UCT GSB professor appointed visiting professor at Polytechnic of Namibia

Jonathan Foster-Pedley, senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), has been appointed a visiting professor in entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity at the Polytechnic of Namibia. 16 Oct 2008

Promise appoints new creative director and designer

Gail Langley has been appointed sales manager for Vibrant Direct.

Jenna Robbertse appointed assistant editor for ELLE, SA

Jenna will still retain much of her duties as fashion editor, but will be instrumental in managing most of the daily operational tasks in Cape Town. 12 Mar 2007

Owen Kley joins Bester Burke Slingers

Experienced marketing man, Owen Kley, has joined the Bester Burke Slingers Group as strategic director. 12 Mar 2007

Kirstin Cheetham appointed senior designer for CORE - Design Essence

Kirstin has joined CORE - Design Essence as a senior designer and brings with her a huge repertoire of skills and talent which perfectly compliment the CORE team and services. 9 Mar 2007

SA shopping centre body appoints new president

The South African Council of Shopping Centers (SACSC) has appointed Johannesburg businesswoman, Miss Julie Hillary, MD of Finlay, as its president. As a successful player in the South African property industry, Miss Hillary says she will bring her years of experience to the position of president of the SACSC. 9 Mar 2007

Two new appointments at Oscar Tango Marketing

Starcom makes two new appointments

RE/MAX Southern Africa announces new marketing director

Keith Scafturis joins the group as its new marketing director, following 25 years with the FNB group – the last ten as the national relationship manager with FNB home loans, where he built and cemented relationships at executive level with FNB’s real estate intermediary business partners nationally. Scafturis’s new appointment as marketing director with the RE/MAX group will see him developing the RE/MAX brand by guiding, growing and leading an existing and highly successful team at the group’s head office in Cape Town, while at the same time supporting the more than 2200 associates and broker/owners in more than 170 independently owned offices across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius and Mozambique. 7 Mar 2007

New appointment at The Event Production Company

Karen Ashwin, MD of The Event Production Company has recently appointed Lisa Nel as group public relations manager. 6 Mar 2007

New appointments at Mortimer Harvey

Adam Nel has been appointed to the position of copywriter at Mortimer Harvey. 5 Mar 2007

Ireland/Davenport appoints Jason Knight as strategic director

Ireland/Davenport has employed Jason Knight to take on the position of head of strategy. 2 Mar 2007

Reload appoints Justin McCall

Justin McCall has joined the Reload Brand Communication team, a division of the Growgraphics Group, as senior web developer. 2 Mar 2007

Primedia Out of Home ramps up strategic staffing initiatives

Executive chairman, Primedia Out of Home division, Steve Ratlou, today announced the appointment of human capital specialist, Alexia Shuenyane, as human resources director of all the companies in the division. 28 Feb 2007

Farah Fortune appointed shopping editor for Alchemy Publishing

Farah Fortune has been appointed as the new shopping editor for Alchemy Publishing. 28 Feb 2007

Mortimer Harvey appoints communications director

Jacques Verster has been appointed as communications director of a newly established communications and public relations unit at Mortimer Harvey. 27 Feb 2007

Vasili Vass appointed Head of Publicity at e.tv

Vasili Vass has been appointed Head of Publicity at free-to-air channel, e.tv. 27 Feb 2007

Toby Guise joins Quirk eMarketing’s WebPR team

All the way from London and with a solid background in public relations, Toby’s specialisation is finance. 27 Feb 2007

Robynne Kahn joins Cosmopolitan magazine

Robynne Kahn has been appointed as the fashion director of Cosmopolitan magazine, signalling a return to a department where she started her career almost 13 years ago. 26 Feb 2007

New staff appointments at Scan Display

- Jayshree Singh has been appointed office manager at Scan Display KwaZulu-Natal - Barry King has been appointed financial manager at Scan Display - Dichabe Lebotse has been appointed assistant financial manager at Scan Display - Sam Ntsoane has been appointed project manager at Scan Display - Gao Diale has been appointed account executive at Scan Display - Karen Healey has been appointed account executive at Scan Display Western Cape 26 Feb 2007

Les van Dyk has been appointed as JHB and KZN regional sales manager for Bizcommunity.com.

New appointments at AVI

The listed consumer brands company, AVI recently announced its restructure. 22 Feb 2007

Training specialist Teressa Malevu joins theWorksquad

To assist with the growth and demand, Teressa has joined theWorksquad’s life coaching division. 21 Feb 2007

Event specialist joins Matrix Advertising

Event specialist and seasoned campaigner, Mimi Finestone, has joined the Cape Town-based outfit under the leadership of Matrix Advertising dynamo, Mark Bastiaans. "Mimi adds another dimension to our business and joins us in her capacity as divisional manager of our new southern Cape office," says Bastiaans. 20 Feb 2007

Touchline Media staff cross the Finishline

Touchline Media's newly launched PR and events division, Finishline, will be headed up by division manager Kirsti Lyall. 20 Feb 2007

TBWA Cape Town appoints new creative directors

Nicky Swartz, MD of TBWA Cape Town, has appointed two new creative directors for the agency. 15 Feb 2007

Peter Southworth adds his magic to The Red & Yellow School

Peter Southworth has joined The Red & Yellow School of Logic and Magic as course director. 15 Feb 2007

Zandy Magodla has been appointed assistant to MD, Kerry Maginness of Talent International.

The Refinery appoints Iwan Zwarts

Iwan Zwarts recently joined The Refinery after a two year spell at Condor Cape. 13 Feb 2007