Usher in south africa 2012
The winner of 17 Billboard Music Awards, nine ASCAP awards, eight Soul Train Music Awards and five Grammy Awards is coming to South Africa. Yes Usher will set foot in Johannesburg.
Although two of Usher concerts in South Africa have been cancelled due to “unavoidable scheduling and logistical challenges”. The R&B singer was due to perform at both the Cape Town and Durban legs of the Hansa Festival of Legends tour in March (12). But now the gigs have been scrapped, officials from organisers Big Concerts announced on Monday (23Jan12).
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Investing 2012
So what does investing mean, as many people seem to use the word loosely for any potential money making activity. To some it could be depositing your money into a savings account, maybe buying shares on the stock exchange, some think it’s buying a new car or maybe owning livestock?
“Investing” means a lot of things to various people but in basic lay man terms an investment is an asset (any class) which some form economic benefit can be accumulated. You won’t find this definition in any textbook but that is what investing boils down to. So if you can derive some form of economic benefit from an asset then that’s a investment. The series of articles will have a keen focus on investing on the stock exchange, contrary to popular belief investing in public companies is possibly one the easiest and most diverse investment opportunities in the financial system.
Although many people might believe the stock exchange provides a asset classes preserved for only the nerdy, tie wearing, boring and rich individuals who we see on T.V screens and newspapers time and time again telling us how the world is coming to an end because of some financial crisis or another. However the Stock Exchange, in South Africa being the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) located in Sandton Johannesburg, offers easily accessible, endless wealth creation opportunities for majority of unaware South Africans. I will attempt to decipher the investment game in simple language with minimal industry jargon, however not advising but rather informing the novice of the many instruments available on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to South Africans looking to accumulate wealth and also debunk the misconception and mystery behind investing on the stock exchange.
As a personal investor there are many dynamics to consider when looking to investing in to the stock exchange firstly you must clearly define your investment motive, that is are you looking for a long term (10 or more years), medium (3 to 5 years) or short term (2years or less) investment. As a non-professional investor looking to make a quick buck over six month period is not such a good idea, long term investment returns are the best way to go for a non-professional investor, with very little time and expertise your chances of making money are non-existent.
Secondly your monthly or lump sum budget should be determined, can you afford to contribute R100 a month, R100 000 lump sum upfront or maybe “money ain’t a thing” as some would say and your budget is not capped. If budget is not a factor hiring a stockbroker is the way to go and we shall delve further into the detail at a later stage. But if budget
constraints are a factor like it is for majority of the country’s population don’t despair as the (JSE) is your oyster with various trading platforms providing access to invest in listed companies directly and indirectly, suitable for a range of income groups.
Thirdly as an investor you must understand risk, just like in life the riskiest decisions made have the greatest returns and the worst consequences if the wrong decision is taken. Simply put you must understand the consequences of your investment decisions. Nothing is guaranteed when it comes to the investment game anything can happen the best we can do is take calculated educated guesses and by educated meaning awareness rather than a Phd in Economics, to mitigate the risk.
by Bloogle
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Most visited websites in South Arica
According to the November 2011 Effective Measure statistics, News24 attracted 3,065,529 unique visitors last month, well ahead of its closest rivals Howzit.MSN with 1,825,136 unique visitors and IOL with 1,812,074 unique visitors.
When looking at local-only traffic the same three websites topped the rankings. News24 is ranked at number 1 with 2,007,587 unique visitors, followed by Howzit.MSN (1,586,159) and IOL (975,345).
News24 also has the largest mobile (mobi) website with 941,296 unique monthly visitors, followed by Vodafone Live (766,585) and SuperSport mobile (673,639).
The following tables list the top ranked South African websites according to total unique monthly visitors and local visitors.
| Total traffic | ||
| Website | Unique Visitors | Page Views |
| News24 | 3,065,529 | 44,493,873 |
| Howzit.MSN | 1,825,136 | 27,409,274 |
| IOL | 1,812,074 | 20,871,435 |
| MyBroadband | 945,013 | 5,814,001 |
| Sport24 | 883,931 | 7,881,606 |
| SuperSport | 864,039 | 13,066,892 |
| TimesLive | 850,677 | 7,212,630 |
| JunkMail | 819,996 | 21,016,436 |
| Webmail | 733,327 | 30,051,718 |
| Vodacom | 672,340 | 9,775,951 |
| Local traffic | ||
| Website | Unique Visitors | Page Views |
| News24 | 2,083,468 | 37,551,923 |
| Howzit.MSN | 1,596,875 | 24,891,440 |
| IOL | 1,060,564 | 16,681,033 |
| Webmail | 666,152 | 27,858,045 |
| Junkmail | 641,456 | 16,938,020 |
| Sport24 | 634,995 | 5,932,709 |
| Vodacom | 624,604 | 9,333,530 |
| MWEB | 584,445 | 14,219,951 |
| Privateproperty | 575,935 | 15,487,426 |
| Property24 | 533,381 | 14,182,380 |
| MyBroadband | 518,229 | 4,497,546 |
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Afrigator closed down
Afrigator was launched in the golden age of blogging in South Africa, and at its peak the website indexed thousands of African blogs, podcasts and videos.
Afrigator, an African social media aggregator which was launched in 2007, closed down on 1 December 2011.
In September 2008 the Naspers division MIH Print Africa acquired a majority stake in Afrigator which brought additional funding and further developed the Afrigator platform. However, the relationship did not last, and the owners of Afrigator bought back their shares at a later stage.
Afrigator also ran Adgator – an advertising network launched in late 2008 which helped African blogs to monetise their traffic through a service similar to Google Adsense. Adgator closed down in September 2011.
“About two months ago we closed Adgator down due to declining revenue and a core shift in focus for the four shareholders involved. Due to all of us having other interests Adgator became more of a burden than asset,” explained Afrigator founder Justin Hartman.
Justin Hartman
“Afrigator was closed down essentially to avoid the recurring costs of running the operation. The hosting bill to run Afrigator (across a pretty intense server structure) was just too high when you consider our primary revenue stream was closed down a few months earlier.”
“It’s been 4 years and 9 months since Afrigator started and while it’s a sad time for all of us concerned it was coming and needed to be done. Businesses don’t fail – people give up and this is true about Afrigator. As soon as our focus shifted we could no longer focus on growing Afrigator.”
Hartman is currently the CEO of SocialCode, a digital agency which he founded in 2010 that offers a range of digital services for clients which include UNICEF, Hyundai, SuperSport, Remgro, Vodacom and Distell.
Afrigator is however not the only ‘Web 2.0’ startup which did not last. Muti, an African bookmarking website similar to Digg and Reddit, changed into an online directory recently.
Despite receiving numerous accolades locally and internationally, Muti failed to attract the critical mass needed to make a social networking website successful.
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Nokia N9
Nokia N9: The hardware, both an evolution of the critically acclaimed Nokia N8 and an insight into what we might expect with the next chapter of Nokias. With its edgy plastic build, 1GHz processor, 3.9″ AMOLED screen, 8MP camera and not least of all, MeeGo, the enigmatic Nokia N9 is both a proud tribute to yesterday and an optimistic insight into Nokia’s tomorrow.
Design:
Undoubtedly, Nokia has churned out some fantastic hardware in recent years. Take the N8 and E7, respectively at the top of their game when it comes to product design with beautiful annodised alluminum chasis’ and confident, bold shapes that just work in the hand, in the pocket and to the eye. We therefore have high expectations from the Nokia N9′s AMOLED bevelled glass display,high-grade coloured plastic encasing,not to mention the slab’s abundance of personality.
