The producers of Z News, a news satire co-developed by award winning South African cartoonist Zapiro, is seeking alternative distribution channels after the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) pulled the plug on the show before the pilot even aired. The SABC reportedly spent close to R1 million on development before the show got canned. Zapiro is often criticised by senior government figures for his politically inconvenient views of Zuma and other members of the ANC leadership.
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If you are your people … Richard Dladla (Southgate security officer)
If you are your people … A photo essay for Mark magazine by Lami Sambo celebrating South Africans at work. Here is Richard Dladla – a security officer at Southgate shopping mall.
Brendan Jack talks to Alistair Duff of McCann San Francisco
Brandon Jack talks to Alistair Duff, newly appointed senior vice president – group planning director for McCann San Francisco (California), on advertising and other funny topics. More podcasts at http://www.brendanjack.com/
Drink coffee. Design. Repeat.
Ian Jepson is a designer for vida e caffe. Mark enjoys his playful style and decided to showcase some of his design work & illustrations.
Martin Lindstrom, Buy-ology Symposium
The Buy-ology Symposium explores why everything we believe about why we buy is wrong. Product placement is off track, sex doesn’t sell and the TV commercial is dead in the water. So what’s next for marketing? Find out! Book now and mention MarkLives to receive a R2000 discount on your booking. 09 March 2009, Gallagher …
If you are your people … Xolani and Musi
If you are your people … A photo essay for Mark magazine by Lami Sambo celebrating South Africans at work. Here is Xolani and Musi of Champion Security Group (Gauteng).
Pixel award winner Craig Jamieson isn’t big on awards. He just wins them (graciously).
One of our favourite websites was designed by 2008 Pixel Award winning designer Craig Jamieson of Digiguru. The sites attention to detail, unconventional calendar style navigation and functionality makes it a winner (have we mentioned the Pixel?). Mark tracks him down in Jozi for a short interview.
The Top 10 must have tools every African blogger needs to have
There are certain must have tools every African blogger needs in his or her arsenal to optimise their blogs, ensure a happy reading experience for users and to gain useful insights into their readership and community. Here is Mark’s alphabetically ordered list of the ten local and international blogging tools we would not want to live without.
Soweto_Design_Freedom
You know those lists of the best blog designs, your favourite design sites, the hottest creative minds? Yeah. Well guess what – we are going one better. Our favourite SA interactive designers will be featured on MarkLives during the course of the next few months with interviews and samples of their best work. Because substantial designers deserve substantial coverage. Soweto based Reggie Legoale marries protest to design to create work that is both substantial and beautiful.
Mark Shuttleworth tells the NYTimes about code, dollar billionaire status and Ubuntu
The NYTimes just ran an in-depth article on Mark Shuttleworth and his evangelism for the Linux based Ubuntu operating system, referring to him as “the charismatic 35-year-old billionaire from South Africa who functions as the spiritual and financial leader of this coding clan.”