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Playboy 'has played' Icasa
Playboy allegedly duped the Independent Communications Authority of SA into granting pay TV station StarSat a licence to broadcast porn movies... read more>>

South African consumer rights under threat

Danette Breitenbach

The prohibition of alcohol advertising and raising the age limit for alcohol sales to 21 is an infringement of consumers' rights to choose their own lifestyle...

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Calling all South African mobile innovators...
[Issued by Mobile Marketing Association]

The MMA SA presents the 'Mobile in Africa Rising - Wake up World!' workshop - sponsored by GfK and M-Days. If you have an African mobile solution or tech innovation, come share it and stand a chance to win...

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[NewsMaker:] Lauren Woolf

Louise Marsland

Ogilvy & Mather South Africa recently appointed a Chief Marketing and Talent Officer - Lauren Woolf - and she intends building lifelong fans of the agency with her talent search...

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Biz Takeouts
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 101: Groupon SA's new CEO and Digital Edge Live
Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show tomorrow from 9am-10am as we chat to Groupon SA's new CEO, Emilian Popa as well as Head of Native VML Cape Town, Ben Wagner... read more>>
Marketing
IMC Conference announces Silver Sponsors for the City of Gold

Issued by Integrated Marketing Communication Conference

In just eight weeks, the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) Conference will be heading to Johannesburg to introduce the city to an impressive line-up of talented industry leaders and innovative workshops... read more>>
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKETING CONFERENCE

Here is an event specifically designed for B2B marketing leaders & professionals, taking place on 17 - 18 September in JHB! Get fresh insights, solutions and tools to enhance your B2B brand, customer experience and online presence. More information,

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Advertising
Outsurance animated TVC ready for round two
Outsurance's animated 'Talking Wallets' TVC campaign conceptualiser and producer, Air Films and CGI animation studio, Luma, were asked to create a second trio of animated personas, each portraying a different... read more>>
Lowe Cape Town makes breakfast news

Issued by Lowe + Partners SA

After awarding the iconic White Star Super Maize Meal brand to Lowe Cape Town last year, Pioneer has decided to grow the relationship with Lowe by awarding them the... read more>>
Branding
Bull Brand refreshes packaging
As part of its brand reinvigoration plans, Bull Brand has refreshed the packaging of its corned meat product range. Founded in 1957, it was acquired last year by South African-based... read more>>
Cinema
Helping the Labia Theatre go digital gold

Issued by Tractor Outdoor

The Labia, a well-known independent art cinema in Cape Town, has come to realise that their outdated equipment has them facing their biggest challenge yet: converting to digital... read more>>
CSI
Effective community engagement is vital for CSI success
As part of its ongoing drive to create dialogue and facilitate knowledge transfer within the corporate social investment and responsibility sphere, Kaelo Engage hosted a breakfast dialogue at the Johannesburg... read more>>
Digital
Going tribal: How small and big are beautiful

Jarred Cinman, Issued by NATIVE VML

No business is ever finished. The perfect way of working today becomes riddled with problems tomorrow. The day after that it's the old way your dad used to work... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
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Magazines
Promoted content
Student Brands Money Matters magazine

Issued by Student Brands

Students spend over R40bn per year. If you are a student you should be happy for having a share of this much money and if you are not then you better start asking yourself where your money is going to... read more>>
Mobile
Data becomes MTN's new turf war

Asha Speckman

Africa's largest cellular company, MTN, which reported a 9% rise in half-year profits last week and now has 215m subscribers across the world, has a plan to boost flagging revenue in South Africa. read more>>
African technology expands to Europe
Africans have long used technology developed abroad, but now a Kenyan cash transfer network which bypasses banks is being adopted in Europe... read more>>
OOH
Karvol campaign uses TLC to connect with young mothers
PR & Communications
21 Icons launches season two

Issued by Grapevine Communications

21 Icons South Africa has appointed Grapevine Communications to manage its publicity for season two. 21 Icons reveals the stories of remarkable South Africans who continue to make a difference... read more>>
Promotions
Jungle Energy Crunch Lite launches new innovative product

Issued by Yourself Management

Yourself Management is currently running the launch of the new Jungle Energy Crunch Lite. The new product is a significant move away from the old traditional way of cooking hot breakfast... read more>>
Research
What women want when they shop

Issued by 34

The Council of Women is a women-only social shopper research portal which addresses the need for valid insights into the everyday path to purchase and shopping behaviour of this target market... read more>>
Latest Prosumer Report by Havas Worldwide finds flaws within our economic models (Part 1)

Issued by Havas Worldwide

Havas Worldwide has released its latest Prosumer Report, titled 'The New Consumer and The Sharing Economy', which depicts a global population in search of... read more>>
International
Tributes pour in as Hollywood lionises Robin Williams
SAN FRANCISCO, US: A new generation of Hollywood royalty joined the greats of stand-up comedy Tuesday in hailing Robin Williams, after his apparent suicide. read more>>
Video advertising available on Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter has unveiled a new advertising program that delivers "promoted videos" to the tweet stream of users of the popular messaging platform. read more>>
Zofari app will boost Yahoo's search capabilities
NEW YORK, USA: Yahoo said it was bolstering its local search capabilities by absorbing the team from the smartphone recommendation app Zofari. read more>>
Google sets up anti-ageing platform
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Government
ICASA publishes Reasons Document for the 2012 General Licence Fees Regulations
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has given notice to all licensees and stakeholders that the Reasons Document for the ICASA General Licence Fees Regulations, 2012 as amended has been finalised and published on 7 August 2014. read more>>
Postive results likely from US-Africa summit says Davies
South Africa and Africa in general benefitted immensely from the recent US-Africa Leaders' Summit held in Washington last week, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on his return. read more>>
Billions to be spent on railway commuter network
The Department of Transport will, over the next three years, invest billions of rands in the country's transport infrastructure in a bid to reduce road deaths. read more>>
More Government news
Lifestyle
Mitsubishi's Mirage... Perky, fuel-sipping budget-beater

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Although traditionally known in this country for its 'breker' bakkies, Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi has joined the growing band of manufacturers by dipping into the easier selling budget-passenger-car segment where funky fuel-sipping city cars are becoming as popular as red berets at an EFF gathering. read more>>
New accounts
  • Marcus Brewster wins the Edge Growth account - more info

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Jobs offered
TV Promo Director - Johannesburg
Afropulse Media is looking for a talented promo director who has excellent conceptual, writing, directing and editing skills. A strong passion for short TV format/TV promos and TV ads. Read more >>

Online Advertising Sales Executive - Cape Town
A specialist online publishing company requires an experienced media sales person to sell banner advertising and subscriptions on our range of business websites. Based in our office in Wynberg, CT. Read more >>

Social Media Account Manager - Cape Town
Cape Town based PR agency looking for a superstar social media account manager to join our small specialist team working on our signature events, lifestyle and business clients. Read more >>



New events to diarise
Marketing to Low-Income Consumers Seminar - 13 Aug 2014 Somerset West
Key insights on growing your brand to the Bottom of the Pyramid. Read more >>

IMM Friday Session Johannesburg - 29 Aug 2014 Johannesburg
IMM Graduate School of MarketingWe are extremely proud to welcome three of South Africa's top business and creative minds. Don't miss this one! Read more >>


All Africa Administrators Summit
Inard Training & Development - 26 Jun 2014 to 10 Oct 2014 Johannesburg

Infinity achiever's workshop
Egugwini Investments cc - 1 Sep 2014 to 26 Sep 2014 Durban

Citadel Inspiration Indaba
2 Sep 2014 Johannesburg

Website design and development
AAA School of Advertising - 2 Sep 2014 to 5 Nov 2014 Cape Town

Market Segmentation & Product Analysis Conference
Trade Conferences International - 3 Sep 2014 to 4 Sep 2014 Johannesburg

Mobile Innovation Europe Summit 2014
9 Sep 2014 to 10 Sep 2014 London

The Design School SA Open Day
The Design School Southern Africa - 20 Sep 2014 Bordeaux, Randburg,Brooklyn, Pretoria,Riverhorse Valley Durban

rAge
10 Oct 2014 to 12 Oct 2014 Johannesburg

Upcoming events
4th ITI/Broadband Africa Summit - 13 Aug 2014 to 14 Aug 2014 Cape Town
The 4th ITI/Broadband Africa Summit will address the next infrastructure milestones in Africa and the means of shaping alternative strategies for organisations in areas with limited bandwidth. Read more >>

Marketing to Low-Income Consumers Seminar - 13 Aug 2014 Somerset West
Key insights on growing your brand to the Bottom of the Pyramid. Read more >>

GIL 2014: Africa - 14 Aug 2014 Cape Town
Frost & Sullivan's Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Community of business leaders returns to South Africa for its fourth consecutive year with GIL 2014: Africa. Read more >>


Standard Bank Jacaranda FM GIBS Business Breakfast - 15 Aug 2014 Pretoria
Jacaranda 94.2 FMStandard Bank presents the Jacaranda FM GIBS Business Breakfast, featuring leading South African business personality Brandt Pretorius, international adventure traveller Riaan Manser, and Nicola Tyler and Buyani Zwane of GIBS. Read more >>


Public Relations Campaign - Planning Programmes
Provox Centre for Public Relations and Communicati - 13 Aug 2014 to 5 Nov 2014 Randburg,Middelburg,Limpopo,Durban,Cape Town

SAICA and IFRS Foundation IFRS Conference 2014
SAICA - 13 Aug 2014 to 14 Aug 2014 Johannesburg

Word of mouth in brand building
Vega School of Brand Leadership - 13 Aug 2014 to 15 Aug 2014 Johannesburg

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