective list.
I appreciate your comments, but the people you suggest run in the same circles as some of the folk I have mentioned.
And to be honest, mentioning impressionable bloggers is not shallow as you imply, they are obvious. Is mentioning Mandela as a freedom fighter boring, shallow or tiresome simply because everyone knows him? I think not.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Hmm…. interesting post Nic,
but , Yasser happens to think your list is abit more personal,
u might ask Y?
however, before i answer that ,
allow me to ask, this Q, are they all these your friends nic?
October 26th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Previous Agenda, nope just my dislike of bloggers who big up bloggers, who big up other bloggers, who in turn big up the original bloggers,its as incestious as a banjo playing posse from Oranje in spring time. Blogs about blogs is probably one of the most lame things on the planet.
I especially like the blogger commenting on your blog thanking you for the special mention, I bet my left ball he’s linking to this article on his own blog at the moment.Talk about an Hegemony or more precise Circle jerking.
Now if you featured some of the lesser known blogs,maybe even ones with a complete opposite view from you,maybe then it wouldn’t look so bad, but come on its like the cheerleader squad out there, HomeComingRevolution, come on thats the most censored site on the planet.
Tinamensquare.iblog.com is probably more readable than that pile of poo, what did Mark Forrester invent,the read before censor button ?? Before they turned it into a blog it actually had proper debate on its forums.
Weren’t all you bloggers going to commit uHari on the old bullard when he cheerleaded for the censoring of your incestious ways? Or were you one of the “please Mr Bullard we will write about poppys and flora and fauna, and nothing but the party line, we dont need to be censored, we are all fluffy and bow down to your gracious power as a real published writer” sort of blog …..
October 26th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
P.S the whole bullard affair was like high speed circle jerking for dummys…about 1.5% of the population read any form of blog but it didnt stop the whole Affair becoming front page New media fodder. Talk about self important, its like watching E! news all day, everyday. Please google bring in the -”blog” as standard.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
@Yasser – Good question, no they arent all my friends, I have never met Mark, Tertia, Jarred, Trapido, Keo or Jon Cherry. Ofcourse the list is personal, I did write that it was a SUBJECTIVE list. Ofcourse it is. However, that is not to say that these people are not influential. I think that it is necessary to look at some of the accomplishments of the bloggers/people in the list. They are influential. And yes there are MANY MANY MANY more influential bloggers out there!
I knew I’d come under fire for this post so I am not at all surprised by the reaction.
@me – How could a “lesser known blogger” possibly be influential if they are not known? A bit paradoxical methinks?
I didn’t really speak about Homecomingrevolution other than to say that Mark designed the blog. And “maybe even ones with a complete opposite view from you” Fair point, but have you read some of these blogs, I blog about nothing that is similar to most of these people… Tertia – infertility/motherhood/birth, Keo – Sports. Just two examples.
Again I ask you, who would you prefer to have on a list? Link to them and show them here, let’s spread the linklove instead of bashing it.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Hey Nic, thanks for the feature, I’m most honoured. Am I allowed to say that “Me” or is that “Circle jerking”?
Yasser I have never met Nic, we are not mates, but I appreciate the good work he is doing in promoting proudly South African stories, the type people like “me” don’t want you to read.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
I encourage readers of SARocks to head on over to Homecoming Revolution and partake in the “debate”, at the moment it is more a case of a bunch of ex South Africans who have nothing good to say about SA ganging up on a webmaster.
I know this as I did the blog design a while back and have been reading the content regularly since. Seeing as I helped Homecoming Revolution convert their forum to a blog I think “Me” doesn’t like me.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
I like the way the circle goes into a huddle, Mark, when someone questions whats going on and challenges the continuous back slapping(washing)…..
I read the blog for the good news stories myself,because trust me outside the sunshine circle it gets a bit choppy and maybe sometimes a little bit deeper than some of the poppy dancers on this list would like you to believe, but I am not complaining about the site,I just don’t see how “circle jerking” is in any way “South African” affirmining…
but lucky enough I can just go elsewhere, I know where I am not wanted…
keep on chasing real readers away and you chaps will just end up with other bloggers reading your blogs, therefore reaffirming the circle jerk affect.
Its kinda like the only people reading your newspaper articles are other newspaper writers and your articles are just about other newspapers.
Myself and the theBlogMan are the only ones without blogs,telling isn’t it ??
October 26th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
“I encourage readers of SARocks to head on over to Homecoming Revolution and partake in the “debate”, ”
My god you just cannot help yourself can you, straight away you move onto pimping another BLOG …. its nuts …. get a hold of yourself man, just because you live in the blogosphere it doesn’t mean the rest of us cannot come and visit some time and maybe tell you whats happening in the real world.
No I don’t have a grudge against you and no Nic I dont have a previous agenda kreeping in, my dissent is not some conspiracy against you as a person,talk about egotistical.
I was just saying that you helped turn a thriving community into a dead zone,with no soul and a big censor button, kinda like living in China. But I guess that helps the site stay on message.Whatever makes the Man happy thats what I say.
October 26th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Hey, Hey, Hey,
wait a second,
I’ve been following this discussion very enthusiastically and i think it is getting a bit outta hand at the moment!
Firstly , whoever this “me” dude or dudette is , has got some very thought provoking points here, but then again this doesn’t mean they all true or these all above mentioned bloggers aren’t influential. (may sound ironic but that’s the way it is!)
However i got some concerns of my owns as well,
How come ain’t no people of other race in ur post nic? ( Ofcourse, without sounding like im questioning your authority or undermining your post or even disrespecting all the above mentioned bloggers. )
Lastly , i think that everybody in the blogsphere, has got to understand that , ” NO BODY RUNS SA’s BLOGSPHERE” period!
the blogsphere belongs to everybody that contributes whatsoever to it to ensure it’s growth and a high level of vibrancy !
and oh yes, almost forgot,
this last bit, is directed to the ” me ” person,
whoever you are, y are u afraid to disclose urself? what are u afraid of?
October 26th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I think the first problem is your headline: “South Africa’s most influential Blogging personalities”. It sounds too official, too defined, a little ‘spam-ish’ as well (looks great in Muti, and everyone will click on it).
Secondly, the post outlines the success of the blogs, but does not analyze WHY/HOW these blogs/bloggers are influencial. Popular does NOT mean influencial!
October 26th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Personally, I find the “Special Mention” at the end of the post quite sweet. Do you know any of those bloggers and what does the “Special Mention” actually entail? Are they only semi-influencial bloggers?
October 26th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
@Zeplin – Very good point. I think maybe I should have justified it a bit more in-depth, but do you think that would avoid the current battering? To people like “me” it seems as though anything, or anyone, I would have spoken about would have been targeted.
@Yasser – Also very good point. On the black issue. To be honest I wasn’t think along race lines. Just because this is a pro-SA blog doesn’t mean that as the author I think about race all the time. I truly found people, blogs that I read and people who I felt to be influential and blogged about them. I’ll ask this again because I’ve asked it before on this thread: Who should I have included?
Lastly, I concur with Yasser – Who is “me” and why the anonnimity?
Would it have been better if I forced myself to put a black blogger on the list just because? This sounds awfully like the SA Rugby debacle going on. I really am so shocked that this has become a race issue. It really upsets me that the immediate focus is on the lack of representation. I am pretty interested to know what percentage of bloggers are actually black? I have a strong feeling that the numbers aren’t as pervasive as you are all implying. This is unfortunately not something I have control over!
@TheBlogMan – thanks, I appreciate your sentiments. I know two of them and I am not going to deny that for the likes of you. I am proud to know them and am proud of what they have done for the online industry here in SA. Irrespective of what you think their impact on the online culture in SA is doubtless.
And Yasser, well said, NO ONE owns the blogosphere, least of all me.
October 26th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
@me – I am not chasing anyone away. I am also sorry that due to one post you feel ostrasised and are willing to stop reading this blog. I can see how these South African bloggers show “South African affirmation” and am sorry that you are hung up on your opinion and can’t see it too. But such is life. Hell there are people who think that Jake White and John Smit are “back washing” and did nothing for this country. But then what do they know?
October 26th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
I think Ndumiso Ncobo needs to be on this list, he is a brilliant writer and my wife and I are fighting over who gets to read his book first.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Finally a suggestion. Amazing how it’s one of the bloggers on the list that is the first person to suggest another blogger. No bitching, just a suggestion. Thanks.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Where is this country? In Europe? Black people don’t blog? I think your list apart from being your personal choices (which is fine) perfectly reflect the unacceptable racial political economy of the blogosphere and the internet in SA.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I should have added: what are the criteria for ‘influential’? That SA’s political and economic elites, or its media take their news/information/opinion cues from this group. Hardly.
October 27th, 2007 at 2:25 am
Anonimity is the life blood of the internet. I dont have to tell you anything about myself,you dont have to figure out who is seeding that funky new album on bit torrent, or who is the anonymous guy writing the struggle propaganda on the anc today website is.Its really funny that i have to ‘show’ myself to make what i say mean anything. For all i know nic haralambous could be a propoganda office in luluthi house and mark forrestor could be a plant for the cia left ball society. Gees creating a blog theme and censor is hardly rocket science most first world grade 4′s can do it. Anyway writing letters on paper arguing that paper is the best medium to write letters on is pretty stupid.
October 27th, 2007 at 8:40 am
It seems like some people don’t want you to have an opinion!
I am a regular reader of Keo’s blog – and he rightly has the number one spot in South Africa. Tertia’s also great. Bullard & Guy McClaren I’ll read when I’m looking for controversy guaranteed. Vincent Maher’s blog I’ve found myself reading occasionally, even though I don’t always agree with him (and even though he doesn’t consider my blog a blog!). Just Plain‘s blog is also right up there.
October 27th, 2007 at 10:34 am
@South African – Thanks for the comment!
@me – Thanks for the brief lesson in anonymity! Look, Like I said, this is MY list, this is the way I think for now and I am sorry if you don’t like it, add to the list like I have asked you to do and start sharing the linklove. Or one better, blog your own list of unknown influential bloggers in SA!
October 27th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Nic, all I have to say is that I’m sitting in bed with my girlfriend reading this right now and you’re helping score here buddy:) thank you!
October 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Hahahahahaha – Dave, that’s awesome, I’m glad I can help, in any way possible!!
October 27th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Vincent Maher is the @$%&%*%$! who completely stuffed up the amagama launch by deleted a posting on my blog, then blocking access and refusing to cooperate after I requested the material to be returned. After six months of nagging, I eventually got hold of MY BLOG (two years of material) and migrated to wordpress. Needless to say I won’t be nominating him for anything…and should probably sue the company concerned for pain and suffering….
October 27th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Oh, if you want more about my pain and frustration with some of the !@@##$$#$ who run SA’s press, including the incident where I was chucked in jail for complaining about media24 racism in the workplace go to http://davidrobertlewis.wordpress.com
October 27th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Ah David, I’ve heard of you somewhere before. You like to rant I believe. I couldn’t disagree with you more almost everything you’ve said here. No one can dispute what Maher has done for online media in SA. He has represented us impeccably (with a few controversial blog posts and opinions) but the fact that you can’t see that means you are way too personally peeved with Maher.
Sorry about that.
October 27th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
David didn’t get his email and thinks its a conspiracy…
October 29th, 2007 at 1:55 am
Smelt this coming when submitting to muti
why do some people take everything so seriously?
Ain’t stirring fun Nic?
October 29th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Yep, I did see it coming, you called it Rafiq!! I am a bit surprised that people got so tense over it! But hey, it was an interesting discussion to say the least!!
October 29th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I’m 25. This is awesome. I wanna be a journalist. You guys all rock. Up the angst.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
pravda – awesome, great comment!!
October 29th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Well, i think NIC is already influential (bloggers across the blogsphere have been influenced by this blogpost in 1 way or another, lol)!!
look at all these comments, i can’t recall the last time so many people commented on one blog like this, lol
Great work Nic,
October 29th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Hahahaha, Thanks Yasser, but you do know that you are now in the line of fire for patting my on the back! Appreciate the comments though.
October 29th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
What was the criteria when selecting the “Most Influential” bloggers? Site stats? amount of blog posts? Amount of other influential bloggers who read their sites? Could “your list” be a little biased or maybe not very thoroughly researched?
Unless your intention for this site is merely to put forward your own perspective and not include others I think it might be better to open a dialogue instead of just cutting people off. Don’t forget that your site is only what it is because of others visiting it.
Too many bloggers are being overly defensive when criticised and not learning enough from the criticism. Criticism is something any blogger should be prepared for as your writing is not about self gratification but about providing content which adds value and is meaningful to others. Only by adding value can you maintain a consistent following.
I do agree however that some commenters are just out to criticize any and everything and I hope you don’t see me as one of them. What do you think of what I have said?
October 29th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
@nomad-one I think that what you say is right. Every blogger needs to be able to take criticism, but I refuse to take criticism from people who wont read what I have said in the post they are criticising.
I clearly state that the list is SUBJECTIVE. I am not intentionally cutting people off, but what must also be remembered is that as much as my blog is my readers, it is also thanks to me and my blogging that I have readers. It’s a chicken and egg situation. They are both heavily dependent on one another.
I am really not overly defensive, and if you look through my comments I clearly state a few times that some people have had good comments and good points that I have taken in to consideration. I even went so far as to ask the most critical commenter, “me”, to add to the list and get involved positively.
But all in all, I agree that the blogoshpere can be a but tightly knit and overly sensitive. I knew I would get flak for this post!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Hmmm…. this is a very small list, Nick. It also appears incomplete, almost random. Are you saying this all you can come up with with regards to influential SA bloggers?
There are some good names there, but I can think of many more top notch bloggers that could be regarded as influential that are not on this list. As good as he is, you have a blogger in there thats only been blogging for about two months (Traps), a guy who doesn’t consider himself a blogger (Keo) and a guy who has stopped blogging (Bullard)…
My honest opinion? We see these kind of introspective “who are the best” posts surfacing about once or twice a year… and they can be useful. But for this list — I think more work could have been put into it.
In your defence, I know you say its subjective… but for people to take these things seriously you need at least some objective criteria.
Just my honest two cents.
… appreciate my personal mention though!!
October 30th, 2007 at 8:29 am
@Matt – Thanks for the comment. I completely appreciate the points you are making. The list is not as wide as it could be, which I stated, it could’ve gone on forever. I have named a blogger who isn’t blogging, a blogger who hasn’t been for long and a blogger who doesn’t think he is a blogger. But that is the nature of what we do isn’t it?
Who cares if you have only been blogging for two months, you can be important, bullard proved that and Trapido might just prove it again. Keo can say a million times he isn’t a blogger, but his site sits on Amatomu and is referred to as a blog.
I admit that more research could’ve been done but honestly do you think that it would’ve received this much heat? Over 40 comments, I’m proud of that!
I don’t think that more research would have mattered, people who are pissed off are generally just pissed off, irrespective of what you have to say. I have asked on numerous occasions on this thread for contributions and Vince is the only person who has made a suggestion.
Participation is key, let’s see who other people think should be on the list and build an extensive list in this thread rather than bitch and moan. If you know what I mean?
October 30th, 2007 at 11:29 am
One of SA’s most influential bloggers, one of GQ’s 50 best dressed men, profiled in this month’s Wine magazine, author of a new best selling book, being sued for R6 million by JZ…….I ask you with tears in my eyes……is there any mountain left unclimbed?
October 30th, 2007 at 11:45 am
@David – You crack me up!
October 31st, 2007 at 6:53 am
48 comments Nic – wow the last time I saw this kind of response was with the street renaming process in Durbs. I am constantly amazed at the amount of ego in blogging/bloggers. Maybe its because freedom of speech is new to all of us and we’re not quite used to dealing with all the rights and responsibilities yet. Another reason I believe is that most bloggers aren’t professional writers, so they are usually quite precious and protective about their written words, whereas for working writers, it is just another day at the office.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:44 am
Guys thank you for the very kind words you said about me.
This is proof that my headmaster, John O Meare’s name withheld on request, who wanted me spayed and later put down, was way off the mark.
Keep up your great site.
Traps
November 15th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Life is way to short to take matters this seriously. I blog. I love it because it has helped people. Its also got me a few contracting jobs. If you wanna blog, then blog. Its good fun! nobody reads my blog, i dont care, and i dont know anyone that well in the blogosphere! i do get that there is a lot of high-fives and back scratching amongst the major players in the blog world in SA, but thats like any community. There will always be leaders in a community.
So if you hate blogs, or dont wanna read this one, then dont! just stop bitching, theres more to life than blogs
January 9th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Sheesh, I managed to miss this last year somehow. But thanks for the mention, much appreciated. Glad you like my stuff.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Hahahaha, Jarred, yes you did miss this! And it generated a crap load of comments too!
I do dig your stuff and thanks to Vin I managed to find your blog and get reading on all the atheist opinions you have! Right up my street!
January 10th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I agree with a few of the names, but as blogman said, it is very elitist. And as you said-very subjective. I can’t help but notice all are white. Not playing the race card, just making an observation:-)
And there’s only one female mentioned. Nope-not playing the sexist card either.
Read Khadija Sharife’s blog on Thought Leader-as Charlene Smith noted, she’s one of SA’s upcoming writers.
If we all had to compile lists, each would be very different.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
At the time of publishing this there weren’t that many females or black bloggers in SA and that’s the truth. How many black bloggers do you know of read who’ve been blogging for longer than a month or two?
I agree, everyone who would write a list like this will have different people on it. Too true and well said!
May 14th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Khadija Sharife is probably one of the biggest one eyed American hating,badger bating,corporate banging,conspiracy believing, racist bigots I have ever read, but I have to give her credit she has never let good facts get in the way of a long winded hate diatribe on the American people, as far as she is concerned she cannot wait for all of us to live in concentration camps at the boot of some dictator…if she is the future of South African writing, which could be very likely because she is opioniated, narrow minded and likes to put everyone in a little generalization box which suites her current hate speech at the time which is what South Africans generally are and do, then I am definately out of here….
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