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Cell C goes to FoxP2, King James, Prima Plus, trigger/isobar

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:37:00 +0200

BREAKING NEWS: FoxP2, King James, Prima Plus and trigger/isobar have been appointed as the next team of agencies for South African mobile operator Cell C, it was announced Friday afternoon, 10 February 2012. The appointed agencies will begin work from the beginning of March.
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Mentoring the next generation - a challenge to the SA creative industry

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:26:00 +0200

There is no doubt that South Africa's advertising industry is already present on the world stage. The Rainbow Nation is home to the world's most-awarded campaign (TBWA's Trillion Dollar Zimbabwean Campaign), a D&AD Black Pencil and many Cannes accolades.
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EXCLUSIVE: Hewlett combines assets to launch new agency player, Machine

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:19:00 +0200

Adrian Hewlett, CEO and founder of the Habari Group, has combined his group's significant through-the-line, below-the-line, research, digital and social businesses to launch a major new independent advertising agency called Machine.
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Graffiti gives Just Letting a new lease with branded vehicles

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:32:00 +0200

Vehicle branding and transit media specialists, Graffiti, recently gave Just Letting, a division of the Just Property Group, a fresh new look by branding the vehicles driven by rental agents and franchise owners with a bold, bright new brand image.
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Creative Circle results for November, December 2011

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:23:00 +0200

If you've been wondering about the Creative Circle Ads of the Month for November and December 2011, and who the new Creative Circle exco is, wonder no more. January Ad of the Month will be held on 23 February 2012 and the Ad of the Year Awards will be on 22 March.
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Afrikaans advertising slipping towards mediocrity?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:57:00 +0200

Gill Moodie's article "Banning English ads in Media24 digital, print speaks to Afrikaans ID", published on Bizcommunity on the eve of the Pendoring Awards last year, struck a chord with the project managers at Folio Translation Consultants.
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ADreach and Forgood make dreams come true

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:57:00 +0200

Forgood.co.za, a new social networking website launched during 2011 by the well-known values education organisation, HEARTLINES, recently engaged in its first-ever Street Pole Advertising campaign with the assistance of ADreach, South Africa's street pole advertising specialists. This campaign will see the charitable service take possession of 90 signs throughout Johannesburg.
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John Farquhar, a man of fascinating contradiction

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:58:00 +0200

John Farquhar, the legendary ad man and commentator who died at the weekend, was a man of fascinating contradiction: a sophisticated thinker with a poor education; a loner who worked in the team-based world of advertising; an irascible man who was shy at heart.
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Pendoring relocates to Cape Town as part of Creative Week

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:59:00 +0200

The Pendoring Awards - which celebrate and encourage the use of Afrikaans advertising, as well as Truly South African communication for Afrikaans advertising - will this year be part of Creative Week Cape Town, on Friday evening, 21 September 2012. For the first time, too, the Loeries judging week and judges' seminars will also be held in the Mother City during Creative Week.
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Chris Moerdyk pays tribute to John Farquhar

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:31:00 +0200

This is most unlike you, John. This dying thing*. I mean, dash it all, we had a lunch date in mid-February and it really is most unlike you to do anything that might compromise lunch, especially as it was my turn to pay.
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