The Vega School of Brand Leadership (Vega) is set to be the first private tertiary-education institute in South Africa to offer a new and specialised approach to brand education, with the launch in January 2013 of the Master of Arts in Creative Brand Leadership programme. 15 Nov 2012 Read more >>

We're delighted to announce that Vega students Batya Raff and Kyle Jacobson, along with Vega Alumnus Chad Goddard, have won prestigious Yellow Pencils at the D&AD awards in London this week. 29 Jun 2012 Read more >>

Gordon Cook, the National Brand Navigator at Vega School of Brand Leadership, addressed the annual general meeting of Team Namibia on Wednesday, 13 June 2012. 22 Jun 2012 Read more >>

Vega Bedfordview has, over the years, offered a variety of photography short learning programmes and now includes new programmes such as desk top publishing, web design, brand and marketing management as well as strategic brand leadership. 30 May 2012 Read more >>

The Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA) has confirmed the endorsement of two new innovative short learning programmes to be delivered by Vega School of Brand Leadership, namely Strategic Brand Leadership and Brand and Marketing Management. 25 May 2012 Read more >>

The Dr Freysen Teaching Excellence Award is an acknowledgement of the dedicated and committed work done in and outside the classroom to pursue academic excellence and successful student learning that contributes to socially responsible and employable graduates. The award recognises lecturers who demonstrate creative and innovative teaching approaches to promote productive learning. 22 May 2012 Read more >>

The Vega Interschool Brand Experience (VIBE) held on Saturday, 19 May, was a huge success and there were a multitude of phenomenal ideas. 22 May 2012 Read more >>

Teams of learners from just over forty schools across the country will descend on Vega School of Brand Leadership campuses in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town on Saturday the 19th of May to take part in VIBE (Vega Interschool Brand Experience). This is a new initiative by Vega to expose young people to the world of branding and what it would be like to build brands in an innovative way. 17 May 2012 Read more >>

Good copywriting is certainly delightful to come across, but it's about more than writing skills. There's something else involved. 13 Mar 2012 Read more >>

Advance to the next level in your career through the BA Honours in Brand Leadership offered at Vega, the School of Brand Leadership. 13 Dec 2011 Read more >>

Do you have a two-year Diploma in advertising, public relations, communications, marketing, journalism or any other similar field, and the desire to take your career to a new level? You could be an Honours graduate in the near future! 12 Dec 2011 Read more >>

The Design School Southern Africa (DSSA), a private Higher Education institute for creatives pursuing a career in Fashion, Graphic or Interior Design, finished off their year with a show stopping fashion production at Swan Lake Lodge in Centurion on Thursday 24 November. 6 Dec 2011 Read more >>

On Thursday evening the Vega Joburg campus was abuzz with students, their parents, lecturers and industry experts to admire the outstanding work produced by the final year students during 2011. 29 Nov 2011 Read more >>

Advance to the next level in your career through the BA Honours in Brand Leadership offered at Vega, the School of Brand Leadership. 25 Nov 2011 Read more >>

A match made in heaven! This is what happened when The Design School Southern Africa (DSSA) announced their partnership with the SANSUI Summer Cup proudly hosted by Gauteng and taking place at Turffontein Race Course on Saturday the 26th of November. On the day one of the highlights will be the SANSUI Summer Cup Fashion Show, in association with SA Fashion Week, one of the hottest events on Gauteng's social and fashion calendar! 24 Nov 2011 Read more >>

The Vega Class of 2011 and the Imagination Lab, Vega's outreach programme, will be revealing the cream of their work to the world on Thursday, the 24th of November 2011 from 18:00 at the Vega Bordeaux campus. 23 Nov 2011 Read more >>

There were many reasons to pop the champagne corks last Thursday evening, when the Vega Class of 2011 revealed the cream of their work to the world at the new Vega Cape Town campus. 22 Nov 2011 Read more >>

Good news comes in threes! The Mother City has just been voted as the Design Capital of the World 2014, Table Mountain is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World - and Vega Cape Town is moving to a new exciting location during 2012! 21 Nov 2011 Read more >>

The verdict is out: Chevrolet and Mercedes seemed to have received the overwhelming majority of green cards for their current television advertising campaigns, for the Chevrolet Spark and the Mercedes Benz C Class Coupe respectively. 14 Nov 2011 Read more >>

First year Vega BA Brand Building and Management student Kwanele Makhoba (22) from Dube, Soweto was overcome with emotion today when he was awarded R 50 000 study bursary from the Dinokeng Project. The bursary was the result of a partnership between Dinokeng and Vega, the School of Brand Leadership during 2010 on a fun and inspiring brand challenge that aimed to challenge the students with a real-life brand exercise and inspire excellence in these young creatives. In return the Dinokeng Project would give a R50 000 bursary to a talented, high performing and previously disadvantaged student. 11 Nov 2011 Read more >>

The Vega Class of 2011 will be revealing the cream of their work to the world on Friday 11 November 2011 from 6:30pm at the Vega Durban campus. 10 Nov 2011 Read more >>

Vega, the School of Brand Leadership, invites you to be empowered by a profound and deeply moving presentation by Doctor Charles Mironko on the Seven Stages of Genocide. 1 Nov 2011 Read more >>

Shelley Buckle, third-year Vega Durban student and creative soul, has just been crowned as the new Miss Deaf SA! This proves that Vega, the School of Brand Leadership, not only boasts academic achievements, but also has some of the most beautiful students in the country. Miss Deaf SA is an annual beauty pageant showcasing undiscovered talent in the deaf society of South Africa and creating life changing experiences and other opportunities for deaf and hearing impaired young girls. The pageant aims to cross the communication gap between the deaf and hearing communities. 20 Oct 2011 Read more >>

A trade delegation from Derry-Londonderry in Northern Ireland has been making waves with Cape Town companies alongside its entry in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race. As part of the build-up to UK City of Culture 2013, the city of Derry-Londonderry has set itself the task to strengthen its international connections and invite other markets to connect and be part of Northern Ireland's new story. 19 Oct 2011 Read more >>

Vega Cape Town has reason to celebrate: three of their students received international membership to The International Society of Graphic Designers (ISTD). Congratulations to Michelle van Den Berg, MW van der Walt and Alex Ferguson, with the crowning glory being MW's merit award. 18 Oct 2011 Read more >>

In reference to the Vega press release relating to the 'Mountain Bike Buck' viral video, Vega would like to state that we were not directly involved in the posting of the video. 17 Oct 2011 Read more >>

Elizabeth Hurley, global ambassador of Estée Lauder's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, is very passionate about breast cancer and has championed the cause with Estee Lauder for 17 years now. She recently visited South Africa in aid of raising funds for Estee Lauder's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign in support of "Look Good Feel Better". 14 Oct 2011 Read more >>

It's sometimes amazing how one small action can lead to an unexpected 'tsunami' of events! Suegnet van der Spuy, one of Vega Durban's Brand Building third-year students, suggested to Max Cluer Sports Marketing that they post a video of her brother, Evan, onto YouTube after showing it to her Vega lecturer and classmates. This was the video of 'The mountain biker that got hit by a red hartebeest buck' that has now become an overnight YouTube sensation! 13 Oct 2011 Read more >>

Vega Durban has reason to pop the champagne corks: Brandon Celine, 2010 BA Creative Brand Communications student, is the overall winner of the NPC Photographic Competition. He was chosen out of hundreds of entries that poured in for the NPC-CIMPOR Stories Set In Time Photographic Competition, which challenged photographers to capture the essence of any concrete form that embraces the spirit of a story, fictional or fact. 11 Oct 2011 Read more >>

If you've ever travelled through South Africa by car, you have to attend and experience the 'Gate' Image Evening on Wednesday, 5 October, 17h30 for 18h00, in the Vega Joburg Campus Auditorium. 4 Oct 2011 Read more >>

In this fast-paced world it's sometimes difficult to balance work and investing in education or even pursuing a hobby like photography. Vega, the School of Brand Leadership has got the answer and presents a wide array of Short Learning Programmes (SLP's) for those who don't have an overabundance of time. 3 Oct 2011 Read more >>

It's not easy to impress top brand managers from big corporates, but members from Absa's Brand Marketing team,The Jupiter Drawing Room and Interbrand were highly impressed with the brand challenge presentations Vega Bordeaux students did this morning, focusing on the Design Indaba, one of Absa's major sponsorships. 14 Sep 2011 Read more >>

The first spring rain in Johannesburg has brought more wonderful news : Vega has the honour of having four Pendoring finalists! 14 Sep 2011 Read more >>

Vega's popular Open Day will take place on Saturday, 17 September 2011, from 09:30 to 12:30, on all of their four campuses: Bordeaux, Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban. 13 Sep 2011 Read more >>

Due to public demand, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Greg Marinovich makes a second appearance at Vega, the School of Brand Leadership in Bordeaux this Wednesday, the 14 September 2011. He will talk about his work as a creator of images and words 12 Sep 2011 Read more >>

How do you attempt to capture the first branding decade of the 21st century in a few pages of narrative? 9 Sep 2011 Read more >>

The verdict is out: Chicken Licken, KFC, Spur and Steers seemed to have received the majority of green cards for their television and radio advertising campaigns, whilst some of South Africa's other fast food brands left the audience cold. 6 Sep 2011 Read more >>

Vega's first year Creative Brand Communication students got the chance of a lifetime to prove their creative skills and to work in the 'real world' when top brand Nando's challenged them to produce a 30 second television commercial to promote the message: "How far would you go? " This angle was taken to promote Nando's new peri-peri chilli bush flavour, as it is no secret that peri-peri is the point of differentiation for the Nando's brand. 23 Aug 2011 Read more >>

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In today's ever changing competitive business world, where powerful brands dominate the economy, it becomes more and more important for brand custodians and all other staff dealing with brands to proactively manage their brands, their strongest competitive advantage imaginable! There is hardly any business around South Africa that will not benefit from up skilling their staff in writing copy for brands and to develop digital brand strategies. 11 Aug 2011 Read more >>

Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr Parks Tau, launched his Growth and Development Strategy (GDS) outreach programme on 2 August 2011 with energy, assurance and a dose of youthful, creative input and design flair from the Vega School of Brand Leadership. 8 Aug 2011 Read more >>

Brand leadership is the 21st century corporate buzzword, but business leaders need to transcend their obsession with maximising shareholder value and understand the brand's raison d'être. First, we need to ask "why?". 29 Jul 2011 Read more >>

For the first time various educators, marketing managers and heads from a number of Gauteng schools heard it from the horse's mouth, when Gordon Cook, well-known brand guru and Vega's National Brand Navigator, presented an A-Z of Brand Building workshop at the Vega Bordeaux campus. This workshop was specifically customised for the school environment and a number of schools benefitted from this insightful experience, including St Stithians, KES, Northcliff, Brescia House, Abbotts, St Peters, Beaulieu, Bryanston, Jeppe, National School of Performing Arts, Kingsmead, Aurora and Parktown Girls. 28 Jul 2011 Read more >>

Vega Durban has reason to fill up their glasses and to celebrate, as 2009 student Stathi Kougiano has been published for his work on ISTD, with his entry being published in Graphic Design 3 printed by Zeixs. 25 Jul 2011 Read more >>

The wait is finally over! After two weeks of intense judging at the Vega, Bordeaux Campus - which was overseen by five international jury chairman and with over 120 jury members - the finalists for the Loeries were announced this yesterday afternoon. Amongst them are 17 proud finalists from Vega, The School of Brand Innovation, who have once again proven that hard work, dedication, leadership, innovation and creativity pays off! 14 Jul 2011 Read more >>

Vega ,the School of Brand innovation, is once again the proud host of the 33rd annual Loerie Awards. 6 Jul 2011 Read more >>

It was a joyous occasion when some of Absa's marketers graduated from Vega, the School of Brand Innovation. 5 Jul 2011 Read more >>

Jonathan Lavendar, current third-year student at the Vega Durban campus, received a 'special commendation' for his brilliant work at the prestigious D&AD Awards in London on 16 June 2011 in The Artillery Garden at the HAC. Here he was fortunate enough to meet world famous designers including Neville Brody. 1 Jul 2011 Read more >>

"Continuous interaction with consumers will increase their brand awareness and consumer loyalty. A culture of continuous innovation will elevate your brand to be the one preferred within the market. Clever brand activation will set you apart from the vast competition." This is the powerful message from guest-speaker Peter Leonard, 3M Global Market Development Manager, during a special address to Vega's Executives last Thursday. 29 Jun 2011 Read more >>

Entrepreneur Chris Cox, former Vega student and honours graduate, has co-founded South Africa's first online store dedicated exclusively to women's beauty products. The store stocks world-class brands including Nina Ricci, Anna Sui, Shiseido and NARS. 27 Jun 2011 Read more >>

First-year Vega Durban student Jessica MacLeod has won the prestigious Andalusian Centre of Photography and the non-profit organisation Al Tarab 4th PhotoAfrica Contest. 24 Jun 2011 Read more >>

Does the thought of driving like a maniac as you chase the sunset over the mountains of Mpumalanga, firing off a thousand shots, fill you with you glee? Do all your holidays consist of snap, snap, snap - and have you been accused of looking like an over keen tourist? 21 Jun 2011 Read more >>

Daniel Ting Chong, who graduated from Vega in 2009, scooped one of South Africa's highest accolades by being included in the Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans 2011. 14 Jun 2011 Read more >>

Remaining ahead of the competition in an environment that continually shifts, changes and is becoming increasingly complex is a great challenge for all brands. To be successful in this environment is going to take a new way of thinking. 10 Jun 2011 Read more >>

Vega, the School of Brand Innovation, invites parents, scholars and all other interested parties to the Vega Open Day this Saturday, the 4th June 2011, being held from 09:30 to 12:30 at their campuses in Bordeaux, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria. 1 Jun 2011 Read more >>

Every year students from The Vega School of Brand Innovation are briefed by clients in industry, corporate, the NGO sector and government on specific challenges facing their brands. Students from both the strategic and creative degrees are placed in integrated strategic and brand communication teams and are then required to propose in-depth and innovative solutions. In the past clients such as Discovery, M-Net, Protea Hotels and the Nelson Mandela Children's fund have briefed students who have brought fresh thinking and new ideas to build and sustain brands. 29 Oct 2010 Read more >>

Vega is launching 4 new workshops to be run once only this year in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria. 7 Oct 2010 Read more >>

Vega School of Brand Innovation will open its doors in Sunnyside, Pretoria, on the 7th October at 18:00. 6 Oct 2010 Read more >>

Come celebrate the launch of a new campus that will offer specialist degrees and qualifications in visual communication, design, creative writing, multi-media, photography, strategic brand and business management to open a whole new world of careers. 29 Sep 2010 Read more >>

Tony Koenderman's Brainstorm, an annual conference, started five years ago with the objective of giving the advertising and marketing industry an opportunity to catch up with the latest trends in marketing. This year the forum was titled “Catch a Wake-Up”, and the wake-up in question concerned the digital media. 19 Nov 2009 Read more >>

This year's AVA Expo, Gauteng's premium audiovisual appliance exhibition, played host to the much anticipated amateur photographic competition Canon Shooting Star, with first, second and third places being awarded to some very talented young South Africans, all of which are from Vega School in Johannesburg. 11 Nov 2009 Read more >>

Recently two groups from Vega's first year BA in Brand Building and Management students were chosen to take part in the finals of the Branson School of Entrepreneurship's Business Plan Competition. They were amongst 142 business plans to make the Top 10 and were the ONLY first years that made the finals. This outstanding achievement goes to show that Vega's degree is taking business to a whole new level. 7 Oct 2009 Read more >>

Vega's part-time honours programme is taking graduates' careers to new heights. Students have an option to take a more strategic approach through the BA (Honours) in Brand Leadership or to develop their creative skills in the BA (Honours) in Creative Brand Communications. 28 Sep 2009 Read more >>

The current consumer-led digital economy is creating a myriad of exciting opportunities for companies to engage their consumers. In addition, the recent launch of an underwater fibre-optic cable promises to significantly reduce the cost of, and increase access to bandwidth and hence reduce the cost of digital communications initiatives. These developments in telecommunications together with the constant drive for innovation needed in today's markets have resulted in what's termed an “An Innovation Economy”. 2 Sep 2009 Read more >>

Vega is and has always been about thinking and great ideas. More importantly Vega is about positive relevant ideas that make a difference. As such internships are incorporated into our official curricula to help ease students into real-world branding, marketing and advertising positions. 29 Jul 2009 Read more >>

The current economic crisis is not the only factor forcing organisations to reconsider their business models and strategies. With resources becoming increasingly scarce and with escalating pressure from stakeholders to deliver on promises and provide meaningful experiences, brands of the future will need to embrace creativity and to innovate continuously in order to remain sustainable. 15 Jul 2009 Read more >>

This week, Vega: The Brand Communication School, unveiled its latest big idea with the opening of its new auditorium. Vega School Navigator Gordon Cook started working on this concept a few years ago, and together with holding company AdvTech and Nu-Metro, opened the cinema-style auditorium on Wednesday night with a special screening of Coco Chanel. 7 Jul 2009 Read more >>

Vega has a number of bursaries available for suitable candidates to study the Diploma in Communications Management commencing in July 2009. Suitable candidates are those who have passed matric, have been working for at least two years, and are earning less than R10 000 per month. He/she should have a good academic record and/or work performance record. Preference will be given to those from disadvantaged backgrounds but not exclusively. 18 May 2009 Read more >>

The Vega School captured its growing influence and relevance in the photography industry for posterety when a number of its students received Gold, Silver and Bronze awards of the Sony Profoto Student Portfolio category at this year's 2008 Sony Profoto awards. 21 Apr 2009 Read more >>

If you've been thinking of adding a few extra creative minds and capable hands to your team, there's never been a better time than now to do just that. 9 Feb 2009 Read more >>

The Minister of Education, Mrs Naledi Pandor opened the Independent Institute of Education's (IIE) Vega campus in Bordeaux Johannesburg on 18 July 2008. 23 Jul 2008 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School, which is a division of The Independent Institute of Education which includes the National College of Photography, has announced the launch of a new photography qualification. 2 Jul 2008 Read more >>

Vega Orbit, The Continuing Professional Development division of Vega The Brand Communications School, offers various part-time offerings. The Diploma in Communications Management commences in July 2008 at Vega campuses in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. 16 May 2008 Read more >>

Experience crayon bright fun with Vega through the creative and strategic workshops on offer. 6 May 2008 Read more >>

The A to Z of Integrated Brand Communications investigates current methodologies for the development of an Integrated Brand Communications strategy. The programme follows the ideal process that the strategist needs to follow in order to develop a truly differentiated, relevant and integrated strategy. 23 Apr 2008 Read more >>

The Jupiter Drawing Room (Jhb) is making the largest commitment to young creative talent that South Africa has yet seen with its sponsorship of a brand new Imagination Lab in the Jozi inner-city. 8 Apr 2008 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School is hosting a workshop on the A to Z of branding. The programme will cover all the marketing components that contribute to launching and sustaining a brand including brand research, logistics management, the brand communication mix, pricing, packaging, and brand and category management. 31 Mar 2008 Read more >>

The nature of branding is about to change fundamentally. This is the theme to be discussed at the inaugural ‘The Idea Exchange', which will be hosted by Vega Orbit – the continuing professional development unit of Vega The Brand Communications School. 22 Feb 2008 Read more >>

Cascoland is an interdisciplinary public art project involving a multidisciplinary team of international and local artists, architects and designers, as well as urban communities and stakeholders. The project, initiated by Dutch artist Fiona de Bell, is rooted in the desire to research, address, intervene, alter, celebrate and confront the practices of the everyday use of public space, its rules, spatial aesthetics and functions. 11 Feb 2008 Read more >>

Vega Orbit, The Continuing Professional Development division of Vega The Brand Communications School offers various part-time offerings. The Diploma commences 4 February 2008 at Vega campuses in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. 28 Jan 2008 Read more >>

Ongoing career development is essential to maintain your market value. This is the belief of Bonita Lee-Shew who heads up Vega Orbit – a professional career furthering centre at Vega The Brand Communications School. 23 Jan 2008 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School will be benefiting from the acquisition by the Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd of the National College of Photography – the acquisition was formalised and effective as of 1 January 2008. The relationship will see both parties complementing and extending upon one another's current educational offerings. 21 Jan 2008 Read more >>

From the 18 December 2007, Vega The Brand Communications School will be based at 444 Jan Smuts Avenue, Bordeaux, up from Hyde Park. The new campus boasts a larger, exclusive setting for Vega students. A state of the art auditorium, a new canteen, refreshing new pause areas and a gallery to showcase student work will be some of the highlights of the new building. 3 Dec 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School and Cerebra will be hosting a workshop on social media on 14 and 15 November 2007. The workshop entitled ‘Brand building through Web 2.0 and New Media' will bring meaning to terms and new media platforms such as MySpace.com, Flickr.com, blogs, Facebook and podcasts. 31 Oct 2007 Read more >>

Vega, The Brand Communications School and The Fearless Executive have entered into a partnership which will further enhance the students' practical experience of internal branding. 4 Oct 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School has launched a new degree in Brand Building and Management to be offered in 2008. The new degree is a hybrid offering combining components of a BA and BComm that will provide a student with both a creative and strategic mindset. 24 Aug 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School, once again stamped its authority as the leading educational institute for brand communications study. At the recent Loerie Awards, the School stole the student award category with a remarkable 19 awards. This included 4 gold, 3 silver and 12 bronze. 31 Jul 2007 Read more >>

The focus of this course is to ensure comprehension and understanding of how the Illustrator environment ‘thinks', providing a solid conceptual foundation for further development. 15 May 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School is offering a two-day workshop which investigates current methodologies for the development of an integrated brand communications strategy. 9 May 2007 Read more >>

This course consists of 20 sessions of three hours each and is aimed at individuals and graduates who wish to enhance or build on their existing creative portfolio. 7 May 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School is a school that focuses on ideas that challenge and add value to brands, business and society. That is the essence of Vega‘s philosophy of wisdomwithmagic derived from the urge to merge strategic thinking with creativity, craftsmanship and business savvy – the combination that achieves innovation. 25 Apr 2007 Read more >>

After much research and development Vega is proud to announce the launch of our new degree, a BA in Brand Building and Management. The first intake for the degree will take place at the beginning of the 2008 academic year. It will be delivered on all three Vega campuses, namely Sandton, Cape Town and Durban. 19 Apr 2007 Read more >>

The essence and philosophy of Vega The Brand Communications School is wisdomwithmagic derived from the urge to merge strategic thinking with innovation. 10 Apr 2007 Read more >>

It’s February in the middle of Sandton and a new kind of predator emerges from the early dusk of the Northern Suburban light. Passionate learners from Vega the Brand Communications School invade the streets of Jo’burg with an eye on a cause greater than their own. 20 Mar 2007 Read more >>

This two-day media workshop will explore the wisdomwithmagic within the planning of the myriad of media opportunities available today and how to evaluate and leverage these opportunties. 15 Mar 2007 Read more >>

Cascoland invites you to visit our festival at the Drill Hall in the inner city of Johannesburg. 12 Mar 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School’s Cape Town Orientation Week seems to have become a kind of cultural event in the Mother City. The purpose: so students get to know one another, their context and the Vega way of thinking. Rudi Cronje, a third year student, takes us through the event. 1 Mar 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School is offering a two-day workshop which investigates current methodologies for the development of an integrated brand communications strategy. 22 Feb 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School is offering a Creative Portfolio course aimed at graduates and industry creatives who wish to build on existing portfolios in design, art direction and copywriting. 19 Feb 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School has specialised short learning programs in brand management, communication planning, creativity and digital media offered as highly interactive, outcomes based courses. 8 Feb 2007 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School focuses on ideas that challenge and add value to brands, business and society. Vega's philosophy of wisdomwithmagic is derived from the urge to merge strategic thinking with creativity, craftsmanship and business savvy - this dynamic combination helps all those who attend Vega achieve innovation.  13 Nov 2006 Read more >>

'Tis the time of year to clad the halls with creative glories as Vega's students show off their wares. Vega The Brand Communications School, Cape Town campus, is now at the end of its second year and is tickled pink at the wisdomwithmagic emanating from within. This year's showcase is entitled Hug Scary Things.  8 Nov 2006 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School is a school that focuses on ideas that challenge and add value to brands, business and society. That is the essence of Vega's philosophy of wisdomwithmagic, derived from the urge to merge strategic thinking with creativity, craftsmanship and business savvy - the combination that achieves innovation.  16 Oct 2006 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School focuses on ideas that challenge and add value to brands, business and society. That is the essence of Vega's philosophy of wisdomwithmagic, derived from the need to merge strategic thinking with creativity, craftsmanship and business savvy - the combination that achieves innovation.  11 Sep 2006 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School is a school that focuses on ideas that challenge and add value to brands, business and society. That is the essence of Vega's philosophy of wisdomwithmagic, derived from the urge to merge strategic thinking with creativity, craftsmanship and business savvy - the combination that achieves innovation.  8 Aug 2006 Read more >>

What happens when a top-end street artist from Mitchell's Plain has to battle it out with a team of young design students from the suburbs to come up with an identity for the Cape Flats? 5 Apr 2006 Read more >>

The first spotting was in Buitengracht, the main traffic entrance into Cape Town's city bowl: A bride in full gear, veil blowing in the South-Easter like in a full scale Hollywood production, followed by her bride's maids and guests. In her hand a sign: "Mad, mad mistake. Need help to fund a divorce lawyer". 19 Mar 2006 Read more >>

In February, the Jozi campus of Vega, The Brand Communications School, celebrated its seventh annual graduation at the Sandton Convention Centre.  2 Mar 2006 Read more >>

Vega final year multimedia student, Khayalethu Mtshali, took top honours at this year's Construction New Media Awards held at the annual International Design Indaba in Cape Town. He scooped not only the Top Student award but also the Grand Prix beating all industry professionals in the category. 27 Feb 2006 Read more >>

Language not only helps us to articulate our identity but it also informs that identity. Brands seek to create and promote identities that will relate to their target markets. Hence, brands should know how to mold language in the expression of these identities. 24 Apr 2005 Read more >>

Languages cannot be learnt in a vacuum. Culture and language are part of the same system of meaning. It is crucial to gain an insight to the culture that informs a language at the same time as learning the form taken by the spoken and written words. 31 Mar 2005 Read more >>

It's amazing how rapidly a little buzzword can become a biz-word in the biz-world. The previous article on Vega The Brand Communication School in Cape Town's part time courses was born from a student concept of "Trojan Ponies". Within a day calls came in from industry inquiring about the "pony courses". 13 Mar 2005 Read more >>

Vega the Brand Communications School recently celebrated its sixth annual graduation at the Sandton Convention Centre. Seventy two BA Degrees specialising in Creative Brand Communications and forty seven Postgraduate Diplomas in Brand Contact Management were awarded during the ceremony. 4 Mar 2005 Read more >>

Creative strategic solutions to brand problems are at the core of Vega, The Brand Communications School's training programmes. The Cape Town campus recently launched its full time courses with an orientation brief to the First Year and Honours students. 21 Feb 2005 Read more >>

Branding workshops being offered this year by Vega The Brand Communications School include: The A-Z of Strategic Brand Management, The Strategic Overview of Sponsorship, Managing Accounts as Brand Communications Partners and Event & Leisure Management. 17 Jan 2005 Read more >>

The Vega Navigators invested plenty mental fuel in 2004 to investigate current honours programmes and how they measure up to the shifts and needs of the greater brand communications industry. 28 Nov 2004 Read more >>

Three previously disadvantaged students stand to get a chance of a lifetime with the announcement of three bursaries from Vega The Brand Communications School. 25 Oct 2004 Read more >>

Vega the Brand Communications School launched their Cape Town campus in Greenpoint last week with an energy-oozing event. The site was officially opened by Vega graduate and Creative Director FCB Activ, Marius van Rensburg. With tots of VR brandy from a sparkling Vega ice sculpture, the signage was erected and the site toasted. VR also awarded their first student bursary to the Cape Town Campus. 17 Oct 2004 Read more >>

Four Vega first year students managed to get two finalists and win the coveted Fledgling Eagle award at this year's prestigious Eagle Awards ceremony. 29 Aug 2004 Read more >>

After many long months of planning, the Funda DTP & Design Centre officially opened this week at the Funda Fine Art School. This initiative is a joint collaboration between advertising agency, morrisjones&co and branding school, Vega The Brand Communications School. 14 Jul 2004 Read more >>

Abraham Lincoln said "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today". In this spirit of transformation, Vega The Brand Communications School launched the fourth of their Imagination Labs at the Alexsan Kopano Community Centre in Alexandra, Johannesburg last week. 1 Jul 2004 Read more >>

Vega The Brand Communications School never seems to do things the expected way, and never in a timid manner either. Such was their 5^th birthday celebration last week, flaunting their proud history and maverick character on NuMetro's big screen. 23 May 2004 Read more >>

"After your year at the Imagination Lab you will be successful", said Arthur, South Africa's King of Kwaito, to a group of excited students hanging onto his every word. "But what is important is that, once you are successful, you help others". 5 Apr 2004 Read more >>

Recent Vega research studies reveal that the marketing industry is in dire need of young professionals who have insight and skill in the fields of brand architecture, brand economics and finance, brand management, brand innovation and brand leadership as well as brand law and brand ethics. Vega School has introced two new majors: "Integrated Brand Communications" and "Brand Management and Leadership". 25 Nov 2003 Read more >>

There has been a steady increase in media spend by primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in South Africa over recent years. There are many reasons for this: 20 Nov 2003 Read more >>

Renata Giovannoni is Vega's first student to win a Gold Loerie in both the student and profesional categories in the same year. 19 Jun 2003 Read more >>

Thursday night saw the launch of the SABC/Vega Ulimi Lwami centre. In true African spirit Gordon Cook, Vega School Navigator, welcomed the industry guests in isiZulu after which Noli Xate, the Ulimi Lwami navigator, spoke about the enormous contribution the language centre will make to the communications industry. The keynote speaker, SABC's GM of Corporate Marketing S'bu Manqele pledged his and the SABC's support for the initiative. 1 Jan 1900 Read more >>