MWeb Africa has launched a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service for the African continent, enabling VSAT (satellite) customers to make or receive voice calls to or from almost anywhere in the world at reduced rates. 11 Aug 2008
Freelance photojournalist, Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi has decided to flee to South Africa with his family after being assaulted by the police and having his car confiscated. 11 Aug 2008
A reliable infrastructure network is needed to further promote economic development and integration in the South African Development Community (SADC) region. This emerged at the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)/Southern African Development Community (SADC) Infrastructure Projects conference held in Johannesburg on Friday, 8 August. 11 Aug 2008
South Africa is set to welcome the world's top sporting federation in 2011 when the International Olympic Committee hosts its 123rd Congress in Durban. This is according to an announcement made at the 120th session of the IOC held in Beijing last week. 11 Aug 2008
The third Gender and Media (GEM) Summit, of which the theme is “Whose news, whose views? Critical citizens, responsive media”, is taking place 10 - 12 August 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa and over 200 media practitioners from around SADC, Africa, and as far away as Palestine and India, are expected to share best practices in creating a more responsive media. 11 Aug 2008
Do you have what it takes to be the next Bryan Habana? The hunt for South Africa's most promising young players kicks off in August 2008 with SABC2's new rugby reality series Up & Under. Says the programme's executive producer, Duncan Irvine of Rapid Blue: “We recognised a need in the country to find raw, undiscovered rugby talent, and a reality TV series is a great platform to do that.” 11 Aug 2008
The Sky-rink at the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg - a place that was once popular for ice skating way back when - was revamped to host the Nike Sportswear launch on Friday, 8 August 2008. The reintroduction of the sportswear coincided with the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing. 11 Aug 2008
To ensure the South African public truly get the inside scoop on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games over the next few weeks, The Times has commissioned South African swimming hero Ryk Neethling to blog from the event, supported by a team of journalists. 11 Aug 2008
More than 50 agencies, advertising schools, freelance copywriters and small creative companies will battle it out in the 14th annual Pendoring advertising competition and project. More than 300 entries were received for this year's competition and the judging panel will soon decide who will be awarded for Afrikaans advertising. 11 Aug 2008
We're getting naughtier; that's the verdict from this year's annual Sexpo Sex Survey after interviewing 1000 South African men and women between the ages of 24 and 35 during May and June 2008. The survey, a yardstick that establishes some of the more saucy aspects of adult sexual behaviour, indicates a marked upward curve in some of the naughtier aspects of adult lifestyle, while at the same time noting a desire for escapism during tougher times. 11 Aug 2008
What would Cape Town be, without Capetonians? People make a city, and the time has come to give ordinary Capetonians the appreciation they deserve. To honour those who dedicate their talents to making Cape Town great, Good Hope FM has launched a unique and dynamic initiative: The Good Hope FM Best of Cape Town Awards. 8 Aug 2008
Breaking into the lucrative West African market tops the “to do” list of advertising and media services firm Scangroup which only listed at the Nairobi stock market in 2006. 8 Aug 2008
Computers For Schools Kenya (CFSK) has opened East Africa's first e-waste management plant in Embakasi, Kenya, to handle the region's electronic recycling needs. 8 Aug 2008
As South Africa celebrates another Women's Day and Women's Month, the media comes under the microscope, challenged and put to the test by analysts and gender activists who deplore what they call ‘unfair', ‘sexist' and ‘discriminatory' treatment of women by the Fourth-Estate, which is supposed to be the voice of the voiceless and vulnerable groups. 8 Aug 2008
Essentially a sales manager's primary responsibility is to recruit, train and motivate his or her sales force to achieve peak performance. Of these three vitally important tasks, recruiting is the least understood and by far the most challenging. 8 Aug 2008
Primedia Outdoor has sold 25,1% of its Namibia operations to the Namibia Mineworkers Investment Holding Company (NAMIC). 8 Aug 2008
For the past year or so, African governments and marketers have stepped up campaigns aiming to convince potential investors to do business in Africa despite a litany of serious problems hampering the continent's socio-economic development. 8 Aug 2008
Specialist mobile advertising and marketing companies do not threaten traditional advertising agencies, but instead complement their skills and services. Over the past two years, mobile advertising has started to come to the fore as a compelling channel for advertising and marketing. Although it currently accounts for only a tiny portion of total advertising spend, market researchers expect global mobile ad spending to amount to about $15 billion by 2012. 8 Aug 2008
A healthy dose of reinvigoration could save the discipline of marketing from cost-cutting measures in tough economic times and it's with this in mind that the UCT Graduate School of Business is offering a course in Strategic Marketing for Thinkers this October. 8 Aug 2008
Trail-blazers in the art of audio/video remixing, Addictive TV will be remixing direct feeds from the Beijing Olympics live for TV as part of a project for Austrian State Broadcaster ORF in Vienna. 8 Aug 2008
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