Once again, the SABC is in the news for all the wrong reasons, this time due to head of news Jimi Matthews, who allegedly assaulted a female member of staff when the feed was lost during Zuma's SONA. At the end of it all, it seems that it was probably the jamming device 'wot done it', and now there are calls for Matthews to be suspended over the assault claim. In a happier - and less physical - report, Louise Marsland in her [TrendTalk] looks at 'Branding for good' and how the tide has turned in marketing, with products and campaigns from big brands working hard at providing solutions to societal problems. Then, on a musical note, look who's coming to town... In what's claimed to be a first-of-its-kind partnership for the South African retailer, Woolworths has announced a strategic collaboration with Grammy Award-winning musician, record producer and philanthropist, Pharrell Williams. Finally, on the design front, 2014 and Cape Town's world design capital status may be past, but we can still keep design thinking top of mind with #cocreatesa writes Leigh Andrews, who says the design focus that came to our shores with WDC2014 it is intended to reap rewards for years to come - especially if we team up with the Dutch...
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