We have become increasingly critical of the SA Blog Awards, the organisation of it having become so bad that we have decided to not enter again unless the organiser JP Naude is not involved anymore. The winners and runner-up list contains largely unknown blogs.
We first entered the SA Blog Awards in 2010, in which year we made the Top 10 ‘Most Controversial Blog‘ shortlist. In that year Will Mellor (better known as his alias Seth Rotherham of no longer vibey 2Oceansvibe) won almost every category (there were many more in those days), even though 2Oceansvibe could never be described as a blog! He was a co-organiser of the Awards the following year, and seems to no longer be involved. We have criticised former Good Hope FM sport presenter JP’s role as organiser and co-ordinator, not being a blogger! JP cannot write to save his life, as this classic paragraph on his website www.jpnaude.com illustrates: ‘During this time JP worked for Mr Tokyo Sexwale and succesfully managed the Bastille Festival as well as the launch of the Nelson Mandela statue at The Drakenstein prison where for president Nelson Mandel (sic) was released from‘!
Every year the announcement of the SA Blog Awards is later and later, and feels like an afterthought, and so too it was this year. Being on their mailing list, we received an e-mail to announce the Awards competition, and requesting one to enter. We were sent the SA Blog Awards voting badge to add to our blog. None of the few e-mails from the SA Blog Awards identified the name of the writer of the e-mails. Continue reading →
Earlier this year I was shocked to see that the La Motte Culinary Director (and wife of its red wine maker Edmund Terblanche) as well as Kokkedoor judge Hetta van Deventer had reviewed De Warenmarkt for Eat Out. Now it appears from the new Eat Out 2016 magazine that she reviewed a number of Franschhoek and other Boland restaurants (many on wine farms too) that are in direct competition with Pierneef à la Motte restaurant!
