The 22 finalists of the 2012 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition have been announced. According to Nimo Naidoo, project manager of the competition, this year has set a benchmark in terms of celebrating entrepreneurial excellence in the country, resulting in encouraging entries from very talented South African entrepreneurs.
1 Aug 2012 12:19
Ryland Fisher has resigned his position as editor of
The New Age, and Nazeem Howa, chief executive, has announced the appointment of Moegsien Williams as the publication's new editor. Williams, says Howa, is one of the most senior and respected editors in South Africa.
1 Aug 2012 07:17
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] I don't know whether presidential spokesman, Mac Maharaj gave much thought to the consequences of laying a charge of theft against two
Mail & Guardian journalists, but he might well have lit a fuse of something that could explode in the ANC's face.
1 Aug 2012 06:58
Nashua Limited has gained associate membership to the Printing Industries Federation of South Africa's (PIFSA) newly launched brand, Printing SA (PSA). Associate members are those who supply machines and services to the printing industry, while companies that produce prints are able to gain full membership.
31 Jul 2012 09:49
NEWSWATCH: The Public Investor Corporation (PIC) won't be supporting the buyout of Avusa, reports
Business Day, and Andrew Donaldson, writing in
Politicsweb, discusses a piece by Gwede Mantashe, in which the latter, writing in the
Sowetan, had mauled the media.
31 Jul 2012 09:02
In what is described as a daring move, the August issue of
FHM features
Die Antwoord's Yo-Landi Vi$$er on the cover and provides several pages of pictures and an interview with the singer, featuring clothing she designed herself.
27 Jul 2012 11:01
Launched in July 1977 as an independent forum for like-minded 'alternatives' into yoga, meditation and complementary health products and services,
Odyssey magazine celebrates its 35th birthday with a special issue for its 100 000 readers.
27 Jul 2012 09:56[Ernest Mabuza] The acting senior manager of the Integrity Management Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority Hercules Wasserman said the unit had suspicions that suspended senior prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach was leaking information to the media‚ contrary to the NPA's media policy. Wasserman said this was the serious issue for the NPA.
26 Jul 2012 09:20 
PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY /KIEV, UKRAINE:
Seattle Times executive editor David Boardman has joined the programme of the World Editors Forum, to be held in Kiev, Ukraine, from 2 to 5 September next, to discuss the paper's radically restructured news operation in a much anticipated session dedicated to innovations in newsroom organisation.
26 Jul 2012 07:57
Beginning with the August issue of
Car magazine, around 20 000 copies have a cover that bears a single, evocative image and is entirely devoid of type, except for the masthead. It is also the first time in the magazine's 56-year history that its name has appeared in anything other than its trademark red.
24 Jul 2012 10:24Random House Struik
[Ross Van Reenen, Issued by Random House Struik] Can rugby talent be turned into business success and, if so, how? More than 84 per cent of professional rugby players in South Africa are going to find it difficult to survive financially once they stop playing rugby. How will they find success in their new careers once their rugby jerseys have been washed for the last time?
20 Jul 2012 14:09 
Declining profits in the JSE's media sector have meant different things to Naspers and Avusa. Though both report a decline in operating profit for the financial year to March, their share prices have moved in opposite directions. In the past year Avusa's share price has declined 2,8%, to R24, while Naspers's has increased 18%, to R446,96.
20 Jul 2012 10:57
NEWSWATCH:
Marie Claire's Kate Middleton cover has raised a bit of a storm... in a teacup, believes Dr Julie Reid, a Unisa lecturer who has done research in pop culture and visual communication. It seems that what editor Aspasia Karras calls a "hyper-real illustration" has got some people hyper-active, according to a report in
Mail & Guardian.
19 Jul 2012 07:56
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