Who says Africa is slow to adopt technology? Last week,
Matthew Buckland,
publisher of the
Mail & Guardian Online (and fellow contributor to
E-Media
Tidbits), and I convinced political leaders of
six of the most powerful political parties in South Africa to
blog the last week of the South African Local
Government Elections scheduled for 1 March.
It's a first for Africa and a massive endorsement of the Internet as a
political platform in the country.
Taking the experiment one step further, we have decided to leave the
comments completely unmoderated. It's a gutsy decision but we feel it is
completely necessary and we're crossing our fingers that things don't get
out of hand.
Please wish us luck; we publicize the site nationally on Monday morning.
