 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Coerene Vosloo] A new media monitoring tool, Echo-social, was introduced in Cape Town on the 3 October 2013 at the Queen Victoria Hotel. |
 | GOVERNMENT  (Image: GCIS) NEWSWATCH: According to an ITWeb report, quoting City Press, former communications minister Dina Pule sanctioned the controversial R550m SABC/MultiChoice deal. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Ann Druce] Content marketing is not all about blogs. (In fact, it's not all about digital marketing either, but that's another conversation.) Of course a blog might be a great option for you, but you don't have to stop there.
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 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] Tennessee Williams has always been running away from death and with the compelling The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, the tragedy of his fearsome obsession is strikingly realised. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Ros Siddle] Hooray! You have 20 million loyalty members! But how many of them are active and what does this mean for your business?
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [pierre cassuto] Advertisers, agencies and publishers in South Africa are vastly undervaluing the worth of digital advertising by measuring its value only through the click-throughs it achieves.
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 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Eugene Yiga] The Cape Consort returns to the Fugard Theatre to continue its Monteverdi Project. Presented in the same spirit as its highly popular precursors, the group's new programme is entitled Anticipating the Apocalypse. We spoke to musical director Hans Huyssen to find out more. |
 | LEGAL
[Professor Willie van der Westhuizen] The alarming answer is most probably not, because legal audits have shown that more than ninety percent (90%) of trust deeds (and/or amendments to trust deeds) in South Africa may not stand the test of validity if tested in a court of law. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Françoise Henderson] Poor commercial translations can lead to costly mistakes. But, short of awaiting market feedback, how can you judge quality without knowing the target language?
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Nicole Zetler] It's time for marketers to make the shift from event dollies to boardroom ambassadors.
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 | LEGAL  [Nicholas Preston] As a general rule, litigants are entitled to legal representation at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) arbitrations unless the issue relates to an alleged unfair dismissal and that the reason for the dismissal relates to the employees alleged misconduct or incapacity.
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 | LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT  [Rob Baker] Whilst government has a clear role in delivering essential services to the needy, you won't find many of the millions of suffering South Africans at airports or on flights. Quite the opposite in fact, as once you've become a "jetsetter" you've arrived at a space unavailable to the poor. So, why are government involved in the airline industry?
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| TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
[Rob Baker] The most telling bit of information released about SA Express last week, was on page 165 of the Annual Report of the Department of Public Enterprises: "No impairment for the current year for South African Express (SAX) has been provided as the current year net asset value is not available." Impairments are changes in the value of an asset, which are obviously impossible to specify if one does not know what the value of the asset was at the start and end of the period. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Lorrianne Cloete] What exactly do these extreme changes in the media landscape mean for PR? When the world around you shifts, would you continue to walk down the same old road and expect to reach the same destination?
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Colyn Dee] Many organisations rely on CRM software as the tool for solving customer problems. What these organisations do not realise, is that a dedicated customer feedback management solution is far preferable to a general CRM customer support module.
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 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  [Nkululeko Mthethwa] In the latest ebook, titled HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development and written by creative technologist, Alvin Crespo takes you through to the steps of how to create compelling web applications specifically tailored for distribution on iOS Safari.
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 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Jordan Scott] I'm not sure whether it is a blessing or a curse, but I have never been one to need my "daily fix" of coffee. So when invited to do a taste test with Caffeluxe, I wasn't incredibly optimistic about my chances of getting anything right. |
| LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Eugene Yiga] The last time that playwright Louis Viljoen and director Greg Karvellas teamed up with actors Mark Elderkin and Nicholas Pauling, the result was the award-winning Champ. Now it looks like they've got another hit on their hands in The Frontiersmen, a dark tale of sex, drugs, and property development. |
| LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] Passionate rivalry brings out the best and worst of two of the greatest champions that the world of sports has ever witnessed in Rush. |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Sindy Peters] How cold was it at Rocking the Daisies this year?! Bloody hell! I wouldn't have blamed anyone for forsaking their Ocsober oaths just to keep their blood circulating. But forget the weather, Seed Experiences are clearly in the lead for hosting the best outdoor festival of 2013. |
