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 Chinatown close to the old “John Vorster Square”, now Johannesburg Central Police Station. My friend Judy Wicomb from Cape Town tagged along, and it was […]
Hollywood Love isn’t True Romance
by Nomfundo Mbaba I have a small group of single friends, and when we get together, we chat about our single lives in Sex-and-the-City style. Why are we single? Why can’t we find a man, why, why, why? In one such discussion, one male friend says, “Maybe we want romance from the movies” We all […]
SexyIntro adult dating website review
Sexyintro.com is an adult-oriented online dating website which has been around for about 2 years. They currently have over 7000 South African members, and the website grows at around 300 members per month. The only local competition is a website called Erotic Personals. When a user signs up for this service, they have to complete […]
From the Dalai Lama to African ICT Achievers
This past weekend, I had the honour of attending a lecture by His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama from Tibet. The spiritual leader of Buddhism is a symbol of peace. This is his 3rd visit to South Africa. The lecture took place at Vista University in Soweto. The main message I took from this lecture […]
Key Findings of 2004 Online Dating Survey
The purpose of this survey is to understand and establish trends driving the growing Online Dating market in South Africa. This survey will allow us to discern the habits of Online Dating users as well as evaluate the different business models within this industry. We also contrast the South African market and the American markets […]