Hisense launches revolutionary tablet and smartphone

[Evan-Lee Courie] Hisense is set to revolutionise South Africa's tablet market with the introduction of the Sero 8 Pro (F5281), reportedly the thinnest Android tablet in the country to date; as well as what is described as 'the most affordable metal smartphone in South Africa'...

The cheese has been moved

[Joseph Neusu] The mobile phone is now the most dominant mass media channel in South Africa, having overtaken desktop PCs. Reports show that over 37.2 million in the adult population in the country own a mobile phone...

Throwing laptops at schools won't solve the maths problem

[Edzai Conilias Zvobwo] Private-public partnerships have seen technology arriving in classrooms at an unprecedented rate which surpasses the user's rate of ICT skills acquisition. The burning question now is how to maximize the return on investment in educational technology as an enhancing tool for learning...

Brands, cats and the ANC all have nine lives

[Chris Moerdyk] I was asked to comment by a few business newspapers last week about the impact on the Ocean Basket restaurant brand following a complaint that it sold some dishes using freshwater fish...

[Orchids & Onions] Home truths win hearts, but snake oil and puffery get thumbs down

[Brendan Seery] The best advertising echoes a basic human truth - and instantly connects with us because we have experienced just that situation...

Extending the 'Life is Awesome' philosophy beyond the creatives

[Leigh Andrews] A future where design isn't limited to the 'creative' industries is on the cards asserts Liné van der Merwe of Life is Awesome agency...

There's no limit for Offlimit Communications in 2015

[Leigh Andrews] With 2014 seeing the agency win big accounts like McDonald's and DStv, rub your hands in anticipation of what the rest of 2015 has in store for Offlimit Communications, says creative director Artwell Nwaila...

[Bookmarks] The secret to digital success

[Danette Breitenbach] Digital is a different animal to other mediums, with its own nuances and particularities. Just as some television commercials fail, so not all digital campaigns succeed, so I posed a question on the eve of the IAB Bookmark Awards...

Book Review: Things ewe never kn'ewe about South African place names

[Henrie Geyser] Things ewe never kn'ewe about South African place names, by Ann Gadd, and reviewed by Motoring Editor Henrie Geyser, takes you from Baardskeerdersbos to Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein - and all points between...

[NewsMaker] Alistair Mokoena

[Louise Burgers] The appointment of industry heavyweight Alistair Mokoena as the managing director of Ogilvy & Mather South Africa was one of the big industry moves announced last year...

Why you'll hear from Joe Public at Design Indaba 2015

[Leigh Andrews] Whet your appetite for Design Indaba 2015 with a preview of what to expect from Joe Public's Xolisa Dyeshana and Pepe Marais in their conference-opening talk...

[BizCareers] What do I do when you've had a career blip

[Juliette Attwell] In the first BizCareers Column for 2015 we look at what to do when you feel you have chosen the wrong job - should you, or should you not add it to your CV?

Mesmerising Big Eyes

[Daniel Dercksen] Open your eyes and marvel at the wonder of Big Eyes, the outrageous true story of one of the most epic art frauds in history, which shows how greed corrupts artistic integrity...

Where have all the good logos gone?

[Gary van Zyl] Over my career, I've witnessed the agency or designer presenting a logo that 'looks nice', but when dissecting the logo into its fundamental building blocks, you find that there's not much substance to it...

10 things to do when the lights are out

[Tim Hill] Businesses are suffering because of the ongoing load shedding across South Africa. Not everyone is in a fortunate position to own a generator, so the flow of day-to-day work tasks is interrupted...

An insider's guide to surviving decreasing budgets and increasing technology

[Marie Rocher] The digital wave is fundamentally altering the way in which audiences are accessing, interacting and consuming content; that much we all know...

Programmatic or problematic advertising for SA's online publishers?

[Dries Badenhorst] Programmatic advertising is no newbie when it comes to the buying behaviour of online banner advertising. For those not in the know, it typically refers to the use of software to purchase digital advertising...

Brand and newspaper sales... When the customer isn't king

[Ed Herbst] 'People should buy the newspapers they trust and part of that derives from a feeling of some certainty that you will find in your newspaper a reflection of the world as you see it...' - Peter Bruce