Shaun Oakes not actually an Oke

29Sep08

"Shaun Oakes"

Super blogger and officially “Cape Town’s favourite son”, Shaun Oakes has revealed that the character is in fact a “nom de plume” and more of a “social experiment”. 

Speaking from Polokwane, a repentant Jucinda Matabane admitted that it was all just “a big joke” and that she hoped that she hadn’t offended anyone with her thinly veiled jokes. “The truth is that I’ve never actually been to Cape Town and I don’t know anyone named Shaun” said Matabane. 

She also added that she “initially just wanted to keep herself busy while working on her university projects but it got so big that it made financial sense to keep the site and make the occasional post”. 

Matabane is the most apologetic to her legion of female fans who send her flowers, chocolate and underwear. “Being a B-cup myself, it was actually quite convenient getting all this underwear and I’ve never bought a bra in the past two years”.

When asked if she would take down the site Matabane revealed she would not as she makes more money from Adsense that she does in her daily job.

For us a BeatMag, reading our favourite blog, Shaun Oakes will never be the same again.

 

The real "Shaun Oakes"

The real


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  1. 1 Marc on September 29, 2008 said:

    I don’t mean to be negative but maybe some constructive criticism??

    This whole Beat thing is getting a bit weak now? There’s like this morbid curiousity to see who is next to get slated and see what they are going to be accused of and how they are going to “counter blog” – as bloggers do when they are being given grief.

    I don’t know if it is the same bunch but there was a couple of guys running Hayibo (Somethin like that), where the commentary was proper satire and it went beyond the blogging community. Maybe something to consider….

  2. 2 Vincent H. on September 30, 2008 said:

    Well to be quite honest Marc, we didn’t expect any one to read it. Hell we didn’t expect to receive messages begging us to leave individuals out of our writing.

    Oh and the site was directed at the blogging community. However as they’re easy pickings we’re moving to broader subject matter; bloggers events, bloggers days out, what would a blogger do, the blogger agony aunt and finally “adulation pages” a “self-service” social community, where friends are make believe and connections are electronic.

    Trust me we’ll be back and the subject matter will be more diverse.

    Until then Marc.

  3. 3 Jucinda on September 30, 2008 said:

    Mmm… thanks for outing me guys, although I was under the impression our conversation was strictly “of the record”?

    Nevertheless, a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders, and I can now carry on with my life in the cosmopolitan smorgasbord that is Polokwane.


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