... lead to better communication,co-operation and networking of African Bloggers was being launched. On the other hand, i was certain that the initiative would hardly be a success if local ... climate they did not come through as we had anticipated. Secondly, it has been challenging to secure a truly pan African programme for the conference in the time we had available. .. If we had held the conference ...

... released with no charges made against them. It is clear that the South African government is cracking down on bloggers that are critical of the way they run the country and they want ... his computer equipment back that was confiscated. At another site Boerevryheid.co.za another two bloggers got arrested, their equipment taken and they were later released without charges, also no word if they got ...

... made many new friends. I have been to Disneyworld with six other fantastic bloggers. I WILL get to meet my African blog mates one day. ... opportunities for new friendships, both real and online". My African cyber connections have already allowed me to meet and have dinner ... places for a week? Imagine our own area twinned with an African city? Imagine us organising our friends and family ...

... attention to the police shenanigans and further arrests will only backfire on the police and authorities if bloggers continue to be targeted. If it was co-incidental as they claim, further arrests will show they are ... the News Guy, said zasucks had been targeted by various leftist groups and the South African government since its inception in 2004. "It has been banned from Google and other ...

South African police have arrested at least one blogger (possibly three) in an apparent crackdown on Government dissent. ... arrested allegedly on the basis of an outstanding warrant from 1993. Two bloggers from the Boerevryheid blog are also believed to have been arrested, although those arrests have ... me.” Related posts:China arrests four bloggers over earthquake rumorsRugby star Shawn Mackay ...

... gains new admirerers … www.networkedblogs.com/blog/each_morn_better_than_its_eve/ Tugaske Blogs – Top Tugaske Bloggers Today The “Hindu” Barbie doll blends nicely into the beautiful gardens surrounding the Bah& ... , but I thought it interesting that the doll s/he chose to identify as Baha’i is African-American. -gw Posted via email from Baha’i Views