Twitter get-togethers in the spirit of charity

On Thursday, 12 February 2009, for 24 hours, more than 180 cities around the world, including Cape Town and Johannesburg, will be hosting "Twestivals" - volunteer-run fundraising meet-ups for people who know each other through the microblogging service Twitter.com - to bring Twitter communities together in the spirit of fun and for a good cause to tweet.meet.give. The global event, described as "a ‘tweet-up' with a social conscience," will be raising money to support charity: water, a not-for-profit bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. To attend, get your ticket at www.capetown.twestival.com or www.johannesburg.twestival.com.