 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Herman Manson] Kulula.com supposedly said something nasty about Joseph 'Sepp' Blatter and it made the front page of The Mercury. And the Cape Times. It ran in The Star. Then SAPA picked it up and it was everywhere - News24, The Sowetan, East Coast Radio. Only the comments in question were not made by the tweeps over at @kulula, which originally broke the news on Twitter that FIFA has demanded it drop its tongue in cheek ‘Unofficial National Carrier of the ‘You Know What' campaign. It was I, Mr Blatter. |
 | You'll find a whole lot of payment Q&As, collated and answered by Jo Duxbury and I, on the Biz landing page today. Enjoy! Tiffany |
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 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Ruth Cooper] Wrestlerish walk the pop tightrope with their mix of heartfelt catchy tunes in their self-produced debut album; The Rude Mechanical. For the most part they do this with aplomb and class but now and again I feel like they seesaw towards a far too soppy sound. (How's that for mixing metaphors?) Though my opinion on this varies greatly on my mood, sometime I can listen to the album and love it all but at other times there are tracks that just sound too cutesy… |
 | AUTOMOTIVE
[Henrie Geyser] The Volkswagen Golf VI 1.4 TSI Comfortline is the 2010 South African Car of The Year. The winner was announced at a gala banquet in Johannesburg last night, 18 March 2010. |
| AUTOMOTIVE  [Henrie Geyser] The worst appears to be over. Car dealers who have been through a torrid time in the past 18 months can expect things to improve as the year progresses, with the used car market leading the way.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Chris Moerdyk] Advertising, PR and any other parts of marketing can be measured. Sometimes its not easy, sometimes it can be expensive but at all times it's entirely possible...
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Newly-licensed pay TV broadcaster On Digital Media (to trade as TopTV) is ready to enter the market and launching in May 2010, offering 55 channels - for now - at a subscription fee ranging between R99 and R249, CEO Vino Govender announced this morning, Thursday 18 March, in Johannesburg. “We intend to make pay TV accessible for all and as a right and a necessity for all South Africans, not only for the wealthy,” Govender told journalists at the company's offices in Woodmead. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Dr Nikolaus Eberl] When Jeremy Maggs interviewed International Marketing Council (IMC) chair Anitha Soni earlier this week as to just how much damage the recent service delivery protests have caused to South Africa's brand image, in view of the impending 2010 FIFA World Cup, deja vu of previous world cup hosts kept flashing before my eyes - it appears that the months running up to the big event tend to be beset by problems and challenges alike, ever since the 1990 World Cup held in Italy. |
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[Duncan McLeod] The authority in charge of administering South Africa's country-code top-level domain is likely to introduce three new second-level domains below the .za in local Internet addresses. The proposed “second-level domains” are .mobi.za, .fam.za and .shop.za. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Stephen Grootes] It's a terrible sight. To see your colleague, the guy you've bonded with, your mate, your brother in journalistic arms, kicking and screaming and shouting for help. He's being held back, five large black-suited men surrounding him, shouting at him, ignoring the legal definition of assault and simply not giving a rat's arse. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA  [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The latest revelation that Africa has less than 1 million country domain websites is a sign that the continent still favours priorities such as poverty eradication, land redistribution, basic health care, clean water and education, among others, ahead of developing its technological capacities. Vika Mpisane, GM of .ZADNA, made the revelation during the presentation of .za market research survey yesterday, Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
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 | Which is precisely why I have a copyright clause that states - “Freelancers Writing Services CC retains the copyright to the contents of this presentation, together with its concepts, strategic input, promotional ideas, public relations and media proposals. It may not be used or be transferred to a third party in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of Freelancers Writing Services CC.” At least this way, it is made very clear that copyright is being broken (and you may all use the wording for your contracts, I am happy to share). As for the idea that the would-be provider will “certainly be ostracised and blacklisted to the point of never getting any more government business," it is already clear the he or she is not getting it anyway. It’s a bit like complaining about clients who don’t pay but can’t be reminded for fear they be ‘offended’ - they are not clients, they are bad debt. |
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[Chris Moerdyk] South Africa's new national sport - "Jobs for Pals" - has taken a new turn with allegations that government departments are stealing marketing ideas and passing them on to friends. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Former Business Day managing editor Lisa MacLeod is flying the South African flag high in the UK, having recently been promoted to the post of managing editor at Financial Times ( FT) after joining the London-based newspaper in 2003. In an interview with Bizcommunity.com this week, MacLeod speaks about UK's technophobia, its conservative newsrooms and some of the pressures facing SA newspapers. |
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[Gillian Rightford] Hey, so I know we all talk about how important the consumer is in the business of creating advertising. But if you are an advertising/communication practitioners, have you taken the time to study this legislation, the new Consumer Protection Act, which goes live in April 2010? |
 | RETAIL
[ActivRetail] The BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standard certification, a leading global product safety and quality certification programme used by certificated suppliers in over 100 countries, has been awarded to Nampak Flexible in Ndabeni, Cape Town. |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Zeenat Ebrahim] Hachiko: A Dog's Story is the American movie version of this 1930's time-honoured tale of commitment and friendship. The saying “A dog is a man's best friend' rings true in the case of Hachiko. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA
[Dr Nikolaus Eberl] When the International Travel Bourse (ITB) held in Berlin declared the 2010 edition closed on Sunday, 14 March 2010, the unanimous conclusion was that last year's downcast industry mood of recession has been replaced with buoyant hopes of a sooner-than-expected recovery, as 187 countries, including South Africa, vie with one another to lure European visitors to their parts of the world. |
