By Rasvanth Chunylall
Many writers have embraced twitter as a medium to engage with fans, develop their brand identities, share news stories and express their thoughts and opinions. This month the Cricket World Cup, Trevor Noah’s gig as The Daily Show host and the assault of Zainub Priya Dala dominated the twitter feeds of our KZN writers. Here are some of the highlights:
We are privileged to be alive to watch the magic cricketer that is AB de Villiers #ICCWorldCup2015.
— Eric Miyeni (@EricMiyeni) March 07, 2015
SABC reporter gets mugged just as he was about to go on TV. The camera kept on rolling. The fools are all on tape bit.ly/1MpjdRd
— Azad Essa (@azadessa) March 10, 2015
Chocolate. Because sometimes it’s the only thing that will get you through a bad episode of The Mentalist.
— Rosamund Kendal (@Rosamundkendal) March 13, 2015
I would feel insulted if I were a parent to of an #IVF child or if I was born into this world through IVF #BoycottDolceGabbana
— Trevor Kleinhans (@secretsmakeusic) March 16, 2015
Free speech is very easily chilled: any govt. boycotting a newspapers is, with respect, not the same as choosing between rival supermarket
— Tony Leon (@TonyLeonSA) March 17, 2015
I find spy allegations against @ThuliMadonsela3 a deliberate attempt to undermine our #constitution & democracy. #SA stands with her.
— Jay Naidoo (@Jay_Naidoo) March 17, 2015
Shocking news -> Author ZP Dala Assaulted at Time of the Writer for her Admiration of Salman Rushdie: bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/03/2…
— Janet van Eeden (@janetvaneeden) March 20, 2015
Being hit on the face with a brick and having permanent facial scarring is certainly NOT a way 2 sell a book. It must be read for what it is!
— Zainub Priya Dala (@zpdala) March 22, 2015
“You are loved for being who you are, just for existing.” – Ram Dass
— Michelle McGrane (@MichelleMcGrane) March 22, 2015
McCullum is on fire.. Sumbody take him out PLEASE 🙁 #proteafire
— Minenhle Mthembu (@IamMinenhle_ZN) March 23, 2015
One good thing about waking up early to mark is that I can listen to the radio. #Proteafire
— Janet van Eeden (@janetvaneeden) March 23, 2015
Everyone is doing something crazy with this short life. We are a dot and dash. And the second hand runs into oblivion.
— Shafinaaz Hassim (@shafinaaz) March 24, 2015
Kim Kardashian broke the Internet, but we broke #OneDirection#ZaynWillAlwaysBeAPartOf1D
— Melissa Delport (@melissadelport) March 26, 2015
I really don’t want hate betwixt and between races, religons,and cultures.I would hope my incident which is yesterday’s news achieves unity
— Zainub Priya Dala (@zpdala) March 27, 2015
#NigeriaPolls2015 I’m not sure if Goodluck Jonathan has luck on his side this time! Celebrating #democracy in #Africa @RediTlhabi@Abramjee
— Nazia Peer (@PeerNazia) March 28, 2015
So we lose the semi final and transformation and quota comes up as a reason. It comes down to one black guy for the loss? Amazing
— Azad Essa (@azadessa) March 29, 2015
Congratulations @Trevornoah for landing a great, great gig 🙂 Nice one.
— Eric Miyeni (@EricMiyeni) March 30, 2015
Totally impressed, thrilled that @Trevornoah joining @TheDailyShow | The man is poised to take show to a new place bit.ly/1CpQfxP
— Azad Essa (@azadessa) March 30, 2015
Sooooo proud of this awesome South African -> Trevor Noah Will Succeed Jon Stewart At ‘Daily Show’ variety.com/2015/tv/news/t… via@Variety
— Janet van Eeden (@janetvaneeden) March 30, 2015
Bold, Awesome choice! Everything to Know About Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart’s Successor thebea.st/1DdCd4v via @thedailybeast
— Malla Nunn (@MallaNunn) March 30, 2015
#TrevorNoah comedy is a fine line between being offensive & insulting, and hilarious. If you get it wrong it can bite you in the bum!
— Trevor Kleinhans (@secretsmakeusic) March 31, 2015
