Best albums of 2009
It’s that usual time of year for annual ‘Best of’ lists. It’s been an interesting year in music; some standout albums, but not a lot of quality depth in my opinion. Anyway, here’s my favourite albums of 2009: 20. To Lose My Life – White Lies One of the breakthrough bands of the year and [...]
The effect of choice on consumer empowerment
Alan Mitchell recently wrote a great piece in Marketing (UK marketing magazine) on the use of customer empowerment as a marketing tool. Now we’ve all got very caught up in 2008 and 2009 about the explosion of social media and how that has turned the marketer-customer relationship on its head. Social media has essentially turned [...]
Dancing around the wedding pole
The DA have made no secret of their long term plans for the party. Nor should they, such has been the success of meeting their strategy goals in recent history. In 2004, the DA stated their plans to take control of the Cape Metro in 2006, the Province by 2009 and the country by 2014. [...]
Checking back in…
I started blogging seriously in 2004, which I used really as a focal point for an interest in politics and political marketing strategy. The Fishbowl, over on the Blogger platform, served me well for many years and led to some fantastic opportunities, like being a founding contributor on Vincent Maher and Matthew Buckland’s Thoughtleader platform. [...]
Lessons on the future of US Conservatism
Great piece in the Wall St Journal on the future of conservatism through the life of Bill Buckley, widely seen as the father of modern US Conservatism. Buckley’s brand of conservatism stood for capitalism and individualistic freedom, to the point where he sometimes took some bizarre positions which often flew in the face of the [...]
The ANC’s election advert
With the DA focusing on a huge outdoor campaign to build their brand, the ANC has launched its television campaign as the pinnacle of their hard electioneering. See the ad below: The DA has promised its TV ad soon, and I’ll put that up as soon as I have it. Let me know your thoughts…
Desperation sets in…
The DA has taken legal action against the ANC in Mpumalanga for allegedly distributing fake DA pamphlets which in essence warn of the ‘return of the Swart Gevaar’. The ANC has followed an incredibly successful strategy over the past five years of type-casting the DA as a racist party representing the white elite, so this [...]
Your country needs you!
When South Africa goes to the polls in the general election on April 22nd, it will be one of the most interesting days in South Africa’s political history. In undoubtedly the most highly contested election since ’94, the stakes are markedly high, and the election will give a hugely important signal into the next two [...]
COPE Policy Documents
COPE’s Mpumalanga office recently released draft policy documents for the party, which make for very interesting reading. COPE calls itself a “progressive party” and espouses a “New Way” – very reminiscent of the Labour Party’s similarly named, and very successful, major policy shift under Tony Blair. Ours is the New Way. We acknowledge that the [...]
Lighting a fire under the DA
It seems that COPE is doing great things for the DA. Now that their mantle of Official Opposition is under threat, they’re finally cleaning house and doing the things that they should have done a decade ago. My biggest gripe with the DA has been their focus – most acutely under Tony Leon – of [...]
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