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Here’s some very cool images of where you can go to vote according in the Cape area. Unfortunately they are somewhat illegible but might help as an absolute last resort. I think that the yellow numbered squares are what you want to look for on the maps.

I have to keep pushing this and there is something very cool coming out on Monday in the SA Rocks stable that s along these lines. So do me a favour, do your country and fellow citizens a favour and do your democracy a damn favour and register to vote. Vote vote vote vote vote vote.

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This might be american-centric but it’s relevant to the post that I wrote yesterday. Vote, register, have a voice, believe in something and if you do, then vote.

YOU HAVE TO VOTE.

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South Africans are resourceful, passionate and innovative. We like to create something from nothing, success from adversity and potential from disaster.

This is one of the reasons that I love being here and love South Africa. We are just different.

Finally it seems as though the world is beginning to take notice of this in the online/internet/innovation spheres.

SA Rocks blogged about Springleap in February of this year, we are ahead of the game! And now Springleap.com has been nominated for an Innovation 100 Award. Here’s a snippet from the Springleap Facebook event about the voting:

Some fantastic news!!!

Springleap.com (our proudly South African Initiative to promote SA Artists and rejuvenate the SA Garment Trade) has been nominated for the Innovation 100 Awards.

There are 100 companies that have been nominated in 10 categories… and springleap has been nominated as one of the top 10 innovative companies in the world’s retail category – this means we are right up there going against Amazon and the Apple App Store – and this is your chance to help put South Africa on the map by voting for springleap.com and telling your friends to go there and vote.

Please click on this link to go there and vote for Proudly SA:

http://www.thestandard.com/awards/tis100/show_category/5742

It’s a great time to show our South African unity and pride at something that puts SA on the map right up there with the big boys. A precious moment to show that we are springleaping together.

Facebook your friends, e-mail your pals and support South Africa at the Innovations 100 awards.

So what do you need to do?

It’s simple. Visit the Industry Standard website and VOTE FOR SPRINGLEAP.

And on a parting note it must be noted that Vinny Lingham‘s wonder-product, Synthasite is also up for an award so that makes two South Africans cracking the nod of approval this year.

Head over to the Innovations website and VOTE FOR SYNTHASITE too.

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I have previously blogged about the Monopoly voting for the international monopoly board and how we need to band together and vote for CT. And we did, didn’t we?

It’s now time to vote for JHB to get to the top two of the WildCard Cities in the Monopoly competition.

Jo’burg is one of my favourite cities in the world and not just because I live here.

Some quick fire reasons why I love Jo’burg:

Afternoon storms that last 5 minutes and cool down the temperature.

The best sunsets I have ever seen

The vast amount of forestry in the middle of a city (the only metropolis that looks like a forest from space!)

The buzzing nightlife

The vibrant people all looking for opportunity and making life happen.

That’s all I think we need to be motivated to vote for Jo’burg. So get to it!

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The 2008 South African Blog Awards are upon us. Today voting begins, or is it nominations?

Either way, get over to the SA Blog Awards site now and vote for SA Rocks in the following categories:

South African Weblog of the Year

The Best of the Best from South Africa

Best New Blog

Best blog which was started during the year of 2007

Best SA Podcast

Best independently produced video or audio podcast in SA

– This one is for the SA RocksCast from Last year!!

Best Group Blog

Best blog with more than one contributor

– Let’s reward the wonderful SA Rocks contributors for their great efforts over the past year!

Best Post on a South African Blog

The one post which stood out in 2007

- This one is for South Africa: Murder Most Foul.

Feel free to nominate SA Rocks for any category that you deem appropriate!

Then for my suggestions for some other categories – DISCLAIMER – These are just suggestions, people that I think have done a good job, it is NOT personal, racist or motivated by anything other than their blogs.

Best SA Blog about Design – Marc Forrester, adii
Best Post on a South African Blog – Llewellyn Kriel
Best Overseas South African Blog – Cooksister
Best Green blog – urbansprout
Best SA Blog about Food and Wine – Cooksister
Best Post about the SA Blog Awards – Vincent Maher, how to un-murder Jon Cherry – This one is absolutely hilarious.

If you have any other thoughts or suggestions then please leave a comment. Otherwise get voting and get your grannies, uncles, aunts, sisters, brothers, cousins, friends, fathers, mothers, neighbours and anyone else you know to vote SA Rocks to the top!!

Goodluck to all who are participating in the awards and congratulations to the SA Blog Awards 2008 team. You’ve all done a sterling job this year.

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