This year, The Loerie Awards implemented the Creative Circle's Creativity Points ranking to determine the value of the medals handed out. All entrants are awarded points, whether they are Creative Circle members or not. With these rankings, Ogilvy South Africa (Johannesburg) comes out on top of both nights with 3850 points. 27 Jul 2008
If you're not on the Velocity Films pool party list and you gaze from your balcony trying to get a peek of what goes on at the whole affair, here's what you're missing. 27 Jul 2008
A total of 172 Loeries were handed out at the Saturday night ceremony, 26 July 2008, of the 30th annual Loerie awards, two of which were Grands Prix - Am I Collective and Trigger Communication - and 15 of which were Gold. Also introduced this year was the Creative Achievement Award, awarded to Mike Schalit, chief creative officer of BBDO South Africa. 26 Jul 2008
Mike Glendinning, sales and marketing director at Volkswagen, Audi and Seat, was honoured with the 2008 Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award on Saturday night, 26 July 2008, at the 30th annual Loeries advertising festival weekend in Margate. The award was introduced last year. 26 Jul 2008
This year, the Loerie Awards have implemented the Creative Circle's Creativity Points ranking to determine the value of the medals handed out. With these rankings, on Saturday night Ogilvy South Africa (Johannesburg) comes out on top with 3050 points. 26 Jul 2008
The Loeries weekend kicked off yesterday afternoon, Friday, 25 July 2008, as festival goers from around the country arrived in busloads, queuing up in the Margate Hotel to sort out paperwork before the annual non-stop party weekend began. It's the year to make your mom proud and the branding all over the place has certainly reinforced that! 26 Jul 2008
This two-day Executive Succession Management Seminar will provide you with research and case studies exploring some existing trends and practices that will provide you with key insights on how to get your executive succession management programme moving forward. Come and hear from SABMiller, Goldfields, NECSA, and more... 25 Jul 2008
By black language group - % approving of the President
TNS Research Surveys, South Africa's leading marketing and social insights company, has conducted a series of surveys since 2000 that ascertain whether people feel the President is doing a good job as President of South Africa. 25 Jul 2008
MultiChoice has launched high definition television (HDTV) in the South African market, the first of its kind in Africa. The event took place last night, Thursday, 24 July 2008, at Atlas Studios in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 25 Jul 2008
The Namibian Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, MISA-Namibia, has come out strongly against the decision by the Polytechnic of Namibia issuing a decree that its premises are a "no-go" area for journalists covering student events. 25 Jul 2008
Alistair King, creative director of KingJames and one of the judges in this year's Loeries Awards, tells it as it is in the industry these days, no holds barred. “We have become bottom-feeders,” he says, talking quite frankly about ad agencies in the new era. 24 Jul 2008
South African Tourism is launching a global cinema advertising campaign that will take destination South Africa commercials to more than 1770 cinema screens in Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the UK and the US. The campaign launches next month in Canada and runs until February 2009. 24 Jul 2008
Twice as many rapidly growing companies believe that social media is very important in their marketing strategy in 2008 than did in 2007, with 77% using at least one form of social media, according to new research released by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research. The subject of the research was the Inc 500, a list of the fastest growing companies compiled by Inc Magazine. 24 Jul 2008
Noot vir Noot, officially the longest running game show in South Africa and also the most popular Afrikaans TV show ever, returns to SABC2 for a groundbreaking 31st season from next Friday, 1 August 2008 at 7.30pm. 24 Jul 2008
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is helping poor farmers to boost their agricultural production in Swaziland, one of many countries suffering as a result of the global food crisis. 24 Jul 2008
There was a dramatic end to the Globecast Satellite trial on 24 July 2008 when Harare Magistrate Archie Wochiunga refused to place the company on further remand after the state had applied for a postponement of the matter. 24 Jul 2008
FDH Bank Limited, a subsidiary of FDH Financial Holdings Limited opened its doors last Monday in Malawi's commercial capital city of Blantyre with a promise to target corporate clients and small to medium enterprises (SMEs). 24 Jul 2008
"Inside Africa" on CNN International will be hosted on July 26, by Nkepile Mabuse who comes from Ghana, West Africa. The programme features special coverage of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, which took place on Saturday 19 July in Accra, plus there's an analysis and focus on where Ghana stands today, 50 years after independence. 24 Jul 2008
Retail supermarket chain, Nakumatt has moved to bolster its financial services offering with a KSh20m information technology switching system. 24 Jul 2008
