18 Jun 2012

Marketing & Media | South Africa

 
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They should have bottled it up

If there's one subject on which just about everyone has a concern it's the environment, and usually anything done to raise awareness is greeted with approval. In what could perhaps end up being an "own goal", Coca-Cola has taken steps - big ones - to have a SodaStream airport exhibit removed. Chris Moerdyk is amazed at what the world's biggest brand has done.

On the media front, there's music in the R3bn Mvelaphanda-Avusa share offer. Blackstar CEO Andrew Bonamour, believes Avusa's entertainment businesses hold a great deal of value that has not yet been capitalised on.

Are you a media planner or buyer? Then Media Inflation Watch 2012 Jan-Mar: The new data is for you - but don't expect to be very uncomfortable with the results.

Finally, on the digital front, RamsayMedia has launched its digimag platform. It's the latest move to consolidate and grow its e-commerce initiatives.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Marketing & Media


[Thought Leadership Digibates] 06: Should social media be your marketing strategy's first pillar?
Aegis Media, in conjunction with Bizcommunity.com, will be hosting the sixth Thought Leadership Digibate that will debate and discuss whether or not social media should be the first pillar of a marketing strategy. The event will be held on 29 June 2012 at Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Melrose Arch and will stream live on www.bizradio.co.za from 9.30am to 11am. Read more >>

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Design Indaba


Ka-ching! Sales soar for emerging creatives at Expo
Exposure for young designers at 2012 Design Indaba Expo translates into swift trade. Read more >>

Cannes Lions


Special focus on media freedom & right to know


POIB bun fight and silly burgers
NEWSWATCH: ANC MPs and state security have deadlocked on proposed changes to the Protection of State Information, reports IOL, which also reports that there were service delivery protests of a different kind - over burgers! Read more >>

Zapiro wins 2012 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize
For his exemplary courage in upholding freedom to publish, Jonathan 'Zapiro' Shapiro has been named the recipient of this year's IPA Freedom to Publish Prize. IPA President YoungSuk "Y.S." Chi formally presented the award during the closing ceremony of the 29th Congress of the International Publishers Association (IPA) at the CTICC on 14 June 2012. Read more >>

Marketing


Agency selection: Do it yourself, or get a consultancy to assist?
[Samantha Randall] 5.30 am wake up... 15 minutes to prepare breakfast and lunchboxes... 45 minutes to get the family ready, drive them to school and then on to a 45-minute gym workout. Then a 30-minute drive to work... followed by a 9-hour work day involving as many meetings, phone calls and presentations as possible... thereafter a 20 minute drop-in at Woolies, to organise the family's dinner for that evening... Read more >>

Marketing lessons from bare boobs and 'The Spear'
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] Marketers can take some valuable lessons from consumer reaction during the past month or so. Read more >>

Advertising


What makes advertising work?
[Thomas Oosthuizen] Throughout my career in marketing, I was challenged by "what makes marketing communication tools like advertising, work". This is a question every single client asks often - yet it is the one question where the answer is most elusive. Read more >>

Project success...a mouth full of jargon?
[Reghardt Marais] What is success? And how does one go about achieving it? According to the Oxford Dictionary, the answer is simply "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose". Read more >>

Branding


Neuroeconomics for dummies & those with little time
[Tiffany Markman] I was invited to a talk on neuroeconomics. Yes, really. And it blew my mind. Here's why: presented by Prof Don Ross* of UCT, the talk unpacked the brain's reward system, what motivates people to act, and - most importantly for me as a copywriter and communicator - how to entrench a short brand message in the reader's mind. Read more >>

CSI


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RamsayMedia launches digimag platform
In the latest move to consolidate and grow its e-commerce initiatives, RamsayMedia has launched its own in-house digital magazine platform. The development aims to give the company greater flexibility in managing and monetising its relationship with subscribers and is designed to open the door to extending digital magazine fulfilment to other media companies. Read more >>

Education & Training


Events & Conferencing


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Magazines


Media


Avusa's music in R3bn share offer
If recent events are anything to go by, news of the death of print media has been greatly exaggerated. Read more >>

Mvela Group makes offer for Avusa
According to a release on Sharenet, the Mvela Group is making an offer to buy Avusa. Read more >>

Mvela to trim Avusa board‚ curb wasteful expenditure
Mvelaphanda Group plans to trim Avusa's 15-member board to about eight to nine people and to curb wasteful expenditure if it succeeds with its estimated R3bn cash and share offer for the remaining 79% it does not own of the media and entertainment group‚ interim CEO of Mvela‚ Andrew Bonamour‚ intimated on Tuesday. Read more >>

Mvela takeover could be good news for Avusa
[Trevor Neethling] The Mvelaphanda Group's bid for control of Avusa Media might be just the shot in the arm the stagnating media company needs to reinvigorate its business following a dismal 2011. Last year it had to contend with executive management instability and suffered major cost knocks, culminating in a torrid financial performance that wreaked havoc on shareholder value. Read more >>

Mobile


MediaShop's latest forum points to mobile
The latest MediaShop industry forum held at the Johannesburg Country Club Woodmead saw speakers Justin Sanan of AC Nielsen Africa, Fiona Potgieter of Yonder Media and Toby Shapshak of Stuff magazine, delve into South Africa's digital landscape and reiterate the growing power of digital media. Read more >>

Out Of Home


Millions of people, many empty billboards
[Tatenda Chiweshe] On a recent audit of billboards in Johannesburg townships (high density, predominantly low to middle income areas) it was surprising how many empty boards are held by dominant players in the market. Read more >>

PR & Communications


Coca-Cola cry-baby
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] It never ceases to amaze me how corporate egos can lead to stupid knee-jerk decisions that end up damaging brands so much more than if they just swallowed their pride and moved on. Read more >>

Printing


Production


No sex please, we're Sactwu
NEWSWATCH: According to Times Live, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is less than amused after being informed that Sactwu, affiliated to Cosatu, is linked to a bid to buy an American porn empire. Read more >>

Radio


Public is the star of radio, says 702's Chris Gibbons
[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Veteran broadcaster Chris Gibbons is leaving Talk Radio 702 and 567 CapeTalk's Midday Report at the end of August after eight years of presenting the current-affairs show. He tells Gill Moodie what comes next, how radio has changed since his early 702 days and why he's ready to move on. Read more >>

Recruitment


Research

Southern African Marketing Research Association

Media Inflation Watch 2012 Jan-Mar: The new data
Media Manager Online has been updated with new Inflation Watch data covering 2012 January to March. Media planners and buyers will be very uncomfortable with the results. Some highlights for you (all figures are 2012 Jan to Mar on 2011 Jan to Mar)... Read more >>

Sponsorship


TV


SABC: No England rugby Tests Isidingo burns
Rugby fans who hoped to tune into the South African Broadcast Corporation's (SABC's) delayed broadcast of the Tests between the Springboks and England at Ellis Park on Saturday and in Port Elizabeth this week will have to make other plans after the national broadcaster dropped the bombshell that the matches would be broadcast only on radio, writes Zeena Isaacs. Also on the TV front, a fire struck the Isidingo set, reports the Sowetan. Read more >>

Youth Marketing



Blogs
[Cannes Lions 2012] Arriving in Cannes
[140 BBDO goes to Cannes] Michael Pearson: "Cheers! Bye! Have a jol! Good luck!" ...and then...27 hours after leaving our loved ones behind, we finally arrived in Cannes (via Istanbul and some unforeseen delays). Read more >>


[Cannes Lions 2012] 140 BBDO's 2012 international predictions
[140 BBDO goes to Cannes] Michael Pearson: Ross and I were lucky enough to pick up some metal at Cannes last year - for our Snickers radio campaign - which is why 140 BBDO have sent us this year. Read more >>



International
Time launches digital subscriptions for all magazines
NEW YORK, US: US magazine giant Time Inc has announced it would offer digital subscriptions for all 20 of its consumer magazine titles for iPad on Apple's Newsstand. Read more >>

NYF 2012 Radio Awards mobile app continues NYF's green initiative
NEW YORK, US: New York Festivals International Radio Program & Promotions Awards, honouring the World's Best Radio Programs, continues its green initiative by offering an e-program for the 2012 Radio Awards on a mobile app for the second year in a row. Read more >>

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Partners
Bizcommunity.com launches online shopping portal, BizBuy
Bizcommunity.com is proud to announce the launch of its own online shopping portal, BizBuy, focusing on two categories, Business products and Lifestyle products. Read more >>


Company news

Design Indaba


Design Indaba 2012 hits the sweet spots - Design Indaba
For five days, from 29 February to 4 March 2012, the Design Indaba Conference and Expo transformed the Cape Town International Convention Centre into a global hub of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Read more >>

Advertising


Who Is Sam case study: Nedbank gets personal with Facebook connect app - 7Dffrnt Knds of Smke
7Dffrnt Knds of Smke was approached by Nedbank to come up with a solution for O Week with an interactive way to engage new students visiting the campus. The goal was not only to stand head and shoulders above the other banks at the banking mall, but to speak to students in their language. Read more >>

Draftfcb irreverent, nasty? You bet, you Mutha! - Draftfcb (South Africa)
Draftfcb Cape Town has been accused of being irreverent and downright nasty by one of its clients - and the client is loving it! Online radio station MuthaFM.com is based in the Mother City, and is dedicated to delivering a fresh alternative to the playlists it says are being recycled on the mainstream airwaves. Read more >>

The DNA Project, Cape Town Station activation - FoxP2
The DNA Project is an organisation that aims to educate people never to interfere with a crime scene. FoxP2 built an installation at the Cape Town train station where people could experience the effects of disturbing a crime scene first-hand. Read more >>

Wimpy goes bananas for Animal Planet - McEwan Advertising
When Wimpy undertook to run a promo with the hugely popular Discovery Animal Planet license, they wanted to do so with a bang. McEwan Advertising, Wimpy's long-time brand partner, developed an integrated competition campaign that made use of various on- and off-line elements. Read more >>

00h12 Advertising and Design appointed Canova brand custodians in South Africa - 00h12
00h12 (Twelve Past Midnight) advertising agency has been appointed as the new integrated advertising agency for Canova, the only immune response modifier listed by FDA. They will be handling all strategy, channel, advertising, PR and experiential aspects of the account. Read more >>

Big Wednesday's inventive Marmite campaign trends on Twitter SA - Big Wednesday
Big Wednesday, the ATL division within Machine, recently launched their viral Marmite campaign which immediately trended on Twitter SA and increased traffic to the website. Read more >>

Frank.net offers Steve from Bleep Bank life cover - FoxP2
If you're overexposed on the radio, some people might grow tired of hearing your voice and begin to dislike you. Some people may even want you dead. Frank recently called up Steve from Bleep Bank and told him that since he wasn't very popular with listeners, he should consider getting life cover from Frank.net. Read more >>

Branding


Just Design changes the look of Craft Beer - Just Design
Devil's Peak Brewing Company (DPBC), a boutique-sized craft beer brewery situated in Cape Town, recently appointed Just Design, a Stellenbosch-headquartered brand design agency, to conceptualise and 'package' a look and feel for their new-to-market craft beer range. Read more >>

Cinema


Popcorn takes off in Cape Town - Popcorn Cinema Advertising
After two years working as a Sales Executive at Popcorn Cinema Advertising, Wayne Brokensha will be leaving Johannesburg and relocating to Cape Town, where he'll be heading up the new branch in Cape Town that will be open for business in the middle of June. Read more >>

CSI


GraphicMail sponsors community service start-up 'Picture the Possibility' - GraphicMail
GraphicMail, a leading hosted digital marketing service provider, has announced its sponsorship of a free non-profit email marketing account to 'Picture the Possibility' - a community project based in Cape Town that aims to empower teenagers in creating inspiring career opportunities for their future. Read more >>

Brandhouse donates R50 000 to SADD through Facebook challenge - FoxP2
Brandhouse, one of South Africa's leading alcohol beverage companies has donated R50 000 to the South Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD) after reaching 5 000 likes on their Facebook page recently. Read more >>

UCKG members donate life-giving blood at Pretoria's second successful blood drive - Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
More than 200 members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in the Pretoria region supported the second blood drive, again exceeding the donation target set by the South African National Blood Services (SANBS). As each unit of safe blood can save three lives, blood collected at the two mobile clinics could save almost 1 000 lives. Read more >>

Kagiso Trust's bold step for youth development - Kaelo Engage
This Youth Day, the prestigious education-focused NGO, Kagiso Trust, is rallying support for its enterprising Bold Step campaign that aims to empower South African youth through access to better education. Read more >>

Yellow Pages want you to recycle your outdated print directories - Trudon
A healthy clean environment is everyone's responsibility. That's why Trudon, publishers of the Yellow Pages, is encouraging users to recycle their old print directories. Read more >>

Digital


Windhoek Beer and Techsys Digital celebrate 100% pure success with 115 000 unique entries - Techsys
Techsys Digital, a Cape Town-based digital marketing agency, was delighted to develop and manage Windhoek Beer's 100% Pure Beer campaign, and even more so by the results which the campaign enjoyed. Read more >>

Much Toodu about... everything! - Trudon
Connecting users with advertisers is the name of the game for us at Trudon, the publishers of the Yellow Pages, but what about connecting a customer's to-do list with relevant service providers - locally? Read more >>

IMC Conference sets the mark in the Mother City - Living Your Brand
Living Your Brand hosted another successful edition of the Integrated Marketing Communication Conference at the Crystal Towers Hotel and Spa on 5th and 6th June 2012. Read more >>

Prezence Digital transforms access for Eye Witness News - Prezence
Prezence Digital, one of Africa's most prominent full service digital agencies, has provided the technological expertise behind the successful launch of the new Eye Witness News mobi-site, which is changing the way South Africa stays on top of current affairs. Read more >>

Conversion Optimisation Workshop: Boost your bottom line with iM Learning - Purple Cow Communications
iM Learning presents the first ever Conversion Optimisation Workshop in South Africa. It will focus on helping businesses increase the number of sales, leads and newsletter subscriptions they get from their website and other internet marketing. Read more >>

DMMA and PMSA form strategic partnership to protect SA's media industry - Digital Media and Marketing Association
The Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA) and Print Media South Africa (PMSA) have announced that they will be collaborating on several key areas of mutual interest and importance. Read more >>

MyGaming the top South African gaming website - MyBroadband
The DMMA/Effective Measure statistics for May 2012 have revealed that MyGaming has the largest South African readership of all gaming websites in the country. Read more >>

How forward is your brand's social life? - Gullan&Gullan
[Desirée Gullan] As marketing professionals you know by now that your brand has to have an active social life. After all, consumers are certainly investing a lot of their time in the social space. This article gives you some tools on how to ensure you push your brand forward in the social space. Read more >>

Education & Training


Recognition and non-cash rewards - how to deliver better value than cash! - Knowledge Resources
Knowledge Resources is running a highly interactive and practical one-day pre-conference workshop facilitated by international author and consultant, Michael Rose, on 19 June at the Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel in Sandton. Read more >>

Events & Conferencing


VWV fires up Nando's conference - VWV Group
Award-winning brand experience agency, the VWV Group, was recently appointed by Nando's to produce and execute its World-Wide Licensing (WWL) conference. The event was staged at the luxurious Trou Aux Biches resort in Mauritius and hosted 80 delegates from 16 countries. Read more >>

Strike into Space - Strike Alliance
The announcement of South Africa's first Accredited Space Agent (ASA), Vanessa Rothery, by Virgin Galactic, took place on 2 May at Virgin Atlantic in Johannesburg and was followed by a spectacular launch at Turbine Hall the next day. Read more >>

Spin the roulette wheel - XZIBIT
The controversial topic of gambling was used as a theme of attraction for Sanlam's two-edged message around investment. The promotion took place at the annual PSG Konsult Conference appropriately held at Sun City for the financial fraternity. Read more >>

Green at heart: Making an impact by treading lightly - Blue Moon
We've all heard the phrase "going green", and some of us might even have adopted the basic principles in our homes or at work, but how many of us truly understand what 'green eventing' is? Why is it even important? Let's take a look... Read more >>

The LIVEOUTLOUD Supercar Day 2012 - LIVEOUTLOUD
Private supercar owners from across South Africa came together to take advantage of Kyalami track time during a day filled with the best of the best LIVEOUTLOUD entertainment. Read more >>

VWV appointed to produce Bavaria conference in Colombia - VWV Group
Award-winning brand experience agency, the VWV Group, recently flexed its global muscle when it was appointed to produce the Bavaria commercial sales conference in Colombia. Bavaria is an SABMiller subsidiary and the biggest single contributor to profits in the SABMiller global empire. Read more >>

ECHO Events gets Upfront with Zakes Bantwini - ECHO Events and Conferences
Upfront with Zakes Bantwini is a not-to-be-missed one-night only musical extraordinaire taking place on 16 June at the Soweto Theatre. The Durban-based music mogul announced this week that his first theatre stage performance, in association with Hansa, will pay tribute to the great South African musical story of Sophiatown. Read more >>

Underground dinner goes Pink! - the forum company
Join the forum at Turbine Hall, situated in the trendy arts and culture precinct of Newtown, for their very first Pink Underground dinner! Expect a night of big hair, big music and a thrilling cabaret show, featuring the dazzling Divas of Drag. Read more >>

trendwatching.com 2012 Consumer Trend Seminar coming to Johannesburg in August - trendwatching.com
Each month, the researchers from trendwatching.com highlight a new consumer trend that impacts businesses and lifestyles around the globe. Now, they are taking their show on the road, travelling 13 cities to present its 2012 Consumer Trend Seminar. Read more >>

Exhibitions


Best large stand at SAPOA - XZIBIT
Sanlam Properties was recently awarded best large exhibit at SAPOA's (the South African Property Owner's Association) International Convention & Property Exhibition. Read more >>

Red Bull triumphs twice - XZIBIT
Red Bull has won two consecutive best stand awards at Spar Trade Shows at Emperors Palace, Gauteng, and the Durban Exhibition Centre in KZN. The Spar Group invite suppliers to expose their products to retailers and provide sales opportunities to regional stores over the two-day period. Read more >>

Magazines


Chu Sawannapha moves to Huisgenoot and YOU - Media24 Weeklies
Chu Sawannapha, with extensive fashion experience under his belt that includes work at Fairlady, Oprah and Cosmopolitan magazines, has been appointed as the new fashion director for Huisgenoot and YOU. Read more >>

John Brown Media welcomes new head of digital - John Brown
Content marketing agency, John Brown Media, has appointed John Gardner as head of digital for the South African office. Read more >>

Out Of Home


Effective outdoor ad campaigns to solve business challenges - Continental Outdoor
BMW and Yum Yum are examples of clients which have used the outdoor advertising medium effectively to resolve overall business objectives, says Continental Outdoor Media. Read more >>

Expand a Sign launches new fleet - Expand a Sign International
To keep in line with their newly revamped corporate identity, Expand a Sign has rebranded a total of twenty company vehicles. The new logo keeps the look-and-feel of the original but with a fresher font and more contemporary colours. Read more >>

Caltex cleans through the clutter with Techron cabs - Graffiti
Vehicle and transit media specialist, Graffiti, has once again got Caltex with Techron cleaning a path through Johannesburg's outdoor advertising clutter with its latest fleet of 20 branded cabs. Read more >>

Embracing South Africa, one township at a time - Moving Ads
With the assistance of Moving Ads South Africa, Multichoice introduced the novel concept of service centres to South African townships starting with the monolithic South West Townships. The trailers were strategically placed in the parking lots of busy shopping centres like Maponya, Jabulani, Bara and Dobsonville. Read more >>

PR & Communications


Blue Moon quality processes - Blue Moon
Lucinda Hooley, executive creative director at Blue Moon, is committed to facilitating effective communication. Beyond the Blue Moon language style guide, creating client-specific language style guides allows them to breathe creativity into defined style structures that convey a specific brand voice. Read more >>

P and P team strengthens - P and P Communications
P and P Communications, an integrated communications agency based in Hyde Park, has announced the appointment of Elfrieda Tyrer as account director. Read more >>

Production


Egg's on fire - Egg Films
Recent work from Egg Films has gone viral on YouTube, been shortlisted at AICP, and featured on taste-making sites from all over the world. Read more >>

Platypus Digital, Groupon Grassroots and the Heart Charitable Trust partner to support education - Platypus
Platypus Digital, Groupon Grassroots and the Heart Charitable Trust are partnering to support education through a fundraising drive for OGLE Education Kiosks, a groundbreaking digital content delivery system. Read more >>

Promotions


Tradeway Promoters engage with over 50 000 customers to introduce the KFC Breakfast Range - Tradeway Promotions
KFC appointed Tradeway Promotions to run a nationwide sampling campaign to introduce the a.m. Riser breakfast meal to customers in store during April and May. Read more >>

Radio


Discovery 702 Walk the Talk gives Johannesburg Cubs a boost! - 702 Talk Radio
Talk Radio 702 presenter John Robbie proudly led a group of high-powered local sport stars and celebrities to the inspirational Johannesburg Cubs community cricket development event on Wednesday, 13 June. Read more >>

Good Hope FM and Absa Keep Cape Town Warm - Good Hope FM
For the past eight years Capetonians have warmed the hearts of the city's needy by donating generously to Good Hope FM's annual Keep Cape Town Warm campaign and for the fourth year running, Absa Bank once again committed both organisations' time, resources and support, to focus on issues closer to the heart of the Mother city. Read more >>

Research


South Africans want free stuff on Facebook - JustPlay
Are fan page updates on your wall the reason you quit Facebook? Then you're like most South Africans. According to a recent survey conducted on JustPlay, an online competition site in SA, most South Africans can only tolerate between one and two updates from a fan page a day. Unless there's a chance to win free stuff. Read more >>

Longitudinal research in marketing: Bringing market research to the level of clinical trials - PSA
Longitudinal research relates to observations of measurement that are repeated over time on the same individuals. This sounds similar to tracking, but is dramatically different on all dimensions of research methodology simply because the measurements are made on the same individuals repeatedly over time. Read more >>

Zuma's performance evaluation remains fairly steady - Ipsos
According to the latest poll by opinion and market research company, Ipsos, 60% of South Africans indicated that, in their view, the president was performing "well". This remains virtually unchanged from their last reading (61%) at the end of 2011, but has dropped from two-thirds (66%) in May 2011. Read more >>

Sponsorship


BASA's groundbreaking Arts Sponsorship Toolkit now available in a customised format - Business and Arts South Africa
Business and Arts South Africa's newly minted BASA Arts Sponsorship Management Toolkit is now available in a customised format for South African business. Read more >>

MEGAPRO signs with SASCOC to commercialise Team South Africa - MEGAPRO Marketing
MEGAPRO Marketing has concluded an agreement with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). The five-year deal sees MEGAPRO supporting the commercialisation of the Team SA Olympic platform and the agency will be engaging with prospective sponsors to build support around this exciting property. Read more >>



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Galleries
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Government
BUSA, government agree on GFIP, but...
Government and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) agree on the principles underlying the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) but will continue consultation on the detail of implementation. Read more >>

Fixing SA water leaks
It's safe to say that SA's water infrastructure is in the same position that the energy sector was in a decade ago. Without huge investment to rehabilitate and replace ageing infrastructure, supply and quality are under threat. Read more >>

Performance, evaluation system for Heads of Dept amended
The performance and evaluation system for Heads of Department in government have been amended, says Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane. Read more >>

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Motoring
ML: This carriage is fit for royalty
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The Mercedes-Benz M-Class, South Africa's top-selling snooty SUV, has been substantially upgraded so that it looks prettier, feels classier and is now even safer, considerably less thirsty and more fun to drive. Read more >>

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Travel
World Leisure Holidays' Long Beach, Le Touessrok and La Pirogue win awards
Recently, three World Leisure Holidays' properties - two established and one new - were recognised for superiority and excellence. Le Touessrok won Best Hotel in Africa/Indian Ocean award: The hotel is a flagship Sun Resorts hotel and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The resort has been awarded the Ultratravel Best Hotel in Africa/Indian Ocean award by The Daily Telegraph's luxury travel magazine, Ultratravel. This is the third year running that Le Touessrok has received this award. Read more >>

Long Beach celebrates a year of success
World Leisure Holidays has announced that its Long Beach Resort is celebrating its first year of fine service and all-round success. Read more >>

More Travel news...


BizLounge
Playing with politics in Adapt or Fly
[Eugene Yiga] Government censorship. Racial tension. A country that could very well fall apart. With a democracy that's long since come of age, you'd think that we'd be over these issues by now. Alas, we're not. Our dysfunctional political scene gives comedians plenty of material to work with. And who better to take advantage of the times than master satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys? Thirty years after his controversial show about the apartheid regime, he's back with more in Adapt or Fly. Read more >>

San Diego's Switchfoot in debut tour of SA
For the first time, Grammy-Award winning San Diego band Switchfoot are to tour SA on their Vice Verses tour. They will play on 8 August at The Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Joburg and on 11 August, 2012, at the Grand Arena, GrandWest, Cape Town. Read more >>

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New accounts
  • PE-based Galvaspin enlists Sapphire Street for PR drive - more info
  • The No Nonsense Group awarded AEG Electrolux digital campaign - more info
  • CASTECH Group awarded international engineering design contract - more info
  • CASTECH Group of Companies back on track with new contracts - more info
  • Gartner selects DUO for Symposium 2012 - more info
  • Snapplify signs Modjaji Books - more info


People on the move
  • The Content Bar appoints new director - more info
  • John Brown media appoints new head of digital - more info
  • Cape Royale Luxury Hotel and Spa announces new managing director - more info
  • Munghana Lonene FM appoints marketing manager - more info
  • New fashion appointments at ELLE - more info


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