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Sowetan canoeists ready to make waves at the 2012 Unlimited Dusi Canoe Marathon

The Unlimited Dusi 2012 will be commencing on 16 February and, as has come to be expected, the Soweto Canoe and Recreation Club (SCARC) havs entered a powerful team into the race. 13 Feb 2012 12:23

Cell C goes to FoxP2, King James, Prima Plus, trigger/isobar

BREAKING NEWS: FoxP2, King James, Prima Plus and trigger/isobar have been appointed as the next team of agencies for South African mobile operator Cell C, it was announced Friday afternoon, 10 February 2012. The appointed agencies will begin work from the beginning of March. 10 Feb 2012 13:37

Mentoring the next generation - a challenge to the SA creative industry

[Brianna Graves] There is no doubt that South Africa's advertising industry is already present on the world stage. But are those leading the industry doing everything possible to prepare for the future and to ensure a continued and well-established presence on that world stage? Who will step up to the plate to represent SA on the same global stage that will connect the worldwide creative community on Portfolio Night 10 on 23 May 2012? 10 Feb 2012 12:26

EXCLUSIVE: Hewlett combines assets to launch new agency player, Machine

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Adrian Hewlett, CEO and founder of the Habari Group, has combined his group's significant through-the-line, below-the-line, research, digital and social businesses to launch a major new independent advertising agency called Machine. 8 Feb 2012 09:19

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Graffiti gives Just Letting a new lease with branded vehicles

Vehicle branding and transit media specialists, Graffiti, recently gave Just Letting, a division of the Just Property Group, a fresh new look by branding the vehicles driven by rental agents and franchise owners with a bold, bright new brand image. 6 Feb 2012 10:32

Creative Circle results for November, December 2011

If you've been wondering about the Creative Circle Ads of the Month for November and December 2011, and who the new Creative Circle exco is, wonder no more. January Ad of the Month will be held on 23 February 2012 and the Ad of the Year Awards will be on 22 March. 6 Feb 2012 10:23

Afrikaans advertising slipping towards mediocrity?

[Andrea le Sueur] Gill Moodie's article "Banning English ads in Media24 digital, print speaks to Afrikaans ID", published on Bizcommunity on the eve of the Pendoring Awards last year, struck a chord with the project managers at Folio Translation Consultants, who invited me to open a window on their perspective, outlining some of the challenges that professional language practitioners experience in this regard. 3 Feb 2012 12:57

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ADreach and Forgood make dreams come true

Forgood.co.za, a new social networking website launched during 2011 by the well-known values education organisation, HEARTLINES, recently engaged in its first-ever street pole advertising campaign with the assistance of ADreach. The campaign will see the charitable service take possession of 90 signs throughout Johannesburg. 2 Feb 2012 12:57

John Farquhar, a man of fascinating contradiction

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] John Farquhar, the legendary ad man and commentator who died at the weekend, was a man of fascinating contradiction: a sophisticated thinker with a poor education; a loner who worked in the team-based world of advertising; an irascible man who was shy at heart. 30 Jan 2012 15:58

Pendoring relocates to Cape Town as part of Creative Week

The Pendoring Awards - which celebrate and encourage the use of Afrikaans advertising, as well as Truly South African communication for Afrikaans advertising - will this year be part of Creative Week Cape Town, on Friday evening, 21 September 2012. For the first time, too, the Loeries judging week and judges' seminars will also be held in the Mother City during Creative Week. 30 Jan 2012 11:59

Chris Moerdyk pays tribute to John Farquhar

[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] This is most unlike you, John. This dying thing. I mean, dash it all, we had a lunch date in mid-February and it really is most unlike you to do anything that might compromise lunch, especially as it was my turn to pay. 30 Jan 2012 10:31

[2012 trends] The year of the phoenix

[Joanna Oosthuizen] Twenty Twelve, year of the dragon, a leap year and the year the world as we know it is meant to end. I believe it will, not in a dooms-day fill-my-bunker-with-canned-food kind of way but in a thinking, progressive, collaborative and connective way. It's a phoenix year, where great ideas and people will rise from the economic ashes and drive informed action. 26 Jan 2012 12:37

2012 Tabbie Awards open for nominations

CLEVELAND, US: The 2012 Tabbies call for entries is now available at the TABPI website, allowing all B2B magazine editors, publishers and art directors the opportunity to have their best work judged by their peers. Tabbies' partners include South Africa's SAFREA, and MPASA. [video] 26 Jan 2012 11:40