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Monthly archive February, 2005

Beautiful Cape Town

I spent the last week in Cape Town and I'm heading back to good ol' Joburg on Sunday. My good friend Russell allowed me to stay with him in Simon's Town and what a wonderful experience it has been. Sadly he's boat is being painted and we won't have a chance to go sailing or diving. But I have my next trip to the mother city to look forward to in April. I was recently appointed to the board of the ICDL Foundation in South Africa and this guarentees monthly visits to Cape Town. Yipee!! Read More →

Prim Reddy interview on 702

Prim Reddy Talkradio 702 interview with Ramon ThomasRamon Thomas joins us on the line, he is MD of NETucation and he is going to be chatting to us about online dating. P: Hi Ramon RT: Hi Prim, thanks for having me on the show. P: Well thanks very much for taking the time, why online dating, why not the traditional way of meeting someone in the flesh at first go? RT: Well it Read More →

Online personals sites falling in popularity

Thirty-three percent fewer consumers are browsing online personals today than one year ago, causing the industry growth to slow considerably, says a new report. JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, today announced some of the key findings of its latest report on the online personals industry, "Online Dating: Serious Daters Offer Salve For Slowing Growth", which is based on a survey of over 2,300 online adults, and also includes JupiterResearch's forecast for the growth of the online personals market. "For years, online dating sites saw large numbers of new users flowing into the market every year," said JupiterResearch Associate Analyst Nate Elliott. "As Read More →

Chinese New Year: 2005 Year of the Rooster

For the last 2 years I've tried to join the celebrations for the Chinese New Year. This year instead of going to Cyrildene in Johannesburg I went to the old China town close to the old "John Vorster Square" now Johannesburg Central Police Station. My friend Judy Wicomb from Cape Town tagged along and it was fun watching the lion dancing and all the fireworks. Boy oh boy can the Chinese people enjoy firecrackers. From my past experience Diwali celebrations doesn't come close :-) but hey maybe I should spend the next Diwali in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg. Read More →
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