#BehindtheSelfie with... Lungile Nduvane

[Leigh Andrews] This week, as we kick off #YouthMonth, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Lungile Nduvane, Africa's youngest station manager in community television at Bay TV...

Connected car, connected home... connected life

[Michael Frans] We're locked-into a never ceasing journey: one where technology plays an increasingly central role...

Social media for change

[Rebone Masemola] Although we loudly profess that we share a collective mind-set while embracing what's unique about others, it's become quiet cliché of our generation to continue a legacy of category creation...

Franschhoek's finest dining at Le Quartier Français' Tasting Room

[Leigh Andrews] Franschhoek is known as South Africa's culinary capital, for good reason...

[Shopper Marketing] Customers gravitate to the 'Third Place'

[Louise Burgers] Shopper marketing is being driven by a shopper revolution powered by our digital world. It has led a "seismic change in marketing"...

Sales force automation software solves sales peoples' woes

[Quinton Pienaar] In the rapidly rising digital economy, sales people need technology to work harder for them, to make knowing and understanding the customer easier, as well as streamlining the sales process as much as possible...

[Orchids & Onions] Jeep hits home with its appeal to FOMO and regret

[Brendan Seery] One of the basic human emotions you don't often see being used as a marketing tool is regret. But it is powerful: how many of us do not wonder about where the other fork in the road might have taken us...

#AfricaMonth: Bujagali hydro project: Poster child or white elephant?

[Nicci Botha] SN Power is painting Bujagali hydro as a poster child for a successful development scheme. Or is it just glossing over a rescue mission for an ailing facility?

Highlighting Ogilvy's yellow D&AD pencil

[Leigh Andrews] With international award season in full swing, Mariana O'Kelly shares exclusive insights into global recognition for local ideas from Ogilvy SA, the top performing SA agency at the D&AD awards this year...

Don't get caught in the BMS trap with the lure of modular functionality

[Neil Cameron] There's no disputing the value that a building management system (BMS) can add. It can be a big ticket item, however...

Book writing 101

[Nokwazi Mzobe] I've always wanted to write a book, I even attended one of those free book writing seminars. I was thinking seriously about putting pen to paper when I mentioned my plan to a client and she suggested I create a book...

Digital campaigns get the vote

[Tess Sulaman] As South Africans get ready to head to the polls, there is no shortage of advisers on what the three main political parties should be doing to win the hearts and minds of voters...

It all starts with the merchandise

[Chris Brewer] If your leg is riddled with gangrene and you go to the finest surgeon in the world, he'll have no option other than to say "it's going to have to come off". The same applies to a poor product: you can get a temporary respite perhaps from major losses by using a brilliant copywriter and investing in a major ad campaign but, in the end, you'll fail and say "it'll have to come off..."

Travel shenanigans with Die Koekemoers

[Cari Coetzee] Although the show is produced to entertain viewers, it also offers a dedicated storyline as well as valuable holiday suggestions and tips each week...

How context can provide application-centric security

[Martin Walshaw] Despite the innumerable terrible headlines we've seen over the last few years, data breaches continue to dominate the security space. Mobile firms, hotel chains, government bodies...

[Shopper Marketing] Menlyn Park raises stakes in retail innovation

[Louise Burgers] Menlyn Park shopping centre in Pretoria is undergoing a R2bn redevelopment, which will include futuristic retail innovations...