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Grim tales from Gupta TVIt seems life might be a bit rough for those who work at television station ANN7... the Sunday Times' Gabi Mbele reports on allegations of no gum chewing, no sickbay, no cars - and if you fail to clock in on time, your salary will be docked... It's grim times and grievances at ANN7, it seems. Meanwhile, Eskom continues to blight our best efforts to avoid tripping over the cat after nightfall, but far more important, to make an honest living... Why? Well, SA's retailers are facing a bleak festive season, thanks to the threat posed by Eskom blackouts. So it could be a case of an Xmas that will be blighted for so many retailers. What makes it even worse - as if blackouts aren't bad enough - is that it seems that despite a schedule of outages, there's a reasonable chance that there will be blackouts at times not listed on the schedule - so it's difficult to plan around them. Leigh Andrews reports on what Jeremy Sampson's going to do after leaving Interbrand and Matthew Arnold looks at three areas of User Experience Design you need to get right. Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
| [Gabi Mbele] No gum chewing, no sickbay, no cars - and if you fail to clock in on time, your salary will be docked... read more>>
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NEWSWATCH: SA's retailers are facing a bleak festive season, due to the threat posed by Eskom blackouts, and the DA wants SABC Chair Ellen Tshabalala suspended immediately... Read more >> | Leigh Andrews While he's had a rich, diverse career and is undoubtedly one of the local ad industry's biggest names, Jeremy Sampson's move from Interbrand shouldn't be seen as retirement - far from it, he explains... Read more >> | Matthew Arnold User Experience Design (UXD) is defined as the process of enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty by improving the usability, ease of use and pleasure provided in the interaction between the customer and the product... Read more >> |
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 | Pete Case, Issued by Gloo Marketing directors and CMOs have experienced a decade of rapid change, thanks in part to the explosion of digital media and digital technology... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by 7 Different Kinds of Smoke Due to the resounding success of the first season of the Clover Little Big Cook Off, as well as the outstanding ROI achieved, Jozi integrated agency 7 Different Kinds of Smoke (7DKS) is once again bringing the hit cooking show to screens across SA... read more>> | |  | Issued by Pendoring Judy Kriel wanted to capture the true essence of being cool with her entry for this year's Pendoring Advertising Awards and bagged the coolest prize of all - Overall Student Winner at the 2014 Pendoring Advertising Awards... read more>> | |  | Issued by Egg Films Sunu recently directed the new commercial for Vodacom through Ireland Davenport. The ad is a charming story about a young boy who seemingly has the power to make magical things happen for his friends on their phones... read more>> | | |
 | Aydonne Samuels, Issued by National Flag & Branding From 24-28 November South Africans will have the opportunity to secure selected NF Branding products at a 50% discount... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by The Focus Group Customer Experience World returns to Johannesburg on 10 and 11 March 2015 for its fourth year. The event will build on its previous success, bringing the same mix of excellent speakers, interactive sessions and practical next steps... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Primedia Outdoor Primedia Outdoor returned to Ezibeleni School for the Mentally and Physically Challenged to distribute the shoes they sized up in October as well as hand over all the wheelchairs and mobility aids acquired for some of the learners... read more>> | | |
 | Mind shifters will shake up TEDxPretoria on 27 November 2014 at the Innovation Hub conference centre in Lynwood, Pretoria, as they have 18 minutes to change the world... read more>> | | |
 | Health Intelligence, a local health magazine, has added a secret digital layer to its bi-monthly content, with creative augmentation technology... read more>> | | |
 | The series 21 ICONS South Africa featured its seventeenth icon of its second season: Peter Magubane, an internationally acclaimed photographer known for documenting the rise and fall of apartheid... read more>> | |  | James Hurford The more prepared your speech, the more impact it will have... read more>> | | |
 | Lizette Anderson Much like Mark Twain's death, rumours of radio's demise have been much exaggerated. In fact, the reality is that despite the fragmentation of the existing medium, and the growth of new media in other areas... read more>> | | |
 | Desiree Gullan, Issued by Gullan&Gullan In South Africa, brand pages on social networks are undergoing an evolution. What began as me-too mania is now slowly becoming a far more nuanced and strategic understanding... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Branded Youth The SA Youth Marketing Expo will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 28 to 30 August 2015. Designed as a platform for brands to engage directly with the youth, this is set to be the most interactive expo for young people... read more>> | | |  | WASHINGTON DC, US: Amazon is to offer a free Washington Post app to Kindle users for six months, a move highlighting the digital strategy for the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos... read more>> | |  | At the annual Meffys, held in San Francisco last week, South Africa won an 'Innovation in a Growth Market Award' for 'GoMetro' for the GoMetro mobile website... read more>> | |  | Cannes Lions will award Heineken with the 2015 Creative Marketer of the Year award at the 62nd edition of Cannes Lions, taking place from 21-27 June 2015 in Cannes, France... read more>> | | | | | More International | |
|  | Irvine & Bartlett's Rachel Irvine says that most of the interns she encounters are not equipped to work in PR. This PR Net meeting will be on Tuesday, 20 January 2015... read more>> | |
|  | Carol Paton Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said on Thursday, 20 November, that she had intervened in the impasse between chief executive of SAA Monwabisi Kalawe and the board of SAA‚ to ensure "a fair process" to resolve the matter... read more>> | |  | Many young girls stay away from school during their menstrual cycle as they are unable to afford sanitary towels... read more>> | |  | Public Protector Adv. Thuli Madonsela agrees that the challenges presented by the system and rules governing public procurement need attention... read more>> | |  | Brendan Peacock A week after professional services firm EY warned that South Africa needed to quicken its alignment with trading blocs in Africa to benefit from investment interest, Ford Motor Company South Africa CEO Jeffrey Nemeth and US under-secretary for economic growth, energy and the environment Catherine Novelli reiterated that competitor trading bloc development around the world was accelerating... read more>> | | Carol Paton | | | More Government news | |
|  | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Mercedes-Benz has expanded its hugely popular C-Class sedan range with the addition of three new Estate models that are even more practical, spacious and frugal than the outgoing models and most other vehicles in this segment. read more>> | | | More Motoring news | |
|  | Brian Berkman There is something about the quiet of being under the water that soothes my soul and my Rocktail experience did just that... and ushered me into a whole new world... read more>> | | | More Travel news | |
|  | A passionate South African retailer dedicated to bringing you quality, style and value for the last 80 years, has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate. Read more >> |
University of Cape Town currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced manager: marketing and online (Ref. SR178/14). Applications close: 1 December 2014 Read more >>University of Cape Town currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced manager: newsroom and publications (Ref. SR177/14). Applications close: 1 December 2014 Read more >>University of Cape Town currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced head: newsroom team (Ref. SR179/14). Applications close: 1 December 2014 Read more >>Studio Bolland is looking for a vibrant and dynamic individual that will take charge of its production operations. The candidate should be excellent at engaging with and activating clients. Read more >>We are looking for an exceptional front-end developer with solid experience in CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, responsive and touch interface design. Read more >>An exciting opportunity to be a CEO of a media house with B2B publications to the mining and construction sectors that circulate not only in SA but on the continent. Read more >>
| | | #hruCapeTownAfrican Heart Celtic Soul - 13 Feb 2015 Cape Town | |  Attend this exciting event on 25 November - participate in highly interactive sessions, gain crucial insight on the latest business challenges, risks, marketing trends and how to plan for the future. Read more >>AFPRO Connect Expo - 25 Nov 2014 to 26 Nov 2014 Johannesburg First trade show to promote the wealth and quality of African production services and locations. Read more >> | | |
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