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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] [ Flux Trends] Most people are not aware of the alarming state and the critical position the planet earth is in right now, SAB Environmentalist of the Year Bishop Geoff Davies said today, Thursday, 25 February 2010, adding that people are failing in their responsibility to protect the earth. |
| RETAIL  [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The real enemy of the hospitality industry, which is a sector of occupancy, labour and energy costs, is ourselves, and unless we change our thinking about the industry's fragmentation and keep up with trends, we are headed into big trouble, said South African franchising heavyweight Ben Filmalter yesterday, Wednesday, 24 February 2010.
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] [ Flux Trends] Malema's behaviour, politically infested tenders, out-of-control blue light convoys, Zuma's polygamy and infidelity, the ANC's judiciary and media encroachment and many more current strange events could be the signs that South Africa is slowly but surely becoming a banana republic, City Press editor Ferial Haffajee told delegates attending the 2010 Flux Trend Review at the University of Johannesburg this morning, Thursday, 25 February 2010. |
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[Herman Manson] Stefan Bucher, author, graphic designer and the man behind the hugely popular online animation series Daily Monster, is a speaker at the Design Indaba conference this year. Here he talks with Bizcommunity.com about the advantages of staying independent, working with big agencies, and the many possible monsters lurking behind design awards. [ view twitterfall] |
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[Herman Manson] The environments we find ourselves in, especially our urban environments, need to be made more humane. This is the message from three divergent speakers at the first day of the Design Indaba conference, yesterday, Wednesday, 24 February 2010. [ view twitterfall] |
 | We have lost the momentum We have lost the momentum and gestative conditions to bring forth the geniuses of tomorrow, partly because we are bombarded by ‘fluff,' there is not enough mental and physical space for reflection, repetition and original thought, and lack the tools for a discerning engagement with easy access to ideas. Pay attention on the 20th March this year for the World Head Injury Awareness day. |
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[Chris Moerdyk] I drove to the Cape Town CBD yesterday, Tuesday, 23 February 2010, for the opening of Design Indaba and ended up in the middle of the night on a deserted piece of railway track somewhere between Stellenbosch and Paarl. I learnt a lot last night. [ view twitterfall] |
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[Herman Manson] The opening speaker at the 2010 Design Indaba Conference, the famous graphic designer Michael Bierut, gave a humorous presentation filled with some valuable lessons for graphic designers. The conference opened this morning, Wednesday, 24 February 2010. [ view twitterfall] |
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[Henrie Geyser] South Africans visiting the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland next month can look forward to seeing their very own all-electric car - Joule - proudly showcased at one of Europe's most important automotive industry events. |
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[Dr Nikolaus Eberl] When news leaked that Uli Hoeness, the all-mighty president of Germany's powerhouse FC Bayern Munich, recently launched an all-out attack on South Africa's ability to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup at a town hall meeting in Munich, soccer analysts started questioning his motives, as well as the timing of his remarks. |
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[Herman Manson] This year Design Indaba is introducing a biometric security system that will see delegates fingerprinted when they collect their access tags in order to prevent multiple use of single tickets. Bizcommunity.com asks some serious questions. [ view twitterfall] |
| Thank you Standard Bank for this initiative. I am 38 years old and have actively banked since I was 19. Never in the last 19 years have I heard about a bank - with the exception of 20Twenty - that actually educates their clients. Respekt |
| I agree with the two scenario's you mapped out here. Unless mankind undergoes a radical mindset-shift, we're going to be going the route that was mapped out in the first scenario. If we were to go down the route envisaged in the ideal, second scenario, we and our descendants stand a chance. Easy as that. |
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[Herman Manson] The local creative industry is preparing to go into standby mode by Wednesday morning, 24 February 2010, when Design Indaba kicks off at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (it runs 24 - 26 February). The Indaba conference promises an insightful, if gruelling, schedule for delegates. Here's a quick look. [ view twitterfall] |
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Embattled bus company SA Road Link has embarked on an urgent damage control exercise to implement a series of marketing strategies to heal its cost-effective but ‘bruised' brand, which has suffered from years of neglect, misinformation and ‘third forces' determination to bring the brand down. |
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[Henrie Geyser] Over the past 12 months General Motors South Africa has provided support for the advanced driver training of a group of 2200 members of the South African Police service. |
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] South Africa has almost doubled its marketing budget for African markets, from R30 million in the present financial year to R55 million, in the next financial year, said newly appointed South African Tourism CEO Thandiwe January-Mclean yesterday, Thursday, 18 February 2010, during her first face-to-face meeting with the press since starting her job last month. |
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[Duncan McLeod] Good news for SA consumers who don't have access to satellite pay-TV is that the country is set to get terrestrial high-definition channels. The bad news is that they'll have to wait at least another three years to enjoy the crisper images served up by HD broadcasts. |
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