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  Augie Ray

  11 months ago

  Thanks for the link to ExperienceTheBlog.com. I'm glad you found it insighftul. I know nothing about social media in South Africa, but I felt as if I understood the interesting and challenging state of things after reading your post!
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  marioOlckers

  11 months ago

  Thanks Augie, yeah we are very much in the embryonic stages here in South Africa and it is a bit challenging with all the socio-political dynamics ;) That is why I found your article so useful and insightful because it speaks to the fundamental causes of human motivation which essentially makes up the collective behaviour of social groups and leads to phenomena such as 'social media'
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  Wessel van Rensburg ( Mhambi)

  10 months ago

  Interesting post but you need to be more to the point. Have you tried blik.co.za?
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  jerome

  9 months ago

  thanks ....
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  Selwyn

  9 months ago

  Very insightful!
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  Cameron

  6 months ago

  Nice post.
  
  What would you say would be a solution to bringing the majority populace up to speed? Is this a lost cause, or do you think making sure schools or libraries have pcs with internet access might help?
  
  I would presume that theft/vandalism might come into play then..
  
  Do you think more universities/design schools/media course offering bursaries or scholarships might help?
  
  Being a white (mostly) male in SA, it's easy to feel in the minority and picked on, and feel the 'need' to stand ground with my ass, mostly in the butter. That said, I think the point isn't that I've got it too good, but that most of the other SA's don't have it good enough (no vice intended) - as this is obviously the case, how can we go about pushing reform and change? Is this a case of one person at a time, because unless huge amounts of cash is invested in infrastructure, the masses will be left out in the cold for a long while still.
  
  And, as you say, for many, internet access/ pc literacy is the cherry on top of desert, when many don't even have a main course. There's so many other things that need to be provided for before internet/computers will hit the necessity list (if it ever does) - that, to me, leaves giving access via public areas as in schools, libraries, etc as a main point of access, and looking at some form of cheap internet-based computer initiative that can bring internet to the masses in some or other way.
  
  An interesting concept, might be to use second hand pc's coupled with internet over powerlines as a means to at least get basic internet into areas where telephone cables, etc aren't yet available..
  
  Glad you started the conversation on this, it's an interesting task to tackle
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