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News site for grant makers, NGOs

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:02:00 +0200

Tshikululu Social Investments, the non-profit company that manages social investment grant making for Anglo American, De Beers, the FirstRand Group and Discovery, among others, has launched a new website to serve as an information and opinion resource for the local corporate social investment (CSI) industry.
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World Cup matches to be in 3D

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:35:00 +0200

<>South Africa's national football squad Bafana Bafana will become part of broadcasting history when their opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is filmed and screened in 3D.
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Wits offers dual degree in journalism

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:51:00 +0200

A new dual-degree programme, beginning in August 2010, will allow students to study journalism in both New York and Johannesburg, announced the Wits Department of Journalism and the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University on Wednesday 3 February 2010.
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SADC Media Awards 2010 launched

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:18:00 +0200

<>Collins Chabane, minister in the presidency in charge of performance monitoring and evaluation, and government spokesperson Themba Maseko last night, Thursday, 4 February 2010, made an impassioned plea to South African journalists to participate in the SADC Media Awards competition, saying it promotes regional integration and togetherness through excellent journalism.
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SABC: staff cuts on the horizon?

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:13:00 +0200

<>NEWSWATCH: A number of observers have commented in the past that SABC is overstaffed, and now the Minister of Communications has announced the report findings by the ministerial team he tasked last year with finding ways in which the SABC could cut its expenditure - and it may not be good news for some SABC and Sentech staff, as well, reports Times Live.
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COPE: Minister ‘eroded' SABC, ICASA independence

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:22:00 +0200

<>The Congress of the People has launched a scathing attack on communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda for ‘eroding' the independence of the public broadcaster and communications regulator ICASA.
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New rate structure at OATS

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:29:00 +0200

Effective 1 April 2010, the new P-level rate structure will replace Oracle Airtime Sales' (OATS) existing M- and D-levels, as well as align the loadings charged for durations. This is to pave the way for future trading models.
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International Digital Emmy award winner announced

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0200

The winner of the 2010 Pioneer Prize at the International Digital Emmy Awards, which take place on the opening night of MIPTV 2010, is Tim Kring, the creator and executive producer of Heroes and the multiplatform experience Heroes Evolutions, which extended the show's storylines through mobile participation, games and graphic novels.
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Design Indaba extends Superstars deadline, opens media registration

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:34:00 +0200

<>The search for 11 South Africans to represent our country creatively has been extended to 10 February 2010, and media registration is now open.
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Spa association now a media source

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:53:00 +0200

The South African Spa Association aims to assist the media wherever possible with its inquiries on statistics, comments on articles, editorial and lists of accredited spas.
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