Just Thinking

The social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter have taken the world by storm.  This has been helped by the fact that many cellular telephones can be used to access them and thus you do not really need a computer. I am on facebook but not yet on Twitter and it has allowed me to reconnect with many people I got acquainted to in the journey of my life.  I also get to read good articles that some of my facebook friends post like those of Drakenstein Municipal Manager Dr. Sidima Khabanyana.  I also use facebook to debate a lot of issues that would have not found space in other forums.  Given what is happening with the Congress of the People (COPE) today, the fact that it looks dead and buried with two Presidents fighting over what looks like carcass, I would like to trace my Facebook analysis and debate about COPE from a while back.   Just a day after the 2009 national elections, as the results were streaming through, I wrote on Facebook that “COPE will be marginalized if

I wrote this in 2010 as I was bothered by what I observed then: The relationship between journalists and organizational spokespersons is a very interesting one. It is normally a love-hate relationship that regularly swings from one emotional spectrum to another. It is influenced by a number of things that include the personalities involved and the nature and interest that govern their respective jobs. It is true that  organizational communication like that of government and the media are two independent institutions but having one audience. The media has a huge following in the community because many people read newspapers, still more people listen to radio and watch Television. Both organizational spokespersons and journalists want the community to consume the information that they dish out. As it can be expected these messages can be conflicting at times. This relates to the differing mandates of these communicating institutions. Government communication is driven by the need to

1 minute past is all we wait for to bring relief and ensure our win with the beauties on this table saving us embarrassment of going home alone for these babes' eyes are starting to rove as the table get cleared and glasses emptied like the wallets we hold as we stare at the clock and the tavern queen irritatedly eyes us for not spending more whilst crowding her “spot” If only she knew that transport is booked to bring more money for cases of beer while sexy mammas caress us as salaries are transferred to our bank accounts at 1 minute past twelve