Making waves

[Danette Breitenbach] The Times Media Group (TMG) has been expanding its broadcast footprint locally and across the continent, adding to its other content mediums. More recently it invested in a state-of-the-art...

Propaganda war is now in the hands of the people

[Anton Harber] Israel rests on its military strength. There is no doubting its ability to exercise its superiority over Gaza, but it is losing the social media war...

Traditional media can claim back its edge with innovation

[Shane Radford] IBM believes that traditional media and entertainment companies that move fast to embrace and monetise digital channels stand to win back their audiences and their advertising revenue, despite...

Going back to her roots

[Danette Breitenbach] Gail Curtis, founder and partner of The Old Shanghai Firecracker Factory, and a long-standing director of the ACA, says she does not want to run an advertising agency...

Delightful and sexually charged Venus in Fur

[Daniel Dercksen] Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur turns the stage into a delightful and sexually charged war zone where the battle of the sexes ensues playfully between a dominating actress and a puppy dog director.

The five faux pas of new business pitching

[Sid Peimer] When pitching for new business, we tend to act differently. It is quite acceptable to 'be on your best behaviour' when starting a new relationship, but...

Mitsubishi's Mirage... Perky, fuel-sipping budget-beater

[Henrie Geyser] Although traditionally known in this country for its 'breker' bakkies, Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi has joined the growing band of manufacturers by dipping into the easier selling budget-passenger-car segment where funky fuel-sipping city cars are becoming as popular as red berets at an EFF gathering.

South African consumer rights under threat

[Danette Breitenbach] The prohibition of alcohol advertising and raising the age limit for alcohol sales to 21 is an infringement of consumers' rights to choose their own lifestyle...

[NewsMaker] Lauren Woolf

[Louise Burgers] Ogilvy & Mather South Africa recently appointed a Chief Marketing and Talent Officer - Lauren Woolf - and she intends building lifelong fans of the agency with her talent search...

Jersey Boys - too good to be true

[Daniel Dercksen] There are two words that will change your life: Jersey Boys! The multi-award-winning stage show you'll never forget, and now a film you will always remember.

Luxury meets leisure at the Mövenpick Hotel, Jumeirah Beach

[Gabbi Brondani] "A fashionable retreat which blends a cosmopolitan lifestyle with relaxation." That is how Mövenpick refers to its Jumeirah Beach hotel, and I can vouch for that 100%.

Boost business with localised, translated mobile ads

[Françoise Henderson] As Chinese looks set to overtake English in 2015 as the biggest language on the internet with Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian making rapid inroads, translating your ads...

Van Ryn's: A rich golden treasure

[Ilse Burger] Pairings have been a hot trend for a while now. My most recent experience was, however, quite unique - a brandy and food pairing at Van Ryn's distillery in Stellies.

PR 2014 - suffocating or liberating?

[Ulaysha Sukhu] Ask any public relations consultant or internal PR person and they will show you how much PR has changed in the past 15 years. But...

Why a social media calendar can make all the difference

[Rudi Massyn] You know social media is important for your business, all your competitors are doing it and doing it well, but you...

Millennials Rising: The Next Generation

[Candace Bosch] The millennial generation are those born between 1980 and 2000. Are they the people who will take us into the new century and new millennium?