[Thabani Khumalo] Sports business, the business of sports or sports the business - it does not matter how you call it. Sport is no longer just about health, leisure, or recreation, but rather a serious business with the potential to yield huge returns to investors. 6 Nov 2009 13:03
[Peter Gilbert] Two trillion dollars worth of transactions every day. Planet Earth is open for business. And it never stops. Businesses selling to consumers. Businesses selling to other businesses. The global economy is expanding rapidly. Each year over fifty million businesses are created. It's chaotic, hyper-competitive. What does this mean for sales? 6 Nov 2009 12:28
NEWSWATCH: Head of communications portfolio committee Ismail Vadi wants the interim SABC board to be given the chance to investigate cases of alleged corruption, reports IOL; in the meantime, independent producers and the broadcaster met this week to thrash out a payment plan, reports Business Day. Back in the Western Cape, journalists who don't cover the ANC have been handed over to God for punishment, reports Mail & Guardian Online, and a tribute to Miriam Makeba is in a shambles - but the person deemed responsible for the mess won't give any money back, reports Times Live. 6 Nov 2009 09:03
Ticket sales for the Bookmarks Awards evening close on Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 5pm. The awards take place at Movida in Rivonia, Johannesburg, on Thursday 12 November. 6 Nov 2009 12:51
The Hunger Protest called a pause to its campaign yesterday, Thursday, 5 November 2009, when actor Sello Maake ka Ncube completed his promised 30 days without food by drinking diluted marula juice - a departure from the apple juice drunk as breakfast by all the other protestors from the Hunger Coalition. 6 Nov 2009 11:55
“Answering the ‘where' questions - where are my most profitable customers, where are my competitors located, where are my retail locations performing best - in addition to the traditional who, what and when issues, is a fundamental need,” says ST Group CEO, Alan Ellis ST Group, the preferred southern African partner for Pitney Bowes Business Insight. 6 Nov 2009 08:39
Grapevine Media has recently gained retail giant Edcon as a client and can book, conceptualise, design, print and distribute in-store merchandise such as window dressing, branding of sensomatics, elevators, escalators and much more, including full window decals. 9 Nov 2009 00:42
Join Africa's foremost CEOs, MDs and HR Leaders at the 6th Annual HR Africa Summit and discover how you can respond to today's tactical challenges effectively. 9 Nov 2009 00:11
Hundreds of men recently converged on Emperors Palace for the You Can Count On Me Conference - part of a project which has been running since 2007 to train men around the country to start conversations with other men about Preventing Mother To Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). 8 Nov 2009 23:47
Collyer Lessick International (CLi) were recently tasked with project managing the KZN Successful Alumni Ebandla reunion dinner held at the InterContinental Festival City, Dubai. The key message was to develop and promote KZN as a region. 6 Nov 2009 16:21
Promotion and tactical marketing specialists, Habari Direct, recently executed a successful beauty partners acquisition drive which effectively makes them the largest supplier of beauty and spa pamper rewards nationwide. 6 Nov 2009 15:36
Primedia Face 2 Face has just scored a rating of AAA+ Level One Contributor (Qualifying Small Enterprise). As a Qualifying Small Enterprise, Face 2 Face was rated on four of the seven BBBEE elements and not only met but in most cases exceeded the required target score. 6 Nov 2009 15:23
October 27th marked the 15th anniversary of the digital advertising industry's first banner display ads. Volvo, Club Med and AT&T were among the first six brands adventurous enough to secure advertising space on the as yet largely unknown “Internet”. 6 Nov 2009 14:16
MTN will be taking part in AfricaCom, the pan African telecoms conference, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, between 11 - 12 November 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The theme of this year's conference is 'Sustaining growth in Africa's communication markets'. 6 Nov 2009 10:38
South Africa will now use one logo to market the country, following Cabinet's approval of a new international marketing logo. The new logo is designed to replace about 70 old logos that were used by the International Marketing Council and South African Tourism to represent SA. What do you think of the design? 6 Nov 2009 11:30