Members of the media are invited to attend tomorrow, Friday 6 November 2009, the opening session of the three-day training session at Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, for the 362 volunteers who will be working at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw, to be held at Cape Town International Convention Centre on 4 December. 5 Nov 2009
The online preview of Vuzu's new reality-drama series, CreamCartel, will be available from Monday, 26 October 2009, ahead of its TV debut on Wednesday 28 October at 7.30pm. 26 Oct 2009
Note that The Bookmarks workshops, held in conjunction with Tony Koenderman's Brainstorm conference, will, according to The Bookmarks' revised information, take place in Cape Town on 9 November 2009 at Kelvin Grove and in Johannesburg on 11 November at the NewLife Conference Centre. 26 Oct 2009
The recent Galliova awards named Carine Visagie, editor of the Diet & Food and Natural Health zones on Health24, as the Health Writer for 2009. 22 Oct 2009
Today, Wednesday, 21 October 2009, is the second and last day of the first TABPI Twitterfest. 21 Oct 2009
The TVIEC (Television Industry Emergency Coalition) wants to get clarity from ICASA on the monitoring of local content on SABC and has arranged a meeting with it today, Monday 19 October 2009 at 11am. 19 Oct 2009
A leading creative media school, SAE Institute Cape Town, will host its last Open Day for 2009, tomorrow - Saturday 17 October at 2pm. 16 Oct 2009
The OPA, in partnership with FNB, is hosting a free exclusive panel discussion on Thursday, 22 October 2009, on “How did digital fare at the Loeries and the next 24 months in advertising”. 15 Oct 2009
Afterworld, part graphic novel, part cinematic narrative and part drama series, is a sci-fi thriller that has engaged global audiences across multiple mobile, online and broadcast platforms since 2007 and is now available in South Africa exclusively on Vuzu.tv. 14 Oct 2009
Entries for the SAB Environmentalist and Environmental Journalists of The Year Awards 2009 close on Friday 9 October 2009. 5 Oct 2009
RadioPod, a South African directory of radio podcast content from Durban-based digital agency Immedia, has been available at the special price of R8 as a paid download on Apple's global App store for iPhones for a week from Tuesday, 22 September 2009. 24 Sep 2009
Due to the postal strike, the deadline for the Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year award has been extended to 5pm on Wednesday, 23 September 2009. 10 Sep 2009
Entries for the Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year award, which recognises outstanding work in the field of legal journalism close at 5pm on Wednesday, 9 September 2009. 27 Aug 2009
Do you want to get more from your press releases and media liaison? The answers may well be in the newly released book, Surviving the SA Media, subtitled Building Bridges to Make the Media More Accessible. 13 Aug 2009
Medias recently launched a dedicated mobile video entertainment service, http://infinit.mobi, which will be offer ‘made for mobile' TV shows (mobisodes), including a horror series and a crime/thriller series, lots of local music, tips and tricks, game previews and more. 31 Jul 2009
Ster-Kinekor Theatres's new interactive, movie-related website for children, www.sterkinekor.com/skkids, lets them escape into the world of movies and view the latest trailers, read all about the movies and their stars, see what's coming up, play games and download exclusive content all directly aimed at them. 31 Jul 2009
PR & SOCIAL MEDIA: Sentient Communications is reporting a great response so far to the study into the use of social media in the PR industry in SA - with only four more days to go before the survey is closed (Monday, 3 August 2009). 30 Jul 2009
Ndalo Media launched an interactive online extension of its latest title, Destiny Man, earlier this week, just three weeks after the first print copies hit South African shelves. 30 Jul 2009
The family of the late Di Paice, who passed away on Friday morning, 24 July 2009, will be holding a private, family ceremony at the Maitland Crematorium in Cape Town at 3pm on Thursday 30 July. 29 Jul 2009
Marlene van Rooyen, editor of 25 Degrees in Africa, has been nominated for the “SANEA Energy Journalism Award” for the Africa energy publication which she “initiated, researched and developed from scratch to become a leader in its industry” according to her citation. 17 Jul 2009
Nando's now has a fully interactive website - www.nandos.co.za - which has been taken from static to flash, using graphics and informative content. 15 Jul 2009
June 2009 was a record month for South Africans using Sport24. 8 Jul 2009
Creamer Media's Polity.org.za, which offers free access to South African legislation, policy documents and daily political news has launched a news feed on Twitter. 30 Jun 2009
In a bid to reach the young and tech-savvy market, Collect-a-Can has decided to use social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. 11 Jun 2009
BMW interactive marketing manager Scott Gray is moving back to Quirk eMarketing in Cape Town after several years as BMW South Africa's interactive marketing manager in Johannesburg. 10 Jun 2009
Andrew Walker has been appointed web editor of www.carsinaction.net hot on the heels of the arrival of marketing man Craig Nicholson. 8 Jun 2009
Thursday 28 May is the final deadline for entry into the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards. 26 May 2009