South African Blog Awards 2006

It’s voting time for the 2nd Annual South African blog awards. From your nominations, the top contenders in each one of the various categories are competing for the title.

Please feel free to check out each one of the blogs competing by clicking on the different blog titles. The hyperlink will transport you over to the blog which will let you explore, enjoy and evaluate.

At the bottom of the list you’ll find a button inviting you to cast your vote. Click through to the ‘Vote caster’ and make your mark next to the one blog in each category which you feel should win. There are 13 categories, the choice is yours to either vote in just 1 or….all 13 categories .

The system will only allow you to vote once a day. Voting will take place between Wednesday 22 February - midnight Friday 3 March 2006.

Here they are:

South African blog of 2005 - the best of the best

Category prize: 2006 SA cents +  a subscription to NAG courtesy of SA computer magazine

2oceansvibe
Aquila online
Cherryflava
Chumpstyle
Commentary
Gabbahead
Joblog
Keo
Other side of the mountain
Splattermail

The most humourous South African blog - Leon Schuster online

2oceansvibe
Aquila Online
Chumpstyle
Splattermail
Joblog
The Savages
Riding the slipstream
Other side of the mountain
Weekly Ale
Inky Goblin

Best post on a South African blog - the one post which took game in 2005

Geek’s girl - My boy
Chumpstyle - Boobs of the week
Aquila - They came, they saw…I kicked some ass
It’s Almost Supernatural - Both sides
Ekapa - Gay guy in a straight strip club
2oceansvibe - Tabasco
South Africa - Mugabe and the R1bn
Shaun Oakes - A - Z guide to house parties
Shaun Dewberry’s weblog - The middle-class African digital lifestyle

Best overseas-based South African blog - written by a South African living in a foreign country

Wozafriday
Daridawg
Chateau Toby
Redsaid
In my nes
Terri’s web
Reluctant nomad
Yummy wakame
Apparently nothing
Rockit

Best writing on a South African blog - humour, attention to detail….captivating

Splattermail
It’s the question
Commentary
In my nes
Riding the slipstream
Other side of the mountain
Ten miles
2oceansvibe
Shaun Oakes
Inky Goblin

Best South African blog about politics - the best SA blog featuring mainly a political theme

Fodder
Jonty Fisher
Commentary
Moral Fiber
It’s Almost Supernatural
Politics ZA
Mzanzi
Vazlube
Greenman
Inky Goblin

Best South African photographic blog - best blog featuring original photographic content

Category prize: R200 Kalahari.net gift voucher courtesy of Jeanne from Cooksister

Apparently nothing
Cherryflava Pics
Big Ric
The Frippit
Gosu
Coda
Somenoone
Digicam

Best South African group blog - best SA blog featuring more than one writer

Category prize: R200 Kalahari.net gift voucher courtesy of Armand and Thea from Dotnet

Chumpstyle
Joblog
Lusharazzi
Die Emmers
Commentary
Punk’d
Today tomorrow
The Savages
It’s Almost Supernatural

Best new blog - best blog which started in 2005

Kuier
Lusharazzi
Tomorrow connecting
Big ric
Moral fiber
Queer Mind
Mark Forrester
Ropes and poles
Peas on toast
Brand Architect

Best South African food blog - best blog written mainly about food and drink

Kitch ‘n Zinc
Cooksister
Hand to mouth

Best South African tech blog - best SA technology-focussed blog

Category prize: Subscription to SA computer magazine courtesy of SA computer magazine

PC Stuff
Tomorrow connecting
A world apart
Broken keyboards
Dot net
Mark Forrester
Tech blog
Dragotaur
Yellow lama
Shaun Dewberry

Best South African lifestyle blog - best blog of a lifestyle type content

Rox in the city
Splattermail
2oceansvibe
Cherryflava
Lusharazzi
Joblog
Die Emmers
Queer mind
Coda
Ekapa

Best design of a South African blog - best overall design and layout of a weblog page

Category prize: 100% loaded (hardcover) sponsored by Somenoone

D2
Lusharazzi
Joblog
Big ric
Somenoone
Coda
Mark Forrester
Yummy wakame
Hellkom

Voting has closed - check back on 17 March for all the results.

Welcome…welkom…wamkelekile to the 2nd annual South African blog awards.

Last year’s winners are now a thing of history and the slate has been cleaned for you to once again speak your mind, make your mark and recognise the best in South African blogging.

This year we’ve done away with the categories of ‘Best sports blog’ and ‘Best Environmental blog’, but have replaced them with the new categories of ‘Most humourous SA blog’ and ‘Best SA group blog’.

• A weblog is defined as a page with dated entries.

• The contest is open to any weblogs that existed for
  a period of time during the year 2005, so weblogs that were discontinued during
  2005 are also eligible.

• Only one nomination form and one finalist voting
  form may be submitted per person.

• E-mail addresses are required to vote. You must use
  your own address.

• If you attempt to submit a second ballot, your first
  one will be erased.

The categories:

Blogs can compete for the top honours in the following categories:

South African blog of 2005 - The best of the best from SA

Most humourous South African blog - Leon Schuster online.

Best post on a South African blog - The one post which took game for 2005

Best overseas South African blog - Written by a South African in any foreign country

Best writing on a South African blog - Humour, attention to detail…captivating

Best SA blog about politics - The best SA blog featuring mainly a political theme.

Best SA photographic blog - The best SA blog featuring original photographic content.

Best SA group blog - The best SA blog featuring more than one writer.

Best new blog - Best blog which was started during the year of 2005

Best SA blog about food - The best blog written mainly about food or drink

Best SA blog about tech - Best South African technology focused weblog

Best SA lifestyle blog - Best blog of lifestyle type content

Best design for a blog - Best overall design and layout of a weblog page.

In the nomination phase:

• URLs are required (where applicable).

• The maximum number of weblogs you may nominate for a
  category is three (3) for most categories and four (4) for Weblog of the Year.

• At least three (3) different weblogs in total must be
  nominated. No flogging of one blog for numerous categories.

• You may nominate your own weblog, but the total
  nominations for your own weblog must be less than one third of your total
  (legitimate) nominations.

• There is no limit to the number of categories a
  weblog may be nominated for.

• Nominees have to fit the category they are placed
  in.

• The SA blog awards are about a fair honest democratic process. Should we feel that the system has been loaded to unfairly favour a certain contesting blog, we reserve the right to discard those entries.

These
rules may change at any time, but they probably won’t.

What about prizes?

Apart from the honour of being the best, the winner of the Best overall South
African blog will win a purse of 2006 South African cents (R20.06).

Also,contributors can donate their own prizes to the category of their
choice, and if the contributor has a site, it will be linked from this
page. If the contributor is going to awards ceremony, he/she can also
have the privilege of announcing/presenting the category sponsored at
the ceremony. To donate one, the contributor can bring it to event,
mail it to the winner, or send an online gift certificate or cash to
the winner.

Prizes that are more creative than the R20.06 are
encouraged.

Send an e-mail to get your prize added. Sorry, "to be announced" prizes to reserve categories won’t be accepted. I’ll send out a list of winner’s e-mails to the contributors after they’re announced, but all other prize
arrangements will be handled by their respective donators.

The way forward:

• Final voting will take place on this site from Wednesday 22 February - Friday 3 March 2006.

UPDATE: Nominations are now closed, voting opens on Wednesday 22 February 2006.