[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA]Nick Grubb is back in the corporate radio world after running his own consultancy - this time for Kagiso Media as Kagiso Broadcasting COO. Grubb tells Bizcommunity.com why they are pushing to view themselves as creators of content rather than broadcasters, how music programming is getting more attention and about dealing with the challenge of overseeing two new morning shows since he started in July 2011 - for both Jacaranda FM and East Coast Radio. 22 Feb 2012 11:52
[Walter Wafula] MTN, Uganda's largest mobile operator, maintained its lead as top advertiser in the country in 2011, according to a new media report by Ipsos-Synovate. 22 Feb 2012 13:43
As South Africans ponder the Budget, due out today 22 February 2012, Ipsos has released two research reports on how South Africa shows the most improvement as part of a global outlook on the national economies but that its people's perceptions on cost of living and the government's control are not high. 22 Feb 2012 14:28
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has called on corporate SA to join hands with government in the procurement of professional services from previously disadvantaged companies to promote transformation. 22 Feb 2012 09:54
Lady Gaga says the devil is haunting her and City Press reports that she has turned to spiritual adviser Deepak Chopra to soothe her and help her ward off evil spirits. 22 Feb 2012 07:35
[Johann Smith] The word alternative has become misleading and common. Nowadays, if you want to be alternative, your choices are limited between becoming a farmer, a Christian fundamentalist or staying a virgin. If we could go back, to '69 or '76, before the word was coined - and perhaps even further, to a time, when rock 'n' roll came without sex and drugs, and paused at the second Chuck Berry discovered electricity, we would know why we're here. Yesterday's conservative society shouldn't have warned us about the devil, but of boredom instead. 22 Feb 2012 12:26
In order to sustain and facilitate growth in exports, the South African government will over the coming years strengthen the logistics and transport corridor between SA's main industrial hubs to improve access to ports and export facilities, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Monday. 22 Feb 2012 10:02
In order to sustain and facilitate growth in exports, the South African government will over the coming years strengthen the logistics and transport corridor between SA's main industrial hubs to improve access to ports and export facilities, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Monday (20 February 2012). 21 Feb 2012 11:15
Gauteng's plans for the current year include splitting the Health and Social Development Departments, creating more jobs and further cementing its position as Africa's business destination and economic hub. 21 Feb 2012 09:00
PARIS, FRANCE: Stars who knock back whisky, wine or beer in a movie are an invisible but potent force in prompting youngsters to experiment with alcohol or binge-drink, a large US study published on Tuesday, 21 February, suggests. 22 Feb 2012 17:06
[Fred Mitchell] Anyone who owns a cell phone, which really is probably everyone reading this, misplaced their cell phone at least once or twice. Fortunately, dialling the number from a friend's cell phone or landline has assisted in finding the cell phone either under a car seat, in a pocket or in the depths of a handbag. When, however, the cell phone has been switched to silent mode or if it has been stolen, the solution to locating a small mobile device is not so simple. 22 Feb 2012 06:55
WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS: Cynosure recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared the company's Cellulaze Workstation for commercial distribution, giving millions of American women, what is said to be, the first minimally invasive solution against cellulite. 21 Feb 2012 11:47
Fin24.com reports that premier Helen Zille said the Western Cape is aiming to become the "green economic hub" of South Africa by encouraging renewable energy. 21 Feb 2012 10:07
Engineering News reports that, as she welcomed the incoming board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said the country's development of groundbreaking innovations and technology developments in many fields, ranging from battery technologies, pharmaceuticals and new materials, to planning tools and systems, could be traced back to the CSIR. 21 Feb 2012 10:05
Engineering News reports that, contrary to normal trade, South African electric heating element manufacturer Hi-Tech Elements has been awarded its largest-ever electric column paste heater contract to export 30 units to a smelter group in Golmud, in the central Chinese province of Qinghai. 21 Feb 2012 10:13
[Francis Hweshe] The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) projects it will allocate over R3.6bn to universities this year, up from R3.4bn in 2011. 17 Feb 2012 09:26
The country's courts are continuously improving their case finalisation rates, said Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster Chairperson Jeff Radebe. 21 Feb 2012 13:53
Building activity in the South African housing market improved somewhat in 2011 after a few years of contraction against the background of economic trends, which impacted the consumer and the residential property market. 21 Feb 2012 13:48
According to Cees Bruggemans, chief economist FNB, a more normal relationship has been established in housing prices in South Africa. This is after a period of exuberant distortion during the latter years of the recent property boom, during which existing house prices eventually reached levels that matched the average cost of newly built houses. 17 Feb 2012 13:57
Despite tough trading conditions, City Lodge Hotels Limited lifted normalised headline earnings by 10% to R96.6 million in the six months to December 31, 2011, on the back of revenue rising by 9% to R443.3 million from the previous interim period. 17 Feb 2012 07:36
[Francis Hweshe] Government has reiterated its commitment to fighting and defeating cyber-crimes. The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster announced on Sunday that a cyber-security policy framework would be tabled before the Cabinet soon. In addition, it said that the finalisation of specific cyber-crime plans would be a target this year. 22 Feb 2012 06:45
President Jacob Zuma says the fight against crime and corruption continues to top the agenda of government, with dozens of cases having been finalised in the past two years. 17 Feb 2012 09:30
Ethiopian Airlines won the Gold Award in the African Airline of the Year 2011/2012 Award given by African Aviation News, the aviation portal announced. 21 Feb 2012 10:12
Engen Petroleum has partnered with Support for International Change (SIC), a Tanzania-based organisation, to help drive its campaigns to eliminate the spread of HIV/AIDS and empower rural communities. 17 Feb 2012 10:02
The Designer Boutique Show (The Show) was established in 2008 by fashion designer, Julia Schaffer to provide a platform for buyers to view and order from South African designers. It has now added the Open Showroom, which is a portal to each exhibitor's own online showroom. 22 Feb 2012 11:16
Prominent media executives, Craig Ross, Nic Wides, Larry Katz and Russel Stromin have teamed up to originate www.flook.co.za, sporting deals, South Africa's first sports group buying site. 17 Feb 2012 09:29