Be sure to catch Bizcommunity.com's editor-at-large, Simone Puterman, on the repeat show of SABC1's Media Career Guide Show tonight, Monday, 11 February 2013, from 11pm-11.30pm. She will provide insightful career guidance for the marketing, advertising, media and retail industries. The show is... read more 11 Feb 2013
Youth marketing specialists, Student Brands, as appointed Livewired Public Relations as its PR agency. The company provides businesses access to students and enables them to redefine an entire collection of products for the student market, connecting the youth, institutions and businesses throughout... read more 4 Dec 2012
MTV Base VJ Search has selected its three finalists. They are Naledi Radebe (21), Nomzamo Mbatha (22) and Nomuzi Mabena (19), who will appear on camera as they get a makeover and record an episode of the Official African Chart for MTV Base and a TV clip for Club 808. Viewers on DStv Channel 322 and... read more 19 Sep 2012
YFM's annual youth month celebration, 'King of Thrones' takes place on Friday 29 June 2012 at the Blue Room (Old Park Station) in Johannesburg from 8.30pm. Produced by Somizi Mhlongo and the team, it features SAMA winner AKA and fellow rapper Khuli Chana, Toya Delazy, The Muffinz, DJ Cleo and his... read more 27 Jun 2012
Montecasino has a Youth Day slots and tables promotion, with the Piazza offering tickets to view the SA versus England clash live on the big outdoor screen from 3pm. Tickets of R30 include a free beverage (local cider, beer, soft drink or mineral water) and a live performance by the Graeme Watkins... read more 15 Jun 2012
A start-up company, Student Brands, has won the 2012 digital contract for the University of Johannesburg. This includes all the institution's MXit and 2Go advertising, social media and mobi development. The company began in 2009. For more, go to www.studentbrands.co.za.... read more 9 May 2012
Disney XD's Aim High, which gives kids across the country the chance to win a series of mentorships in a different field to learn how to realise their potential, launches its third phase with Dale Steyn, international cricketer. The winner spends a day spent with Steyn, who says, "Mentors have... read more 20 Feb 2012
Dineo Lusenga, who hosts the 1am-4am weekend slot on 5FM, makes her first appearance on TV, as she hosts a 13-episode youth-orientated talk show 'Ek Se Lalela' on Mondays from 5-5.30pm on SABC 1. Described as 'edutainment', the show will cover a variety of topics pertinent to aspiring young people... read more 25 Jan 2012
Vodacom selected Campus Media to launch its 'Mofaya Summer' campaign with downloads and free apps for prepaid customers under the age of 25 years. The agency engaged its campus radio partners to source radio advertising. Other platforms used for the campaign were billboards, scrollers and online and... read more 5 Jan 2012
The 2012 Elle New Fresh Face Talent Search, held in partnership with Woolworths has announced that Port Elizabeth schoolgirl, Chloe Munton, is the winner. She will launch her modelling career with a portfolio and contract from Boss Models, clothes and make-up from Woolworths and the opportunity to... read more 19 Dec 2011
In case you're wondering what's been happening with the Bizcommunity/Chai FM Media & Marketing radio show this month of October 2011, since Chai FM is a Jewish community radio station and this is the month of various Jewish high holy days (Rosh Hashanah/New Year, Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement and... read more 5 Oct 2011
The Annual Kid and Teen Republic Conference being held on 24 August 2011 in Sandton, Johannesburg has added Hip2b² brand manager, Louise Day. It will give insight about the successful youth brand, which was founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2002 after his 'First African in Space' venture to... read more 23 Aug 2011
Research In Motion (RIM) announced yesterday, Wednesday, 28 July 2011, the availability of BBM version 6, which provides support for 'BBM connected' apps, allowing users to easily interact with each other from within the connected app. The organisation added that the new app represents an... read more 29 Jul 2011
The first 17 Dance annual supplement, created for seventeen magazine readers will come out as part of the July/August 2011 issue. It features 50 pages of dance-specific articles including features to find the perfect dress, hairdo, make-up looks and more for the Matric dance. It is on sale now with... read more 30 Jun 2011
click to enlargeMedia Monitoring Africa (MMA) is launching its new Child Protection and Trafficking website today, Wednesday 27 October 2010 to help unpack some of the myths around human trafficking and child safety in South Africa. MMA is trying to create a better understanding of the issues... read more 27 Oct 2010
On Friday, 1 October 2010, a global youth initiative, Catalyst, will be launched. The organisation aims to inspire and empower young talent to use the tools at their disposal in the fields of sport, film, music and academia to shape a new world order based on tolerance, respect, innovation and... read more 23 Sep 2010
With children on extended holidays for the duration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, there were concerns that the sporting event brought with it new threats and risks, in terms of children's safety. Children from Saxonwold and Naturena Primary Schools in Johannesburg attended a children's press... read more 27 Jul 2010
The workshop Behind the Scenes, aimed at Grade 11 and 12 Johannesburg learners, offers attendees an insider's view of the challenges and rewards in advertising and how advertisements are put together. It will be held at the AAA School of Advertising Johannesburg on 8 July 2010, 9am-4pm. Hosted by... read more 30 Jun 2010
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... read more 31 Jul 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. It is hoped this will help the organisation tap into an even wider audience, while allowing the public the opportunity to interact actively with it online. The youth... read more 11 Jun 2009
Mobile instant messenger MXit last week launched its new chatroom blocking functionality. According to Herman Heunis, CEO of MXit, this is intended to give parents extra control and should bring safety issues under the spotlight at a time when many kids are expected to be spending more time on MXit... read more 10 Dec 2008
Keeping It Real, South Africa's popular youth talk show, is back with a new look, a new edge and a new host on Tuesday, 2 December 2008, at 4.30pm on SABC2. Each week the new host of Keeping It Real, 22-year-old Noluthando Meje (Nolly), will tackle the hard-hitting as well as the lighter issues... read more 27 Nov 2008
Campus Media has established communication channels with viewers that enable students to provide feedback on programming content, as well as advertising campaigns, for its Campus TV service. “At present Campus Media is experiencing a definite increase in the numbers of students that are interacting... read more 31 Oct 2008
AMSTERDAM: The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) yesterday, Thursday, 16 October 2008, presented its annual World Young Reader Newspaper of the Year award to the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza at the WAN Readership Conference in Amsterdam. Other winners to receive Young Reader Awards, announced on... read more 17 Oct 2008
Time is running out to attend the invitation-only fifth annual Women's Leadership Conference (WLC) on Thursday, 28 August 2008. Women students registered at any South African tertiary education institution who think they have what it takes to secure a seat should register at... read more 25 Aug 2008
Childsafe, one of the countries' largest advocacy group for child accident prevention, is partnering with SABC1's YOTV in the fight against unintentional child injuries. The initiative has been managed by the PR division of Celebrity Services Africa, which has also handled the change to the... read more 21 Aug 2008
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa and Consumer Goods Council (CGC) will be running a series of seminars on the new Code for Advertising to Children during August and September 2008 in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, in order to facilitate a national understanding of the... read more 5 Aug 2008
Youth marketing company Three Ring Circus launched its “I CAN B!” creative competition beginning of the month. The three-month competition encourages South African youth to explore their creative capabilities and strengths by providing five categories from which to enter, namely a creative essay, an... read more 15 May 2008