March updates are fairly sparse, COVID-19 is finally getting to me with regards all of the planning falling short hitting the wall where other people are supposed to pick up things and… just not being there reliably. In most other things the setup of company and Tax Compliance has been done, the profiles on online freelancer editors/publishers have been released and the freelancer company VAT business ID has been issued. All dressed up and nowhere to go… we’ll just have to see about clientele going forward.

Sales performances, book rankings and sundry business. For the most part I have been focusing on business as a self-publishing (micro-publishing author-preneur) in this space over the last six years, focusing on where and what to keep pushing for and what to step back from. Most of the several thousand hits on this site have returned on and off to keep track of their own enterprise, some mainly for a laugh and a few others to nod sagely and NOT do as I have done.

All of this is only possible as long as the (coza) domain is maintained, which of course is one of the mothball items to consider. Many of you have not put this together and will be wondering if, after July 2021 there will still be a website to return to. The short answer is: Probably not. The FPB Amendment Act passed in February 2021 by the South African government means that Online Publications need to be registered and licensed or must be removed from the Internet.

So to be clear, I am not going to register and license this site. I am going to shutter it. I will have three (3) more posts and then that will be all from me. If I move it to a (fi) domain, or not depends largely on the availability of the domain name, and considering there is already a metal band with the same registration I doubt that this mouthpiece will continue.

Keep writing, over and out