 | SOUTH AFRICA  [Sue Northam] LONDON, UK: The night belonged to South Africa at the 2010 D&AD awards held at The Roundhouse last night, Thursday, 3 June 2010, with the TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg team picking up armfuls of pencils, the official D&AD award. Yellow Pencils represent silver, and Black the elusive gold of the event. The D&AD president described it well when he said that the awards are more about inspiration than congratulations!
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| SOUTH AFRICA  [Sue Northam] Saturday, 25 May 2013, is a special day for Africa and an important day for the citizens of Cape Town too. Two great citizen-lead initiatives will take place in Cape Town tomorrow, 100in1day and Open Streets.
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 | SOUTH AFRICA  [Eugene Yiga] Take the most innovative, successful, creative, ambitious thinkers and entrepreneurs in the internet space and ask them to share their stories, ideas, and predictions for the future in a format that is fresh, relevant, and engaging. The result: Net Prophet.
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 | SOUTH AFRICA [Marion Scher] We're reading more and more about the power of Twitter and SMSs - and there's no getting away from it, we're becoming more 'snippet' orientated every day. Which leads me to my big question - how much information is enough? |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Chris James] The true meaning of a guru refers to a Hindu or Sikh religious teacher or leader, giving personal spiritual guidance to his disciples. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The "government outfit vying for the Independent Group has laughed off concerns it wants a state mouthpiece," reports Mail & Guardian. So that's all right then... Not. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA  [Sindy Peters] All part of a 20-year plan, Triggerfish Animation aims to eventually displace Disney, announced the company's CEO Stuart Forrest at yesterday's Net Prophet conference in Cape Town. Laying the animation studio's cards on the table, his talk followed on the inspirational thread that ran through all the talks at the annual event.
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 | SOUTH AFRICA [Styli Charalambous] Earlier this month, one of South Africa's leading publishing houses announced its online content would be going behind a paywall. But not just any paywall: one priced so high that the walls of Jericho would struggle to compete. Time will tell whether BDFM has overestimated the South African market, and itself. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Vanita 'Bezi Phiri] For as long as I have been working, I have heard moans and tantrums about briefs from creatives who just want to deliver fantastic results - without wasting time practising some wizardry in guessing what the brief may be entailing. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Anton Harber] Dr Iqbal Survé is being secretive about his consortium's purchase of Independent News and Media, and this is starting to sour his arrival in the news industry. |
| SOUTH AFRICA  [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Jeremy Clarkson done it again, this time on the subject of babies and aircraft, reports IOL, and we have a couple of YouTube videos, one courtesy The Citizen, for you on close encounters of a different kind - including a demonstration that elephants break windows, and booze and these giants are not a good mix (video).
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 | SOUTH AFRICA [Justin Lee] In this article, the second in a series of four articles where we explore how the use of mobile devices by employees in businesses represents the convergence of personal and corporate needs, we will examine the behavioural patterns of mobile users, in order to truly understand the mobile risks associated. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Yaron Assabi] While over the years the main objective of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - customer retention - hasn't changed, it must be said that the strategic implementation and platforms certainly continue to evolve, as they should, and today mobility is driving this evolution. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Ashley Truscott] In the past two weeks I have received numerous unsolicited text messages and emails. What boggles my mind is how the organisations (or individuals) who have been trying to communicate with me have got it so horribly wrong, because they clearly didn't research their target audience. |
| SOUTH AFRICA  [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Communications Minister Dina Pule wants to be in on SABC board appointments, reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports that both the ANC and the DA are upset over a BBC programme on the plight of SA whites. MyBroadband reports on the hack attack on the SAPS website, and the SABC says that TV and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli will be given a provincial official funeral.
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 | SOUTH AFRICA [Candace McDonald] According to John Quincy Adams "if your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader". And let's face it, good leadership is crucial to the success of any business. |
| SOUTH AFRICA [Candace McDonald] Priority has been placed on effective communication since the development of the information age. Good communication skills contribute to renowned business techniques, which is why it is important to stay ahead of vast amounts of information. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Travis Bussiahn] Marissa Mayer is a businessperson I admire greatly. I feel she has a mixed media mindset that sees her understanding that traditional media is as important as new media and I like what she had to say about advertising in the mobile space. (Yes! This article is about radio). |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Mike Taberner] Great brands have many things in common: visionary leaders, great marketing strategies, excellent products and a great understanding of their competitive landscape. They also have a focus on including their employees in their marketing efforts. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Natasha McClymont] 'A brand is built in a lifetime, and crushed in an instant.' So goes the paraphrasing of the famous quote by businessman extraordinaire, Warren Buffet. This year alone has witnessed several brands losing their credibility in the eyes of supporters and customers. |
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