World PR Day

PR builds narratives, weaves stories and amplifies diverse voices

Bridging gaps and building narratives that matter

PR helps brands earn a place in culture

Evan-Lee Courie

PR the thread that weaves connection across the fabric of society

Kisha Reader-Bain

Your voice matters

Bridget von Holdt

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

More #WPRDAY2025

Subscribe & Follow

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Faith Popcorn: The people's pushback trend

Advertise your job vacancies

Jobs

Managing Director Dbn, Jhb, CT
Junior Personal Assistant Pretoria

More jobs Submit a job Open account

Join District 9 cast at Celludroid

Flamedrop Production, in association with Shadow Realm, is launching Celludroid, a range of science fiction, anime and fantasy movies at the independent Labia Theatre on Kloof Street, Cape Town, this weekend, 28 - 30 August 2009. Also on screen is South Africa's District 9, and the cast and crew will be present for introductions and Q&A on Friday night, 28 August.

27 Aug 2009

Guests confirmed thus far for the 8.30pm show on Friday 28 August include actor Jason Cope, actress Vanessa Haywood and Max Poolman, visual FX supervisor.

Celludroid films include Plan 9 from Outer Space, Plaguers, Destroy All Planets (Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu), Akira, Bane and Automatons.

At selected screenings, DVD copies of Watchmen will be up for grabs courtesy Nu Metro Home Entertainment. Lucky audience members will also receive District 9 give-aways.

Tickets cost R25 and film details are available on www.celludroid.net.

Top stories

16th Durban FilmMart celebrates African cinema: Meet the 2025 Award Winners

Marketing & Media16th Durban FilmMart celebrates African cinema: Meet the 2025 Award Winners

5 hours

Marketing & MediaMaria Sharapova joins Lewis Hamilton as global ambassador for CFI

7 hours

Ntombie Dlamini.

Marketing & Media#BehindtheSelfie: Konica Minolta's marketing leader, Ntombie Dlamini

7 hours

Mr Price retailer credits Easter, timely winter season for quarterly sales bump

RetailMr Price retailer credits Easter, timely winter season for quarterly sales bump

Nqobile Dludla 9 hours

Source:

Marketing & MediaWarc report: Top consumer trends shaking up next year’s spending habits

1 day

Promoted

SA businesses embrace GenAI – but strategy and skills lagging, finds 2025 Roadmap

ICTSA businesses embrace GenAI – but strategy and skills lagging, finds 2025 Roadmap

Dell 3 days

More news

Pura Beverages unveils new packaging design

Retail

Pura Beverages unveils new packaging design

8 hours

Beef prices climb, affecting overall food costs

Retail

Beef prices climb, affecting overall food costs

1 day

Maccauvlei’s guide to lead like Madiba: 3 things good leaders do (and 3 they never should)

Education

Maccauvlei’s guide to lead like Madiba: 3 things good leaders do (and 3 they never should)

Maccauvlei Learning Academy 3 days

Vukile Property opens multi-tenant emporium at Daveyton Mall, Benoni

Retail

Vukile Property opens multi-tenant emporium at Daveyton Mall, Benoni

1 day

Source: Supplied. Christo de Wit, country manager for South Africa at Luno.

Finance

South Africans can now invest in Apple and Tesla with Luno's new tokenised stocks

4 hours

Zungu Investments Company hosts free Mandela Month masterclass to empower South Africa’s youth

Entrepreneurship

Zungu Investments Company hosts free Mandela Month masterclass to empower South Africa’s youth

Zungu Investments Company 3 days

Nigeria drives shift in global travel as bleisure and safety trends rise

Tourism & Travel

Nigeria drives shift in global travel as bleisure and safety trends rise

3 hours

Image credit: Heather Green on Pexels

ESG & Sustainability

Record paper recycling rates signal circular economy shift

3 hours

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South Africa's parliament passes last major budget bill

Nellie Peyton and Kopano Gumbi 5 hours

Image source:

Legal

Nowhere to hide for tax dodgers: Sars ups surveillance with AI

Tanya Strauss 2 hours

Wine tourism diversifies amid booming global growth

Tourism & Travel

Wine tourism diversifies amid booming global growth

5 hours

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Visa opens first Africa data centre in Johannesburg

Nqobile Dludla 9 hours

An employee shows a Hershey's chocolate bar made in USA in the "American lifestyle" store in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2018. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

Legal

Hershey, Nestle, other cocoa companies defeat appeal of child slavery lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel 3 hours

Airbus opens new support hub in Johannesburg

Logistics & Transport

Airbus opens new support hub in Johannesburg

4 hours

Source:

Construction & Engineering

Sanral secures R7bn NDB loan to upgrade SA freeways

7 hours

Rain names new CEO as founder shifts to strategic role

ICT

Rain names new CEO as founder shifts to strategic role

1 day

Meat inflation hits 25-month high amid supply crunch

Agriculture

Meat inflation hits 25-month high amid supply crunch

Paul Makube 7 hours

Source: @jsteenhuisen/X. Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), John Steenhuisen.

Finance

DA to back Appropriation Bill amid accountability demands

1 day

Lula celebrates a decade of powering South African SMEs

Finance

Lula celebrates a decade of powering South African SMEs

Lula 1 day

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South Africa's small inflation rise leaves room for rate cuts, analysts say

Kopano Gumbi 1 day

Logos of French TV channel Canal+ are reflected in a puddle in front of the Canal One headquarters of the Canal+ Group in Issy-Les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, 20 February 2025. Reuters/Abdul Saboor/ File Photo

Legal

Tribunal approves acquisition of MultiChoice by Canal+

1 day

Image credit: Jonas Von Werne on Pexels

Energy & Mining

UN's António Guterres urges world leaders to fast-track clean energy

4 hours

Image source: Tomasz Wyszolmirski –

HR & Management

What HR managers can learn from the FlySafair dispute

Anri du Toit 8 hours

Source: Supplied. Paul Stevens, chief executive officer of Just Property.

Property

Break into the property market in 2025: Your blueprint to successful renting

Paul Stevens 1 day

Source: Süleyman Sahan via

Agriculture

New irrigation plots expand climate-smart farming in Chisumbanje

1 day

Image supplied.

Healthcare

Operation Smile to perform 25 surgeries in 2 days

8 hours

Image credit: Magda Ehlers on Pexels

ESG & Sustainability

Submissions open for BPESA's new Mandela Day Award

1 day

Let's do Biz