[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The young, the gifted and the motivated had the opportunity to present their portfolios at the inaugural Portfolio Night Johannesburg earlier this week, hosted by McCann Johannesburg, and Bizcommunity is thrilled to announce the judges' shortlist of five, one of whom will be the first SA Portfolio Night All-Star!
24 May 2013 12:46
On 22 May 2013, Kwanele Gumbi, chairman of the Council of the Market Theatre Foundation, announced that James Sibongeleni Ngcobo has accepted his appointment as the next artistic director for the Market Theatre, with effect from 1 September 2013.
24 May 2013 10:03
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] If you are a branding, design or advertising student in Johannesburg, by Thursday next week your life may have changed! After years of negotiations, the largest one-day advertising portfolio review in the world,
Portfolio Night, is finally making it to Johannesburg, South Africa - and
Bizcommunity, in conjunction with
McCann Johannesburg, has one coveted ticket to give away.
15 May 2013 11:32
[Eugene Yiga] Inspiration can strike at any moment. For Robert Fridjhon, whose award-winning stage career spans over twenty years, it came when he worked for FreeMe Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre back in 2006. Given that most of the cases he worked on involved birds, and that he was reading
African Genesis by Robert Audrey, it was only a matter of time before the idea for Twitch was born.
20 May 2013 13:40
[Amukelani Chauke] Cabinet has approved a proposal to review some of the Independent Communications Authority of SA's functions to make it more transparent and accountable.
17 May 2013 10:08
The Wild Talk Africa Festival invites wildlife filmmakers to submit proposals for the open pitching sessions. The festival takes place at the Docklands Hotel & Conference Centre in Durban from 23 to 26 July 2013, running concurrently with the Durban International Film Festival.
16 May 2013 11:08
DStv has decided to suspend temporarily, but with immediate effect, the expanded viewer panel to measure television viewing in High Definition (HD) subscriber homes that was instituted at the end of July 2012. The decision became effective from 14 May 2013 and will be reviewed at a later date.
23 May 2013 09:20
The annual Baxter Dance Festival is set to showcase Cape Town's dance talent from 3-12 October 2013. Hosted by the Baxter Theatre Centre, the festival has grown noticeably over the nine years that it has featured on Cape Town's events calendar.
23 May 2013 08:39
[Issued by Strauss & Co] The much disputed decision by the Institute for Catholic Education to sell the Cecil Skotnes triptych removed from the Santa Sophia Chapel in Pretoria has had an astounding result.
21 May 2013 13:39
[Brian Berkman] Not often a product comes along that does everything you want it to and then a whole lot more you did not know you wanted.
20 May 2013 07:08
[Andile Ndlovu] HOLLYWOOD, US: A week after her latest novel, The Shining Girls, hit the Sunday Times Bestseller list in the UK, Lauren Beukes began negotiating film rights to the book.
17 May 2013 10:37
The Creative Currencies Conference will take place in Johannesburg from 6 to 8 August 2013 at the UJ Arts Centre, University of Johannesburg. Presented by the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) and University of Johanesburg (UJ) Arts & Culture, the conference aims to develop, inspire and enable the creative sector, by sharing information with industry stakeholders.
17 May 2013 10:19