Things ewe never kn'ewe about South African place names, by Ann Gadd, and reviewed by Motoring Editor Henrie Geyser, takes you from Baardskeerdersbos to Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein - and all points between...
By Henrie Geyser: motoring editor 18 Feb 2015 07:50
On Saturday, 20 September, many of Cape Town's bibliophiles spent a cloudless spring day at the city's annual Open Book Festival. But a number of them also came to Warren Editions, a professional printing studio, for the launch of Aerodrome's inaugural journal.
By Eugene Yiga 13 Oct 2014 10:13
South Africa boasts two Nobel Prize winning authors but has never produced a John le Carre or Ian Fleming. Strange, when the success of South African intelligence operations have, from time to time, been the envy of intelligence agencies the world over.
By Tracy Gilpin 1 Oct 2014 15:13
Q: What is the fastest way to improve my writing? A: Get another writer to be your critic. It's that simple.
By Sandra Roberts 25 Sep 2014 09:17
The third Book Dash, in collaboration with Rock Girl and the African Storybook Project, was the happy ending to Women's Month.
By Jessica Taylor 19 Sep 2014 15:15
"Who gives a f*&% about an Oxford comma?" asks indie pop band Vampire Weekend in their hit song, "Oxford Comma". Quite a few people, it seems. This was evident a few years back when news broke that the University of...
By Leigh Crymble 19 Sep 2014 06:26
There are hundreds of farm stalls all over the country, some loved and easy to find and other gems lesser known. Well, here's a guide to help you find them.
By Henrie Geyser: motoring editor 29 Aug 2014 07:52
Ever since it opened back in October 2010, Hemelhuijs has been a restaurant of many faces. Now, as the seasons change, artist and chef Jacques Erasmus has transformed the Cape Town eatery (a finalist for Eat Out's Boschendal Style Award) once again.
By Eugene Yiga 28 Aug 2014 12:42
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There's a new editor in town to take note of as he'll be heading up one of the most important business magazines in the world here in South Africa the launch of Fast Company South Africa...
By Louise Marsland 20 Aug 2014 10:54
Looking at hard-copy magazine sales today is depressing and even more so when we see magazines such as O, The Oprah Magazine South Africa edition and many others over the the last few years falling away...
By Marion Scher 5 Aug 2014 06:52
Many marketers still think about advertising in digital media in the same way as they thought about placing ads in traditional media...
By Pierre Cassuto 28 Jul 2014 14:58
Digital publishing and advertising is a sophisticated, high-tech industry where we have an array of statistics and metrics at our fingertips...
By Pierre Cassuto 21 Jul 2014 14:12
Today's most successful digital publishers are those that build their businesses around their readers first, which in turn helps them to build quality audiences that they can sell to their advertisers.
By Pierre Cassuto 15 Jul 2014 06:11
As a new author, I had no understanding of what went into making books successful and, essentially, I waited for the publishers to tell me what to do. They didn't... (video)
By Douglas Kruger 11 Jul 2014 07:05
It's always extremely exciting to greet a new magazine launch, particularly in print... Robbie Stammers has announced he is bringing America's 'Magazine of the Year' to SA.
By Louise Marsland 8 Jul 2014 10:54
Something you should know about me is that I don't diet, ever. When I think 'diet', I think 'be sad and eat your lettuce'. So I like to refer to my eating plan as a balanced diet that includes everything, in moderation.
By Jessica Taylor 23 Jun 2014 11:19
The brand publishing industry is growing at a breakneck pace, and many retrenched journalists are turning their hand to website copywriting services as a result
By Graeme Wilson 23 May 2014 14:04
Recently I've been researching effective content writing, which naturally led me to go online and look at various sectors - not just at their websites but also importantly, their mobi sites. Interesting reading...
By Marion Scher 23 May 2014 06:29
Own Your Industry - How to Position Yourself as an Expert, by Douglas Kruger, is claimed to be the first book published on our continent on the topic of becoming an industry expert by design. It launched in SA this April, and will be available as an e-book by May. (video)
By Douglas Kruger 16 Apr 2014 08:28
At times such as these, I want to sing the praise of those elements of our news media that show courage and doggedness.
By Anton Harber 28 Mar 2014 05:43
With all the media converging on the Pistorius murder trial many people have forgotten or not even realised that in fact in just under two month's we have a national election!
By Marion Scher 18 Mar 2014 06:58
My university and I were lambasted by a colleague for stooping so low as to engage in the Oscar Pistorius trial media frenzy...
By Anton Harber 14 Mar 2014 06:18
Translating product information into information that can be understood and, perchance liked, is up to the copywriter - however, there are many fingers clutching at their pens, which may result in what the adage warns of cooks and the broth.
By Claudio Milo 5 Mar 2014 06:30
When a former magazine publisher turns his hand to creating bespoke customer-orientated media, you can expect it will be rich in visual content.
By Brian Berkman 26 Feb 2014 07:20
In 1985 Naspers was a local Afrikaans newspaper operation worth about R24m. Then CEO Ton Vosloo received a message from a South African studying at Columbia University, New York...
By Anton Harber 25 Feb 2014 06:21
There's a host of reasons why people become journalists, but what happens when their newsroom is run by fear and control?
By Anton Harber 24 Feb 2014 11:40
One of the tactics that us content marketers can use for our own or our client blogs is curation.
By Travis Bussiahn 21 Feb 2014 10:21
For years, online publishers have priced their advertising inventory by thousands of impressions (CPM) and provided CPM as the major metric their advertisers can use to benchmark digital advertising campaigns.
By Pierre Cassuto 19 Feb 2014 15:01
The Master of the High Court in Cape Town has authorised a warrant for the arrest of Anthony (Tony) Vaughan, director of Media Nova and various other publishing companies.
By Glenda Nevill 19 Feb 2014 10:05
It may be imprudent to write this about someone who is spending $10m on African journalism. But then, of all the things I have been accused of in my time, prudence was never among them.
By Anton Harber 7 Feb 2014 05:23
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