South African contingent off to SXSW

AUSTIN, TEXAS: SXSWeek kicks off tomorrow, Friday 12 March until Sunday, 21 March 2010, and this year an entire contingent of South African media, advertising, social media and mobile media professionals have been descending upon Austin, Texas, over the past couple of days to attend this convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Old Mutual is sponsoring well-known South African columnist Ivo Vegter to attend and cover SXSW: read his blog posts at http://sxswsa.co.za, follow him on Twitter at @sxswsa and read all the South African SXSW tweets using Twitter Search and Bing Twitter Search. For more on the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals, go to http://sxsw.com and watch the Bizcommunity.com SXSW twitterfall.