The South African blogosphere has been a little quiet on the developments of one Mr Juan Uys being taken to task, in court, for the claims he published on his infamous sex blog a little while back. If this little saga has exposed one learning for me, it is how people would have otherwise forgotten your name after being accused of something not-so-kosher if you'd just let it slide.

Case in point: a certain mayoral committee member is the person behind taking Uys to courts over the allegations. Now, personally (and I'm sure more generally as well) I would have forgotten *insert mayoral committee member's name* and the fact that he'd been implicated in the prostitution stories if he'd just let the allegations slide. Now that he's pursuing the matter in court (and by virtue, in the eye of he public) I now remember his name and what he was accused of. If he'd just let the issue drop, we'd have all forgotten his name and what he was accused of.

Well done *insert mayoral committee member's name*, you've just inadvertently ensured that we all remember who you are.

PS: I've refrained from mentioning *insert mayoral committee member's name*'s name for fear of litigation - he seems to want to take anyone who mentions his name to court.

Amber at Breathless Noon has posted a series of well written childhood memories delving into the escapades that lead up to her brother and her being baptized. Let me not say more about them, lest I spoil their hilarious nature.

The Egypt Game: A Childhood Memory

Speaking in Tongues: Part 2 of a childhood memoir

I love this - but I'm really not sure what it says about me and whether or not it is a BLM (Blog Limiting Move).

Thanks to Tsotwan.

I've been a part of the South African blogosphere for about 2 years now. It is still a very young blogosphere by global standards and is fighting hard to establish itself. There are some insanely clever people playing in this space and I am proud to be playing amongst them. As I look back on the last two years it seems to be me that the SA blogging movement has been moving in the same direction - towards establishing a significant presence in the global blogosphere boosted by innovative thinking and relevant content.

Within the past few months, pretty much since 2007 began, I have however begun noticing a change in this story. There is now a level of dissent within the SA blogging community that I have not seen before - and it has revolved mainly around the annual SA blog awards, and to some extent around the "lets-meet" gatherings that have been organized by some prominent bloggers (to read some what this looks like click here, here, here and finally, here)

There are three observations/recommendations that I have about this situation:  read more »